Chapter XII: Section 2: relates to generators, stationary transformers and station (6)

“Dr. Clark’s descriptions are never dull and are often relieved in the
most pleasant way by a touch of humor; only as the author had no time,
in the course of his trip, to wander away from the beaten tracks and
to get a glimpse of the byways, those descriptions seldom reveal any
new aspects of life or of nature.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 531. Mr. 5, ’08. 150w.

“He has an entertaining style, albeit his writing is sometimes
deplorably careless, and he has tried to consider justly both the
faults and the virtues of South American character.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 118. F. 29, ’08. 450w.

=R. of Rs.= 36: 756. D. ’07. 120w.

* =Clark, Henry W.= Christian method of ethics. **$1.25. Revell.

8–25722.

The ultimate ideal of Christian ethics as stated by Mr. Clark is “an
automatic right adjustment to every circumstance, an instinctive right
bearing toward every question of duty and every temptation to wrong.”
“The presentation of religion as something worthy of supreme effort,
rather than the easing down and popularizing of Christianity which is
now the fashion of many churches, is Mr. Clark’s message, and such a
message makes a really far stronger appeal to young men and women than
can be made by any easy-going demands on their spiritual natures.”
(Ind.)

* * * * *

“It is perhaps unfortunate that the title of Mr. Clark’s new book is
one that is not likely to appeal to many who might find its chapters
most helpful.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 1067. N. 5. ’08. 330w.

“This is largely a helpful book, partly an unhelpful.”

+ − =Outlook.= 90: 551. N. 7, 08. 240w.

=Clark, John Bates.= Essentials of economic theory as applied to
modern problems of industry and public policy. *$2. Macmillan.

7–36896.

“Consists, first, of a set of chapters restating ‘Economic statics’
and giving in summary form the doctrines already set forth in the
‘Distribution of wealth.’ A second part then gives the contributions
to ‘Economic dynamics.’ The chapters in this second part deal largely
with matters such as are sometimes grouped under the head of ‘applied
economics.’ As a whole the volume is expected by the author to be
‘available for use in classrooms not as a substitute for elementary
textbooks, but as supplementary to them. It omits a large part of what
such books contain, presents what they do not contain, and tries to be
of service to those who wish for more than a single introductory
volume can offer.’”—J. Pol. Econ.

* * * * *

“The book is written in readable style, being much less drawn out than
the author’s earlier work, ‘The distribution of wealth.’” F. D.
Watson.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 515. Mr. ’08. 300w.

“An original and very able treatment of the more theoretical aspects
of his science. Some of the [special points in his treatment] require
further criticism before his exposition can be accepted, but all are
well worth study and show a sound theoretical and scientific genius.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 179. Ag. 15. 950w.

“Whether the style will be found simple by the persons whom the book
is designed to reach, I am not so sure.” F. W. Taussig.

+ − =Econ. Bull.= 1: 20. Ap. ’08. 1000w.

=Ind.= 65: 156. Jl. 16, ’08. 300w.

“It need hardly be said that in this volume Professor Clark shows
again the qualities which have won him so distinguished a place among
living economists. He is original and ingenious, and does not fear to
pioneer boldly into new fields of thought. Those who so adventure
deserve high praise, and not the less so if they themselves prove
sometimes to have made a start in the wrong direction. His style
retains all its grace and finish, his courtesy is unfailing, and a
fine personality shines through the pages.” F. W. Taussig.

+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 38. Ja. ’08. 1850w.

“Modern political economy is a study in dynamics rather than statics,
and the levels reached are the resultants of forces, rather than of
adjustments under the calm persistence of gravity. There is need for a
new political economy, designed to meet these conditions, and Prof.
Clark makes an illuminating attempt to supply the need.” E: A.
Bradford.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 90. F. 8, ’08. 1200w.

“To the general reader, unacquainted with the complicated terminology
and finely drawn distinctions of most writers of modern economic
treatises, much of Professor Clark’s book will prove uncommonly hard
reading. Comprehensive and stimulating as his treatise is, it
necessarily fails to discuss in detail all of the many topics of
present-day interest on which it touches.”

+ − =Outlook.= 88: 323. F. 8, ’08. 780w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 383. Mr. ’08. 200w.

“The student ... will find much that is acute and interesting in
Professor Clark’s presentment of the subject. He must, however, be
prepared to face mathematical diagrams, algebraic signs, and a few
cryptic headlines.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: 541. Ap. 4, ’08. 450w.

“It can hardly be denied that, in certain respects, the work is
disappointing, and in the short space available here attention will be
mainly confined to some of the points as to which the reviewer takes
issue with the author.” A. W. Flux.

+ − =Yale R.= 17: 228. Ag. ’08. 1250w.

* =Clark, L. Pierce, and Diefendorf, Allen Ross.= Neurological and mental diagnosis. *$1.25. Macmillan.

8–19607.

“A brief outline of essentials suited to the need of the practitioner
dealing with diseases of the nervous system or the mind.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“It would perhaps have aided the student, especially, if the various
tests for determining the state of the motor functions had been placed
together, for the reason that all such tests, in a case where it is
necessary to use them, are more apt to be recalled if they are
associated in the student’s mind.” J. G. Fitzgerald.

+ − =J. Philos.= 5: 666. N. 19, ’08. 730w.

“As a whole the presentation is good and helpful.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 529. N. 26, ’08. 100w.

=Clarke, Sir George Sydenham.= Fortification: its past achievements,
recent development, and future progress. 2d ed. *$4.50. Dutton.

War 7–141.

A revision after seventeen years which includes the lessons bearing
upon national defence supplied by the four great contests between
nations which have occurred since the book first appeared. “Therefore
in this edition, [the author] has been enabled to start from the
ground which it had formerly been necessary to capture, to omit
certain passages which have become obvious, and to apply himself to
the fresh aspects of the problem which the flux of time has brought
with it.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“Contains some new matter which will be found of interest both by
military and by naval students.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 39. Jl. 13. 370w.

