The Cumulative Book Review Digest Devoted to the Valuation of Current Literature Digests of reviews appearing in January—December 1905, magazines (continued 19)

+ R. of Rs. 32: 762. D. ‘05. 110w.

* “We do not blame Mr. Moore for his failure, but for the impudence of his attempt.”

— Sat. R. 100: 529. O. 21, ‘05. 160w.

* Moore, Mrs. N. Hudson. Children of other days. †$1.50. Stokes.

The notable pictures of children of various countries and times after paintings of great masters are accompanied by little sketches intended to interest the child reader in the portrait. The book is an art book of real value to little people.

* + N. Y. Times. 10: 535. D. 2, ‘05. 160w.

Moore, Mrs. N. Hudson. Lace book. **$5. Stokes.

The author “tells us in ‘The lace book’ in a concise form, all that is interesting in the history of the evolution and production of lace in the countries which have given the world the finest examples of this delicate fabric. This handsome volume is illustrated with engravings from famous pictures of distinguished personages, showing how lace was employed in costume at different times; well-chosen, full-size examples are also given of the various kinds of lace; and an index endows the collector and connoisseur with a book of reference.”—Nation.

“A very handsome and interesting book.”

+ Critic. 46: 288. Mr. ‘05. 70w.

* “A more engaging example of the combination of the useful with the agreeable could not easily be found than is provided by this volume.”

+ Lond. Times. 4: 380. N. 10, ‘05. 1100w.

+ + Nation. 80: 158. F. 23, ‘05. 1530w.

* “A most interesting and readable account of lace from the earliest days.”

+ Spec. 95: sup. 797. N. 18, ‘05. 230w.

250Moore, T. Sturge. Albert Dürer. *$2. Scribner.

An original study rather than a conventional biography. The artist’s paintings, drawings, metal engravings, and wood cuts, are critically considered, the philosophy of his art is discussed, and the details of his life are given. The book is illustrated with half-tones and four copper-plates.

“A very stimulating essay, with sufficient fact, date, and specific criticism attached, as is helpful to that study, but no more. As an illustrated record of Dürer’s work, the book is a welcome supplement to the little volume by Lina Eckenstein, ... though it will not replace that as an admirable and business-like summary of the artist’s life and work. It must be admitted, first and foremost, that the volume is concerned with Mr. T. Sturge Moore’s outlook on life and the arts; the author has not lost himself in his subject.”

+ Acad. 68: 173. F. 25, ‘05. 1100w.

“The style is vigorous and picturesque, and, on the whole dignified. There seems, further, a lack of cohesion between the various parts of the book.”

+ — Ath. 1905, 1: 247. F. 25. 1680w.

+ Critic. 46: 475 My. ‘05. 130w.

“An excellent book marred by an involved and slipshod style.”

+ + — Dial. 38: 358. My. 16, ‘05. 590w.

“His book is worthy of its place in the series by reason of his sympathetic interpretation of Dürer’s work.”

+ Ind. 58: 1364. Je. 15, ‘05. 190w.

“Its writing and point of view make it a model of what an art book, written for lay readers, should be.”

+ + Int. Studio. 25: sup. 64. My. ‘05. 150w.

“A singularly illusive book. While all the words in it are intelligible, the exact thing that was intended to be expressed somehow escapes one.”

— + Nation. 80: 354. My. 4, ‘05. 590w.

“What Prof. Thausing, Allihn, Zahn, and Scott never suspected we find brought forth with the pride of discovery and illuminated in the language of a poet by Dürer’s latest and youngest biographer. In the history of biographical writing, of art criticism, and connoisseurship, ‘Albert Dürer,’ by T. Sturge Moore, is an epoch-making work. Its form and execution present a new model for study and imitation. He lays bare the mind, the soul of the artist, and shows the inevitableness of what Dürer achieved.”

+ + + N. Y. Times. 10: 205. Ap. 1, ‘05. 580w.

“Mr. Moore is always interesting, and perhaps never more interesting than when he is least convincing. His work is certainly a stimulating addition to the series in which it finds place.”

+ — Outlook. 79: 757. Mr. 25, ‘05. 230w.

Moorehead, William Gallogly. Outline studies in the New Testament, Philippians to Hebrews. **$1.20. Revell.

“These studies will be deemed scholarly and sound by such Christians as are unreconciled to the scientific and critical doctrines now dominant, and disposed to stand by the verbal inerrancy of the Scriptures.”—Outlook.

Outlook. 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 30w.

More, E. Anson. Captain of men. †$1.50. Page.

Merodach, the Assyrian, is the hero of this story of Tyre in the days when David was outlawed. Miriam, a slave in the household of the richest merchant of Tyre, who is engaged in the tin trade, is the heroine. The action is involved, there are many characters and there is much cruelty.

* “It is fairly well written and fairly exciting, but nothing more.”

+ Ath. 1905, 2: 607. N. 4. 200w.

“Has some effective scenes, with long wastes of dullness.”

+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 403. Je. 17, ‘05. 440w.

More, Paul Elmer. Shelburne essays. 3 ser. ea. **$1.25. Putnam.

The author, an ex-professor of Sanskrit, received his call to the work of literary criticism during the course of two years in which he lived a life of solitary meditation. In Series one, of his essays the hermit of Shelburne devotes himself to the problems of the soul, he treats of Hawthorne, Emerson, Carlyle, Symons, Tolstoy and others, and discusses the religious and literary movements of to-day. Series two contains papers on English sonnets, Lafcadio Hearn, Hazlitt, Lamb, Kipling and FitzGerald. Crabbe, Meredith, Hawthorne, Delphi and Greek literature, and Nemesis. The third series treats of Cowper’s correspondence, Whittier the poet, Sainte-Beuve, Scotch novels and Scotch history, Swinburne, Christina Rossetti, Brownings’ popularity, Byron’s Don Juan, Laurence Sterne and Mr. Whitehouse.

+ Acad. 68: 847. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1410w. (Review of second series.)

Critic. 47: 283. S. ‘05. 50w. (Review of second series.)

* “Mr. More is a critic of many merits, and his ‘Shelburne essays’ reveal a penetrating and cultivated intellect. But it is obvious that he is less comfortable in the æsthetic environment of the sixteenth century than in that of the eighteenth.” Edward Fuller.

+ + — Critic. 47: 567. D. ‘05. 800w. (Review of second and third series.)

“Is a collection of literary, psychological, and ethical studies, of unusual seriousness and power. Our essayist may be thought at times to take himself and his hermit experience, and his ‘long course of wayward reading,’ a little too seriously. He has certainly read widely and wisely, and his essays are unquestionably full of meat.”

+ + Dial. 38: 18. Ja. 1, ‘05. 670w. (Review of first series.)

“Both in his fine classical scholarship and in his carefully wrought sentences, Mr. More calls to mind the lamented Walter Pater, although the Oxford scholar’s reading and literary sympathies, wide as they were, strike one as less comprehensive than Mr. More’s.”

+ + Dial. 39: 17. Jl. 1, ‘05. 490w. (Review of second series.)

+ + Dial. 39: 277. N. 1, ‘05. 410w. (Review of third series.)

“The second series of Mr. Paul Elmer More’s ‘Shelburne essays’ is likely to win the favor of book lovers in no less degree than its predecessor. Mr. More’s freedom from provincialism is manifest even in his style.” Herbert W. Horwill.

+ + Forum. 37: 252. O. ‘05. 1320w. (Review of second series.)

“If Mr. More is able to realize his ideal of the high calling of the critic he will eventually be able to exert an influence on American literature like that of Brunetiere on French.”

+ Ind. 59: 1112. N. 9, ‘05. 460w. (Review of third series.)

* “The Lafcadio Hearn and the Sainte-Beuve [essays] are, perhaps, the most remarkable for the depth and penetration of their analysis.”

+ Ind. 59: 1163. N. 16, ‘05. 60w. (Review of second and third series.)

“His is the criticism that takes infinite pains, dissects out every nerve.”

+ + — Nation. 81: 104. Ag. 3, ‘05. 1110w. (Review of second series.)

“Are marked by charm and insight. They are not unduly discursive.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 496. Jl. 29, ‘05. 820w. (Review of second series.)

“He is sound and sane, and he can penetrate sympathetically to inner realities of the works and the men he is studying. He is independent and he thinks for himself.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 730. O. 28, ‘05. 700w. (Review of third series.)

251“Mr. More has the instincts of the scholar and the tastes of the man of culture; but his feet are on the ground. And he has a generous endowment of that common sense which is the conservator of art, as genius is its inspiration.”

+ + + Outlook. 81: 678. N. 18, ‘05. 1550w. (Review of first-third series.)

“Whatever his subject, the stamp of leisurely scholarship, of well-backed, first-hand knowledge, of that indescribable something called ‘style’ attests the writer’s kinship with the best of the old-school essayists.”

+ + Pub. Opin. 38: 942. Je. 17, ‘05. 180w. (Review of second series.)

Morgan, Lewis Henry. League of the Ho-de-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois; ed. by Herbert M. Lloyd. **$5. Dodd.

This new edition contains not only an accurate re-print of the edition of 1851, but also copious editorial notes, and introduction, personal reminiscences of Morgan by Charles T. Porter, a brief biography of Morgan with a bibliography of his writings, a sketch of the lives of Ely S. Parker and Charles T. Porter, an excellent index, and many illustrations.

“One-volume reprint of the two-volume original lacks nothing desirable in the way of critical apparatus.”

+ + Critic. 46: 381. Ap. ‘05. 180w.

“Still remains the best and most authoritative work on the subject. For his editorial notes Mr. Lloyd has drawn upon every source of information, and they reveal his wide and discriminating reading of literature on the Iroquois. Not only a work of prime importance to all students of Indian life and character, but a book that one reads with genuine enjoyment for its own sake.” L. J. Burpee.

+ + Dial. 38: 119. F. 16, ‘05. 2300w.

Morris, William O’Connor. Wellington, soldier and statesman, and the revival of the military power of England. **$1.35; hf. lea. **$1.60. Putnam.

“This is the most recent volume of the “Heroes of the nations” series.... The book is in no sense a biography of Wellington, but almost entirely a military history. The Peninsular war forms, as it were, the kernel.... But Wellington’s early career is not neglected. The promise of his youth ... is well indicated in the first chapter, and in the second, the seven years spent in India are ... treated.... The ninth chapter deals with the campaign of 1815.... The remainder of the book, on the duke’s political life, is not so detailed.... There are 16 portraits of the principal personages, and 16 maps and plans.”—Nation.

“This is a hopelessly mediocre book. The book has not even ... a correct, agreeable, and lucid style. It cannot be recommended even for the instruction of the general public and school-boys.” R. M. Johnston.

— — Am. Hist. R. 10: 692. Ap. ‘05. 260w.

Reviewed by Edward Fuller.

Bookm. 21: 527. Jl. ‘05. 250w.

“This seems to us the first really satisfactory account of his career and his influence on the military power of England that has been given in compact and popular form.”

+ + Critic. 46: 380. Ap. ‘05. 70w.

