The Cumulative Book Review Digest Devoted to the Valuation of Current Literature Digests of reviews appearing in January—December 1905, magazines (continued 22)

+ + Engin. N. 53: 642. Je. 15, ‘05. 560w.

Richman, Irving Berdine. Rhode Island; a study in separatism. **$1.10. Houghton.

A volume in the “American commonwealths” series. “There can be no doubt that the distinctive characteristic of Rhode Island as a political entity has been its separatist tendencies. Founded as a protest, it has clearly demonstrated its innate individualism in every crisis of its history.... There is reason for Mr. Richman’s assertion that even to-day the influence of the old-time thought is making itself keenly felt in the political life of the state.... Mr. Richman writes with enthusiasm [and gives] concise retrospective summaries.”—Outlook.

* “Mr. Richman has made one of the most instructive and readable contributions to the ‘American commonwealths’ series.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 904. D. 16, ‘05. 580w.

* “His conclusions, on the whole, show discrimination, and his treatment is adequate, developing the social and economic as well as the political and constitutional history of the state. The most serious defect—and it is serious—is an occasional obscuration of salient facts in a mass of detail.”

+ + — Outlook. 81: 833. D. 2, ‘05. 100w.

* + Pub. Opin. 39: 728. D. 2, ‘05. 280w.

Richmond, Grace S. Indifference of Juliet. †$1.50. Doubleday.

An “account of Juliet’s repeated refusals of a nice, tall, broad-shouldered young man named Anthony. Anthony had been rich, but unfortunately lost all his money. Nevertheless he continued to love Juliet.... At last, goaded to desperation, he worked out a pretty little plan of arousing the lady’s jealousy, which was quite successful. With Juliet’s aid he fitted and furnished a dear little box of a house in the country, ostensibly for a lovely California girl.... After it was all ready for its new mistress Juliet permitted herself the luxury of going over it all alone one evening and crying. And there Anthony found her. But this is not the end of the story. In fact it is only the beginning, and several other romances crop up before it is finished.”—N. Y. Times.

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 245. Ap. 15, ‘05. 380w.

“A pleasant little love story.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 391. Je. 17. ‘05. 220w.

Rickert, Edith. Reaper. †$1.50. Houghton.

A story of the primitive life of the Shetland islands where the sea is “the great fact of life.” The hero reaps his harvest of content after years spent in patient service to a widowed mother, whose fondness for drink he strives by eternal vigilance to hide from others. The call of the sea is forever in his ears, but in the end, when he is free to go, he finds that the desire is conquered and his real happiness lies at home in the love of a woman and a little child.

“The dialect is not particularly unintelligible, but there is a good deal of it.”

+ Critic. 46: 94. Ja. ‘05. 50w.

“It is worth reading for itself, and those who love the sea, especially, will like it because it is full of the atmosphere of the sea, of the simplicity and the mysticism and primitiveness of true sea-dwelling people.”

+ Ind. 58: 503. Mr. 2, ‘05. 290w.

“A new field, and a new strong writer in that field. There is much quiet power in the story.”

+ Reader. 5: 256. Ja. ‘05. 280w.

“As to its intrinsic interest and picturesqueness there can be no doubt whatever.”

+ Spec. 94: 717. My. 13, ‘05. 670w.

* Ridgeway, William. Origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse. *$3.75. Macmillan.

“Treats not only of all the chief breeds of British domestic horses known in historical times, but also takes a survey of all the other living equidae, as well as of the ancestors of the genus. He has made an attempt to treat historically the origin of the various colors found in English horses; at the same time indicating the influence exercised on the history of the chief nations of the ancient, mediaeval, and modern world by the possession of horses.... Besides all this he has ‘also tried to point out the lessons of supreme importance to the breeder.’ ... A supplementary chapter has been included considering ‘The development of equitation.’ There are also addenda and a full index, besides numerous illustrations.”—N. Y. Times.

* “He marshals evidence for you as a special pleader, and hammers it in as a violent partisan. But at the same time he does not carry his audience away. There are too many slips of fact, too many circular proofs, too many violations of logic. At the end you are interested, stimulated, but not won.”

+ — Lond. Times. 4: 313. S. 29, ‘05. 1710w.

* “Prof. Ridgeway on the other hand, has primarily attacked the problem from the point of view of the historian and the archaeologist, and it must be acknowledged that naturalists owe him a large debt of gratitude for bringing into prominence lines of evidence with which, from the very nature of the case, they are unfamiliar.” R. L.

+ + Nature. 73: 126. D. 7, ‘05. 1950w.

* N. Y. Times. 10: 731. O. 28, ‘05. 240w.

* Outlook. 81: 942. D. 36, ‘05. 100w.

* “It is also an encyclopedia of information on the history of the ‘Equidae’, collected from every source, from post-Pliocene deposits to modern sporting newspapers. Professor Ridgeway, when merely setting down information, is apt to flit among countries and ages with a dexterity which perplexes the reader.”

+ + — Spec. 95: 655. O. 28, ‘05. 1540w.

291Ridley, Alice, Lady. Daughter of Jael. $1.50. Longmans.

With the spirit of a Brutus, Frances Cary, the heroine of this story, kills her niggardly and cruel grandfather in order to free her brother, the lawful heir, from a rule of terrible bondage. The act was inevitable to her philosophy of youth. The book goes on to show that retribution will not be restrained by the mitigating circumstance of unselfishness in actuating a crime. One has his fill of deep problems.

“This story deals with the shadow of a very dark deed involving a question of casuistry in morals. The book is interesting in a dismal way. The odor of chloroform pervades it and hangs heavy on every page.”

+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 21. Ja. 14, ‘05. 490w.

“It fairly bristles with problems. In spite of the undercurrent of gloom the story is light and even gay in some of its passages.”

+ — Pub. Opin. 38: 26. Ja. 5. ‘05. 250w.

Riley, James Whitcomb. Riley songs o’ cheer. $1.25. Bobbs.

Over fifty of Mr. Riley’s happiest verses have been collected into this volume which is profusely illustrated by Will Vawter. The all-golden; A Christmas carol; The first bluebird; Mister hop-toad; A passing hail; The twins; A song of the road; and While the heart beats young, are included among other old favorites.

* + + Arena. 34: 660. D. ‘05. 480w.

* “There is a good deal of commonplace work in the book, but there are also bits here and there of Mr. Riley at his best.”

+ Dial. 39: 389. D. 1, ‘05. 90w.

* “It is a great pity that Mr. James Whitcomb Riley’s publishers should persist in vulgarizing verse so fine as his by cheap and silly illustrations.”

+ — Nation. 81: 508. D. 21, ‘05. 150w.

* + N. Y. Times. 10: 835. D. 2, ‘05. 170w.

* + Outlook. 81: 631. N. 11, ‘05. 60w.

* “Wholesome verse, it is, and tinged with a sentiment that is genuine though often commonplace.”

+ Pub. Opin. 39: 699. N. 25, ‘05. 70w.

Riley, Theodore Myers. A memorial biography of the Very Reverend Eugene Augustus Hoffman. $5. Priv. ptd. at the Marion press, Jamaica, Queensborough, N. Y.

A biography which covers fully the facts of a life upon which the author comments as follows: “He was never primarily a theologian, or indeed primarily anything but an admirably well-balanced man, in whom the note of our common nature was always predominant.... He wrote no great books; he ventilated no schemes of sociological or of theological improvement to the world; he offered no advice to the public for the reconstitution of human society. He simply abode in the path of achievement marked out for him by his office as a priest, and by his gifts of constitution and rule.... And so he became great, because he was faithful, humble, wise, modest.”

“It is appreciative, orderly, and so full that its 795 pages of noble type leave nothing to be desired except an index.”

+ + Nation. 80: 154. F. 23, ‘05. 290w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 57. Ja. 28, ‘05. 170w. (Statement of contents.)

N. Y. Times. 10: 139. Mr. 4, ‘05. 580w. (Abstract of contents.)

Riley, Thomas James. Higher life of Chicago. *75c. Univ. of Chicago press.

A study of the culture interests of Chicago has resulted in the exposition of some of the agencies that are working for the betterment of the city, including the schools, libraries and the press, civic associations and women’s clubs, social settlements, charities, etc.

“To many who think of Chicago as a great commercial centre merely, this account of the higher life will be a revelation.”

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 26: 594. S. ‘05. 100w.

“It is a book of much value both for reference and for the further stimulation of cultural and altruistic endeavor.”

+ + Dial. 38: 327. My. 1, ‘05. 80w.

Ringwalt, Ralph Curtis. Briefs on public questions, with selected lists of references. *$1.20. Longmans.

A book which “is sure of favor with the young debating community, but is also well calculated to enlarge the understanding and settle the convictions of journalists and legislators. Its themes are logically ordered under three heads, Politics, Economics, and Sociology.” (Nation.) Twenty-five individual topics are treated, among them Naturalization, Woman suffrage, Negro suffrage, Restriction of immigration, Reciprocity with Canada, Government ownership of railways, single tax, etc.

+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 56: 594. S. ‘05. 170w.

“Great judgment and fairness have been displayed by the author, who has been able to sink personal considerations to a marked degree in his effort to impartially present a brief outline of the principal arguments on each subject discussed.”

+ + + Arena. 34: 329. S. ‘05. 250w.

“High-school and college students will give this book a warm welcome.”

+ + Dial. 38: 423. Je. 16, ‘05. 50w.

“The scheme and the execution are to be commended, and Mr. Ringwalt has had in mind in his bibliography the resources of ordinary public libraries.”

+ + Nation. 80: 481. Je. 15, ‘05. 150w.

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 361. Je. 3, ‘05. 1160w.

“Within its chosen field a valuable reference book. The work has been done with much care and thoroughness, and the book is not by any means limited in its usefulness to those preparing for debates, although its peculiar adaptability to that purpose is evident.”

+ + + Outlook. 80: 442. Je. 17, ‘05. 170w.

Riordan, William L. Plunkitt of Tammany hall. †$1. McClure.

A series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York county courthouse bootblack stand—and recorded by William L. Riordan. “For more than forty years he has seen the political game played in New York city.... His has been the peculiar distinction of holding four offices at one and the same time and drawing salaries for three of them.... He is the old-fashioned type of the professional politician, even in Tammany Hall, but he has a shrewd, homely sense that is not to be learned from books and that would be invaluable in a man without the moral crookedness that afflicts this man.”—Pub. Opin.

Outlook. 81: 528. O. 28, ‘05. 90w.

Pub. Opin. 39: 477. O. 7, ‘05. 370w.

* R. of Rs. 32: 638. N. ‘05. 170w.

Ripley, William Zebina, ed. Trusts, pools and corporations. *$1.80. Ginn.

This volume is “a compilation of special articles, mainly by other well-known legal writers, on the great cases which have arisen relative to the status of corporate bodies. These cases extend over a period of thirty-five years, from the Michigan salt association ... in 1868 to the recent Northern securities company and the United States shipbuilding company.”—N. Y. Times.

