Chapter XVII: Part 1: , deals with historic material—the beginnings and growth of (2)

“Not detailed, but an unprejudiced, comprehensive, and scholarly
summary of arguments on a subject of great present-day interest.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 78. Mr. ’08.

“A well-balanced, carefully-written book.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 174. My. ’08. 170w.

“The value of Mr. Dunmore’s book lies in his lucid and careful
examination and summary of the causes which led to the loss of the
place which the United States once held in the ocean carrying trade,
and of the arguments for and against further government aid to the
ocean transport business.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 1043. My. 7, ’08. 400w.

“To speak in general terms, the discussion is largely a summary of
arguments upon the question at issue—a summary which is convenient
because of arrangement, (this is marred by typographical errors in
part 3), and because of an analytical table of contents. The range of
materials consulted is not as wide as one would wish and the book must
be characterized as ‘useful’ but by no means ‘final’—possibly not even
as ‘authoritative.’” L. C. Marshall.

+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 119. F. ’08. 420w.

“His narrative is as convincing as his argument.” E: A. Bradford.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 101. F. 22, ’08. 950w.

“The chief value of Mr. Dunmore’s book lies in his answer to the
question, How shall we increase our foreign trade marine?”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 81. My. 9, ’08. 1500w.

“It is a meritorious work, painstaking and unbiased, though brief and
necessarily incomplete.” Royal Meeker.

+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 720. D. ’08. 700w.

=Dunning, Harry Westbrook.= To-day in Palestine. **$2.50. Pott.

7–38636.

“Substantially a reproduction in print of the information which the
author gives to the parties whom he takes through the country,
together with descriptions of the scenery and the present condition of
the places visited. As the result of observations of ten journeys
during the last fifteen years, he has a high opinion of the character
and capabilities of the people.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“His chapters are too condensed to be of great value to the student or
interest to the general reader.”

− + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 258. N. ’08.

“The want of an index detracts much from its usefulness as a book of
reference.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 125. F. 6, ’08. 170w.

“The necessary condensation of the subject matter, of which there is
too much for the size of the book, gives it the haste generally
associated with such reading matter.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 133. Mr. 7, ’08. 150w.

=Durham, Robert Lee.= Call of the south. $1.50. Page.

8–9811.

A race-problem story whose purpose “is plainly to enforce by a
horrible example the argument that any attempt to give social
recognition to the negro must needs result in the mingling of the
races.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Durham has created a disagreeable situation, and made the most of
it.” W: M. Payne.

− + =Dial.= 45: 90. Ag. 16, ’08. 150w.

“The situation ... might have been made to yield an interesting
picture of human life, if there had been a more successful effort to
show us the complex workings of the human mind.” E. L. Cary.

− =Putnam’s.= 4: 619. Ag. ’08. 150w.

=Durland, Kellogg.= Red reign: the true story of an adventurous year
in Russia. il. **$2. Century.

7–32827.

Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“An interesting book less sensational and better written than Fraser’s
‘Red Russia’; but neither of them to be compared in permanent value
with Pares’ ‘Russia and reform.’”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 40. F. ’08. ✠

“This book will rank as one of the most important as well as most
interesting of recent accounts of conditions in Russia.” Carl Kelsey.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 519. Mr. ’08. 250w.

“This is a work that will interest all students of present-day
conditions, and especially those who have at heart the cause of social
justice and free government.” A. C. Rich.

+ =Arena.= 38: 671. D. ’07. 970w.

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 192. F. 15. 120w.

“Mr. Durland seems to us the ideal newspaper reporter—born, not
made—with an unfailing sense for the thrilling, the striking, the
pathetic, the place, and the persons.”

+ + =Ind.= 64: 1034. My. 7, ’08. 300w.

“Illustrated, indexed, written carefully, each sentence judicially
weighed, this is the book of the hour about Russia.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 36: 25. Ja. 4, ’08. 460w.

“The best book on present-day Russia that has so far been written, for
completeness, clearness, and picturesqueness of treatment.”

+ + =Nation.= 86: 198. F. 27, ’08. 270w.

“Worthy of more than casual reading. Written in a graphic, nervous,
journalistic style which holds the attention throughout.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 756. D. ’07. 130w.

=Dutton, Maude Barrows.= Tortoise and the geese, and other fables of
Bidpai. †$1. Houghton.

8–28835.

The fables here translated into English were written about 300 B. C.
They embody the moral wisdom and philosophy of Bidpai, a sage of
India. Starting in Sanscrit, they have passed into Pehlevi, Arabic,
Persian, Greek, Latin, Hebrew and on to modern languages. They take
their place beside Esop’s fables.

* * * * *

“La Fontaine and Aesop drew from this Indian philosopher, and we
should imagine, to judge by the present book, surpassed him in
liveliness.”

− =Nation.= 87: 550. D. 3, ’08. 50w.

=Dyar, Muriel Campbell.= Davie and Elisabeth, wonderful adventures.
†$1. Harper.

8–29338.

The simple happenings of a quaint, sweet spirited, contented couple
who try daily to make up to each other for their childless estate.

E

=Earhart, Lida Belle.= Systematic study in the elementary schools. (Columbia university contributions to education. Teachers college series, no. 18.) Teachers college.

8–22123.

A thoughtful discussion based upon long experience. The divisions of
the study are as follows: The nature of logical study, Relation of
logical study to the study of the text-book, The ability of children
in the elementary school to study, Are pupils being taught to study
systematically in the elementary schools? and Can pupils in the
elementary school be taught to study systematically?

=Earp, Edwin Lee.= Social aspects of religious institutions. *75c.
Meth. bk.

8–2648.

“Prepared as a syllabus for the studies of theological students in a
department of thought not familiar in divinity schools. It was natural
that a wide territory should be covered, as religion touches all forms
of life. From the technical standpoint no one subject could be
exhaustively treated in such a plan, but the young minister is brought
into sight of numerous problems and stimulated to follow them under
the guidance of specialists.”—Am. J. Soc.

