Chapter XIV: Section 2: relates to generators, stationary transformers and station (8)

“Much, perhaps most, of Mr. Curle’s philosophy is true enough, and not
a little of his criticism is substantial and helpful; but, judging the
book as a whole, we frankly do not take pleasure in this tone of
literary religiosity.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 464. My. 21, ’08. 400w.

“There is nothing much to ridicule in Mr. Curle’s book, and much to
honestly admire. The analyses of the various novels are suggestive and
illuminative.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 231. Ap. 18, ’08. 700w.

=Currency= problem and the present financial situation: a series of
addresses delivered at Columbia university, 1907–1908. *$1.50.
Macmillan.

8–8335.

A series of addresses thru which run “an unexpected harmony of
thought, and a close agreement not only as to the ultimate ideal to be
attained in our financial relations, but as to the next step to be
taken in the legislative reform of our currency.” (J. Pol. Econ.) See
Cumulative book index for contents.

* * * * *

“No more timely or important treatment of the problems which now
confront the American people has appeared anywhere than will be found
in this volume.”

+ =Educ. R.= 35: 520. My. ’08. 100w.

“Some of the most prominent men of affairs in New York have
contributed to the volume and it is evident that they are speaking out
of the fulness of practical experience, and have thought deeply on
various subtle points of theory.”

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 463. Jl. ’08. 160w.

=Curriculum= of the elementary school; reprinted from Teachers
college record. (v. 7, nos. 1 and 4; v. 8. nos. 1, 3 and 4.) $2.
Teachers college, Columbia univ.

A curriculum for the first seven grades of the public school. “As an
indication of how means may be adjusted to ends, of how teachers of
widely differing temperaments may be united in purpose, and of how a
norm may be utilized to direct concerted action throughout a large
institution, the study of the curriculum herein given is particularly
worthy of attention.”

=Curtin, Jeremiah.= Mongols: a history; with a foreword by Theodore
Roosevelt. **$3. Little.

7–40050.

Mr. Curtin’s panoramic view is epic in its sweep of “vital historical
events” which have had so large a share in aiding or marring the
development of Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a closely written,
illuminating history of the rise of the Mongol empire and its
decadence, popular in treatment yet scholarly in its authenticity and
choice of material.

* * * * *

“Notwithstanding the imperfections of this work ... it puts before the
public the outlines, at least, of an epic of such wonderful interest
and which is so little known to us, that we must be thankful that it
has seen the light.” W. W. Rockhill.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 562. Ap. ’08. 850w.

“Nothing in this volume is so readable as the seven animated pages of
‘Foreword.’”

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 528. Jl. ’08. 100w.

“A scholarly, comprehensive, authentic work upon the rise and fall of
the Mongolian empire.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 133. My. ’08.

“The volume is one of the most important historical works of recent
years.”

+ + =Arena.= 39: 497. Ap. ’08. 900w.

“Valuable to the ordinary reader, and with its index and map will be a
useful addition to the library. In its composition, Mr. Curtin has
followed the bent of his genius; but it cannot accurately be called a
history.” W: E. Griffis.

+ =Dial.= 44: 178. Mr. 16, ’08. 850w.

“Will be eagerly read, particularly at the present time, as a
contribution of first importance to the literature which aids us to
comprehend, if not to understand, the Orient.”

+ =Educ. R.= 35: 207. F. ’08. 80w.

“It fulfills none of the conditions demanded by modern historical
methods. Fact and fable are mingled without any attempt at criticism
and without reference to sources, and the essential relations of cause
and effect are entirely ignored. It is a monotonous and repulsive
narrative of battles and sieges, devastation and slaughter.”

− =Ind.= 65: 789. O. 1, ’08. 340w.

“One can not say that this is the ideal book on the Mongols, and yet
it is probably the best single work on the subject yet published in
English.”

+ + − =Lit. D.= 36: 95. Ja. 18, ’08. 520w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 50w.

“Complexity is an almost insuperable fault of the book from the
unlearned reader’s point of view, though chapters like that which
deals with the so-called Assassin commonwealth ... are of great
interest, and the whole volume is of immense value.”

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 31. Ja. 18, ’08. 1900w.

“Written by a great scholar, one who knew Asiatic history as have
few.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 650. Mr. 21, ’08. 1500w.

“A noteworthy contribution to American scholarship.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 37: 252. F. ’08. 230w.

=Curtin, Jeremiah.= Mongols in Russia. **$3. Little.

8–30035.

A continuation of “The Mongols.” Beginning with a detailed history of
Russia previous to the Mongol invasion, the author proceeds to a study
of the domination of the Mongols in Russia after their expulsion from
China by the founders of the Ming dynasty. From the Mongol invasion
the history continues thru two hundred and forty years of Mongol rule
and oppression to the breakup of the Golden Horde at Sarai in 1505.

* * * * *

“Fills a gap in English historic literature and fills it well.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 37: 850. D. 5, ’08. 320w.

“When you have waded through the 481 pages you have no more ordered
idea of the relations of Russian and Mongol than you had when you
opened the volume, though you have perhaps learned many names and
incidents.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 669. N. 14, ’08. 1300w.

=Curtis, Carlton Clarence.= Nature and development of plants.
**$2.50. Holt.

7–34596.

Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“That this book successfully meets the demand intended to be supplied
by the author is certain, and this is abundant justification for
anyone who has the courage to run the gauntlet with a new book.” R. H.
Pond.

+ + − =Bot. Gaz.= 44: 455. D. ’07. 590w.

“The author, meanwhile avoiding the more technical sides of his
subject, carries his argument forward in a style so clear and simple
that the most inexperienced reader may easily follow the fascinating
story.”

+ =Dial.= 44: 215. Ap. 1, ’08. 270w.

“Quite the best general text-book of botany that has recently come to
our attention. The book is beautifully made as well as well
proportioned, clearly written, and attractively illustrated.”

+ + =Educ. R.= 36: 208. S. ’08. 50w.

