Chapter XI: Section 2: relates to generators, stationary transformers and station (5)

A book which covers in a clear, cautious, intelligible way the real or
possible meaning and explanation of the main points of interest in the
problems which the psychic researcher attempts to solve. The Coming
science as the author views it is psychic research.

=Carrington, Hereward.= Vitality, fasting and nutrition: a
physiological study of the curative power of fasting; together
with a new theory of the relation of food to human vitality; with
an introd. by A. Rabagliati. *$5. Rebman co.

8–4583.

A book which refutes the whole system of orthodox medicine and all
accepted notions as to the nature of disease and maintains that life
is a thing apart from the body; that food merely replaces tissue; that
the cause of all disease is the presence of effete, morbid matter
within the organism; that to cure disease one must fast.

* * * * *

“He has written 650 pages in which a robust common sense struggles
with erroneous statements, perverted facts, and uncritical methods.”

− =Ath.= 1908, 2: 158. Ag. 8. 860w.

=Lit. D.= 36: 655. My. 2, ’08. 450w.

“His book is a strange medley, and hardly merits serious consideration
in a scientific journal. The book is only remarkable as an instance of
the lengths to which a fad can be carried.” W. D. H.

− =Nature.= 79: 66. N. 19, ’08. 360w.

“Certainly a great book. Mr. Carrington knows a whole lot of things,
some of which are so and a few more of which may be, and his big book
can be read with profit and interest, even by those who will not
accept many of its main contentions.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 169. Mr. 28, ’08. 850w.

=Carter, James Coolidge.= Law: its origin, growth and function.
**$2.50. Putnam.

7–31236.

A course of lectures prepared for delivery before the Harvard law
school. “The lectures, as would be anticipated from the proposed
occasion, are general in their nature and couched in non-technical
language. They make no contribution to legal history. Mr. Carter
adopts, for his purposes, the views and conclusions generally held by
others. These lectures make no such attempt to determine the province
of jurisprudence, as was the purpose of the painful and laborious
logic of John Austin. They contain no such searching analysis of legal
ideas as is to be found in the classical treatise of Professor
Holland. Their force is spent upon the general theorem, that ‘the
whole private law, which governs much the larger part of human
conduct, has arisen from and still stands upon custom, and is the
necessary product of the life of society, and therefore incapable of
being made at all.’” (Am. Hist. R.)

* * * * *

“Whether one agrees with him or not, the book is of great interest as
an expression of the deliberate and mature conviction of one of the
most thoroughly trained and powerful legal minds which this country
has yet produced.” F. R. Mechem.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 313. Ja. ’08. 660w.

“It is an honor to American literature, as well as to the American
bar, to have made such a contribution as this to the philosophy of
jurisprudence. It is hardly hazardous to predict that this posthumous
volume will prove to be an epochmaking work in the study of its
subject.” Montgomery Schuyler.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 717. N. 9, ’07. 2670w.

=Outlook.= 88: 514. F. 29, ’08. 530w.

=Carter, John F., jr.= Destroyers. $1.50. Neale.

8–1780.

A novel which depicts the struggle of a young American capitalist
against organized labor. “A strong plea is made for the incorporation
of unions. But the argument throughout is for the victory of might,
not right, and presupposes that men are enemies and that society must
naturally be based on that supposition.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“It is the book of a man who has made up his mind hastily about some
of the greatest questions with which society is confronted. He has
seen the danger in the unions—he has overlooked much else.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 356. Je. 20, ’08. 240w.

=Carter, Samuel T.= Wanted—a theology. *75c. Funk.

8–17230.

A continuation of Dr. Carter’s contention against scholastic theology.
It is a forcible arraignment of the old doctrine and a plea for the
religion as Christ taught it in the love of God and man.

* * * * *

“It is a vital work that merits the widest possible circulation among
orthodox Christians who yearn for something more than the husks of
scholastic or creedal theology.”

+ =Arena.= 40: 469. N. ’08. 2000w.

=Ind.= 65: 790. O. 1, ’08. 120w.

=Nation.= 87: 73. Jl. 23, ’08. 300w.

“He writes incisively, but evidently out of a long experience of
gladsome faith in God.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 389. Je. 20, ’08. 250w.

=Cary, Elisabeth Luther.= Art of William Blake: his sketch-book, his
water-colors, his painted books. **$3.50. Moffat.

7–41109.

“The various phases of Blake’s art are discussed.... She bases part of
her information on Blake’s sketch book, to the manuscript copy of
which she had access. Many of the illustrations are published for the
first time.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The essay ... is a bit of unrestrained eulogy.” F: W. Gookin.

− + =Dial.= 45: 36. Jl. 16, ’08. 200w.

=Lit. D.= 35: 919. D. 14, ’07. 130w.

− + =Nation.= 86: 317. Ap. 2, ’08. 100w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 40w.

“Is notable for its penetration, its critical acumen, and the sanity
and breadth of its appreciation.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 380. Jl. 4, ’08. 770w.

“To the general reader and, we think, to many a technician, Miss
Cary’s text may seem to be unduly emphatic as to the importance of
drawing as the true essence of great art.”

+ − =Outlook.= 88: 278. F. 1, ’08. 300w.

=Cary, Elisabeth Luther.= Honoré Daumier. **$3.75. Putnam.

7–36960.

Miss Cary says “If we care to look upon the France of the past century
with eyes that note not merely the surface view, but types,
characteristics, deep-seated principles, unconscious tendencies, with
a clear appreciation of their values and relations, we cannot do
better than turn page by page a collection of Daumier’s drawings if by
good fortune, such may have fallen in our way.” Here are reproduced
about seventy-five of Daumier’s social and political caricatures with
an introductory and explanatory essay on his art.

* * * * *

“Miss Cary’s introduction is critical and interpretative, and makes an
excellent basis for a study of the great cartoonist’s work.”

+ + =Dial.= 43: 423. D. 16, ’07. 130w.

“As a character-study, not only of an artworker, but also of his
times, Miss Cary’s ‘Honoré Daumier’ occupies a unique place.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 616. N. 23, ’07. 180w.

