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=Galsworthy, John.= Villa Rubein. $1.50. Putnam.

8–20136.

A highborn English girl and a poor peasant artist are the principal
characters in this story whose incidents grow out of the struggle
between class tradition and the will of youth that knows no allegiance
to convention.

* * * * *

“Whether judged by itself or as a measure of his subsequent
advancement, ‘Villa Rubein’s’ publication in this country can only
heighten, not diminish, the reputation Mr. Galsworthy has already
won.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 47. S. ’08. 950w.

“One wonders what is the motive of the book. It is so much like life
as to be meaningless. The absolutely tame ending obscures its drift.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 119. Ag. 6, ’08. 360w.

“It is a sustained story of human emotion and absorbing incident.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 338. Je. 13. ’08. 200w.

“It is good enough to make one wish it were better.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 427. Ag. 1, ’08. 200w.

=Gardenhire, Samuel Major.= Purple and homespun. †$1.50. Harper.

8–12767.

With scenes shifting from Washington to the East Side of New York and
to London this story portrays the determination of a young, self-made
United States senator to show himself worthy to marry the daughter of
a British ambassador, in spite of the fact that he traces his origin
to the slums of New York. The willingness to recognize American
democratic true worth is opposed by the English traditional demand
that every god have his Olympian corner.

* * * * *

“Mr. Gardenhire’s book has the merit of originality, but he needs to
free himself from artificiality, and his knowledge of English society
is evidently slight.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 758. Je. 20. 150w.

“Mr. Gardenhire’s style is stodgy, but he has packed a good deal of
experience into his pages, and thereby made them quite readable.” W:
M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 45: 90. Ag. 16, ’08. 300w.

“Mr. Gardenhire has somewhat disorganized his story by hypodermically
injecting an East Side romance, together with a touch of socialism.”

− + =Ind.= 65: 379. Ag. 13, ’08. 140w.

“On the whole, the affair is labored and inconclusive.”

− =Nation.= 86: 580. Je. 25, ’08. 520w.

=Gardiner, Ruth Kimball.= World and the woman. †$1.50. Barnes.

7–38265.

“The story is that of a woman who tries to make her way in Washington
society without money, and of the desperate straits into which she
fell.... The main part of the tale is concerned with her life there,
the devious ways into which her struggles force her, the daughter’s
social success and final marriage.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Here is another novel which quite ruthlessly unmasks the
double-dealing, pretence, and petty spite which play so sinister a
part in the social life of the capital.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 62. Ja. 16, ’08. 280w.

“The pictures of Washington society are written with much color and
cleverness and many a touch of cynicism. The characters stand out very
distinctly, although a bit weak in some places, and the story is
developed with a good deal of intensity and charm.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 15. Ja. 11, ’08. 200w.

=Gardner, Edmund Garratt.= Saint Catherine of Siena: a study in the
religion, literature and history of the XIV century in Italy, with
some unpublished letters of St. Catherine. *$4. Dutton.

8–14840.

A study from original sources of Italian life and thought as reflected
in the work and personality of Saint Catherine of Siena, “the
successor of Dante in the literature and religious thought of Italy,
and the connecting link between St. Francis of Assisi and Savonarola.”

* * * * *

“A book which gives for the first time a satisfactory chronology,
rectifies many misconceptions, and leaves us with a full and rational
account of the progress of events.” V. D. Scudder.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 845. Jl. ’08. 870w.

“An admirable work, both scholarly and interesting.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 182. Je. ’08.

“Mr. Gardner has told Catherine’s story with a completeness scarcely
attempted by any of his predecessors.”

+ + =Ath.= 1908, 2: 500. O. 24. 780w.

“Here indeed is the full story of Catherine’s activities from the
beginning, narrated with sympathy and reverence only equalled by
historical acumen and literary skill.” V. D. Scudder.

+ + =Cath. World.= 87: 452. Jl. ’08. 3700w.

“The orderly arrangement of the book is particularly noteworthy;
notwithstanding the wealth of detail, clearness is never sacrificed.”
L: J. Block.

+ + =Dial.= 45: 83. Ag. 16, ’08. 2400w.

“Scholarly in an old-fashioned way, and well written. Obviously the
work of a devout Roman Catholic scholar, not a scientific investigator
of history, it is inevitably colored by the habit of mind of the
believer. Yet the book is rich in documentary value for the student of
the times.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 524. Mr. 5, ’08. 90w.

“Rarely do we find the critical faculty so happily blended with
enthusiasm. The book is perhaps, the best which has been written about
Italy by an Englishman since the death of John Addington Symonds; and
indubitably it is the best ever written about St. Catherine.”

+ + =Nation.= 86: 64. Ja. 16, ’08. 400w.

“Into the pitfall [of copious detail] Mr. Gardner has fallen with
ready feet. Nevertheless, his study of Catherine and her times is full
of interesting glimpses and suggestions.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 118. F. 29, ’08. 360w.

“The volume under consideration, apart from its value to students and
to all intelligent readers, has a peculiar charm of style.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 883. Ap. 18, ’08. 650w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 381. Mr. ’08. 80w.

“Mr. Gardner, however, insists upon the times rather than the life.
Not that we quarrel with the scholarly writer for this: he has set
himself a certain task; he has clearly defined it; and he has carried
it to an end with an orderly sequence and a wealth of erudition that
excite our warmest praise and liveliest admiration.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 105: 208. F. 15, ’08. 1250w.

=Gardner, William Amory.= In Greece with the classics. **$1.50.
Little.

8–14834.

“On a slight thread of pleasant narrative of the author’s own hasty
spring tour in Greece are strung original translations of the passages
from the Greek poets, which one would wish to recall, upon the
Acropolis, at Conolos, Marathon, Aegina, Eleusis, Mycenae, Delphi,
Olympia, or Corfu. The original texts are given in a convenient
appendix.”—Nation.

* * * * *

=Dial.= 45: 171. S. 16, ’08. 60w.