“Another edition should correct the few misprints, especially in the
French quotations. The work naturally appeals directly to the officer,
and especially to the artilleryman and the engineer, but it should do
more than this in helping to shape an intelligent public opinion.”

+ + − =Nation.= 86: 40. Ja. 9, ’08. 1100w.

“This book should be in the possession of every United States senator
and representative, as well as of all persons interested in our
national legislation. It is written by the greatest living authority
on the subject, the secretary of the imperial defence committee, from
whose views one may dissent only on grounds which will bear the most
rigorous investigation.”

+ + =No. Am.= 187: 289. F. ’08. 2650w.

“The later portions of the book, which to a large extent deal with
gun-mountings and other adjuncts, will be less appreciated.”

+ + − =Sat. R.= 104: 116. Jl. 27, ’07. 1200w.

“A most learned and intricate treatise on cupolas, reduits, enceintes,
gun-mountings, and explosives, while his study of the evolution of
modern battleships, as presented in pedigree form, is the most
illuminating guide to the mysteries of naval classification that has
ever delighted the eyes and understanding of a layman.”

+ + =Spec.= 99: 334. S. 7, ’07. 770w.

* =Clarke, Helen Archibald.= Browning’s England: a study of English influences in Browning. **$2. Baker.

A review of the English influences that may be found reflected in the
poetry of Browning. The chapters are as follows: English poets,
friends and enthusiasms; Shakespeare’s portrait; A crucial period in
English history; Social aspects of English life; Religious thought in
the nineteenth century; and Art criticism inspired by the English
musician, Avison. The author studies separate poems and analyzes them
to show the direct poetical inspiration. An indispensable book for
classes in Browning.

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

=Clarke, Helen Archibald.= Browning’s Italy. **$2. Baker.

7–37032.

Miss Clarke discusses Browning’s Italian interests in five chapters as
follows: “The dawn of the renaissance, Glimpses of political life, The
Italian scholar, The artist and his art, and Pictures of social life.
For each she supplies the needed background of history, connecting it
with the poetry by liberal quotations.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“A conscientious piece of work which will undoubtedly prove helpful to
many students.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 77. Mr. ’08.

“It is a conscientious piece of literary scholarship rather than a
book for travel lovers. The book ought to serve as a good introduction
to a knowledge of the poet.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 26: 511. Ja. ’08. 180w.

“The historical studies are complete enough to interest students of
Browning, because of the new light they cast on the sources of his
love for Italy and on the relation between the historic facts of the
records and his poetic interpretation of them.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 384. D. 1, ’07. 220w.

“It will be a great help to the reader by putting the poems into their
historical framework.” W. G. Bowdoin.

+ =Ind.= 63: 1468. D. 19, ’07. 100w.

“We must, in justice, confess that Miss Clarke’s compilation is
admirably adapted to minds which have not yet thought for themselves;
and as there are many such minds, her book ought to be popular. We
have noted several misprints and solecisms. It lacks an index, which
is necessary, especially to the many extracts from Browning.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 567. D. 19, ’07. 330w.

+ =Outlook.= 87: 877. D. 21, ’07. 130w.

=Clarke, T. E. S.= Life of Gilbert Burnet, bishop of Salisbury: 1,
Scotland, 1643–1674, by T. E. S. Clarke; 2, England, 1674–1715,
with bibliographical appendices, by H. C. Foxcroft; with an
introd. by C. H. Firth. *$4.50. Putnam.

8–18697.

Three writers have co-operated in producing this life of Bishop
Burnet. C. H. Firth contributes an introduction, discussing Burnet’s
place “not as a moralist or a divine or a politician, but as an
historian.” T. E. S. Clarke describes his family, education, work at
Saltoun as parish minister, and at Glasgow as professor of divinity,
until in 1674 he began his work in the south. Miss Foxcroft carries
the history from his settlement work in London in 1674 to his death in
1715.

* * * * *

“This biography of Burnet is one of such substantial merit that it
will doubtless take its place as the final authority on the subject.”
A. L. Cross.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 857. Jl. ’08. 1000w.

“As regards the main theme Mr. Clarke’s work is in all respects
satisfactory. Throughout the forty years of incessant activity which
compose the second portion of Burnet’s career, through every phase and
into every cranny, we are guided by Miss Foxcroft’s industry and deft
treatment. Prof. Firth’s [part of the work] is elaborately and
conclusively discussed. There is no side of this part of the subject
which is not treated with fullness and with his usual lucidity.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 121. F. 1. 1550w.

“The Scottish section has been ably and judiciously handled. Miss
Foxcroft’s work is a model for interesting fulness combined with
precision.” J. K. Hewison.

+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 23: 582. Jl. ’08. 1850w.

“This life of Burnet will remain the permanent authority on the
subject; it is a great addition to our information, and it is a sound
and convincing defence of Burnet, when defence is necessary or
possible.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 388. D. 20, ’07. 1560w.

“The joint authors have accomplished their task admirably; they have
produced a book that is at once documented at every step, and
thoroughly interesting. They have both faced the weaknesses of
Burnet’s character without flinching, yet have avoided party
prejudice.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 150. F. 13, ’08. 2180w.

“Professor Firth has contributed an admirable introduction. The Rev.
T. E. S. Clarke ... contributes a careful and well-informed account of
Burnet’s early life. Miss Foxcroft’s work has the same solid and
enduring qualities as that of Mr. Clarke. It is admirably
well-informed, is commendably free from the lues Boswelliana which is
the besetting disease of the biographer, and treats a large subject on
an adequately large canvas. Perhaps it may be objected to both writers
that their work is now and then lacking in brightness and literary
sparkle.”

+ + − =Sat. R.= 104: 729. D. 14, ’07. 1680w.

“The whole picture of Burnet in this book gives just the right
impression of Shakespearean rotundity to the Bishop’s personality,
and, though it may seem paradoxical to say so, recalls that suggestion
of British vigour and directness which underlies all the amiable
foibles even of a Falstaff. Miss Foxcroft’s only fault comes from the
fact that she is so bubbling over with knowledge and sense of fun that
she sometimes makes allusive references to facts not so well known to
the uninstructed reader as to herself.”