=Casson, Herbert Newton.= Romance of steel: the story of a thousand
millionaires. **$2.50. Barnes.

7–25647.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“Bright, interesting, and apparently reliable biographical sketches of
men in whom the public is interested. Not a great book, nor especially
educational, but answering the demands of a legitimate curiosity.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 8. Ja. ’08. ✠

“It is decidedly readable, despite an occasional complication of
biographies. The title, however, may prove misleading. The person
seeking a scholarly, or even complete, history of the iron and steel
industry in this country will certainly be disappointed at the brief
mention accorded the early history of iron making. The book is to be
heartily recommended to all who would know the manner in which
America’s greatest industry came to be controlled by a relatively
small group of men.” W. S. Tower.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 290. Ja. ’08. 390w.

“His book is almost entirely free from the errors met with frequently
in works of this class.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 387. Mr. 28. 1200w.

“It may be of interest to the public, but is more likely to be highly
valued by the various steel magnates for whose greater glory it seems
to have been written. Its appropriate place seems to be among the
‘Fads and fancies’ of economic literature.”

− + =Nation.= 86: 160. F. 13, ’08. 120w.

“Gives a popular and dramatic account of the development of the modern
iron industry.”

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 189. Mr. ’08. 50w.

=Casson, Herbert Newton.= Romance of the reaper. **$1. Doubleday.

8–15470.

“The tenacious struggle of the inventors of the reaping machine, their
Titanic combats for supremacy, the succession of mechanical triumphs
that have produced the modern self-binder and the final development of
the harvester trust, together form a wonder tale of modern industry as
marvelous as a story from the ‘Arabian nights.’” (Ind.) “Beginning
with the story of the first practical reaper, which was completed in
1831 by Cyrus McCormick, the author traces its growth through the
improvements made from time to time by other inventors up to the
present harvester, a machine almost human in its workings.” (N. Y.
Times.)

* * * * *

“Its slightly sensational style may attract older boys, for whom it is
particularly suitable.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 257. N. ’08. ✠

“At times the vivid imagination of Mr. Casson seems to take possession
of his mental machinery.”

− =Arena.= 40: 381. O. ’08. 1200w.

“Reading a chapter by Mr. Casson is like holding the handle of an
electric machine—one gets a series of shocks that make the nerves
tingle.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 665. S. 17, ’08. 220w.

“A bright, entertainingly written, and popular account of the
development and importance of the American harvester.”

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 464. Jl. ’08. 80w.

“He tells the history of the International course, for the book is at
bottom a piece of trust publicity—but most of all vitally and in a
very interesting manner.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 539. O. 3, ’08. 160w.

=Castle, Mrs. Agnes Sweetman, and Castle, Egerton.= Flower o’ the
orange. †$1.50. Macmillan.

8–5883.

A collection of short stories written during the years since 1900.
They are tales of the sort of daring that wins love, and are set in
times all the way from the days of Elizabethan chivalry to the
nineteenth century. There are eight as follows: Flower o’ the orange,
The young conspiracy, The great white deeps, My rapier and my
daughter, The great Todescan’s secret thrust, Pomona, and The mirror
of the faithful heart.

* * * * *

“Light, pleasant, rather graceful, love stories.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 110. Ap. ’08.

“Unflagging spirits mark the volume, and sometimes tend to screw up
the key slightly above the requisite pitch. The tales, being the issue
of deft craftsmanship, are far above the average short story, and may
be read with pleasure by the discriminating.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 448. Ap. 11. 200w.

“All have merit; if one must choose, the one which gives its title to
the volume seems to have a rather special claim.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 27: 185. Ap. ’08. 200w.

“The stories are thin, absurd, and uninteresting, composed upon
half-made plots.”

− + =Ind.= 65: 149. Jl. 16, ’08. 200w.

“A courtly book, and good for a fireside evening.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 354. Ap. 16, ’08. 170w.

“Such stories are meant for nothing more than the entertainment of an
idle hour, and when they are as well told as are these they serve
their purpose very well.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 142. Mr. 14, ’08. 350w.

“In point of style and manner the authors have done nothing better,
and they have done much that is praiseworthy in story-telling.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 653. Mr. 21, ’08. 70w.

“They are very just in the conception of the material required by a
short story; they are well shaped and quite adequately contrived; the
writing is always polished and sometimes admirable; and the adventures
in many instances challenge one’s concern. Yet there is not from cover
to cover the least suggestion of character.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 105: 305. Mr. 7, ’08. 500w.

=Castle, Mrs. Agnes Sweetman, and Castle, Egerton.= Wroth. †$1.50.
Macmillan.

8–26197.

The Castles have hit upon an ingenious plot for their new story. A
young Englishwoman, the wife of an old Italian nobleman, cherishes the
memory of a brief moment of love-making when Lord Wroth swore that she
was the queen of his life. They go their separate ways, her husband
dies, she returns to England and learns that Lord Wroth is advertising
for a wife, whom he must wed within two days or lose a vast fortune.
Veiled, she presents herself with other candidates, is passed by, but
buys from the chosen woman the privilege of marrying Wroth, and is
wedded to him. The remainder of the story is concerned with her
reasons for withholding from him the fact that she is his wife, with
the conflict between love and pride.

* * * * *

“Told with the usual dash of these authors, but with little of that
delicate charm that made their earlier stories acceptable.”

− + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 267. N. ’08.

“It is atmosphere and incident that tell; and both are here. Moreover,
the style is vivid, and full of force and colour.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 360. S. 26. 180w.

“There is in all the writing’s of the Castles a certain deliberate and
wilful note of exaggeration, an almost confessed intention to write as
glowingly as the resources of verbal colouring and rich imagery may
achieve.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 28: 143. O. ’08. 640w.

“Lord Wroth, is artificial and Ouida-esque. He is introduced in an
overwrought and almost hysterical piece of purple writing; and
throughout the story is peppered with exclamation points and has an
excess of sentiment and pseudo-passion.”

− =Outlook.= 90: 362. O. 17, ’08. 110w.

