The Cumulative Book Review Digest Devoted to the Valuation of Current Literature Digests of reviews appearing in January—December 1905, magazines (continued 7)
Reading edition
+ — Sat. R. 100: sup. 10. D. 9, ‘05. 130w.
* Spec. 95: sup. 907. D. 2, ‘05. 60w.
Croiset, (Marie Joseph) Alfred, and Croiset, Maurice. Abridged history of Greek literature; authorized tr. by G. F. Heffelbower. **$2.50. Macmillan.
“This manual is a compression of the great history of Greek literature, which the authors of this work have published in five volumes, appearing 1887-1899. In accord with this conception of Greek literature as a whole we find their admirable development of each period.... It is the peculiar excellence of this work that it gives no partial and incomplete view of Greek literature, but carries the account of it not only through the Hellenistic period, but through the Christian writers of the first three centuries as well.... Their closing chapters on the Hellenic revival and the last days of Hellenic literature are most illuminating and valuable.”—Educ. R.
“The subject is developed with the beautiful French lucidity which makes readable an account of the dullest epoch, and the brilliant phrasing which is a Frenchman’s birthright cannot be altogether lost, even in translation. The translation by Professor Heffelbower exhibits some curious phenomena.” Grace Harriet Macurdy.
+ + — Educ. R. 29: 314. Mr. ‘05. 900w.
+ + — Ind. 58: 152. Ja. 19, ‘05. 1290w.
“Mr. Heffelbower’s translation is fluent enough, but full of infelicities when reproducing MM. Croiset’s rendering of gems of Greek literature.”
+ + — Nation. 80: 38. Ja. 12, ‘05. 1440w.
“The translation preserves the spirit, while giving us the idiomatic English so necessary for the young student.”
+ + School R. 13: 274.* Mr. ‘05. 140w.
“In spite of these lapses—which, after all, are few in number considering the extent of the work—the book as a whole may be commended to students of Greek literature, who are unable to use the original, as a measurably satisfactory presentation in English of a work of unquestioned excellence.” John C. Rolfe.
+ + — School R. 13: 738. N. ‘05. 540w.
Crosby, Ernest. Broadcast. *75c. Funk.
Mr. Crosby, the poet reformer and Tolstoyan, shows thru his verses, pictures, messages and meditations, the tyranny which the world’s systems exercise over its powerless victims. His remedy for the times so out of joint lies in making “men pull together” as only “love, cooperation, equal service, true honor and honesty” can accomplish.
“The present volume, though inferior to ‘Plain talk in Psalm and parable’, contains much that is thought-stimulating and helpful. The more we read Mr. Crosby’s writings, the more profoundly are we convinced that he is above all else a moralist and a teacher, and that prose is the field of literature in which he is most effective.”
+ — Arena. 34: 334. S. ‘05. 930w.
“But in spite of unpoetic poetry and illogical logic to be found in abundance on the strident little pages of this outcry against our social organization, there are also the results of observation definitely outlined.”
+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 678. O. 14, ‘05. 220w.
* Crosby, Ernest. Garrison the non-resistant. 50c. Public pub. co.
Mr. Crosby, the disciple of Tolstoy, has taken the facts relating to the life of Garrison as related in “The story of his life by his children” and explains thru them the anomaly that the cause of abolition fathered by a non-resistant was at last decided by the greatest war of history.
85Crosland, Thomas William Hodgson. Wild Irishman. **$1.25. Appleton.
As Mr. Crosland has numbered the “Egregious Englishman,” and the “Unspeakable Scot” among the scalps of his satire, so now does he display just such designing intentions towards the “Wild Irishman.” His attacks are merciless, and “such chapters as those on ‘Pigs,’ ‘Potatoes,’ ‘Dirt,’ ‘Whiskey,’ and ‘Blarney’ are not exactly calculated to make the native of Erin enthusiastic in the writer’s praise.” (Dial.)
— Dial. 39: 210. O. 1, ‘05. 520w.
— N. Y. Times. 10: 620. S. 23, ‘05. 780w.
— Outlook. 81: 336. O. 7, ‘05. 80w.
“As an exercise in literary pyrotechnics the work is out of the ordinary—but we cannot help a disappointment in that Mr. Crosland has not devoted an unusual brilliancy to better uses than mere display.”
— Pub. Opin. 39: 447. S. 30, ‘05. 210w.
* + R of Rs. 32: 636. N. ‘05. 90w.
Cross, Wilbur Lucius. Development of the English novel. **$1.50. Macmillan.
The seventh edition of Professor Cross’ work which first appeared in 1900. Not only has use proven its principles authoritative, but judgments which the author offered five years ago have stood the test of change and advancement.
“The best of its kind, no doubt, in the language.”
+ + + Ind. 59: 261. Ag. 3, ‘05. 20w.
Nation. 80: 435. Je. 1, ‘05. 70w.
Outlook. 80: 691. Jl. 15, ‘05. 30w.
Pub. Opin. 39: 159. Jl. 29, ‘05. 310w.
“Professor Cross has done a thorough and useful work.”
+ + + R. of Rs. 32: 254. Ag. ‘05. 50w.
Crowley, Jeremiah. The parochial school: a curse to the church, a menace to the nation. $1. Published by the author, Chicago.
In a chapter dedicating his work to the “Emancipate Catholic laity of tomorrow” the author makes an appeal to the laity. “‘The parochial school’ lays bare clerical immorality in the United States in a way to rival the story of the church in Latin countries or in Germany before Luther’s day. Sad as is this picture, it is, however, far less painful, than to read how thoroughly good men combine to hide, gloss over, or condone clerical crimes.... Father Crowley devotes much space to the dangers of the parochial school. They are an incubus on the church and a serious menace to her.... The surest way in the world to kill off Catholicism is to give over education to priests and nuns. Witness France.” (Ind.)
+ Ind. 58: 207. Ja. 26, ‘05. 1030w.
“He does not attack the Catholic church, but arraigns its priests and prelates who have become corrupted.”
+ N. Y. Times. 10: 165. Mr. 18, ‘05. 350w.
Crowley, Mary Catherine. Heroine of the strait. 75c. Little.
A popular edition of this romance of Detroit in the time of the Ottawa chief, Pontiac. An account of the thrilling events connected with the pitiless siege of Detroit, through which runs the love story of the young Scotchman, Sterling, and Angelique Cuillerier, a brave daughter of the frontier.
Crowley, Mary Catherine. Love thrives in war: a romance of the frontier in 1812; with front, by Clyde O. De Land. 75c. Little.
A new popular edition of a lively romance in which Perry, Tippecanoe, and Tecumseh figure. The heroine, a Scotch girl, who has a trio of suitors, promises to marry the man she loathes in order to save the life of her lover. The author has made a thoro study of the scenes and times which she depicts.
Cruttwell, Maud. Verrocchio. *$2. Scribner.
“To her biographies of Mantegna and the Robbias our author now presents one of Verrocchio, perhaps the least known and appreciated of fifteenth century masters.” (Outlook). The biographer has aimed to show “upon what dubious evidence the attribution to Verrocchio of such work as the Tornabuoni relief and other inferior sculpture and painting is based, to trace his steady development from the immature work of the Baptism to the full burst of his powers in the statue of the Colleoni, and to arrive at a truer estimate of his artistic capabilities by the rejection of all inferior work, the attribution of which is merely hypothetical, taking as the standard of judgment only such works as are proved beyond possibility of doubt to be authentic.” The book is fully illustrated.
“It is in her purely aesthetic judgments that we find Miss Cruttwell least satisfactory. Taken as a whole, Miss Cruttwell’s study is the most accurate, impartial, and complete that has yet been made on the subject; but it leaves room for some writer touched more deeply by the imaginative aspect of Verrocchio’s work to give him his exact place in the temple of fame.”
+ + — Ath. 1905, 1: 116. Ja. 28. 1670w.
“It is a thorough-going essay, notable for its clarification of the master’s works. Her book has gusto; it is written with equal knowledge and enthusiasm. It is one of the best of those monographs to which I have referred as based on system and industry rather than on an original impulse.” Royal Cortissoz.
+ + Atlan. 95: 277. F. ‘05. 540w.
“The author has grasped the value of giving attention to the study of the artist’s works at the expense of vague surmises as to his biography.”
+ + Critic. 46: 186. F. ‘05. 80w.
“A scholarly and appreciative monograph of great importance.” George Breed Zug.
+ + Dial. 38: 320. My. 1, ‘05. 890w.
“Her book is altogether the best on Verrocchio that we have, in English at least.”
+ + + Ind. 58: 1364. Je. 15, ‘05. 180w.
+ Int. Studio. 25: sup. 16. Mr. ‘05. 100w.
“Generally speaking, Maud Cruttwell’s work is sober and well informed. One may regret the vagueness of her general views. Few comprehensive works of recent years are as useful.”
+ + Nation. 80: 77. Ja. 26, ‘05. 920w.
“She leaves us with an impression not to be gained by other readings of the exaltation of the Verrocchio ideal. The biographer and critic renders an equally important service in discriminating between Verrocchio’s own work and those far feebler achievements of his followers sometimes attributed to him.”
+ Outlook. 79: 96. Ja. 7, ‘05. 240w.
Culbertson, Anne Virginia. Banjo talks. $1. Bobbs.
A group of about fifty negro dialect poems, some of which sing, others dream, and many talk sound common sense.
“Here are many songs, poems and lullabies phrased in the homely terms and picturing the life and character of the Southern negro more accurately than labored essays. And more than this, these simple folk-lore songs, ditties and lullabies are composed with due regard to the laws of versification.”
+ Arena. 34: 554. N. ‘05. 990w.
* “Showing very little of the philosophical temper that makes Mr. Dunbar’s work unique, and being considerably less perfect in dialect, they have to their credit a decided imaginative quality, much picturesqueness of diction, and a charming spontaneity of conception and treatment.”
+ Dial. 39: 386. D. 1, ‘05. 200w.
+ N. Y. Times. 10: 746. N. 4, ‘05. 220w.
* “The volume as a whole, with its humor, its pathos, its jumbled ratiocinations, gives a fairly complete portrait of the southern negro.”
+ Pub. Opin. 39: 699. N. 25, ‘05. 70w.
86Cullum, Ridgwell. In the brooding wild. †$1.50. Page.
“The tragedy of ‘The brooding wild’ consists in the enmity sown between two brothers, trappers of a straightforward primitive type, by a woman whom they believe to be a mysterious white squaw, queen of an Indian tribe. She is really a very ordinary half-breed conspiring with a rascally trader to rob the brothers.... The climax, in which a lunatic filled with the lust of slaughter breaks away into the wilderness, unfortunately passes the border-line of the grotesque.”—Sat. R.
“The human interest is subsidiary to the landscape. We wish the author had trusted for his effects to the realities of his mighty background, for his conspirators are made of pasteboard while his wolves and dogs and bears are of flesh and blood.”