+ + − =Spec.= 100: 150. Ja. 25, ’08. 1550w.

=Claude, chef de la police de surete=, 1807–1880. Memoirs of
Monsieur Claude, chief of the police under the second empire; tr.
by Katharine P. Wormeley. **$4. Houghton.

7–36947.

“Miss Wormeley, well known as the translator of Balzac, has selected
from these memoirs for this volume those chapters and parts of
chapters which seem likely to have at this day a real interest for
English readers. She has rejected an immense amount of what must be
very dull reading indeed relating to police regulations, prisons, and
ephemeral subjects. But the episodes here described have to do with M.
Claude’s connection with political intrigues, and with mysteries and
remarkable crimes.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The translation is admirable but the book has no value for the
student of French history, though it may be of mild interest to the
lover of detective stories. The selections have evidently been made
with an eye to the picturesque. The style is melodramatic and
ejaculatory.”

− + =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 644. Ap. ’08. 280w.

“A curious and uncommonly interesting book.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 46. F. ’08.

“Miss Wormeley ... shows that she is capable of good work; but her
sceptical faculties should have been more frequently brought into play
in editing the ‘Memoirs.’”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 207. Ag. 22. 930w.

“The translation, as might be expected from Miss Wormeley, is spirited
and idiomatic.”

+ =Dial.= 44: 77. F. 1, ’08. 550w.

“After carefully reading this book, the reviewer can use the hackneyed
phrase in its literal sense, ‘There is not a dull line to be found in
it.’”

+ + =Lit. D.= 36: 95. Ja. 18, ’08. 550w.

“There is no view more authentic and more interesting than that given
in these pages of the progress and the operations of the conspiracy of
which for twenty years France was the victim.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 34. Ja. 18, ’08. 550w.

“The book is certainly good reading, and makes one wish for more, if
more material as good as this may be drawn from the French original.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 876. D. 21, ’07. 160w.

“His revelations have but little value except in relation to the spy
work of Germans before the war.”

− + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 175. Mr. ’08. 100w.

“The narrative is told in the simple, direct style of the diary of a
simple, direct man of the world who yet has retained something of the
naïvete of the old-time soldier.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 511. Ap. ’08. 100w.

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 444. Ap. 4, ’08. 200w.

“This volume will be found very interesting reading by every one who
cares for the byways and the wrong side of history.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 750. My. 9, ’08. 450w.

=Clay, Grover.= Hester of the hills. $1.50. Page.

7–31284.

A tale of the Ozarks in which a northerner finding among the
“crackers” a physically perfect type of young woman, educates and
marries her. His failure to consider the question of love in a union
which should insure him against frail posterity results in various
surprises for him which play havoc with his plans.

* * * * *

“As a photograph of life among the cracker farmers and hunters of
Missouri, the book is not without significance. As a ‘romance’ it is
singularly uncouth.”

− + =Nation.= 86: 515. Je. 4, ’08. 250w.

“If the treatment of the theme of this novel were as novel as the
theme itself, the result would be a noteworthy piece of fiction
instead of one but mildly interesting.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 720. N. 9, ’07. 200w.

=Clegg, Thomas Bailey.= Bishop’s scapegoat. †$1.50. Lane.

8–14664.

An English vicar takes it upon himself to end the life of a French
scoundrel in Paris. He chokes him and leaves him for dead. A physician
whom the dying man had wronged, comes in upon him, but will not
resuscitate him. The physician is tried for murder, convicted and
transported to a penal colony in the South Pacific, where he is
ministered to by a devoted daughter. The vicar’s son, now a bishop of
the See of Capricornia, loves the daughter, but hesitates to marry her
because she is the child of a murderer. Explanations finally bring
events to a happy issue. “The story is inspired with a deep sense of
the beautiful in nature, the instinctive goodness of the human heart,
and the divine meaning of life.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“The chief characters appear in telling situations, and we find for
the most part a fine balance and sense of proportion.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 757. Je. 20. 130w.

“One is irritated by a series of rather inartistic surprises. The book
is worth reading; it is fresh, wholesome, and entertaining.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 12. Jl. 2, ’08. 360w.

“There are passages of description and narrative in this novel of
sufficient merit to raise it considerably above the average level.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 1036. Je. 27, ’08. 200w.

=Clergue, Helen.= The salon: a study of French society and
personalities in the 18th century. **$3. Putnam.

7–36984.

“Beginning with a careful study of the origin, growth, and influence
of that peculiarly French social development, the _salon_, Mrs.
Clergue proceeds to paint portraits of the better-known among those
women who were famous in the eighteenth century as the hostesses and
directing heads of these gatherings; Madame du Deffand, Madame
d’Epinay, Mlle. de Lespinasse, and the ‘Queen of the Rue St. Honoré’
and Madame Geoffrin.”—Spec.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 132. My. ’08.

“It cannot be said that these studies add any facts to those already
known. They are marked, however, by a spirit of sympathetic
intelligence, and, on the whole, by a laudable regard for accuracy.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908. 2: 363. S. 26. 280w.

+ =Nation.= 86: 239. Mr. 12, ’08. 250w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 333. Je. 13, ’08. 100w.

“All of the studies are decidedly interesting both from a
psychological and a sociological point of view.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 746. N. 30, ’07. 140w.

“All of Miss Clergue’s characterizations are interesting.” E. J.
Putnam.

+ =Putnam’s.= 4: 365. Je. ’08. 450w.

“She is a diligent student of the period and her bibliography is
well-nigh exhaustive, but she does not tell us much which has not
already been said as well, and sometimes better, by others.”

− + =Sat. R.= 105: 238. F. 22, ’08. 1220w.

