Chapter III: Preface (2)

“Leonard Alston considers the white man’s burden with as much
open-mindedness as is reconcilable with the nature of a thesis which
assumes that the white man is, on the whole, right and the child of
destiny.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 37. Ja. 25, ’08. 1000w.

“In style and in command of English the author displays a singular
ability; but the book is more noteworthy for these characteristics
than for any practical suggestion which it contains for the solution
of the most important question of the future.”

− + =Spec.= 99: sup. 909. D. 7, ’07. 300w.

=Ames, Joseph Bushnell.= Pete, cow-puncher: a story of the Texas
plains. †$1.50. Holt.

8–30533.

The experience of a young New Yorker who, much to the chagrin of his
father, preferred life in the Texas plains to Yale first and Wall
Street afterwards. It is the story of a clean, honest, resolute fight
against hardships and peril.

=Amundsen, Roald.= North-west passage: being a record of a voyage of
exploration of the ship Gjöa in the years 1903–7; with a
supplement by Lieut. Hansen. 2v. *$8. Dutton.

8–35750.

An account of the voyage which Captain Amundsen and his crew of seven
men made in exploration of the North-west passage. “Difficult
navigation, sledge excursions that were not exactly summer picnics,
meteorological and magnetic observations under trying conditions, the
exaction of some degree of respect and decorum from the swarming
Esquimaux that beset them in their winter quarters, and the continual
problem of food, fuel, and shelter in the cruel cold of these
latitudes—that, in brief, indicates the work that was cut out for
Captain Amundsen and his little crew.” Lieut. Hansen’s supplementary
chapter relates to his surveying expedition to the east coast of
Victoria Land.

* * * * *

“This record ... is written with sailorlike simplicity and with an
attractive enthusiasm for the subject. The arrangement leaves
something to be desired. Lieut. Hansen’s supplement should have been
inserted in the body of the narrative; and the historical survey of
previous exploration, which is slight and in some points inaccurate,
appears rather aimlessly in the tenth chapter.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 33. Jl. 11. 1800w.

“Not the least interesting parts of the book are the stories of the
distinctly Scandinavian character of practical jokes which,
apparently, were everlastingly played on each other by all the members
of the party.” A. W. Vorse.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 276. N. ’08. 1200w.

“His straightforward narrative makes not only one of the best books of
Arctic exploration, but one of the best books of adventure of any sort
that have ever been written. The narrative is not free from
bewildering inconsistencies, which sometimes amount to positive
inaccuracies.” P. F. Bicknell.

+ − =Dial.= 45: 80. Ag. 16, ’08. 1850w.

“It is difficult to realize that the book is a translation, so easy is
the style.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 267. S. 17, ’08. 950w.

“Though the book would not lose by condensation in places, it is
singularly free from the trivialities with which such volumes are
often loaded. But an appendix of scientific results would have given
more permanent value to these volumes.”

+ − =Nature.= 78: 478. S. 17, ’08. 1550w.

“With the skill of the true artist, the North-west passage is there,
the real hero of the story, behind all the humorous and sometimes
tragic adventures with which this excellent narrator entertains his
readers.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 373. Jl. 4, ’08. 2050w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 383. S. ’08. 120w.

+ + =Sat. R.= 105: 823. Je. 27, ’08. 660w.

“The observations which Captain Amundsen makes on the mode of life,
manners, and struggle for existence of the inhabitants near the
North-west passage are quite the most interesting and valuable in the
volume.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 840. N. 21, ’08. 1100w.

=Anderson, Ada Woodruff.= Heart of the red firs. †$1.50. Little.

8–9815.

Set in the grim forest country of the Pacific northwest, this story
deals with the epoch that closed with the completion of the Northern
Pacific road thru to the coast. A charming heroine is portrayed who
has fearlessness, ability to command, the foresight and memory
necessary for the self protection of pioneers, and withal is feminine
to the core. The perils of the wilds are truthfully set down.

* * * * *

“For the most part one brings away from the reading an abiding sense
of splendid freedom, health and courage in a glorious setting of
fir-clad mountains.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 27: 578. Ag. ’08. 400w.

=Ind.= 65: 550. S. 3, ’08. 50w.

“It is more effective in description than in narrative.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 56. Jl. 16, ’08. 270w.

“Is written very vigorously and authoritatively. The ‘story part,’ as
the children say, lags often, and, indeed, does not seem to have been
conceived in the first place with any marked conviction or
originality.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 302. My. 30, ’08. 200w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 335. Je. 13, ’08. 140w.

=Anderson, Galusha.= Story of a border city during the civil war.
**$1.50. Little.

8–27164.

A story of St. Louis during the civil war told by a man who was a
clergyman in that city from 1858 to 1866. It is an intimate sketch of
local conditions and local feeling recorded from personal observations
and experiences, revealing the struggle between the opposing factions
standing respectively for secession and for the union.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 65: 1250. N. 26, ’08. 300w.

“Rich in the material of which history is made as well as most
interesting in itself. He writes with calmness and in a judicial,
objective sort of way that cannot carry any offense. On its literary
side his work would have been the better for more careful revision and
editing, for his style is often so slovenly as to be annoying.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 549. O. 3, ’08. 600w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 637. N. ’08. 120w.

=Anderson, J. Wemyss.= Refrigeration: an elementary text-book.
*$2.25. Longmans.

8–28304.

“An exposition of the scientific principles involved in the production
of low temperatures, and descriptions of the apparatus by which they
are obtained. The work being an elementary one, questions relating to
the design of apparatus have been properly withheld for a succeeding
and more advanced volume.”—Engin. D.

* * * * *

“The illustrations are good, the index is ample, and many instructive
and practical problems are given in their proper place for the further
use of the student.”

+ =Engin. D.= 3: 652. Je. ’08. 300w.

“This book differs and compares favorably with all other books on that
subject, inasmuch as examples are used for explaining the fundamental
principles. The book as a whole is all that is claimed for it and can
therefore be highly recommended.” J. C. Bertsch.