“Doubtless the book will prove a valuable adjunct to the equipment of the student. But a further compilation and classification of cases would have been more reassuring to the student.”

+ + — Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 593. My. ‘05. 170w.

Dial. 38: 396. Je. 1, ‘05. 50w.

292“An important and valuable contribution to economic literature.”

+ + Engin. N. 53: 295. Mr. 16, ‘05. 540w.

* “A book of very considerable value.”

+ + Ind. 59: 1158. N. 16, ‘05. 20w.

+ + Nation. 80: 352. My. 4, ‘05. 290w.

“The introduction is a clear and unbiased discussion of the trust problem.”

+ + + N. Y. Times. 10: 295. My. 6, ‘05. 140w.

Rishell, Charles Wesley. Child as God’s child. 75c. Meth. bk.

A discussion of “baptism and church membership and the teaching of the home and Sunday school from the point of view of one who believes in gradual growth into the religious life.” (Ind.)

Ind. 58: 1013. My. 4, ‘05. 50w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 144. Mr. 4, ‘05. 210w.

Rives, Amelie. See Troubetzkoy, Amelie.

Rives, Hallie Ermine. See Dickens, Charles

Roberts, Charles George Douglas. Red fox: the story of his adventurous career in the Ringwaak wilds and of his final triumph over the enemies of his kind. †$2. Page.

“The history of a hero fox of singular beauty and strength, united with rare intelligence, adaptability and foresight.... His range was the forest, rocky slopes, and backwoods farms of the Ringwaak country in eastern Canada. Here he ran the full gamut of fox-experience ... leading a joyous and adventurous life till the brightness of his renown made him a shining mark for capture. Then, taken by a trick formidable for its simplicity, he was sent to the states to make a Roman holiday for a fashionable hunt club, but escaped by almost super-vulpine sagacity and found safety in the mountains.” (Nation.) Fifty full page drawings by Charles Livingston Bull illustrate the volume.

* + Acad. 68: 1287. D. 9, ‘05. 50w.

* “Has the fascination of a real jungle story, without owing any apparent debt to Mr. Kipling.”

+ + Ath. 1905, 2: 798. D. 9, 210w.

* + Dial. 39: 373. D. 1, ‘05. 150w.

* “It is as charming in style as it is in atmosphere.”

+ Ind. 59: 1390. D. 14, ‘05. 50w.

* “It is intensely interesting throughout; it ends happily; the natural history is sound; and the pictures are numerous and worthy.”

+ + — Lond. Times. 4: 432. D. 8, ‘05. 150w.

“Mr. Roberts appears to tell his story chiefly for its own sake, but he impresses us quite as deeply as if he had tried to enforce it by didacticism.”

+ Nation. 81: 340. O. 26, ‘05. 290w.

“Is a rare thing among animal biographies. The interest, at least, is quite human.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 710. O. 21, ‘05. 410w.

* “Certainly the story is entertaining, and wins and keeps the sympathy of the reader for the four-footed hero.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 823. D. 2, ‘05. 140w.

Reviewed by Mabel Osgood Wright.

* + N. Y. Times. 10: 872. D. 9, ‘05. 120w.

* “Red Fox is one of the most interesting characters in all the annals of woods life.”

+ Outlook. 81: 718. N. 25, ‘05. 170w.

“The treatment is sufficiently literal to answer all that the author claims for his book, and certainly nothing is lost in charm by the insertion of what Mr. Roberts considers the animal psychology.”

+ Pub. Opin. 39: 601. N. 4, ‘05. 140w.

Roberts, Edmund Willson. Automobile pocketbook: a compendium of the gasoline automobile. $1.50. Gas engine pub.

The object of this little book is “to place before the designer and the operator, in a brief manner, a few general notes on the design and the operation of the gasoline automobile.” “Somewhat more than one-half the book is devoted to the design of various parts, such as valve mechanisms, mufflers and axles; and detailed descriptions of the best forms now in use are given, accompanied by lettered drawings, which enable the average reader to grasp the idea at a glance.... Several chapters are devoted to the care of various parts of the automobile, how to locate troubles and how to make repairs.” (Engin. N.)

“This pocketbook fills a place in automobile literature occupied by no other book.”

+ + + Engin. N. 53: 636. Je. 15, ‘05. 280w.

Roberts, George Simon. Old Schenectady. *$4.50. Robson & Adee, Schenectady, N. Y.

A book which “carries the reader back to 1682, when the Dutch Van Curlers, the Vedders, the Tellers, and other Dutch families settled there. The author does not attempt a historical narrative, but gives a series of pictures of the quaint town in the early days: its pioneer settlers; its defenses against Indian attack; its French and Indian massacre; its Dutch heirlooms. The value of the book is much enhanced by appropriate and well-executed cuts and halftone illustrations.”—Am. Hist. R.

Am. Hist. R. 10: 722. Ap. ‘05. 80w.

“Some history, more genealogy, and a modicum of biography well served by the compiler of the neatly printed volume, make an interesting story. The book bristles with anecdote, reminiscence, and tradition of the families ... whose names still count for much in the Mohawk valley.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 61. Ja. 28, ‘05. 520w.

Roberts, Isaac Phillips. Horse. **$1.25. Macmillan.

This book “includes an account of the development of the horse from the early times and the introduction of improved breeds; a description of kinds and grades now in use; a careful study of the different gaits and paces of the horse; and many chapters dealing with the most approved and practicable methods of training, feeding, driving, breeding, and caring for horses.”—Outlook.

“Even the man who breeds horses for the market may find helpful suggestions here. Told in an entertaining way, with an enthusiasm for the subject that adds sparkle to the story.”

+ + + Country Calendar. 1: 223. Jl. ‘05. 110w.

Reviewed by Charles Tracy Bronson.

+ + + N. Y. Times. 10: 292. My. 6, ‘05. 570w.

“The book has unquestioned value, and contains in compact form but in clear language much that is valuable.”

+ + + Outlook. 79: 1014. Ap. 22, ‘05. 100w.

Roberts, Morley. Lady Penelope. †$1.50. Page.

The lady Penelope Brading, orphaned daughter of an English earl and an American heiress, is a young woman of ideas, and ideals. From a host of suitors, and there are many as she possesses all things save a sense of humor, she chooses eight; a poet, a captain, a successful Jew, a young nobleman, a war correspondent, a balloonist, an artist, and an American millionaire, and puts them in training, finally announcing that she has married one of them secretly. Each pretends to be the one and the reader is thoroly mystified even when a baby arrives to further complicate the situation.

“In the present book we find neither matter nor manner.”

— Acad. 68: 151. F. 18, ‘05. 320w.

293“‘Lady Penelope’ is the best book we have seen for the use of those newspapers which a few years ago offered prizes for guessing how the story would end.”

+ — Ind. 58: 673. Mr. 23, ‘05. 440w.

“It is all in its airy way an amazingly clever satire, touching upon an astonishing number of solemn and respectable matters in a manner of cheerful and spontaneous audacity, which disarms resentment.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 146. Mr. 11, ‘05. 790w.

“This is an amusing and audacious comedy of cross purposes and dramatic situations.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 395. Je. 17, ‘05. 140w.

“Original, clever and amusing.”

+ Outlook. 79: 706. Mr. 18, ‘05. 90w.

+ Reader. 6: 478. S. ‘05. 170w.

“Witty and ingenious.”

+ R. of Rs. 31: 757. Je. ‘05. 140w.

Roberts, Theodore. Brothers of peril. †$1.50. Page.

The two brothers of peril are a brave Indian boy and a young English cavalier seeking adventure in the New world. The scenes are laid in Newfoundland among the Beothic Indians. The author says: “I have dared to resurrect an extinct tribe for the purposes of fiction. I have drawn inspiration from the spirit of history rather than the letter. But the heart of the wilderness, and the hearts of men and women, I have pictured in this romance of olden time as I know them to-day.”

* “A well-fancied tale of old Newfoundland.”

+ Ath. 1905, 2: 576. O. 28. 50w.

“We admire Mr. Roberts’s modesty, and commend him for his temperate description.”

+ Bookm. 22: 182. O. ‘05. 200w.

“A rarely good tale of adventure in which the characters are vividly drawn and the interest is never allowed to fall below the properly breathless point.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 495. Jl. 29, ‘05. 870w.

“A fabric pulsing with thrills, jealousy, pirates, Indian treachery and other necessities of a thoroughly good story of adventure.”

+ Pub. Opin. 39: 221. Ag. 12. ‘05. 90w.

Robertson, Charles Grant, ed. Select statutes, cases and documents to illustrate English constitutional history, 1660-1832; with a supplement from 1832-1894. **$3. Putnam.

“The book is the outgrowth of the author’s own needs in teaching modern history at Oxford, where he found that ... there was a hiatus that needed to be filled by a collection of documents for the epoch that opens with the restoration of Charles II.... Among the statutes and documents included may be mentioned the Act of uniformity, the Test act, the Coronation oath, the Bill of rights, the Act of settlement, the Act for the union with Scotland, the Act for the union with Ireland, the Abolition of the slave trade. All of the most famous cases in English legal history, within the period treated, are included.”—N. Y. Times.

“Careful notes indicate when statutes have been repealed, though the system employed does not always make clear just what portions. It is spread out too thin to suit the needs of intensive work. The value of the bibliography and of many of the page references is much lessened by the failure to give the date and place of publication of the editions cited. Other examples seem to indicate that the editor’s knowledge of the general history of at least part of his period is somewhat faulty.” Arthur Lyon Cross.

+ + — Am. Hist. R. 10: 877. Jl. ‘05. 790w.

“In his selection and editing of the statutes and cases that were available Mr. Robertson has certainly displayed excellent judgment and sound learning.”

+ + Ath. 1905, 2: 110. Jl. 22, 230w.

+ + — Nation. 81: 145. Ag. 17, ‘05. 540w.

“Is indispensable to the reader and student of modern English history. The volume forms altogether one of the very best collections of documents illustrative of English history.” Stanhope Sams.

+ + + N. Y. Times. 10: 132. Mr. 4, ‘05. 300w.

Robertson, James Alexander. See Blair, Emma Helen, jt. auth.

Robertson, Morgan. Down to the sea. †$1.25. Harper.

Fourteen stories on various subjects, but all of men whose real home is not on land. Under such titles as—“A cow, two men, and a parson,” “The mutiny,” “The vitality of Dennis,” “Fifty fathoms down,” “The enemies,” “The rivals,” and “A hero of the cloth,” we hear of war vessels and other craft, of humorous and exciting happenings, and come to know some most enjoyable characters.

+ Critic. 47: 382. O. ‘05. 180w.

“Are in the last degree ingenious in construction and clever in the telling. They have, however, two serious faults: they are so far-fetched ... and, except for the adventures of Finnegan, they are painful to the point of being disagreeable.”

+ — Ind. 58: 1250. Je. 1, ‘05. 200w.

“In his characterization of the men whom he brings into these stories there is all the vigor, simplicity, and natural unforced humor that would be expected from one who has been called the ‘Kipling of the sea.’”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 215. Ap. 8, ‘05. 860w.