+ — Acad. 68: 736. Jl. 15, ‘05. 310w.
“Unfortunately his ambition has outsailed his power of execution, and from unskilful treatment the story loses the interest promised at the outset.”
— Ath. 1905, 1: 619. My. 20. 300w.
N. Y. Times. 10: 457. Jl. 8, ‘05. 450w.
“The story is told with fervor, with a rough, crude force.”
+ Pub. Opin. 39: 221. Ag. 12, ‘05. 130w.
“The book is garishly melodramatic.”
— Sat. R. 99: 745. Je. 3, ‘05. 270w.
Cunningham, William. Growth of English industry and commerce during the early and middle ages. v. I. 4th ed. *$4. Macmillan.
“In this new edition of the first volume ... substantial additions are found, together with corrections on various points of detail and increased precision of statement.... As it now stands, this volume, which traces the course of industrial progress through early and mediæval England, more nearly than ever before fulfills its author’s purpose of indicating clearly the interconnection between the economic and political facts of the periods reviewed, and of making plain not only the events but the ideas of the time.”—Outlook.
Nation. 80: 373. My. 11, ‘05. 140w.
+ + Outlook. 80: 192. My. 20, ‘05. 180w.
Curtis, Francis. Republican party. Vols. I and II. **$6. Putnam.
“The work should command serious interest. The very fact that it is honored by a foreword over the name of President Roosevelt, and that the introductory notes ... were written by Senator William P. Frye and Speaker J. G. Cannon, at once arouses interest. By copious extracts from government documents, party platforms and newspaper files, the author shows first the republican party owes its origin neither to enthusiasts nor to a single movement. The party has been consistent through its career, and to-day stands for the three great policies for which it stood at its birth, ‘liberty, honor, and progress.’”—Ann. Am. Acad.
“But in spite of the fact that the author is neither exact nor entirely conservative in all his statements, the work as a whole must command lasting respect.”
+ — Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 127. Ja. ‘05. 300w.
“The period of the Civil war is handled skilfully and with less partisanship than might have been expected. It will be easily seen that Mr. Curtis’s work will be accepted only by loyal party men, and yet it is of great value to the historical student; in fact, it is a very elaborate historical argument.”
+ Ind. 58: 268. F. 2, ‘05. 400w.
“It would be ridiculous to call this kind of stuff ‘history’, since it entirely lacks the historical spirit or sense of proportion, still Mr. Curtis has compiled a useful record.”
+ + — Sat. R. 99: 599. My. 6, ‘05. 1400w.
Curtis, William Eleroy. Egypt, Burma and British Malaysia. **$2. Revell.
“Another descriptive informational volume, so many of which have already come from the pen of the same author. Mr. Curtis tells of things he has seen, and garnishes his narrative with a great deal of historical and descriptive information which makes very interesting reading. There are a number of excellent illustrations in this volume.”—R. of Rs.
* “To add anything new to these old familiars would be impossible; but Mr. Curtis’s view-point is at times refreshing.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ Dial. 39: 377. D. 1, ‘05. 380w.
* “There is in the present book the same easy, confident, and confidential style of sketching and statisticizing (if the word may pass) that makes not unpleasant reading in Mr. Curtis’s previous volume.”
+ Nation. 81: 403. N. 16, ‘05. 210w.
* “Its reading will amply repay any one interested in either the ancient or the modern development of the countries treated.”
+ Outlook. 81: 575. N. 4, ‘05. 210w.
* + R. of Rs. 32: 755. D. ‘05. 70w.
Curtis, William Eleroy. Modern India. **$2. Revell.
A vast deal of information has been brought together here, and the author’s method “is to combine with a mass of observations and deductions of his own—the observations taken hastily upon his travels and the deductions—not too carefully checked—statistics, fragments of history, geography, ethnology, guide book information, and what not gathered together from all available sources.” (N. Y. Times.) “The author is happier in his delineation of modern life, and the casual reader will enjoy the descriptions of town and country, plague and famine, peasant and priest.” (Nation.)
* “It is a strange medley of wit and wisdom with error and ignorance, of fun and burlesque with serious study, the good qualities, however, predominating.”
+ — Ath. 2: 639. N. 11, ‘05. 1560w.
* “A very helpful book for those who wish data upon which to base a reasonable judgment of the actual state of affairs in that country.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ + Dial. 39: 377. D. 1, ‘05. 300w.
“With much that is statistically accurate, the book unfortunately abounds in printer’s and author’s errors.”
+ — Nation. 81: 240. S. 21, ‘05. 180w.
“It would, no doubt, be hard to find in another single volume such a variety of information about India and Indian affairs, but the assemblage with all its facts and figures, lacks that authority which is necessary to give full value to a work of this kind.”
+ + — N. Y. Times. 10: 636. S. 30, ‘05. 1160w.
“A feature of particular value to Americans is the exposition of the activities of their countrymen in the religious, educational, economic and social life of India.”
+ + Outlook. 81: 135. S. 16, ‘05. 180w.
* “Another of Mr. Curtis’ encyclopaedic but entertaining books.”
+ + R. of Rs. 32: 636. N. ‘05. 100w.
Cuthbert, Father. Catholic ideals in social life. *$1.25. Benziger.
Father Cuthbert’s “desire has been to give expression to the Catholic mind touching some of the most urgent questions of the hour in regard to social life and conduct.” His essays include: The church and personal liberty, The Christian state, The education of women, Marriage, The value of work, The priest and social reform, The responsibility of wealth, The idea of responsibility, Religious aspects of social work, The working man’s apostolate, and St. Francis and you.
“Fresh, hopeful, and courageous essays.”
+ + Cath. World. 80: 681. F. ‘05. 540w.
87Cuthell, E. H. My garden in the city of gardens. **$1.50. Lane.
Gardening in India from October to June furnishes the theme of this “memory with illustrations.” There is a goodly amount of incidental knowledge worked in, such as descriptions of prevalent Indian customs and bits of gossip concerning Hindu every-day life.
“In spite of these faults and such others as an awkward style of writing and the lack of a glossary of Indian words, the book contains a good deal that is of interest in regard to life and nature in India.”
+ — Dial. 39: 243. O. 16, ‘05. 390w.
“As garden-books go, this one is sufficiently entertaining, and the descriptions are as good as the photographs.”
+ Nation. 81: 183. Ag. 31, ‘05. 150w.
“Much of it is good enough reading if the mood fits.”
+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 478. Jl. 22, ‘05. 690w.
“But good as much of the book is, it is a little spoiled by an excess of carelessness in style and a too pointed assertion of individual mannerisms.”
+ — Spec. 95: 291. Ag. 26, ‘05. 1470w.
Cutler, James Elbert. Lynch law: an investigation into the history of lynching in the U. S. **$1.50. Longmans.
Beginning with the origin of the term Prof. Cutler traces the development of the lynch law from 1830 down to date. He discusses the present situation, suggests remedies, and gives charts and statistics.
“The volume will repay careful study, even if exception is occasionally taken to some of the author’s conclusions. The volume represents a great amount of research work and the author is to be congratulated upon the manner in which the material is presented.” Carl Kelsey.
+ + — Ann. Am. Acad. 26: 606. S. ‘05. 280w.
+ + + Ath. 1905, 2: 296. S. 2. 1860w.
+ Cath. World. 81: 543. Jl. ‘05. 510w.
“The book is sane, temperate in tone, moderate in statement, and judicial in conclusions. It is the only really valuable treatise on the subject, and is not likely to be superseded.” Walter L. Fleming.
+ + + Dial. 39: 34. Jl. 16, ‘05. 1310w.
“Dr. Cutler has done much to solve the problem by his laborious, careful, and candid study of the question, which has already made him the leading authority upon a dangerous social disease.”
+ + + Nation. 81: 57. Jl. 20, ‘05. 2110w.
“In his final chapters on the justification of lynching and the remedies for it, Mr. Cutler shows a spirit remarkable for its fairness and an appreciation of the force of circumstances and the historical facts of the situation.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 374. Je. 10, ‘05. 1850w.
“Careful and dispassionate study of the phenomenon known as lynching.”
+ + + Outlook. 80: 393. Je. 10, ‘05. 380w.
“A well-considered and thoughtful analysis of the facts and figures.”
+ + Pub. Opin. 38: 911. Je. 10, ‘05. 470w.
* “Mr. Cutler’s book should be valuable for its summary of facts, and for the solemn warning that thoughtful Americans may read between the lines.”
+ Spec. 95: sup. 909. D. 2, ‘05. 380w.
Cutting, Mary Stewart. Little stories of courtship. †$1.25. McClure.
“Tales of plain, everyday, middle-class people—people who are not overburdened with the world’s goods, but who are educated, cultured and refined—in short, the people we meet daily about us. The eight stories which make up this volume are very pleasant reading, indeed.”—N. Y. Times.
“This collection does not fulfill all the expectations excited by its unique predecessor, ‘The little stories of married life.’”
+ Bookm. 21: 545. Jl. ‘05. 320w.
+ Nation. 80: 378. My. 11, ‘05. 180w.
“Stories of the book are all simple in their theme, but they gain much by Mrs. Cutting’s sympathetic handling of them.”
+ N. Y. Times. 10: 276. Ap. 29, ‘05. 390w.
“The charm of all the stories lies in their perfect naturalness.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 390. Je. 17, ‘05. 190w.
“Some of these ‘little stories of courtship’ are excellent in their way, indicating shrewd observation and a kindly sympathy. But they are of very uneven merit.”
+ Pub. Opin. 38: 796. My. 20, ‘05. 110w.
“They are gracefully spun, and, without being intense, they have the human touch. They portray life in its usual phases, yet they are not without variety, and they are very genuine in feeling.”
+ Reader. 6: 358. Ag. ‘05. 220w.
Cyclopedia of applied electricity; a practical guide for electricians, mechanics, engineers, students, telegraph and telephone operators, and all others interested in electricity. Prepared by a corps of experts, electrical engineers and designers. 5v. $30. Am. school of correspondence.
The text is divided in five parts and contains over 2,000 illustrations. Part I. treats of current measurements, part II. of dynamos, part III. of lightning, part IV. of alternating currents and power transmission, and part V. of telephony.
“We give, therefore, without comment on our part, the opinion passed by the publishers themselves: ‘The practical value of the work as a whole can hardly be questioned.’”
+ + — Engin. N. 53: 294. Mr. 16, ‘05. 990w.
“A practical guide and encyclopedia of electrical knowledge that should be of great value to the everyday worker with electricity in all of its applications.”
+ + + Pub. Opin. 38: 428. Mr. 18, ‘05. 250w.
Cynewulf. Dream of the rood: an old English poem attributed to Cynewulf; ed. by Albert S. Cook. *90c. Oxford.
With the reproduction of this poem from the Vercelli book, the editor offers complete sidelight information including an introduction which discusses the manuscript, translations, authorship—sometimes attributed to Caedmon—and literary characteristics of the poem. There are full notes, an appendix and a glossary.