+ + =Engin. N.= 60: 77. Jl. 16, ’08. 860w.

“The treatment of the subject is accurate and lucid, and in all cases
the necessary mathematical investigations are reduced to their
simplest elements, many numerical examples being added.” E. Edser.

+ =Nature.= 78: 317. Ag. 6, ’08. 470w.

=Andreiyeff, Leonidas.= Silence: tr. from the Russian by John
Cournos. bds. 25c. Brown bros.

“A story, a melancholy poem, in which the reader is subjected to a
series of heart pangs, and is forced to listen to a music, in which
the dominant motif is a terrible, oppressive and crushing silence.”
(Translator’s preface.) The author who is linked in literary
sympathies with Gorky embodies “conscious artistry” while Gorky is
possessed of “crude blind force.”

* * * * *

“So painful a story does not make a favorable introduction to the
series.”

− =Ind.= 65: 615. S. 10, ’08. 70w.

=Nation.= 87: 494. N. 19, ’08. 90w.

=Andrews, Eliza Frances.= War-time journal of a Georgia girl.
**$2.50. Appleton.

8–27163.

A spirited diary extending thru the year and a half that followed
December of 1864 and covering the last days of the war and the
beginning of the reconstruction era. “This diary, intended solely for
the author’s own eyes, gives an intimate picture of the intensity of
Southern feeling, at the same time that it describes the diversions in
which Southern society sought to forget the continual tragedy through
which the country was passing.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The book is charmingly natural and lifelike, and will prove a
valuable addition to the diaries of the war.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 599. O. 24, ’08. 370w.

“It is, in fact, what one might call an original document in history.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 506. S. 19, ’08. 180w.

“The journal is a contribution of real merit to the literature of
Southern conditions at that time.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 523. S. 26, ’08. 400w.

“An exceedingly interesting book to those who care for absolutely
truthful, unaffected pictures of life during the civil war.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 550. N. 7, ’08. 400w.

=Andrews, Hiram Bertrand.= Practical reinforced concrete standards
for the design of reinforced concrete buildings. $2. Simpson bros.

8–21937.

Contains chapters on the design of beams, with tables and diagrams,
and standardized sizes for buildings, together with sets of
specifications for concrete work.

* * * * *

“Allowing for the usual tendency to use a designing diagram without
regard for the varying conditions that must affect the design, this
book of standards must be of value.”

+ =Engin. N.= 60: 190. Ag. 13, ’08. 100w.

“A suggested standard building code for concrete work is published,
but it incorporates all of the author’s original ideas, thus making it
of questionable value without revision. Some of the author’s
statements ... do not agree with the opinions held by reinforced
concrete specialists.”

− =Engin. Rec.= 58: 391. O. 3, ’08. 240w.

=Andrews, William Symes.= Magic squares and cubes. *$1.50. Open ct.

8–19276.

“Here may be found directions for making quadratic combinations that
surpass Benjamin Franklin’s famous sixteen puzzle, which he said was
‘the most magically magical of any magic square ever made by any
magician.’ Dr. Paul Carus contributes a chapter on the importance of
magic squares in Hindu, Chinese and Greek philosophy.”—Ind.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 65: 213. Jl. 23, ’08. 90w.

“To those who are interested in the subject, Mr. Andrews’s book will
be very acceptable.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 101. Jl. 30, ’08. 180w.

=Anet, Claude.= Through Persia in a motorcar, by Russia and the
Caucasus; tr. by M. Beresford Ryley. *$4.50. Appleton.

A lively account of a tour by train, boat and motor-car. “The route
followed was through Bessarabia, the Crimea and the Caucasus; Persia
is reached on p. 84, but the motoring does not begin until p. 151. It
consisted of a run from Ispahan to Teheran. Ispahan is reached on p.
192. A week in that city which excites the enthusiasm of our
traveller, occupies thirty-eight pages. And then we have about fifty
pages in which the return is described.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“Altogether a not uninteresting book, and ably translated; but as
there are no maps and no index, it is useless as a work of reference.
It might have been so much better done.”

+ − =Acad.= 73: 59. O. 26, ’07. 420w.

“A book which has few dull pages.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 206. Ag. 22. 550w.

“A work in which veracity has not been sacrificed to imagination.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 462. N. 12, ’08. 320w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 638. O. 31, ’08. 370w.

“M. Anet has written a lively and amusing account of the tour,
illustrated with photographs, and has been fortunate in his
translator.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: 767. D. 21, ’07. 350w.

“Directions are given which should prove helpful to intending
travellers.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 370. S. 14, ’07. 300w.

=Annesley, Maude.= Door of darkness. †$1.50. Lane.

A story built up around the unexplained mysteries of clairvoyance and
magic. “Miss Annesley secures her most striking effects by imagining
mysteries which she cannot attempt to explain; and the reader of a
novel, like the spectator at a manifestation, wants to know how things
are done. In this case the reader very soon perceives that the central
figure in the book is an ‘adept’ who has mastered the secret of
perpetual youth. The love of such a man for a girl bound by the normal
conditions of human life can be made, and here is made, into an
interesting romance.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“It needs some courage to write a novel upon the elixir of life, and
we can scarcely say that the enterprise is in this case justified. We
note also a large proportion of commonplace and uninteresting
padding.”

− =Ath.= 1908, 1: 784. Je. 27. 100w.

“While it does not lack complication, is a mixture of such unlike
parts that anything like a co-ordinated impression is out of the
question.” E. L. Cary.

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 391. Jl. 11, ’08. 440w.

“The opening chapters of this novel are so good that we recognize with
disappointment the author’s failure to maintain the plausible
atmosphere of the supernatural which envelops them.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 106: sup. 7. S. 26, ’08. 180w.

=Annunzio, Gabriele d’.= Daughter of Jorio: a pastoral tragedy; tr.
by Charlotte Porter, Pietro Isola, and Alice Henry; with an
introd. by Miss Porter. *$1.50. Little.