“A careful examination has shown the treatise to be trustworthy. It
is, moreover, interesting, and it should be very useful.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 222. Mr. 5, ’08. 130w.

“Dr. Curtis has produced an excellent and readable book which may be
confidently recommended for the use of junior classes in this
country.” J. B. F.

+ =Nature.= 77: 436. Mr. 12, ’08. 350w.

=Curwood, James Oliver.= Courage of Captain Plum. †$1.50. Bobbs.

8–30131.

A stirring tale of the Mormon colony on Beaver Island, in Lake
Michigan. At the center of the plot lies the perfidy of James Jesse
Strang who as self proclaimed king ruled the island during the
administration of Franklin Pierce. Captain Plum, who visits the island
in the interests of righting a grievance of piracy, is plunged into
the thick of a revolt, and, at the peril of death, snatches two
persecuted young women from the meshes of the Mormon net.

* * * * *

“The tale is well told and abounds in exciting, melodramatic scenes.”

+ =Arena.= 40: 484. N. ’08. 250w.

“Mr. Curwood is to be congratulated upon having utilized an
insignificant crumb of national history for the making of a
well-constructed and interesting tale.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 657. N. 7, ’08. 320w.

* =Curwood, James Oliver.= Wolf hunters: a tale of adventure in the wilderness. †$1.50. Bobbs.

8–20578.

A thrilling tale of adventure in the Canadian wilderness. A young
half-breed, his tenderfoot friend, and a toughened Indian pathfinder,
share perilous dangers in the north country during a winter of
trapping, wolf hunting and Indian fighting. The gruesome find of a
cabin containing the skeletons of two men, who from all evidences, had
fought to death, results in the discovery of the location of a gold
mine. The author ends his story with the return to the post. The hunt
for the gold mine, postponed until spring, would furnish good material
for a sequel.

=Cushing, Otho.= Teddyssey. $1. Life pub.

7–33618.

Humorous drawings after the “mock heroic order” which picture eleven
episodes in the life of President Roosevelt.

* * * * *

“The President is the subject of perennial interest to all good
Americans, and whatever may be their political affiliations they will
find Mr. Cushing’s pictorial account of the particularly strenuous
moments in a strenuous career entertaining and possibly not without
food for thought.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 430. D. 16, ’07. 70w.

Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.

+ =Ind.= 63: 1469. D. 19, ’07. 40w.

=Cuthell, Edith E.= Wilhelmina, margravine of Baireuth. 2v. *$6.
Appleton.

6–33598.

A biography of Wilhelmina, sister of Frederick the Great. “Miss
Cuthell follows the fortunes of her heroine, using for the most part
the Margravine’s own pencil, as traced in her memoirs and in her
voluminous correspondence with the king, her brother, and with her
literary father-confessor Voltaire.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“Miss Cuthell, although her method is at times too crude and
colloquial to be altogether pleasing, has given us a picturesque and
readable account of a woman who is invariably interesting.”

+ − =Acad.= 70: 35. Ja. 13, ’06. 1700w.

“These deductions [poor style and deplorable Latin] from the value of
an entertaining and not unimportant historical biography are
regrettable, especially as most of them might have been avoided by a
little more care in the correction of the press.”

+ − =Ath.= 1905, 2: 858. D. 23. 1230w.

“Except where it touches on the English marriages and, on the war, the
book is very interesting, though it is written in a vulgar, slipshod
style that seriously mars its attractiveness and sometimes, as in the
symbolic allusion to music at the outset, degenerates into pure
nonsense. Some of the illustrations are good.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 44. F. 9, ’06. 1170w.

“Miss Cuthell has performed a valuable service to literature in
presenting in vivid and masculine English a new life of the Margravine
of Baireuth, who will always remain one of the most fascinating
characters in history.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 90. F. 15, ’08. 620w.

“As a biography the book is inclined to err on the side of length, and
the style is occasionally slipshod, while a number of obvious blunders
should be corrected, but the author deserves praise for giving us a
thorough and always brightly written account of a really interesting
personality.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 101: 82. Ja. 20, ’06. 2860w.

“The ideal biographer should be first artisan, then artist. Miss
Cuthell shows well in the former capacity by her skill in quarrying
the extensive material of her subject and her industrious archival
researches in Berlin and London, and also by her examinations of
certain controversial questions touching the authenticity of the
Margravine’s memoirs. But as artist the lady leaves something to
desire.”

+ − =Spec.= 96: 621. Ap. 21, ’06. 2400w.

=Cutting, Mrs. Mary Stewart.= Suburban whirl. †$1.25. McClure.

7–33206.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“Seems almost too purposeful for the caliber of the characters
involved.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 312. F. 6, ’08. 120w.

“There is a similarity about Mrs. Cutting’s suburban ladies that makes
them seem as if they had been cut out after the same pattern and
provided with different coloring and wardrobes.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 6. Ja. 4, ’08. 390w.

“The author’s humorous appreciation of certain disadvantages of such
place of residence enliven her serious and forceful consideration of
some of the causes that make for marital infelicity in town and
country.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 828. D. 14, ’07. 70w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 126. Ja. ’08. 160w.

=Cutting, Mary Stewart.= The wayfarers. †$1.50. McClure.

8–19022.

Another story dealing with the problems of married life. The lure of
wealth induces a young suburbanite to assume a trying factory
managership under a coarse, greedy taskmaster. It is the shadow of the
struggle to “make good” that darkens the home for a time and in this
half-light the true-as-steel character of the wife is revealed and the
essential manhood of the husband.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 244. O. ’08. ✠

“It is full of careful portraiture, luminous little flashes of
sympathetic understanding ... but according to the strict requirements
of construction, the novel as a whole lacks cohesion.” F: T. Cooper.

− + =Bookm.= 27: 576. Ag. ’08. 760w.

“She presents understandingly both sides of a very intricate problem
of human existence.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 550. S. 3, ’08. 90w.