“The atmosphere of the footlights descends upon the story as it
advances, and it concludes in sheer theatricality.”

− =Sat. R.= 106: 488. O. 17, ’08. 580w.

=Catholic= encyclopedia: an international work of reference on the
constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic
church; ed. by C: G. Herbermann and others. 15v. ea. $6. Appleton,
Robert.

=v. 3.= “The contents of the present volume range between Brownson and
Clairvaux, and cover a subject-list of unusual interest to the
non-Catholic reader.”—Lit. D.

* * * * *

“A question that might be worth the consideration of the editorial
board is whether there are not too many biographical notices of
obscure and insignificant persons. One weakness is in the matter of
places and persons that have been concerned in events in modern
history which have had a grave bearing on the interests of Catholics
and Catholicism even up to our own day.”

+ + − =Cath. World.= 88: 99. O. ’08. 1600w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)

“The silences of the book are more eloquent than its utterances. If
the ‘Catholic encyclopedia’ is to be of this stamp thruout, it does
not deserve the name of scholarship.”

− + =Ind.= 64: 103. Ja. 9, ’08. 670w. (Review of v. 2.)

“On the whole, the ‘Catholic encyclopedia’ has more than fulfilled its
promises. It only remains to demand a slightly greater editorial care
and discretion in the choice of subject and allotment of space. In
comparison with other contemporary works of reference, neither authors
nor publishers have anything to fear.”

+ + − =Lit. D.= 36: 163. F. 1, ’08. 2200w. (Review of v. 2.)

+ + − =Lit. D.= 37: 227. Ag. 15, ’08. 1350w. (Review of v. 3.)

+ + − =Nation.= 87: 121. Ag. 6, ’08. 680w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)

“In respect to candor and fairness, the editors deserve great
commendation.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 351. Je. 20, ’08. 1050w. (Review of v. 3.)

+ + − =Outlook.= 89: 628. Jl. 18, ’08. 130w. (Review of v. 3.)

“The work has a value not only for Catholics, but for the general
reader of whatever religious belief.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 37: 255. F. ’08. 130w. (Review of v. 2.)

+ + =R. of Rs.= 38: 127. Jl. ’08. 70w. (Review of v. 3.)

“When due allowance is made for the special difficulties likely to be
felt in the early volumes of any international undertaking, the
performance, though very unequal, seems to us to be distinctly high in
its general level.”

+ + − =Sat. R.= 106: sup. 4. N. 21, ’08. 1250w. (Review of v. 1–3.)

=Cavanagh, Francis.= Care of the body. (New lib. of medicine.)
*$2.50. Dutton.

8–6051.

“In the series, as planned, all the great aspects of ‘preventive
medicine’ are dealt with from many standpoints. In ‘The care of the
body’ Dr. Cavanagh handles in a very popular yet fundamentally
scientific way the leading generalities of personal bodily
hygiene—sleep, baths, exercise, training, fatigue and massage,
clothing, skin, hair, teeth, feet and hands, light, eye, ear, nose.
Each of these has a chapter. The volume is completed by chapters on
position, habit, and the functions of the physician.”

* * * * *

“The author is well read, writes attractively and is original in his
method of presentation.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 257. N. ’08.

“The book may serve as a standard one for the subject with which it
deals; the information is accurate and useful.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 485. O. 19. 200w.

“The general criticism may be made that there is often lack of
explicitness as to the remedy for the evils which the reader is asked
to recognize; in fact, the book appeals to a rather well-bred and
somewhat limited class of readers.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 359. Ap. 16, ’08. 260w.

“The author succeeds in his effort to be simple, scientific and
vivacious.”

+ =Nature.= 77: 5. N. 7, ’07. 500w.

“It is a doctor’s book which every educated man and woman should read
who desires to follow such a health toilet as may keep the body and
mind comfortable and fit for everyday life.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: sup. 8. N. 16, ’07. 250w.

=Cecil, Alicia-Margaret.= London parks and gardens. *$6. Dutton.

8–21790.

“It is the history of the irregular growth of open spaces with which
Mrs. Evelyn Cecil deals, beginning with Hyde, Green, and St. James’s
parks, and so through the municipal parks, the commons and open
spaces, to end among the squares and private gardens. But she has
written more than a mere history; she describes the parks and gardens
themselves, and especially deals with their horticultural
possibilities. This is the distinctive feature of the book.” (Spec.)
The illustrations are from water colors done by Lady Victoria Manners.

* * * * *

“It contains everything one could reasonably wish to know on the
subject, together with some details that seem unlikely to be of the
slightest possible interest to anyone.”

+ − =Dial.= 44: 353. Je. 1, ’08. 370w.

“Altho written for English readers there is a fascination in the
perusal of the volume for us who have but the rare chance of seeing
the famous places here described.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 1200. My. 28, ’08. 200w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 104. F. 22, ’08. 70w.

“There was room for a writer who should look at London apart from
streets and houses, and Mrs. Evelyn Cecil has filled the gap with an
engaging book.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 1097. D. 28, ’07. 680w.

=Cena, Giovanni.= Forewarners; tr. by Olivia Agresti Rossetti;
preface by Mrs. Humphry Ward. †$1.50. Doubleday.

The story of a poor proof-reader in Turin. “Sorrow, toil, injustice,
all force the hero to brood upon a solution of the problems about him.
Some of the scenes are marvelously vivid, notably a company in the
etcher’s room, made up of the pathetic figure of the drunkard’s wife
and her imbecile child, a mad cobbler, a woman called the Salamander,
and the two men. One conclusion is reached by the author. The first
imperative duty of society is to favor and watch over birth—death
should not be the all-absorbing point of the thought of mankind.”
(Outlook.)

* * * * *

“The novel possesses little narrative interest, but holds the
attention by virtue of its compelling sincerity, and many of its
scenes and episodes are rich in artistic beauty. We should add that
the translation is excellent.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 123. Ag. 1. 240w.

“It is well worth reading; it quickens thought, widens the horizon,
gives a living value to the ideal, and, best of all, it touches the
heart.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 577. O. 17, ’08. 230w.