7–37999.

Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“The merely English reader will get little good from it, and will meet
with scarcely a line, certainly not with a passage of any length, that
will appeal to him as poetry.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 27. Ja. 18, ’08. 200w.

“It has something of the majesty of a classical drama and of the
inexorableness of fate. The play is wonderfully reproduced in
English.”

+ + − =Outlook.= 88: 142. Ja. 18, ’08. 500w.

“Really remarkable dramatic work.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 255. F. ’08. 70w.

=Anthropological= essays presented to Edward Burnett Tylor in honor
of his 75th birthday, Oct. 2, 1907, by H. Balfour, A. E. Crawley
[etc.] *$5. Oxford.

8–1439.

These nineteen essays contributed by eminent specialists are a
birthday offering to a distinguished Oxford scholar. See Cumulative
book index for contents.

* * * * *

“The arrangement of the essays is alphabetical, according to the
surnames of the authors. The result of this automatic distribution is
to produce a course of miscellaneous reading which is rather
bewildering.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 522. O. 26. 1400w.

“Contain a large mass of permanently important material.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 470. My. 21, ’08. 900w.

“The book will be a welcome addition to all anthropological libraries,
and we could not give it higher praise than to say that it is quite
worthy of the great scholar whose name it bears.”

+ =Spec.= 100: sup. 129. Ja. 25, ’08. 400w.

=Archer, William, and Barker, Henry Granville.= Scheme and estimates
for a national theatre. *$2.50. Duffield.

Here are the scheme and estimates for the building of a national
theatre in Great Britain, but inclusive enough to apply to the
establishment of a similar institution in America. “The book
discusses, with a convincing array of facts and figures, every step in
the process of construction from the appointment of the first
committee to the raising of the curtain on the opening night.”
(Nation.) “They are ready with a scheme of decoration for the
entrance-hall of their hypothetical theatre; they have drawn up
elaborate lists and tables of the repertory of plays to be performed
there; they have even gone so far as to create a company of imaginary
actors with imaginary names, and to cast them for imaginary parts.”
(Spec.) The plans also include the founding of a dramatic college to
provide actors for the theatre.

* * * * *

“One cannot withhold from the authors the admiration which is due to a
lively faith. The estimates for the various branches of the theatre
collected here ... are the work of experts, and we may assume them to
be, on the whole, calculated with as much accuracy as the nature of
the case admits.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 139. N. 16, ’07. 1000w.

=Ath.= 1908, 1: 488. Ap. 18. 700w.

“Both Mr. Archer and Mr. Barker are well qualified for the task which
they have undertaken, the one by his long study of dramatic literature
and the art of acting in England and on the continent, and the other
by his experience as a dramatist, as an actor, and a producing
manager. The bulky volume which they have compiled does infinite
credit to their enthusiasm, their industry, their technical knowledge
and their foresight.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 178. F. 20, ’08. 1250w.

“For lovers of the theatre it will have all the attractiveness of a
fascinating romance.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 143. Mr. 14, ’08. 2300w.

“It would be difficult to conceive of two men better qualified to
prepare such a volume.” S. R. Cook.

+ =Putnam’s.= 4: 235. My. ’08. 600w.

“An interesting and suggestive volume. [The authors] have thrown
themselves with gusto into the task of castle-building, and have
produced an airy edifice which for completeness of conception and
minuteness of execution it would be difficult to rival. But it would
be doing an injustice to the book to suggest that it is nothing more
than an ingenious Utopian ‘jeu d’esprit.’ It will be welcome to all
who are interested in the welfare of the theatre, if only on the score
of the quantity of information which it contains, and the light which
it throws on the actual conditions of theatrical work.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: 1093. D. 28, ’07. 1600w.

=Armagnat, H.= Theory, design and construction of induction coils;
tr. and ed. by Otis Allen Kenyon. *$2. McGraw.

8–17739.

An exact and definite treatment of the theory relating to induction
coils and their practical uses. The translator has extended the
bibliography to include all contributions to the subject since 1904,
the date of the appearance of the original work.

* * * * *

=Engin. D.= 4: 55 Jl. ’08. 100w.

“Until recently there has been in English no book adequately setting
forth the extent of our knowledge of this apparatus.”

+ =Engin. N.= 60: 316. S. 17, ’08. 400w.

=Armour, Frances J.= Brotherhood of wisdom. †$1.50. Lane.

A London professor discovers a combination of chemistry and
electricity which detaches the soul from the body. A member of the
Brotherhood of wisdom, an oriental occult society, works his way into
the professor’s confidence, persuades him to try the experiment upon
his niece; then kidnaps her astral body, when it has been set free,
and installs her as high priestess in one of the brotherhood’s secret
shrines. The adventures which the girl’s lover has in uniting soul and
body are as thrilling as they are ingeniously conceived.

* * * * *

“A fine theme for a pithy short story has been stretched by divers
expedients to the dimensions of a novel; and shows its resentment, as
ideas will, by declining to infuse with any of its own life the
mechanical effects that have been forced upon it.”

− =Nation.= 87: 236. S. 10, ’08. 240w.

“The author is to be congratulated upon having invented a new sort of
thrills and excitements. She has handled her weird matter very well,
and the interest, excitement, and general uncanniness accumulate and
intensify to a fitting climax.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 495. S. 12, ’08. 300w.

“Redeemed from the realm of the impossible for the reader who yields
himself to the spell, the tale is cleverly told.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 362. O. 17, ’08. 200w.

“The book shows at times a certain unfamiliarity with the life
depicted. But against this inexperience must be set the valuable
qualities of energy and enthusiasm, a picturesque imagination, and a
style much above the average. Lastly, she must be congratulated on her
ability to excite the curiosity and retain the interest of her readers
without resorting to the repulsive realism into which she might easily
have been led by the somewhat macabre nature of her theme.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 382. Mr. 7, ’08. 880w.