“Our author, having come with a thirst, has drunk his draft to the
full, not at Dirce’s or Arethusa’s fount, but at that well undefiled
the Greek spirit.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 1148. My. 21, ’08. 240w.

“Is the kind of guide book for which the sentimental traveller, bored
to extinction by archaeology, has been yearning. There is no attempt
at completeness, and the relevancy of some of the selections is
questionable. The translations, while lacking distinction, are
readable.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 137. Ag. 13, ’08. 200w.

=Garland, Hamlin.= Shadow world. †$1.35. Harper.

8–29371.

Here are recorded a series of surprising experiments with psychical
phenomena conducted by Mr. Garland among a group of his friends, some
half-afraid, some avowedly skeptical, while all were curious and
earnest. A number of the actual sessions of this group with a psychic
present are given in detail for the purpose of showing evidence
concerning the process of mediumship. Then follow experiments throwing
light upon the more elusive part of the problem—the question of
identity. The volume records dignified, serious investigation that was
conducted in the interests of science.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 65: 1183. N. 19, ’08. 50w.

“It is the nature of a crank to go off on any tangent, and Mr. Garland
has offered the largest tangent ever provided for a soul-sniffing
public.”

− =Ind.= 65: 1245. N. 26, ’08. 220w.

“Offers practically nothing new for consideration and investigation.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 586. O. 24, ’08. 500w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 627. O. 24, ’08. 50w.

“For the benefit of those inclined to take his book at all seriously
it may be added that the ‘phase’ of mediumship with which it is almost
wholly concerned is precisely that which has been most conclusively
demonstrated to be permeated through and through with fraud.”

− =Outlook.= 90: 752. N. 28, ’08. 270w.

=Garnett, Porter.= Bohemian jinks: a treatise. *$1.50. Porter
Garnett, Bohemian club, San Francisco.

8–21800.

An account of the woodland midsummer dramatic and musical performances
given, one a year, by the Bohemian club of San Francisco at the close
of a two-weeks’ encampment.

* * * * *

“The book makes very interesting reading.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 171. S. 16, ’08. 90w.

“Porter Garnett has put a great many of us under obligations to him by
giving us his little book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 488. S. 5. ’08. 760w.

+ =Putnam’s.= 5: 367. D. ’08. 470w.

=Garnett, Theodore Stanford.= J. E. B. Stuart (major-general)
commander of the cavalry corps, Army of northern Virginia, C. S.
A. *$1. Neale.

7–42107.

An address delivered at the unveiling of the equestrian statue of
General Stuart, at Richmond, May 30, 1907. It furnishes a suggestive
outline for a fuller biography which it is hoped the author will soon
undertake.

* * * * *

“The address by Judge Garnett furnishes a good outline of Stuart’s
career.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 381. Mr. ’08. 140w.

=Garvie, Alfred Ernest.= Studies in the inner life of Jesus. *$2.25.
Armstrong.

8–19128.

A study of the mind, heart, and will of Jesus as portrayed in the
Gospels. “Two men constantly struggle for the mastery in this
volume—the Scotsman and the German, the dogmatic theologian and the
religious psychologist, and when the balance is not maintained it is
the latter that usually goes under.” (Hibbert J.) In justifying his
study of the inner life of Jesus Dr. Garvie says “an exaggerated
importance is attached to a knowledge of contemporary customs and
costume” and that “enough has been written about the scenery, the
upholstery, and drapery of the life of Jesus.”

* * * * *

“Dr. Garvie’s studies ... are not only the work of a scholar, but of a
spiritual seer; of a man who thinks deeply as well as widely. The
outlook is modern, but is balanced by distinctly conservative
leanings.” W. Jones Davies.

+ =Hibbert J.= 6: 934. Jl. ’08. 1500w.

“Principal Garvie will have a wide hearing, but his work would have
gained from greater conciseness.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 494. Ag. 27, ’08. 200w.

“Dr. Garvie’s conclusions are conservative.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 578. Je. 25, ’08. 210w.

* =Gasquet, Rt. Rev. Francis Aidan.= Greater abbeys of England. *$3–50. Dodd.

8–27782.

“Here we have brief histories of [thirty-one] abbeys, beginning with
St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, and ending with Whitby. Every name among
the [thirty-one] is more or less famous, but among the most celebrated
are St. Albans, Battle, Furness, Fountains, Glastonbury, Rievaulx,
Sherborne, and Tintern.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“These pictures are for the most part full of charm and supply
accurate ideas of the condition of a large number of the ruined and
dismantled abbeys of England. He has managed to write in a bright and
interesting fashion on each of the thirty-one greater abbeys herein
described. His selection of information for this series of short
essays shows a thorough mastery of the subject, and in several cases
details are supplied which have seldom, if ever, found their way into
print.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 767. Je. 20. 1300w.

“The book is written from a strongly sympathetic standpoint, which is
not the least of its charms, and with its mine of information and
admirable illustrations, commends itself to the reader as a valuable
contribution.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 901. D. 12, ’08. 160w.

“The stories of the various abbeys are told in good English and with
the same ripeness of knowledge as in his other works on the subject.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 578. D. 10, ’08. 170w.

“The task of setting these beautiful ruins and their history before
American readers has been well done. The fireside traveler is likely
to enjoy the book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 755. D. 5, ’08. 240w.

“The illustrations would alone make the book valuable. We could wish,
indeed, that they had stood by themselves, or been accompanied by a
neutral account.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: 793. My. 16, ’08. 170w.

=Gates, Eleanor.= Cupid, the cow punch. †$1.50. McClure.

7–37708.

“This is not so much a novel as a collection of magazine stories,
loosely connected and numbered as chapters. Cupid is the name of Alec
Lloyd, a cowboy, who, besides being a philosopher and sentimentalist,
has a local reputation as a matchmaker. The narrative comes from him
and is in dialect.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Overdone, but will interest a good many.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 52. F. ’08.