“Mr. Davis remarks in the concluding sentence that ‘the judge’s conclusions, although they have been challenged by some high authorities, deserve the attention due to acute independent study of the original sources of information’; a statement which will probably be indorsed by most readers of the book.”

+ + Dial. 38: 93. F. 1, ‘05. 290w.

“But on the whole, those who like a résumé of a period will find in this book more than a good example of its kind.”

+ Nation. 80: 76. Ja. 26, ‘05. 1050w.

Morrison, Arthur. Green diamond. †$1.50. Page.

The pursuit of a lost diamond, which is stolen from the Rajah of Goona and sent to England in a magnum of Tokay wine; an American buys the wine, and not suspecting its value, sells it. Adventures thrilling and blood-curdling follow thick and fast until at last the breathless author and reader give up the chase.

“Arthur Morrison is entitled to rank among the better writers of mystery or detective-stories of the present time. ‘The green diamond’ is, we think, the best of Mr. Morrison’s mystery-stories. It is one of the best mystery tales of the present year.” Amy C. Rich.

+ + Arena. 33: 342. Mr. ‘05. 450w.

+ Reader. 5: 501. Mr. ‘05. 180w.

* Mortimer, Alfred Garnett. It ringeth to evensong. *$1.25. Whittaker.

The trials and blessings of old age are discussed helpfully here for people of advancing years. The same optimism of the book commends it to the healthy minded no less than to the mortal who looks out drearily upon old age.

Mother Goose. Only true Mother Goose; ed. by Edward Everett Hale. †60c. Lothrop.

A facsimile reprint of “The only true Mother Goose” as published in Boston in 1833, including the odd-looking woodcuts. Dr. Hale has furnished an introduction to the book “which setting aside the Goose fable, is really a valuable collection of political squibs and old songs, any where from a century and a half to three centuries old.” (N. Y. Times.)

* Ind. 59: 1386. D. 14, ‘05. 40w.

Nation. 81: 257. S. 28, ‘05. 320w.

* N. Y. Times. 10: 744. N. 4, ‘05. 80w.

+ + Outlook. 81: 281. S. 30, ‘05. 80w.

* “A quaint little volume.”

+ R. of Rs. 32: 640. N. ‘05. 60w.

Mother-Light: a novel. †$1.50. Appleton.

“This book places in the suburbs of Trenton, New Jersey, the headquarters of an extraordinary religious cult, something after the Theosophical order. Three hundred pages are devoted to describing its mummeries and the emotions and experiences of a young woman from Ida Grove, Iowa, its chosen high priestess, or ‘Mother-Light’.”—Outlook.

* Ath. 1905, 2: 267. Ag. 26. 290w.

Outlook. 79: 653. Mr. 11, ‘05. 90w.

Mott, Frederick Blount. Before the crisis. †$1.50. Lane.

A book dealing with America before the outbreak of the Civil war, and during the campaign of John Brown and his sons. “The book is full of graphically told adventures; but though these are exciting reading, the picture of slavery is even more interesting. The slaves depicted are under good masters, yet in spite of this the author shows conclusively how the characters of both owners and slaves were corroded by an institution which involved the absolute dependence of one human being on the caprice of another.” (Spec.)

“Mr. Mott’s romance is a moderately deft piece of workmanship on familiar, melodramatic lines.”

+ Acad. 68: 336. Mr. 25, ‘05. 180w.

“It is a thrilling story, however, and well enough told for those readers living too far North to detect the author’s egregious errors in representing negro character and negro dialect.”

+ — Ind. 59: 156. Jl. 20, ‘05. 200w.

+ Spec. 94: 372. Mr. 11, ‘05. 140w.

Mott, Lawrence. Jules of the great heart, “free” trapper and outlaw in the Hudson bay region in the early days. †$1.50. Century.

Jules Verbaux, a gaunt French-Canadian 252trapper, outlawed by the Hudson Bay company, which has put a price upon his head, lives the life of the hunted, cleverly avoiding capture. He flits like a shadow over the frozen north and thru the fury of its storms, trapping where he can, but wherever he rears his lone hut some relentless enemy reduces it to ashes. A prey to brute passions in a cruel world with all hands against him, the great heart of the man still beats warm beneath the “petite” cap of his “enfant” who is dead, which he carries constantly with him, the sole reminder of the wife whom he believes has deserted him. Again and again it prompts him to noble action while his whole being calls for vengeance. In the end he is given a bleak sort of happiness—but it suffices, and his great heart sighs, “Je suis content.”

* “The book offers interesting reading for boys, and even older readers may enjoy the vivid descriptions of the hard life of the trapper.”

+ Nation. 81: 448. N. 30, ‘05. 220w.

* “It is not too much to say that this book is splendid: it might not be too much to say that it is great.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 749. N. 4, ‘05. 450w.

* “It is a strong story, happily free from much of the brutality and dreariness that have marked so many stories of the frozen north.”

+ Outlook. 81: 710. N. 25, ‘05. 170w.

* “They are strong stories of strong men who lived full-blooded lives and died in whatever way ‘le bon Dieu willed.’”

+ Pub. Opin. 39: 699. N. 25, ‘05. 180w.

Moule, Rt. Rev. Handley C. G. Second epistle to Timothy: short devotional studies on the dying letter of St. Paul. *$1. Union press.

The bishop of Durham “has taken up this heart-moving Epistle with the single intention of expounding it after the manner of a Bible reading, not for literary criticism or enquiry but in quest of divine messages for heart and life.” As the verses are treated in the commentary, they are noted in the margin of each page. A poem upon “The martyrdom of St. Paul,” written in 1876, is appended.

Moyer, James Ambrose. Descriptive geometry for students of engineering. $2. Wiley.

This is the second edition of this book. “It is far more than a slight revision.... The text has been more than doubled, and the number of diagrams increased from 33 to 77.... The text is placed on the left-hand pages, and the diagrams, instead of being massed at the end of the volume, as in the former edition, are placed on the right hand pages, the space not thus used being available for notes by the student.” (Engin. N.)

“As a whole, the book is well adapted to the needs of engineering colleges, and in a number of important features is the most satisfactory one now available.” Henry S. Jacoby.

+ + + Engin. N. 53: 535. My. 18, ‘05. 510w.

“We believe that the interests of both theory and practice would be better served if the instruction offered by Mr. Moyer were combined with such a course as that afforded by Professor Emch’s book.” Cassius J. Keyser.

+ + — Science, n.s. 22: 115. Jl. 28, ‘05. 160w.

Muirhead, Rev. Lewis A. Eschatology of Jesus; or, The kingdom come and coming: a brief study of our Lord’s apocalyptic language in the synoptic Gospels. $1.75. Armstrong.

“The volume is composed of lectures given on the Bruce foundation, and is subject to the limitations of its origin. The first lecture considers the pre-suppositions of the study; the second, the relation of the Jewish apocalypses to Jesus; the third, the actual teaching of Jesus concerning the consummation of the Kingdom; and the fourth, inclusively, the Son of man.”—Am. J. of Theol.

“The treatment, as a whole, however, can hardly be called more than sketchy. Taken altogether, the book, though stimulating, suffers from the fault which besets all exegetical studies dominated by pre-suppositions. Mr. Muirhead has said some very sensible things, but his volume presumes an attitude of mind ... that one may go the length of literary criticism and yet refrain from dogmatic or historical changes.” Shailer Mathews.

+ — Am. J. of Theol. 9: 343. Ap. ‘05. 710w.

Reviewed by H. B. Sharman.

+ — Bib. World. 25: 233. Mr. ‘05. 970w.

“Mr. Muirhead submits this view to careful investigation, in excellent spirit, cautious yet receptive, and his work is one of the most valuable of recent contributions to the understanding of the synoptic gospels.”

+ + Ind. 58: 1072. My. 11, ‘05. 130w.

Muirhead, Lewis A. Times of Christ. *60c. Scribner.

“The author of this handy volume is favorably known by his scholarly and fruitful work on ‘The eschatology of Jesus.’ To meet the needs of junior students he has here expanded and simplified a former edition of this manual, which some older students may value as an inexpensive and convenient substitute for Schürer’s voluminous work on ‘The Jewish people in the time of Christ.’”—Outlook.

+ Outlook. 80: 196. My. 20, ‘05. 60w.

Mulets, Lenore Elizabeth. Stories of little fishes. †$1. Page.

This sixth volume in the series of “Phyllis’ field friends” opens with the statement that one who goes a-fishing with Phyllis may expect to catch strange things, and that under the general title of fishes the reader may chance upon an eel, a turtle, or a frog. Then follows a mixture of fact and fiction which will delight the young, altho the combination of scientific truth and fairy story is rather daring.

* “They are entertainingly written.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 860. D. 2, ‘05. 40w.

Mulock, Miss, pseud. See Craik, Dinah Maria.

Mumford, Ethel Watts. Joke book note book. **75c. Elder.

This note book for jokes is a clever little conceit, cleverly carried out. It is in pocket size with pages left blank for the instant jotting down of the illusive joke. An illustrated thumb index makes reference to the different divisions easy, while the head pieces, which are real heads, the tail-pieces, which are real feet, and the general make up, are jocose enough to fit whatever may be recorded.

* + Dial. 39: 384. D. 1, ‘05. 120w.

Mumford, Ethel Watts; Herford, Oliver, and Mizner, Addison. Complete cynic’s calendar of revised wisdom for 1906. **75c. Elder.

The same cynicisms applied to a new calendar. The book is made as attractive as its predecessor, with marginal drawings done in red ink.

* “This 1906 edition is better as a whole than any of its predecessors. The cream of the old ‘twister’ proverbs has been retained, and the new ones are equal to the best of the old.”

+ + Dial. 39: 384. D. 1, ‘05. 70w.

* Munk, Joseph Amasa. Arizona sketches. **$2. Grafton press.

Dr. Munk “describes not only the Grand cañon of the Colorado, with which we are all more or less familiar from former accounts, but also such little-known phenomena as the Meteorite 253mountain and the oddities of desert vegetation.... There are also interesting chapters on the structures of the cliff dwellers, and entertaining accounts of the habits and customs of the snake dancers, the modern Moquis. The book is profusely illustrated from photographs.”—R. of Rs.

* + N. Y. Times. 10: 824. D. 2, ‘05. 140w.

* + R. of Rs. 32: 754. D. ‘05. 120w.

Munro, Dana Carleton, and Sellery, George Clarke, eds. and trs. Medieval civilization: selected studies from European authors. *$1.25. Century.

“The compilers of this volume designed it as an aid to instructors and students in mediaeval history. The book includes samples of many authorities bearing on the points on which the student of mediaeval history will be likely to need special illumination.”—N. Y. Times.

“The volume is especially adapted to institutions where the libraries are limited in scope.”

+ Critic. 46: 384. Ap. ‘05. 50w.

“Prepared with praiseworthy care and good judgment.”

+ + Nation. 80: 445. Je. 1, ‘05. 690w.

“Each student may use it as an auxiliary. The volume will be practically serviceable for the purpose for which it is intended. Even readers with fairly correct general conceptions of the period will find much that is new to them.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 54. Ja. 28, ‘05. 410w. (Survey of contents.)