=Arrhenius, Svante August.= Immunochemistry; the application of the
principles of physical chemistry to the study of the biological
antibodies. *$1.60. Macmillan.

7–34600.

A volume based upon a course of lectures given by the author at the
University of California. The object of the lectures was to illustrate
the application of the methods of physical chemistry to the study of
the theory of toxins and antitoxins. The idea is that the reciprocal
action of toxin and antitoxin is of the same nature as a chemical
reaction.

* * * * *

=Dial.= 43: 385. D. 1, ’07. 40w.

“The book is to be recommended to all who have an elementary knowledge
of physical chemistry.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 407. Ap. 30, ’08. 120w.

“Would especially call the attention of the younger biologists to the
importance of a study of Arrhenius’s books.” Jacques Loeb.

+ =Science=, n.s. 27: 343. F. 28, ’08. 400w.

=Arrhenius, Svante August.= Worlds in the making. il. **$1.60.
Harper.

8–9543.

A new theory of the universe evolved from the principle of the
mechanical radiation pressure of light—that rays of light falling upon
a surface tend to push that surface back. The guiding principle in
this exposition of cosmogonic problems has been the conviction that
the universe in essence has always been what it is now. Matter,
energy, and life have only varied as to shape and position.

* * * * *

“A valuable treatise.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 166. Je. ’08.

“It would be difficult to find a book which gives so well and in such
short compass a view of the modern developments of the science.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 130. Ag. 1. 700w.

“It is to be regretted that neither the author, the translator, nor
the publisher of this thoughtful and stimulating book has provided it
with an index; for, though the work contains only 230 pages, it is
full of details many of which will be valuable for purposes of
reference.”

+ − =Dial.= 44: 277. My. 1, ’08. 500w.

“Astronomers will question his conclusions at many points, here and
there holding his data insufficient and his assumptions unwarranted.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 1401. Je. 18, ’08. 1000w.

“This throwing back of the life problem to the region of primal things
is carefully worked out, and though I, for one, cannot believe it is
forced by our present knowledge, or lack of it, there are no especial
objections to such a view, save in that it will probably be taken to
give a new lease of life to the Obscurantists—the people who want to
make a mystery of everything.” Carl Snyder.

+ − =No. Am.= 187: 932. Je. ’08. 1000w.

=Spec.= 100: 676. Ap. 25, ’08. 250w.

=Ashe, Sydney Whitmore.= Electric railways theoretically and
practically treated. v. 2. il. *$2.50. Van Nostrand.

The second of a three volume series designed to cover the entire field
of electric railway operation. “The present volume contains two main
divisions. The first comprises the engineering studies which are made
before a railway project is undertaken. The second is descriptive of
the equipment and operation of sub-stations in which the electric
power is transformed from the standard, three-phase variety necessary
for transmission, to the direct-current form still used in most
railway systems.” (Engin. N.)

* * * * *

“The book suffers from a lack of consistent editing. By far the best
part of the book is found in chapters 2, 3, and 4 on ‘Electrical
features,’ which contains much useful information presented in a
logical manner. In fact, it may be stated that the intrinsic value of
these chapters is sufficient to counterbalance the errors of
carelessness found elsewhere in the book.”

+ − =Elec. World.= 50: 1128. D. 7, ’07. 520w. (Review of v. 2.)

“Owing to the fact that the scissors are conspicuous in the make-up,
there is a certain lack of homogeneity in the treatment, but the
author is very careful to give proper credit for all quotations and
data. The authorities quoted are excellent, but they are not all in
agreement; in fact, some of the papers given aroused violent
opposition upon their original presentation.” H: H. Norris.

+ − =Engin. N.= 58: 654. D. 12, ’07. 900w. (Review of v. 2.)

“Contains some excellent articles ... but the author has not always
shown sound judgment in the selection of his illustrations or specific
examples. Taken as a whole, however, the work should be useful to the
student in showing the various factors which must be considered in the
simple layout of an electrical railroad system.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 401. Ap. 30, ’08. 70w. (Review of v. 2.)

“This is essentially a book for experts, and especially American
experts. Altogether the author’s mathematics is not characterised by
exactitude.” Gisbert Kapp.

+ − =Nature.= 78: 27. My. 14, ’08. 600w. (Review of v. 2.)

=Askew, Alice, and Askew, Claude Arthur Cary.= Lucy Gort: a study in
temperament. †$1.50. Brentano’s.

“The minute details of the miserable existence of a young woman whose
discontent leads her to forsake her quiet but comfortable home in a
small English town and become a lady’s traveling companion are
recorded in this ‘study of temperament.’”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“It merely deals with the imaginings of high life as set forth through
many years, one had supposed, for the edification of shop-girls and
serving-maids. It is full of sensationalism.”

− =Ath.= 1907, 1: 409. Ap. 20. 90w.

“It is morbid, artificial, and meretricious.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 842. D. 21, ’07. 310w.

=Association= of American law schools. Select essays in
Anglo-American legal history. 3v. v. 1. set, *$12. Little.

7–26401.

=v. 1.= “Contains a series of twenty essays, by various authors, all
except one heretofore published in magazine or in book form, and an
autobiographical letter by James Kent. They are arranged in five
groups: 1, prior to the Norman conquest; 2, thence to the 18th
century; 3, the American colonial period; 4, development of law in the
19th century; and 5, a biographical survey of the bench and bar from
the Norman conquest to the present.”—Yale R.

* * * * *

“Present-day readers will welcome these volumes not alone because of
their diverting qualities, but also because of their informing,
guiding and inspiring qualities. The charm and spirit of the
year-books are in them, and so too are some of the most important
results of researches by the new historical school of English and
American lawyers.” H. D. Hazeltine.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 628. Ap. ’08. 650w. (Review of v. 1.)