“These bright and impartial sketches are very helpful towards
realising the nature and effect of the various ‘salons’ in which the
Revolution, one may say, was talked into being. They also suggest
amusingly, with a clear and uncommon wideness of view, the
extraordinary changes of a hundred years.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 186. F. 1, ’08. 1500w.

=Clews, Henry.= Fifty years in Wall street. *$3. Henry Clews, 15
Broad st., N. Y.

8–18389.

Brings to date the author’s “Twenty-eight years in Wall street.” It is
a history of financial events told in conversational style by one who
in his long career has known personally the Wall street leaders. Pt.
1, Wall street; pt. 2, Speculation; pt. 3, Capitalists and
financiers—U. S.; pt. 4, Business.

* * * * *

“The new chapters add little of importance. It is not creditable for
an author or publisher, in re-issuing a book under a new title, to
neglect all changes in the older chapters.”

− =Nation.= 86: 543. Je. 11. ’08. 280w.

“It is difficult to name any other single book which gives the
narrative of financial affairs so well as Mr. Clews’s.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 460. Ag. 22, ’08. 230w.

=Clifford, Lucy Lane.= Proposals to Kathleen. †$1.50. Barnes.

8–7894.

A young woman pauses on the eve of her marriage to “a clever,
well-off, fairly well-off, that is, well-connected, well-placed” man
with whom she is not in love, and indulges in reminiscences, aided by
letters which she is about to destroy, of past lovers, their
love-making and proposals. It is her farewell to maidenhood and its
dreams.

* * * * *

“It is the clever portrayal of the heart of a woman whose idea is to
become entirely worldly, although she has not yet reached that state.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 267. My. 9, ’08. 100w.

“Her original whimsical ideas and forms of expression give the book a
piquant relish not to be found elsewhere.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 336. Je. 13, ’08. 180w.

=Clouston, R. S.= Sir Henry Raeburn. (Newnes art lib.) il. *$1.25.
Warne. W 8–53.

The seven pages of biographical and critical text are followed by
forty-eight full page reproductions of the more notable paintings of
this artist who is the pride of Scotland.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 101. Ap. ’08. ✠

=Nation.= 86: 362. Ap. 16, ’08. 30w.

+ =Outlook.= 88: 279. F. 1, ’08. 200w.

=Clouston, R. S.= Sir Thomas Lawrence, P. R. A. (Newnes art lib., no. 27.) il. *$1.25. Warne.

W 8–69.

As the son of an easygoing innkeeper, the early talents of this
self-taught painter had comparatively little guidance tho plenty of
encouragement. The biographical portion of the volume sketches the
steps that led to membership in the Royal academy, to a knighthood,
and finally to the presidency of the Academy. Forty-eight
reproductions of his pictures illustrate his range as well as his
“technical and temperamental” limitations.

* * * * *

“Valuable mainly because of the illustrations.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 173. Je. ’08. ✠

“The text is of little importance.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 452. My. 14, ’08. 100w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 243. Ap. 25, ’08. 450w.

“Compact but suggestive estimate.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 883. Ap. 18, ’08. 170w.

=Cody, Grace Ethelwyn.= Jacquette: a sorority girl. †$1.25.
Duffield.

8–3429.

Whether secret societies in schools help or harm development on broad
lines is the problem dealt with in this story of high school life.

* * * * *

“While the appeal of the book must necessarily be somewhat limited,
its atmosphere is wholesome.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 174. F. 20, ’08. 150w.

“A charming tale told with simplicity.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 69. F. 8, ’08. 50w.

“An excellent story for girls and boys.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 839. Ap. 11, ’08. 100w.

=Cody, H. A.= Apostle of the North: the life and memoirs of William
Carpenter Bompas, D. D., first bishop of Athabasca, 1874–1884,
bishop of Mackenzie river, 1884–1891, bishop of Selkirk,
1891–1896; with an introd. by Rev. S. P. Mattheson. *$2.50.
Dutton.

The story of a devoted missionary’s hard work and self-sacrifice in
the wilderness of the far northwest. The sketch reveals strength,
purpose, steadfastness and great power of love.

* * * * *

“The tone of the book cannot be called quite broad and tolerant.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 216. S. 3, ’08. 500w.

“A saintly man, and a sympathetic, clearly drawn portrait of him.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 355. Je. 20, ’08. 470w.

=Spec.= 100: 506. Mr. 28, ’08. 430w.

=Coghill, Stanly.= Hathor. *75c. Robertson.

7–2749.

The work of a young western writer who died recently. An introductory
note contributed by a friend tells the reader that the poems are “the
overtone of a strangely beautiful soul that was always seeking for a
half-remembered and perhaps, in this world at least, unattainable
glory.”

* * * * *

“This little book is distinctly worth while. Its ideas are mostly
echoes, and it is too much tinged with the melancholy in which youth
is apt to revel, but it has harmony, and flowing rhythm, and something
of the historical imagination.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 43: 94. Ag. 16, ’07. 370w.

=Nation.= 85: 589. D. 26, ’07. 90w.

=Cohen, Emily Solis-, jr.= David the giant killer, and other tales
of Grandma Lopez. $1.25. Jewish pub.

8–16561.

Bible stories retold for a group of story-hungry little people. They
are as follows: David the giant killer, In Shushan the capital, The
sacrifice at Modin, The hidden smithy, The fall of Michmash, At the
fork of the roads, Carmel, Amid the alien corn, How Daniel became
judge, and The golden image.

=Coke, Henry John.= Open hatchways. †$1.50. Lane.

“The development of character in a girl, vain, passionate, with a
taste for French novels, but at heart pure and true, under the stress
of being wooed by three typical lovers—the good prig, the stupid
guardsman, and the clever, fascinating adventurer—is the study which
has engaged Mr. Coke’s attention.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“A curiously incongruous book. Well and carefully written, it is
interesting enough to carry the reader to the end of the thirty-four
chapters. There is a touch of George Meredith in the characters (as
well as the names) of Mrs. Boadle and Sir Ralph Wychard, though they
are, unfortunately, too slightly drawn to contain more than a very
faint hint.”