“A book of close appeal to those who study life and to those who
live.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 289. S. 24, ’08. 330w.

“Mrs. Cutting presents a set of exasperating characters in her clever
novel and casts them in a domestic drama that is distinctly depressing
and at times extremely harrowing.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 380. Jl. 4, ’08. 660w.

D

=Daggett, Stuart.= Railroad reorganization. (Harvard economic studies, v. 4.) **$2. Houghton.

8–15469.

“This four-hundred-page work is the result of an investigation
extending over a period of several years, during which the author
collected, classified, and carefully studied the facts concerning a
large number of railroad reorganizations. Nine chapters are devoted to
the study of the reorganization of some of the greatest railroad
systems in this country.... The tenth and concluding chapter
constitutes a general treatment of railway reorganizations in which
are framed rules and general principles deduced from the preceding
study.”—J. Pol. Econ.

* * * * *

“Mr. Daggett’s work on ‘Railroad reorganization’ is doing an
inestimable service in discussing one of the most recondite as well as
most important phases of railway management—and mismanagement.” J: J.
Halsey.

+ =Dial.= 45: 165. S. 16, ’08. 980w.

“The work should be of great aid to the investor who is involved in
any of the current reorganizations, as well as an important source of
materials for class-room study.” T: W. Mitchell.

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 535. O. ’08. 1800w.

“While these studies show great attention to accuracy of statement and
an unusual grasp of the sources of information, yet the reader is not
burdened with unnecessary detail. Excellent judgment has been
displayed in the selection of the significant events and in the
omission of irrelevant material. Too much praise cannot be ascribed to
this scholarly book. It approaches the study of corporation finance
from the right direction.” F. H. Dixon.

+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 721. D. ’08. 1100w.

=Dahlgren, Ulric, and Kepner, William Allison.= Text-book of the
principles of animal histology. *$3.75. Macmillan.

8–19603.

“After seven introductory chapters dealing with protoplasm, the cell,
multicellular organization viewed from the phylogenetic and from the
ontogenetic standpoints, mitosis and amitosis, epithelium and glands,
connecting, supporting and filling tissues, there are taken up in
order, tissues for the production of motion, electricity, light and
heat; tissues connected with circulation, sensation, pigmentation,
alimentation, ductless glands; tissues concerned with respiration, gas
secretion, excretion, protection, reproduction, accessory reproductive
tissues and tissues for the nourishment of the young.”—Science.

* * * * *

“The most careful scrutiny reveals almost no defects. It easily takes
first place among histologies, chiefly because of the invaluable
comparative element.”

+ + =Nation.= 87: 144. Ag. 13, ’08. 480w.

“The work as a whole is much more than a text-book, for it contains a
large amount of original observation here published for the first
time. This applies to every chapter, but particularly to those which
deal with the production of light and electricity, and with the sense
organs. In the opinion of the writer the most serious criticism of the
work for use as a text-book is that it ‘falls between two stools’; it
can be used advantageously only by advanced students who have had a
pretty thorough training in zoology, while much of the material
described is quite inaccessible to average classes.” E. G. Conklin.

+ + − =Science=, n.s. 28: 520. O. 16, ’08. 1150w.

=Dalliba, Gerda.= Earth poem and other poems; with an introd. by
Edwin Markham. **$2. Putnam.

8–25379.

“An earth poem” sets forth man’s needs, capabilities and progress thru
long eons of evolution from materialism to spiritual understanding.
“In the first part, Children of sod, man is seen in his mere
sense-hunger and earth-wrestle; in the second part, Children of air,
man begins to wonder over life and to send his restless heart across
the stars; in the last part, Children of sun, man dreams of the long
purpose of God and fares forth in daring adventures of spirit.” (Edwin
Markham’s introd.)

=Darwin, Leonard.= Municipal ownership. *$1.25. Dutton.

8–16481.

A series of four lectures delivered at Harvard in 1905 which reveal
England’s attitude towards the relations of taxation, wages, direct
employment, and subjects allied to the question of public ownership.
He maintains that the great evil of municipal ownership lies in the
indirect results of municipal employment, and shows the influence a
local policy exerted even by a small body of municipal employees. “His
own remedy for existing evils is not municipal ownership, but a
continuance of the system of private ownership, with insistence on
short-term franchises and wise restrictions.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“Recommended for libraries which do not have Major Darwin’s larger
work entitled ‘Municipal trading.’”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 176. Je. ’08.

“Attempting to present the arguments, both for and against municipal
ownership, it fails to command the respect of either advocates or
opponents of increased functions for the municipality, nor does it
deal with the subject in a sufficiently scholarly manner to raise it
above the necessity of taking sides.”

− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 442. S. ’08. 160w.

“We take pleasure in commending the book as a fair presentation of
most of the stronger of the arguments against municipal ownership,
while at the same time reviewing, often with approval, some of the
arguments for municipal ownership.”

+ =Engin. N.= 59: 542. My. 14, ’08. 600w.

“With a naive generosity he supplies his own reductio ad absurdum.”

− =Ind.= 65: 722. S. 24, ’08. 400w.

“As well worth reading as an example of scholarly argument as to
obtain a concise statement of opinion from the most unprejudiced and
authoritative writer on the subject of municipal ownership.”

+ + =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 389. Je. ’08. 100w.

“Dr. Darwin’s treatment is far less partisan and far more convincing
than Professor Meyer’s. It may fairly be described as a calm and
judicious discussion, having for its object the pointing out of better
ways of controlling public utilities than have obtained in the past.”

+ + =Outlook.= 88: 563. Mr. 7, ’08. 270w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 383. Mr. ’08. 60w.

“Mr. Darwin is so well known as a great fighter against municipal
extravagance that his views must be of interest. Disappointingly here
he comes to no conclusion, and consequently gives little help in
solving what has now become an essentially practical question. He
treats the question of municipal corruption too complacently.”