“It moves on with irresistible force, carrying one away by its
picturesque and real power.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 503. O. 31, ’08. 330w.

“It presents a vivid picture of a part of the body politic in Italy
that has not been presented, at least to the outside world, by any
previous novelist.”

+ =Putnam’s.= 5: 366. D. ’08. 530w.

“As a close and poignant study of the life of the poor in an Italian
town the book is remarkable and depressing.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 337. S. 12, ’08. 170w.

“Signor Cena has described brilliantly the episodes of preternatural
gloom ... which he proposed to himself, but we ourselves can hardly
read the philosophy of Stanga as such with patience.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 63. Jl. 11, ’08. 1150w.

=Chadwick, William Edward.= Pastoral teaching of St. Paul: his
ministerial ideals. *$2.50. Scribner.

8–19131.

“The principles, methods, and spirit of the great Apostle are
submitted to careful examination with a view to securing counsel for
ministerial, activity in the present day. The temptation in this sort
of essay is to let one’s feeling for present needs dominate his
research into the work of the exemplar, but Dr. Chadwick has evidently
studied Paul first, and subsequently applied conscientiously to
present needs the principles discovered.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“It is refreshing to see a book on the pastoral teaching of Paul,
sounding a note that has long been wanting.” H. P. J. Selinger.

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 515. Jl. ’08. 400w.

“Though there is a taint of prolixity in the style, the book is to be
praised for the high conception of ministerial work which it reveals
and for its earnest treatment of that work. It may be safely commended
to men who desire to be helped in their spiritual labours by wise
advice and an assurance of their high calling.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 189. F. 16. 340w.

“A sympathetic inquiry into the pastoral aims and methods of the great
missionary ... which will help the pastor, or Christian worker, who is
in need of inspiration for his task.” H: B. Carré.

+ =Bib. World.= 32: 145. Ag. ’08. 460w.

“The treatise is none the less practical because it is in the first
instance a careful piece of Christian biography.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 149. F. 13. ’08. 130w.

=Chaffers, William.= Keramic gallery. rev. ed. *$12.50. Scribner.

A pictorial supplement to the author’s “marks and monograms on pottery
and porcelain.” “In the present edition [the illustrations] have been
reproduced by the half-tone process, and are inserted with the
letterpress referring to them.... It has been found possible also,
notwithstanding the inclusion of a hundred additional illustrations
from important collections, to make one volume serve in place of two
bulky ones which were required for the first edition, and as this one
volume is not inconveniently large, the usefulness of the work is
increased.” (Int. Studio.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Cundall’s letterpress is hopelessly antiquated: to enumerate the
inaccuracies which Mr. Cundall has not corrected would be practically
to re-write the book, and Mr. Cundall’s additions are mere unskilled
botching. But it is by sins of omission that Mr. Cundall’s inadequacy
is most clearly exposed.”

− + =Acad.= 73: 265. D. 21, ’07. 1650w.

“It includes both historical and descriptive matter, and it is both
exact and exhaustive.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 423. D. 16, ’07. 200w.

+ =Int. Studio.= 33: 168. D. ’07. 160w.

“A well-made and valuable, if somewhat colorless book.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 563. Je. 18, ’08. 600w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 834. D. 14, ’07. 220w.

“Unfortunately, the index is not ample enough for so exhaustive a
work.”

+ − =Outlook.= 87: 616. N. 23, ’07. 150w.

* =Chamberlain, Arthur Henry.= Conditions and tendencies of technical education in Germany. 50c. Bardeen.

8–13346.

“A brief but very complete classification and account of the
industrial and technical continuation schools of Germany. The chief
function of the schools is viewed as vocational training. The
commercial demand for such training is naïvely accepted as the
sufficient reason for their being and the psychology of manual work in
the schools is not considered.”—El. School T.

* * * * *

“Mr. Chamberlain has brought together in small compass a great deal of
valuable material.”

+ =Educ. R.= 36: 424. N. ’08. 50w.

“While we may not agree with Mr. Chamberlain in the very few
deductions which he makes, and though the book is very poorly printed,
it is an exceedingly valuable report of existing conditions in the
home of vocational schools.” W: C. Payne.

+ − =El. School T.= 9: 218. D. ’08. 100w.

“Not only those interested in technical education, but all who are
interested in fundamental questions of education should read
Chamberlain’s little book.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 319. Ag. 6, ’08. 40w.

=Chamberlain, Esther, and Chamberlain, Lucia.= Coast of chance;
pictures by C. F. Underwood. †$1.50. Bobbs.

8–13722.

A story of love and intrigue with an adorable heroine and two lovers
who are mysteriously involved in the theft of a famous ring. One is
the real thief, the other the owner of this remarkable craftsman’s
conceit; the two are made to change places, and upon the attending
confusion hangs the plot.

* * * * *

“Much better than most of the modern mystery tales.”

+ =Arena.= 39: 733. Je. ’08. 160w.

+ =Ind.= 64: 1038. My. 7, ’08. 70w.

“It is new, vital, well written, and so crisp yet smooth of motion,
that it carries the most unwilling reader pell-mell to the finish.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 308. My. 30, ’08. 470w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 336. Je. 16, ’08. 100w.

* =Chamberlain, Jacob.= Kingdom in India. **$1.50. Revell.

8–16957.

“No man did more with his life than did Jacob Chamberlain, who was for
many years a missionary of the Reformed church in India. A great
preacher, an accomplished scholar, a business man of ability, a
medical practitioner of no mean skill, all his talents were devoted
with tremendous enthusiasm to the evangelization of India.” (Ind.)
“The volume itself consists of addresses, &c., on various aspects of
Christian work in India. In the first there is an appreciation of
Indian religions under the title of ‘The religions in the Orient:
their beauties and their fatal defects.’ Then comes a paper on the
Bible in India, followed by others on missionary topics, medical
missions and the work of women among them. Under this last heading
comes an interesting account of the high-caste Hindu girls’ schools.”
(Spec.)

* * * * *

“All the papers and addresses are interesting, but more so after
reading Dr. Cobb’s appreciation of the veteran.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 782. O. 1, ’08. 120w.