+ Pub. Opin. 38: 136. Ja. 26, ‘05. 280w.

+ + R. of Rs. 31: 509. Ap. ‘05. 60w.

* Munro, Hugh Andrew Johnstone. Criticism and elucidations of Catullus; also Ætna revised, amended and explained. *$4. Stechert.

A reprint of a volume which “first appeared in 1878, and has for some time been a rare book, not easily procured. Mr. J. D. Duff contributes a prefatory note to the effect that three short papers, printed by Munro in ‘The journal of philology’ after the publication of his book, have been added, a few misprints have been corrected, and a few fresh notes by Munro himself included. Reference has also been made occasionally to discussion of points since Munro’s day. But the book, as at present printed, is only two pages longer than in the old form. This masterpiece of Munro, with all its liveliness of style, knowledge of Latin, and feeling of poetry, ought to be known to every classical scholar.”—Ath.

* “Our best thanks are due to those who have made it available for the present generation.”

+ + Ath. 1905, 2: 368. S. 16. 190w.

* + Nation. 81: 402. N. 16, ‘05. 200w.

Munsterberg, Hugo. Americans; tr. by Edwin B. Holt. **$2.50. McClure.

“A translation of Professor Munsterberg’s ‘Die Amerikäner,’ recently published in Germany. It aims to be a general explanation of the American people—their history, their customs and their political and social life. He discusses the methods used by the Americans in meeting such vital problems as the silver question, trusts, the negro question, divorce, huge fortunes, displays of wealth, etc.”—Bookm.

“The work, in spite of its undoubted merits, lacks the keen incisiveness that distinguished the ‘American traits.’ At times the style is rather diffuse, and in place of brilliant generalizations one gets somewhat barren generalities.”

+ — Acad. 68: 389. Ap. 8, ‘05. 3090w.

“We regard the work as one of the most subtly dangerous books, if one is not on the alert to detect its fallacies, that has appeared in years. Apparently liberal, it is in fact ultra-reactionary in so far as its attitude toward true democracy is concerned. The author’s desire to make the Americans appear to the best advantage to the aristocratic and cultured of monarchial Germany leads him at times to indulge in the same sophistical special-pleadings that mark his treatment of democracy and the genius of free government which we have dwelt upon in our editorial.” Amy C. Rich.

— — + Arena. 33: 333. Mr. ‘05. 1700w.

“Excellently translated. His work deserves to find an honourable place in all libraries as a supplement to the more solid volumes of Mr. Bryce.”

+ + Ath. 1905, 2: 76. Jl. 15. 490w.

+ + Critic. 46: 191. F. ‘05. 150w.

“By plan, selections of topics, and perspective of presentation, the work seems measurably suited to its objective purpose. The self-assertive American cannot refrain from expressing with regret but with conviction, his inability to endorse the judicial pronouncements or the philosophic standpoint of ‘The Americans.’ It is possible that we lack the gift to see ourselves as others see us; but we cannot candidly laud the lifelikeness of the portrait when we are introduced into its presence.” Joseph Jastrow.

+ — Dial. 38: 145. Mr. 1, ‘05. 3900w.

“The translation is ... written in a fluent style and betraying little of the awkwardness which attaches to so many translations and at once betrays them as such, a cursory examination of passages taken at random reveals not a few infidelities, inaccuracies and inaptitudes.”

+ + — Nation. 80: 12. Ja. 5, ‘05. 450w.

“The tone of the work is essentially optimistic. Of the two [’American traits’ and ‘Americans’] the latter is by far the most pretentious. It is comparable rather with such a work as Emile Boutmy’s ‘The English people.’ To defect of method must be added blemishes of misstatement and even errors of prejudice. There can be no doubt that it renders a distinct service to the readers of both countries. Seldom have we seen such a complete record of American achievement, individual and national, as is embodied in the pages dealing with the concrete facts of our development.”

+ + — Outlook. 79: 446. F. 18, ‘05. 970w.

“One of the most thoughtful, valuable dissections of American national character by a foreigner is ‘The Americans.’”

+ + R. of Rs. 31: 382. Mr. ‘05. 210w.

“The book is a typical specimen of the best German method. The whole book is an admirable defence of what is best in American life, but at the same time there is a wholesome suggestion of that other side.”

+ + — Spec. 94: 894. Je. 17, ‘05. 1660w.

Munsterberg, Hugo. Eternal life. **85c. Houghton.

“Two friends are sitting at the hearth after a funeral, and one gives the other his thoughts on immortality, as recorded here in an imagined monologue. There is an Oversoul, whose will-attitudes are the norms of the good, the beautiful, and the true. These are eternal. These will-attitudes we may make ours, yet they become ours ‘only in so far as our consciousness, is the over-individual consciousness, the Oversoul.’”—Outlook.

“His interpretation of life in terms of will is done with extraordinary skill and perspicuity, considering the small space allotted to the problem in his paper. But his application of the theory of will-values to individual immortality appears to us unsatisfactory and weak.”

+ — Cath. World. 81: 537. Jl. ‘05. 690w.

“It is a spiritual structure built upon the sands of speculation.” Edward Fuller.

+ — Critic. 47: 245. S. ‘05. 200w.

“It is written in a charming manner, and is really a description of the author’s philosophy. The fault I find with Professor Munsterberg’s philosophy is really this: that it pretends to get rid of time and space in considering personality, and yet does not do so, and cannot, in the nature of things.” T. D. A. Cockerell.

+ — Dial. 38: 415. Je. 16, ‘05. 1290w.

Outlook. 80: 139. My. 13, ‘05. 150w.

Murfree, Mary Noailles. See Craddock, Charles Egbert, pseud.

Murray, A. H. Hallam; Nevinson, H. W.; and Carmichael, Montgomery. Sketches on the old road through France to Florence. *$5. Dutton.

Mr. Murray has pictured his journey thru Normandy, central and southern France, and Italy in a series of sketches which the equally artistic descriptive work of Mr. Nevinson on France, and Mr. Carmichael on Italy rounds into a volume pleasing and instructive to both the mind and the eye.

“His book is beyond doubt the best colour-book yet issued.”

+ + Ath. 1905. 2: 216. Ag. 12, 370w.

“The illustrations by A. H. Hallam-Murray are full of the romance and charm of the places he has pictured.”

+ Critic. 46: 480. My. ‘05. 210w.

Murray, Grace Peckham. Fountain of youth. **$1.60. Stokes.

The relation of personal hygiene to health and longevity, all along the way from the commonplace in looks to genuine attractiveness is set forth clearly and professionally in this very fully illustrated handbook.

N. Y. Times. 10: 659. O. 7, ‘05. 230w.

+ + Outlook. 80: 691. Jl. 15, ‘05. 70w.

Mustard, Wilfred Pirt. Classical echoes in Tennyson. **$1.25. Macmillan.

Volume III in the “Columbia university studies in English series.” A book which sets forth the classical influence in Tennyson’s writings by showing the kinship between many of his passages and those of the old Greek and Latin authors. There are many explanatory and reference notes, including the texts of the passages quoted both in English and the original.

“This attractive little volume, it should be understood, is something very much better than the mere digging out of such verses of Tennyson as show resemblance to lines in Greek or Latin literature. The erudition of the compiler is accompanied everywhere by an exact and critical scholarship. Here and there he corrects errors of Tennysonian editors and biographers—once a misquotation from memory by Tennyson himself. For this and other reasons this book cannot safely be missed by any student of Tennyson’s work in general, whether or not he happens to be especially interested in its particular subject.” Herbert W. Horwill.

+ + Forum. 36: 401. Ja. ‘05. 840w.

“The author is often prone to seek for origins in specific things which for centuries have been generalities in thought and language. Prof. Mustard writes without prejudice and with a wholesome perception of the idiosyncracies of the poet’s mind, of his knowledge, and his imagination.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 139. Mr. 4, ‘05. 670w.

Muther, Richard. Jean François Millet. *$1. Scribner.

Although but a brief monograph, this addition to the “Langham series,” gives a fair and concise study of Millet’s work. The volume is pleasing in size, shape, and illustrations.

“Is especially notable for the justice of its point of view.”

+ + — Nation. 81: 347. O. 26, ‘05. 860w.

“If the account somewhat lacks the picturesque phraseology which we find in Mrs. Ady’s biography, it has a greater note of authority.”

+ Outlook. 81: 577. N. 4, ‘05. 130w.

My garden in the city of gardens. See Cuthell, E. H.

Myers, A. Wallis, ed. Sportsman’s year book for 1905. *$1.25. imp. Scribner.

“There are chapters by different writers on the horse racing during the year, cricket, football, rugby, motor racing, motor boating, polo, lawn tennis, croquet, hockey, lacrosse, amateur athletics, rowing, coursing, cycle racing, and yacht racing. These are followed by biographies of well-known English sportsmen and sportswomen. The illustrations, in black-and-white, include photographic reproductions of portraits of English champions, boats, horses, dogs, etc.”—N. Y. Times.

Nation. 80: 289. Ap. 13, ‘05. 170w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 168. Mr. 18, ‘05. 240w.

Myers, Albert Cook, ed. Hannah Logan’s courtship: a true narrative; the wooing of the daughter of James Logan, colonial governor of Pennsylvania, and divers other matters, as related in the diary of her lover, John Smith, esq., 1746-1752. $2.50; ¾ lev. $4. Ferris.

In the diary of John Smith of Philadelphia, Quaker and business man, is recorded the story of his quiet life and of his courtship of Hannah Logan, whom he married in 1748. The book is illustrated by facsimiles, autographs, silhouettes, and portraits, which aid the diary in giving an interesting view of colonial Philadelphia.

+ Am. Hist. R. 10: 723. Ap. ‘05. 110w.

“The extreme frankness and naïveté of the diary, which was intended for no eyes but those of Smith himself, add to the pleasantness of the book, for which we are grateful to Mr. Myers.”

+ + Ath. 1905, 1, 393. Ap. 1. 530w.

+ + Critic. 47: 95. Jl. ‘05. 160w.

“A volume exceedingly attractive to students of our colonial history, and not unattractive to the general reader.”

+ + Dial. 38: 273. Ap. 16, ‘05. 270w.

“The diary is not only a charming and perfectly un-self-conscious record of a courtship of those days; it is worth much as a picture of the manners and daily life of the Quakers of ‘the Province’.”

+ Nation. 80: 271. Ap. 6, ‘05. 640w.

“As the medium of presenting an excellent picture of colonial home life the book also has value.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 397. Je. 17, ‘05. 580w.

“The plan of the book is original and it will interest many readers.”

+ Outlook. 79: 604. Mr. 4, ‘05. 70w.

Myers, Frederick William Henry. Fragments of prose and poetry. *$2.50. Longmans.

A volume edited by the wife of this high minded scholar, poet and leader in the work of “Psychical research” three years after his death. There is an autobiographical sketch which sets forth his struggle with doubt and faith, followed by tributes to Ruskin, Gladstone, Watts, Stevenson and other friends who passed before him into the unknown. The last section of the volume contains sixty of his poems. The whole is well illustrated.