* * * * *

Reviewed by C. R. Henderson.

=Am. J. Soc.= 13: 858. My. ’08. 80w.

“He shows that he fails to distinguish between the duties which a man
can discharge to another man and those which he can discharge only
through or to a social group. It is no wonder then that this book
makes little concrete contribution to the supply of the most insistent
demand made upon the church.” A. T. Burns.

− =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 667. O. ’08. 640w.

=Eastman, Charles Alexander.= Old Indian days. †$1.50. McClure.

7–33219.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

“The light which the author throws upon Indian motive and sentiment,
for he always shows how and why the Indian’s action is reasonable,
from the Indian’s point of view, makes his book very interesting.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 866. D. 28, ’07. 560w.

“For simplicity and modesty the book has a charm not found in many
Caucasian authors, and Dr. Eastman’s contribution to good storytelling
is conspicuous and his principles well worthy of imitation by white
writers.” I. L. Bridgman.

+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 621. F. ’08. 360w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 117. Ja. ’08. 70w.

=Eaton, John.= Grant, Lincoln, and the freedmen: reminiscences of
the civil war with special reference to the work for the
contrabands and freedmen of the Mississippi valley, from Jan.
1862–1865; Ethel Osgood Mason, collaborator. *$2. Longmans.

7–38431.

“These reminiscences have to do chiefly with the civil war, having
special reference to the work for the contrabands and freedmen of the
Mississippi valley. An interesting biographical sketch of General
Eaton, prepared by Miss Ethel Osgood Mason, serves as an introduction
to the volume.”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

“The memoirs are well-planned, well-written and interesting
throughout. By way of introduction and setting, Miss Mason, who has
shared in their preparation, adds an admirable biographical sketch and
appreciation of the author.” P. S. Peirce.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 657. Ap. ’08. 470w.

“It is a distinct contribution to history and a very interesting book
for the general reader.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 135. My. ’08.

“The most valuable part of the book is a summary of Eaton’s work among
the blacks of the Mississippi valley during the war.” W. L. Fleming.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 520. Mr. ’08. 400w.

“A work of much interest.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 226. F. 22. 850w.

“Is an interesting and valuable addition to the historical literature
of the civil war period.”

+ =Dial.= 44: 136. Mr. 1, ’08. 370w.

“The book contains an unusual number of good stories of Lincoln and of
Grant.”

+ =Educ. R.= 35: 102. Ja. ’08. 70w.

+ =Lit. D.= 36: 164. F. 1, ’08. 360w.

“This book makes a real contribution to our knowledge of the actual
processes of emancipation and of the two men who did most to compass
it.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 38. Jl. 9, ’08. 680w.

“There is something altogether winning about the tone and temper of
this book. Next to the account of the work among the freedmen, Eaton’s
narrative of his intercourse with Grant is the most suggestive part of
the volume.” W. A. Dunning.

+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 320. Je. ’08. 1200w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 114. Ja. ’08. 70w.

“The story which he tells is one of great interest.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 231. F. 8, ’08. 470w.

=Eaton, Walter Prichard.= American stage of to-day. *$1.50. Small.

8–31171.

Contains chiefly articles which the author as dramatic critic for the
New York sun has contributed to that paper. A chapter on Our infant
industry (the creating of an American drama) shows that the authors
who are at the fore in the movement are dramatists who connect our
drama with life, who are leading our stage on toward better things by
making it a vital force in the community. Informing descriptive and
critical chapters follow which measure up some of the successful
present-day plays.

* * * * *

“If not of any importance or weight, the book is certainly readable.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 1179. N. 19, ’08. 80w.

“Mr. Eaton is a young man of much natural ability, fortified by
extensive reading, who has a copious vocabulary, a fluent and
attractive style, a pretty wit, the courage of his opinions, and a
fine contempt for those who do not happen to agree with them. But he
is lacking in catholicity of taste, breadth of view, and power of
comparison.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 471. N. 12, ’08. 400w.

“The book is not quite as large as the title. It will not circulate in
so many states. But it is all readable. It is a cheerful and buoyant
little work, which is rare when the subject is theatrical.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 687. N. 21, ’08. 880w.

=Eddy, Arthur Jerome.= Ganton & co.: a story of Chicago commercial
and social life. †$1.50. McClurg.

8–28058.

A story built up around the indefatigable energy and industry of one
Ganton of a mammoth meat-packing concern. Social and labor problems
abound, with a full characterization of the self-made man of low
ideals whose god is money and whose highest aim is commercial power.

* * * * *

“Because the ponderous indomitable far-seeing figure of old Ganton is
never out of our sight for a moment, whether he is on the scene or
not; because his mood controls at all time the mood of the book;
because in short the tempo of the story is so admirably sustained from
first to last,—because of this the comings and goings of a little
world of rather unimportant people becomes fraught with a rather vital
interest.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 380. D. ’08. 530w.

“He has attempted only to make a study of life, customs, and character
against the background of a huge business concern. On the whole, the
task has been rather too large for him, but he must be credited with
remarkable success in his delineation of the personality of old man
Ganton.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 556. O. 10, ’08. 670w.

=Edminster, Clothier Franklin.= Structural drawing. $2.50. Pub. by
the author; for sale by Williams.

7–38620.

“The book opens with the usual instructions concerning drafting
materials, which are followed by a collection of geometrical problems.
Simple projection such as is used in preparing working drawings is
then explained, after which structural drafting is taken up in
detail.”—Engin. Rec.

* * * * *

“The mechanical draftsman who may have, from time to time, structural
drawing to do, as well as the student and mechanic interested in
structural drawing, will find this work of value.”

+ =Engin. D.= 3: 420. Ap. ’08. 130w.

“As a portfolio of plates supplementary to oral instruction the book
may have some value to a beginner, but the paucity of explanatory text
deprives the drawings of much of their usefulness. The drawings
themselves would be clearer if they had been drawn with a view to
reproduction.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 59: 208. F. 20, ’08. 120w.