“Dr. Chamberlain was a diligent worker and a keen observer, and he
knew how to describe what he did and what he saw.”

+ =Spec.= 101: sup. 813. N. 21, ’08. 270w.

=Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar.= Ifs of history. **$1. Altemus.

7–42024.

Twenty-two “ifs” constitute a novel discussion, one which suggests a
process of construction that bears resemblance to the process of
restoration engaged in by sculptors who fashion arms for the Venus de
Milo and heads for the Samothracian Victory. If Charles the second had
accepted the kingship of Virginia, and If the Confederates had marched
on Washington after Bull Run, are two of the propositions fitted to
the then-existing structure of government and war, with the
well-rounded conclusions which a sense of proportion demands.

* * * * *

“The volume is well written and is a valuable work especially to place
before young people to stimulate a further interest in history.”

+ =Arena.= 39: 491. Ap. ’08. 250w.

“Mr. Chamberlin writes agreeably and suggestively.”

+ =Educ. R.= 35: 313. Mr. ’08. 70w.

“It would be wearisome, and would spoil the romantic flavor of the
book, to point out all the technical inaccuracies in the different
chapters. The author writes with a charming disregard of all
probabilities, and limits his speculations by possibilities only.” S.
E. Thomas.

− + =El. School T.= 8: 465. Ap. ’08. 100w.

=Chambers, Robert William.= Firing line. †$1.50. Appleton.

8–23561.

Palm Beach furnishes the setting for nearly all of the scenes in this
love drama. The heroine, clever, beautiful, with a heart and head
struggling with each other for mastery, finds at twenty that her heart
is in the ascendency and that she is hopelessly in love. A simple
enough fact had she not two years before in a moment of despondency
over the discovery that she was a foundling, secretly married a young
college student, whom she did not love, he returning the same day to
college and she to her foster-parents’ home. This secret lying at the
foundation of her happiness to menace it directs the course of the
story thru which run the anguish and heroism of two lovers who could
meet only as comrades on the firing line.

* * * * *

“The story, like other good stories, suffers from the fact that it is
based on a rather ancient situation.” Ward Clark.

+ − =Bookm.= 28: 151. O. ’08. 1050w.

“The best thing about this rather cheap book is its semi-tropical
setting, which is the author’s opportunity for a great deal of
observant and loving description. The worst part of it is the slangy
talk of most of the characters.” W: M. Payne.

− + =Dial.= 45: 214. O. 1, ’08. 320w.

“Is not so good a novel as ‘The fighting chance’ because it lacks the
uplift of a great moral victory.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 553. S. 3, ’08. 330w.

− =Nation.= 87: 235. S. 10, ’08. 360w.

“It is hard to forgive a hundred pages of introductory drivel, but
Louis Malcourt more than atones even for that.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 494. S. 12, ’08. 350w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 741. D. 5, ’08. 180w.

“The book may be best described as having in certain parts humor,
lively dialogue, and some charm, but as lacking compactness and a
continuously single situation.”

+ − =Outlook.= 90: 134. S. 19, ’08. 300w.

=Chambers, Robert William.= Some ladies in haste. †$1.50. Appleton.

8–13948.

In which a New York man of leisure discovers that he has hypnotic
power and exercises it upon a few of his acquaintances with the hope
of turning them from their frivolous society inanities to nature and
the open. Most astonishing things happen,—whimsical, curious,
surprising ones, not the least fantastic of which is the wooing of a
society girl by a club man in a tree-top.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 210. Ap. 11, ’08. 30w.

“A vastly amusing bit of whimsicality, of the recognized Chambers
variety.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 280. My. 16, ’08. 350w.

“The adventures have the Chambers spice, the adventurers—unreal as is
their world in many respects—have always nevertheless a certain warm
suggestion of being really human and delightfully alive.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 336. Je. 13, ’08. 270w.

“Only a light touch would carry off this preposterous fun, but here,
as in ‘Iolanthe,’ Mr. Chambers has a fantastic fancy and the
suggestion at least of poetic feeling.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 85. My. 9. ’08. 100w.

“Quite delightful, even if improbable.” Charlotte Harwood.

+ =Putnam’s.= 4: 622. Ag. ’08. 130w.

=Champney, Elizabeth.= Romance of Roman villas (the renaissance).
**$3.50. Putnam.

8–25384.

Here is given the most important chapter of the every day happenings
that history records concerning each of the following villas of the
great cardinals of the renaissance: Vatican, Villa of the Belvedere;
Villa Farnesina; Villa Madama; Villa Aldobrandini; Villa d’Este;
Villas Borghese and Mondragone; Villa Medici; Collona palace and
castle of Palliano; and Hadrian’s villa. The book deals with the life
more than the art of these villas. It is profusely illustrated with
photogravures and reproduced photographs.

* * * * *

“Mrs. Champney is not equal to the occasion, and is altogether at the
mercy of the difficult form she has adopted. Her English is careless,
and full of Americanisms; her Italian is inaccurate; and her book
exhibits a romanticism of speech that in truth was never heard on sea
or land.”

− =Ath.= 1908, 2: 506. O. 24. 130w.

+ =Dial.= 45: 415. D. 1, ’08. 140w.

“She has told the stories of Raphael and Pauline particularly well.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 782. O. 1, ’08. 240w.

+ =Nation.= 87: 360. O. 15, ’08. 220w.

“To turn its handsome pages and catch the names on them, to glance at
the illustrations is to make the least adventurous long to behold the
grandeur that was Rome’s.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 514. S. 19, ’08. 320w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 741. D. 5. ’08. 160w.

“Mrs. Champney is always an agreeable writer, and she has made in her
new volume excellent use of the abundant material in the field
indicated by the title.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 229. S. 26, ’08. 200w.

=Chancellor, William Estabrook.= Theory of motives, ideals and
values in education. *$1.75. Houghton.

7–33579.