“Some amusing, some vividly realistic, and others impressive by virtue of the style, even when farthest from the probable.”

+ Outlook. 79: 759. Mr. 25, ‘05. 30w.

“There are a directness and freshness about the mere way in which Mr. Robertson sets about telling a story, that only come when one is master of his whole subject, a close observer and friend of his characters, a master of the ship, and of the words to describe both men and ships. But it is in the humorous that Mr. Robertson excels.”

+ + Pub. Opin. 38: 508. Ap. 1, ‘05. 310w.

“These stories of his have the genuine salt savor and the salt sting.”

+ Reader. 6: 592. O. ‘05. 140w.

“A volume of thoroughly good and amusing stories of many seas.”

+ R. of Rs. 31: 761. Je. ‘05. 60w.

Robertson, T. W. Society and Caste, ed. by T. Edgar Pemberton. 60c. Heath.

A volume in section III. of the “Belles-lettres” series. The texts are printed from the English acting editions which follow the original manuscripts. A life of Robertson, an introduction, notes and a bibliography are included.

Robertson, William Graham, il. French songs of old Canada; with translations into modern English verse. *$10. Dutton.

A beautiful gift book of colored drawings which illustrate the stories found in these old songs of the French-Canadians. A separate pamphlet contains good English translations of the songs.

+ + + Int. Studio. 24: 368. F. ‘05, 400w.

+ + Spec. 94: 115. Ja. 28, ‘05. 150w.

Robins, Edward. William T. Sherman. *$1.25. Jacobs.

Altho there is not room for great detail in this brief account of the life of Sherman, many interesting conversations and anecdotes have been included which add both to its historical and biographical value. The volume is one of the “American crisis biographies” and contains chronology, bibliography, and index.

294Robins, Elizabeth (Mrs. G. R. Parkes). Dark lantern; a story with a prologue. †$1.50. Macmillan.

“London society, within the last ten years, makes the surroundings of the intrigue and passion that are here dealt with ... Katherine Dereham, the heroine, and the ogre doctor, Garth Vincent, however, concentrate most of the reader’s attention. Katherine is a beautiful girl, who falls desperately in love with a prince, who cannot marry her ... and wastes much of her youth in a harmful thralldom to a fancy. After her escape from her passion for the prince, burdened with a serious illness, she becomes the thrall of the ogre doctor, described as ‘the man with the dark-lantern face.’”—N. Y. Times.

“It is a striking, though scarcely a satisfactory book, and widely remote in every respect from the ordinary machine-made novel of commerce.”

+ — Ath. 1905, 1: 651. My. 27. 250w.

“Besides the vigor with which the main theme is handled, the striking quality of the book is a certain kind of bigness.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ + Bookm. 21: 516. Jl. ‘05. 820w.

“Her characters certainly have vitality, and an extraordinary power to interest us.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ Dial. 39: 116. S. 1, ‘05. 340w.

“Grotesque in its violation of the elementary principles of art and literature.” Herbert W. Horwill.

— — Forum. 37: 103. Jl. ‘05. 610w.

+ — Ind. 59: 210. Jl. 27, ‘05. 370w.

* + Ind. 59: 1152. N. 16, ‘05. 80w.

“‘A dark lantern’ at once sustains the writer’s reputation for competent craftsmanship.”

+ — Lond. Times. 4: 153. My. 12, ‘05. 460w.

— Nation. 81: 101. Ag. 3, ‘05. 660w.

“It must be called, plainly, a distorted picture. But it is full of sincerity, and has much fine detail. In strength, in originality, in emotional force it is far out of the common.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 360. Je. 3, ‘05. 830w.

“Is not what is sometimes called a pleasant book, but it has the strength of interest.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 394. Je. 17, ‘05. 150w.

+ — Outlook. 80: 836. Jl. 29, ‘05. 50w.

“In the New England sense, it is not a nice story, but the able characterization and the intense plot give it the right to be.”

+ — Pub. Opin. 39: 283. Ag. 26, ‘05. 230w.

“Miss Robins may see life awry,—the reader clings to the hope that she does,—but she sees it strongly and brilliantly.”

+ — Reader. 6: 357. Ag. ‘05. 320w.

Robins, Rev. Henry Ephraim. Ethics of the Christian life; or, The science of right living. **$2. Am. Bapt.

“Part. I. deals with the nature of the ethics of the Christian life: the moral agent and the disorder of the moral nature, the remedy for moral disorder. Part. II. discusses the scope of the ethics of the Christian life: all duty rests on the holy will of God, duty to self, duty to society, duty to nature, duty to God. Part. III. considers the method of the ethics of the Christian life.”—Am. J. of Theol.

“Valuable work. The work under review is a contribution to only one tract of that larger field.” C. R. Henderson.

+ Am. J. of Theol. 9: 387. Ap. ‘05. 440w.

“Grant Dr. Robins’ premises, and you can not escape his conclusions. His is not a twentieth century ethical system.”

+ — Pub. Opin. 38: 136. Ja. 26, ‘05. 190w.

+ R. of Rs. 31: 254. F. ‘05. 100w.

Robinson, Albert Gardner. Cuba and the intervention. **$1.80. Longmans.

A book which “falls roughly into three divisions: a review of peninsular misrule in Cuba and of the efforts of the Cubans to throw off the Spanish yoke; a survey of the American occupation of the island, with especial attention to the work of reconstruction; and a statement of the conditions prevailing since the Cubans attained self-government. An eye-witness of many of the events he describes, Mr. Robertson writes with vivacity and warmth.... His point of view, however, is primarily and frankly Cuban.”—Outlook.

“The volume covers the various phases of American activity and gives valuable insight into the difficulties of the task confronting the American authorities.”

+ + Am. Hist. R. 10: 948. Jl. ‘05. 60w.

“This is a clear and unbiased account of one of the most interesting incidents in our national history.”

+ + Ind. 58: 729. Mr. 30, ‘05. 280w.

“While his volume is in some respects extremely useful—notably ... in assisting to a better appreciation of the Latin-American character—it can scarcely be said to fulfill its main purpose of giving a clear and unbiased account of the methods and results of American intervention.”

+ — Outlook. 79: 855. Ap. 1, ‘05. 260w.

+ Pub. Opin. 39: 319. S. 2, ‘05. 240w.

“Mr. Robinson sums up the whole case of the United States and Cuba with admirable impartiality.”

+ + Spec. 91: 644. Ap. 29, ‘05. 190w.

Robinson, Charles Mulford. Modern civic art. **$3. Putnam.

A consideration of the problem of civic improvement as applied to all cities, their business centres, streets, residences, tenements, parks, and parkways. This second edition is illustrated with numerous half-tones and photogravures presenting architectural arrangements for city squares, water fronts, and other places of decorative importance.

“Though flowery in style on occasion, the author handles his subject both widely and concretely.”

+ Critic. 46: 379. Ap. ‘05. 50w.

Reviewed by Ralph Clarkson.

+ + Dial. 39: 15. Jl. 1, ‘05. 1070w.

“The author’s analysis is exhaustive, and his treatment is as complete and authoritative as our present knowledge of the subject makes possible.”

+ + + Nation. 80: 268. Ap. 6, ‘05. 220w.

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 380. Je. 10, ‘05. 300w.

“We are glad that a second edition, with the addition of designs, has been published of this valuable volume.”

+ + Outlook. 79: 401. F. 11, ‘05. 130w.

Robinson, E. Kay. Country day by day. **$1.75. Holt.

In his garden on the coast of Norfolk, the author has studied bird life and plant life and he gives an account of an English year, the drama which the observant one may see enacted day by day, by the things of feathers and of petals.

“It forms a vade mecum of pleasant information for all the passing hours of the rolling year.”

+ + + Ath. 1905, 1: 367. Mr. 25. 570w.

* + Critic. 47: 582. D. ‘05. 60w.

+ Dial. 38: 423. Je. 16, ‘05. 60w.

Reviewed by May Estelle Cook.

* + Dial. 39: 374. D. 1, ‘05. 210w.

“As a rule, the author has nothing specially new to tell, and his book may be regarded as a guide to what the observant country resident ought to see and notice, rather than as an exponent of fresh facts.” R. L.

+ + — Nature. 71: 418. Mr. 2, ‘05. 250w.

“It is one of the great merits of the book that this appreciation of nature is never allowed to degenerate into sentimentalism.”

+ + Outlook. 81: 574. N. 4, ‘05. 140w.

295“This is a delightful record of a year in the country day by day. It is written with a keen sympathy with nature and a true instinct for the beautiful.”

+ + Spec. 94: 621. Ap. 29, ‘05. 710w.

* Robinson, Edwin Arlington. Children of the night, **$1. Scribner.

“President Roosevelt has praised this book of poems, finding in them ‘an undoubted touch of genius.’ To this fact no doubt is due the reprinting of a little book now eight years old.” (Critic.) “The mood is usually serious, and quite removed from the too sweet and pensive sadness of one who invokes grief as a becoming adjunct to his verse.... The numerous poems of religious feeling are the product of a wholesome faith.”—N. Y. Times.

* “We do not dispute the President’s dictum; but we suspect that he has not kept ‘au courant’ with the flood of American minor verse. Had he done so, he would think twice before applying the word ‘genius’ to Mr. Robinson, notwithstanding the author’s ‘curious simplicity and good faith.’”

+ Critic. 47: 584. D. ‘05. 80w.

* “Mr. Robinson’s work has never got half the attention it deserved.”

+ + Dial. 39: 314. N. 16, ‘05. 110w.

* “Is a very pleasant little book. No minor poet of the day is less indebted to poetic conventionalisms than Mr. Robinson, or more securely himself.”

+ Nation. 81: 507. D. 21, ‘05. 250w.

* “They are nearly always individual, and show little tendency to echo poets of a larger gift which too often is the hall mark of the minor poet.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 798. N. 25, ‘05. 290w.

* “There is an undoubted touch of genius in the poems collected in this volume, and a curious simplicity and good faith, all of which qualities differentiate them sharply from ordinary collections of this kind.” T. Roosevelt.

+ + Outlook. 80: 913. Ag. 12, ‘05. 1270w.

* Robinson, Harry Perry. Black bear. *$2. Macmillan.

“The black bear tells the story of his cubhood, his joys and his troubles, his games and adventures with his sister ‘Kahwa.’ Then comes the first terrible experience of his life, a forest fire.... But ‘Kahwa’ escapes the fire only to be taken prisoner by men.... She tries to escape, but is killed in the attempt. Then follows period of loneliness, and in process of time the first great fight and the winning of a wife. All this is told with much spirit, and illustrated by some excellent pictures. One is quite sorry to leave him sitting disconsolately behind the bars of his cage; but then we could not otherwise have had his autobiography.”—Spec.

* + Acad. 68: 1287. D. 9, ‘05. 40w.

* “Mr. Robinson’s bears live on his pages. The reader begins early to feel an active interest in their fortunes and it is maintained to the end.”

+ + Lond. Times. 4: 404. N. 24, ‘05. 500w.

* Lond. Times. 4: 432. D. 8, ‘05. 50w.