“It is particularly well done. A volume that the casual reader with
only a few minutes to spare can dip into almost anywhere with pleasure
and profit.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 728. N. 16, ’07. 850w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Good judgment is shown in the compilation and editing of this
volume.”

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 568. S. ’08. 300w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The selection is certainly good, and the arrangement is such as to
give a certain unity and a tolerable continuity to the whole. This
unity and continuity, however, are disturbed by the numbers included
under part v, the substance and construction of which are scarcely in
harmony with the preceding parts. It is unquestionable that the
editing committee are performing a very valuable service to all who
are or may be led to become interested in legal history, in making
accessible the results of the best thought along this line.” A. L.
Corbin.

+ + − =Yale R.= 17: 99. My. ’08. 1300w. (Review of v. 1.)

* =Astley, Rev. Hugh John Dunkinfield.= Prehistoric archaeology and the Old Testament: being the Donnellan lectures delivered before the University of Dublin in 1906–1907, enl. and ed. with notes and appendices. *$2. Scribner.

8–26257.

“This is another eirenicon between science and religion and from the
pen of an episcopal clergyman who seems familiar with the main
outlines, at least, of both archaeological science and Old Testament
scholarship.”—Bib. World.

* * * * *

“The book certainly deserves the careful reading of all interested in
this important theme.”

+ =Bib. World.= 32: 77. Jl. ’08. 50w.

“This volume, however, has distinctive interest in the support for the
conclusions of Biblical scholars which it adduces from the sciences of
archaeology and anthropology. Rather curiously, he combines with this
breadth of view a narrow sacramentalism. But only a few pages of a
really useful book are thus spoiled.”

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 581. Jl. 11, ’08. 200w.

* =Atherton, Gertrude Franklin.= Gorgeous isle: a romance; scene: Nevis, B. W. I., 1842. **90c. Doubleday.

8–28995.

A story set in the West Indian island of Nevis. “The heroine, having
married a man to save him, arrives gradually at the conviction that
his creative power (he is a poet of the first rank) is irretrievably
dependent on unlimited alcohol, and that it is therefore her duty no
longer to stand between him and this noble source of inspiration—a
rather excessive concession to the principle ‘art for art’s sake.’ The
period is Early Victorian, and the language and customs of that day
are reproduced, on the whole, with accuracy, though perhaps with a
slight tendency to archaism.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“It deals with a situation which is fresh and powerfully handled,
though not entirely exempt from a suspicion of grotesqueness.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 640. N. 21. 150w.

“Mrs. Atherton in her new novel launches an interesting ethical
problem, which she solves in her own way, but which will undoubtedly
suggest different solutions to her readers, according as the latter
differ in temperament and point of view from the author. One is
somewhat dubious over the possibility of the physiological theory,
advanced as fact, which is involved in Mrs. Atherton’s problem.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 655. N. 7, ’08. 950w.

=Atkey, Bertram.= Folk of the wild. il. $1.50. Lippincott.

8–19028.

Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“Apart from its unoriginal mannerisms, this is an excellent book, and
entertaining throughout.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 441. O. 12. 130w.

“No British boy can read ‘Folk of the wild’ without understanding more
of the animals he may have the good fortune to see in the wilder spots
of his home. It is the kind of book that begets a desire for
sanctuaries of wild life.”

+ =Spec.= 99. sup. 748. N. 16, ’07. 130w.

=Atkinson, Eleanor.= Boyhood of Lincoln. **50c. McClure.

8–30378.

An old man dozing between relays of reminiscences tells of the early
days when he, Dennis Hanks, cousin and playmate of Lincoln, stood in
uncomprehending awe of the crude stripling and his mighty ambition.
The little book is only a handful of memories, without philosophizing,
in which “tragedy and comedy mingle as only Shakespeare and real life
can bring them together.”

* * * * *

“Its inherent interest warrants its preservation in permanent form.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 716. D. 5, ’08. 90w.

=Atlay, J. B.= Victorian chancellors. 2v. ea. $4. Little.

=v. 2.= Contains sketches of Lords St. Leonards, Cranworth,
Chelmsford, Campbell, Westbury, Cairus, Hatherley, Selborne, Halsbury,
and Herschell. “Mr. Atlay ... has surrounded his biographies with
their appropriate political, legal and social atmosphere; and he is so
well versed in the forensic traditions that his memoirs are as amusing
as they are instructive. The sketches of Lord St. Leonards, Lord
Campbell, and Lord Westbury are admirable of the generation which
preceded those later Victorian chancellors Lord Halsbury and Lord
Herschell.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“A want of proportion is the most noticeable defect of a valuable and
entertaining work.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 358. S. 26. 660w. (Review of v. 2.)

“His work is distinguished by conciseness, research, preëminent
fairness.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 413. O. 29, ’08. 2500w. (Review of v. 2.)

“Though doubtless intended primarily for the delectation and
instruction of members of the legal profession, there is not a sketch
in the volume that ought not to attract the man of letters, and
especially the student of politics and English political history.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 438. Ag. 8, ’08. 230w. (Review of v. 2)

“It is because Mr. Atlay fastens on the personality that his ‘Lives’
are never dull.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 86. Jl. 18, ’08. 400w. (Review of v. 2.)

“Mr. Atlay is a friendly critic of most chancellors; but we are
inclined to think that he is too severe in his final judgment on Lord
Westbury.”

+ + − =Spec.= 100: 939. Je. 13, ’08. 1750w. (Review of v. 2.)

=Atton, Henry, and Holland, Henry Hurst.= King’s customs: an account
of maritime revenue and contraband traffic in England, Scotland
and Ireland, from the earliest times to the year 1800; with a
preface by F. S. Parry *$3.50. Dutton.

8–33017.