“A really philosophical and ethical reflection upon the fundamental
bases of life, society, and education.... [The author] devotes himself
principally to the study of civilization—its nature, its institutions,
its tendency towards degeneracy under urban conditions, the requisites
for a stable and progressive civilization, and so on. For his
principles he draws on a large group of sciences—upon history,
psychology, physiology, anthropology, social science, theology, mental
development, pathology, biology, logic, ethics, aesthetics, philology,
and education in its history, theory and practice.”—Psychol. Bull.

* * * * *

“A stimulating, scholarly discussion of education as an integral part
of civilization.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 8. Ja. ’08.

“The book is not for all readers, but rather for those who can bring
to it some knowledge of philosophical as well as educational thought.
To such it will prove a stimulus and inspiration. Every teacher may
well feel a deep satisfaction in the production of so strong and able
a work on the deeper problem of his profession.” E: O. Sisson.

+ + =Dial.= 44: 275. My. 1, ’08. 1000w.

“Is rich in suggestion and on the whole is a broad and philosophic
treatment of the subject.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 318. Ag. 6, ’08. 90w.

“While it is stimulating and will doubtless be read by many teachers,
it will have little influence upon the course of education.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 399. Ap. 30, ’08. 120w.

“The topics chosen for discussion, the point of view taken in treating
them, the extraordinary quality of the style, the absence of current
and conventional educational terms and phrases—all make this volume an
exceptional one in educational literature. Dealing in general
conceptions and in ideals as the book does, it is not likely that any
reader will endorse without question all that he reads, though I
believe that in the large it is in accord with contemporary scientific
thought.” M. V. O’Shea.

+ + − =Psychol. Bull.= 5: 16. Ja. 15, ’08. 1000w.

=Chandler, Frank Wadleigh.= Literature of roguery. (Types of English
literature ser.) 2v. **$3. Houghton.

7–31996.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“Valuable to the special student, and probably interesting but not
valuable to the general reader of more than average education.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 8. Ja. ’08.

“A very complete and admirable piece of synthetic work.” G: H.
Casamajor.

+ + =Forum.= 39: 533. Ap. ’08. 1900w.

“On the whole his book must be considered mainly as a collection of
materials never before gathered into one place, and, as such, a
useful, indeed, an indispensable, preliminary to further work in this
field.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 754. Ap. 2, ’08. 250w.

“The book is one big bibliography; and as such it is not without its
value.”

− + =Nation.= 86: 196. F. 27, ’08. 1020w.

“Mr. Chandler’s work is a very comprehensive and generally excellent
study.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 28. Ja. 4, ’08. 350w.

* =Chapman, Frank Michler.= Camps and cruises of an ornithologist. **$3. Appleton.

A volume of over four hundred pages which contains in text and
illustration the results of the author’s field study in preparation
for a series of “Habitat groups” of North American birds for the
American Museum of natural history. These groups including certain
birds from the West Indies to western Canada are designed to
illustrate not only the habits and haunts of the birds shown, but also
the country in which they live. The reproduced illustrations contain
in the foreground the birds and nests with from sixty to one hundred
and sixty square feet of the locality in which they are found; while
sketches of the surrounding country have been painted from nature for
a background.

=Chapman, John Jay.= Four plays for children. **$1. Moffat.

8–18062.

Four plays in blank verse which lend themselves readily to children’s
acting. They are The lost prince, King Ithuriel, The hermits, and
Christmas in Leipsic.

* * * * *

“[Three of] the stories are in themselves sufficiently juvenile, but
the dialogue, written with a magniloquence often approaching
rhodomontade—in which all the little fishes talk like whales—is, as a
rule, quite unsuitable for childish entertainment.”

− + =Nation.= 87: 19. Jl. 2, ’08. 540w.

“One may read thru many books of verse without the enjoyment to be
found in the perusal of these four brief plays. All the plays are
written in a blank verse that is decidedly worthy of comment, not for
great brilliancy, but for its almost classic simplicity and charm.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 465. Ag. 22, ’08. 200w.

=Chapman, Sydney John.= Work and wages; in continuation of Lord
Brassey’s “Work and wages” and “Foreign work and English wages.” 2
pt. ea. $4. Longmans.

=pt. 2.= Wages and employment; with an introd. by Lord Brassey.

“The present instalment is ‘largely in the nature of a report,’ but
‘attempts have been made to sum up evidence and to frame independent
judgments.’ These independent judgments cover some of the most
important controversies of the day.... Chapters deal with the
organisation of labour; the policy of trade-unions; industrial peace,
with some interesting information on arbitration and wage boards in
the Australasian colonies; unemployment; and lastly, workmen’s
insurance and old-age pensions.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“Able, scientific in spirit, moderate in tone.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 257. N. ’08. (Review of pt. 2.)

“Granted the scope of the inquiry undertaken in this second volume, it
is difficult to see how it could have been made more exhaustive than
it is.” J: Cummings.

+ + =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 462. Jl. ’08. 460w. (Review of pt. 2.)

=Nation.= 87: 72. Jl. 23, ’08. 160w. (Review of pt. 2.)

“For a long time it will remain the chief storehouse of co-ordinated
facts regarding employment and unemployment, the organization of
labor, and the policies of trades unions, industrial insurance, and
pensions. Prof. Chapman writes in the scientific spirit, without bias
or faddism, seeking rather the true thing than the forwarding of any
hobby.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 228. Ap. 18, ’08. 1100w. (Review of pt. 2.)

“Unfortunately the very qualities that should commend it to English
readers render it of little value to readers in other lands. For them
its treatment of English conditions is, if anything, too full and its
treatment of the experience of other countries too meager and, it must
be added, not up-to-date.” H: R. Seager.

− + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 727. D. ’08. 700w. (Review of pt. 2.)

“By reason of its fulness of information and moderation of tone is not
unworthy of the honourable traditions of the Brassey family.”

+ + =Spec.= 100: 834. My. 23, ’08. 370w. (Review of pt. 2.)

=Charlton, Randal.= Virgin widow. †$1.50. Dillingham.

8–9522.

A colorless, stolid, withal sensitive cripple, the brother-in-law of
the “virgin widow” tells the story. He stands between the woman and
the traps which her temperament sets for her. He shields her from a
blackmailing Italian with the same quality of patience that he uses in
protecting her from the agonies of her unrequited love. His is a work
of love, unappreciated, unrewarded. The book abounds in weird
atmosphere.