* N. Y. Times. 10: 731. O. 28, ‘05. 310w.

* + + N. Y. Times. 10: 890. D. 16, ‘05. 350w.

* + + Spec. 95: 692. 4, ‘05. 190w.

Robinson, Sir John Richard. Fifty years of Fleet street: being the life and recollections of Sir John R. Robinson; comp. and ed. by F. Moy Thomas. *$4. Macmillan.

Forty-seven years as manager of the “London daily news” earned for Mr. Robinson, in the words of Mr. John Morley, “the respect and honor of everybody who cares for the tradition of English journalism.” Failing health was doubtless responsible for the failure of his intention to write his autobiography. From the fragmentary diaries, journals, jottings, and impressions, the compiler, Mr. Thomas, has constructed his “Life and recollections.” “Most of the conspicuous persons in the world of politics, literature, art, and music during the past fifty years had been the personal friends and associates of the great journalist.” (N. Y. Times). Among them were: Queen Victoria, Gladstone, Disraeli, Cobden, Mill, Rosebery, Landseer, General Grant, Cyrus Field, “Mark Twain,” Artemus Ward, Bret Harte, Archibald Forbes, Charles Dickens, Lord Coleridge, Charles Kingsley, Arthur Sullivan, Mr. Spurgeon, Mr. Sankey, Sarah Bernhardt, Bismarck, Labouchere.

“The text is interesting and at times absorbing. A vein of good nature and social enjoyment is distinctly visible throughout it.”

+ + Nation. 80: 56. Ja. 19, ‘05. 1190w.

“A volume of great interest and considerable value. There can be no two opinions of Mr. Thomas’s fitness for the accomplishment of the task he undertook in compiling and editing these recollections, for during a quarter of a century he was a worker with and a close friend of Sir John Robinson. The whole book, though a disappointment to those of us who expected a carefully prepared, witty, instructive volume of memoirs written by the chieftain’s own hand and with proofs corrected and revised by him, is nevertheless one that we have every reason to feel grateful to Mr. Frederick Moy Thomas for having compiled and edited.” Elizabeth Banks.

+ + — N. Y. Times. 10: 49. Ja. 28, ‘05. 2330w.

Robinson, Rowland Evans. Hunting without a gun, and other papers. $2. Forest & stream.

A posthumous volume of sketches and stories in which the blind writer tells of the joys of the lover of nature, who seeks the creatures of the woods, but does not harm them.

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 407. Je. 17, ‘05. 380w.

Outlook. 80: 392. Je. 10, ‘05. 30w.

Robinson, Rowland Evans. Out of bondage. $1.25. Houghton.

Seventeen short dialect stories, many of which have already appeared in various magazines, are collected under this title. “Out of bondage” is a story of the “underground” railroad, in which a Quaker family save an escaped negro from his pursuers. A little Quaker maid and her lover, and a revengeful disappointed admirer complicate the plot. “A letter from Hio,” is another idyll of country life, with a simple love motive. “The shag back panther,” a creation of an old Canuck, frightens its inventor from the berry patch. “A story of the old frontier” is an account of an Indian’s gratitude in liberating a woman who had nursed him. Altho the subjects are varied, they all concern men, animals, and country life. The treatment is mainly humorous.

“The very rusticity of his humor increases the verisimilitude of his portrait.”

+ Nation. 80: 312. Ap. 20, ‘05. 100w.

“The shrewdness and pointed humor of the different characters are revealed with a keenness and delicacy of touch that show long, personal acquaintance among these people.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 284. Ap. 29, ‘05. 340w.

“Surprisingly even in their interest and freshness. Mr. Robinson’s stories bring back old Vermont days and show us typical village and country people in all their native ruggedness, kindliness, and neighborly qualities.”

+ Outlook. 79: 708. Mr. 18. ‘05. 150w.

Rodd, Sir James Rennell. Sir Walter Raleigh. 75c. Macmillan.

“To Englishmen of to-day,” Sir Walter Raleigh “represents the genesis of British imperialism in the modern sense. To Americans, he stands for that sixteenth-century daring and love of adventure to which the English colonies 296in the new world owed their existence. The sketch of Raleigh ... is a well written account of a career that was full of dramatic incident.”—R. of Rs.

“Sir Rennell Rodd has a sure grasp of his documents and has used them with much skill.”

+ + Nation. 80: 483. Je. 15, ‘05. 530w.

“He has done his best as far as study goes, toward the solution of many mysterious actions on the part of the gallant Englishman. Sir Rennell Rodd’s record of social life during the two decades of the reign of Queen Elizabeth gives a clear insight into actual conditions.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 68. F. 4, ‘05. 1570w. (Survey of contents.)

“A study rich in atmosphere. There are times when he assuredly assumes the role of a special pleader. The proportion is not so well maintained as we should desire. But, on the whole, he has acquitted himself well, giving us a book which is at once enjoyable and a creditable addition to a series of which it forms part.”

+ — Outlook. 79: 350. F. 4, ‘05. 310w.

+ R. of Rs. 31: 249. F. ‘05. 80w.

Rogers, A. W. Introduction to the geology of Cape Colony; with a chapter on the fossil reptiles of the Karroo formation, by R. Broom. *$3.50. Longmans.

A handbook which contains results of investigations made public as recently as 1904. There is a geological map and an introduction which connects the geological structure with the scenic features.

“It is a work which will be found of much use to the student of South African geology, since it contains in a compact form a good deal of information to be found otherwise only by reference to numerous scientific journals and official reports.”

+ + + Ath. 1905, 1: 504. Ap. 22. 570w.

“Is sure to remain a standard treatise. Compact and highly attractive handbook.” Grenville A. J. Cole.

+ + + Nature. 72: 35. My. 11, ‘05. 830w.

Rogers, Joseph Morgan. Thomas H. Benton. **$1.25. Jacobs.

This addition to the “American crises biographies” contains a detailed account of the Missouri statesman, and gives the chief political events from 1820 to the repeal of the Missouri compromise with which his public work ended.

“Rogers did not entirely shake off his editorial habit of popular statement when producing a serious historical work.” W. H. Mace.

+ — Am. Hist. R. 11: 176. O. ‘05. 650w.

+ + Critic. 47: 188. Ag. ‘05. 80w.

“The work is careless and superficial.”

— Dial. 38: 325. My. 1, ‘05. 340w.

“Mr. Rogers in this account of Thomas H. Benton has assumed more than properly belongs to the biographer.”

+ + — N. Y. Times. 10: 292. My. 6, ‘05. 420w.

“In point of literary quality, a decided advance on his ‘The true Henry Clay.’ While the treatment is, as a rule, open-minded, it is marred at times by invidious and unnecessary comparisons between Benton and his notable contemporaries, and by occasional overstatement to a degree constituting a serious defect.”

+ + — Outlook. 80: 143. My. 13, ‘05. 160w.

“Mr. Rogers has presented an accurate and impressive picture of Thomas H. Benton.”

+ + Pub. Opin. 39: 26. Jl. 1, ‘05. 230w.

“The author has avoided, rather than sought after, popular effects; his own opinions are held in abeyance, and he sometimes assumes too large a knowledge on the part of his reader.”

+ + — Reader. 6: 593. O. ‘05. 470w.

Rogers, Joseph Morgan. The true Henry Clay. **$2. Lippincott.

The author’s life-long acquaintance with Clay’s “career and environment,” and his access to the private papers of the great statesman, have put him in touch with the real facts for a biography, which tells “the truth about Clay and his failures and successes.” He is set forth in the light of the true builder for his country,—the “economic development that has compelled the admiration of the world had its beginnings in the policies of internal improvements and tariff protection to which he stood, if not as father, at least as sponsor.... The key to his career, to his failures and successes alike, Mr. Rogers finds in his profoundly emotional nature. ‘While physically and mentally Clay was a strong man, temperamentally he was constituted like a woman.’” (Outlook).

“The loose rambling, repetitious style, running at times even into errors of grammar, informs us at once that we are not to look here for the minor accuracies of scholarship. Nor are all the errors minor. Read as a whole the book produces an admirable impression. This biography detracts no whit, from the value of Schurz’s account of the national activities of Henry Clay, but it will give the general reader a much better idea of the man.” Carl Russell Fish.

+ + — Am. Hist. R. 10: 900. Jl. ‘05. 880w.

“The emphasis is on the personal side. The author is an admirer of Clay, yet he tells the truth about him, not glossing over his defects and frailties or attempting to cover his blunders.”

+ + Dial. 38: 204. Mr. 16, ‘05. 160w.

“There is an occasional slip of misstatement ... but on the whole a painstaking care is evident.”

+ — Ind. 59: 214. Jl. 27, ‘05. 160w.

“Mr. Rogers is fair-minded in that he does not scruple to lay bare the weaknesses as well as the strength of his hero. Nor has he any race or sectional prejudices to air. Lack of a sense of proportion, a feeble grasp of the subject as a whole, constitute, indeed, his chief faults. The man Clay he sees and comprehends. Of positive errors there are, so far as we have noticed, comparatively few.”

+ — Nation. 80: 235. Mr. 23, ‘05. 280w.

“Presenting a work markedly deficient in point of literary quality, gives an account of the great Kentuckian that is vivid, impartial, and philosophic, and that assists us to place him correctly among the founders of the United States of the twentieth century.”

+ + — Outlook. 79: 241. Ja. 28, ‘05. 1090w.

“By all odds, the most entertaining and intimate sketch of Clay that has yet appeared.”

+ + R. of Rs. 31: 126. Ja. ‘05. 190w.

Rohlfs, Mrs. Charles. See Green, Anna Katharine.

Rolfe, William James. Satchel guide for the vacation tourist in Europe; a compact itinerary of the British isles, Belgium and Holland, Germany and the Rhine, Switzerland, France, Austria, and Italy. *$1.50. Houghton.

In this first edition of 1905, the list of hotels has been revised, corrections have been made in routes, fares, etc., and local changes in London and Paris have been noted. Pockets in the covers contain a plan of London and a railway map of the British isles.

* Roosevelt, Theodore. Outdoor pastimes of an American hunter. **$3. Scribner.

“The first three chapters of the President’s book describe hunting trips in Colorado and Oklahoma, after bears, coyotes, cougars, and bobcats. Other chapters some of which are reprinted, with additions, from previous books, deal with other American big game, the wapiti, white-tail and mule deer, antelope, and mountain sheep; chapters are also devoted to wilderness reserves, books on big game, and the outdoor life of the President and his family at their Long Island home.” (Outlook.) The 297volume is illustrated from photographs by the president himself or by members of his family.

* “All lovers of outdoor sport, all admirers of our strenuous President will be delighted with this book.”

+ Critic. 47: 582. D. ‘05. 60w.

* “This latest volume of his own will take high rank among those for the novelty of the sports it describes as well as for the freshness and spirit of the descriptions. We may say in passing that the President is as good a field-naturalist as a sportsman.”

+ + Lond. Times. 4: 381. N. 10, ‘05. 830w.