“Is clean, wholesome, and amusing—in other words, not commonplace.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 62. Ja. 16, ’08. 240w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

“The book shows an intimate knowledge of the western plains, and is
full of good, honest fun.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 859. D. 28, ’07. 160w.

“While Cupid’s good nature and clever turns of phrase are infectiously
amusing, one is left rather breathless at the end.”

+ − =Outlook.= 88: 39. Ja. 4, ’08. 100w.

=Gause, Isaac.= Four years with five armies. *$2. Neale.

8–3950.

A short history of campaigns, privations and engagements within the
experience of one who served in the armies of the Frontier, of the
Potomac, of the Missouri, of the Ohio and of the Shenandoah.

=Gauss, Henry Colford.= American government: organization and
officials; with the duties and powers of federal office holders:
an original summarization; with a compilation of data from
original sources. $5. Hamersly.

8–6616.

A standard work of reference on the structure and regulations of the
American government and the duties and powers of federal officials
whose aim is to make federal practice “less of a mystery to the
millions who are at once the sovereigns of the respective states and
of the federal nation.”

* * * * *

“The information is complete, encyclopedic in scope, but without
literary pretension. Not for general reading.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 236. O. ’08.

“There are serious limitations upon the usefulness of the book,
because no sense of proportion is maintained.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 443. S. ’08. 120w.

“The fault of the book is that its policy in matters of detail is not
at all uniform. In general, the expository matter is clear and
accurate, treating of actual practice rather than theory.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 313. Ap. 2, ’08. 450w.

“The compilation contains nearly nine hundred pages, and every one of
them is informative, giving just the sort of information which a busy
publicist, journalist, lawyer, or merchant often requires at short
notice.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 563. Mr. 7, ’08. 250w.

* =Gebhardt, George Frederick.= Steam power plant engineering. *$6. Wiley.

8–27111.

“The author devotes chapters to fuels, boilers, furnaces,
superheaters, coal and ash handling, chimneys, mechanical draft, steam
engines, turbines, condensers, feed water and feed heaters, pumps,
separators and traps, piping lubrication, general costs, testing and
typical specifications. In each chapter a rather elementary
description is made to lead up to a condensed discussion of the most
recent practice.”—Engin. Rec.

* * * * *

“But slight adverse criticism can be made on the book, and that only
in a few minor details. The whole work seems modern, comprehensive and
reliable and, while professedly prepared for students, it should serve
as a good memory aid for the older engineer and a guide for the
younger. Its bibliographies alone make it a valuable reference.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 60: 534. N. 12, ’08. 750w.

“Cannot fail to be of value to engineers in general, and, as a
reference, will prove useful to steam specialists.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 475. O. 24, ’08. 200w.

=Gehring, Albert.= Racial contrasts: distinguishing traits of the
Graeco-Latins and Teuton’s. **$1.50. Putnam.

8–26696.

A study in race psychology made with the purpose of differentiating
the moral, intellectual and spiritual qualities revealed in the
literature, life, and art of the Græco-Latin people from the
characteristics of the Teutonic race as seen in the same fields. The
following divisions are made in the study: Racial contrasts, The
fluctuations of beauty and morality, On homology of thought and
action, On temporal expansion and contraction, and Organic evolution
in the light of comparative philology.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 65: 1249. N. 26, ’08. 280w.

“These essays promote breadth of intellectual view, hospitality to new
ideas, freedom from provincialism and prejudice, generosity of spirit
toward all men.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 458. O. 24, ’08. 130w.

=George, Edward Augustus.= Seventeenth century men of latitude;
forerunners of the new theology. **$1.25. Scribner.

8–14321.

The life and writings of some broad-minded men in a century of
narrowness constitute the theme of this study. Among them are John
Hales, William Chillingworth, Benjamin Whichcote. John Smith, Henry
More, Jeremy Taylor, Sir Thomas Browne, and Richard Baxter.

* * * * *

“While not a contribution to scholarship, the general reader may find
this little labor of love a helpful supplement to the closely-packed
article on latitudinarianism and Cambridge Platonism in volume 5 of
the ‘Cambridge modern history.’” A. L. C.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 171. O. ’08. 340w.

“It shows no philosophical grasp and makes little or no pretense to
connect these English writers with the great currents of European
thought. It is written with enthusiasm. It ought to have great
refreshment for those to whom Tulloch’s work is too long and too
solid.”

− + =Nation.= 86: 423. My. 7, ’08. 330w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 320. Je. 6, ’08. 190w.

“In Mr. George’s story of their lives and varied experiences,
illuminated with ample citations from their writings, one recognizes a
work of loving and careful research.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 491. Je. 27, ’08. 200w.

* =George, W. L.= France in the twentieth century. **$1.75. Lane.

A discussion of conditions in France of today, bearing upon church and
state, social life, and literature and the drama.

* * * * *

“The author is too prone to generalization which is not always
accurate. His inaccuracy also extends to specific facts.”

− =Ath.= 1908, 2: 36. Jl. 11. 740w.

“In the great political struggle between Church and State he is openly
and avowedly on the side of the latter. It is the one topic on which
he loses his attitude of careful, cold analysis and becomes a militant
partisan. Throughout this part of the book the reader sees the English
part of Mr. George in conflict with the French part. He gives both a
chance to be heard, and the self-revelation of the conflict between
the two adds no little to the charm of a thoughtful, comprehensive,
and eminently readable book.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 699. N. 28, ’08. 970w.

“On the whole his views are sensible if not very original.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 398. S. 26, ’08. 300w.

* =Gerhard, William Paul.= American practice of gas piping and gas lighting in buildings. *$3. McGraw.

8–17561.