+ − =Acad.= 73: 170. N. 23, ’07. 200w.

“He has not succeeded in chaining the attention of his readers. He
strikes no new note. The plot is threadbare; the characters are of a
well-known type; they act as we all know they will, and are not
endowed with any real individuality. The mild philosophy of the
heroine’s father, irrelevant to the action, is not a little boring.”

− =Ath.= 1907, 2: 763. D. 14. 180w.

“Distinguished by a fresh and sincere handling.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 15. Ja. 11, ’08. 160w.

“Mr. Coke knows something of Harrow and Cambridge life, and has
apparently read Schopenhauer and Kant, but such experience and
information are not uncommon, nor in themselves sufficient
justification for writing a novel.”

− =Sat. R.= 104: 733. D. 14, ’07. 80w.

=Colby, Charles W.= Canadian types of the old régime, 1608–1698.
**$2.75. Holt.

Against a wilderness background into which crept historical interest
with the coming of Jacques Cartier, are set, each in turn, types of
the old régime, which stand for aspects of French colonisation. There
are Champlain, the explorer; Bribeuf, the missionary; Hébert, the
colonist; D’Iberville, the soldier; Du Lhut, the coureur de bois;
Talon, the intendant; Laval, the bishop; Frotenac, the governor; and
The woman.

* * * * *

“No one could call this book heavy, and yet even the erudite might
find much in it that would repay perusal.” L. J. Burpee.

+ =Dial.= 45: 291. N. 1, ’08. 840w.

“The volume is written in light and graceful style, but with due
regard for firm historical bases. It not only makes interesting
reading, but gives perhaps as clear a notion of what the old régime in
Canada was at its best as may be found anywhere in a single volume.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 561. O. 17, ’08. 180w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 513. S. 19, ’08. 700w.

“Sympathetic and illuminating studies of old-time Canadian worthies.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 636. N. ’08. 200w.

* =Cole, William Morse.= Accounts, their construction and interpretation. *$2. Houghton.

8–31984.

A handbook for business men and students of affairs prepared by the
assistant professor of accounting in Harvard university. It is not
meant for an encyclopaedia of book keeping forms and practice but it
is comprehensive for principles. Part 1 discusses book keeping
practice and the philosophic basis upon which it rests. Part 2 deals
with the analytical side of accounting, the last chapters making
general principles more concrete by applying them to the problems of
different lines of business in which they may be best illustrated.

=Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.= Biographia literaria; ed. with his
aesthetical essays by J. Shawcross. 2v. *$2.75. Oxford.

8–28959.

A reprint of the original text with a valuable introduction and a
quantity of notes by Mr. Shawcross, to which have been added a few of
the lesser-known Coleridge essays on the principles of aesthetics.

* * * * *

“[Mr. Shawcross is] an artist who has made of that meat [Coleridge’s
prose] a savoury and wholesome dish to tempt the languid palate....
Plainly, Mr. Shawcross shuns all controversy, choosing rather to give
the fruits of a patient and expert study of Coleridge’s prose than to
enter into minute and, for his purpose, idle disputes.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 247. F. 29. 2700w.

“Mr. Shawcross shows himself intimately in touch, not only with all
that Coleridge has written, and others have written about him, but
with most of what he read.” Basil de Sélincourt.

+ =Hibbert J.= 6: 944. Jl. ’08. 900w.

“Mr. Shawcross’s introduction repays a careful reading; it not only
fulfils its first intention of clearing up the relation of Coleridge
to Kant and Schelling, but throws light on the whole international
movement of romanticism.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 174. F. 20, ’08. 850w.

“Its excellence lies in the variety of interesting subjects with which
it deals, in the mass of curious information it contains, in the
acuteness and originality so abundantly scattered over its pages.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 376. Mr. 7, ’08. 1600w.

=Collins, Varnum Lansing.= Continental congress at Princeton (1783).
*$3. University library, Princeton, N. J.

8–13283.

“A special study of the coming of the Congress to Princeton, New
Jersey, after the revolt of the Pennsylvania troops drove its members
from Philadelphia.... The chapter on Princeton in 1783, that on the
reception given the Congressional visitors, and on the presence of the
members of Congress at the annual commencement exercises of the
college, present a true picture of the accustomed quiet of the Jersey
village, broken by momentous incursion. Monotony of narrative is
prevented by the description of the visits of General Washington to
Congress, of the arrival of the Dutch minister, and of the theft from
the village postoffice of a mail-bag which contained the official
correspondence of the members of Congress.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“Has fashioned his material into a readable narrative. The volume is
one that will appeal to the general reading public, and is yet of
value to the student.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 92. Ag. 16, ’08. 320w.

“Well fills a vacant niche in the history of the confederacy.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 437. Ag. 20, ’08. 260w.

“The interest lies mainly in three directions: the story itself, with
its vivid portrayal of the personages concerned at work and at play;
the official activities of Congress and the business actually
transacted at Princeton; and, lastly, the significance of the events
from the point of view of our national development. Each of these
aspects is amply and admirably worked out.”

+ + =Nation.= 87: 441. N. 5, ’08. 1200w.

=Colvill, Helen Hester.= Lady Julia’s emerald: a novel. †$1.50.
Lane.

A story with a London background. The emerald of the title with its
copper setting and its mystic charm enters into the plot of the tale
whose interest is centered about a wonderful girl of struggles and
dreams. “The story of Lesley’s cramped childhood, of her longed-for
and finally realized three months of work and freedom as an artist,
together with her love story have the same charm of freshness and
conviction which are inherent in herself, although one cannot but
doubt that such a girl would have evolved from a parentage and
up-bringing of the sort she suffered.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The writer’s shifting attitude as to the mysticism surrounding Lady
Julia and her emerald is disconcerting. All the characters are
convincing except the widow who pursues her formerly rejected suitor.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 39. Jl. 11. 100w.