* “To the reader who will approach the book either with a healthy interest in outdoor life or with an idle curiosity to read what a President has written, the work should prove of interest. The book should prove a valued addition to its class.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 742. N. 4, ‘05. 1670w.

* “Altogether it is an unusual book, and of interest to every one.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 160w.

* “Each chapter of the book bears testimony to the vigorous, wholesome, straightforward character of its author and to the remarkable thoroughness and zest with which he undertakes the study of any subject in which he is interested.”

+ + Outlook. 81: 716. N. 25, ‘05. 610w.

* “Mr. Roosevelt’s literary method in treating of outdoor subjects is well known. It is characterized by a thorough-going purpose to do something more than merely narrate the author’s personal adventures.”

+ R. of Rs. 32: 753. D. ‘05. 230w.

* “President Roosevelt’s most sensible remarks on the proper means of preserving game in a democratic country are worthy of all attention, and not less his analysis of the true hunter’s creed, with which every sportsman must agree.”

+ + Spec. 95: 868. N. 25, ‘05. 430w.

Root. A. I. A B C of bee culture; rev. by E. R. Root. $1.20. Root.

“A work of high value to all engaged in this fascinating pursuit. It is a cyclopædia in form and arrangement, and is fully illustrated, and the present edition has been so thoroughly revised as to be practically a new book.”—Outlook.

“There is nothing more comprehensive and satisfactory obtainable on this subject.”

+ + + Outlook. 79: 651. Mr. 11, ‘05. 50w.

Rosadi, Giovanni. Trial of Jesus; tr. from the Italian by Emil Reich. *$2.50. Dodd.

This work of Rosadi’s has been widely read in Italy and Germany, and now appears in a translation by Emil Reich, who says of it—“Signor Rosadi has approached his problem—apparently a purely legal one—with a warmth of sympathy, with a breadth of philosophical view, with a purity of religious sentiment that have rendered his book not only a noteworthy contribution to the history of Jesus, but a stimulating and (we say it unhesitatingly) an edifying work in the best sense of the word.”

+ — Ath. 1905, 1: 623. My. 20. 660w.

+ + Critic. 47: 288. S. ‘05. 120w.

“Is rich in information of court procedure among Jews and Romans in the days of Pontius Pilate, but the total absence of criticism in the use of the Gospels renders it unsafe as a guide in historical study.”

+ — Ind. 59: 152. Jl. 20, ‘05. 40w.

“We doubt ... if the best English and American scholarship will regard Signor Rosadi’s work seriously, and we must admit that the work seems to serve no particularly good purpose.”

— + N. Y. Times. 10: 357. Je. 3, ‘05. 1080w.

“It is a thoroughly scholarly study.”

+ + Outlook. 80: 346. Je. 3, ‘05. 530w.

“The particular significance of the work is perhaps due to the two facts that it treats the famous trial as a matter of history and gives it its proper legal standing, and also that it portrays the personality of the man Christ in a way that appeals to a class of readers usually indifferent to religious books.”

+ + R. of Rs. 32: 124. Jl. ‘05. 170w.

“To English readers it will appear rather too full and rhetorical. We cannot praise the translation of the book. We have rarely seen a book with more misprints.”

+ — — Sat. R. 99: 638. My. 13, ‘05. 440w.

“Is throughout deeply interesting.”

+ Spec. 94: 750. My. 20, ‘05. 390w.

Rose, Achilles. Carbonic acid in medicine. $1. Funk.

The healing qualities of carbonic acid gas known centuries ago and used for therapeutical purposes have been re-discovered in modern science. The author has set forth the history and general usefulness of the properties to medical science.

Rose, John Holland. Napoleonic studies. *$2.50. Macmillan.

Essays, based principally on materials found while working on the author’s “Life of Napoleon I.,” which are of interest, with a few exceptions, to Napoleonic scholars. These exceptions are found in the chapters, “Wordsworth, Schiller, Fichte, and the Idealist revolt against Napoleon,” “The religious belief of Napoleon,” and “The detention of Napoleon by Great Britain.” The remaining discussions relate to: “Pitt’s plan for the settlement of Europe,” “Egypt during the first British occupation,” “Canning and Denmark in 1807,” “A British agent at Tilsit,” “Napoleon and British commerce,” “Britain’s food supply in the Napoleonic war,” “The Whigs and the French war,” “Austria and the downfall of Napoleon,” and “The Prussian co-operation at Waterloo.”

“While they vary in their temper and treatment as widely as the subjects, yet the author’s personality gives them quite sufficient unity to secure the interest of the reader and the continuity of the subject. Incidentally they clear up several little mysteries of antiquarian interest.”

+ + Am. Hist. R. 10: 658. Ap. ‘05. 1270w.

“Regarding the new essays, they serve to emphasize the value of the research work which Mr. Rose has done in the British archives, and to prove that in spite of the great number of scholarly studies of the Napoleon era, large deposits of unused material still exist.” E. D. Adams.

+ + Dial. 38: 41. Ja. 16, ‘05. 1520w.

“Mr. Rose’s essays are marked by the same wealth of information and carefulness of statement which appeared in his book. He does not dogmatize for the sake of amusing his readers by a sharp saying, and inclines to caution whenever he ventures to put forth a generalization.”

+ Nation. 80: 135. F. 16, ‘05. 470w.

Rose, Mrs. Mary. Women of Shakespeare’s family. *50c. Lane.

“This book is largely made up of suppositions, as indeed might be expected, so little beyond names and dates is known about Shakespeare’s mother, wife, and daughters ... and it is only fair to say that Miss Rose has been careful to do her best with the few facts that she has to deal with.”—Spec.

+ Spec. 94: 520. Ap. 8, ‘05. 130w.

Roseboro’, Viola. Players and vagabonds. $1.50. Macmillan.

Nine short stories founded upon real incidents met with in the author’s life upon the stage. Humor and pathos, episode and character, are combined to show the life of the real player folk behind the scenes. The first and longest story, “Where the ways crossed,” is the pathetic tale of Darley, a young Englishman, who found his longed-for chance to play the hero in 298a burning theatre. “The embroidered robe” is a character sketch of two would-be actors, “Her mother’s success” makes an unworldly mother the centre of a troupe of very worldly actors, “Potent memories” is all pathos, “The clown and the missionary,” all humor, “A bit of biography,” tells the story of a ten year old boy who forsook his adopted home for the stage. “Our Mantua maker,” “A marriage de covenance,” and “A glimpse of an artist,” complete the volume.

“If the reader is not more than entertained, is not touched and softened, then he, or she, is adamant.”

+ + Pub. Opin. 38: 298. F. 25, ‘05. 190w.

“All of them are human and searching and tender, full of a changeful, charmful quality that fascinates, brightened by brief triumphs, darkened by long poverty and disappointment, warmed by self-forgetful helping of others.”

+ Reader. 5: 257. Ja. ‘05. 220w.

“The pathos of her stories rings true and sound, and her all-embracing charity engages the fullest sympathy. These tattered waifs and strays of life, these, ‘players and vagabonds,’ have found one to plead for them whose pleading it would hardly be possible to resist.”

+ + R. of Rs. 31: 121. Ja. ‘05. 100w.

* Rosegger, Petri Kettenfeier. I. N. R. I.: a prisoner’s story of the cross, tr. by Elizabeth Lee. †$1.50. McClure.

“A poor German carpenter under sentence of death for an anarchistic crime is supposed to write in his cell and from memory the story of that other carpenter of long ago—who was condemned as a subverter of the established order. Naturally the German carpenter’s own hard experience and his own dreams color his story of the other—naturally his memory plays him false, naturally (he is of a Catholic country) he writes in ideas and incidents from lives of the saints and the like. But it is his merging of his own bitter life into that of the Christ which makes the book real as other stories dealing with this subject are not.” (N. Y. Times.) There are six illustrations in color by Cowin Knapp Simson in the Holy Land.

* + Ind. 59: 1377. D. 14, ‘05. 60w.

* “The narrative is a strange and powerful one.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 776. N. 18, ‘05. 500w.

* + N. Y. Times. 10: 824. D. 2, ‘05. 200w.

* “The story is told simply and colloquially, but with reserve and dignity.”

+ Outlook. 81: 1038. D. 23, ‘05. 120w.

Rosenthal, Herman, tr. See Ganz, Hugo. Land of riddles.

Roses and how to grow them. See Barron, Leonard, ed.

Ross, Edward Alsworth. Foundations of sociology. *$1.25. Macmillan.

It is claimed for Professor Ross that he interests especially sociological heresy-hunters; it is also claimed that in this new work this same following will find difficulty in singling out any censurable utterances. It treats of the scope and task of sociology, the sociological frontier of economics, social laws, “mob mind,” the social forces, the factors of social change, recent tendencies in sociology, the causes of race superiority, “The value rank of the American people,” “The properties of group units,” and “The unit of investigation in sociology.”

“This book is, on the whole, devoted to the method, rather than to the content, of knowledge. It does much in the way of clearing the cobwebs out of the sociological skies. It is, however, a general survey rather than a treatise. The present volume can hardly fail to serve, for some time to come, as one of the most effective path-breakers in sociological inquiry.” Albion W. Small.

+ + — Am. J. Soc. 11: 129. Jl. ‘05. 1400w.

* “No one interested in the development of social theory, or in the understanding of social phenomena can afford to leave it unread.” Carl Kelsey.

* + + Ann. Am. Acad. 26: 759. N. ‘05. 540w.

* “Brilliant but somewhat capricious.”

+ + — Ind. 59: 1157. N. 16, ‘05. 40w.

“Easy to read, brief, comprehensive, and introducing the reader to most of the conceptions of value. The book’s greatest fault is ... that of undervaluing work which is too abstract to meet the conditions of a real practical problem.”

+ + — Nation. 81:42. Jl. 13, ‘05. 250w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 345. My. 27, ‘05. 210w.

“His style is rather exuberant, but it is picturesque and rapid.”

+ + — N. Y. Times. 10: 396. Je. 17, ‘05. 1410w.

“The book is of value to the lay reader in that it clarifies not a few of the foggy statements and definitions that have been associated with this newly developed science to its popular detraction. Professor Ross is a clear and forcible writer.”

+ + + R. of Rs. 32: 126. Jl. ‘05. 140w.

Ross, Janet Anne (Mrs. Henry J. Ross). Old Florence and modern Tuscany. *$1.50. Dutton.

The author, who has lived among the Tuscan peasants for over thirty years, has written a series of fifteen papers, eleven of which have already appeared in various magazines. The book opens with the history of the Misericordia, the brotherhood of pity in Florence, then follow chapters upon “A domestic chaplain of the Medici,” “Two Florentine hospitals,” “A September day in the valley of the Arno,” “Popular songs of Tuscany,” “Vintaging in Tuscany,” “Oil-making in Tuscany.” “Virgil and agriculture in Tuscany,” “A stroll in Boccaccio’s country,” “The dove of the holy Saturday,” “San Gimignano della Belle Torre,” “Volterra,” “Mezzeria or land tenure in Tuscany,” and “The jubilee of the crucifix.”

Reviewed by Anna Benneson McMahan.