“This little book is full of valuable and all but convincing facts.”
+ + Acad. 68: 445. Ap. 22, ‘05. 600w.
“The notes proper are full and interesting, and the glossary unusually helpful.”
+ + Ath. 1905, 1: 686. Je. 3. 280w.
Dial. 38: 277. Ap. 16, ‘05. 60w.
Dial. 38: 423. Je. 16, ‘05. 40w.
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Dale, Alan, pseud. See Cohen, Alfred J.
Dale, Thomas F. Polo, past and present. *$3.75. Scribner.
An authoritative polo handbook. “Mr Dale has succeeded in accomplishing what no previous writer on polo has ever done, that is to present a concise, even graphic, view of the present status of polo throughout the world. The chapters on polo in England, America, India, Australia, and New Zealand, while technical, as the rules of each country are presented in full with illustrative comment, are of peculiar interest 88at the present time owing to a growing sentiment for an international code of rules.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Mr. Dale has the happy faculty of writing entertainingly for the general reader as well as for the scientific student. His book combines both elements.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 482. Jl. 22, ‘05. 1090w.
“A short chapter on the elements of polo is as instructive as it can be; and the later portions of the work, which deal with training ponies, stable management, and polo-pony breeding, contain much excellent matter.”
+ + Spec. 95: 471. S. 30, ‘05. 600w.
Daniels, Mabel W. American girl in Munich. †$1.25. Little.
A Boston girl’s account of a year spent as a student of music in Munich. The German life in the little pension, the trials and joys of her fellow students, her professors, and the operas and symphonies she enjoyed, are described in a series of chatty letters to her chum. She meets several real celebrities in the world of music, and weaves into her story a pretty little German love idyl.
“Pleasantly written and full of delightful humor.”
+ + — Dial. 38: 326. My. 1, ‘05. 230w.
“There is not a ponderous page, yet she has attempted to enliven her narrative by weaving into it a boarding-house love story. It would have been wiser to study her German and read her proofs carefully.”
+ + — Nation, 81: 83. Jl. 27, ‘05. 680w.
“Delightfully readable are the letters. The book will be primarily interesting to another girl who has been or is thinking of studying abroad, but it is written in a chatty, gossipy manner which makes easy reading.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 198. Ap. 1, ‘05. 230w.
“A series of bright and entertaining letters. They have a flavor of genuineness quite apart from their mention of real notabilities and places.”
+ + Outlook. 79: 959. Ap. 15, ‘05. 70w.
+ Pub. Opin. 38: 835. My. 27, ‘05. 70w.
Dante Alighieri. Divina commedia; tr. by H. F. Tozer. *$1. Oxford.
“A translation into English prose intended primarily for readers who are not acquainted with Italian. Mr. Tozer has endeavored to give Dante’s meaning as fully and clearly as possible without adhering too literally to the words; and at the same time to present the poem in a fairly readable form.”—Bookm.
“In rendering the poem itself Mr. Tozer’s prose contrasts lamentably with the noble, beautiful, living English and the unerring good taste of Professor Norton.” Abbott Foster.
— + Bookm. 21: 418. Je. ‘05. 970w.
“The translator has coped successfully with the difficult task of rendering Dante in English prose suitable for the student. From an artistic standpoint, much is necessarily lacking in the way of music and connotation of style.”
+ — Critic. 46: 288. Mr. ‘05. 70w.
“The most obvious quality of Mr. Tozer’s translation is its readableness; its inferiority to Mr. Norton’s lies in a less profound Dante scholarship, and in a certain looseness of style which springs from a tendency to paraphrase, and now from the use of inappropriate words.”
+ Nation. 80: 298, Ap. 13, ‘05. 750w.
Reviewed by W. L.
+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 184. Mr. 25, ‘05. 700w.
Dante Alighieri. Inferno: a translation and commentary, by Marvin R. Vincent. **$1.50. Scribner.
“While owning up to the ‘disenchantment’ of any translation,” the author, who is professor of sacred literature in the Union theological seminary, offers his own as a help to ‘make the study of Dante what it should be—a part of the curriculum of every theological institution.’ The translation “is fortified with about 125 pages of notes which comprise a commentary on words and phrases and ideas gathered and sifted from H. F. Tozer’s convenient book of explanation, and from similar publications. The author has also scattered some things of his own with lavish hand—principally in the departments of religions and ethical interpretation, altho there are some of historical fact.” (N. Y. Times).
“The student is led without useless ornamentation directly to the poet’s conception; and that is what most students want.”
+ Am. J. of Theol. 9: 379. Ap. ‘05. 210w.
“Dr. Vincent has made a very strong, accurate and readable translation.”
+ + Bookm. 21: 418. Je. ‘05. 2890w.
“It is far from being a successful translation, for the figurative meanings have almost entirely disappeared with the rhythmical. It is just as far from being a successful poem, for all that Dr. Vincent gives us has already been more concisely expressed in plain prose. These notes are of uniform excellence, and are, as the author intimates, the result of class-room debates. On the chance that there are certain intellects which will more rapidly grasp a blank verse ‘Inferno’ rather than one in genuine poetry like Cary’s or in rhetorical prose like Norton’s, Dr. Vincent’s book may not be deemed entirely superfluous. For such intellects his notes can hardly fail to be otherwise than enlightening and stimulating.”
+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 38. Ja. 21, ‘05. 560w.
“Dr. Vincent announces that he has made a literal translation based on the Oxford text of Dr. Moore.”
+ R. of Rs. 30: 759. D. ‘04. 80w.
D’Arblay, Madame. See Burney, Frances.
Dargan, Edwin Charles. History of preaching from the apostolic fathers to the great reformers. **$1.75. Armstrong.
“This, the first of three volumes, carries the subject to the close of the Reformation period. The two that are to follow will treat of modern European preaching and the history of preaching in the United States. Thus a field at present but partially worked will be fully covered. The present volume treats successively of the patristic preaching, its decline after the fourth century, mediæval preaching from the eleventh to the fourteenth century, and the subsequent renaissance.”—Outlook.
“Dr. Dargan gives us a careful view of the historic settings and abundant biographical detail.”
+ + Am. J. of Theol. 9: 598. Jl. ‘05. 70w.
“The author appears to have done very little original research, but he writes a readable style, and has made use of good sources of information.”
+ Ath. 1905, 2: 271. Ag. 26. 130w.
“We know of no other work of this character in which the combination of pleasing diction and abundant information is more satisfactory. Our author has depended largely upon Protestant authorities on matters connected with the Catholic church. The erudition of the author, his pleasing style and his spirit of equity give to the book a large value.”
+ + — Baltimore Sun. : 8. Mr. 8, ‘05. 490w.
+ N. Y. Times. 10: 139. Mr. 4, ‘05. 370w.
+ Outlook. 79: 449. F. 18, ‘05. 190w.
* “The book is a treasury of learning of a certain kind, but the learning is scarcely helpful. As a bibliography, indeed, the volume may be useful.”
+ — Spec. 95: sup. 910. D. 2, ‘05. 190w.
Dasent, Sir George Webbe. Heroes of Iceland; adapted from the translation of Dasent by Allen French. $1.50. Little.
89A tale adapted from Dasent’s translation of “The story of burnt Njal,” the great Icelandic saga, with a preface, introduction and notes by Mr. French. It pictures Iceland in the tenth century, the old pagan life, the dawn of Christianity, and the struggle of mighty heroes.
* “In his comprehensive introduction as well as his notes, the author gives a thoro setting.”
+ Ind. 59: 1387. D. 14, ‘05. 50w.
* N. Y. Times. 10: 471. Jl. 15, ‘05. 100w.
“A very convenient form of the greatest of Icelandic stories.”
+ Outlook. 81: 526. O. 28, ‘05. 30w.
* “We have no criticism to make on Mr. French’s execution of his task.”
+ + Spec. 95: sup. 904. D. 2, ‘05. 280w.
Dasent, Sir George Webbe. Popular tales from the Norse. *$2.50. Putnam.
The third edition of an 1859 English classic. “The book contains besides the ‘Tales,’ the introduction of the original edition, which considers broadly the origin and diffusion of folk tales in general, and of the Norse popular tales in particular.... A new part of the book is a memoir of the author by his son, Arthur Irwin Dasent, who gives an account of his father’s career from the time of his birth, on the island of St. Vincent, in 1817, to his death in England, in 1896. It is the story of an extraordinarily full and busy life, and a typically English record, at the same time, of recognition and merited reward.” (Nation).
“These, because of their manner and matter, are as fresh as on the day when they were first given in English garb. Scarcely a writer of recent time has been the possessor of such an English vocabulary or the master of such an English style. Dasent’s ‘Tales’ are in this way not only a singularly remarkable instance of felicitous translation from a foreign language into our own, but are at the same time a well of English, pure and undefiled, and a model of what English prose happily may be.”
+ + Nation. 80: 114. F. 9, ‘05. 530w.
Daumier, Honore. International Studio. Daumier and Gavarni. *$2; *$3. Lane.
A number devoted to Daumier and Gavarni, the two great French cartoonists of the last century. There are two dozen reproductions of their work in color and photogravures, and a hundred illustrations in black and white. Critical and biographical notes on Daumier are translated from an essay of M. Henri Frantz, and there is an essay upon Gavarni by M. Octave Uzanne.
“Will be greatly prized by collectors of the works of the great satirical cartoonists and illustrators. It will prove a valuable addition to the art-collector’s library.” Amy C. Rich.
+ + Arena. 33: 338. Mr. ‘05. 690w.
“The essays are after all mere introductions to the plates. Incidentally the cartoons furnish a fascinating interpretation of Parisian life and manners. The special numbers of ‘The studio’ are always interesting, but this one is unusually unique and suggestive.”
+ + Dial. 38: 51. Ja. 16, ‘05. 260w.
Davenport, Frederick Morgan. Primitive traits in religious revivals: a study in mental and social evolution. **$1.50. Macmillan.
“This is a purely sociological interpretation of revivals, having no evangelistic bias or motive. In his development of this theme the author has introduced accounts of various revivals of this country and Great Britain.”—R. of Rs.
“His collection of materials in this field is highly interesting, and a valuable supplement to Stoll’s ‘Suggestion and Hypnotismus in der Völker-psychologie.’” W. I. Thomas.
+ + Am. J. Soc. 11: 272. S. ‘05. 160w.
* “It is a valuable contribution to our knowledge. Every minister should read it carefully and take its lessons to heart. The social student will find it helpful in explaining phenomena which have not received the attention they deserve.”
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 26: 750. N. ‘05. 190w.
Reviewed by E. T. Brewster.
+ — Atlan. 96: 688. N. ‘05. 500w.
“The treatment of his subject is logical and fairly clear, though with a number of repetitions.” Rolvix Harlan.