“Miss Colvill is the mistress of a firm and pleasant style through
which glimmers an agreeable humor.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 404. Jl. 18, ’08. 200w.

=Comstock, Harriet T.= Janet of the dunes. †$1.50. Little.

8–975.

Mrs. Comstock has woven about her unafraid, dream-filled heroine of
the dunes a story of simple shore life. It is interrupted only by the
inevitable summer boarder who with palette and brush attempts to catch
the glow of the hills and the deep beryl of the waves. Janet, the
adopted daughter of “Captain Billy” of the Life saving crew learns
from these same city folk the lesson that awakens her from childhood
to womanhood. A young artist teaches her the lesson of love, and a man
of the world who, she discovers, is her father, shows her some of the
tragedies of love. She comes thru her experience sane and unspoiled.

* * * * *

“It is quite an unpretentious story. But the book is worth reading,
not only for the sake of the story, but also because it contains a
dozen memorable characters of an unfamiliar type, whose acquaintance
it is a pleasure to make and to retain.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 27: 101. Mr. ’08. 420w.

“But from the delighted reader’s point of view Janet is adorable and
logical, and most refreshing after the sophisticated heroines that
belong to modern fiction as fever belongs to the sick man.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 694. Mr. 26, ’08. 450w.

“There is enough true sea charm in her descriptions to make one wish
that she had had the courage to celebrate her shore and her shore
worthies without recourse to the form of fiction.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 129. F. 6, ’08. 260w.

“Janet is quite a likable person in her own way. If her creator has
not managed to draw her after a very original pattern, still she is
likable.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 90. F. 15, ’08. 90w.

“While some of the conversations and situations fail to ring true, the
heroine is a spirited and lovable girl, the surroundings and manners
of the life-savers on our coasts are described with the vividness that
comes from personal association, and the climax of the story rouses
real interest in the reader.”

+ − =Outlook.= 88: 280. F. 1, ’08. 140w.

“A story of refreshing interest.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 761. Je. ’08. 100w.

=Conant, Charles Arthur.= Principles of banking: being the second
part, separately issued, of The principles of money and banking.
**$1.75. Harper.

8–15781.

The financial crisis of 1907 has made particularly opportune the
appearance of this second part of a work published three years ago.
The author’s hope in presenting the work is that it “will contribute
something to the development of sound financial knowledge and do its
share towards removing the fetters imposed by a defective currency
upon American commerce in its conquest for supremacy in the world’s
markets.” He treats the subjects under the following heads: The
principles of banking currency, The evolution of commercial banking,
and The co-operation of the factors of exchange.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 267. N. ’08.

“We think that even in these hard times the needed capital should have
been secured for providing a new index.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 42. Jl. 9, ’08. 140w.

“Mr. Conant’s books are as well qualified for rereading as for
reprinting.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 307. My. 30, ’08. 230w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 124. Jl. ’08. 100w.

=Conant, Martha Pike.= Oriental tale in England in the eighteenth
century. (Columbia univ. studies in comparative literature.) *$2.
Macmillan.

8–3276.

A doctoral monograph which brings together in convenient form “brief
characterizations of the Oriental apologues, satires, and letters that
run all through the eighteenth century and form an integral part of
the romanticism of the nineteenth. Miss Conant makes this connection
with the romantic movement the guiding thread of her book, and in her
concluding chapter, ‘Literary estimate,’ deals with this theme
directly and convincingly.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“No adequate study of the influence of the Oriental tale in England
was ever compiled until Miss Martha Pike Conant, Ph. D., of Columbia
university, wrote her elaborate, yet thoroughly interesting little
volume.”

+ + =Ath.= 1908, 2: 261. S. 5. 1350w.

“We will note but two questions concerning Dr. Conant’s conclusions.”

+ − =Dial.= 45: 17. Jl. 1, ’08. 400w.

“On the whole, her work is useful, though pedestrian in tone.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 260. Mr. 19, ’08. 170w.

“Dr. Conant’s book will be attractive, not only to students of
literature, but to those who enjoy the occasional quaint and unusual
tale.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 392. Jl. 11, ’08. 520w.

“An interesting by-product of literary scholarship.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 840. Ap. 11, ’08. 100w.

=Conder, Claude Reignier.= Rise of man. *$3.50. Dutton.

“It is mainly the political and religious progress of the race that is
described in this volume. There is a brief sketch of the development
of mathematical, astronomical, geographical, chemical, biological, and
archaeological knowledge; an account of early man (prehistoric
remains, language, race); a history of civilization, ancient,
mediaeval, and modern; and a description of the religions of the
world, more than half the book being devoted to this last
topic.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“The scheme is defective in that it omits sociological and ethical
history, which was, perhaps, passed over from lack of space. The
immense mass of facts is handled with considerable skill: the points
described are in general wisely chosen, the style is easy and clear.
We miss in his exposition a clear statement of the ideas that have
controlled the progress of civilization.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 190. Ag. 27, ’08. 900w.

“Occasionally Col. Conder demonstrates an amazing ingenuousness and
naïveté. His book is one for scholars, by a scholar, but it is also
one for the general public, thanks largely to the lucidity and
elegance of its style.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 314. Je. 6, ’08. 740w.

“This bird’s-eye view of a vast field gives interesting distinctness
to a large variety of important details. It may be accepted in the
main as sufficiently accurate, though more recent research and
criticism occasionally correct it.”

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 816. Ag. 8, ’08. 180w.

=Conley, Rev. John Wesley.= Young Christian and the early church.
(Christian culture courses. Baptist young people’s union of
America.) **50c. Am. Bapt.

8–20485.

A sketch of the history and literature of the apostolic age designed
for Baptist young people.

* * * * *

“The young people require a more modern treatment of the apostolic age
than Dr. Conley offers them.”

− + =Bib. World.= 32: 222. S. ’08. 100w.

=Connolly, James Brendan.= Olympic victor. †$1.25. Scribner.

8–23917.