“The book as a whole is an excellent outline of the somewhat special
class of drafting necessary for steel.”

+ + =Engin. Rec.= 56: 692. D. 21, ’07. 220w.

=Edwards, Alba M.= Labor legislation of Connecticut. (Publications
of the American economic assn. Third ser., v. 7, no. 3.) pa. $1.
Macmillan.

7–30620.

The purpose of the author is “to discuss the labor legislation of
Connecticut historically and critically, and ... to trace the economic
effects of the different laws.” “In scope the work covers factory
legislation (including child labor), the employment contract,
employers’ liability, boycotting and blacklisting, free public
employment bureaus, mediation and arbitration, the union label, the
barbers’ license law, and convict labor, with a separate chapter on
the State bureau of labor statistics.” (Ann. Am. Acad.)

* * * * *

“A valuable contribution to the literature of social legislation.” J.
L. Barnard.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 521. Mr. ’08. 350w.

“May be placed side by side with Miss Whittlesey’s work on the labor
legislation of Massachusetts. The information is valuable, and
generally it is presented in a plain, straightforward manner, though
at times the main points are somewhat obscured by a mass of historical
detail.” J: C. Kennedy.

+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 120. F. ’08. 850w.

=Edwards, John Harrington.= God and music. *$1.25. Baker.

A new edition which corrects errors and eliminates the more fanciful
portions. The object is still to “give reasonable proof that music, by
its constitution, correlations, and effects, discloses a Supreme
Being.”

* * * * *

“Vague, dogmatic, diffuse, and rather tiresome.”

− + =Nation.= 86: 474. My. 21, ’08. 300w.

* =Egerton, Hakluyt.= Liberal theology and the ground of faith: essays towards a conservative re-statement of apologetic. **$1.25. Dutton.

“A contribution towards a conservative restatement of religious
thought” which is directed in part against the “new theology” of Dr.
Campbell. There are two essays, Liberal theology and The ground of
faith. “His attitude toward science and toward the Bible is
distinctively liberal. The apostolic presentation of Christian
doctrine is viewed as ‘temporal,’ changeable in changed times. The
conservatism he stands for is contrasted with liberalism, not as
non-progressive, rather as not preoccupied with ‘novelty.’” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Egerton has written a brilliant and valuable essay [Ground of
faith]. It deserves to be published by itself, and not to be
discounted by being bound up with the longer and greatly inferior
treatment of ‘Liberal theology.’” E. S. Drown.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 675. N. 14, ’08. 670w.

“With no unkindly words for his opponents, he reasons in a calm,
irenic style against all modernists of the Ritschlian and Hegelian
type.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 458. O. 24, ’08. 170w.

=Eggleston, George Cary.= Two gentlemen of Virginia. †$1.50.
Lothrop.

8–22541.

“Mr. Eggleston, scion of an excellent Virginia family, brought up in
the west, and domiciled in the North these many years, writes of
Virginians specifically for the New England reader—his book Virginians
have the same relation to the real Virginian that the black-faced
comedian in the minstrel show—of which Northern audiences are so
fond—has to the real cornfield darky.... This particular story deals
with a pretty girl who was saved from a convent in New Orleans, with
an old gentleman of the old school, with a grand dame of the old
school, and with two young men who are in love with the pretty
girl.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“The book fails of its purpose, because it has not enough virility to
save the men of the book from mere foppishness.”

− =Ind.= 65: 785. O. 1, ’08. 130w.

“By and large Mr. Eggleston’s Virginians are fantastic figments—the
delicacy of his heroines and the theatricality of his heroes is all of
melodrama and none of life.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 478. Ag. 29, ’08. 400w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 742. D. 5, ’08. 130w.

=Eggleston, George Cary.= Warrens of Virginia: a novel founded on
the play of William C. De Mille. †$1.50. Dillingham.

8–22798.

A story based upon the play whose subject “belongs to Mr. Eggleston’s
chosen field, but the spirit sought in the play was the spirit of
Thomas Nelson Page—of ‘Marse Chan’ and ‘Meh Lady’—not the spirit of
‘Dorothy South.’... The love story is the old story—the story of ‘Meh
Lady’—of the girl of the South and her lover of the North—of battles,
scoutings, captures, life in prison, chivalrous conduct on both sides,
(and the reverse,) misunderstandings, bitterness, and reconciliation.”
(N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Belasco’s atmosphere is romance, his instrument illusion. Mr.
Eggleston produces no illusions.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 459. Ag. 22, ’08. 200w.

=Egypt= and how to see it; il. by A. O. Lamplough. **$1.40.
Doubleday.

8–35364.

A handy little guide for the Egyptian tourist, whose aim is to point
out the things most worth seeing, and to help the traveler to
economize time, money and fatigue. “The text is written in a style
considerably less impersonal than that of the out-and-out guide-book,
but it is systematically arranged, and there are outlines of tours of
various length, an English-Arabic vocabulary, lists of hotels and
banks, time-tables of the Egyptian state railway, and much other
useful information for travellers. And a traveller through Egypt
everyone who looks at Mr. Lamplough’s pictures will long to become.”
(Dial.)

* * * * *

“Appears to be a practical, useful guidebook.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 135. My. ’08.

+ =Dial.= 44: 355. Je. 1, ’08. 130w.

=Eldridge, George Dyre.= In the potter’s house. †$1.50. Doubleday.

8–4438.

“This exhibition of shapes of clay includes the wide extremes that may
be met in a Maine village untouched by modern thought. It embraces the
minister who is of the oldest theological type, and the particularly
unpleasant and explicit primitive man. Between these are to be found
every shade of the godless and the hell-fearing; deacons and
Dogberries with varyingly elastic views of theology and
conduct.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“While certain incidents may be classed as ‘powerful’ the really
strong is outweighed by the repellant.”