“A rich mine of good stories of desperate and resourceful smugglers,
and of ineptitude or connivance on the part of officials. The stories
are gathered from official records of the ports, from letters
addressed by customs house officers to their superiors, and from the
reports of cases in the law courts.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“Rarely does a book make so many sided an appeal to readers as is made
by ‘The king’s customs.’ So much could scarcely be gathered into so
comparatively few pages and leave room for literary style. The
anecdotes and incidents are presented one after another tersely and
somewhat abruptly. To the ordinary reader also there is abundant
opportunity for judicious skipping; but the parts skipped by the
reader in search of entertainment are the parts most valuable to the
student and scholar.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 779. O. 1, ’08. 700w.

“While the book cannot be accepted as a history of the customs, it
contains a certain amount of valuable new material, particularly upon
the subject of contraband trade in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 438. N. 5, ’08. 280w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 398. Jl. 18, ’08. 800w.

=Auerbacher, Louis John.= Electrical contracting; shop system,
estimating, wiring, construction methods, and hints on getting
business. *$2. McGraw.

8–21776.

A book for the wireman and contractor containing practical hints on
the latest construction methods, with suggestions concerning means of
increasing his income.

* * * * *

“Every branch of work which falls in the province of the average
electrical contractor is covered, and taken all in all the book is
well adapted to his needs.”

+ =Elec. World.= 52: 99. Jl. 11, ’08. 160w.

“The book is a very useful one and many of the men for whom it was
written could profit materially by it.”

+ =Engin. D.= 4: 302. S. ’08. 180w.

+ =Engin. N.= 60: 429. O. 15, ’08. 200w.

=Austin, Mrs. Mary Hunter.= Santa Lucia: a common story. †$1.50.
Harper.

8–11701.

When Serena Haven was wooed, she mistook chivalry for love. But she is
true to the bond and stands out in contrast—and here is the point of
the story—to Julia Maybury who marries, also without love, the college
biologist. Julia has not the character to be faithful to her vows and
a tragedy ensues.

* * * * *

“The story is told with leisureliness and sureness that raises it
decidedly above the average, but it is not characterized by the charm
of the author’s earlier work.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 154. My. ’08. ✠

“It is a pity that Mrs. Austin did not take more pains with her plot,
for she displays plenty of cleverness in her characterization as well
as her observation of life.”

− + =Ath.= 1908, 1: 664. My. 30. 140w.

“It is a substantial advance upon ‘Isidro’ and ‘The land of little
rain.’” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 27: 400. Je. ’08. 180w.

“The interest of her story lies not in the plot, which is
conventional, but in her literalism, particularly in her understanding
of human nature constrained by a college campus environment.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 154. Jl. 16, ’08. 460w.

“She aims to present a fairly complete picture of life in this set of
Santa Lucia society; and to do this she does not hesitate to introduce
as many subordinate characters as she pleases. They are all distinct
and well drawn. The novel, as a whole, is decidedly above the
average.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 380. Ap. 23, ’08. 300w.

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

“There is delightful art in the depiction of some of her characters,
both men and women, and her descriptions of nature are exquisitely
beautiful. But one grieves to note a falling off in that distinction
of style which has marked her previous work.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 280. My. 16, ’08. 250w.

“It is painfully deficient in construction, and, as it nears its
culmination, positively depressing.”

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

=Aveling, Rev. Francis.= God of philosophy. *$1. Herder.

“A statement of the scholastic proofs of the existence of God. The
author, expanding by illustration and comment, the matter of the
ordinary text-book, presents the arguments in a form freed, as far as
may be, from technical language, and adapted to the minds not
possessed of much experience in metaphysical reflection.” (Cath.
World.)

* * * * *

“It would be well, we think, if the very meagre treatment of the claim
of the Roman church had been omitted. It is inadequate, to say the
least, and could not possibly convince any one not already persuaded.
We doubt if any one trained in modern philosophy will find the work at
all adequate.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 497. Ap. 6. 100w.

“The classic proofs could not be more lucidly set forth; and they are
formulated in their full strength.”

+ =Cath. World.= 84: 560. Ja. ’07. 180w.

=Avery, Elroy McKendree.= History of the United States and its
people from their earliest records to the present time. 15v. ea.
*$6.25. Burrows.

=v. 4.= “Covers the comparatively short period in the middle decades
of the eighteenth century, during which took place the final contest
between England and France for the possession of North America.... An
important part of the story is the Indian warfare waged along the
border, including the remarkable conspiracy of Chief Pontiac. As in
the case of preceding volumes in this history, especial care has been
taken to obtain authentic portraits and reproductions of significant
documents.”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

“Mr. Avery has not superseded Parkman. What Mr. Avery has done,
however, is to take Parkman’s material, study it carefully, cull from
it generously, and then add to it the rich findings of investigators
subsequent to Parkman. The result is par excellence.” A. H. Abel.

+ + =Dial.= 45: 252. O. 16, ’08. 960w. (Review of v. 4.)

“Informing, and as a whole readable, as the book is, one wonders
whether, after all, Dr. Avery takes his history seriously.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 423. My. 7, ’08. 280w. (Review of v. 4.)

“The [Indian warfare] period has never before been covered in just
this way by any American historian.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 37: 754. Je. ’08. 180w. (Review of v. 4.)

=Ayscough, John.= Marotz. †$1.50. Putnam.

A story centering about a Sicilian nobleman’s family. “Much of the
scene passes in a convent of contemplative nuns, and the novel
generally is concerned with the higher problems of religion and the
mystical aspects of the Christian faith. The book is written from the
point of view of the Roman church, but it will not be found in any way
offensive to Protestant readers, and those who wish to take their
sermons disguised as stories will gain much edification from its
perusal.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“Altogether ‘Marotz’ is a notable piece of work.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 568. My. 9. 230w.

“The novel is strong and striking, with one structural fault—it is
poorly knit together. Even with this fault, it stands high above the
average of the year’s fiction.”

+ − =Cath. World.= 88: 111. O. ’08. 320w.

“One may be but languidly interested in the book as a whole, but he
cannot help liking the parts of which it is constructed.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 552. S. 3, ’08. 50w.