+ + — Bib. World. 26: 237. S. ‘05. 570w.
“The latter chapters of the book are somewhat disappointing. Instead of calm, scientific analyses or a logical drawing of conclusions, Prof. Davenport indulges in an exposition of his own theories and ideas.”
+ + — Ind. 59: 390. Ag. 17, ‘05. 580w.
“The book is a valuable and highly interesting contribution to the many recent discussions of the place and value of the emotions in moral and religious development.”
+ + + Nation. 81: 20. Jl. 6, ‘05. 1080w.
+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 437. Jl. 1, ‘05. 1660w.
+ + R. of Rs. 31: 767. Je. ‘05. 140w.
Davidson, Andrew Bruce. Theology of the Old Testament. **$2.50. Scribner.
Principal Salmond has compiled this treatise in Old Testament theology from the manuscripts left by Dr. Davidson. Under the doctrine of God, of man, of sin, of redemption, and of the last things, is given his theological interpretation of the Old Testament.
“It is a pleasure to note throughout both volumes the keenness of observation, the gift of interpretative insight, and the incisive style which are conspicuous in all the writings of the lamented biblicist. It treats the Old Testament as not only a literary, but a moral unit. This is really the essence of the inadequacy and untimeliness of the book. The fact is that these lectures must be repudiated by biblical science in as far as they fail to indicate Israel’s progress in religious thought and make the Old Testament literature an illustration either of the New Testament teaching of our modern creeds. They must also be disowned by the ‘higher criticism,’ of which Mr. Davidson was more or less an exponent, because they fail to apply an ethical test to religious belief.” James Frederick McCurdy.
+ — Am. J. of Theol. 9: 346. Ap. ‘05. 5160w.
“There are many fine discussions of particular problems, and many brilliant individual passages that one would like to quote; but there is no history of the religion of Israel. Will be useful to the preacher who wishes to gather up the teachings of the Old Testament on any given point; but it will be of little value to the student who is trained in modern historical methods.”
— + Bib. World. 25: 283. Ap. ‘05. 2340w.
“Containing incisive, profitable, and helpful discussions of some of the fundamental doctrines of the Old Testament.” Ira M. Price.
+ Dial. 38: 45. Ja. 16, ‘05. 600w.
“The book contains much good material and is of real value.”
+ Ind. 58: 327. F. 9, ‘05. 320w.
Davidson, Rev. John. St. Peter and his training. *30c. Lippincott.
“Following the New Testament account of the apostle, and setting aside the critical questions it raises, the author finds evidence of its truth in its consistent realism as a portrait from life.”—Outlook.
“The psychological problem involved in the story of Peter’s denial of his Master is better handled, and more justly to Peter, than by most expositors.”
+ Outlook. 79: 452. F. 16, ‘05. 70w.
90Davidson, John. Selected poems. *$1.25. Lane.
“Mr. Davidson has drawn from his seven earlier volumes with a shrewd critical sense.... Unusual mastery of narrative construction in verse, his energy of conception and readiness in the fundamental mind-work of poetry, are all shown here at their best in the ‘Ballads,’ which make the bulk of the book.”—Nation.
“He handles the metre with masterly skill, filling it with imaginative life and power. The chief virtue of his ballads is the virile energy of the shaping strength that we feel working in them.”
+ + Ath. 1905, 1: 329. Mr. 18. 850w.
“Mr. John Davidson’s poetic view of the world is as tragical as Ernest Dowson’s; but there is a grim irony of intellectual strength in his work that marks him of a different race of men.” Ferris Greenslet.
+ Atlan. 96: 417. S. ‘05. 340w.
“Uncommonly masculine volume.”
+ Nation. 80: 293. Ap. 13, ‘05. 330w.
Davidson, Rt. Rev. Randall Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury. Christian opportunity. **$1.50. Macmillan.
The sermons, addresses and speeches delivered by the Archbishop of Canterbury during his recent visit to America make a volume not only temporarily significant but monumental. “The most interesting contents of the volume, of course, are the sermons in Trinity church in Boston, and the address at Faneuil hall. None however, surpasses in excellence of material or stamps Dr. Davidson as a broader scholar than his cordial address to the evangelical ministers at Boston university. ‘We in England,’ he said, ‘have learned in these latter days to recognize better than ever before how splendid an element in the growth of English life and character is due to our Puritan forefathers, and you in New England have come to see that even among those whom your great-great-grandfathers thought were very black, there is something worth having and holding and thus we join hands in behalf of the common cause—the setting forward of our Master’s kingdom in the old world and in the new.’” (Pub. Opin.)
Atlan. 95: 705. My. ‘05. 180w.
“The title is happy, for the burden of them all is the greatness of the opportunity here in this new continent. Their level judgment, catholic spirit, and fraternal feeling ...”
+ + Boston Evening Transcript. : 7. F. 10, ‘05. 160w.
+ Ind. 58: 500. Mr. 2, ‘05. 90w.
+ Pub. Opin. 38: 58. Ja. 12, ‘05. 190w.
+ R. of Rs. 31: 252. F. ‘05. 90w.
Davidson, Thomas. Education of the wage earners. *75c. Ginn.
“The record of a unique experiment among the Russian Jews of New York city. As the result of a challenge at the close of a lecture, Professor Davidson organized a class composed almost exclusively of wage-earners from the tenement houses. With them he successfully studied the history of civilization, modern literature, and the history of philosophy.... The volume which is edited by Mr. Charles M. Blakewell, contains a brief biography and characterization of Professor Davidson by the editor.”—Dial.
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 128. Ja. ‘05. 80w.
“With the interpreting touch of the editor, the inspiring letters of Davidson, and the final words from the pupils, we have a book of very real and personal force.” Lucy Wright.
+ + Charities. 14: 642. Ap. 1, ‘05. 540w.
Reviewed by Henry D. Sheldon.
Dial. 38: 271. Ap. 16, ‘05. 210w.
Reviewed by J. Lawrence Laughlin.
* + + J. Pol. Econ. 13: 611. S. ‘05. 370w.
Davies, D. Ffrangçon-. Singing of the future; with an introd. by Edward Elgar. *$2.50. Lane.
“In the old warfare between technique and intelligence as regards musical interpretation, Mr. Ffrangçon-Davies declares himself, as we might expect, on the side of intelligence. With him the meaning is everything, and he contends that if the singer thinks the words he is singing, all the rest will follow of itself.... Far from despising vocal technique, the author lays great stress on a sound method, and explains what the basis of that method should be.”—Lond. Times.
“It is a pity that by the copious use of footnotes and parentheses the author should have weakened his case, for by these and other means he qualifies almost everything he says till the reader is at a loss to keep the main drift of his argument in view.”
+ — Lond. Times. 4: 306. S. 22, ‘05. 610w.
* + + Nation. 81: 467. D. 7, ‘05. 420w.
Davies, Gerald Stanley. Franz Hals. $1.75. Macmillan.
This latest addition to the “Great masters in painting and sculpture series” is devoted to that Dutch artist of the early 17th century, Franz Hals. All that is actually known or surmised concerning his life is given and there are 35 half-tone reproductions of the author’s best known paintings. There is also a chronological list of his most important pictures, and a catalog of his works arranged according to the galleries in which they are hung.
“Mr. Davies’s work is a fine example of what a sympathetic, imaginative, and withal a learned man may produce from very slender accepted data.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 157. Mr. 11, ‘05. 520w.
Davies, Rev. John Llewelyn, ed. Workingmen’s college, 1854-1904. *$1.25. Macmillan.
Records of its history and its work by members of the college. For half a century the workingmen’s college has played an important part in the sociological evolution of England, and its history and development are of general interest. The editor has written a chapter on F. D. Maurice, who was the real founder of the college. Mr. G. W. Trevelyan writes a chapter on “The college and other universities.” Mr. J. P. Elmslie describes “Art teaching in early days,” Mr. C. B. Lucas tells of “The college clubs.” There are many other chapters illustrating the development of this great work from a simple night school to a model institution of its kind.
“The value of the book is enhanced by some excellent portraits; but it lacks an index.”
+ Acad. 68: 35. Ja. 14, ‘05. 200w.
Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 337. Mr. ‘05. 100w.
Nation. 80: 290. Ap. 13, ‘05. 120w.
Spec. 94: 18. Ja. 7, ‘05. 1520w.
Davies, W. W. Codes of Hammurabi and Moses. *75c. Meth. bk.
A comparison of the laws of Hammurabi and Moses which is designed to help all Bible students. To this end the text of the Hammurabi code is given in small pica type, selected parallels from the Old Testament in long primer, and remarks and comments in brevier.
Outlook. 81: 332. O. 7, ‘05. 150w.
Davis, Foxcroft. Mrs. Darrell. †$1.50. Macmillan.
In this novel of Washington life Elizabeth Brandon marries Darrell and finds out too late that she loves his friend and cousin Hugh Pelham. Upon Darrell’s death his estate goes to Pelham, who is in Africa, and his lawyers press 91Elizabeth sorely. This destroys her faith in Pelham and she all but falls into the clutches of an unscrupulous senator, who wishes to divorce his wife and marry her, when Pelham returns. The senator’s daughter also plays an important part in the story.
“The story is slight, the characters shadowy, and the style, except for a strange abundance of ‘non-sequiturs,’ exceedingly commonplace.”
— Nation. 81: 148. Ag. 17, ‘05. 310w.
“Not only does he reveal the actions of his characters, but also the train of thoughts that lead up to those actions. Nevertheless ‘Mrs. Darrell’ is a book full of interest.”
+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 379. Je. 10, ‘05. 610w.
+ N. Y. Times. 10: 391. Je. 17, ‘05. 210w.
“The book as regards plot and constructive power and development cannot be praised highly, but the love story is in some ways unusually interesting.”
— + Outlook. 80: 393. Je. 10, ‘05. 80w.
* Davis, John Patterson. Corporations: a study of the origin and development of the great business combinations and their relation to the authority of the state. 2v. **$4.50. Putnam.
“This treatise is of great helpfulness to the student of what is now familiarly known as the ‘corporation problem.’ ... The subject is here attacked chiefly from the historical standpoint, from the earliest manifestations of corporate activity in the ecclesiastical organizations of the primitive Christian church to the colonial companies, forerunners of the development companies of to-day. There are, however, chapters dealing with contemporary phenomena at a length sufficient to make the writer’s views concerning the structure, operation, and future of the modern corporation clear.”—Lit. D.
* “Without fully concurring with him, we find his views highly suggestive and stimulating, and ... ‘a particularly welcome addition to economic literature.’”
+ + Lit. D. 31: 798. N. 25, ‘05. 580w.
* + N. Y. Times. 10: 654. O. 7, ‘05. 680w.
Davis, Norah. Northerner. †$1.50. Century.