− =Sat. R.= 104: 801. D. 28, ’07. 570w.

“Contains scholarly and dispassionate arguments.”

+ =Spec.= 100: sup. 640. Ap. 25, ’08. 1800w.

=Dasent, Arthur Irwin.= John Thadeus Delane, 1817–1879, editor of
“The London times”: his life and correspondence; compiled from
hitherto unpublished letters by his nephew, Arthur Irwin Dasent.
2v. *$7.50. Scribner.

8–20731.

A sketch of the working life of Delane who at the age of twenty-three
became editor of The London times—“a biography which, unlike some
others, keeps documentary evidence carefully separate from gossip.”
(Ath.) “We ascribe his ascendancy in politics and society to the fact
that he was an honourable English gentleman, endowed with a double
dose of mother-wit, and, placed by accident in a commanding position,
with the strength to be just, to tell the truth, and, above all, to be
master of his own house.... It is surely a rare combination of moral
qualities that makes a man loved and hated, feared and trusted, and
that made John Delane ‘the greatest editor the world has ever seen, or
is ever likely to see.’” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“In editing his uncle’s correspondence Mr. Dasent, we consider, should
have been much more liberal with foot-notes.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 501. Ap. 25. 1800w.

“An extremely clear picture of an extraordinary man.” H. W. Boynton.

+ + =Bookm.= 28: 43. S. ’08. 1400w.

“Written in a style that comes so near to being good as almost to
tantalize the reader. We must bestow a word of praise upon the
excellent index and occasional footnotes, and the two clear portraits
of Delane.” P. F. Bicknell.

+ − =Dial.= 45: 56. Ag. 1, ’08. 1850w.

“To pass swiftly over the defects of these volumes, they are diffuse
and padded, yet leave much lacking. We are let very little into the
inner life of Delane.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 467. My. 21, ’08. 1350w.

“Of eulogy there is no lack, even if it is not always discriminating.”
E: Porritt.

+ − =No. Am.= 188: 296. Ag. ’08. 1750w.

“It is, indeed, something more than a biography, for Delane was so
conspicuous a part of the history of his time that Mr. Dasent
necessarily reviews that history in considerable detail.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 626. Jl. 18, ’08. 480w.

“The biography of such a man is bound to be of absorbing interest; and
Mr. Dasent’s only difficulty has been that of selection.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 533. Ap. 25, ’08. 2400w.

“Mr. Dasent’s style is not light nor easy; he distracts the reader
with numerous unnecessary footnotes, and he has not bent the materials
to his will, but has rather let them take charge of him. The tokens of
his industry, however, are everywhere, and nothing can disguise the
instructiveness of these volumes.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: 619. Ap. 18, ’08. 1850w.

=Daulton, Agnes McClelland.= Fritzi, or The Princess Perhaps, il.
†$1.50. Century.

8–8100.

A story for children whose little heroine loses her mother in a New
York accident, and, too young to remember her home and father in
Germany, is taken by a blind musician and his wife, who develop her
young genius for the violin and train her in matters of self reliance.
Later she becomes the temporary possession of a palmist who deserts
her; then chance drops her into a Staten Island “eyrie” with a nest
full of frolicsome boys and girls. Here she experiences her first home
happiness, and thru the aid of her kind friends finds her long-lost
father.

* * * * *

“Is written with such knowledge of human nature of all ages that it
will appeal to their elders quite as much as to the youthful members
of the family.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 304. My. 30, ’08. 100w.

“Mrs. Daulton has a charming narrative style, and manages to make her
readers as much in love with the characters she draws as they were
with Fritzi.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 85. My. 9, ’08. 150w.

=Davenport, Cyril James.= Book: its history and development.
(Westminster ser.) *$2. Van Nostrand.

8–18737.

Written from the craftsman’s point of view, this study begins with a
chapter on Early records in which the author follows the steps in the
evolution of true writing from the chaos of inscription. In like
manner he follows the steps that mark the evolution of bindings,
paper, type and printing, and illustrations: after which are chapters
devoted to the perfection and ornamentation of bindings, and to
book-binding materials and tools. There is a bibliography following
each chapter, and an index at the end of the book.

* * * * *

“Probably no other Englishman possesses so wide and detailed a
knowledge of the history of bookbinding and the commercial and
artistic development of the art. On other aspects of his subject he
writes with much less authority, and occasionally with some confusion
of thought.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 449. Ap. 11. 370w.

“The volume is remarkably free from technical terms, and the
interested reader who desires to inform himself as to the history and
development of book-making, as well as the many processes through
which a volume passes, cannot afford to miss this excellent
contribution.”

+ =Bookm.= 28: 51. S. ’08. 200w.

+ =Dial.= 45: 170. S. 16, ’08. 300w.

“All lovers of books may find pleasure in this skillful but
untechnical account of their history and manufacture. Mr. Davenport’s
style is clear and attractive, and the book is profusely illustrated
in the best meaning of the word.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 462. Ag. 22, ’08. 300w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 384. S. ’08. 50w.

=Davenport, Cyril J. H.= Jewellery. (Little books on art.) *$1.
McClurg.

A twenty-five page introduction tells something of the work of
Eligius, the patron saint of jewellery, and of Cellini; of early
jewellery in various countries; and of the treatment of precious
stones. The chapters of the body of the book are: Necklaces; Pendants;
Diadems; Earrings, nose-rings, labrets; Bracelets; Finger rings; Pins
and brooches. Bibliography and index.

* * * * *

“Is as general in its application, and as critical in its comparison
of the habits of many nations and many times, as could be desired.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 558. D. 3, ’08. 110w.

“Has the double value of practical usefulness to the craftsman and
interest to the general reader.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 656. N. 7, ’08. 380w.

* =Davenport, Cyril James.= Miniatures, ancient and modern. (Little books on art.) *$1. McClurg.

An introductory chapter treats of miniature painting of antiquity,
following which are three chapters devoted to English miniatures, one
on foreign miniatures, one on enamels and one on wax miniatures.
Illustrations, bibliography and index.