“Chapters of greatest interest to engineers are on (1) the arrangement
of gas pipes in buildings, (2) specifications, tables, rules and
regulations of companies in regard to piping generally, (3) piping
systems for coal, water, natural, air and acetylene gases, (4) testing
of piping installations, (5) burners, (6) pressure regulators, (7)
globes and holders, (8) fixtures, (9) bibliography. The chapters more
easily read by laymen are on topics like prejudices against and
fallacies of using gas, advantages of gas as an illuminant and for
heat and power, gas meters and gas-meter stories, interior
illumination, lighting of country houses, relations of gas companies
to consumers, practical hints for consumers, accidents and dangers to
public health.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“For the ordinary householder probably a half of the book will be a
little too technical and too tedious to hold his attention until he
gets well into the back half and finds there the general hints,
suggestions and discussions which he can more readily grasp.”

− + =Engin. N.= 60: 186. Ag. 13, ’08. 660w.

“The book is undoubtedly the most complete and authoritative in its
special field, the use of gas by the consumer. It should be a great
help to the architect in answering the many questions clients ask
regarding gas supply, for it is a book that may be safely recommended
to any house owner as a guide.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 567. N. 14, ’08. 680w.

=Gerhard, William Paul.= Modern baths and bath houses. *$3. Wiley.

8–3516.

“A comprehensive treatment of water baths for private dwellings,
municipalities, schools, factories, military barracks, prisons,
hospitals, clubhouses, etc. The classes of baths named are, of course,
indoor establishments. In addition there is a chapter on river and sea
baths. Besides water baths, the author treats in considerable detail
of air and sun baths, and medical and electric-light baths.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“An excellent book on different forms of baths.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 182. Je. ’08.

“Altogether the book is a very useful addition to the literature of
sanitation and of social welfare. It contains more repetitions than
are pleasant to a person who reads the book from beginning to end. It
is a far more comprehensive work than ‘Public baths and wash-houses,’
by Alfred W. S. Cross.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 59: 207. F. 20, ’08. 480w.

+ =Nation.= 86: 499. My. 28, ’08. 40w.

=Gerhard, William Paul.= Sanitation of public buildings. $1.50.
Wiley.

7–37728.

“The public buildings here considered are hospitals, theaters,
churches and schools. In addition, the various buildings and
accessories of markets and abbatoirs are taken up. The selection of
sites, some of the elements of general design, water supply, lighting,
heating, ventilating, cleansing, plumbing, sewage and refuse disposal
are the main divisions under which each class of buildings is treated.
Fire protection is also given a prominent place.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 137. My. ’08. ✠

“The book is well written, and the layman who is interested in civic
affairs will find it easy reading and not so technical in its
terminology as to be tedious.”

+ + =Engin. D.= 3: 69. Ja. ’08. 340w.

“As a manual in the true sense of the word ... the volume deserves
commendation. It would serve admirably for the use of boards of health
and their inspectors.”

+ + =Engin. N.= 58: 655. D. 12, ’07. 230w.

“What he has to say on school sanitation and his detailed advice for
the care and cleansing of schoolrooms should be studied by parents,
teachers, superintendents, and school boards, while his chapters upon
church, theatre, and hospital sanitation are of import to all who
frequent these edifices.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 40. Ja. 25, ’08. 190w.

“A useful little work. It is believed that this is the first American
book to treat these subjects in a practical way.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 384. Mr. ’08. 80w.

=Gerry, Margarita Spalding.= Toy-shop: a romantic story of Lincoln
the man. **50c. Harper.

8–25742.

A child’s lisped request for tin soldiers sent Lincoln, burdened with
the nation’s troubles, one day to a toy shop. While selecting them,
and marshaling them quite unconsciously into drilling order, and
listening to the French shop-keeper’s eulogies of Napoleon’s methods
of warfare, the inspiration comes to Lincoln to put Grant at the head
of the Union army. It is with this incident that the little volume
deals.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 514. S. 19, ’08. 100w.

“A study of Lincoln the man which is very human and tender.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 615. O. 24, ’08. 30w.

=Gibbs, George Fort.= Medusa emerald. †$1.50. Appleton.

7–35622.

An “emerald unaccountably disappears while being displayed to the
guests on [board Alexander Wharton’s] yacht one evening, suspicion
falls on a young man, Edward Dillingham, who refuses to empty his
pockets, as all the other men insist on doing. After this the evil
powers of the stone certainly appear to wreak themselves upon the
suspected youth. However, all’s well that ends well; the matter is
finally cleared up satisfactorily, after many adventures by sea and
land that follow with kaleidoscopic variety and rapidity.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

=Ind.= 64: 208. Ja. 23, ’08. 80w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 60w.

=Outlook.= 87: 827. D. 14, ’07. 120w.

=Gibbs, Philip.= Romance of George Villiers, first duke of
Buckingham and some men and women of the Stuart court. *$3.50.
Putnam.

8–12964.

This favorite of James I. and Charles I. who in history and in fiction
figures so courageously and so daringly is here portrayed in the light
of patriot, egotist, and friend—always the darling of fortune. His
many-sided nature now gleams out on the side of virtue and again
close-linked with vice. He stands out as the “greatest and last
example and victim of a political system which may fairly be called in
his case a system of favoritism tempered by assassination.” (N. Y.
Times.)

* * * * *

“He has written one of the brightest, cheeriest, and most readable
books that have come under our notice for a long time. The inevitable
passages of special pleading do not offend us, because in every case
Mr. Gibbs is honest enough to emphasize the saving clauses, and
because it is perfectly clear that he does not realize that it is
special pleading.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 595. My. 16. 2400w.

“He has got his materials well together, and has made a book that can
be read with interest.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 218. Mr. 5, ’08. 500w.

“Not by any means ignoring the larger historical issues, English and
European, of Buckingham’s career, he shows a special sensibility to
its human and picturesque aspects. The result is a book both readable
and valuable.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 126. Mr. 7, ’08. 800w.

“We are not surprised that Mr. Gibbs, who has the right touch for work
of this kind, has made a very readable book on the subject.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 474. Ap. 11, ’08. 250w.

“He can hardly be said to have made a cool or unbiassed study of
Buckingham.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 133. Jl. 25, ’08. 1450w.