− + =Nation.= 86: 402. Ap. 30, ’08. 170w.

“Though the author has failed in creating the impression he presumably
intended to create, he has written with sincerity, and he succeeds in
holding the reader’s interest in the thread of his story. The book is
a promise rather than a performance.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 362. Je. 27, ’08. 280w.

“It will be admitted that there is a great deal of strength in [the
book].”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 763. Je. ’08. 70w.

=Eldridge, William Tillinghast.= Meryl. †$1.50. Dodd.

8–9814.

A story of kidnapping and theft planned for the purpose of depriving a
young girl of her heritage. The drama is enacted on the shores of
Winnepesaukee lake, and one Bob Hernald, booked for a rest at a club
house, chances all unwittingly to play into the hands of the
kidnappers. Straightway he learns of his mistake, and atones for his
blunder by proving most useful in solving a mystery and rounding up a
villain. He does not go unrewarded by the heroine.

* * * * *

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 351. Je. 20, ’08. 180w.

=Elgood, George S.= Italian gardens, after drawings by G: S. Elgood,
R. I., with notes by the artist. *$12. Longmans.

8–14727.

The descriptive and historical bits concerning the formal,
time-honored gardens of Italy here so handsomely pictured have been
subordinated to the drawings. The gardens reproduced are those
surrounding Roman, Florentine and Tuscan villas, villas of Frascati,
Viterbo and northern Italy. Fountains, clipped trees and hedges,
foliage in masses, and flowers of varied hues all test the artist’s
skill for reproduction.

* * * * *

“His strength lies in detail, whether it be a blaze of colour, as in
the group of crimson azaleas, or some beautiful spot with an
architectural feature as a centre; but the garden in its broader and
serener aspects is hardly represented here.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 768. Je. 20. 560w.

“A fitting companion to the delightful book on English gardens which
Mr. Elgood brought out some four years ago.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 38: 250. Ja. ’08. 360w.

“The artist has studied his subject exhaustively, but, we regret to
say, prosaically, for in these water-colours the wonderful poetry and
romance of the villa gardens of Italy have escaped the painter.”

− + =Spec.= 100: 1004. Je. 27, ’08. 50w.

* =Eliot, Charles William.= University of administration. **$1.50. Houghton.

8–32425.

The N. W. Harris lectures for 1908. They compass all the branches of
university administration in its numerous departments of teaching, in
its financial and maintenance departments, its museums, laboratories,
and libraries, in its extensive grounds and numerous buildings, and in
its social organization. The chapters are: University trustees; An
inspecting and consenting body—alumni influence; The university
faculty; The elective system; Methods of instruction; Social
organization—the president—general administration.

* * * * *

“We may look upon this volume as an epitome, or record, of a life
devoted to the service of Harvard, and, through Harvard, of the nation
and the world—a devotion and a service for which the fitting reward is
the gratitude and regard of thousands of men and women and the
approval of conscience.”

+ + =Nation.= 87: 551. D. 3, ’08. 2000w.

=Elliot, George F. S.= Chile: its history and development, natural
features, products, commerce and present conditions; with an
introd. by Martin Hume. *$3. Scribner.

7–40116.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“There has been little attempt to go back to the original sources.
Indeed the great collections of documents do not appear to have come
within Mr. Elliot’s horizon. The book should really be judged simply
as an entertaining handbook. From this standpoint the work has been
well although rather hastily done.” Hiram Bingham.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 919. Jl. ’08. 550w.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 258. N. ’08. ✠

=Dial.= 44: 181. Mr. 16, ’08. 250w.

“The account of economic conditions will be of greatest value to the
more general reader rather than the economist.”

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 635. N. ’08. 40w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 122. F. 29, ’08. 170w.

“The only thing that can be suggested as an improvement to this work
is the addition of a smaller and more easily handled map for frequent
reference.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 44. Ja. 4, ’08. 290w.

“A perusal of Mr. Elliot’s book certainly leaves the impression that
it is a compilation made at home rather than a digest of data acquired
personally on the spot. It is not devoid of interest and, so far as it
goes, it does justice to the Chileans, but it is too deficient in
selection, proportion and topical arrangement to be of much value to
the public.” W: R. Shepherd.

− + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 348. Je. ’08. 650w.

“He has produced a clear and readable narrative. Mr. Scott Elliot’s
book should prove invaluable to those who want to know something about
the most virile and the most law-abiding of all the South American
peoples.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 103. Ja. 18, ’08. 520w.

=Ellis, Elizabeth.= Fair Moon of Bath. †$1.50. Dodd.

8–8093.

Bath is the scene of this story of the times of the Jacobite uprising.
The hero is an intrepid youth who readily enlists his wits and sword
in the cause of romance and whose Hanovarian sympathies are never
allowed to come between him and his friendship for friends pledged to
the House of Stuart. The heroine, the Moon of Bath, is less exacting
and more charming than the usual cloak-and-sword story heroine.

* * * * *

“A light, pleasant book.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 220. Je. ’08.

“A good example of the fiction produced by the theory that its
ultimate and highest function is merely to entertain.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 27: 580. Ag. ’08. 280w.

“Miss Ellis is to be congratulated upon her success in dealing freshly
with this well-worn theme.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 44: 352. Je. 1, ’08. 200w.

+ =Ind.= 65: 549. S. 3, ’08. 180w.

“The motive power is neither history nor human nature, and, except for
a pleasant touch here and there of fancy, the story left us
uninterested and unmoved. If the author would try another branch of
the art the result might be very different, for the book shows
dramatic power and a sense of humour.”

− + =Lond. Times.= 6: 381. D. 13, ’07. 200w.

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

“The book is an excellent specimen of its sort, light and daintily
written, with verve and taste to attract any one who likes work well
done, aside from the mere story interest.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 245. Ap. 25, ’08. 150w.

=Ellis, Havelock.= Soul of Spain. **$2. Houghton.

8–17935.