* * * * *

“Is as improbable and uncomfortable as the title suggests, but there
is no denying that he has a gift for inventing ingenious and dramatic
situations. His handling of these is as clumsy and unfinished as his
style; but he has a rude force that overrides improbability, and holds
the reader’s interest.”

− + =Ath.= 1908, 1: 505. Ap. 25. 170w.

=Cheetham, Samuel.= History of the Christian church since the
reformation. *$2.60. Macmillan.

8–15779.

“Gives the history of three centuries and a half, to speak in round
numbers; it includes the great churches of the East and the West, the
Anglican church, and the dissident communities here and abroad.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“The book is learned, readable, and honest.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 572. N. 7. 140w.

“Is full of miscellaneous information, carefully and accurately
compiled. The whole is written in so reasonable and sympathetic a
spirit that its merits as an interpretation add greatly to its value
as a narrative.” E. W. W.

+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 23: 827. O. ’08. 420w.

“A very valuable book. It is impartial and it is comprehensive.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 648. Ap. 25, ’08. 350w.

* =Chesson, W. H.= George Cruikshank. (Popular lib. of art.) *75c. Dutton.

A sketch of Cruikshank’s career which was continued thru seventy-six
working years. More than fifty illustrations show the development of
his art.

* * * * *

“Any who are interested will wish for a more straight-forward and less
affected book.”

− =Nation.= 87: 533. N. 26, ’08. 80w.

“Mr. Chesson shows that he appreciates the artist, sees his merits,
and is aware of his limitations. But we have found the style in which
he sets forth his knowledge distinctly fatiguing.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 374. S. 12, ’08. 180w.

=Chester, George Randolph.= Get-rich-quick Wallingford: a cheerful
account of the rise and fall of an American business buccaneer.
†$1.50. Altemus.

8–12804.

“This is a buoyant and blithesome account of the life and deeds of one
who would probably describe himself as the past grand master of the
gentle art of separating the gullible from their coin.” (N. Y. Times.)
It “shows an astonishing knowledge of the ways and tricks of American
‘financiers’ and swindlers of the class indicated by the title, and
the narrative is lively and amusing.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“This is a story that cannot fail to do good.”

+ =Arena.= 39: 732. Je. ’08. 550w.

=Educ. R.= 36: 422. N. ’08. 30w.

“Behind ‘Get rich quick Wallingford’ is a larger significance than
that usually conveyed in a good yarn well told. Mr. Chester has put
his finger on a phase of our life that demands treatment.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 288. My. 23, ’08. 570w.

“The narrative is lively and amusing.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 314. Je. 6, ’08. 30w.

* =Chesterton, Gilbert Keith.= All things considered. *$1.50. Lane.

8–34727.

Thirty-five essays upon topics ranging from fairy tales to phonetic
spelling from the death of Francis Thompson to the Communal kitchen.

* * * * *

“‘All things considered’ has, in its incoherence and scrappiness and
in its unrelieved joltiness of style, the Chestertonic quality
distilled to quintessential strength.”

− =Dial.= 45: 347. N. 16, ’08. 400w.

“It is true that these sparkling diatribes have a kind of journalistic
and temporal appositeness; but all will never be so well that they
will lose their point.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 527. N. 26, ’08. 270w.

“Coming into competition with ‘Orthodoxy’ it loses its raison d’être
altogether, so much is it overshadowed by its more vital fellow.” J.
B. Rittenhouse.

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 589. O. 24, ’08. 60w.

“Whatever were the merits of his earlier writing, they are here
overlaid; whatever the faults, they are here accentuated.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 106: sup. 5. O. 24, ’08. 120w.

“Sincere, enthusiastic, endlessly witty little essays. He is so witty,
one must simply refuse, in sheer self-defence perhaps, to acknowledge
that he is always wise.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: sup. 709. N. 7, ’08. 420w.

=Chesterton, Gilbert Keith.= Man who was Thursday: a nightmare.
†$1.50. Dodd.

8–7893.

A story of fantastic fears, of “the huge devils that hide the stars,
yet fall at a pistol shot.” The chasers of evil are seven members of a
central anarchical council, mainly detectives in disguise, who are
named for the days of the week. “The actual change from the horrible
to the burlesque is happily contrived; but unluckily, once the transit
is completely effected, every semblance of realism is abandoned, and
we are committed to a carnival of incredible absurdity, out of which,
by an abrupt jerk of the kaleidoscope, we are suddenly projected into
an atmosphere of exalted allegory, in which the demon-Falstaff of the
plot assumes a role of mystical benevolence.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“A fantasia faithfully modelled on Stevenson’s ‘New Arabian nights.’
Mr. Chesterton has not produced the eerieness or awesomeness of
Stevenson, and perhaps had no desire to do so. On the other hand, he
is very witty and amusing.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 350. Mr. 21. 150w.

Reviewed by F. M. Colby.

+ =Bookm.= 27: 452. Jl. ’08. 1600w.

“A highly entertaining yarn.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 45: 89. Ag. 16, ’08. 280w.

“Is consistent with nothing but its author’s freakish inclination of
the moment.” E: C. Marsh.

− =Forum.= 40: 400. O. ’08. 330w.

“Mr. Chesterton pays the penalty of the wit in not being taken
seriously, even when most serious.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 869. Ap. 16, ’08. 400w.

“Although the work is negligible as a piece of fiction, it has the
interest of Mr. Chesterton’s essays—a vivacious and clever style that
glitters with paradox, sometimes almost silly, and sometimes shrewd
and suggestive.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 380. Ap. 23, ’08. 180w.

“This story is told as Mr. Chesterton tells things, with wit and
paradox nudging you into frequent smiles, with felicitous phrase and
apt simile—quotable from page to page.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 253. My. 2, ’08. 800w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 336. Je. 13, ’08. 170w.

“Mr. Chesterton is, in short, a master of fantastic fiction.”
Charlotte Harwood.