+ + Arena. 33: 339. Mr. ‘05. 540w.

“But here is less an argument than a ‘document,’ the inner life of a poet and thinker. His poems which fill nearly half the book, ... are so good they should be better; but his congenital sin, perhaps, of rhetoric— ... too often gets the best of them.”

+ + Ind. 58: 438. F. 23, ‘05. 870w.

* Myrick, Herbert. Cache la Poudre: the romance of a tenderfoot in the days of Custer. $1.50. Judd.

On the slender thread of the story of a young New Yorker who in unmerited disgrace disappears from his home, reappears as a western tenderfoot, serves under Custer, and wins reputation and a bride, are strung pictures of the crude life and thrilling scenes found in northern Colorado, Wyoming and Montana in the early seventies. The book altho both novel and historical, 254is not a typical historical novel. The numerous illustrations from paintings by Charles Schreyvogel, Edward W. Deming, and Henry Fangel, with many photographs not only supplement the author’s descriptions but overshadow the text. The fact that they represent real people about whom the appendix provides further facts, gives the book an added value. There are portraits of Custer, Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the-face and other characters, and pictures of various scenes from cow-boy life.

N

Nansen, Fridtjof. Norway and the union with Sweden. 70c. Macmillan.

A resumé given temperately and concisely from the Norwegian point of view of the events leading up to the present crisis. These events cover about a hundred years; the real strife beginning when in 1895 a change in the Swedish constitution practically took the administration of foreign affairs out of the hand of the king and placed them under the power of parliament.

“A sound little book on the Norwegian side of the dispute, by the Norwegian who is most competent to write upon it.”

+ + Ath. 1905, 2: 13. Jl. 1. 160w.

+ + Lond. Times. 4: 210. Je. 30, ‘05. 320w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 468. Jl. 15, ‘05. 310w.

* “Thus the book is one to be read before attacking Otté’s larger and more exhaustive work.”

+ + Outlook. 81: 882. D. 9, ‘05. 1540w.

“Nansen’s book, admirable in restraint, will certainly do nothing to embitter feeling in either country.”

+ + Sat. R. 100: 284. Ag. 26, ‘05. 400w.

“Dr. Nansen states the Norwegian case in a lucid and forcible way.”

+ + Spec. 95: 21. Jl. 1, ‘05. 140w.

Nares, Robert. Glossary of words, phrases, names, and allusions in the works of English authors, particularly Shakespeare and his contemporaries; ed. by J. O. Halliwell and Thomas Wright. *$3. Dutton.

This work was originally published in 1822, and the present edition follows the original text, but includes many new words, phrases, and expressions which have been found since the publication of the first edition or were overlooked by the author.

Nation. 80: 69. Ja. 26, ‘05. 300w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 202. Ap. 1, ‘05. 390w.

Nason, Frank Lewis. Vision of Elijah Berl. †$1.50. Little.

This story of California is the story of Elijah Berl, a dreamer and fanatic, who undertook the great work of making a barren wilderness “blossom as the rose,” and, blinded by the light of his glowing vision, sought base methods to attain his noble end. His partner who applies the “moral straight-edge,” the girl who helps, and the weak wife who hinders are strongly drawn. The company’s affairs, the orange industry, the building of the irrigation dam, and the feverish land boom just before its collapse give the typical atmosphere of the early West.

Reviewed by Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ + Bookm. 21: 367. Je. ‘05. 440w.

+ Dial. 38: 392. Je. 1, ‘05. 120w.

Ind. 59: 209. Jl. 27, ‘05. 260w.

“Mr. Nason has drawn the character of Elijah with excellent precision and clearness.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 311. My. 13, ‘05. 290w.

“The author evidently knows conditions in California, and is wide awake in his study of human character.”

+ Outlook. 80: 196. My. 20, ‘05. 130w.

+ Pub. Opin. 39: 27. Jl. 1, ‘05. 170w.

National documents: state papers so arranged as to illustrate the growth of our country from 1606 to the present day. *72c; lea. *92c; pa. *42c. Bell, H. W.

“A valuable little volume containing important state papers, from the charter of Virginia, given in 1606 to the Panama ship canal treaty of 1904.”—Arena.

Reviewed by Amy C. Rich.

+ + + Arena. 33: 451. Ap. ‘05. 160w.

Naylor, E. W. Elizabethan virginal book. *$2. Dutton.

“In his ‘critical essay’ on the contents of the Virginal book in the Fitzwilliam museum at Cambridge, ... [the author] gives a careful study of nearly 300 pieces of the Tudor period which are almost entirely unknown.” (N. Y. Times.) These pieces of Elizabethan music include 130 dances, 17 organ pieces, 46 arrangements of forty different songs, and certain madrigals, and fantasias, etc.

Acad. 68: 562. My. 27, ‘05. 600w.

“But the volume as a whole is interesting and instructive; moreover, it is the first book on the subject, and therefore welcome. It contains many musical illustrations, and there is a capital index.”

+ + — Ath. 1905, 2: 251. Ag. 19. 510w.

* “It is a careful and scholarly work.” W. J. Henderson.

+ Atlan. 96: 854. D. ‘05. 60w.

“It is a valuable work of reference, for it embodies all that can be required by one who is desirous of gaining a clear idea of the music of this interesting period.”

+ + Dial. 39: 245. O. 16, ‘05. 270w.

+ + Ind. 59: 695. S. 21, ‘05. 200w.

“It must be admitted that he makes out a good case for his thesis.”

+ Nation. 81: 305. O. 12, ‘05. 110w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 355. Je. 3, ‘05. 320w.

“It certainly is a stimulating and graphic method of studying musical history that he has embodied in the book.” Richard Aldrich.

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 604. S. 16, ‘05. 630w.

* + + Spec. 95: sup. 908. D. 2, ‘05. 770w.

Needler, George Henry, tr. See Nibelungenlied.

Neidig, William Jonathan. First wardens. **$1. Macmillan.

Thirty-seven poems upon such themes as Alvah and Azubah, The adoration of the Magi, Wine of laurel, and Lex mundi. There is also a series of sonnets called A woman’s ring.

+ Critic. 46: 566. Je. ‘05. 130w.

“Much of Mr. Neidig’s verse, for all its originality and unquestionably poetic diction, makes too hard reading to fulfill the proper function of poetry.” Wm. M. Payne.

— + Dial. 39: 65. Ag. 1, ‘05. 260w.

+ Nation. 81: 17. Jl. 6. ‘05. 250w.

* Nesbit, Wilbur Dick. Alphabet of history. **75c. Elder.

“A thin little book done in brown tones and with a flexible cover.... It is printed in old art style and bound in Rhinos boards.... Taking history alphabetically, the book goes from Alexander to Zenobia, and includes such prominent people as Lucullus, Raleigh, William Tell, and James Watt.... The illustrations show without overmuch seriousness the eminent individuals whose life stories are told.”—N. Y. Times.

255* “Twenty-six historical personages ... are portrayed with accuracy, completeness, and much cleverness.”

+ Dial. 39: 384. D. 1, ‘05. 70w.

* + N. Y. Times. 10: 776. N. 18, ‘05. 90w.

Neville, James J. Letters of a self-made president. $1. Ogilvie.

The apparent object of these letters is to ridicule Roosevelt, his friends, and his official and unofficial acts. Altho names are transposed and facts perverted, there is no real attempt to disguise the identity of the executive who entertains Booker at dinner for the sake of the negro vote, and assembles the navy at Clam bay for the edification of a few visiting friends.

“Now and then the malice has a spice of wit, but generally speaking the letters of a self-made president are rather heavy.”

— + N. Y. Times. 10: 543. Ag. 19, ‘05. 220w.

Nevinson, Henry W. Books and personalities. *$1.50. Lane.

“The reviews and criticisms of which this book is composed deal with a varied company of literary personalities. The net is spread very wide. Great and small—Mr. Belloc and Browning, Goethe and Aubrey Beardsley, Æschylus and Mr. Yeats, Dolling and De Wet, Carlyle, Heine, and Mr. Le Gallienne, and many others—are gathered in. And in dealing with them all Mr. Nevinson either has his point of view, or manages to reflect, brightly enough, the general tendency of educated opinion.”—Ath.

“Readable and stimulating these short studies undoubtedly are.”

+ + — Ath. 1905, 1: 557. My. 6. 730w.

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.

* + Atlan. 96: 848. D. ‘05. 390w.

“Mr. Nevinson has a charming and lucid style that cannot but give interest to his restrained thoughts.”

+ Critic. 47: 380. O. ‘05. 100w.

“He writes in a brisk, self-confident, effective way, with no lack of plausible generalizations (not based on painfully exhaustive collection of particulars) and a ready supply of apt illustrations. As short essays in criticism of the lighter sort, these chapters, despite a slight tendency to the dogmatic in their tone are excellent reading.”

+ Dial. 39: 91. Ag. 16, ‘05. 320w.

“We have read them all with interest—seldom, indeed, have met with a book of the kind which we were so unwilling to lay down—and many with much pleasure.”

+ + — Spec. 94: 924. Je. 24, ‘05. 260w.

New, Edmund H. Evesham. *50c. Dutton.

“Americans rarely see Evesham and the beautiful, broad vale in which it lies, although they are near it when they make, as all good Americans do, their Shakespeare pilgrimage. This little book, one of the ‘Temple topographies,’ is, with its line drawings and pleasant narrative, an introduction and an incentive to visit a charming countryside.”—Outlook.

“In this volume thorough justice is done to the buildings of a charming little Worcestershire town.”

+ Nation. 80: 247. Mr. 30, ‘05. 140w.

+ Outlook. 79: 349. F. 4, ‘05. 50w.

Newberry, Percy Edward, and Garstang, John. Short history of ancient Egypt. **$1.20. Estes.

A small volume which gives a comprehensive sketch of the Egyptian monarchy from its founding to its disintegration, three thousand years later. The story is told in the light of the many important discoveries which have been made within the last decade. It is a book that will arouse the student’s interest in the subject and lead to the study of larger works.

“There is a painful lack of proper proportion. The presentation in the little book of the new results from the archaic age deserves consideration as a serious contribution. The American edition has some serious misprints.”

+ — Am. Hist. R. 10: 843. Jl. ‘05. 510w.

“They have written with exactness and clearness, and their product should offer the reader an attractive synopsis of the latest discoveries.”

+ + Critic. 46: 382. Ap. ‘05. 70w.

+ + Dial. 38: 240. Ap. 1, ‘05. 250w.

R. of Rs. 31: 248. F. ‘05. 80w.

Newell, William Wells. Words for music: symphonic series. *$3. Small.

A little volume of brief lyrics of nature and life.

“The most noticeable fault of the pieces is found in the frequent omission of articles and other small words necessary to the construction.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ — Dial. 39: 66. Ag. 1, ‘05. 120w.

“In ‘Words for music,’ ... a mild and rather wordy mysticism sometimes bears poetic fruit in verse of a pleasing, gossamer-like tenuity.”

+ — Nation. 81: 17. Jl. 6. ‘05. 190w.