Twenty years of close study and close scrutiny lie back of Mr. Ellis’
impressions which offer a series of inductions and psychological
conclusions. Some of his sixteen chapters are the Spain of old
romance, The women of Spain (in which he refutes the “Carmen” idea of
the woman of Spain), The art of Spain, Velasquez, Spanish dancing, Don
Quixote, The gardens of Granada, Seville in spring, and Spanish ideals
of to-day.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 179. Je. ’08.

“It is unquestionably one of the best books on Spain published during
the last few years. We have noted a few oversights for correction,
apart from misprints.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 264. S. 5. 820w.

“There is perhaps little that is new in the book, yet the discussion,
being philosophical and suggestive, forms interesting reading.” G: G.
Brownell.

+ − =Dial.= 45: 113. S. 1, ’08. 400w.

“His latest book is a delightful blend of the comments of a thoroly
informed and appreciative traveler and the observations of a keen
student of races and social affairs.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 614. S. 10, ’08. 300w.

“The book, as a whole, both pleases and stimulates.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 38. Jl. 9, ’08. 480w.

“One of the best and most enlightening books on Spain and the
Spaniards that have ever appeared. Mr. Ellis is that rare combination,
a scientist who is also a poet, and he is sensitive of much that
scientists, as such, never feel.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 262. My. 9, ’08. 1070w.

“We may be grateful to him for his careful and often profound study of
the character of the people.” A. J. du P. Coleman.

+ =Putnam’s.= 4: 748. S. ’08. 500w.

“Seldom, if ever, we are persuaded has there been written a more
closely woven, subtle, and fascinating analysis of a national
character and type by a writer of another widely different stock than
Havelock Ellis’ ‘Soul of Spain.’”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 37: 758. Je. ’08. 170w.

=Ellis, John Breckenridge.= Arkinsaw cousins: a story of the Ozarks.
†$1.50. Holt.

8–5878.

The Thornberry cousins whose “little nothingnesses” of every-day life
make up this story include individuals differing in occupation and
standing, but clannish in family relations and loyal to their
cousinship claims. It is the homely, intimate pictures of humdrum
village life, enlivened by clear cut characters that give the book a
touch of realism and charm.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 155. My. ’08. ✠

+ =Ind.= 64: 1452. Je. 25, ’08. 600w.

“‘Arkinsaw cousins’ is striking among stories of its kind for its
spontaneity, its zest born of affectionate intimacy with the subject.
Consequently, though it is not without crudity of detail, the affair
as a whole is unusually refreshing.”

+ + − =Nation.= 86: 354. Ap. 16, ’08. 300w.

“It is a sprightly narrative, told with a good deal of humor,
especially in its portrayal of character.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 166. Mr. 28, ’08. 150w.

“Not an inviting picture. The effect of the narrative is crude, though
there is good material in it.”

− + =Outlook.= 88: 653. Mr. 21, ’08. 100w.

=Elson, Arthur.= Music club programs from all nations. $1.25.
Ditson.

7–39405.

Giving an historical outline of each national school of music, with
questions for study, and a series of programs for the use of clubs and
other organizations. In arranging his programs, Mr. Elson offers three
grades: easy, medium and difficult.

* * * * *

“The selections have been made with judgment, and the whole work will
prove a distinctly practical help to students of music.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 101. Ap. ’08. ✠

+ =Dial.= 44: 112. F. 16, ’08. 100w.

“The distinct value of this publication lies in its direct appeal to
common sense and ordinary intelligence. Stripped of the mystifying
‘shibboleth’ of the average singing master, the treatise well deserves
study from either professional or amateur.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 472. F. 27, ’08. 120w.

“Undoubtedly meets a genuine need.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 321. Ag. 6, ’08. 60w.

“Such a book, undoubtedly, has been a desideratum. Excellent judgment
is shown in the choice of pieces. Mr. Elson’s book might also be used
as a brief sketch of the history of concert music.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 134. F. 6, ’08. 260w.

=Elton, Oliver.= Modern studies. *$2.10. Longmans.

8–5194.

These essays characterized by “their good sense and compendious
material” include informing studies on Tennyson, Swinburne, George
Meredith, Henry James, Living Irish literature, Recent Shakespeare
criticism, The meaning of literary history, Giordano Bruno in England,
Literary fame, Color and imagery in Spenser and A word on mysticism.

* * * * *

“Without the vigour of poetic originality, he has the beautiful
correctness of poetic sensibility. If we say, then, that his critical
work is not very great work, we must add that it is very fine
work—work that, in the present condition of our civilization, is
becoming dangerously rare.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 818. D. 28. 1000w.

“His traditions of literary criticism are the best; his appreciation
of the growing importance of natural science in the literary field is
significant of his keen and forward vision; his advocacy of
comparative literature must win unhesitating approval; his outlook on
life is clear and wide; his sympathies are at once advanced and
catholic.” F. B. R. Hellems.

+ + =Dial.= 44: 206. Ap. 1, ’08. 2800w.

“Altogether this is a book of erudition and insight, although its
materials are not always fused into complete uniformity.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 57. Ja. 16, ’08. 530w.

“Is a wholly delightful book, scholarly, acute, and invariably
interesting.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 131. Mr. 7, ’08. 350w.

“Solid and versatile attainment is the principal quality that strikes
us in reading these reprinted essays. In respect of illumination their
merits are patchy. Above all—to state at once the most serious defect
and so have done with it—they rather lack that first of critical
virtues, simplicity. To read these essays is to breathe the atmosphere
of enlightened but rather thick quarterlies.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 766. D. 21, ’07. 1420w.

“Each ‘study’ appears to us to be a masterpiece of compressed and
accurate knowledge.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: 267. F. 15, ’08. 500w.

=Eltzbacher, Paul.= Anarchism; tr. by Steven T. Byington. $1.50.
Tucker, B: R.

8–5260.