* * * * *

“A sound explanation of this minute and delicate portrait painting. It
is desirable that the title of his book should be changed so as to
describe more exactly its contents.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 558. D. 3, ’08. 170w.

“Combines artistic criticism with practical detail in an
extraordinarily compact form.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 684. N. 21, ’08. 340w.

=Davenport, Eugene.= Principles of breeding: a treatise on
thremmatology; or, The principles and practices involved in the
economic improvement of domesticated animals and plants; with
appendix by H. L. Rietz. $2.50. Ginn.

7–32122.

Seeks its audience among the students of agriculture in colleges and
experiment stations and practical breeders upon the farm. It aims to
define the problems involved in animal and plant improvement, to free
the subject from the prejudice and tradition that have always befogged
it, to bring to the study whatever facts are known to biological
science, to recognize and define present limitations of knowledge and
to indicate directions from which understanding is to come. It urges
exact methods of study and practice.

* * * * *

“The only book published on the general subject of reading.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 176. Je. ’08.

“The index is very full. Prof. Davenport is to be congratulated on so
happily combining scientific accuracy with practical advice.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 166. Ag. 20, ’08. 380w.

“If it has failings the book has great merit.”

+ + − =Nature.= 78: 51. My. 21, ’08. 650w.

=Davenport, Herbert Joseph.= Value and distribution: a critical and
constructive study. *$3.50. Univ. of Chicago press.

8–6683.

The author explains that there is nothing new in his entrepreneur
point of view in the computation of costs and in the analysis of the
process by which distributive shares are assigned, that it need be
only “clearly distinguished, consistently held and fully developed.”
To this end he rids the science of the doctrines that do not belong to
it and selects, articulates and expands the necessary propositions
bearing upon the subjects of value, demand and cost.

* * * * *

“This is an excellent technical book on economic theory which, while
it is exceedingly well done and ought to be in all libraries large
enough to buy books for the academic student of economics, is beyond
the understanding of the general public.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 176. Je. ’08.

“A lengthy and ponderous volume leading to no practical conclusions.
It is certain that he has placed before the economic world a book
which will be read only by a few because of its difficult phraseology,
unnecessary indulgence in detail quotations and involved
investigations into the questions which do not concern even the
average economist.” Scott Nearing.

− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 631. N. ’08. 260w.

“The chief objection to the author’s own views are that they lean too
much in the direction of the impressionistic school of economics which
frequently mistakes figures of speech for facts, and the quantitative
expression of a thing, or, rather, the expression of the quantity of a
thing for the thing itself.” T. N. Carver.

− + =Econ. Bull.= 1: 115. Je. ’08. 600w.

“This book, the reviewer believes, will in future years rank as the
best and ripest fruit of a period of intensive critical study of
economic theory.” A. S. Johnson.

+ + − =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 380. Je. ’08. 2350w.

“It is the irony of fate that the work must be a sealed book except to
that inconsiderable number of trained economists who have followed the
windings of the higher economic analysis of the past two decades. To
read the book is altogether too much like trying to follow Lasker
playing three games of chess at the same time.”

− =Nation.= 87: 416. O. 29, ’08. 460w.

“The book is profound and technical and not well suited to popular
reading.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 222. Ap. 11, ’08. 350w.

“Undoubtedly an original and in some ways a stimulating work, it is
unduly elaborate, distressingly wordy, and cumbered with a most
formidable terminology.”

− + =Outlook.= 89: 264. My. 30, ’08. 330w.

=Univ. Rec.= 12: 161. Ap. ’08. 400w.

=Davey, John.= Tree doctor: the care of trees and plants. *$2.
Saalfield.

7–36735.

A book of judicious advice and instruction based upon a study of
trees, their injuries, diseases and methods of preservation.

* * * * *

“From first to last, the author presents the whole matter just as an
enthusiastic tree-doctor might talk to a sympathetic audience. But we
must express regret that so good a book should be without index or
even table of contents. Even the two hundred photographic
reproductions, most of them good and well-chosen, cannot make up for
this unnecessary defect.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 383. Ap. 23, ’08. 250w.

“Some readers may be disappointed that Mr. Davey does not go more
thoroughly into the science of tree doctoring, but what the volume
lacks in this respect is more than compensated for in the
well-directed appeal for intelligent education in the principles of
tree life instead of merely emotional admiration.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 174. Mr. 28, ’08. 350w.

=Davidson, Augusta M. C.= Present-day Japan. *$1.50. Scribner.

“Founded upon a study of the ethical forces and the national religion
of the Japanese, their daily goings in and comings out,—their social
life, and their amusements.” (Dial.) It touches “lightly the surface
of Japanese life, or if seriously attempting to enter the arcana of
thought and inheritance, shows little acquaintance with the historic
monuments or the native literature except through translations. For
this very reason, it may be, the work will be attractive to those who
prefer to know about the Japan of to-day and do not care to probe
phenomena for reasons. The text is based on letters written at the
time and on the spot, and afterwards topically arranged.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“There are few books about Japan more illuminating and entertaining
than this one.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ + =Dial.= 44: 346. Je. 1, ’08. 500w.

“As sympathy is itself a key to interpretation, many of the popular
customs, festivals, and daily acts are made more intelligible to us by
this educated English woman than by the average traveler who writes.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 444. My. 14, ’08. 180w.

“Her book is reminiscent of letters written from foreign lands for
publication in a village weekly newspaper.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 331. Je. 13, ’08. 160w.

=Davidson, Lillias Campbell.= Catherine of Braganca: infanta of
Portugal and queen consort of England. *$5. Dutton.

8–21033.

Five hundred pages which aim to “trace the blameless life of Catherine
of Bragança and to unfold the wrappings that leave long hidden the
character refined and ennobled by much unnecessary suffering; to
unwind webs, and to disentangle threads.” It is a biography based upon
long research, and becomes a defense and an apology for the life of
the unhappy queen of Charles the second.