“It is not a good novel—it is a chronicle, rather, ... slowly and
clumsily related, and delayed in its course by many elaborate studies
of eccentric character quite unnecessary to the plot.”

− + =Nation.= 87: 163. Ag. 20, ’08. 460w.

“The simple story is delightfully told.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 438. Ag. 8, ’08. 170w.

“The purpose of the book is rather misty. The book has a spice of
fun.”

− + =Outlook.= 90: 134. S. 19, ’08. 250w.

“The work though by no means faultless, is yet a remarkable
achievement, and the serious purpose which the author has obviously
set himself is fully attained.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: 907. Je. 6, ’08. 400w.

B

=Babbitt, Irving.= Literature and the American college: essays in defense of the humanities. **$1.25. Houghton.

8–8540.

A protest against a “vulgarly humanitarian” age. “The central thought
of the book is that the old-fashioned culture and discipline of the
American college (somewhat idealized perhaps in the retrospect) are
being crowded out of modern life and education by the encroachment of
the sentimental license of the kindergarten from below, and the
pressure from above of specialized pedantry in the graduate school.
The remedy is to be found in a return to humanism.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“A book that ought to be available in every community from which boys
go to college.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 166. Je. ’08. ✠

+ − =Nation.= 86: 403. Ap. 30, ’08. 1150w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 183. Ap. 4, ’08. 350w.

“We welcome Mr. Babbitt as a powerful ally of the literary cause in
the great educational struggle of the time.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 238. Ag. 15, ’08. 250w.

=Babcock, Maltbie Davenport.= Fragments that remain from the
ministry of Maltbie Davenport Babcock; reported and arranged by
Jessie B. Goetschius. **$1.25. Revell.

7–32160.

An enthusiastic member of Dr. Babcock’s congregation was in the habit
of taking notes during his sermons. Her notebook furnished the
material for these “fragments” which are inadequate in “producing the
power and effectiveness of his preaching.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“Those who profited by Dr. Babcock’s spoken words will gladly refresh
their memories, while a much larger audience will be benefited by the
out-givings of such a rare personality.”

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 920. D. 14, ’07. 100w.

“Here and there flashes of the real man and of his unusual insight
into truth occur, but in general these so-called fragments are
disappointing.”

+ − =Outlook.= 87: 746. N. 30, ’07. 130w.

=Bacher, Otto Henry.= With Whistler in Venice. **$4. Century.

8–27402.

Intimate friendship and frank admiration lie back of these pen
portraits of Whistler, the artist and the man. Whistler’s personal
characteristics, with anecdotes to emphasize them, his methods of
work, his success in oils, pastels, etchings and lithographs, and his
relations with fellow artists provide ample material for the text of
the book; while twenty-six Whistler etchings, three lithographs,
several facsimile letters and thirteen Bacher etchings and photographs
add to the value and beauty of the quarto volume.

* * * * *

“Especial interest attaches to these reminiscences because they deal
with a period in Whistler’s life about which comparatively little is
known.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 466. D. 1, ’08. 500w.

“Will be a pleasure to the admirers of both artists and important to
students of Whistler’s art and life.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 36: sup. 58. D. ’08. 90w.

“This should be a favorite gift-book for those whose inclinations are
toward the higher realms of art.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 561. O. 17, ’08. 750w.

“The thread of reminiscences is spun out very thin.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 448. N. 5, ’08. 270w.

“Mr. Bacher is able to tell us a good deal that is interesting about
Whistler’s Venetian days and to give us a great many facts and
impressions which contribute to our knowledge of Whistler’s eccentric
character and of his artistic methods.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 562. O. 10, ’08. 200w.

“A book of reminiscences thoroughly characteristic of the eccentric
painter and etcher.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 751. D. 5, ’08. 40w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 762. D. ’08. 90w.

=Bacon, Edgar Mayhew.= Henry Hudson (American men of energy ser., v.
6.) **$1.35. Putnam.

7–38631.

A sketch of the life of Henry Hudson which is by no means restricted
to the discoverer’s exploration of the river which bears his name.

* * * * *

“A careful study throwing some new light upon the subject.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 127. My. ’08.

“The author has made a creditable book, which, while unsatisfactory to
the severely critical student, will be warmly welcomed by the ordinary
reader.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 976. Ap. 30, ’08. 270w.

“Much new light is thrown by this well-known author upon the
misunderstood personality of Hudson.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

“Mr. Bacon has pieced the fragments [of Hudson’s biography] together
in admirable style, giving them their correct historical setting, and,
while recognizing fully the efforts of previous biographers, has
exposed their inaccuracies to a searching light.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 170. Mr. 28, ’08. 1150w.

“Mr. Bacon has made careful studies of all of Hudson’s voyages, and
embodies in this work a great deal of information that will be new to
most American readers.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 114. Ja. ’08. 130w.

“We cannot say that this volume throws much new light on the obscure
subject of Hudson’s career and character.”

− + =Spec.= 100: sup. 649. Ap. 25, ’08. 200w.

=Bacon, Edwin Munroe.= English voyages of adventure and discovery;
retold from Hakluyt. †$1.50. Scribner.

8–27377.

A summary of the Hakluyt narrative of English exploration and
adventure from the earliest records to the establishment of the
English colonies in North America. The story extends from the earliest
adventures for conquest to those for discovery and expansion of trade
and on down to the settlement of Virginia. To the summary has been
added an account of the life of Hakluyt.

* * * * *

“As solid reading the book is not without adventurous interest; it
will not be popular, but it is more than a high school reference book,
though it should appeal to the high school boy.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 523. N. 26, ’08. 60w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 563. O. 10, ’08. 250w.

“Should be an acceptable present to any young man of spirit.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 596. N. 14, ’08. 80w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 637. N. ’08. 120w.

=Bacon, Francis.= Essays; edited, with introd. and notes by Mary
Augusta Scott. *$1.25. Scribner.

8–5190.