“Through extracts from the writings of anarchists we have a methodical
presentation of the views of Godwin, Proudhon, Stirner, Balcuim,
Kropotkin, Tucker, and Tolstoi, as well as summarizing chapters giving
the opinion of the author. The translator, a follower of Tucker, adds
a critical preface pointing out the strong and weak points in the book
and some critical notes especially in the chapter on Tucker, which has
also been augmented by him.”—J. Pol. Econ.

* * * * *

“The book is particularly timely. The style is scientific in the
extreme, heavy and uninteresting, yet to the student in search of the
fundamental principles underlying the science of anarchy, the facts
are presented in a masterful way, worthy of the highest commendation.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 442. S. ’08. 420w.

“Dr. Eltzbacher deserves great credit, not only for his own fair and
luminous exposition of the philosophy of anarchy, but also for the
manner in which he has presented the thoughts of the greatest
anarchistic masters in their own words. The work ... should find a
place in the libraries of all thinkers interested in political, social
and economic philosophy.”

+ + =Arena.= 39: 380. Mr. ’08. 1100w.

“Every public library should have for completeness’ sake some
representative of this school of thought, and this small volume
presents it in its most authoritative and least objectionable form.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 810. Ap. 9, ’08. 350w.

“This translation makes available for English readers one of the most
complete and concise accounts of the teachings of the leading
anarchists.”

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 247. Ap. ’08. 100w.

“The weakest part of the book is the preliminary statement of Dr.
Eltzbacher’s own views on law, the state, and property—views presented
with needless wordiness and repetition, difficult to grasp and made
more difficult by a fondness for terms of many syllables.”

+ − =Outlook.= 88: 565. Mr. 7, ’08. 300w.

“This is perhaps the handiest and most satisfactory manual on the
teachings of leading anarchists. The book should be in the hands of
all students of modern movements who have not time to investigate for
themselves.”

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 558. S. ’08. 130w.

=Emerald= and ermine: a tale of the Argoat by the author of “The
martyrdom of an empress.” *$1.50. Harper.

7–33591.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“Is a reversion to type, absurd because it is out of drawing with the
mind of the times.” Mrs. L. H. Harris.

− =Ind.= 64: 183. Ja. 23, ’08. 230w.

“There is a vivid quality to these pages, and the characters are drawn
with an intense sympathy, a sympathy that communicates itself to the
reader.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 66. F. 8, ’08. 180w.

=England, Minnie Throop.= Statistical inquiry into the influence of
credit upon the level of prices. (In Nebraska. University.
University studies. v. 7, no. 1.) pa. $1. Univ. of Neb.

7–19450.

“A monograph inspired by the question ‘does business create money or
money create business.’ It is a statistical argument in favor of the
quantity theory of money, or rather of the influence of credit on
prices, in opposition to the views held by Professor Laughlin, who has
maintained that this is a reversal to cause and effect. The method
employed by Miss England ... consists in noting the years of lowest
and highest points for prices, clearings, loans, note circulations,
deposits, etc.”—Yale R.

* * * * *

=J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 571. N. ’07. 200w.

“The tables which Miss England has constructed are of much value and
interest to the economist even though we may not all concur in some of
the conclusions she draws from them. These criticisms, however, relate
more to the form of the statement than to the contentions of Miss
England, against whose statistics, and the general conclusions from
them, we have no fundamental objections.” I. F.

+ − =Yale R.= 17: 238. Ag. ’08. 640w.

=Enock, C. Reginald.= Andes and the Amazon: life and travel in Peru.
*$5. Scribner.

7–38359.

The Peru of romance gives way in this treatment to the Peru of present
day practicalism. The author is a mining engineer who in the light of
modern progress discusses with professional keenness the mineral
wealth, the undeveloped resources of the country, the prospects of
creating means of access to the interior, and the facilities of
communication for commercial purposes. Good maps illustrate, and an
index adds to the value of the book.

* * * * *

“It should be of service to those whose interests, commercial,
scientific or geographical, are concerned with that wonderful part of
the world.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 163. N. 23, ’07. 320w.

“In describing the Peru of to-day, Mr. Enock is at his best. His
philosophy is not deep, but his statements are often interesting.
There is little that throws any light on modern Peruvian history or
politics.” Hiram Bingham.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 664. Ap. ’08. 400w.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 180. Je. ’08.

“Mr. Enock’s criticism of the various institutions and his comments on
South American relations are essentially different from those of a
citizen of the United States, nevertheless they do not detract from
the utility of the book.” H: R. Ringe.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 728. My. ’08. 350w.

“Mr. Enock’s book presents a sufficiently graphic picture of some
aspects of the country in an early transitional stage, but its
treatment is too slight and unscientific to make it of much permanent
value. To the general reader it may be more confidently recommended,
for it contains hardly a dull page.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 679. N. 30. 1650w.

“His rovings were conducted in such a hearty spirit, with such a
commendable leisure, and are written down in such a pleasing manner,
that his book adds much to our rapidly accumulating library on South
American affairs.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 44: 107. F. 16, ’08. 200w.

“It is as a scientific engineer and a mining expert that Mr. Enock is
especially strong. On the subject of the church in Peru he shows he
can write in a spirit of pure prejudice on a subject of which he has
no first-hand knowledge.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 387. D. 20, ’07. 1150w.

“Every student of Spanish America owes him a debt of gratitude, for he
has made a study of modern Peru such as no other foreigner has ever
attempted.”

+ + =Nation.= 86: 423. My. 7, ’08. 300w.

“One of the best of recent books about South America. Mr. Enock is a
good traveler, whose records of his travels is blemished only by an
occasional and unsuccessful attempt at fine writing.”

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 851. D. 21, ’07. 370w.

“Informative text.”

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

“Although Mr. Enock’s book is entertaining and in many respects
instructive, it is too desultory to give the reader anything like a
complete view of Peruvian conditions. As literature, its value is
seriously impaired by an irresistible bent toward fine writing.” W: R.
Shepherd.