Newman, Ernest. Musical studies: essays. *$1.50. Lane.

Mr. Newman’s fearless attitude toward music and composers results in an iconoclastic treatment of some of the old masters and a proportionately exalted consideration of others of more modern schools. In the latter class is Strauss to whom “Mr. Newman attributes ... pretty nearly everything except the creation of the world.... The essay on programme music is unquestionably the most lucid, original, and convincing discussion of that question ever printed.” (Nation.)

“Our author is a clever and thoughtful writer, and even those who differ from him will respect his frankly expressed opinions.”

+ Ath. 1905, 2: 251. Ag. 19. 280w.

* “His scholarship is good and his point of view established favorably for perspective. He writes frankly of old and new masters, and his comments are stimulating to the mind of the reader.” W. J. Henderson.

+ + Atlan. 96: 854. D. ‘05. 170w.

“Mr. Newman takes his work with vast seriousness and digs very deep. The subjects warrant such treatment, but as a result the reader must look for matter rather than manner.”

+ + — Critic. 47: 380. O. ‘05. 100w.

“Mr. Newman also ventures to fly in the face of public opinion with a few pages of very depreciative remarks on Gounod’s ‘Faust.’ Here he is decidedly in error. In the other essays of this volume we find our author much more sane and satisfactory, and less self-contradictory.”

+ + — Nation. 81: 284. O. 5, ‘05. 1500w.

Newman, Ernest. Wagner. (Music of the masters ser.) $1. Brentano’s.

The average lover of music will find Wagner made comprehensible in Mr. Newman’s monograph; “not the whole Wagner,” but the “essential Wagner” as a musician and a dramatist is the author’s province. Following a chapter on Wagner’s development, each of his operas is studied in turn, and the really essential motives are given. A chronological table and bibliography are included.

“A refreshing independence of judgment.”

+ Nation. 80: 463. Je. 8, ‘05. 340w.

“It is stimulating and refreshing to come upon so strong and original and drastic a piece of criticism as he has delivered in this little book.” Richard Aldrich.

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 308. My. 13, ‘05. 660w.

“Mr. Newman always has something to say that is worth saying, and he says it without indirection, uninfluenced by partisanship.” Richard Aldrich.

+ + + N. Y. Times. 10: 448. Jl. 8, ‘05. 1190w.

256Newman, Eugene William. (Savoyard, pseud.). Essays on men, things, and events, historical, personal, political. $2. Neale.

The sub-title includes the following list of men, who with associated events, “historical, personal, political,” are considered in this volume: Roscoe Conklin, Thaddeus Stevens, Matthew H. Carpenter, Andrew Johnson, John J. Ingalls, Seargent S. Prentiss, Oliver P. Morton, Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Samuel J. Tilden. The family of Field, Marcus A. Hanna, Thomas B. Reed, Benjamin H. Hill, George F. Hoar, Frank Wolford, Stephen A. Douglass and Thomas C. Platt.

“The form on the other hand is very old-fashioned, with much embroidery of classical and Biblical allusion and a generous supply of adjectives of heroic size. Altogether people interested in men and politics, whatever their individual bias, can hardly fail to derive entertainment from Mr. Newman’s essays.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 19. Ja. 14, ‘05. 750w.

Nibelungenlied; tr. into rhymed English verse in the meter of the original by G. H. Needler. *$1.75. Holt.

The first metrical translation of this great epic into the English language will appeal to students and readers alike. The historical background of the work has been supplied in a full two-part introduction: the first of which treats of the Nibelungen saga, its history, development and forms; and the second, of the Nibelungenlied, and the various editions thru which it has passed.

“Mr. Needler does not show a very keen sense of rhythm nor a great command of language. His translation lacks case, and indulges in uncomfortable inversions.”

+ — Ath. 1905, 2: 143. Jl. 29. 380w.

“The book is an interesting work of reference, the value of which is enhanced by a scholarly introduction.”

+ Critic. 47: 192. Ag. ‘05. 100w.

“What distinguishes this translation of the great German epic from all previous attempts is, in the first place, the faithful and happy reproduction of its metrical form. Professor Needler has added a succinct but adequate introduction ... altogether the best summary of the whole subject to be found in English.”

+ + + Nation. 80: 94. F. 2, ‘05. 500w.

“The author of this book says that his apology for presenting it is that none of the preceding translations reproduces the metrical form of the original. His book certainly justifies itself, and stands in no need of any apology. The scholarly introduction deserves unqualified praise, and is, indeed, quite a model of what such a work ought to be. At first sight the versification is not attractive, but the liking for it will be found to grow with increasing familiarity.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 86. F. 11, ‘05. 510w.

“A very satisfactory piece of work.”

+ Outlook. 79: 96. Ja. 7, ‘05. 50w.

R. of Rs. 31: 250. F. ‘05. 80w.

Nicholl, Edith M. (Mrs. Bowyer). Human touch: a tale of the great Southwest. †$1.50. Lothrop.

This strenuous story tells of cattle feuds, train robberies, and kidnappers, and of David Kingdon unhappily married to a woman who leaves him and spends her life in travel. While she is on the continent David meets Sylvia and “the human touch” draws them together. The wife is reported lost at sea, Sylvia and David marry and live happily on the great cattle ranch until the first wife reappears. Heartbreaking scenes follow, the wife is selfish, but Sylvia and David are brave and at last are reunited thru the medium of the divorce court.

* — Ath. 1905, 2: 467. O. 7, 320w.

“In fact, it is a story of unusual excitement, and will hold the reader enthralled just so far as his taste may run in this kind of shotgun literature.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 307. My. 13, ‘05. 410w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 390. Je. 17, ‘05. 180w.

Nicholson, Joseph Shield. History of the English corn laws. $1. Scribner.

A volume which “emphasizes particularly the connection of the corn laws with British social legislation in general, and warns against the danger of appealing to historical precedents without taking into account all the circumstances of the case.... He makes it clear that, though the corn laws did not produce constant high prices, the fluctuations in price which they did produce were an evil both to the farmer and to the consumer.”—Nation.

“This volume, though avowedly prepared to meet the present discontents, is entirely free from partisanship.”

+ + Nation. 80: 437. Je. 1, ‘05. 410w.

“The book is a useful treatment, in popular form, of a subject always of historical interest, and now closely connected with a topic of the day.”

+ + Yale R. 14: 229. Ag. ‘05. 220w.

* Nicholson, Meredith. House of a thousand candles. †$1.50. Bobbs.

The story of a young man whose grandfather has willed him the house of a thousand candles, which includes an Indiana estate, upon the condition that he live in the house a year, otherwise the estate goes to Marian. There is a villain, and there are secret passages, and other mysterious things, there is shooting and slugging, until the reader is prepared for anything, and cheerfully accepts the fact that Olivia, whom the heir loves, is really Marian, and is quite prepared at the end to greet the grandfather, who, it appears, is not dead after all.

* “A story bristling with adventure.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 905. D. 16, ‘05. 380w.

* “The story is told with spirit and the people in it are alive—in one case, even though dead.”

+ Outlook. 81: 835. D. 2, ‘05. 50w.

* Nicoll, Rev. William Robertson (Claudius Clear, pseud.) Garden of nuts; mystical expositions with an essay on Christian mysticism. $1.25. Armstrong.

“A brief series of articles dealing in detail with some texts in the Old Testament. The method of Dr. Nicoll’s interpretation is to allow Scripture to be the commentary on Scripture. Without deprecating modern criticism, he claims that his exposition moves in a region which criticism does not touch: ‘The great passages in the Word of God are timeless.’”—Ath.

* “These pages should commend themselves to many who have been struck by the sterility of much of the historical handling of the Bible which is now in vogue.”

+ Ath. 1905, 2: 722. N. 25. 90w.

* + Outlook. 81: 888. D. 9, ‘05. 240w.

Niemann, August. The conquest of England; tr. by J. H. Freese. $1.50. Putnam.

A translation of “Der weltkrieg-deutsch traume,” which is graphically based upon the supposition of war between Germany and England. “For the dreams of the German, in the view of this author, are of overthrowing the English power, and of an imperial army taking triumphant possession of London.... The story, considered as a historical romance, is of a type familiar enough.... Throughout it is taken for granted that England is the arch-enemy of civilization, that its foreign policy is a complex network of rapacity and hypocrisy, and that it is deaf to the voice of the higher idealism.” (Dial). 257“Is related in a workmanlike manner. It is a fairly good story, and is curiously interesting from the way in which it represents, upon every possible occasion, the point of view of the German anglophobe.” W. M. Payne.

+ — Dial. 38: 127. F. 16, ‘05. 470w.

Nitobe, Inazo. Bushido: the soul of Japan. *$1.25. Putnam.

Nine editions of this book have appeared in Japan. Bushido is the Japanese feudal equivalent for chivalry, and signifies “the code of moral principles which the knights were required or instructed to observe.” “It embodies the maxims of educational training brought to bear on the Samurai, or warrior class of Japan, the class that throughout the feudal age, which ended only fifty years ago, set the standard to the whole people in manners, ideals of character, and mental and moral codes of obligation.”

“Is a misleading piece of special pleading. He makes out his case by partial statement and wholesale suppression.”

— + Ath. 1905, 2: 229. Ag. 19. 1510w.

“Professor Nitobe’s work is not exhaustive. It is the only work, however, on the subject given in a language of the West.” Adachi Kinnosuke.

+ + Ind. 59: 388. Ag. 17, ‘05. 430w.

* + Lit. D. 31: 625. O. 28, ‘05. 170w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 573. S. 2, ‘05. 370w.

+ + Pub. Opin. 39: 159. Jl. 29, ‘05. 180w.

“A delightfully written exposition of Japanese philosophic and social thought.”

+ + R. of Rs. 32: 253. Ag. ‘05. 120w.

+ + Spec. 95: 248. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1790w.

Noble, Edward. Edge of circumstance. †$1.50. Dodd.

“A sea story in which an English captain and a Scottish engineer contend against every ill-hap that could befall a cranky, theoretically-built steamship, owned by men who hypocritically profess to make her a co-operative enterprise embodying every new patent and labor-saving device, while they really mean to save money at the expense of the crew’s comfort and safety.”—Outlook.

“‘The edge of circumstance’ is a striking book, one to be read. Mr. Noble attracts immediate attention yet does not shout; he gives us exciting situations, yet leaves something to the imagination. Mr. Noble is too much of an artist to overload his picture.”

+ + Acad. 68: 63. Ja. 21, ‘05. 230w.

* “In ‘The edge of circumstance’ Mr. Noble has created a book with the qualities of a masterpiece. The portrait of the derelict alone will go down as a wonder of sincere portrayal. The poetry of the things is here plain, founded on a knowledge sharper than fancy.”

+ + Lit. D. 31: 754. N. 18, ‘05. 750w.

“It is a rarely good—even a great—book in some respects, and it seems destined to take high rank in the sea literature of its class.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 670. O. 14. ‘05. 990w.

“The author’s method is much like that of Joseph Conrad, but we miss Conrad’s glow of imagination.”

+ — Outlook. 81: 381. O. 14, ‘05. 80w.