* =Gibson, Adam H.= Hydraulics and its applications. *$5. Van Nostrand.

“An attempt has been made to consider the science, and its application
to the design of hydraulic machinery, in a manner suitable for a
student who has some initial knowledge of mechanics.”

* * * * *

“The book stands in much the same relation to the works of Merriman
and Church that Cotterill’s does to the ordinary treatise on
mechanics. The subject matter is not handled with uniform discretion,
some parts being excellent and others rather loosely thrown together,
and the language in places is that of a lecturer rather than of a
writer, and worst of all, the citations of experimental data are not
always accurate.” G. S. Williams.

+ − =Engin. N.= 90: 534. N. 12, ’08. 1700w.

“We think that in one or two cases the matter might have been arranged
to rather better advantage, but, on the whole, we have no hesitation
in saying that the book is an excellent contribution to the literature
of the subject, and embodies the result of no little personal
investigation and research. It is specially a student’s book, and will
appeal more particularly to those who are already equipped with some
fundamental knowledge of hydraulics.”

+ − =Nature.= 78: 218. Jl. 9, ’08. 800w.

=Gilbert, George Holley.= Interpretation of the Bible: a short
history. **$1.25. Macmillan.

8–6097.

“Beginning with the Jewish interpretation of the Old Testament, Dr.
Gilbert traces the history of the interpretation of the Scriptures
through the Catholic and the Alexandrian Fathers, the mediaevals, the
reformers, the movements of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,
down to the birth of scientific interpretation in the nineteenth.”
(Bib. World.) It “deserves commendation to all Bible readers who are
concerned for reality, for the facts inlaid in the Scriptures, and for
their meaning.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“Covers a large field which has been but lightly touched upon.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 182. Je. ’08.

“The careful reading of this book would be a liberal education for the
average man.”

+ =Bib. World.= 31: 320. Ap. ’08. 100w.

“Its defects are due chiefly to its brevity. Within so brief a compass
the author could not do justice to many phases of this important and
interesting subject. The book lacks the fulness and ornateness of
language, the wealth and variety of illustration, the suggestiveness
and brilliancy of Farrar’s; but as a brief, clear, strong and careful
presentation it occupies a field all its own and will serve a useful
purpose.” J: C. Granbery.

+ − =Bib. World.= 32: 214. S. ’08. 870w.

“This treatise keeps the salient and noteworthy to the front, and
allows one to follow interestingly a remarkable and instructive
history.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 95. Jl. 30, ’08. 200w.

Reviewed by E. S. Drown.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 606. O. 24, ’08. 80w.

“Professor Gilbert has made an interesting contribution to the
curiosities of literature in his numerous citations of Biblical
interpretations from Philo Judæus to Jonathan Edwards.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 886. Ap. 18, ’08. 270w.

=Gilbert, Nelson Rust.= Affair at Pine Court: a tale of the
Adirondacks. †$1.50. Lippincott.

7–30455.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“On the whole the book is entertaining, especially in the bits of
naive moralizing on every subject from the cleanliness of the poor to
Christian Science, that cling like mistletoe to the trunk of the
story, and appeal potently, if unconsciously, to the reader’s sense of
humor.”

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

=Gilbey, Sir Walter, and Cuming, Edward W. D.= George Morland: his
life and works, il. *$6. Macmillan.

8–17200.

An authoritative biography which makes its appeal to the lay reader as
well as to the student. “We have for the first time a plain,
unvarnished Morland, a just estimate of his character as an artist and
a man.” (Ath.) Fifty reproductions of Morland’s pictures add to the
value of the volume.

* * * * *

“It is far and away the best of the many books on Morland. The weakest
feature of the book is the apology for an index.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 295. Mr. 7. 1000w.

“This admirable volume forms a valuable and important acquisition to
art literature on account of the completeness of the biographical
portion and the excellence and number of the illustrations.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 34: 83. Mr. ’08. 400w.

“Morland’s warm brown tone, however agreeable in the original oil
paintings, does not harmonize with white paper and printer’s ink, and
as colored book illustrations the plates are singularly ineffective,
not to say unpleasant.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 317. Ap. 2, ’08. 120w.

=Gilbreth, Frank B.= Field system. *$3. Clark, M. C.

8–2205.

A work which gives in detail the open methods for proper, prompt and
economical execution of work which have made Mr. Gilbreth’s contract
business so successful. “The various forms employed throughout the
different stages of work are given, with explicit instructions for
their use in ordering materials, checking work, keeping time sheets,
etc. Instructions are also given on the mixing of cement and concrete,
the handling of forms, use of drills, care of engines, air compressors
and hoists, pumping, etc. Throughout the work are interspersed tables
and formulas.” (Engin. D.)

* * * * *

+ =Engin. D.= 3: 189. F. ’08. 350w.

“It should prove stimulating to every one concerned in the conduct of
engineering work, [tho] its arrangement is heterogeneous and confused,
in parts.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 59: 202. F. 20, ’08. 750w.

=Gilder, Richard Watson.= Fire divine. *$1. Century.

7–32169.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 137. My. ’08.

“This volume is one of the very few books of verse that have appeared
in recent years that is worthy of a place in the library of lovers of
poetry instinct with the ethical spirit.”

+ + =Arena.= 38: 675. D. ’07. 460w.

“Now and then, irregular rhythms are essayed in this volume, and even
poems in prose, but these experiments we cannot regard as upon the
level of the work done in accordance with the rules of the poetic
art.” W: M. Payne.

+ + − =Dial.= 44: 76. F. 1, ’08. 350w.

“On the whole, it is, perhaps, these rhythmic intermissions of Mr.
Gilder’s on one subject and another which give his book a kind of
distinction or difference, lending it a bold, adventurous. innovating
air, among the increasing legions of mildly meritorious versifiers,
whose names have outgrown enumeration.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 590. D. 26, ’07. 180w.