+ Dial. 38: 351. My. 16, 05. 760w.

+ Ind. 58: 1070. My. 11, ‘05. 150w.

“Well deserve being collected into book form on account of their historical research and of their keen observation of actual conditions of peasant life in Tuscany. The most attractive article of all in this volume is on the popular songs of Tuscany.”

+ Nation. 80: 218. Mr. 16, ‘05. 1150w.

“Written with a distinct and common inspiration and with undoubted joy in transcription.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 140. Mr. 4, ‘05. 490w.

“Mr. Carmichael and Mr. Hewlett have been enlightening us as to Tuscany; now comes Mrs. Ross in a smaller volume but with almost equal information, especially as to the Tuscan peasants. While we learn more about modern Tuscany than about old Florence ... Mrs. Ross’s account is noteworthy, although for a more exhaustive treatment one will turn to the volumes by Mr. Gardner, M. Yriarte, and Mrs. Oliphant.”

+ — Outlook. 79: 247. Ja. 28, ‘05. 260w.

Rosse, Florence James. Philosophy and froth. 50c. Broadway pub.

Almost 200 little epigrammatic sayings, some of which are clever and some of which are not.

+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 552. Ag. 19, ‘05. 150w.

Rouse, Adelaide Louise. Letters of Theodora. †$1.50. Macmillan.

A girl, who has left a position in a New Jersey college and a faithful lover to seek literary honors in unfeeling New York, writes of her struggles to a girl friend. A life of grape-nuts in a hall bedroom does not discourage her and she has many experiences and flirtations which introduce various interesting characters; but in the end she marries the original John.

299“Though she really has nothing much to write about, her letters make pleasant reading.”

+ Acad. 68: 420. Ap. 15, ‘05. 270w.

“‘The letters of Theodora’ do not constitute a psychological brain-twister, but a light and pleasing romance.”

+ + Critic. 47: 286. S. ‘05. 60w.

“It must be confessed that Teddy has a vivacious way about her which makes her letters very pleasant reading.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 287. Ap. 29, ‘05. 630w.

“A clever entertaining book.”

+ Outlook. 79: 857. Ap. 1, ‘05. 70w.

“May not appeal to a very large public. The public to which it does appeal will be select and worth having.”

+ R. of Rs. 31: 760. Je. ‘05. 210w.

Rouse, G. H. Old Testament criticism in New Testament light. *$1. Union press.

An address given before the Bengali Christian conference of Calcutta has been expanded into this volume which is addressed to the general reader. It presents “modern views” upon subjects included under the chapter headings, Our basis—Christ made no mistakes; Christ’s treatment of the Old Testament; The relation of the Levitical law to the prophetic history and teaching; The Pentateuch; The authorship of Psalm cx.; The historicity, accuracy, and authoritativeness of the Old Testament; The book of Daniel; Prophecy; and Critical methods.

“The higher critics will find in this work much to learn, and much to moderate their views, while the uncritical Christian will find much to deepen his faith and to strengthen his hold on the Old Testament as well as the New Testament.” T. H. L. Leary.

+ + Acad. 68: 1100. O. 21, ‘05. 710w.

Spec. 95: 56. Ag. 8, ‘05. 180w.

* Routh, James Edward, jr. Fall of Tollan. $1. Badger, R: G.

A dramatic poem in which Quetzal is sent by “the all-father, the high Tonaca,” to rule over Mexican Tollan and become a power for good. The god of darkness, “lest man should be all blessed,” took the form of Lord Tezca who basely seized the throne and “scoffing all but careless, jovial wit and witty joy,” ruled until “hostile tribes flung down the bronze-wrought gates.” Kingdom followed kingdom, while the people dumbly waited for “Quetzal’s hoped return.”

Rowland, Helen. Digressions of Polly. †$1.50. Baker.

Polly and her fiancé furnish the airy dialogue of this book. There are twenty-three chapters, each a complete little chat, with its own setting and its own amusing climax; but thru them all Polly, the light-hearted, with her curls, her dimples and her chiffon ruffles, and Jack the resourceful, very human and very much in love, are true to their frivolous parts.

“The result is not equal to the effort.”

— Critic. 46: 564. Je. ‘05. 30w.

“One of the brightest volumes of dialogue of the season.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 259. Ap. 22, ‘05. 260w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 393. Je. 17, ‘05. 170w.

“If it is lacking in originality ... the conversations of the fair and frivolous Polly and her fiancé, never dull, are often unusually diverting.”

+ Outlook. 79: 960. Ap. 15, ‘05. 60w.

“Her froth and her frills make her very good company, indeed, for others than the agreeable young man who takes her balls and occasionally sends back a very respectable one of his own.”

+ + Reader. 6: 474. S. ‘05. 250w.

“She is certainly entertaining, though, perhaps for too many pages.”

+ — R. of Rs. 31: 759. Je. ‘05. 70w.

* Rowland, Henry Cottrell. Mountain of fears. †$1.50. Barnes.

“There are contained in this volume eight stories of adventure, having a slender thread of connection in that all are narratives by Doctor Leyden of strange experiences in his career as a collector for museums.” (Pub. Opin.) “They deal with strange and exotic regions such as Papua, the Orinoco, Borneo, Curacao, Sulu, the South Sea islands, Hayti, and the Malay peninsula.... Drinking, murder, abduction, fraud, brutality, cowardice—such are the contents of the book.” (Nation.)

* “Some of the most unpleasant short stories it was ever the fate of an author to invent. There is no denying that in spite of some exaggeration and tall talk, the stories are exceedingly well told, but why tell them?”

+ — Nation. 81: 449. N. 30, ‘05. 200w.

* “The tales are vivid and strange.”

+ — Outlook. 81: 683. N. 18, ‘05. 50w.

* “Joseph Conrad would have told the story differently, and doubtless better, but it is doubtful if he could have created a more convincing atmosphere of horror.”

— + Pub. Opin. 39: 700. N. 25, ‘05. 200w.

Rowland, Henry Cottrell. Wanderers. †$1.50. Barnes.

The story of a young Irishman who, fearing that his father’s will has given his yacht to a brother, runs away with the coveted boat. He takes an artist friend with him, and later picks up an American professor’s daughter, with whom both young men fall in love, and her chaperone. After many and varied adventures, which include dueling and piracy, Brian legally acquires both the yacht and the girl.

“The style is simple but adequate, there is plenty of humor, and the book admirably fulfils its purpose.”

+ Critic. 46: 564. Je. ‘05. 80w.

“An unpretending tale, entertaining for an hour or two, agreeable in its main personages, pleasantly written, abundantly varied in its kinds of interest.”

+ Ind. 58: 1250. Je. 1, ‘05. 190w.

“Rollicking, jovial story.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 212. Ap. 8, ‘05. 520w.

“A light, breezy tale of the sea, with less of storm and stress than is common to novels of a marine cast, but sufficiently spiced with adventure to keep the interest alive. Leaving numerous improbabilities out of mind, the book will serve well to while away a couple of hours.”

+ Outlook. 79: 762. Mr. 25, ‘05. 100w.

Pub. Opin. 38: 508. Ap. 1, ‘05. 320w. (Outline of plot.)

“The book will be acceptable to those who wish entertainment without mental effort.”

+ Reader. 6: 472. S. ‘05. 180w.

Rowlands, Samuel. Bride. **$3.50. Goodspeed.

“An interesting reprint.... Save for an entry in the Stationers’ register under date of 1617, this work has hitherto been unknown to bibliography. Last spring a unique copy was purchased from a German bookseller for the library of Harvard university, and this is now reprinted in partial facsimile, with a brief introductory note. The poem ... a conversation between a bride and her attendant maidens concerning the respective advantages of the single and married estates ... is written in Rowlands’ habitual cleanly-turned six-line, stanza.”—Nation.

“Will add little to Rowlands’ fame.”

+ Acad. 68: 329. Mr. 25. ‘05. 1030w.

+ + — Ath. 1905, 2: 110. Jl. 22. 720w.

Critic. 47: 192. Ag. ‘05. 90w.

“There is nothing in the poem either to add to the poetic treasures of our literature or to furnish any new footnotes to literary history.”

+ — Nation. 80: 229. Mr. 23, ‘05. 220w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 89. F. 11, ‘05. 160w.

300Rowntree, B. Seebohm. Betting and gambling: a national evil. *$1.60. Macmillan.

“The preliminary chapter is devoted to the Ethics of betting and gambling, and is by John A. Hobson, M. A. It is followed by The extent of gambling, by John Hawke; Stock exchange gambling, by A. J. Wilson; Gambling among women, by J. M. Hogge; Crime and gambling, by Canon Horsley; The deluded sportsman, by a bookmaker; Gambling and citizenship, by J. Ramsey MacDonald; Existing legislation, by John Hawke; and The repression of gambling, by R. Seebohm Rowntree. In the appendix are given some government bills on the subject, opinions of prominent men on betting, a note on pedestrianism, tipping, betting statistics, and a bibliography.”—N. Y. Times.

“We can at all events congratulate Mr. Seebohm Rowntree upon having produced an amusing contribution to the faddist class of literature of the day.”

+ — Acad. 68: 623. Je. 10, ‘05. 410w.

+ Ath. 1905, 2: 505. O. 14, 670w.

* “Mr. Rowntree treats of the evil of betting in the thoro and dispassionate manner he has employed in his other studies.”

+ Ind. 59: 1158. N. 16, ‘05. 20w.

+ Nation. 81: 287. O. 5, ‘05. 350w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 377. Je. 10, ‘05. 240w.

“Such a book as this has long been needed. It is the work of specialists for the abatement of a national evil.”

+ + Outlook. 80: 542. Je. 24, ‘05. 300w.

“As a study the book is very good reading.”

+ Sat. R. 99: 676. My. 20, ‘05. 260w.

“This volume will be found very valuable as a reference-book.”

+ + Spec. 95: 504. O. 7, ‘05. 430w.

* Rowson, Susanna Haswell. Charlotte Temple: a tale of truth; with an historical and biographical introd. by Francis W. Halsey; reprinted from the first Am. ed., 1794. $1.25. Funk.

This “true story of events in New York city during the Revolution,” has seen over one hundred editions, and the present reprint corrects many errors which have crept into the various texts and gives an historical introduction showing that the people concerned in this account of the beautiful and ill-fated Charlotte, who eloped at fifteen with an English army officer and died broken-hearted and deserted some two years later, concerns people well known in their day. The language of the book is quaintly old-fashioned, and the unpleasant truths are plainly treated. The story was originally intended as a warning to young girls.

* “Mr. Halsey’s introduction is extremely interesting: a bit of bibliographical work of high order, adding enormously to the literary value of the volume.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 797. N. 25, ‘05. 820w.

Royce, Josiah. Herbert Spencer; an estimate and review; together with a chapter of personal reminiscences by James Collier. **$1.25. Fox.