The hero of Miss Davis’ first published book is a young New York capitalist who buys a street railway and a lighting plant in an Alabama town. Titanic and aggressive, young Falls underrates the momentum of sectional prejudice even where it carries with it the sanity of a whole town. Mob violence, strikes, and a lynching form the dramatic phase of the story whose other side portrays the loyalty and courage of Joan Adair. This southern girl, tho reared to the fanatic prejudice of her townsmen, could, one is led to believe, champion right and justice impersonally, even tho the process had not been terribly confused with her love for the much misunderstood and ostracized hero.
* “The supreme merit of the book lies, however, in the subtle delineation of Southern life with its love, its fear, its pride, its idealism, and its prejudice.”
+ Arena. 34: 664. D. ‘05. 500w.
* “The serious questions of the Northerner are vigorously stated, and some characters and scenes very forcibly presented. The construction is bad, and there is a lot of tiresome talk.”
+ — Nation. 81: 510. D. 21, ‘05. 340w.
“The principal value of the story is in its depicting of the life of the half-asleep, half-awake southern town with its new-formed ambitions obscured by the rubbish of old traditions.”
+ Pub. Opin. 39: 601. N. 4, ‘05. 200w.
Davis, Richard Harding. Miss Civilization. **50c. Scribner.
“A comedy in one act, founded on a story by the late James Harvey Smith. By means of strategy, the daughter of a wealthy man succeeds in holding three thieves in her home until the arrival of the police, whom she had summoned by telephone when she first heard the burglars trying to file their way into the house.”—Bookm.
“This playlet is admirably suited for parlor and amateur theatricals, where it will furnish both to actors and audiences unalloyed delight.”
+ Ind. 58: 783. Ap. 6, ‘05. 80w.
“This is a lively and amusing play. It is not badly suited for amateur rendering.”
+ Outlook. 79: 605. Mr. 4, ‘05. 30w.
Davison, Charles. Study of recent earthquakes. $1.50. imp. Scribner.
“This copiously illustrated volume ... gives a popular account of the results which have been arrived at by modern seismology.... Rather than grouping seismic phenomena, as we should expect to find them in a text-book, the author has given a concise history of eight disturbances, each of which has a special interest.... A subject attractive to the general reader which is referred to in several chapters as an account of signs which have given warning of a coming earthquake.”—Nature.
+ + Ath. 1905, 1: 404. Ap. 1. 710w.
“Mr. Davidson’s book is well worth reading, whilst the manner in which its contents have been arranged should obtain for it a circulation amongst those who seek for general information.”
+ + Nature. 71: 532. Ap. 6, ‘05. 630w.
+ + Spec. 94: 677. My. 6, ‘05. 290w.
Davitt, Michael. Fall of feudalism in Ireland. **$2.50. Harper.
“The land league revolution of the Irish people, their struggles to regain possession of the lands confiscated under Cromwellian settlement,—which was virtually continued during two hundred and fifty years,—is set forth in this book.... Parnell is, of course, Mr. Davitt’s hero; and the personal portraiture he gives is both interesting and valuable.”—Critic.
“He writes from a partisan viewpoint and, as might have been expected, makes no attempt to conceal his partisanship. Despite this fact he has done good service to contemporary history by the care he has bestowed on the documentary part of his exhaustive work.” E. P.
+ + — Am. Hist. R. 10: 454. Ja. ‘05. 230w.
“Is of great value both as a record and as literature.”
+ Critic. 46: 95. Ja. ‘05. 230w.
* Dawson, Miles Menander. Business of life insurance. **$1.50. Barnes.
“Mr. Dawson writes as an actuary of long experience, addressing himself primarily to those holding or contemplating the purchase of life insurance. The comparative merits and defects of the various systems of insurance and forms of policy, the methods whereby rates are or should be fixed, the ‘schemes’ adopted by companies to increase their business—in short, almost every topic connected with the subject is discussed with a mingling of criticism, advice, and warning.”—Outlook.
* “Practical suggestive, and soundly informative, this book should find a wide audience.”
+ + Outlook. 81: 680. N. 18, ‘05. 320w.
Dawson, Samuel E. Saint Lawrence, its basin and border-lands. *$1.35. Stokes.
“In orderly fashion and in often luminous phrase Dr. Dawson sets forth the story of the discovery, exploration, and occupation of the northeastern part of the North American continent. The text is accompanied by some good illustrations and by some especially good maps.”—Outlook.
“This learned Canadian not only enjoys a wide personal knowledge of the region he deals with but is likewise possessed of the critical faculty, 92which has enabled him to deal satisfactorily with a subject involving a good many disputed points.”
+ + — Ath. 1905, 2: 116. Jl. 22. 1210w.
+ + Critic. 47: 382. O. ‘05. 90w.
+ + Ind. 49: 876. O. 12, ‘05. 230w.
“His present volume is a critical and scholarly study of the most fruitful era of early North American exploration.” Cyrus C. Adams.
+ + + N. Y. Times. 10: 585. S. 9, ‘05. 1920w.
“This volume should appeal to the student of history and to the lover of romance.”
+ + Outlook. 80: 839. Jl. 29, ‘05. 60w.
“It is a rare treat to read Dr. Dawson’s scholarly and delightful volume.”
+ + Pub. Opin. 39: 478. O. 7, ‘05. 160w.
Dawson, Thomas C. South American republics, pt. 2. **$1.35. Putnam.
“Descriptive rather than analytical,” this work presents “an excellent summary of the events leading up to the independence of the South American republics. The first volume, dealing with Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil, was written during the period when he [Mr. Dawson] was secretary of the United States legation to Brazil. During the interval between the appearance of the first and second volumes the author was appointed minister to Santo Domingo. This second volume deals with Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
“His exposition of contemporary history is disappointing. There are too many names and dates and too few explanatory remarks. There is a tendency to dwell on the period of the conquest and to leave untouched the difficult business of untangling the innumerable revolutions of the past eighty years. Even as a collection of historical primers its value is seriously impaired by evidences of hasty or inaccurate compilation. To attempt to read the volume through is sufficiently confusing, but the publishers have not improved matters. The illustrations do not illustrate. Moreover, the maps are inadequate and out of date.” Hiram Bingham.
+ — Am. Hist. R. 10: 671. Ap. ‘05. 520w.
“The author has shown great skill in the presentation of the economic situation in compressing the history of eleven republics into two small volumes. In the presentation of the political situation the author has been careful to keep himself free from partisanship or bias. This work when read in connection with Stanford’s ‘Geographical compendium of South America,’ will furnish a clear-cut picture of the present situation in the South American republics.”
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 338. Mr. ‘05. 250w.
+ Ind. 58: 1189. My. 25, ‘05. 200w.
* “Excellent, useful, and most readable book. Mr. Dawson, however, largely owes the remarkable completeness of this work to his familiar acquaintance with the Spanish literature on the subject, and his great personal opportunities for compiling the history of the nineteenth century in South America.”
+ + Spec. 95: 696. N. 4, ‘05. 330w.
Dawson, W. J. Evangelistic note, *$1.25. Revell.
A book of addresses on evangelical topics by a man well known as a successful international revivalist. He resigned the pastorate of the Highburg quadrant church in England to enter a more evangelistic field, and his sermons defend liberal theology and set forth the value of his work.
“His sermons are models of manly appeal to the thinking people of to-day.”
+ + Ind. 58: 897. Ap. 20, ‘05. 180w.
+ Outlook. 79: 958. Ap. 15, ‘05. 230w.
“Among the various essays, addresses and sermons in the book the one which gives the whole its title is the best and most adequate, with the additional advantage of being written in clear, forceful, convincing English such as is seldom found in current literature.”
+ Pub. Opin. 38: 390. Mr. 11, ‘05. 640w.
Dawson, William James. Makers of English fiction. *$1.50. Revell.
Dr. Dawson begins with Daniel Defoe and discusses the writers of novels of sentiment from Richardson to Fielding, and to Jane Austen, then he takes up the works of Sir Walter Scott, Thackeray, Dickens, the Bronte sisters, George Eliot, Charles Reade, Charles Kingsley, George Meredith, Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, and others, closing the book with chapters on “Religion in fiction” and a “Concluding survey.”
“He is a patient and systematic reader; his powers of analysis are considerable, his sympathies are broad, and he has, what is an extremely valuable gift, the historic sense.” E. C.
+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 757. N. 11, ‘05. 1070w.
+ + Outlook. 81: 429. O. 21, ‘05. 220w.
* “The book is well worth reading, as a comprehensive survey of a development, and as painstaking a work of criticism as has come to us for many a day.”
+ + + Pub. Opin. 39: 664. N. 18, ‘05. 280w.
Day, Emily Foster. Menehunes. *75c. Elder.
A folklore tale of the Menehunes, the tiny dwarfs of Hawaii, illustrated by Spencer Wright.
* + Dial. 39: 385. D. 1, ‘05. 90w.
* + Nation. 81: 450. N. 30, ‘05. 100w.
* + N. Y. Times. 10: 892. D. 16, ‘05. 210w.
Day, Thomas Fleming. Hints to young yacht skippers. $1. Rudder pub.
Mr. Day says this handbook is offered in response to many letters from boys and young men “asking for hints on all manner of subjects relating to the care, handling, buying and equipping of small yachts.” Being a practical sailor and yachtsman himself, he knows the necessity of the sort of information he compiles, in fact declares that had he owned such a book in the beginning, it would have saved him time, money, hard work and anxiety.
“The book is full of useful information.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 39. Ja. 21, ‘05. 330w.
(Detailed statement of contents.)
Dealey, James Quayle, and Ward, Lester Frank. Text book of sociology. *$1.30. Macmillan.
A text book founded upon the sociological writings of Dr. Ward, and especially upon his work, “Pure sociology.” This epitome is stamped with the same characteristics that are emphasized thruout Dr. Ward’s study, viz., the mastery of the impersonal tone over the human. “He carries from his work in physical science a certain abstractness of statement which is partly inseparable from all generalization, but which has the effect of holding the interpretation farther aloof from actual life than is desirable or necessary.” (Am. J. Soc.)
“Comes nearer than any predecessor to satisfying reasonable demands for an elementary textbook in general sociology.” Albion W. Small.
+ + — Am. J. Soc. 11: 266. S. ‘05. 1190w.
* “The abridgment has been excellently done.”
+ + Ind. 59: 1157. N. 16, ‘05. 30w.
“It is therefore a wide field that is traversed here under the lead of a stimulating if not always convincing teacher.”
+ — Outlook. 80: 887. Ag. 5, ‘05. 290w.
Decennial publications of the University of Chicago. 1st series, 10v. *$40. Univ. of Chicago press.