“An expanded short story, having for hero the winner of the Marathon
race at the first revived Olympic games at Athens a few years ago. Mr.
Connolly was a member of the American team which took part in the
games, and he has evidently taken the incidents of the race as he saw
them and added enough of a romantic motive to make a story.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“Alive with a fine Greek spirit of ancient and modern sport, which
will make it interesting to boys.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 244. O. ’08. ✠

“It is a well written and appealing story.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 898. O. 15, ’08. 160w.

“It is quite as delightful as any of his Gloucester stories, though it
is of an entirely different sort.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 486. S. 5, ’08. 270w.

“Mildly entertaining.”

+ − =Outlook.= 90: 135. S. 19, ’08. 70w.

=Conrad, Joseph.= Point of honor: a military tale. †$1.25. McClure.

8–27098.

A tale of the times of Napoleonic warfare which follows the private
contest of two officers in different regiments of hussars. A series of
duels, started upon a trifling provocation, is fought thru years of
military service, at intervals, according to military rulings when the
rank of the combatants was the same. The murderous hot-headedness of
the one is made but the more diabolical by the calm, reasoning honor
of the other who off the dueling ground never fails to do his
adversary a good turn.

* * * * *

“The charm of the tale consists in the lightness and humor with which
it is told.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1066. N. 5, ’08. 150w.

“The tale is swifter in movement and holds the attention better than
‘The secret agent’ or ‘Nostromo.’ The characters of the principals are
well delineated, with touches of quiet humor.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 364. O. 15, ’08. 160w.

“The pleasure of the acquaintance of the hero of this little tale is
worth making at the expense of an hour’s agreeable reading.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 612. O. 24, ’08. 230w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 616. O. 24, ’08. 60w.

=Cook, Frederick Albert.= To the top of the continent: discovery,
exploration and adventure in sub-arctic Alaska; the first ascent
of Mt. McKinley, 1903–1906. il. **$2.50. Doubleday.

8–7371.

The entire story of Dr. Cook’s two expeditions, the one that failed
and the later one that was successful. Thousands of miles of trackless
wilderness were covered in reaching the foot of this Alaskan mountain,
then began an ascent “over glaciers, up almost perpendicular slopes of
crusted snow down which avalanches were continually thundering. Torrid
heat and polar cold were at times combined: for the bright burning
sunbeams caused to fall ‘from our faces big beads of perspiration
which froze in icy pinnacles on our garments.’” (Nation.) See
Cumulative book index for contents of appendices.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 132. My. ’08. ✠

Reviewed by H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 44: 346. Je. 1, ’08. 350w.

“The book is beautifully illustrated, and if a folding map in colors
had been added the volume would be beyond reproach.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 44. Jl. 2, ’08. 270w.

“The appendices prove that Dr. Cook is no amateur, for his geological,
biological, and economic notes on Alaska are of high scientific value
and enhance immensely the practical worth of the book.”

+ =Lit. D.= 36: 489. Ap. 4, ’08. 350w.

“Uniqueness of adventure constitutes the special interest of this
account. It is to be regretted that there is no index, and that the
routes of the expeditions are not marked on the map, as it is
difficult from the narrative alone to trace them.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 405. Ap. 30, ’08. 600w.

“For the general reader the book is of great interest, not only
because of its record of heroic struggles against discomforts,
dangers, and appalling obstacles and final achievement, but also
because Dr. Cook had time and skill to note by the way so many
fascinating things.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 206. Ap. 11, ’08. 700w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 509. Ap. ’08. 150w.

“This is one of the most remarkable mountaineering narratives which we
have seen. The story is most graphically told, the descriptions of
scenery show considerable literary art.”

+ + =Spec.= 101: 590. O. 17, ’08. 1550w.

=Cook, Joshua Flooce.= Old Kentucky; with papers by Theodore
Roosevelt, Champ Clark, and Reuben T. Durrett. *$3. Neale.

8–19876.

Based upon well authenticated facts this study portrays characters of
Kentucky, from the negro and poor white people to the makers of the
state; the mode of life, superstitions and peculiarities of the
humblest as well as the first citizens of the state.

=Cooke, George Willis=, comp. Bibliography of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
*$5. Houghton.

8–14938.

“Prepared upon the same general plan as the same author’s
‘Bibliography of James Russell Lowell.’ The alphabetical list of
single titles giving the place and date of first appearance and
subsequent reprints, fills fifty pages. This is followed by the
chronological list of separate works, with their various editions;
lists of works edited by Emerson; collected works; volumes of
selections, or compilations containing poems or essays by him;
biographies, notices, poems addressed to Emerson, etc.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“A notable piece of work.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 841. My. 25, ’08. 130w.

“From the point of view of the collector of first editions it is
unfortunate that there is no list of books and pamphlets such as make
up a set of first editions.”

+ + − =Nation.= 87: 283. S. 24, ’08. 480w.

“As a piece of pure craftsmanship Mr. Cook’s ‘Bibliography’ is
admirable, making no claim to completeness, but arranged in an orderly
manner, covering a large amount of information, unchoked by mere
pedantic detail, in all respects what an intelligently constructed
book of reference should be.” E. L. Cary.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 481. S. 5, ’08. 1250w.

=Cooke, Jane Grosvenor.= Interrupted honeymoon. †$1.50. Barnes.

7–34774.

A honeymoon quarrel is followed by a separation. “The behavior of this
misguided pair is a fine example of the good old New England trait of
‘cussedness’: and the convalescence of their happiness is attended by
an exhausting number of relapses.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“This story begins pleasantly—so pleasantly that for the sake of the
beginning one wades in exasperation through sloughs of despond,
doggedly determined to unearth the reason why Sarah left William on
their wedding journey.”

− + =Nation.= 86: 16. Ja. 2, ’08. 110w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. D. 19, ’07. 40w.

“The author of this story, has a pleasant style and the knack of
personality.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 44. Ja. 25, ’08. 110w.

=Coolidge, Archibald Cary.= United States as a world power. **$2.
Macmillan.

8–19878.