“This latest book by Richard Watson Gilder, who holds an
unchallengeable place among the poets of to-day, is above all a poet’s
book. There is much else, genius of the féministe type, vital and
large-hearted, if not rugged technique as fluent and varied as it is
delightful, nobility of ideal, and a reality of feeling that lifts the
product it permeates to the summits of enduring poesy.” Florence
Wilkinson.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 859. D. 28, ’07. 1200w.

“In this volume he also continues his experiments with relaxed meters;
not always with success.”

+ − =Outlook.= 88: 143. Ja. 18, ’08. 350w.

=Gilder, Richard Watson.= Poems. $1.50. Houghton.

A complete edition of Gilder’s poems containing the substance of his
nine books of verse and also additional pieces which have not appeared
in a collection. Mr. Gilder’s versatility due to broad sympathies,
love of mankind, human instinct, and the dreamer’s idealism accounts
for his wide range of verse. There are poems dealing with the affairs
of every day life; poems characterizing men of worth and genius; and
poems which bring to the consciousness the immortal value of certain
monuments of music and art.

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 65: 1174. N. 19, ’08. 80w.

=Gildersleeve, Virginia Crocheron.= Government regulation of the
Elizabethan drama. (Columbia univ. studies in English.) *$1.25.
Macmillan.

8–24263.

Based upon official documents of the time, this monograph “deals first
with the general regulation of the drama by the central government
then traces the rise of the master of the revels and of the extensive
powers which finally came into his hands, and follows this with a
study of the censorship of which the master was the official
administrator. Then follows a detailed account of the local
regulations in London and of the long and bitter strife which was
waged between the municipal government and the royal authority as to
whether the drama should or should not be enacted in the city. A
chapter upon the Puritan victory ends the study.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“A very thorough piece of work.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 218. O. 1, ’08. 40w.

“The author has gone into the subject very thoroughly and presented in
clear and succinct form, although perhaps a little dry in manner, an
immense accumulation of facts.”

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 517. S. 19, ’08. 260w.

=Gill, Augustus Herman.= Engine-room chemistry. *$1. Hill pub.

8–813.

“Aims to give such information concerning oils, fuels and the
phenomena of combustion and steam-raising, all expressed in fairly
nontechnical language, as will enable the average reader to understand
what is necessary from the point of view of chemistry to obtain the
maximum efficiency in the power plant.”—Engin. Rec.

* * * * *

“Accurate little book.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 137. My. ’08.

“The book is not intended to appeal to the chemist or technical man.
It is too elementary to do this. On the other hand, it is hardly
practical to give the uneducated man a volume which, in one hundred
pages, tries to give him sufficient knowledge to enable him to
undertake analyses which the student of chemistry never performs until
he has studied the fundamental principles on which such analysis is
based, for at least a year or a year and a half.”

− + =Engin. D.= 3: 72. Ja. ’08. 320w.

“If there is any criticism to be made of the book it is that to read
or study it intelligently probably somewhat better knowledge of
inorganic chemistry is necessary than even a good engineman or the
superintendent of a small shop may be expected to possess.”

+ + − =Engin. N.= 59: 81. Ja. 16, ’08. 500w.

“A little book, professedly written for the engineer and engine man,
but useful for a much wider circle of readers.”

+ + =Engin. Rec.= 56: 692. D. 21, ’07. 260w.

=Gill, George Creswell.= Beyond the blue-grass; a Kentucky novel.
$1.50. Neale.

8–12785.

A picture of the life of the people among the hills of Ginseng county,
beyond the Blue-Grass region. “Almost all of his characters are rural
Kentuckians, and we see them in their homes, at work on their farms,
and congregated in their villages, all of them picturesque and all of
them more or less interesting.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Is not thrilling and his style is quite lacking in literary quality:
but there is a certain merit in his book in spite of its
shortcomings.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 441. Ag. 8, ’08. 100w.

=Gillette, Halbert Powers, and Hill, Charles Shattuck.= Concrete
construction: methods and cost. *$5. Clark, M. C.

8–13350.

Treated from the viewpoint of the builder of concrete structures. “The
authors have collected ... a vast number of examples of concrete work.
These are presented in concise form, with the unimportant details
removed; there is an attempt to preserve a certain uniformity of
treatment so as to permit comparison between similar constructions. In
addition to these specific examples the authors have added, in
connection with every branch of work, general instructions deduced
from observation and formulas for quantity and cost estimates.”
(Engin. N.)

* * * * *

“The work should prove of exceeding value not only to contractors and
engineers ... but to designing engineers and architects.”

+ =Engin. D.= 4: 53. Jl. ’08. 420w.

“On the whole, the book is a welcome addition to concrete literature.
It is frankly a compilation and suffers from some of the ordinary
faults of a compilation, but the work of compiling has been done with
so much more care than is usual in such books and so much original
matter has been added that the statistical nature, often the bane of
collated material, is largely lost. We believe every concrete designer
and constructor should have a copy.”

+ =Engin. N.= 59: 653. Je. 11, ’08. 950w.

“While the expert engineer may glean some points from the book, it is
liable to prove dangerous in the hands of inexperienced men,
especially as to its cost features.”

+ − =Engin. Rec.= 58: 306. S. 12, ’08. 300w.

=Gillmore, Inez Haynes.= June jeopardy. $1.50. Huebsch.

8–17784.

Around a diamond necklace worth a half million and its paste
counterpart is woven a story whose exciting events are all crowded
into a single night. The character cast includes maids and their
lovers, robbers, scheming servants, and the dog Veritas.

* * * * *

=Nation.= 87: 75. Jl. 23, ’08. 340w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 338. Je. 13, ’08. 120w.

“The story puts very little strain on one’s mental powers, and, with
the added attraction of a quick-moving plot, ought to find favor with
summer readers:”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 363. Je. 27, ’08. 240w.

=Gilman, Lawrence.= Debussy’s Pelleas et Melisande: a guide to the
opera; with musical examples from the score. *$1. Schirmer.