+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 349. Je. ’08. 350w.

“Mr. Enock writes with a fullness of knowledge—and a superfluity of
words—gained by much travel across the mountains into the Montana. He
is but slightly historical, though he has not a little to tell of the
vestiges of Inca civilisation; and the chief interest of the book lies
in its graphic sketches of scenes and people.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 640. N. 23, ’07. 220w.

=Erman, Adolf.= Handbook of Egyptian religion; tr. from the original
German by A. S. Griffith. *$3. Dutton.

8–35517.

A popular manual which serves as a guide to the Berlin Imperial
museums. During more than thirty years the author has studied the
monuments of Egyptian religion and his conclusions set down here
represent the working basis of the Berlin school’s theories.

* * * * *

“An excellent popular presentation by an authority on the subject.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 180. Je. ’08.

“Perhaps the greatest inversion of facts to fit the author’s theories
occurs in Prof. Erman’s constant resort to punning or assonance as a
link between unrelated words. The book is an excellent guide to the
rich Egyptian museum of Berlin.”

− + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 117. Ag. 3. 1000w.

=Essays=, philosophical and psychological, in honor of William
James, professor in Harvard university, by his colleagues at
Columbia university. **$3. Longmans.

8–12972.

These nineteen essays “diverse in point of view, in subject, and in
quality,” (Nation.) contributed by nineteen expounders of philosophy
and psychology, treat of ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, logic,
psychology, and the history of philosophy. The book is a tribute to
Professor James’s work and his influence on his colleagues.

* * * * *

“This sort of book is the delight of the reader and the despair of the
reviewer.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 430. O. 10. 830w.

“The present papers are on a high level of excellence.”

+ + =Educ. R.= 36: 102. Je. ’08. 160w.

“The book, as a whole, is easy and pleasant reading, and shows serious
attempts to grapple with some of the most important problems of
philosophy. The method of short essays has the drawback that no really
difficult subject can be treated as fully as would be necessary for an
adequate discussion; but, within the inevitable limitation, many of
the essays will be found stimulating and highly suggestive.” B.
Russell.

+ =Hibbert, J.= 7: 203. O. ’08. 1700w.

“For those interested in the development of philosophy in America, and
qualified to do serious reading on the subject, a more excellent index
to the present status could hardly be found. It is to be regretted
that none of these admirers of Professor James is capable of imitating
his light and lively style.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 780. O. 1, ’08. 670w.

“This beautiful volume is an honor not only to William James, but to
the contributors.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 37. Jl. 9, ’08. 570w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 339. Je. 13, ’08. 160w.

“It is a book whose tone is distinguished for breadth and tolerance.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 422. Ag. 1, ’08. 660w.

“Apart from all personal association ... this volume has a distinctive
value.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 626. Jl. 18, ’08. 170w.

“Remarkable volume of essays.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 126. Jl. ’08. 80w.

“Their interest is less their positive contribution to thought than
the light which they cast upon the directions in which American
thought is moving.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 267. Ag. 22, ’08. 1500w.

=Eve, George W.= Heraldry as art: an account of its development and
practice, chiefly in England. *$5. Scribner.

8–15734.

“A ‘trade catalogue’ of the well-known engraver of book-plates and
designer of heraldic decorations whose name appears on the title-page,
a considerable percentage of the large illustrations being from
examples of his own works. The book contains some three hundred pages,
mostly made up of the elementary chapters which appear in the work of
every writer on heraldry who has not got beyond the limits of the
current handbooks.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“In many ways it is as good a work as any other manual at present in
the field for the beginner in heraldic art.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 295. Mr. 7. 230w.

“Will prove extremely useful to designers who have occasion to
introduce heraldic symbols into their work. Mr. Eve is thoroughly at
home in the subject, and his exposition of the rules governing the use
of heraldic figures is both lucid and exhaustive.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 33: 337. F. ’08. 70w.

“The utility of such a popular treatise as this must lie in its
illustrations, unless indeed it is wrought into a rather dull book of
reference, a mere glossary of technical terms.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 219. S. 3, ’08. 480w.

+ =Spec.= 99: 829. N. 23, ’07. 100w.

=Everts, Katherine Jewell.= Speaking voice: principles of training
simplified and condensed. **$1. Harper.

A practical handbook whose aim is to furnish simple, practical
instruction in the training of the speaking voice. Miss Everts demands
only fifteen minutes each day for the training which will convert “our
high-pitched, harsh, hard American instrument of torture into the
low-toned, efficient agent of personality it was intended by nature to
be.” The divisions of the study are the following: The tuning of the
instrument; Learning to re-enforce the tone; The technique of the
instrument; and Studies in the vocal interpretation of literature.

* * * * *

“A vivacious discussion of the proper management of the voice in
ordinary conversation.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 628. O. 24, ’08. 30w.

“Miss Everts’s interesting and thoroughly usable book combines in rare
degree the knowledge of the mechanism of the voice with skill in
making practical suggestions for individual study.”

+ + =Outlook.= 90: 611. N. 21, ’08. 500w.

=Everyman=: a morality play; ed. with an introduction, notes and
bibliography by Montrose J. Moses. *$1. Kennerley.

8–20701.

A student’s “Everyman” furnished with an eighty-page introduction
tracing the dramatic development of which it is a part; with notes;
and with a bibliography of works concerning the different periods
surveyed in the introduction.

=Ewald, Carl.= Old room; tr. from the Danish by Alexander Teixeira
de Mattos. †$1.25. Scribner.

8–10275.

“A study of domestic tragedy, complicated by the strange moods of an
abnormal man and a still more abnormal woman. Over all hovers the
furtive shadow of that madness which gives to the story its dreadful
climax. The old room is a secret chamber which sturdy ancestors
consecrated as the altar of the family and the home.”—Bookm.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 220. Je. ’08.

“If one is strongly addicted to Ibsen, and delights in allopathic
doses of the dismal, ‘The old room’ may be very heartily endorsed. For
what Carl Ewald started out to do has been very admirably done.”