A volume which has grown out of a series of lectures delivered at the
Sorbonne during 1906–07 as the Harvard lectures on the Hyde
foundation. It is a controversial study of the part which the United
States plays in the great drama of world politics. The author
discusses Formation and growth, Nationality and immigration, Race
questions, The Monroe doctrine, The Spanish war, The acquisition of
colonies, The Philippine question, and the United States in relation
to France, Germany, Russia, England, Canada, Latin America, China and
Japan, The Isthmian canal, and The United States in the Pacific.

* * * * *

“The book is not intended as a purely historical discussion but as an
interpretation and appreciation of our present international position.
It fulfils its object well.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 620. N. ’08. 250w.

“It is written with a studied moderation of statement and avoidance of
personal feeling.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 784. O. 1, ’08. 220w.

“The work of such an historian and publicist as Prof. Coolidge will be
an appreciable and grateful aid in the comprehension of the common
duty.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 555. O. 10, ’08. 1450w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 742. D. 5, ’08. 180w.

“Minor errors of fact occur, but few controversial statements are
hazarded.” J. A. Le Roy.

+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 719. D. ’08. 430w.

=Coolidge, William A. B.= Alps in nature and history. *$2.50.
Dutton.

8–34201.

“In this book the author gives us the harvest of forty years’
exploration and study. There is a most interesting account of the
political history of the range from the earliest days, and special
chapters on those high-roads of history, the great passes. There are
chapters on the animals, and a paper by Mr. Yeld on Alpine flowers.
There are several delightful chapters on the customs of the villagers,
especially during the long winters when they live their life
undisturbed by tourists. Finally, there is a complete explanation of
the whole topography of the range, which even to those who know the
Alps will reveal many new facts.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“The book contains some very valuable and interesting statistics about
the mountains and passes.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 951. O. 22, ’08. 140w.

“It is a vast encyclopedia of Alpine knowledge, arranged in a
systematic, available form, and especially full in respect to
topographical detail.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 390. O. 22, ’08. 900w.

“It is a guidebook not only for the practical Alpine traveler, but for
the fireside tourist as well.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 742. D. 5, ’08. 200w.

“The maps and illustrations in this volume are very helpful.
Particularly interesting are the chapters on ‘The Alpine folk,’ their
political allegiance, mother tongues, and religion.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 509. O. ’08. 60w.

“No other writer has the same intimate knowledge of the whole Alpine
mountain system. Not the least of the merits of Mr. Coolidge’s book is
the comprehensive appreciation which it shows for every phase and
season of the life of the mountains.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 406. S. 19, ’08. 1550w.

=Cooper, Edward Herbert.= Marquis and Pamela; pictures by Julia
Roper. †$1.50. Duffield.

8–8092.

A story whose scenes are enacted in the “smart set” of British
society. “‘Reading one day a novel of Ouida’s’ is the way in which Mr.
Cooper opens one of his chapters; and it is manifest under whose
influence he has written this lurid tale.... It is full of mistresses,
gambling, swindlers and vices of varying kinds; and its heroine is not
Ouida’s ingenue, but a very soiled and selfish young person.... There
are many lords and baronets in his pages; but the worst enemies of
that society have never painted it so black.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“It is compact of what is designed to be sordid realism. We do not,
however, think it convincing in this respect.”

− =Ath.= 1908, 1: 380. Mr. 28. 150w.

“A good deal of sentimentality, some preaching, and a few French puns
masquerading as humor tend toward making a very dull piece of reading
matter.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 255. My. 2, ’08. 150w.

=Copping, Arthur E.= Gotty and the guv’nor. $1.50. Kennerley.

Gotty is a fisherman of the Thames estuary and the “Guv’nor” is a
middle-aged business man who buys a fishing bawley at Leigh, appoints
Gotty its skipper, and makes a holiday cruise along the south coast of
Cornwall. Gotty is “thick-headed, but shrewd and entirely
captivating”; given to philosophical utterances, quick-witted comments
and droll humor.

* * * * *

“It is a genial light story, unstrained, effortless, wholly delightful
and without alloy.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 873. S. 7, ’07. 540w.

“His fisherfolk and water-side idlers ought to amuse many travelers at
this season; their talk is well managed, and makes good reading. The
narrator’s style is not so effective.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 92. Jl. 27. 240w.

“The book is a most delightful bit of character sketching of old Leigh
fishermen and ’longshoremen as the dramatis personae in a meandering
tale of mild adventure, fraught with genuine humor and beguiling
interest.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 313. F. 6, ’08. 100w.

“The text of this book is hardly worth the pictures.”

− + =Nation.= 86: 237. Mr. 12, ’08. 180w.

“The illustrations by Will Owen preserve the spirit of the story and
enhance its humor.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 30. Ja. 18, ’08. 120w.

=Coppo, Giovanni di.= Legend of the holy Fina, virgin of Santo
Gimignano, now first tr. from the trecento Italian: with introd.
and notes by M. Mansfield. (New medieval lib.) *$2. Duffield.

This legend follows the life, penance, and good deeds of a saint of
medieval Italy. “It is offered to readers appreciative more of the
poetry of past days than of the mere dry bones of history.” The book
is bound in brown leather in antique style, with clasps.

* * * * *

“Is wholly unworthy of the good paper and press work expended upon
it.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 336. O. 8, ’08. 180w.

“Students of Italian literature as well as of mediaeval history will
find much here to interest them.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 274. O. 3. ’08. 120w.

=Corbett, Julian Stafford.= England in the Seven years’ war: a study
in combined strategy. 2v. *$6. Longmans.

8–8464.

Shows that in order to understand the conduct of the war it should be
approached from the naval rather than from the military side. The war
has been viewed broadly, due care being given to the correlation of
all the elements brought into play during a campaign. “Mr. Corbett, as
far as we know, is the first to take a comprehensive view of the war,
and to disentangle the harmonious purpose running thru England’s
efforts.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

=Am. Hist. R.= 13: 682. Ap. ’08. 50w.