7–41522.

Complete instruction with full consideration for the inspirational
side is offered in this little volume. Mr. Gilman discusses Debussy
and his art, The play—its qualities and its action, and The music—a
revolutionary score, and the themes and their treatment.

=Gilman, Lawrence.= Stories of symphonic music: a guide to the
meaning of important symphonies, overtures, and tone-poems from
Beethoven to the present day. **$1.25. Harper.

7–35627.

A practical handbook for the concert-goer which offers in compact,
accessible form, information which will enable him to listen
intelligently to orchestral music. “It tells stories which underlie
the most important works in the orchestra repertoire, describing the
drama, legend, picture, mood, or poem which the music expresses. It
presents clearly and without technical analysis the basis of every
considerable descriptive work in the symphonic repertoire.”

* * * * *

“A compact little book, for intelligent concert goers rather than
professional musicians. Scrappy and journalistic.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 183. Je. ’08.

“The comment is of a highly intelligent character, providing real
information and avoiding the meaningless rhapsodizing into which
writers upon music are tempted to fall.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 433. D. 16, ’07. 110w.

“It is a compilation from many sources, but it is well made, and the
book will serve a useful purpose—it is in all respects worthy of place
on the music-lover’s shelves besides Mr. George P. Upton’s series on
the ‘Standard’ operas, oratorios and so on.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 106. Ja. 9, ’08. 270w.

“Mr. Gilman has covered the field well, and collated thoroughly all
the annotators.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 86. F. 15, ’08. 320w.

“The information contained in his volume really ought to be printed in
the programmes distributed in the concert-halls. Is one of Mr.
Gilman’s most useful and readable contributions to musical
literature.” H: T. Finck.

+ + =No. Am.= 187: 281. F. ’08. 1650w.

“A useful handbook for the opera and concert goer.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 254. F. ’08. 30w.

=Gladden, Washington.= Church and modern life. **$1.25. Houghton.

8–9795.

A practical as well as inspirational study, seeking an audience among
pastors and teachers but aiming to arouse to activity the young men
and women to whom the future of the church is committed. The author
shows that the roots of religion are in human nature; that like all
living things, religion grows; that our religion is Christianity; that
Christianity is a social religion; that as the life of religion is
nurtured in social worship and service, so its fruit is gathered in
the transformation of society; that the church has imperfectly
performed its function; that a new reformation is called for; that the
church is called to redeem society; and that for the redemption of
society a new evangelism is needed.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 183. Je. ’08. ✠

“The book is a good one to put into the hands of those who are
inclined to be discouraged over the outlook for the church.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 494. Ag. 27, ’08. 280w.

“Dr. Gladden’s essay will make for sanity as well as earnestness in
the current debate on the relation of religion and the church to
social reform.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 10. Jl. 2, ’08. 160w.

“The book is interpretative of the present movement in the American
churches, and will add to that movement both guidance and new
impulses.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 391. Je. 20, ’08. 300w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 640. My. ’08. 80w.

=Glasgow, Ellen Anderson G.= Ancient law. †$1.50. Doubleday.

8–2945.

The hero of this novel is a modern Jean Valjean, who goes wrong on the
stock exchange and after five years of imprisonment seeks refuge in a
southern town under the name of Smith. “It is a long, weary, beaten
road that he travels, and he is but the concrete embodiment of a
world-old tragedy and world-old problem which has survived crumbling
ages. What makes him distinct among many of his brothers is an
all-encompassing vision that comprehends both the letter and the
spirit of the law that enchains him. Herein is the keynote of an
absorbing and convincing story.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The characters are drawn with a sure, skilful hand, the story
uncommonly well told.”

+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 52. F. ’08. ✠

“In spite of these drawbacks the book is well worth reading.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 380. Mr. 28. 180w.

“Its figures, with one exception, are puppets, not human beings. They
have no blood or breath of their own. We may be thankful for the lack
of funny business in Miss Glasgow’s book, but we have still to regret
its lack of proportion, of perspective, of that indefinable
circumambient atmosphere, of insight and sympathy with which true
humour surrounds its material.” H. W. Boynton.

− + =Bookm.= 27: 59. Mr. ’08. 860w.

“Miss Glasgow’s latest novel has both dignity and charm, although
certain almost melodramatic happenings, huddled into the closing
chapters, do not seem quite in keeping with the sincerity and
restraint of what has gone before.” W: M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 14: 134. Mr. 1, ’08. 520w.

“But Ellen Glasgow has ascended. She has omitted the family portraits
and most of the pedigrees in her new story and made ready for a long,
wide sweep of the wings. She has not parted company with the populace.
She has simply assumed a nobler attitude to it.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 469. F. 27, ’08. 720w.

“Miss Glasgow writes, as always, with fluency, gravity, and a species
of ‘empressment’ which may go a long way toward achieving the effects
of depth and subtlety. [The story has an] anti-climax, and [it] sinks
through chapters of crude melodrama.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 152. F. 13, ’08. 480w.

“It is a book calculated to make you pause in the survey of rapid-fire
fiction and realize that here is the real note of study, of character,
and of observation. It is indeed a novel of dignity and of
distinction.” I. F. Marcosson.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 53. F. 1, ’08. 1480w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 338. Je. 13, ’08. 250w.

“There are many fine and haunting passages.” L. C. Willcox.

+ =No. Am.= 187: 445. Mr. ’08. 1100w.

“The book is eminently dignified and worthy. In its nature it is less
entertaining than other novels by Miss Glasgow, but it is a fine piece
of literary work notwithstanding.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 511. F. 29, ’08. 300w.

“She has silhouetted several characters with extreme cleverness, but,
more than this, she has chosen a situation and developed it up to an
interesting point with some of Mr. Howells’ skill, concluding the
story where it is evidently impossible for her to go on. There are
very grave defects in her hero’s character, defects that are
inconsistencies, for whose weakening influence on the story Miss
Glasgow alone is responsible.”