+ =Bookm.= 27: 240. My. ’08. 350w.

“This searching allegory probes deeper than all the ‘divorce novels’
ever written. The little volume is as full of suggestive symbolism as
an Ibsen play, and its simple but illusive language will be as
variously interpreted by different readers.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 809. Ap. 3, ’08. 550w.

=Nation.= 86: 469. My. 21, ’08. 120w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 212. An. 11, ’08. 30w.

“The book is as modern, as openly significant, and as puzzling and
elusive in its significance as an Ibsen drama, and far more
beautifully and poetically imagined and worked out. The translation
seems to have preserved to a remarkable degree the unique flavor of
the original. It possesses the welcome distinction of not being
illustrated.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 268. My. 9, ’08. 650w.

“We do not see in it the great beauty of form or thought claimed for
it by its admirers, and especially by the translator. It will appeal
to readers who crave the somber excitement offered by several
continental writers of dramatic fiction.”

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 84. My. 9, ’08. 120w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 766. Je. ’08. 70w.

=Ewart, John S.= Kingdom of Canada, imperial federation, the
colonial conferences, the Alaska boundary, and other essays.
$2.50. Morang & co.

8–19240.

“John S. Ewart, the Canadian lawyer and publicist, has brought
together in a volume of some 370 pages a number of public addresses
and several essays—all devoted to the large problems of Canada’s
political destiny. Independence is not the goal toward which Mr. Ewart
would point the way—that is to say, not independence in the sense of
political separation from the British empire.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“While there may, therefore, be differences of opinion as to the
correctness of all Mr. Ewart’s conclusions, his essays may be taken as
representative of the views of at least one strong and growing school
of thought in Canada; and to that extent they are of distinct interest
and value.” L. J. Burpee.

+ =Dial.= 45: 210. O. 1, ’08. 850w.

=Nation.= 87: 262. S. 17, ’08. 230w.

=Spec.= 101: 101. Jl. 18, ’08. 140w.

* =Excerpta= Cypria; tr. and transcribed by Claude Delaval Cobham. *$6.30. Putnam.

“The book, of over 500 quarto pages, is made up of extracts in English
dress concerning the character, history, and antiquities of the
island, gathered from the works of eighty different travelers of
varied nationality, ranging in date from Strabo to the second half of
the last century. A few documents are included, and a rather full
bibliography appended, including one on the not yet forgotten Cesnola
controversy.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“The book is eminently readable, and the translations are made in good
style, and, so far as tests have been possible, with reasonable
accuracy. But the compiler’s assertion that within the range of the
individual excerpts nothing has been omitted which directly concerns
the island is not quite true, at any rate of the quotation from
Strabo.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 462. N. 12, ’08. 180w.

“Cyprus is a treasure island for historical research. A guide for this
terra incognita has now been found in Mr. C. D. Cobham. No one could
be better fitted to point out its sights.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 518. O. 24, ’08. 1150w.

F

=F., C. R. L.= Mr. Gladstone at Oxford, 1890. *$1. Dutton.

Simply an account of a visit which Mr. Gladstone paid to Oxford late
in life as a guest of the Fellows of All Soul’s college. “Odds and
ends on all sorts of subjects, history, the classics, the personal
side of politics, life ‘then and now,’ art and music, are given.”
(Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“The little book gives glimpses of Gladstone that one is thankful not
to have missed.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 216. O. 1, ’08. 400w.

“If we can imagine Boswell become a self-conscious Oxford don,
extremely afraid of his eminent friend and yet privately aware of
being better informed than he on all topics, we should have had a
document like the present instead of his master-piece.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 290. S. 24, ’08. 750w.

“The author ... has, perhaps, given us a more intimate view of the
great English stateman’s recreation hours than any work of the kind
previously attempted.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 474. Ag. 29, ’08. 100w.

“Unfortunately C. R. L. F. seems somewhat wanting in the imagination
that rekindles. Let us agree that some of the scraps here given are
very entertaining. It is not easy to put the book down till most of it
has been read.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 81. Jl. 16, ’08. 1050w.

“Not only a very pleasant narrative, but a real contribution to our
knowledge of the man.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 367. S. 12, ’08. 1500w.

=Fagan, James O.= Confessions of a railroad signalman. **$1.
Houghton.

8–25159.

Mr. Fagan’s confessions are the outgrowth of his experience as a
signalman during twenty years. His shrewd observations and logical
deductions regarding mismanagement of railroads and incompetency of
employes may well cause railroad officials disquieting moments. The
book aims to stimulate reform. “He does not content himself with an
idealist’s statement of what ought to be, but takes into account
existing conditions in the operative departments of our great
railroads, and attempts to show how with all the recognized
difficulties of administration there may yet be worked out a scheme
that will assure a far smaller proportion of fatalities in the running
of our trains.” (R. of Rs.)

* * * * *

“Clear, thoughtful papers.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 258. N. ’08. ✠

“Mr. Fagan, in his present book, forcefully discusses, with more than
ordinary intelligence, some of the problems in American railroading.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1005. O. 29, ’08. 220w.

“One cannot feel sure, after reading this book, that the case for the
employee has been fully presented, or that officials have been charged
with their proper share of responsibility.”

− + =Nation.= 87: 519. N. 26, ’08. 350w.

“His book certainly deserves the attention of railroad men of all
kinds.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 564. O. 10, ’08. 300w.

“To the layman Mr. Fagan’s writings on the subject of railroad
accidents impress themselves as singularly judicious, fair, and well
considered.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 635. N. ’08. 240w.

=Faguet, Emile.= Literary history of France. (Library of literary
history.) $4. Scribner.

7–36933.

An authoritative survey of French writers and their works from the
origin of French literature in the middle ages to the end of the
nineteenth century. M. Faguet makes a point of the influences in
French literature directly traceable to English literature.

* * * * *