* “A sea-story quite exceptional in vivid strength and well worth perusing.”

+ R. of Rs. 32: 763. D. ‘05. 30w.

“It is impossible to render full justice to Mr. Edward Noble’s striking story in this column.”

+ + Spec. 94: 57. Ja. 14, ‘05. 710w.

Noble, Esther Gideon. Macbeth, a warning against superstition. $1. Badger, R: G.

Dwelling upon the strong negative lesson conveyed thruout the tragedy of Macbeth, viz., the warning against superstition, Macbeth himself is viewed in the light of one steeped in superstition, and the Weird sisters, whose material existence is denied, as doing no more “than ‘harp’ his fear aright.” “Shakespeare made Macbeth distinctly a man of thought, calculation, and caution. It is the abuse, the misdirection of this great power for thought which makes the tragedy,” so maintains the author of this monograph.

* + — Critic. 47: 187. Ag. ‘05. 110w.

Noble, Rev. Franklin. (comp.) Thoughts for the occasion: fraternal and benevolent; reference manual of historical data and facts; helpful in suggesting themes and in outlining addresses for the observance of timely or special occasions of the various orders. $2. Treat.

The book is divided into four parts which cover—Social and benevolent brotherhoods, Beneficiary and fraternal orders, Religious fraternities, and various orders and societies, and includes nearly all the fraternal organizations in America.

Noldin, Hieronymus. Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, intended especially for priests and candidates for priesthood; trans. from the Germ. by Rev. W. H. Kent. *$1.25. Benziger.

“A history of the cultus and observations upon its theological and ascetical importance.”—Cath. World.

“The historical sketch is brief but valuable. We think, however, that this curious evasion of the twelfth promise question will be the sole objection which devout clients of the League will make to this book.”

+ + — Cath. World. 81: 396. Je. ‘05. 590w.

* Nordau, Max. Simon (Südfeld). Dwarf’s spectacles and other fairy tales, tr. from the German by Mary J. Safford. †$1.50. Macmillan.

“The stories were told to Maxa, Mr. Nordau’s little daughter, from her fourth to her seventh birthday, and are translated for the benefit of other little ladies by Mary J. Safford. There are twenty stories in all, and they are about everything from beetles to fairies and from rosebushes to white mice. For instance ... there is a tragic account of a last year’s fly, which shows how sad it is to outlive one’s generation; there is a story of an ungrateful mouse; and a doll that was excessively haughty—in fact, there are stories about everything.... Young people—and even older ones—will read with breathless interest. The book is illustrated with a number of line drawings.”—N. Y. Times.

* + Ind. 59: 1385. D. 14, ‘05. 50w.

* “Is worthy to be read and loved by many other children for its originality, its pleasant style, and its gentle lessons with touches of deeper meaning.”

+ + Nation. 81: 503. D. 21, ‘05. 40w.

* + + N. Y. Times. 10: 860. D. 2, ‘05. 270w.

* “The grown-up reader is as pleased as the child—with everything but the pictures.”

+ — Outlook. 81: 887. D. 9, ‘05. 90w.

Nordenskjöld, Nils Otto Gustav, and Andersson, Dr. Johan Gunnar. Antarctica; or, Two years amongst the ice of the South pole. *$5. Macmillan.

“It will be remembered that the Nordenskjöld expedition, in the vessel Antarctic, left Europe in the summer of 1901, and spent the following Antarctic winter in the South polar regions.... The Antarctic was caught in the ice, ‘nipped’ and sunk, and it took two relief parties to finally rescue Dr. Nordenskjöld and his followers. Notwithstanding the loss of the vessel, with many of the scientific notes, much of the geographical and other scientific results were saved.... 258This volume is Dr. Nordenskjöld’s own story (prepared in collaboration with Dr. Andersson and Captain Larsen, of the Antarctic).”—R. of Rs.

“In the rapidly increasing literature of Polar enterprise Dr. Nordenskjöld’s volume will take a high place. The translator, who has preferred to be anonymous, has performed his task with success.”

+ + + Ath. 1905, 1: 466. Ap. 15. 2250w.

“It is mainly as a narrative that the book must be judged, for it contains little of scientific interest.” Albert White Vorse.

+ Bookm. 22: 171. O. ‘05. 1300w.

“Their story is told in a sufficiently attractive fashion, tho it lacks somewhat of the personal touch that ordinarily vivifies narratives of polar exploration.”

+ + — Ind. 59: 455. Ag. 24, ‘05. 920w.

“To the general reader, the book’s main interest will lie in ... its story of romantic adventure. It is as fascinating reading as Robinson Crusoe. Antarctic scenery and natural phenomena are vividly portrayed.”

+ + + Lit. D. 31: 427. S. 23, ‘05. 720w.

“The story is vividly told, and the quaint English of the translator rather adds to than detracts from the reader’s enjoyment and interest. The illustration of the work is excellent; the index and maps are all that could be asked.”

+ + + Nation. 81: 39. Jl. 13, ‘05. 1500w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 345. My. 27, ‘05. 330w.

“A simple but effective account.”

+ + Outlook. 80: 690. Jl. 15, ‘05. 50w.

+ + R. of Rs. 32: 124. Jl. ‘05. 310w.

+ + + Sat. R. 99: 708. My. 27, ‘05. 1340w.

Norris, H. L. Rice papers; stories and sketches of life in China. †$1.50. Longmans.

In order to while away the leisure hours of a three years’ service in China, the author wrote these nine stories of the Chinese as he saw them, placid and cruel, childlike and shrewd. He has created Hong, the gate-keeper, who spins marvelous yarns to a youthful audience of two, and other characters, which might be real, but are not.

+ Acad. 68: 241. Mr. 11, ‘05. 250w.

“He has turned out capital stories, witty, satirical, yet seemingly jumping with facts, even though he says the stories are not true. They are better than true; they are well-found. Nine stories ... all good, all worth reading and re-reading.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 276. Ap. 29, ‘05. 410w.

“But Mr. Norris as a critic is perhaps too irresponsible to carry much weight. His attitude is primarily that of the amused onlooker, and his aim is plainly to entertain rather than to instruct. In this he is almost uniformly successful.”

+ + Spec. 94: 556. Ap. 15, ‘05. 660w.

Norris, William Edward. Barham of Beltana. †$1.50. Longmans.

Barham of Beltana is a prominent Australian and the love story centers about his son and daughter and the son and daughter of Mr. March, an Englishman. The book is full of complications, obstacles and surprises, into which eccentric old Lady Warden and her secret, two huge mastiffs, and a ghost enter.

“The scenes are pleasantly varied, the situations quietly effective, and the characters consistent though not vital. The story is readable because it runs smoothly from start to finish, and the interest is allowed to accumulate cleverly.”

+ Acad. 68: 240. Mr. 11, ‘05. 270w.

“The story is not particularly well-written.”

— + Arena. 34: 335. S. ‘05. 170w.

* “There seems almost as little to say against ‘Barham of Beltana’ as in its favour.”

+ — Ath. 1905, 1: 524. Ap. 29. 200w.

“Is fresh, vigorous, interesting; original in its situations, unusually clever in its dialogue. A thoroughly enjoyable book.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 204. Ap. 1, ‘05. 710w.

“This author always writes pleasantly, and entirely in unexceptionable English, but the humor and story-interest which his early books had are here reflected only in a faint and feeble light.”

+ Outlook. 79: 855. Ap. 1, ‘05. 40w.

“Mr. Norris is always readable. The present novel contrives to avoid the sameness from which some of Mr. Norris’s recent books have suffered.”

+ Spec. 94: 444. Mr. 25, ‘05. 120w.

Norris, William Edward. Embarrassing orphan; il. by Steeple Davis. $1. Winston.

A South American millionaire leaves his daughter to her uncle, Sir Edward Denne, with instruction that she and every one else are to be kept in ignorance of the fact that she is wealthy until she is happily engaged. His object is to save her from fortune hunters, but as it happens, this provision leads her into refusing the right man. All ends well, however, through the efforts of her uncle.

“The story is ingeniously complicated and amusing, though after all somewhat monotonous.”

+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 378. Je. 10, ‘05. 350w.

“There are a few dry passages that detract somewhat from the cleverness of the balance.”

+ — Pub. Opin. 39: 93. Jl. 15, ‘05. 90w.

North, Sidney H. Oil fuel; its supply, composition and application. *$1.75. Lippincott.

“A concise and valuable record of the developments in the use of liquid fuel for the generation of power ... he deals with the distribution and sources of supply of petroleum ... the economic aspect of liquid fuel ... the absolute economy as a fuel ... the chemical composition of fuel oils ... conditions of combustion in oil furnaces.... Turning from consideration of the oil itself to the methods of burning it, the author gives a very useful historical summary of the early experiments down to the year 1883.... A chapter is then devoted to modern burners and methods.... [There are chapters upon] the use of oil fuel for marine and naval purposes, [and] oil fuel in locomotives.”—Nature.

“The whole work compares very favorably indeed with the far more pretentious treatise on the subject which until now has been the only book of reference.”

+ + + Nature. 71: 531. Ap. 6, ‘05. 760w.

* North, Simon Newton Dexter. “Old Greek,” an old-time professor in an old-fashioned college; a memoir of Edward North, with selections from his lectures. **$3.50. McClure.

“‘Old Greek’ was the nickname, or, more correctly speaking, the pet name, by which Edward North, the professor of Greek [for fifty-eight years] was known to the students and alumni of Hamilton college. This volume, the primary object of which is a biography of Professor North, will certainly serve as an illuminating document to explain the genesis of the old-fashioned college in the United States, and the reasons for its growth and persistence.”—Nation.

* + Nation. 81: 427. N. 23, ‘05. 2020w.

* + N. Y. Times. 10: 674. O. 14, ‘05. 690w.

Noussanne, Henri de. The kaiser as he is; or, The real William II.; tr. from the French by Walter Littlefield. **$1.25. Putnam.

From the point of view of one “who does not like the Germans and hardly seeks to conceal his contempt for distinctive German qualities,” we have an intimate, graphic, much biased, and at times sarcastic sketch of the German emperor, including domestic, social, political, national 259and international relations. There are chapters dealing with Germany at the accession of William II.; with the manner in which “this young man” rid himself of Bismarck; the imperial treatment of the Poles; William II. and socialism; William II. as a family man, as guest and landlord, at home and on his travels, as head of the army, as bandmaster, painter, patron, etc.

“It is sensational journalism in all its horror. In the less objectionable portions of the book there is a mixture of readable gossip, more or less well founded, with mere padding.”

— + Ath. 1905, 1: 398. Ap. 1. 140w.

“The translator has, in general, done his work acceptably, though numerous misprints and mistakes in capitalization are to be noted, and there are many minor errors of statement that might well have been corrected in the English version. The chief objection to the book is, however, the prejudice of the author.”

+ — Dial. 38: 274. Ap. 16. ‘05. 230w.

“Pity it is that M. de Noussanne did not use a finer satirical pen and a less spiteful, even tho he has given evidence as to the healing of the Sedan wound.”

+ — Ind. 58: 725. Mr. 30, ‘05. 180w.