+ − =R. of Rs.= 37: 761. Je. ’08. 80w.

“The story is founded on a basis of false sentiment and false
psychology.”

− =Sat. R.= 105: 760. Je. 13, ’08. 300w.

“Though written in a different vein from some of Miss Glasgow’s other
books, none the less this story furnishes very excellent reading.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: 505. Mr. 28, ’08. 250w.

=Glover, Ellye Howell.= “Dame Curtsey’s” book of novel
entertainments. **$1. McClurg.

7–34781.

A veritable mine of suggestion for the hostess who entertains a great
deal. The plans for parties, dinners, luncheons, and games have been
thoroly tested and are offered in so great variety that there is
something for every day of the year.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 183. Je. ’08. ✠

“[Contains] many things that are exceedingly valuable in the way of
suggestion to the entertaining hostess.” W. G. Bowdoin.

+ =Ind.= 63: 1469. D. 19, ’07. 70w.

=Goddard, Harold Clarke.= Studies in New England transcendentalism.
(Columbia univ. studies in English.) *$1. Macmillan.

8–14677.

A doctoral thesis. “Taking these five—Channing, Alcott, Emerson,
Parker, and Margaret Fuller—as the foremost representatives of the
movement in New England from traditionalism to free thought, Dr.
Goddard goes into a minutely inductive study of its genesis and
nature, beginning with an investigation of the intellectual and
literary influences that affected each of the five in their
environment, their reading and studies, and their influence on each
other; after which he discusses their relations, severally, to
practical life.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“He has the true scholarly spirit and a certain aptness for getting
the ear of his audience.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 380. Ag. 13, ’08. 250w.

“The grasp of general ideas, the sound and penetrating criticism, the
orderly marshalling of material, and the literary virtues ... lift
this thesis above the mass of ephemeral doctoral dissertations, and
give it permanent and substantial value.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 116. Ag. 6, ’08. 500w.

“This monograph is rich in its personal portrayals of the notable
characters it is concerned with, and is also a most valuable
contribution to the religious and philosophical history of the first
half of the nineteenth century.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 865. Ag. 15, ’08. 350w.

=Godfrey, Edward.= Structural engineering. bk. 2, Concrete. lea.
*$2.50. Edward Godfrey, Monongahela bank bldg., Pittsburg, Pa.

“The book starts with a chapter headed ‘A survey of the field of
concrete design and construction, in which will be found some theses,’
which is a rapid survey of the scheme of the book. This is followed by
a short treatment of the materials which go to make up concrete
structures, and the methods of handling, finishing and constructing
the concrete. Next there are given some isolated cost figures of no
exact value, as the conditions under which the work was carried on are
omitted. This completes the original portion of the book. There follow
articles selected from Engineering news, and thirty pages of
cuts.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“Altogether Mr. Godfrey’s work is a valuable contribution to the
literature of concrete and concrete engineering.”

+ =Engin. D.= 3: 527. My. ’08. 300w.

“In his theory the author is sound; the main objection to his
presentation ... is an almost too apparent didacticism and a slight
intolerance of any other views but his own. The plan is ambitious and
it seems a pity to have it fall so far short of its proper usefulness
on account of easily-corrected details of arrangement and composition.
The physical make-up of the book only adds to the confusion.”

− + =Engin. N.= 59: 543. My. 14, ’08. 1000w.

=Engin. Rec.= 57: 540. Ap. 18, ’08. 350w.

=Godfrey, Hollis.= Man who ended war. †$1.50. Little.

8–28057.

A stirring novel which exploits an ingenious scientific achievement. A
man who conceals his identity informs nations that he is destined to
stop all war. He orders disarmament, gives a year for it, and, at its
end, when no move is made, proceeds single handed to destroy one
battleship after another making use of his remarkable and mysterious
invention.

* * * * *

“It is a very interesting and wholly manly story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 573. O. 17, ’08. 400w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 616. O. 24, ’08. 40w.

=Godrycz, John.= Doctrine of modernism and its refutation. *75c.
McVey.

8–17779.

The author “follows the text of the Papal encyclical against
modernism, and first gives his statement of what modernism is in a
form for easy reply, and then follows it by a ‘Refutation.’... His
refutation begins by asserting that modernism is based on positivism,
which is rationalistic and irreligious.... He supports his attacks on
the modernists by quotations from Newman Smyth and George Washington,
and concludes that ‘one of the greatest persecutions that ever swept
over the church is preparing in Europe.’”—Ind.

* * * * *

+ − =Cath. World.= 87: 686. Ag. ’08. 700w.

− =Ind.= 64: 1349. Je. 11, ’08. 170w.

“Interesting is it to thoughtful Protestants.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 351. Je. 13, ’08. 330w.

=Goerens, Paul.= Introduction to metallography; tr. by Fred
Ibbotson. *$2.50. Longmans.

8–21497.

A study of the structure of metals which contains much information
quite inaccessible to the American student. The first section deals
with the physical properties of matter, including allotrophy, cooling
curves, and pyrometry; the second, on the physical mixture, deals with
the theories of solutions and freezing-point curves of aqueous
solutions, fused salts and alloys; the third and fourth are concerned
respectively with practical microscopy of metals and the metallography
of iron and its alloys.

* * * * *

“We believe it will find important service as a text-book, and as side
reading for practicing metallurgists. The lack of lucidity is, we
think, the fault rather of the form and substance of the original text
than of the translator.” Bradley Stoughton.

+ − =Engin. N.= 60: 79. Jl. 16, ’08. 920w.

“In the whole, the book is hardly more than an introduction into the
subject, but as such it is valuable and will prove useful to students
of this subject.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 391. O. 3, ’08. 300w.

“Enough has been said to show that the standard work on metallography
is yet to be written, but that students will find Dr. Goerens’s book
admirable as affording them a glimpse of the methods of investigating
metals and alloys.” T. K. R.

+ − =Nature.= 78: 387. Ag. 27, ’08. 630w.