+ =Putnam’s.= 4: 622. Ag. ’08. 300w.

“An ingenious fabric of topsy-turvey, written with all the dexterous
play of phrase and wit that might be expected from the author.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 764. Je. ’08. 100w.

“The story, viewed as a mere piece of narration, is up to certain
point quite first-rate. Mr. Chesterton cannot be blamed for failing to
achieve the impossible—to graft spiritual ecstasy on to riotous
extravaganza—but it is a pity that he should be so wanting in
self-criticism as to have made the attempt.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: 465. Mr. 21, ’08. 550w.

=Chesterton, Gilbert Keith.= Orthodoxy. **$1.50. Lane.

8–28073.

Essays which “are concerned only to discuss the actual fact that the
central Christian theology (sufficiently summarized in the Apostles’
creed) is the best root of energy and sound ethics.”

* * * * *

“Lest any one should be tempted again to rediscover Christianity after
Mr. Chesterton’s fashion, we should like to point out that before
proceeding upon his explorations he should acquire a more satisfactory
equipment than Mr. Chesterton has had time to do.”

− =Ath.= 1908, 2: 534. O. 31, 1000w.

“You may be startled, even shocked, by this novel book; but you must
admit that the heart of this witty Philistine is in the right place.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 527. N. 26, ’08. 500w.

Reviewed by J. B. Rittenhouse.

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 588. O. 24, ’08. 2400w.

“This book is as funny as Punch, and it is a new and unusual type of
humorous theology.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 842. D. 12, ’08. 560w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 638. N. ’08. 70w.

=Sat. R.= 106: sup. 4. O. 24, ’08. 900w.

=Childs, Mary Fairfax.= De namin’ ob de twins, and other sketches
from the cotton land. *$1. Dodge, B. W.

8–14809.

In prose and rime these dialect sketches portray the old time negro
with his loyalty, irresponsibility, and humor truthfully accentuated.
The title piece depicts a grandmother’s indecision over selecting
names for her dead Ceely Ann’s twins, with the final choice of
“Neu-ral-gy” and “Hom-i-cide.”

* * * * *

“Embraces a sentiment so tender as to endow it with altogether a rare
and charming quality.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 304. My. 30. ’08. 250w.

=Chisholm, Louey=, comp. Golden staircase: poems and verses for
children. il. *$2.50. Putnam.

W7–200.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“A well-selected anthology.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 21. Ja. ’08.

“There is a random choice and a random arrangement: some inclusions of
historic interest, other inclusions of undoubted beauty; but between
them there is a depression of the mediocre.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 495. N. 28, ’07. 110w.

=Churchill, Winston.= Mr. Crewe’s career. †$1.50. Macmillan.

8–13723.

A state, presumably New Hampshire, is under the political domination
of a railway. Hilary Vane, chief counsel for the corrupt machine, has
a son, a young attorney, who dares to espouse the people’s cause and
to defend them against the corporation. Mr. Crewe, a bachelor
millionaire, uses the people’s newly aroused demand for rights as an
entering wedge into politics. The railroad president and his daughter,
a charmingly drawn heroine, play important parts in the story; but the
chief interest, in spite of the title, centers in the career of Austin
Vane as he stands unflinchingly for clean politics, and, not without a
struggle, quickens his father’s conscience to the point of resigning
his office.

* * * * *

“The tale possesses vitality and interest.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 218. Je. ’08. ✠

“It will hasten the great awakening that shall save democracy from the
night of reaction and despotism.”

+ =Arena.= 40: 122. Jl. ’08. 1900w.

“The human interest is even more poignant than in previous novels by
this author, whose present work marks a distinct advance.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 723. Je. 13. 250w.

“His book is too long, is rather loosely put together, and the manner
of its setting forth is almost slovenly at times, but it is a story
that has vitality, is informed by a fine idealism, and is possessed of
an interest that does not pall.” W: M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 44: 349. Je. 1, ’08. 550w.

“Mr. Crewe is a unique creation in American fiction.” James MacArthur.

+ =Forum.= 40: 60. Jl. ’08. 1650w.

“The book has the accent of reality rather than fiction.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 1400. Je. 18, ’08. 800w.

“On the whole, it is clear that this popular novelist is growing in
power. His style is still quite without distinction, and often
slovenly. But his people are people (Humphrey Crewe being exaggerated
as the irony of his conception demands), and the atmosphere in which
they move is that of a ripened and really admirable humor.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 447. My. 14, ’08. 600w.

“The book is not devoid of a fine tone of inspiration for the new
generation of voters, but, however steadily there may burn in it the
splendid determination of the author to do what he can to purify
politics, it lacks the fire of imagination.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 261. My. 9, ’08. 900w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 336. Je. 13, ’08. 200w.

“All Mr. Churchill’s novels have been American to the core; none more
than this. As a story there are defects in its construction.”

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 323. Je. 13, ’08. 450w.

“The novel belongs to the minority that call into play the reader’s
mental faculties and provide agreeable exercise for them.” E. L. Cary.

+ =Putnam’s.= 4: 618. Ag. ’08. 200w.

“A certain real phase of American life is exhibited, and, from many
points of view, it is a near approach to the American novel.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 37: 763. Je. ’08. 350w.

“That one should thus criticise it as a pamphlet rather than as a work
of art is inevitable from the author’s almost avowed partiality.”

− =Sat. R.= 105: 698. My. 30, ’08. 670w.

“The excellence of Mr. Churchill’s analysis of American politics is
shown by his refusal to label all those concerned in them as either
angels or devils.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 870. My. 30, ’08. 1000w.

=Clark, Francis Edward.= Continent of opportunity: the South
American republics. **$1.50. Revell.

7–39011.

Their history, their resources, their outlook, together with a
traveler’s impressions of present day conditions. Of Dr. Clark’s
observations regarding the possibilities for intellectual and material
development in South America he says: “In all material matters, ... in
her mines and manufactures, in her forests and fisheries, in her
commerce and agriculture, in her schools and churches, in her politics
and business, South America is to-day pre-eminently the continent of
opportunity.”

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 76. Mr. ’08. ✠