93Ten imposing quarto volumes, well bound in red cloth, compose the first series of the Chicago university decennial publications and contain two volumes of reports and eight volumes of investigations, the latter consisting of a collection of articles representing the work of research of the several departments of the university, organized during the decennium. Vol. I and II contain President Harper’s report for the first ten years of the life of Chicago university; vol. III contains, part I, Systematic theology, Church history, Practical theology; part II, Philosophy, Education; vol. IV is devoted to Political economy, Political science, History, and Sociology; vol. V includes the Semitic languages and literature, Biblical and patristic Greek; vol. VI deals with the Greek language and literature, the Latin language and literature, Sanskrit and Indo-European comparative philology, classical archæology; vol. VII turns to the province of Romance languages and literatures, the Germanic languages and literatures and to English; vol. VIII invades the field of Astronomy and Astrophysics; vol. IX treats the subjects of Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, and Geology; and vol. X deals with Zoology, Anatomy, Physiology, Neurology, Botany, Pathology, and Bacteriology.
Bib. World. 25: 240. Mr. ‘05. 50w. (States contents of v. 5.)
+ + + Ind. 59: 44. Jl. 6, ‘05. 410w.
N. Y. Times. 10: 164. Mr. 18, ‘05. 760w. (Survey of contents).
“The whole series is a remarkable presentation of the intellectual activity which has prevailed at this youthful university during the brief period of its existence.”
+ + + Pub. Opin. 38: 593. Ap. 15, ‘05. 410w.
Deecke, W. Italy: a popular account of the country, its people, and its institutions (including Malta and Sardinia); tr. by H. A. Nesbitt. $5. Macmillan.
A book which gives a German professor’s account of Italy. “Beginning with the boundaries of the country and the ancient attempts at geographical description, it proceeds to treat of the orography and general features of the surface, goes on to the geology and the climate, giving incidentally an account of the volcanic phenomena and touching briefly on the animals and plants. The various elements of the population are then described, with a short sketch of the history, and a fuller account of products, trade and manufactures, political institutions, finance, internal communications, and education, the church, language, and science, and a topographical description of various parts of the peninsula and the adjoining isles.” (Nation.)
“It is popular in the very best sense of the word. In the first place, it is comprehensive. In the second place, it is compact. The work is simply a marvel of condensation. In the third place, the book is exceedingly readable. The only adverse criticism we have is that the statistics are not quite up to the present, and the reader will want constantly to refer to later tables. But in other respects we do not know of another book on Italy at once so comprehensive, so accurate, and so interesting.”
+ + — Am. J. of Theol. 9: 378. Ap. ‘05. 250w. (States contents of Vol. V.)
“Is all done carefully and well.”
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 588. My. ‘05. 100w.
“That the book is dull is therefore not surprising; but that it is also full of errors is both surprising and inexcusable.”
— — Dial. 38: 95. F. 1, ‘05. 410w.
“It is really nothing more than a compilation of the facts that may be found in condensed form in a half dozen well selected books.”
+ — Ind. 58: 1070. My. 11, ‘05. 170w.
“When we turn to subjects wherein the element of time does not enter so immediately we find reason for little save praise.”
+ + — Lit. D. 31: 498. O. 7, ‘05. 760w.
“An elaborate account of Italy, worked out with true German thoroughness. It covers pretty nearly every aspect in which the land and its inhabitants can be regarded. Taking the book as a whole, it is a careful and intelligent piece of work, clearly and simply written, and generally accurate. We have noted a certain number of errors in fact, but none of great importance, though there are some errors in nomenclature, and some mistakes in the accounts given of particular places. A book which amounts to an encyclopaedic description of Italy from so many points of view. The topographical part is really something between a gazetteer and a guidebook, fit to be used for reference rather than to be read continuously.”
+ + + Nation. 80: 250. Mr. 30, ‘05. 2290w.
Deeping, Warwick. Slanderers. †$1.50. Harper.
“Gabriel Strong is the son of a tea merchant ... is a dreamer, an idler.... Partly to please himself, partly to please his father, partly to save trouble, he makes love to and marries a fine sleek tiger-cat of a woman, and as soon as it is too late repents.” He finds that he loves the daughter of a miser, but swears to love this Joan only in spirit. “Meanwhile the sleek, handsome wife gets bored, goes off elsewhere, and the gossips of the village get busy with the greenwood meanderings of Gabriel and Joan. Hence the name of ‘The slanderers.’ ... They are the parson’s wife, the doctor’s wife, the members of the church guilds, and like fine charitable organizations. And these women are allowed no virtues at all to temper the malignity of their tongues and their feminine proneness to think evil of other people.” (N. Y. Times).
“The style is good and the texture of the English is durable.”
+ Critic. 47: 93. Jl. ‘05. 110w.
“Mr. Deeping is somewhat crass and crude in his methods with these slanderers. You get the idea that Mr. Deeping imagines religion is a mere cloak for hypocrisy, or a grindstone for sharp knives to slay the reputations of indiscreet idealists. Really the trouble with Mr. Deeping is the lack of enough humor to adjust his burning ethical sentiments, his opulent fleshly imaginings, to each other and to the meridian of average sanity. The story is dragged violently by the hair of its head into an ending which satisfies—if it does nothing else—the average reader’s supposed demand for a happy outcome, but it is distinctly disappointing in spite of patches of purple language.”
— N. Y. Times. 10: 117. F. 25. ‘05. 610w.
+ — Outlook. 79: 654. Mr. 11, ‘05. 120w.
Pub. Opin. 38: 429. Mr. 18, ‘05. 290w.
“Mr. Deeping’s tapestry has not acquired that soft glory which makes its best beauty. And as for the modern design, it is quite atrocious.”
— — Reader. 6: 92. Je. ‘05. 370w.
“Many of his pages glow with genuine romantic beauty.”
+ Reader. 6: 477. S. ‘05. 170w.
Dekker, Eduard Douwes. (Multatuli, pseud.). Walter Pieterse: a story of Holland. $1.50. Friderici & Garies.
“Walter is in a way a Dutch ‘Sentimental Tommy,’ and the growth of his vivid imagination and literary aspiration among rather sordid surroundings and stolid people is told with minuteness and perhaps a little over-elaborated humor. ‘Multatuli’ is not exactly a Dutch Dickens, but he has some Dickensy qualities.”—Outlook.
“His story is immensely detailed and told in a bygone style of confidentialness, but a style highly animated and frequently witty. The translator, though a Ph. D., affronts style and even grammar at moments.”
+ — Nation. 80: 234. Mr. 23, ‘05. 520w.
“In fact, you may see in Dekker now touches of Fielding, now of Heine, (he has been called the Holland Heine), now the contemporary iconoclast. Bernard Shaw, whose hatred of ‘respectability’ he shares. Adherents of the new school of novelists, Ibsenites, &c., who are not already familiar with Dekker’s work will not regret a perusal of Mr. Evans’s rendering, nor will the more catholic seekers after real life in fiction—real, yet divorced from sentiment.”
+ N. Y. Times. 10: 39, Ja. 21, ‘05. 430w.
+ Outlook. 79: 248. Ja. 28. ‘05. 50w.
94De la Pasture, Mrs. Henry. Peter’s mother. †$1.50. Dutton.
“The realm of the wholesome commonplace” is chosen for this story. There is Peter’s widowed mother, Lady Mary, whose gentleness is contrasted with the tyrannical selfishness of her son; there is the brilliant Sarah who adores the mother, and to spare her the suffering inflicted by the caddish son, sets to work to wind the youth about her finger. How she succeeds forms one side of a story whose other phase deals with a middle-aged romance involving Lady Mary and two men—“one strong, serene, patient, understanding, the other with a passion so lofty as to sacrifice itself upon its own altar.”
“It is a delightful story, told with a certain distinction and much charm. The whole thing is in harmony.”
+ + Acad. 68: 149. F. 18, ‘05. 210w.
— Critic. 47: 477. N. ‘05. 30w.
Ind. 59: 986. O. 26, ‘05. 120w.
+ N. Y. Times. 10: 510. Ag. 5, ‘05. 430w.
“This book is a good illustration of the fact that normal characters can be made interesting.”
+ Outlook. 80: 984. Ag. 19, ‘05. 100w.
“An excellent entertainment in which sentiment and humour are most agreeably blended.”
+ Spec. 94: 258. F. 18, ‘05. 720w.
Deledda, Grazia. After the divorce. †$1.50. Holt.
The author, a young Sardinian, has written a sad story of Italian peasant life. The hero is condemned to twenty-seven years imprisonment for the murder of his uncle. During his confinement, before the confession of the real murderer frees him and establishes his innocence, his baby dies and his pretty young wife, who lacks both money and character, secures a divorce, under the new law which liberates the wife of a convict, and marries a wealthy lover whom she had once rejected. The story is a pitiful one, and when at last the two are reunited they are saddened, disillusioned, and their young happiness is gone forever.
“In style she is as simple and unaffected as Verga himself. She effaces herself almost wholly, she makes you see the primitive life of her little island almost as vividly as though you were there in person.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + Bookm. 21: 270. My. ‘05. 400w.
“The translation appears competent and sympathetic.”
+ Critic. 47: 93. Jl. ‘05. 340w.
“As a picture of peasant characteristics and modes of thought it is perfect.”
+ + Ind. 58: 1007. My. 4, 05. 270w.
“As a thing of beauty and a joy forever, the book is a failure; as a manifesto against divorce, it might be adopted by all good Catholics.”
— + Nation. 80: 378. My. 11, ‘05. 190w.
“It is a human story, and the fact that it apparently has lost something in the translation does not alter the fact that it is still well worth reading.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 267. Ap. 22, ‘05. 690w.
+ Outlook. 80: 92. My. 6, ‘05. 20w.
“The translator has apparently preserved the color and flavor of the original; her chief fault is a too slavish following.”
+ + — Reader. 6: 592. O. ‘05. 390w.
Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel. Breaking the wilderness: the story of the conquest of the far West. **$3.50. Putnam.
It is the aim of this book to “present a review in chronological order of the important events which contributed to breaking the wilderness that so long lay untamed west of the Mississippi, mentioning with as much detail as possible in a single popular volume the principal persons and happenings in proper sequence, but paying special attention to the trapper and trader element, which, more than any other, dispelled the mysteries of the vast region.”
“Barring the deficiencies which mar its critical value, Mr. Dellenbaugh has produced a fairly satisfactory work.” Isaac Joslin Cox.
+ + — Am. Hist. R. 11: 169. O. ‘05. 840w.
+ + — Ath. 1905, 2: 183. Ag. 5. 620w.
“The greatest interest of the book will probably be found to lie in the innumerable and fully authenticated tales of trappers and traders with which its pages abound.”
+ Dial. 38: 274. Ap. 16, ‘05. 290w.
“In most, if not all, respects Mr. Dellenbaugh’s book is admirable. The text is a rare combination of history, observation and story telling, and it is beautifully illustrated. The ‘breaking of the wilderness,’ the once savage region west of the Mississippi, by explorer, fighter, trapper and settler is pictured to us as by a vitascope.”
+ + Ind. 58: 727. Mr. 30, ‘05. 50w.
“Is naturally one of great interest and value.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 140. Mr. 4, ‘05. 1110w.