A student’s book very fully annotated. An introduction of nearly one
hundred pages gives first a fresh sketch of Bacon’s life, then
discusses the essays as a whole, showing their Elizabethan setting,
the universality of theme, the particular conditions and circumstances
that called each forth, and the method, literary style, and language
employed by Bacon.

* * * * *

“This excellently printed edition, with notes at the bottom of the
page, is a pleasant one to read.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 571. My. 9. 250w.

“Serviceable and inexpensive edition.”

+ =Dial.= 44: 382. Je. 16, ’08. 280w.

“We think the editor in the desire to be complete, has loaded her
annotations with a good deal of dead matter.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 399. Ap. 30, ’08. 170w.

“Her introduction, which occupies about a quarter of the volume, is
worth reading. In the matter of annotation she errs on the side of
excess. But upon the whole, this is a fairly good edition of the
essays—possibly for some readers, the best. For all readers it is
immensely better than no edition at all.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 132. Mr. 7, ’08. 650w.

=Bacon, Josephine Daskam.= Ten to seventeen: a boarding school
diary. †$1.50. Harper.

8–2943.

In the language of a track meet these boarding school affairs of grown
ups, seen from a school girl’s point of view, are called events. A
group of shrewd girls allow nothing of interest among their elders and
teachers to escape them, especially love affairs over which sixteen
casts the glamour of “do or die” romance. The school girls are clever
and the diary is written in the confident, ne’er-to-be-repulsed style
of invincible youth.

* * * * *

“Will interest the grown-ups who have a taste for studies in
temperament. Will not appeal, one would fancy, to the young girl.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 110. Ap. ’08.

=Ath.= 1908, 1: 449. Ap. 11. 200w.

“It is amusing reading, in spite of a certain suggestion of coarseness
which makes one feel that while the Elmbank girls have apparently
never undergone the snickering age, their chronicler has not yet
outgrown it.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 237. Mr. 12, ’08. 200w.

“We must thank her for her excellent portrayal of so difficult a
subject, while thoroughly enjoying the sense of fun which made her
success in achieving it possible.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 69. F. 8, ’08. 90w.

“A cleverly written composite diary of boarding-school girls, with a
sub-consciously humorous setting forth of the school-girl point of
view.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 512. F. 29, ’08. 50w.

=Bagot, Richard.= Lakes of northern Italy. $1.75. Macmillan.

8–431.

A new edition of a “semi-guide,” so called, “because it does not give
the material details which the tourist needs to know, but describes
fully and often picturesquely, all the main-travelled spots and many
of the out-of-the-way ones.” (Nation.) “Here the traveller may find
some excellent suggestions as to what he should look for and how he
should look.” (Spec.)

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 36. F. ’08.

“He is lucid, simple and occasionally witty. Our grateful recognition
of these qualities, rare in a book of the kind under notice, increases
our regret that he should have permitted himself, in treating of
things religious and political, an acrid tone which detracts from its
charm as a traveling-companion.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 834. D. 28. 530w.

“A real service has been done by his publishers in reissuing it, with
additional chapters, in a convenient pocket volume.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 26: 511. Ja. ’08. 110w.

“A handy little volume. His pages are pleasantly written for the most
part, tho sometimes marred by expressions of the insular Britisher’s
insolent contempt for travelers from other lands—from Germany and
America, especially.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 524. Mr. 5, ’08. 120w.

“Mr. Bagot does for this region what the late Augustus Hare did for
Florence, Rome, and Venice; and he spices his descriptions with views
of his own on whatever subject comes up.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 567. D. 19, ’07. 180w.

“The present edition will prove a pleasant text-book for anyone who
desires to know something of the associations, historical and
traditional, of the scenes he is visiting.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: 676. N. 30, ’07. 150w.

“The author brings knowledge of classical and medieval history to the
fulfilment of his task, and he has a keen appreciation of scenery, a
sufficient knowledge of art; in short, he has the qualifications of a
traveller’s friend.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 335. S. 7, ’07. 300w.

* =Baikie, Rev. James.= Story of the Pharaohs. *$2.50. Macmillan.

8–35753.

A finely illustrated volume, concise and lucid, which covers the
history of Egypt from the earliest times to the Persian conquest in
525 B. C. Not only does its monarch live again “but also the great men
who served them, its society, literature and art—rivaling the latter
fame of Rome, and stained by no excesses of wickedness.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“It would have been a calamity if the author had modestly supprest his
work because the ground was already well covered. Every statement that
he makes is lucid and helpful.”

+ + =Ind.= 65: 1306. D. 3, ’08. 860w.

“Mr. Baikie, while availing himself of the latest results of research,
writes for the general reader, and gives life and reality to his
picture of the first great world power in history.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 593. N. 14, ’08. 200w.

=Bailey, Elmer James.= Novels of George Meredith: a study. **$1.25.
Scribner.

7–34148.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“A good and useful study, neither remarkable as to originality nor
masterly as to treatment.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 6. Ja. ’08.

“In making [his classification, Mr. Bailey] analyzes the characters
and situations with true insight, appreciation, and restraint. He
clearly sees and feels Meredith’s high ideals, his strength, and his
beauty of temperament.” Eunice Follansbee.

+ =Dial.= 44: 129. Mr. 1, ’08. 480w.

“Unfortunately, Mr. Bailey pursues his end with a grim determination
totally devoid of humor, and the result is sad to contemplate. The
only thing of worth in Mr. Bailey’s book is an alphabetical list of
Meredith’s characters, and some statistics as to their number.” E. C.
Marsh.

− + =Forum.= 39: 384. Ja. ’08. 500w.

“Of several attempts to treat his collected novels critically or to
furnish a guide to them, Mr. Bailey’s work is easily the best. It is
the fullest and the most philosophical, and it springs from a riper
study of nineteenth century fiction. It narrowly misses unquestioned
right to a place beside Mr. Trevelyan’s splendid study of Meredith’s
poetry and philosophy.”