* * * * *

“We have felt bound to call attention to the lapses in taste and
judgment which are the outstanding features of a book claiming notice
as a serious contribution to historical learning.”

− =Ath.= 1908, 2: 174. Ag. 15. 2000w.

+ − =Nation.= 87: 214. S. 3, ’08. 500w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 355. Je. 20, ’08. 300w.

“The book should take its place alongside those other books of good
women, Maud Jerrold’s ‘Vittoria Colonna,’ for instance, and Sidney
Lee’s ‘Queen Victoria.’”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 316. O. 10, ’08. 430w.

“Mrs. Davidson’s book gives an excellent, picturesque account of
England, and especially of London during Charles’s reign. We think a
biographer’s chief end has been successfully reached: Catherine
herself is and remains the central figure.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 234. Ag. 15, ’08. 1550w.

=Davies, F. H.= Electric power and traction. (Westminster ser.) *$2.
Van Nostrand.

8–21956.

This book is intended to appeal to members of trades allied with
electrical engineering. “Four chapters deal with the generation and
distribution of power.... Two chapters are devoted to D. C. and A. C.
motors, and their principles are expounded.... The chapters on the
application of electric power are the best in the book, and the
advantages of electric driving are clearly brought out.... The last
ten chapters of the book are devoted to electric traction.” (Nature.)

* * * * *

+ =Engin. D.= 4: 54. Jl. ’08. 270w.

“It is devoted to English methods and machinery when the minor, but
notable, departures from well-known American practice are noted.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 60: 191. Ag. 13, ’08. 640w.

“It contains a good deal of sound practical information, and can be
recommended to the class of readers for whom it is intended.”

+ + − =Nature.= 77: 74. N. 28, ’07. 660w.

“It covers practical ground, and at the same time is technical enough
to meet with the approval of those who are fairly well grounded in the
study of electrical science.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 584. O. 17, ’08. 60w.

=Davies, Randall.= English society of the eighteenth century in
contemporary art. (Portfolio monographs.) *$2. Dutton.

7–37521.

To the impressions of eighteenth century society gained from books and
letters, Mr. Davies has added the “oddities and characteristic
features” that the art of the century reveals. He sees the eighteenth
century thru the paintings of Hogarth, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Copley,
Zoffany, Rolandson, Stubbs and others.

* * * * *

“The idea of this volume is a good one, and the result should not be
missed by anyone interested in old manners and old pictures.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 162. N. 23, ’07. 240w.

“From the scanty materials at his disposal, he has succeeded in
producing an agreeable book.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 661. N. 23. 640w.

“May be called a happy vade mecum for readers of the novels and
letters of the period. It is not an erudite book. The charm of the
book lies in the parallel reproduction of eighteenth century life in
text and illustration.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 543. D. 12, ’07. 170w.

“Throws an interesting light on the gay life of a time in English
history that was far from being commonplace.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 836. D. 14, ’07. 70w

“His book is something of a curiosity in literature, and is worth
having, not only because of the pictures, which are beautifully
reproduced, but because the chapters in which the phases of the day
are described have been written with knowledge and sympathy.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 590. N. 16, ’07. 170w.

=Davies, Randall, and Hunt, Cecil=, comps. Stories of the English
artists from Vandyck to Turner. $3. Duffield.

A book for the general reader not well versed in art but who may be
“interested to learn what manner of men they were who founded the art
of painting in England or who worthily sustained the traditions of
their greater predecessors.” The man himself is the theme in each
instance; so there are given personal details, anecdotes, scraps of
gossip, and bits of conversation to guide the reader in forming an
idea of the character, habits and thoughts of the painters introduced.

* * * * *

“Within the narrow field chosen the work is acceptably accomplished by
the free and acknowledged use of material gathered by others. It is,
therefore, not surprising to find an almost equal meed of praise
bestowed upon each artist in turn, and the uninformed reader will have
to look elsewhere for anything like discrimination.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 726. D. 5, ’08. 400w.

=Davis, Charles Belmont.= Stage door. †$1.50. Scribner.

8–15297.

Ten stories of New York stage life. “The stories are alike in taking
their savor from the stage, and generally develop the idea that the
people of the theatre are much like other folks, having their own
failings, to be sure, but developing unsuspected virtues under trial
as well.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Realistic and well written stories.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 218. Je. ’08. ✠

“The author’s study is the triumph of atmosphere, the triumph of
environment.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 515. Je. 4, ’08. 450w.

“The tales are slender in texture, but they are entertaining, with
much atmosphere of newspaper life as well as dramatic, and both
touched with the pen of a familiar.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 306. My. 30, ’08. 250w.

“Stories which have originality, plot-invention, and unusual skill in
narrative.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 532. Jl. 4, ’08. 40w.

“Without preoccupying himself overmuch with the graces of style, Mr.
Davis creates a very satisfactory and convincing atmosphere for the
up-to-date characters introduced in these clever tales.” Charlotte
Harwood.

+ =Putnam’s.= 4: 622. Ag. ’08. 110w.

=Davis, Charles H. S.= Consumption: its prevention and cure without
medicine. *$1. Treat.

A new edition which contains additional chapters on bovine
tuberculosis, the use of milk, general tuberculosis, marriage and
offspring, and a list of institutions in the United States where
tuberculosis patients are received.

* * * * *

=R. of Rs.= 38: 510. O. ’08. 80w.

=Davis, George Breckenridge.= Elements of international law: with an
account of its origin, sources and historical development. 3d ed.
$3. Harper.

8–23585.

The third edition of a text-book for students into which have been
incorporated the results of the work of the second Peace conference.
The appendix includes the texts of the several treaties and
declarations concluded at the Hague, on October 18, 1907, and such
notation and comment as will enable them to be understood readily. A
number of chapters have been recast and amplified.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 276. N. ’08.