“The chief value of Mr. Dellenbaugh’s work is the presentation of the chronological review of Western exploration in unbroken sequence.”
+ R. of Rs. 31: 508. Ap. ‘05. 250w.
“His style is too abrupt, and the separate phases of the history have the appearance of being thrown together.”
+ — — Spec. 94: 923. Je. 17, ‘05. 270w.
* Denk, Victor Martin Otto (Otto von Schaching, pseud.). Violin maker; trans, by Sara Trainer Smith. 45c. Benziger.
The story of the gentle, pious Matthias Klotz, son of a poor tailor of Mittenwald, of how he herded his father’s goats and how Jacob Strainer found him, discovered his ambition to become a violin maker, and took him away to his own school at Absam. From him Matthias went to other masters in Italy, and after years of faithful work returned to his father and his old home and founded his own celebrated school in Mittenwald.
Dent, Edward J. Alessandro Scarlatti: his life and works. *$3.50. Longmans.
“An ambitious work dealing with the Neapolitan composer.... Without blind adoration of his hero, he has brought himself into thorough sympathy with Scarlatti’s personality, and has studied all his circumstances and his relations to Italian art.”—Acad.
“Appreciation of Mr. Dent’s adventurous excursion into a new path is called for by the attempt as such, and the result of his labours is a handsome volume which should find a place in every music-lover’s library. Accuracy, not elegance of style, has been aimed at, yet there are occasional sentences where Mr. Dent has endeavoured to impart interest to the manner as well as the matter.”
+ + — Acad. 68: 147. F. 18, ‘05. 1470w.
+ + Ath. 1905, 1: 538. Ap. 29. 470w.
* “A work of high importance, which must be accepted as the standard authority on the life and writings of the Verdi of his time.” W. J. Henderson.
+ + + Atlan. 96: 852. D. ‘05. 240w.
“An exhaustive study at first hand from original documents and scores.” Richard Aldrich.
+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 308. My. 13, ‘05. 780w.
De Pue, Edward Spence. Dr. Nicholas Stone. †$1.50. Dillingham.
An exciting detective story in which Dr. Stone and the Pacific coast manager of a great life insurance company discover that several policy holders have been skilfully murdered. Their investigations bring them thrilling adventures in the Chinese quarter, Dr. Stone narrowly escapes cremation; but they relentlessly follow the strange evidence of strange drugs until they discover the criminal, a wealthy and respected 95old man, who devises unusual methods of murder for the mere joy of achievement without detection, letting the life insurance money go to an accomplice. There is also a love interest.
“To those who crave in the reading the temporary excitement that attends the perusal of a story filled with murders and murder plots, the detection of crimes in spite of highly scientific methods employed to divert suspicion, and the tragic self-death of the murderer when he discovers that his deeds are known, this book may possess interest.”
+ N. Y. Times. 10: 204. Ap. 1, ‘05. 420w.
De Selincourt, Beryl D. Home of the first Franciscans in Umbria, the borders of Tuscany and the Northern Marches. *$1.50. Dutton.
“The author describes Assisi, the district of Lake Thrasymene, Monte Casale, and Vallingegno, two Umbrian solitudes, the valley of Rieti, the Marches and La Verna. She has also written an introduction in which she touches on the influence of the personality and temperament of St. Francis, of the places to which he retreated. The thirteen half-tone illustrations are reproductions of photographs taken by Mildred Bicknell.”—N. Y. Times.
“Discriminating and sympathetic introduction. Mrs. de Selincourt’s style, in any liberal spirit of criticism, is of a high average.”
+ + Acad. 68: 387. Ap. 8, ‘05. 1190w.
+ Ath. 1905, 2: 143. Jl. 29. 340w.
“A successful attempt to show to what a degree the character and teachings of St. Francis of Assisi were shaped and illustrated by his surroundings.”
+ + Dial. 39: 120. S. 1, ‘05. 170w.
N. Y. Times. 10: 225. Ap. 8, ‘05. 260w.
“A manifest labor of love.”
+ Outlook. 80: 344. Je. 3, ‘05. 100w.
“Shows much diligence and contains some interesting and out-of-the-way information.”
+ — Sat. R. 100: 502. O. 14, ‘05. 970w.
“The book is full of beauty and pathos, but it leaves us with but a vague idea of what St. Francis really thought.”
+ — Spec. 94: 598. Ap. 22, ‘05. 320w.
Deutsch, Leo. Sixteen years in Siberia, tr. by Helen Chisholm. $3. Dutton.
A new and cheaper edition of “this well-written and convincing account of penal methods and conditions in Siberia by one who has known them to his cost ... the new edition contains ... a preface, in which the translator seeks to estimate the influence of recent events in giving impetus to the reform movement in Russia” and “an appendix, ... a reply by Count von Bülow to a Reichstag interpellation concerning the Königsberg trial of last July, when certain German subjects were prosecuted for smuggling revolutionary literature into Russia.” (Outlook.)
“The volume deserves a wide reading.”
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 26: 588. S. ‘05. 120w.
“Very interesting and informing book.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 505. Jl. 29, ‘05. 410w.
+ + Outlook. 80: 643. Jl. 8, ‘05. 170w.
Devine, Edward T. Principles of relief. **$2. Macmillan.
Dr. Devine’s experience as general secretary of the New York charity organization society has put him in vital touch with the practical aspects of a great cause. His convincing treatment is arranged under four heads: Part I “is a strong, clear, logical presentation of the essential ‘principles of relief.’ The fundamental and most fruitful idea of this discussion is that there is a normal standard of living which can be known and approximately measured, and that all relief work is to be judged by its success in aiding social debtors to find their place in a normal and well-balanced life.... In Part II is printed a most interesting and instructive collection of typical relief problems.... Part III is a sketch of certain aspects of relief. Part IV gives the story of relief methods at times of disaster.” (Am. J. Soc.)
“While a certain amount of repetition of thoughts already published was inevitable in a systematic treatise, every chapter and paragraph has its justification. Looking back over the literature of charity produced during the last twenty years in America, we are bound to place this volume in the very front rank, with few companions in the specific field; and we must regard it as indispensable to the serious student of the general subject.” Charles Richmond Henderson.
+ + + Am. J. Soc. 10: 554. Ja. ‘05. 670w.
“In it are brought to consciousness, perhaps for the first time fully, the underlying principles on which the charity organization society movement is based. Moreover it undertakes to give a comprehensive statement of the elementary principles upon which all relief giving, whether public or private, should rest; and it correlates these principles with the general facts of economics and sociology in such a way as to leave no doubt in the mind of the reader that the author has mastered his subject. The point of view of the book is constructive throughout; and it is safe to say that for many years to come it will be, both for the practical worker and for the scientific student, the authoritative work upon the ‘principles of relief.’ I cannot help feeling, after careful reading, that the book shows too much the bias of the author’s personal field of labor. Its point of view is too exclusively that of the charity organization society worker.” Charles A. Ellwood.
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 143. Ja. ‘05. 870w.
“No one who is interested either historically or practically in the subject of charity can afford to neglect this volume.” Winthrop More Daniels.
+ + Atlan. 95: 556. Ap. ‘05. 340w.
“The book will help us to give a quantitative value to our vague notions about the standard of living and the minimum wage; and no writer has applied this definite standard to the methods of poor relief more thoroughly. Especially valuable to a student is the analysis of typical relief problems, which enables one to arrive at principles of relief much as a study of court decisions takes one to the heart of legal principles. The work will be recognized as one of the chief contributions on this vital subject.” Charles Richmond Henderson.
+ + + Dial. 38: 155. Mr. 1, ‘05. 330w.
“The book as a whole will be a standard to all charity workers and professional philanthropists, but while not exactly over technical it is too heavy for the average reader, and will probably not interest him to any great extent.”
+ + Ind. 58: 900. Ap. 20, ‘05. 300w.
“While Mr. Devine’s statement of principles is not very lucid, his practical suggestions are instructive.”
+ Nation. 80: 235. Mr. 23, ‘05. 610w.
“The first [volume] stirs the sympathies and supplies the motives for Christian charity; the second broadens the horizon and shows the problem in its world aspects; the third gives the practical and, so far as we can judge, wise counsel in dealing with the problem as it presents itself in American cities.”
+ + Outlook. 79: 902. Ap. 8, ‘05. 1440w.
“Dr. Devine’s book is a manual at once of theory and of practice.”
+ + R. of Rs. 30: 760. D. ‘04. 190w.
“Aside from these few passages [pp. 12, 13, 462], which appear somewhat visionary, the book is eminently sane and practical.” David I. Green.
+ + — Yale R. 14: 81. My. ‘05. 1190w.
96Devins, John Bancroft. Observer in the Philippines. $2. Am. tract.
This report is the result of two months’ careful investigation in Luzon. It gives interesting notes of travel and fully covers the social, political and religious field. It tells what American missionaries are doing and shows that many of the Americans in the Philippines are of a type as greatly in need of missionaries as the Filipinos themselves.
“Dr. Devins’s book is non-discriminating and simple-minded in a high degree.” H. Parker Willis.
+ — Dial. 39: 37. Jl. 16, ‘05. 390w.
“Has included in his volume much useful information and much matter interesting and entertaining for one reason and another.”
+ + — N. Y. Times. 10: 580. S. 2, ‘05. 1080w.
+ + + Outlook. 80: 142. My. 13, ‘05. 270w.
+ R. of Rs. 31: 767. Je. ‘06. 140w.
Dexter, Edwin Grant. History of education in the United States. **$2. Macmillan.
The work comprises in less than seven hundred pages of text “a survey of education in this country from the landing of the Cavaliers and of the Puritans to the opening of the twentieth century, including in it an historical survey and an analysis of contemporary conditions of education in every state in the Union, of every stage of education from kindergarten to popular lecture courses for adults, and of every phase of educational activity from an account of early schoolbooks to newspapers and periodicals of the various periods, the publication of learned societies and the work of libraries.... The general organization of the work is into three parts: the growth of the people’s schools, higher and special education, and educational extension.” (Educ. R.)
“This book is very attractive in its make-up, but it will prove disappointing to those who hold that the history of education should be history. The declared purpose of the author is to present a mass of fact rather than discussions of historical trend. But instances are far too numerous in which the fact is not even fact.” Elmer Ellsworth Brown.
+ — Am. Hist. R. 10: 657. Ap. ‘05. 420w.
“To compress so much in one volume is a task of no small magnitude, and to say that Professor Dexter has done this with excellent judgment and discrimination is only to give due praise. It is no detraction from the character of the text to say that the most valuable feature of the work is the elaborate bibliography at the end of each chapter and the marginal references which are to be found on every page.”
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 128. Ja. ‘05. 310w.
“The best work of its class yet published. So far as it goes, it is most thoroughly and skilfully done.”
+ + + Critic. 46: 286. Mr. ‘05. 100w.