“Exactly one-half this volume is occupied by Professor Royce’s estimate of Spencer.... Having sketched the general history of evolution in bold and strong lines, he reviews the origin and significance of Spencer’s own view of evolution.... The third quarter of the volume is given to a criticism by Professor Royce of Spencer’s educational theories.... The volume is brought to a close by some personal reminiscences of Spencer by Mr. James Collier, who was for nine years his secretary, and for ten his amanuensis.”—Nation.

“[Belongs] to the supplementary order of biographical material.” H. W. Boynton.

+ + Atlan. 95: 427. Mr. ‘05. 390w.

“This little volume is one of the best ... contributions to Spenceriana which have been called forth by the publication of Spencer’s Autobiography.”

+ + Cath. World. 81: 254. My. ‘05. 570w.

“A most apt supplement to the ‘Autobiography.’”

+ + + Critic. 47: 187. Ag. ‘05. 50w.

+ + Nation. 80: 71. Ja. 26, ‘05. 2180w.

“Professor Royce has given us a rather dreary picture of the Englishman, Mr. Collier ... gives a more sympathetic account in his personal reminiscences in the latter part of the book.” H. Heath Bawden.

+ + Philos. R. 14: 361. My. ‘05. 730w.

“One need hardly ask better help toward a just estimate of the great career so lately closed than is afforded by this little book in which historical, biographical and critical insights are happily blended.” Edward H. Griffin.

+ + + Psychol. Bull. 2: 205. Je. 15, ‘05. 700w.

* Rudy, Charles. Cathedrals of northern Spain; their history and their architecture: together with much of interest concerning the bishops, rulers and other personages identified with them. **$2. Page.

The author of this well illustrated volume in the ‘Cathedral series’ “has an unbounded love not only for Spain but for the Spanish people. He sees the cathedrals of the Castillian country with enthusiastic eyes, and he writes as he sees.” (Ind.)

* + Ind. 59: 1381. D. 14, ‘05. 60w.

* “The book, as a whole, will hardly appeal to any but the superficial reader.”

— Outlook. 81: 887. D. 9, ‘05. 210w.

* Ruskin, John. Complete works. $37.50. Crowell.

Thirty volumes containing besides the usual texts of Ruskin’s works at least two volumes of author’s notes, bibliography and indices not usually found in current editions. The volumes are strongly bound for library purposes, the type is large and clear, and the illustrations for the set include thirty photogravures, 341 half-tones, and 10 color plates, some of which are reproductions of Ruskin’s own sketches, as well as Turner’s. The books are boxed and appear in three styles of bindings.

Ruskin, John. Letters of John Ruskin to Charles Eliot Norton; ed. by C. E. Norton. **$4. Houghton.

These letters, covering a period from 1855 to 1887, are edited by Professor Norton himself. They are the intimate letters of a man to his best friend, some, indeed, have been omitted as too intimate for publication, and, beginning where “Praeterita” ended, they form a sequel to it and a valuable addition to Ruskin’s autobiography. The letters describe the changes which took place in Ruskin’s views of art, religion, and life during that period, they show him as a social reformer, and political economist, and give his opinions on American and European politics. His sketches of the people and places that he loved, his inner purposes, his work, and the doubts and perplexities that beset him, reveal the writer to us in a new and more lovable light. There are a number of illustrations.

+ + Acad. 68: 123. F. 11, ‘05. 1240w.

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.

Atlan. 95: 425. Mr. ‘05. 590w.

“The graceful dignity and consummate skill of the comment which accompanies them. Not only are they a continuous record of Ruskin’s intellectual and emotional life from 1856 on, and thus almost completely supplement the unfinished ‘Praeterita,’ but they have the advantage over ‘Praeterita’ in being records contemporary to the fact, and thus not subject to contamination through subsequent changes of mood and of memory. In that of purest friendship, merely 301as the spontaneous record of his inner as well as his outer life. With just reticence and balance of judgment, Mr. Norton sums up the work of his friend. Ruskin’s comments on his contemporaries are interesting.” G. R. Carpenter.

+ + Bookm. 20: 455. Ja. ‘05. 1360w.

“He [Norton] has performed a delicate task with exquisite taste.” Jeanette L. Gilder.

+ + + Critic. 46: 117. F. ‘05. 950w.

+ + + Ind. 58: 957. Ap. 27, ‘05. 560w.

+ + Nation. 80: 36. Ja. 12, ‘05. 2430w.

“Read with an eye single to the revelation of personality, there is hardly a letter here included that does not yield something of value, and the effect of the whole is to give us the conviction that we may now approach closer to the real Ruskin than has hitherto been possible even with the assistance of his ablest interpreters.”

+ + + Outlook. 79: 139. Ja. 14, ‘05. 2170w.

“The letters are indeed revelatory, but, for the most part, they are revelatory of a woeful instability of purpose and of a pitiful misery of mind. Except incidentally and occasionally, they cannot be said to add dignity to the name of the man they characterize.”

+ + Reader. 5: 497. Mr. ‘05. 710w.

“Professor Norton was one of Ruskin’s closest friends, and these letters make an excellent biography of the great Englishman.”

+ + R. of Rs. 31: 249. F. ‘05. 150w.

“Fascinating as these letters are to read, their one subject is Himself, his own troubles, his own work, his own knowledge: from beginning to end it is I.”

+ + Spec. 94: 407. Mr. 18, ‘05. 1930w.

Russell, Charles Edward. Twin immortalities, and other poems. *$1.50; special ed. *$2.50. Hammersmark.

The little ode and several other poems contain an interpretation of music, but in Graubünden and Pigli, which are written according to the classical form of the sonata, music and poetry are most closely allied. The book is dedicated to President Loubet, the foremost democrat of these times, and in such poems as “Adam’s sons” and the “Coronation ode,” the brotherhood of man is set forth.

“That there is much in this volume to interest both the musician and the verse-wright,—perhaps, chiefly, him who stands on the borderland between the two arts, the composer of librettos.”

+ Critic. 46: 182. F. ‘05. 140w.

“Rich and varied volume of verse.”

+ + Dial. 38: 197. Mr. 16, ‘05. 1110w.

“He has an admirable gift of phrase, which at its best is alive to its finger tips.”

+ Nation. 80: 293. Ap. 13, ‘05. 850w.

Russell, Constance, Lady. Three generations of fascinating women, and other sketches from family history. *$10.50. Longmans.

“A gallery is presented in the volume of beautiful women of the past, and of those in particular who were the leaders in the society of former times.” (N. Y. Times). There are fourteen sketches dealing with Lady Russell’s family history, including the families of Campbell, Gunning, Lenox, Gordon, and Whitworth, besides side-light information concerning contemporaries. There is the Hon. Mary Bellenden, who was “incontestably the most agreeable, the most insinuating, and the most likable woman of her time;” of the second generation, her daughter Caroline, Countess of Ailesbury, a woman of rare charms, who numbered among her friends the statesmen and men of letters of the day; of the third generation, the Hon. Mrs. Damer, who in both London and Paris was a social leader and the center of a host of literary personages.

Critic. 46: 284. Mr. ‘05. 70w.

“You might call Lady Russell’s book a story of fleeting beauties. Are not so much idealizations as realities.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 64. Ja. 28, ‘05. 1260w. (Survey of contents.)

* “This is an admirable literary work now revised and reproduced in a most admirable manner.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 836. D. 2, ‘05. 180w.

Russell, George William Erskine. Sydney Smith. **75c. Macmillan.

A volume in the “English men of letters series.” A full treatment of the life and personality of a man celebrated for his wit, but whose more solid qualities as a man of letters, a founder of the Edinburgh Review, a lecturer on moral philosophy, a writer of pamphlets, a politician, and a clergyman, deserve respect. His humor found him a ready audience, and his keen shafts were used to point his morals more effectively.

“Mr. George Russell’s biography is adequate and sympathetic. He has selected his material with discretion, and has let Sydney Smith tell his own story as far as possible. Now and again the biographer permits his own prejudices to intervene, and so strikes a jarring note. The book is a coherent, intelligible account of a great man.”

+ + — Acad. 68: 122. F. 11, ‘05. 1800w.

+ + Ath. 1905, 1: 234. F. 25. 1500w.

“He seems, in short, pretty thoroughly to have summed up the Sydney Smith question; no more elaborate study of him is likely to be needed.” H. W. Boynton.

+ + + Atlan. 96: 276. Ag. ‘05. 690w.

Critic. 47: 188. Ag. ‘05. 90w.

“Mr. Russell’s chief merit, then, consists ... in the shrewd and kindly criticism which he bestows upon Sydney Smith’s energy, goodness, wit and occasional foibles.”

+ Dial. 38: 420. Je. 16, ‘05. 410w.

+ Ind. 58: 1128. My. 18, ‘05. 420w.

“If there is any fault to be found with Mr. Russell’s book, it is that he does not dwell long enough on the purely social side of Sidney Smith. Mr. Russell’s brief but interesting biography is well indexed, and provides such copious extracts from Sydney Smith’s writings on all possible subjects that it is not a bad substitute for his ‘Works,’ which are not easily accessible to the general reader.”

+ + Nation. 80: 297. Ap. 13, ‘05. 1200w.

“If Mr. Morley made a mistake in selecting his subject he has shown his editorial wisdom in his choice of author. No one is better suited to treat of the great Whig wit than such a representative of the great Whig family, the Russells. Having something of a conscience, Mr. Russell does not say much about Smith’s literary qualities and capacities.” Joseph Jacobs.

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 145. Mr. 11, ‘05. 1730w.

“A very readable life of the great English wit by an interesting biographer. Suffers nothing by brevity; for Mr. Russell has succeeded in conveying the personality of Sydney Smith and in making his pages live in the light of that personality.”

+ + Outlook. 79: 704. Mr. 18, ‘05. 200w.

“A very readable monograph.”

+ R. of Rs. 31: 382. Mr. ‘05. 40w.

“Sydney Smith is essentially of those writers who speak for themselves. The assistance he has received from Mr. Russell is judged to a nicety.”

+ + Sat. R. 99: 668. My. 20, ‘05. 1900w.

“Mr. Russell’s volume makes one of the best jest books we have ever seen, for there is just enough flour of biography to keep the plums of quotation properly apart. If we may hint a fault, it is that in the matter of Smith’s churchmanship Mr. Russell seems to make the worst of what he considers a bad job.”

+ + Spec. 94: 441. Mr. 25, ‘05. 690w.

* Ryan, Thomas Curran. Finite and infinite. **$1.50. Lippincott.

The author says, “My purpose is to consider, 302first, such evidences of God’s disposition towards the world, as may be found in the history of nature; and, second, as to whether, in the light of science and philosophy, we may conceive Him as other than a Person, having such attributes as are, to human understanding, inseparable from personality.”

* “Mr. Ryan seems to have read widely in philosophy, with a result that should caution all readers to read no more than they can digest.”

— Outlook. 81: 939. D. 16, ‘05. 240w.

S

Sabbath-school teacher training course. 1st year: a series of thirty-nine lessons designed for use in normal classes. **25c. Presb. bd.