“There is obvious malice, obvious Gallic animus, obvious indulgence of a spirit of levity and mockery, obvious hospitality to anecdotes in which the kaiser is a figure of comic opera. Mr. Littlefield, whose translation is at many points very happy and who has caught the spirit of the whole excellently, regards the more serious parts of the book with perhaps a little too much favor.”

+ + — N. Y. Times. 10: 100. F. 18, ‘05. 1570w.

“As a tirade, an example of skilful satire of the boulevard type, it is a masterpiece; as sober biography or character analysis, it is worth nothing.”

— Pub. Opin. 39: 26. Jl. 1, ‘05. 150w.

“A very witty and keen arraignment of Kaiser William.”

+ R. of Rs. 10: 512. Ap. ‘05. 110w.

“M. de Noussanne shows us the man behind the monarch, but spares the relation of court tattle and backstairs scandal.”

+ Reader. 6: 475. S. ‘05. 170w.

Noyes, Ella. Story of Ferrara. $2; lea. $2.50. Macmillan.

“The city that was the birthplace of Savonarola, the home of Ariosto, and the refuge of Tasso, will never be wholly forgotten.... The author devotes about two-thirds of her book to the history of the city.... The whole account centres about the ruling family of Este.... In the last third of the book we are given a descriptive view of the city, its palaces, pictures, streets, churches, and abbeys. In forming an idea of what remains of Ferrara’s greatness, the reader is aided by a number of interesting illustrations drawn by Miss Dora Noyes.”—Dial.

“A readable book and a faithful guide to the city’s antiquities, but not a history, in the large sense, admitting us to the council of the fates.” Ferdinand Schwill.

+ Am. Hist. R. 11: 138. O. ‘05. 710w.

“The work is written in easy, dignified English, the narrative is interesting, and the historian displays good taste and judgment both in her choice and her rejection of materials.”

+ + Dial. 38: 157. Mr. 1, ‘05. 360w.

“So comprehensive is the writer’s grasp of her subject that her little volume might well be called a microcosm of the renaissance. It is hard to do justice to Miss Noyes’s exquisite style and to the penetration which comprehends the significance of the motley manifestations of the vivid, passionate life of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.”

+ + Ind. 58: 899. Ap. 20, ‘05. 290w.

“The style is somewhat spiritless. At best, it will prove an authoritative guide for the student tourist who has much time to spend in Ferrara.” Walter Littlefield.

+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 588. S. 9, ‘05. 500w.

Noyes, Walter Chadwick. American railroad rates. **$1.50. Little.

The author deals with the subject of freight rates rather than passenger fares, showing how rates are made, and how they should be made, examines the questions of classification and discrimination, considers the effect of free competition on the one hand and consolidation on the other, shows the movement of rates for the last forty years, and compares American rates with those of foreign countries.

O

“O,” pseud. See Yellow war.

O., E. G. Egomet. *$1.25. Lane.

A collection of fifty-three essays which “are simply the book-talk of a book-lover, that and nothing more.” In them E. G. O. frankly states his likes and dislikes, but allows his readers to agree or disagree with him, just as they choose.

“They have the double merit of being sincere in themselves and of being simply and naturally set down.”

+ Ath. 1905, 1: 79. Ja. 14. 320w.

“The author makes no attempt to be profound, but he succeeds in interesting even where he does not carry conviction with the statement of his opinions. He is delightfully frank, and does not hesitate to put forth various literary heresies.”

+ Boston Evening Transcript. :7. F. 10, ‘05. 120w.

“His manifest sincerity in all his literary judgments, and his abounding enthusiasm for a wide range of good books make his chapters delightful reading.”

+ + Dial. 38: 156. Mr. 1, ‘05. 480w.

Oates, William C. War between the Union and the Confederacy, and its lost opportunities. *$3. Neale.

“This is chiefly of interest to military students of the Civil war as a criticism of the action of President Davis of the Confederacy, the Confederate congress, and Confederate general officers in the field, with the object of showing that under other management the South might have won.”—Outlook.

“Rambling and careless in style, frequently in error as to events, sometimes grotesque in opinions and occasionally prejudiced against individuals. In one sense is worthless and in another is of the highest importance as a revelation of men.”

+ + — Nation. 81: 264. S. 28, ‘05. 2710w.

“Much matter which the future historian will be glad of. The General himself speaks frankly as a partisan.”

+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 332. My. 20, ‘05. 530w.

Outlook. 79: 654. Mr. 11, ‘05. 60w.

Ober, Frederick Albion. Hernando Cortés, conqueror of Mexico. **$1. Harper.

“Despite its title. Mr. Ober’s book comes under the category of history rather than biography, for by far the greater portion is devoted to the three years’ campaigning which ended in the Spanish conquest of Mexico.... It may be commended to those desirous of obtaining a brief, readable account of the conquest and an impartial idea of the leading figure therein. An especially interesting feature is the identification by its author (who has traveled widely in Latin-American countries) of scenes and relics associated with the New World exploits of Cortés.”—Outlook.

260* “Readable it certainly is, to one who is not fastidious regarding the historical accuracy of the book he is reading.”

+ Dial. 39: 313. N. 16, ‘05. 220w.

* “However the telling is well enough, and the facts seem sufficient for the purpose in hand. Except for that purpose the book strikes one as distinctly superfluous.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 785. N. 18, ‘05. 250w.

+ Outlook. 81: 382. O. 14, ‘05. 120w.

Ober, Frederick Albion. Our West Indian neighbors. **$2.50; ¾ lev. **$5. Pott.

The author, who has visited and studied the islands in 1879-1880, who was commissioner to the world’s fair of 1891 from the West Indies, and who has furthered his knowledge of them in late years, gives an account of the islands of the Caribbean sea, “America’s Mediterranean,” their picturesque features, fascinating history, and attractions for the traveler, nature-lover, and pleasure-seeker.

“Many quaint and little known facts are recorded, but the total result is very unsatisfactory. The account is rambling and superficial.”

— Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 134. Ja. ‘05. 80w.

“A timely and good account of the islands of the Caribbean sea.”

+ + Critic. 46: 191. F. ‘05. 90w.

“One of the most complete and authoritative of recent books.”

+ + Critic. 46: 382. Ap. ‘05. 100w.

Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson. Abraham Lincoln. **$1.25. Jacobs.

A full account in compact form of the development of a great man and the circumstances which favored this development. The chief battles which mark the course of the Civil war are treated rather summarily. The book deals essentially with the man, his motives, and personality, and the nation’s struggle forms an impressionistic back-ground.

“This double sectionalism and these standards of elegance are fatal to the usefulness of a book which does not pretend to a ‘vast amount of research into sources not before used,’ and which presents few new ideas. Nor is the execution faultless.” Carl Russell Fish.

+ — — Am. Hist. R. 10: 901. Jl. ‘05. 630w.

+ Critic. 46: 188. F. ‘05. 30w.

“The author has produced a well-balanced, readable, compact book, that gives the important facts of Lincoln’s life. He has brought to his work historical training and a practised hand.”

+ + + Dial. 38: 95. F. 1, ‘05. 230w.

“Dr. Oberholtzer writes clearly and forcibly for the most part, but with an occasional verbal arrangement that makes his meaning hard to understand. The ‘Bibliography’ of this volume is remarkable for its inadequacy. Dr. Oberholtzer’s predilection is for such memoirs as serve the more sordid and vulgarizing conception of Lincoln’s character.”

— — + Nation. 80: 17. Ja. 5, ‘05. 1090w.

“No man, whichever his side of the fence can fail to find much pleasure and satisfaction in contemplating Mr. Lincoln in the angle of view in which Mr. Oberholtzer has chosen to look at him. The author manages as a rule to be astonishingly fair to both sides and to get, in most cases, very close to the truth. There are lapses of course. Times, too, when in his eagerness to make bold generalizations the author misses things he should have considered.”

+ + — N. Y. Times. 10: 36. Ja. 21, ‘05. 640w.

* O’Brien, William. Recollections. **$3.50. Macmillan.

“William O’Brien, the energetic Irish member of the British Parliament ... reveals a most interesting and complex personality in this work. Many of this vigorous fighter’s recollections concern the fierce, endless warfare over Ireland’s rights and wrongs. But he was a poet in his youth. He has strong sympathies with the Gaelic revival, he was an ardent theatregoer in his young manhood, and is still, it seems, in the intervals when the Irish contingent in the House of Commons is not active, a dreamer of brave dreams.”—N. Y. Times.

* “Mr. O’Brien writes as a rule in scholarly fashion; but there are some passages which fail conspicuously when so considered.”

+ + — Ath. 1905, 2: 795. D. 9 690w.

* N. Y. Times. 10: 898. D. 16, ‘05. 100w.

* “Although written from a standpoint differing somewhat from that of Mr. McCarthy’s reminiscences, they recall the latter, not simply in subject matter, but in tone and treatment. They are pervaded by the same geniality, quiet dignity, pathos, tenderness, humor, and unfailing optimism.”

+ Outlook. 81: 942. D. 16, ‘05. 300w.

O’Connor, Mary Hamilton. Vanishing Swede. $1.25. Cooke.

“The story has to do with the discovery of a long-lost silver mine, the ‘Vanishing Swede,’ the finding of which was preceded by many adventures, hairbreadth escapes from death by the wild beasts of the forests, and leads up to the happiness of the young brother and sister, who are the principal characters in the story, and of another couple. The mysterious character is the Leather hermit, who turns out to be the man who had discovered the silver mine.”—N. Y. Times.

“The humor of the ‘Vanishing Swede’ is of the primitive sort that springs only from youth and health; it is not humor, indeed, so much as animal spirits.”

+ Critic. 47: 382. O. ‘05. 150w.

“Interesting story of pluck and adventure in the forests of Oregon.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 299. My 6, ‘05. 150w.

Oertel, Philipp Friedrich Wilhelm (W. D. Von Horn, pseud.). Maria Theresa; tr. from the German by George P. Upton. *60c. McClurg.

“Masculinity of intellect, together with a strength and wisdom, a firmness yet kindliness of disposition which but few men have manifested” are gifts which enabled Maria Theresa to take her place among the famous queens of the world. How she benefited her realm by strengthening its laws and bringing about wise reforms is sketched in a manner to interest young readers. The volume belongs to “Life stories for young people.”

O’Higgins, Harvey Jerrold. Smoke-eaters. $1.50. Century.

Thru his experience on a New York newspaper, the author learned to know and admire the men of the fire department, and in the “Smoke-eaters” he has written an epic of the city firemen, a story of danger and excitement. He follows the fortunes of a certain hook-and-ladder crew and thru the smoke and flame their actual characters reveal themselves, real and elemental. Captain Meaghan, who earns his pension by thirty-five years of gallant service, Lieutenant Gallagher, who wins a reputation and his chief’s adopted daughter, and Sergeant Pim, whose grim humor relieves many a tense moment, are as vivid as their flaming background.

“They are told with extraordinary simplicity, with no glow of rhetoric or splash of color, but they carry complete conviction.”

+ + Critic. 46: 478. My. ‘05. 90w.