“The handling of statistics is skilfully done. There is no unity, whole episodes in the history of education are absent, as are also the majority of the important personalities. A more accurate title would have been ‘A historical encyclopedia of American education.’” Henry Davidson Sheldon.
+ — Dial. 38: 270. Ap. 16, ‘05. 330w.
“The merits of this book are those of comprehensiveness, organization, accurate analysis and classification, and excellent selection of the material to be included in a single volume dealing with so extended a subject; its demerits are an unfortunate lack of accuracy in many details, not all of them unimportant, and a tendency ... to accept stereotyped generalizations without adducing facts to support them, and the omission of any attempt to interpretation. No other single work, of even more than one volume, has ever attempted so much, so that there is little basis for comparison, and little room for criticism, so helpful is the general result. It is easily first of treatises upon the subject.” Paul Monroe.
+ + — Educ. R. 29: 202. F. ‘05. 2320w.
“A work of truly encyclopedic comprehensiveness, but nevertheless readable.”
+ + + Ind. 59: 273. Ag. 3, ‘05. 80w.
+ + Nature. 72: 147. Je. 15, ‘05. 1550w.
Dexter, Edwin Grant. Weather influences; an empirical study of the mental and physiological effects of definite meteorological conditions. **$2. Macmillan.
A monograph based upon a series of investigations of the committees of New York and Denver, and the effects of the weather changes of their divergent climates, upon their inhabitants. A comparison of the school, criminal, hospital, mortuary, and other records with the meteorological charts of the weather bureau gives the principal data for statistics as to the effect of wind and weather upon disease, drunkenness, insanity, crime, suicide, natural depravity of school children, errors of bank officials, etc.
Reviewed by E. T. B.
Atlan. 95: 135. Ja. ‘05. 320w.
Ind. 58: 728. Mr. 30, ‘05. 510w.
Dexter, Henry Martyn, and Dexter, Morton. England and Holland of the Pilgrims. **$3.50. Houghton.
“The history of the Mayflower ‘Pilgrims’ is an important part of the history of the Protestant reformation in England.... Their most eminent historian was the late Dr. Dexter. The present volume, left unfinished at his death, completes their history by a full account of the environment and experience in which the reforming movement slowly struggled and groped towards the decisive venture, by which the door was opened at Plymouth rock to its great success.... Dr. Dexter’s draft of history, rewritten and edited by his son after further researches in England and Holland, now stands in a completeness to which it is likely that little can be added.”—Outlook.
* “It is a book made by bookmen. Sometimes, as we read, our vision is obstructed; we cannot see the forest on account of the trees. The grand human story seems lost in a mass of antiquarian detail.” Wm. Elliot Griffis.
+ + — Dial. 39: 306. N. 16, ‘05. 860w.
+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 762. N. 11, ‘05. 600w.
“A loving hand and diligent investigation of the original sources of information to the minutest details are apparent throughout the work.”
+ + + Outlook. 81: 575. N. 4, ‘05. 420w.
Dicey, A. V. Law and opinion in England. *$3. Macmillan.
Professor Dicey “lays bare to the general reader the dominating influences, intellectual and moral, which characterize the general body of law-making or operating to change it.” (Ath.) “His careful soundings and observations lead him to mark on his chart of the nineteenth century three main currents—the first, the period of old Toryism or legislative quiescence extending from 1800-1830; ... the second is designated as the period of Benthamism or individualism; ... the third is described as the period of ‘collectivism,’—the growth of opinion ‘which favors the intervention of the State even at some sacrifice of individual freedom.’” (Lond. Times.)
+ + + Acad. 68: 727. Jl. 15, ‘05. 1130w.
+ + + Ath. 1905, 2: 5. Jl. 1, 1820w.
“Mr. Dicey adds a familiarity with English literature and a simplicity of style in dealing with the most intricate topics and summarising the most extensive developments that will save his work from being relegated to the shelves of law libraries alone.” Robert C. Brooks.
+ + Bookm. 22: 282. N. ‘05. 1260w.
97“A masterly exposition of the forces which have promoted the course of our modern legislation and a penetrating analysis of the counter-currents and cross-currents of opinion which have delayed or diverted it.” R.
+ + + Eng. Hist. R. 20: 829. O. ‘05. 250w.
“This is a careful examination of a complex subject.”
+ + — Lit. D. 31: 626. O. 28, ‘05. 500w.
“We know no better piece of work of its kind.”
+ + + Lond. Times. 4: 214. Jl. 7, ‘05. 1930w.
“His chapter on judicial legislation—a most difficult subject—is a model.”
+ + — Nation. 81: 102. Ag. 3, ‘05. 2180w.
* + + Outlook. 81: 884. D. 9, ‘05. 1000w.
“A work of unusual incisiveness and value.”
+ + Pub. Opin. 39: 571. O. 28, ‘05. 460w.
+ + R. of Rs. 32: 510. O. ‘05. 90w.
“We get a history of public opinion from a special point of view, and if it is far from being a history of opinion in its wider aspects during the nineteenth century, it deals with sufficient breadth and in sufficient detail with opinion as it affects the practical interests dealt with by legislation. Much of the best reading in Professor Dicey’s book consists of personal sketches.”
+ + Sat. R. 100: 86. Jl. 15, ‘05. 1810w.
“Granted the difficulty of the subject, it may be fairly said that there is no other living scholar who could have handled it in a style so masterly and yet so attractive. Like all Professor Dicey’s books, it is easy to read, and the simplicity and orderliness of the narrative disguise the labour and thought involved in its preparation. There is no novel dogma propounded, but an accepted doctrine is brilliantly worked out in detail. For anyone who wishes a guide to that difficult thing, the intellectual life of a nation, we can imagine no more lucid and stimulating handbook.”
+ + + Spec. 95: 16. Jl. 1, ‘05. 880w.
Dick, Stewart. Arts and crafts of old Japan. **$1.20. McClurg.
“If we would understand Japanese art we must accept the conventions,” says the author. The sympathetic attitude which grows out of a careful survey of the forces of Japanese development is necessary for connoisseur and beginner alike. Painting, color printing, sculpture and carving, metal work, keramics, lacquer, and landscape gardening and the arrangement of flowers are covered in the treatment.
“It is by far the best short introduction to the subject of which it treats that has yet appeared.”
+ + — Dial. 39: 278. N. 1, ‘05. 290w.
* “He talks entertainingly and correctly, and yet rather as a student and reader in Europe, than as an observer in Japan itself.”
+ Ind. 59: 1478. D. 21, ‘05. 50w.
* + Outlook. 81: 523. O. 28, ‘05. 90w.
Dickberry, F. Storm of London. $1.50. Turner, H. B.
The earl of Somerville, weary of purposeless social life, decides upon suicide one night during a violent storm. When he awakens he looks upon a London from which every vestige of clothes and furniture had been swept away thus removing all outward signs of social distinction. “Yet even when we recognize that the book is in a way an allegory, and a satire upon the shams of modern life, nothing can alter the fact that here is a story which, chapter after chapter, pictures the fashionable life of London, the crowds in the street, the dinners and receptions and public functions, all thronged with men and women in the garb of Adam and Eve before the fall.” (Bookm.)
“The volume may have a certain incisive irony, but it is sadly deficient in good taste.”
— Bookm. 22: 37. S. ‘05. 300w.
“An elaborate and tiresome extravaganza, in which the author handles the idea of an unclothed society with cumbrous and offensive satire. There is enough ability in the book to suggest that the writer might do something better.”
— Critic. 47: 476. N. ‘05. 40w.
“It is worth reading. It is undeniably smart.”
+ — N. Y. Times. 10: 468. Jl. 15, ‘05. 500w.
Dickens, Charles. Christmas carol, and Cricket on the hearth. $2. Baker.
The illustrations of George Alfred Williams add much to this very attractive edition of the two Dickens’ stories which have come to be perennially a part of the holiday season.
* + Critic. 47: 582. D. ‘05. 40w.
* + Dial. 39: 388. D. 1, ‘05. 150w.
* + Ind. 59: 1389. D. 14, ‘05. 50w.
* + Nation. 81: 381. N. 9, ‘05. 80w.
* “On the whole it is an excellent book to put into the hands of young people who are nevertheless old enough to appreciate the qualities both of literary and artistic workmanship.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 833. D. 2, ‘05. 110w.
Dickens, Charles. Tale of two cities. $1.25. Crowell.
Dickens’ “popular and picturesque” and thoroly authentic aid to the understanding of the terrible days of the French Revolution has ever taken its place beside the histories. This reprint is uniform with the “Thin paper classics.”
* Dickens, Charles. Tales from Dickens, ed. by Hallie Erminie Rives. †$1.50. Bobbs.
A short cut to the best selections from the best of Dickens’ works has been provided here for the uninitiated Dickens reader as well as the Dickens lover who desires to refresh his memory. On an average of four or five tales have been taken from each story, and many characteristic drawings reproduced.
* + Dial. 39: 450. D. 16, ‘05. 50w.
* Dickerson, Mary Angela. Wonderful wishes of Jacky and Jean. †$1. Wessels.
The story of two children who had a fairy sparrow that made wishes realities for them. But the sport had trials too which mingle with the wonders of the tale.
Dickerson, Mary C. Moths and butterflies. *$1.25. Ginn.
An elementary text-book for use in the upper grammar grades and lower high school classes. The life histories of eighteen moths and nine butterflies are given in parts 1 and 2. Part 3 is devoted to Relationship—practical suggestions. There is also a chapter on how to collect, keep, and study moths, butterflies and caterpillars. The book contains a glossary, an index and over 200 photographs made from life, by the author.
“It will be found a very useful book for the nature study library in schools and for private ownership by pupils of the upper grammar and high school grades.”
+ + Ind. 59: 272. Ag. 3, ‘05. 70w.
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+ + — Nature. 72: 76. My. 25, ‘05. 280w.
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98Dickinson, Edward. Study of the history of music; with an annotated guide to music literature. **$2.50. Scribner.
An aid to the understanding of musical history and criticism prepared by the professor of the history of music at Oberlin. “This volume is intended to clear the way by indicating the problems, the method and the materials” necessary for the study; further, “the narrative and critical portions give a terse and comprehensive summary of music history, show what are the important subjects involved and their connections and relations. The bibliographical sections lead the student to the best critical commentaries in the English language on every phase and detail of the subject.”
“His book is certainly almost unique in its clearness of statement and general usefulness; it is a marvel of condensed information.”
+ + + Nation. 81: 304. O. 12, ‘05. 780w.
“There is nothing else in English that is comparable in completeness and suggestiveness for students of musical history.” Richard Aldrich.
+ + + N. Y. Times. 10: 604. S. 16, ‘05. 540w.
“We know of no short history of music which is its equal. This volume is about equally valuable for reading, for study, and for reference.”
+ + + Outlook. 81: 384. O. 14, ‘05. 190w.