This volume “contains a course of study for three-quarters of a year, and a forth-coming volume will complete the scheme. At the end of the first course the Presbyterian board of publication, Philadelphia, will arrange for an examination for such as desire it, and a teacher’s diploma will be granted to such as satisfy the examiners.... Even if the book is not used with a view to a diploma, many Sunday school teachers will find it advantageous to make it the ground-plan of private study.”—Ind.

“This first year’s course is admirable in every respect. The well selected range of subjects is concise, but sufficiently comprehensive.”

+ + Ind. 58: 1013. My. 4 ‘05. 110w.

Sabin, Edwin Legrand. Beaufort chums. †$1. Crowell.

The real adventures of real boys are interestingly told here for young readers. The Mississippi river furnishes the scene for camping, hunting, fishing, and kindred fun. There is the full quota of happenings, and live boys keen on the scent for them.

* “Real boy books are scarce these days, and ‘Beaufort chums’ ought to be hailed as an acquisition to the juvenile library.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 759. N. 11, ‘05. 140w.

* + R. of Rs. 32: 765. D. ‘05. 80w.

Sabin, Edwin Legrand. When you were a boy. †$1.50. Baker.

Humorously sympathetic recollections of the days when “you” played ball with the North star nine, preferred illness to the awful alternative of going to school, fought “your” fights, made a chum of “your” dog, went fishing, swimming, and skating, or, amid “your” companions’ jeers, saw “your” first “girl” home from a party. Fifty real boy illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele illustrate the volume.

* “Will probably outrival most of their predecessors in popular favor, since they treat of life from a boy’s standpoint.” Sara Andrew Shafer.

+ Dial. 39: 576. D. 1, ‘05. 660w.

+ Outlook. 81: 684. N. 18. ‘05. 100w.

* “His boys are quite as ‘real’ as Judge Shute’s and a trifle less coarse. The reflections of a man of mature years run between the lines.”

+ N. Y. Times. 10: 723. O. 28, ‘05. 180w.

* “It is all very amusing and to many of us reminiscent.”

+ Pub. Opin. 39: 763. D. 9, ‘05. 160w.

Saddle and song; a collection of verses made at Warrenton, Va., during the winter of 1904-1905. **$1.50. Lippincott.

An anthology of verses written about the horse, including selections from Browning, Byron, Bayard Taylor, Scott, Kipling, Longfellow, Kingsley, Quiller-Couch, and others. “No claim is made to have exhausted the literature of the English language upon this subject, but it is hoped that a sufficient variety, in respect to the types of horses and the tasks accomplished by them, has been offered to enable those who may read, each to find some horse to his liking or the story of some gallant effort that must command his admiration.”

* Critic. 47: 583. D. ‘05. 20w.

* “Within its limits the collection is a good one.”

+ Dial. 39: 388. D. 1, ‘05. 170w.

* + N. Y. Times. 10: 824. D. 2, ‘05. 200w.

* Sadlier, Anna Theresa. Wayward Winifred. $1.25. Benziger.

A story of Ireland in which an American finds Wayward Winifred, a mysterious child who lives in an out of the way castle with a blind old woman, and takes her to America to be educated in a Catholic school. In New York the child by chance meets her father and what seemed a great mystery turns out to be a very little mystery after all and the child and the father both return to Ireland to do honor to their old Irish name and restore their old Irish estate.

* Sage, Elizabeth, and Cooley, Anna M. Occupations for little fingers: a manual for grade teachers, mothers and settlement workers. **$1. Scribner.

“This little manual illustrates and describes simple forms of handwork; including cord and raffia-work, coarse sewing, paper-cutting and folding, clay modelling, furniture and upholstery for a doll’s house, and crocheting and knitting. The writers are teachers who have worked out with their classes the things of which they write. Their models are simple and useful articles that will interest the child and give his work practical connection with the world about him.... They give with each lesson the necessary cost.”—Nation.

* + Nation. 81: 450. N. ‘05. 140w.

* “This is eminently a practical book of instruction and suggestion.”

+ + Outlook. 81: 836. D. 2, ‘05. 190w.

St. John, J. Allen. Face in the pool. **$1.50. McClurg.

A delightful fairy tale of mystery and gallant chivalry. The hero, a young prince, is rewarded for kindness to the King of the Gnomes by the privilege of beholding in the pool the face of a fair princess. He seeks this much beleaguered Astrella, and wins her after many a conflict with a wicked fairy. The illustrations are the author’s own and include full page colored plates besides a number of pen and ink drawings.

* “Will be read by advanced as well as by juvenile readers.”

+ Ind. 59: 1377. D. 14, ‘05. 50w.

* “In fact, nothing can be said against it except that it is not as good as Grimm or Spenser, while challenging comparison with both.”

+ Nation. 81: 489. D. 14, ‘05. 60w.

* N. Y. Times. 10: 780. N. 18, ‘05. 120w.

St. Luz, Berthe. Black butterflies. $1.50. Fenno.

The occult is here blended with the ultra frivolous, and the arts of Emoclew-Houssein Rao, a worshipper of Doorka, seem all the more miraculous because he exercises them upon a group of modern and rather vulgar society folk. He wipes the hateful letters, with which a jealous husband has branded her, from Rosamond Arbuthnot’s forehead, and he frees the deformed master of Castlewalls from his all-consuming love for the beautiful Mrs. Demaris in such a manner that neither he nor the reader can separate the hallucination from the real.

“It is not exactly clear what the author is driving at.”

— N. Y. Times. 10: 499. Jl. 29, ‘05. 230w.

303Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin. Portraits of the 17th century, historic and literary; tr. by Katharine P. Wormeley. 2 pts. ea. **$2.50. Putnam.

Sainte-Beuve’s historical and literary portraits of the 17th century have been collected and translated by Katharine P. Wormeley, who says of her work—“In the following volumes—taken from the Causeries du Lundi, the Portraits de femme and the Portraits littéraires—some passages have been omitted; these relate chiefly to editions that have long since passed away, or to discussions on style that cannot be made clear in English. Also, where two or more essays on the same person have appeared in the different series, they are here put together, omitting repetitions.” The volumes are handsomely bound and illustrated.

“Our enjoyment ... has been greatly marred by the lamentable inefficiency of the translation. Miss Wormeley has fallen a victim to the fetish of an exaggerated literalness with the most distressing result. Her structure is frequently not English; at times it is even ungrammatical.” Horace B. Samuel.

+ + — Acad. 68: 60. Ja. 21, ‘05. 790w.

“Although the finer shades of his style have not always been exactly rendered by Miss Wormeley, yet the translation, on the whole, is fairly good. The value of the work is impaired by the absence of a good index.”

+ + — Ath. 1905, 1: 78. Ja. 14. 430w.

“Diverse as are the characters treated of, each one is examined with the same charm, the same absence of exaggeration or trivial gossip.”

+ + Critic. 46: 188. F. ‘05. 120w.

“It presents in sound, idiomatic English some of the best work of the man who holds rank as one of the greatest critics in all literature.”

+ + Cath. World. 81: 533. Jl. ‘05. 1510w.

+ + Int. Studio. 24: sup. 75. Ja. ‘05. 190w.

“To those who have no French, Miss Wormeley’s volumes may be commended. She has chosen wisely, and has translated accurately, if without distinction.”

+ + Spec. 94: 476. Ap. 1, ‘05. 1530w.

Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman. History of criticism and literary taste in Europe from the earliest texts to the present day. V. 3. *$3.50. Dodd.

The author, professor of rhetoric in the university of Edinburgh, devoting this third volume to a survey of the nineteenth century, includes a study of English criticism from 1860 to 1900, and gives sixteen pages to American critics.

Reviewed by Ferris Greenslet.

+ — Atlan. 96: 106. Jl. ‘05. 470w.

“A trial balance of the qualities and defects of this great work might run somewhat as follows: Professor Saintsbury is unreliable, but frequently admirable, on the authors who touch his heart—the romantics; he is almost invariably inadequate and unfair to the critics he dislikes—the doctrinaires, among them the Germans especially; and he is safe only on the critics who bore him—the small fry generally. The volume, although its matter is on the whole the most attractive of the three, is less readable than its predecessors. It is chiefly valuable because the deposit of facts, which careful straining will separate, is considerable. Bad guide as he is for the highroad, the byways of criticism become accessible through Professor Saintsbury’s labors.” F. J. Mather, jr.

+ — Bookm. 20: 450. Ja. ‘05. 1820w.

“It is however, only fair to say that Professor Saintsbury never allows his political or religious beliefs, strong as these are, to interfere with his judgment. We are a little surprised, perhaps, to find the section on Lamb one of the best of the book—a good piece of writing without qualification. The poorest chapters of the book—and they are poor beyond forgiveness—are those which deal with topics that require ideas or the understanding of ideas. A book of irritating qualities. He is interesting—despite the continual faults of taste and despite the tedium of the subject, he never allows the reader’s attention to flag, and that is high praise.”

+ + — Ind. 58: 501. Mr. 2, ‘05. 720w.

* “In spite of its author’s rather slap-dash fashion, is on the whole a valuable, even an indispensable compendium for students of that very special criticism which is concerned with books almost exclusively.”

+ + — Ind. 59: 1163. N. 16, ‘05. 90w.

“One must always remember, in reading him, that he writes with the strongest possible bias, and that, however useful and even indispensable to the student of literature his history is, it is rather a work of reference than as a storehouse of reliable literary judgments. The style of the volume is deplorable. His offences against taste are of various kinds; perhaps the most exasperating is his reference to great men by their Christian names.”

+ + — Nation. 80: 155. F. 23, ‘05. 2570w.

“With all its wealth of material and faithful investigation of original sources, it is the work of a cloudy and often incoherent mind. ‘Exhaustive’ is the word which comes to the reviewer’s mind as he surveys the range of this history. No work in this field covers the ground so completely or with such wealth of knowledge.”

+ + — Outlook. 79: 397. F. 11, ‘05. 860w.

Saintsbury, George. Minor Caroline poets. 2v. v. I. *$3.40. Oxford.

“This volume contains Chamberlayne’s ‘Pharonnida,’ a ‘heroick poem’ of heroic length; Benlowes’ ‘Theophila,’ a ‘divine poem’ in many cantos; the poems of Mrs. Katherine Philips, ‘the matchless Orinda;’ and the poems of Patrick Hannay, a very obscure person of whom nothing is known, and of whose book only six copies remain. Indeed all the writers collected in this book are more or less obscure now, and you must be interested in the history of English poetry before you can be expected to read them.”—Lond. Times.

“It is well and judiciously edited as a whole, the notes being sparing and adequate, while the prefaces—both the general preface and those to single authors—if one can stomach the editor’s most unappetizing and contorted style, are excellent in substance, alike critical and informative.”

+ + — Ath. 1905. 2: 168. Ag. 5. 1900w.

+ + Lond. Times. 4: 229. Jl. 21, ‘05. 2320w.

+ + + Nation. 81: 107. Ag. 3, ‘05. 400w.

“We can and do applaud the zeal for true literary criticism and for scientific literary history, which prompted Professor Saintsbury to reprint and edit the minor Caroline poets, but we cannot and do not pretend to endorse all his conclusions as to the merits of the four included in the volume before us.”