“Mr. Davis has put under obligation not only every student of law, but
every publicist and newspaper editor who needs a reliable book of
reference on the international questions of the hour.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 469. O. 3, ’08. 230w.

=Davis, Nathaniel Newnham-.= Gourmet’s guide to Europe. 2d ed.
*$1.50. Brentano’s.

The second edition of a book devoted to the interests of the epicurean
tourist through Europe. There are directions for luxury-loving people
concerning where to eat, what to eat and what to avoid.

* * * * *

“Should be appreciated by many travellers.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 447. Ap. 11. 120w.

“The greater part of our way lies through a succession of menus and
national tastes that is instructive, interesting, and valuable from
the practical point of view, but lacks the touch that makes
literature.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 71. Jl. 23, ’08. 330w.

“A veritable masterwork of its own genre.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 389. Jl. 11, ’08. 970w.

=Davis, Richard Harding.= Congo and coasts of Africa. **$1.50.
Scribner.

7–37527.

Mr. Davis records what he saw and heard in the Congo region, picturing
much of the former and vouching astutely for the latter. He writes
entertainingly of the Berlin conference, the “stewardship” of King
Leopold, the failure of the latter to fulfil the letter of his
promises, and the resulting present state and outlook of the Congo
situation.

* * * * *

“Written in the author’s usual graphic style. Will appeal to some
readers, familiar with his other books, who would not read a valuable
and reliable work on the subject.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 39. F. ’08.

“The reader who wishes to be entertained will find this book one hard
to lay down. He who reads to get information on the subjects covered
by the title will be greatly disappointed.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 500. Mr. ’08. 180w.

“A ‘good work’ in other than a literary sense.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 180. Ag. 15. 780w.

+ − =Cath. World.= 86: 823. Mr. ’08. 270w.

“This is an interesting record.” E. D. Jones.

+ =Econ. Bull.= 1: 134. Je. ’08. 320w.

“It certainly contains nothing that is new or authoritative.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 1289. Je. 4, ’08. 100w.

“Has made no noticeable contribution to our knowledge of a question on
which issue has been joined so sharply. Even as journalism the book is
slovenly.”

− =Nation.= 85: 564. D. 19, ’07. 270w.

“His ignorance of the political history and origin of the Congo Free
State is abysmal, and the amount of his geographical misinformation
stupendous.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 827. D. 14, ’07. 1120w.

“Has made a very readable travel book out of his experiences in
equatorial Africa.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 117. Ja. ’08. 70w.

=Davis, Richard Harding.= Vera the medium. †$1.50. Macmillan.

8–17791.

Whether Stephen Hallowell, at the point of death, shall return his
millions to their rightful owner or leave them to a charitable
institution—the latter being the scheme of a legal adviser to throw
the control of the fortune into his own unscrupulous hands—is to be
decided during a séance conducted by Vera the medium. She has been
instructed to decide in favor of the tricksters, but under the
influence of the man who had bared to her view the falsity of her
life, at the crucial moment of the séance, she repudiates the fraud
and dishonesty of her seamy profession.

* * * * *

“Of more than ordinary interest, written in the author’s best style.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 218. Je. ’08.

“There is in it scarcely a trace of Mr. Davis’s former power of vivid
narration.”

− =Ind.= 65: 213. Jl. 23, ’08. 60w.

“The material is not of a durable kind, but it is well-tailored.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 579. Je. 25, ’08. 360w.

“The book has a certain interest, but it is of an artificial and not
elevated sort. Possibly the book’s strongest merit is the distaste it
inspires with the sort of life which it describes.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 354. Je. 20, ’08. 330w.

“Must be regarded as a short story of double the average length rather
than as a novel. So looked at, it has pith, life, and plot interest.”

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 532. Jl. 4, ’08. 80w.

“The movement is as brisk and the style as crisp as usual.” Charlotte
Harwood.

+ =Putnam’s.= 4: 622. Ag. ’08. 120w.

=Davis, Theodore M.= Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou. *$12.50. Dutton.

8–20521.

Including The finding of the tomb, by Theodore M. Davis; Notes on
Iouiya and Touiyou, by Gaston Maspero; Description of the objects
found in the tomb, by Percy E. Newberry; and Illustrations of the
objects, by Howard Carter.

* * * * *

“Perhaps the most important part of the book [is] in the shape of a
catalogue with full descriptions of the different objects found in the
tomb from the capable pen of Prof. Newberry. One of the handsomest
publications we have seen for some time.”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 724. D. 7. 1150w.

“The publication takes its place at once as a valuable contribution
and as a definitive work.”

+ + =Nation.= 86: 17. Ja. 2, ’08. 410w.

=Dawson, Mrs. Nelson.= Enamels. (Little books on art.) *$1. McClurg.

A helpful little volume for the handicraft student and general reader.
An introduction touching briefly upon the origin, history and
development of enameling precedes the following chapters: Cloisonné
enamels; Champlevé enamels; Painted enamels; Oriental enamels; Irish
enamels; and Modern enamels. A list of books and articles on enamels
and an index complete the volume.

* * * * *

“This breach in logical sequence is a matter of regret, for nothing is
more to be desired than a treatise which shall insist upon the unity
of design and of processes between East and West, the middle ages and
modern times. In short, the value of the book ceases with page 140,
and the close of the discussion of European enamels.”

− + =Nation.= 87: 558. D. 3, ’08. 360w.

“The history and the description of different methods are given with
care and spirit.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 684. N. 21, ’08. 220w.

=Dawson, William James.= Prophet in Babylon: a story of social
service. †$1.50.

Revell. 7–31420.

John Gaunt, the rector of a prosperous New York church, awakens from
the preaching which has been along the line of least resistance,
“speaks out, consequently incurring the wrath of his fat flock, and
finally [goes] out into the highways and byways,—according to his
Master’s bidding,—and establishes a great, unselfish League of
universal service, a new social force, that ‘League of universal
service, whose emblem is the cross, whose motto is the union of all
who love in the service of all who suffer.’” (R. of Rs.)