“At last the American fireman has had something like justice done him in our literature.”

+ + Dial. 38: 293. Je. 1, ‘05. 170w.

“This is a good book for boys, altho not designed especially for young readers. It contains much healthful excitement, a mass of information, and many lessons in manliness, but no false bravado.”

+ + Lit. D. 31: 224. Ag. 12. ‘05. 820w.

“It is not too much to say that he has written the epic of the New York firemen, and not 261only are they the best sort of stories about firemen, but some of them would stand as models of all that any short stories should be—so compact, so restrained, and yet possessed of a vigor and force that keep expectation keyed to the highest tension.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 178. Mr. 25, ‘05. 770w.

“The stories are full of action, fine character-drawing, and humor.”

+ Outlook. 79: 704. Mr. 18, ‘05. 60w.

+ Reader. 6: 592. O. ‘05. 210w.

Okakura-Kakuzo. Awakening of Japan. *$1.20. Century.

Assuming that the West has as much to unlearn about the East as the East has to learn about the West, the author frames his evolutionary study for general enlightenment. He answers the question “From what sources are drawn the intellectual and moral qualities which have enabled the present generation of statesmen, citizens, soldiers and sailors, under an able emperor, to enter suddenly, as a first class liberal power, into the company of nations?” The sketch touches the conditioning factors of Japanese development from the period of isolation during the dark Night of Asia, to the present period which the author characterizes as the “dusk of humanity.” He shows Japan in her chrysalis state when the shogunate exercised the powers of government, in her rallying state when the power of the shoguns was overthrown, and in her state of a developing national conscience which made ready the way for Commodore Perry and the western aid in the restoration. The author’s virility, enthusiasm and conscience are stamped upon every page.

+ + — Acad. 68: 176. F. 25, ‘05. 290w.

“He is a poet, a philosopher and a historian, and he possesses in no small degree an intimate knowledge of Occidental history and the trend of our civilization, while his knowledge of our language enables him to write of The awakening of Japan with the skill of a master of English. For these reasons this work is a volume that no Occidental student of the Orient can afford to slight.”

+ + + Arena. 33: 100. Ja. ‘05. 4950w.

“With Mr. Kakuzo’s views on the older civilization of Japan we entirely disagree. Even his chronology is wrong by a thousand years.”

— + Ath. 1905, 1: 396. Ap. 1. 870w.

“The present work is simpler and more concrete than ‘The ideals of the East;’ in its purely literary qualities it would do credit to an author writing his own tongue. Now that Lafcadio Hearn is dead, Mr. Okakura may be regarded as the foremost interpreter of his people to the western world; an interpreter not less subtle, and obviously more authoritative.” R. B.

+ + + Critic. 46: 282. Mr. ‘05. 530w.

“‘The awakening of Japan’ is marked by the same epigrammatic style and forceful utterance that characterize ‘The ideals of the East.’” Frederick W. Gookin.

+ + Dial. 38: 40. Ja. 16, ‘05. 810w.

“It is a story of the new Nippon after the brilliant and unscholarly fashion of Carlyle.” Adachi Kinnosuké.

+ Ind. 59: 388. Ag. 17, ‘05. 500w.

“One of the best volumes, in brief compass, on Japanese historical development, and answering the question, What has enabled the Japanese people to escape the fate of the other Asiatic nations when in contact with the West? is ‘The awakening of Japan.’ He writes in English with a broad culture.”

+ + R. of Rs. 31: 124. Ja. ‘05. 170w.

“No more fascinating book on Japan, or one bearing more distinctly the character of a multum in parvo, has been produced than this.”

+ + + Spec. 94: 619. Ap. 29, ‘05. 280w.

Okakura-Yoshisaburo. Japanese spirit; with an introd. by George Meredith. **$1. Pott.

“The volume consists of reproductions of lectures delivered by Mr. Okakura at the University of London. The essays take up and discuss most of the peculiarly characteristic national traits of the Japanese people.”—R. of Rs.

Acad. 68: 599. Je. 3, ‘05. 420w.

“They are illuminating and instructive, but lack the literary quality of the two books by the author’s brother.”

+ Critic. 47: 380. O. ‘05. 60w.

“This book is not so strong or original as ‘The awakening of Japan,’ but it seems to do more justice to the work and influence of Buddhism as the mother and nurse of Japanese civilization.” Wm. Elliot Griffis.

+ + — Dial. 39: 63. Ag. 1, ‘05. 600w.

“His little volume has the distinctive characteristics of breadth, lucidity, and felicity of expression which gained for the ‘Ideals’ such a wide and appreciative audience in this country.”

+ + Lit. D. 31: 625. O. 28, ‘05. 150w.

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 408. Je. 17, ‘05. 240w.

+ + R. of Rs. 32: 126. Jl. ‘05. 60w.

“To philosophic capacity he adds those of criticism and of logical arrangement of his materials, all of which combined have enabled him to produce a clear, succinct and well-expressed essay on his subject.”

+ + Sat. R. 100: 151. Jl. 29, ‘05. 1050w.

“Really valuable analysis.”

+ + Spec. 94: 915. Je. 24, ‘05. 2450w.

Okey, Thomas. Story of Venice. $2. Macmillan.

A volume in the “Mediaeval towns” series. The history of Venice as an independent state, covering a period of more than a thousand years, and including an account of Venetian art. The second part of the volume describes the Venice of to-day, dividing it into twenty sections and making the description a practical one for the use of travellers. There are illustrations by Nelly Erickson.

“Will be acceptable both to travellers and students.”

+ + Acad. 68: 271. Mr. 18, ‘05. 330w.

“This little work is a model of clear and concise narrative. The author knows how to make the most of his subject and tells his tale in a very attractive way.”

+ + Lond. Times. 4: 192. Je. 16, ‘05. 850w.

“The story is told compactly, but with sufficient fullness.”

+ + Outlook. 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 130w.

“Such a book is a boon to many men, who will find it concise but not perfunctory, learned but never dull.”

+ + + Sat. R. 100: 346. S. 9, ‘05. 320w.

“He has had no easy task in compressing into the limits of even the larger volumes of this series so great a mass of material; and he has performed it with skill and success.”

+ + Spec. 94: 333. Mr. 4, ‘05. 330w.

Older, Mrs. Fremont. Giants. †$1.50. Appleton.

“One giant is an oil trust magnate; the other a young man who opposes him. Scenes are laid in ‘Oilville,’ California, and New York, where the young man has carried a reform campaign and become district attorney. The book falls in with a popular tone of antagonism to trusts as throttling competition.”—Outlook.

* “The whole narration is pitched in the highest key of sensationalism, and the figures that take part in it have but slight resemblance to real human beings.” Wm. M. Payne.

— Dial. 39: 308. N. 16, ‘05. 370w.

“Some readers will consider it rabid, sensational trash; others a blow on the right side.”

+ — Outlook. 81: 382. O. 14, ‘05. 60w.

262Olmsted, Frederick Law. A journey in the seaboard slave states. 2v. *$5. Putnam.

A series of letters written for the New York Times during a three months’ trip in 1852-3. These letters were revised and published in 1856, and are now issued again in a two-volume edition. They contain an account of the author’s impressions of the southern people, black and white, of their institutions, and their social, political, and industrial economy.

“They are like faithful daguerreotypes of the worst features of southern civilization. The author’s spirit was so fiercely prejudiced against the South....”

+ — Ind. 58: 382. F. 16, ‘05. 1150w.

“Occasionally one finds evidence of partisan feeling, but in the main the story reads well, giving a distinct impression of a fair-minded observer anxious to see just how things are, and equally anxious to make a record of actual conditions.” Francis W. Shepardson.

+ + — J. Pol. Econ. 13: 610. S. ‘05. 520w.

Oman, Charles (William) Chadwick. Seven Roman statesmen of the later Republic. *$1.60. Longmans.

“The seven statesmen are the two Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, the younger Cato, Pompey, and Caesar. Their lives ... completely cover the last century of Rome’s ancien régime; or, more precisely, they cover the course of the Roman revolution.... Each of Mr. Oman’s seven statesmen, with the exception of Cato, ... represented the monarchial principle, each more distinctly than his predecessor. Thus the true meaning of the whole process, ... may be brought out by concentrating attention upon the personal element.”—Am. Hist. R.

“Although the cardinal facts of the story are common property and allow of no radically new explanation, yet they are invested with new interest by Mr. Oman’s literary skill, his graphic and often colloquial style, his genial and pungent wit—as of the Oxford common-room, his thoroughly individual appreciation of each of the leading figures, and his presentation of the whole movement in modern and realistic terms.” Henry A. Sill.

+ + Am. Hist. R. 10: 622. Ap. ‘05. 1800w.

One hundred best American poems, selected by John R. Howard. 35c. Crowell.

These poems are selected from the works of sixty-four American poets. All living authors have been excluded and the editor does not claim that he has chosen the one hundred best poems, but one hundred from among the best. The selections are given in chronological order, beginning with Philip Freneau (1752-1832) and closing with Richard Hovey, who died in 1900. An index of authors and another of first lines gives easy access to any poem.

* — Nation. 81: 484. D. 14, ‘05. 70w.

* “The selection, as a whole, is very satisfactory.”

+ Outlook. 81: 630. N. 11, ‘05. 340w.

* “One may quarrel with some of the selections ... but it can hardly be said that they do not all deserve praise and preservation.”

+ Pub. Opin. 39: 732. D. 2, ‘05. 70w.

Opal. $1.25. Houghton.

An unusual story of a living opal, a woman of wondrous beauty, who feels “everything a little, but nothing much,” and who is a clever reflection of each personality with whom she comes in contact, “a thousand women in one.” Then there is the “one woman in a thousand,” strong and homely, whose “character and features are at constant warfare.” And there is the man in whom lay the possibilities which might make of him either “a leader of men or a follower of women.” This is the important material. Boston and the other characters are mere background. The real woman loves the man, but gives him the opal because she fancies it will make him happy. It is the usual story of the unlucky stone which brings misfortune to the donor and possessor; and the iridescent girl, with no more evil intent than the gem itself, wrecks the lives of all who come in intimate contact with her. In the end, when what she has done is legally undone, the finer qualities of the real woman’s character keep her from her heart’s desire.

* “Written with such marked individuality of style.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ — Bookm. 21: 270. My. ‘05. 320w.

+ — Critic. 47: 94. Jl. ‘05. 140w.

“The argument is unusual, and it is strikingly presented. It seems, however, to be a theme too extensive for treatment so brief, and there are other evidences, slight but convincing, of lack of craftsmanship.”

+ — Dial. 38: 392. Je. 1. ‘05. 200w.

“Such a flat, foolish and unconvincing creature has, therefore, no reason for existence, at least not in a novel.”

— Ind. 58: 1009. My. 4, ‘05. 200w.

“Of unusual interest and originality. The women are admirably drawn, both of them, but the character of ‘the opal’ is a bit of portraiture quite unique.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 140. Mr. 4. ‘05. 380w.

“Most of the story is made up of conversation, which is entertaining. The action is rapid.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 392. Je. 17, ‘05. 140w.