* * * * *

“It is not without flaws in treatment and taste, and to some readers
will be unconvincing, but its sincerity and strength will as certainly
attract others.”

− + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 219. Je. ’08.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 708. My. ’08. 100w.

“Dr. Dawson ... seems to be suffering from religious, if not moral,
megalomania. The methods used for his propaganda are evangelistic,
sensational, and meretricious. And we cannot think Dr. Dawson’s novel
a serious contribution to the solution of the question.”

− =Ind.= 64: 370. F. 13, ’08. 620w.

“A serious attempt to express in the form of fiction the upshot of his
speculations as to the connection between religion and modern life.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 106. Ja. 30, ’08. 700w.

“This story will be widely read, and with good desert. It will miss
its appeal to a certain class of minds because of the strain of
mysticism and miraculousness that runs thru it. The Hellenists will be
repelled by its abounding Hebraism. But on the whole it is well suited
to find the hearts of all those who love a story of purpose and moral
passion.” C: Ferguson. “I have read every word of it, and I doubt if
anyone who starts the book can help going through it to the end. It is
strong, vital, and it handles a great theme that is bound to attract
attention and do good.” C: H. Parkhurst. “I think so much of Dr.
Dawson’s book that I have already recommended it to my congregation as
a good book to read, and I expect personally to give away quite a
number of copies of it.” P. S. Grant.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 857. D. 28, ’07. 3350w.

“Dramatic situations, striking personalities, pathetic and tragic
incidents, domestic love and sacrifice, are interwoven with literary
skill, and the whole is suffused with religious passion and enthusiasm
for humanity.”

+ + =Outlook.= 87: 874. D. 21, ’07. 350w.

“The whole story shows Dr. Dawson’s keen analysis of character, his
sympathetic and high-minded idealism, and his fine English style.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 758. D. ’07. 120w.

“We do not assert Dr. Dawson’s novel to shine forth as a literary
masterpiece; far from this we could point out bad flaws in treatment,
technique, taste. But we do affirm that here before us lies a book
inspiring and uplifting through its clean, direct sincerity,
integrity, virility.”

+ + − =R. of Rs.= 37: 127. Ja. ’08. 360w.

=Day, Clive.= History of commerce. (Longmans’ commercial
text-books.) *$2. Longmans.

7–22933.

Professor Clive “begins his story with thirty pages on antiquities,
but gets down to serious business in his description of medieval
commerce—town, sea and levant trade, gilds, fairs, economic theory and
exploration. Modern commerce begins with the opening of the sea
routes, and here our author reviews the origins of commercial
enterprise, mercantilism and the development of credit—taking up each
European nation after a general survey of economic principles. The
industrial revolution—machinery, international trade and recent
economic transformations—receives the proportion of space which its
importance warrants, and for the benefit of the American student
nearly one-third of the volume is devoted to the commercial history of
the United States.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“The best general treatise on the subject in English.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 39. F. ’08.

“This is the best single-volume treatise that has thus far appeared in
English on the history of commerce. From the bibliographical
standpoint the book is a model.” E. R. Johnson.

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 517. Mr. ’08. 400w.

“Writing as he does from a great university in the United States, he
takes a point of view which coincides with that of his own country,
but those who are not his fellow-citizens may also read his volume
with pleasure and advantage.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 820. D. 28. 730w.

“A work of this kind, in the production of which the author has had
but little help from similar attempts by predecessors in the endeavor,
cannot be expected to attain anything like perfection before it
reaches a second or a third, or even a fourth edition, a success to
which this one will, no doubt, attain.”

+ − =Cath. World.= 86: 548. Ja. ’08. 470w.

“Will undoubtedly take front rank in the all too meager text-book
literature of the subject, tho one cannot help regretting that the
author, who is well equipped for the task, had not undertaken a more
monumental work. The chief features of the book are excellence of
arrangement, proportion, clearness of presentation and extensive
bibliographical apparatus.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 1177. N. 14. ’07. 160w.

“Some shortcomings may be noticed. The author, in pitching the key of
his discourse, sometimes strikes too low. Some indefiniteness is
permissible in so general a text, yet it would often be a good
investment to have the exact fact.” J. P. Goode.

+ + − =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 309. My. ’08. 900w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 376. Je. 8, ’07. 120w.

“This work is an interesting specimen of the new textbooks which the
subject requires.”

+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 643. N. 2, ’07. 590w.

=Day, Holman Francis.= Eagle badge; or The Skokums of the Allagash.
†$1.25. Harper.

8–29336.

The Maine lumber tracts are once more the scene of a wilderness sketch
which is a companion piece to “King spruce.” The young hero is a
gritty lad who joins a driving crew, who by hard knocks develops the
muscle and alacrity necessary for facing a jam’s toils and perils, and
who eventually thru heroic service succeeds the retiring Andy Tedd as
master of the drive.

* * * * *

“Boys who like stories of out-of-door adventure will be apt to read
this tale of the Maine forests a second time. The story is wholesome.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 650. N. 7, ’08. 160w.

=Day, Holman Francis.= King Spruce: a novel. †$1.50. Harper.

8–11702.

A strong story of the Maine timber regions in which Dwight Wade, a
young college man, invincible in the might of essential manhood, is
pitted against a timber-baron personified in King Spruce. For daring
to love the magnate’s daughter, Wade receives from him only anathemas
and curses. He plunges into the hard life of the woods, where his
winning struggles against fire and flood, tyrants and bosses,
treachery in ambush and in the open elicit the “well done” alike of
friend and foe.

* * * * *

“The descriptions are vivid, the situations often verge on the
melodramatic, and the love story is inadequate.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 219. Je. ’08.

“It is too much technical speech for easy reading, but we do not need
to understand all the terms employed to enjoy the tale, which is both
virile and exciting.” W: M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 44: 349. Je. 1, ’08. 270w.