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“Though we have been compelled to say that Mr. Macaulay does not seem
to have done all that could and should be done with his brief, we are
also compelled to point out that his discussion of Thomson’s poetry
is, on the whole, competent, interesting, and suggestive.” Montgomery
Schuyler.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 85. F. 15, ’08. 1400w.

“Mr. Macaulay belongs to the scholastic school of critics. He is
always careful, laborious and accurate; but he is never very
illuminating, nor very profound.”

− + =Spec.= 100: 421. Mr. 14, ’08. 2000w.

=Macaulay, Thomas B. M.= Marginal notes by Lord Macaulay; selected
and arranged by Sir George O. Trevelyan. **50c. Longmans.

7–36134.

“It was Macaulay’s habit to write notes upon the margins of books that
he read and especially of the astonishing number of books that he read
again and again. In this little book, Sir George has made an
entertaining discourse out of these notes, quoting many that are not
highly important, to be sure, but also reproducing many sound and
judicious observations. The historical reader will be particularly
interested in the series of comments relating to Cicero, whose
combination of the literary, oratorical and political life made him an
object of especial interest to Macaulay.”—Am. Hist. R.

* * * * *

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 643. Ap. ’08. 140w.

“Make very pretty reading.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 786. Je. 27. 780w.

“No one who takes up this volume can fail to carry away from it
something of his industry, his honesty, his noble and lifelong
devotion to the great literature of the world.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 332. N. 1, ’07. 1500w.

“The habit is generally to be discouraged, but Macaulay has certainly
fallen into safe and very competent hands.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 21. Ja. 4, ’08. 420w.

+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 743. N. 16, ’07. 830w.

* =McBeth, Kate C.= Nez Perces Indians since Lewis and Clark. **$1.50. Revell.

8–12811.

“Barring some historical matter, this is a sketch of the life and work
of the author and her sister among these Indians for a period of a
quarter of a century, and a general account of missionary activities.
It contains practically nothing relative to the life of the Indians,
but really tells what the white man has done for them, particularly in
matters religious, and portrays the development of churches.”—Ann. Am.
Acad.

* * * * *

“While the scope of the book is not wide, the history is worth
preservation.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 626. N. ’08. 80w.

“Her intimate knowledge of the customs and folklore will make her work
of value to all students of the Indian race.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 280. My. 16, ’08. 180w.

=McCarthy, Justin.= Short history of our own times: from the
accession of Queen Victoria to the accession of King Edward VII.;
a new ed., rev. and enl. **$1.50. Harper.

8–5814.

A new edition which extends the story to the beginning of King
Edward’s reign, and even beyond his accession in cases where issues,
opened in Victoria’s reign, came to a close in the first years of her
successor’s rule.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 121. Ap. ’08. ✠

“The best single volume history of modern England to be had.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 533. Mr. 5, ’08. 70w.

“It is late in the day to say how entertainingly this history is
written; it is never too late to protest against the printing of such
a volume without maps or chronological tables.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 216. Mr. 5, ’08. 70w.

“The rather small type and the narrow margins which have been
necessary in order to bring the entire book into the compass of one
volume do not add to its comeliness and for some readers may lessen
its usefulness.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 146. Mr. 14, ’08. 130w.

=McCarthy, Justin Huntly.= Duke’s motto. †$1.50. Harper.

8–23545.

A stirring tale of love and intrigue set in the times of Louis XIII.
In the background are plenty of rascals ready with trained swords to
aid the villain in ridding his path of the Duke de Nevers, the one man
who stands in way of winning wife, rank and fortune. Henri de
Lagardere, the best swordsman of Europe, plunges into the game of
avenging the duke’s death. During twenty years he lays his plans and
brings them to a dramatic climax when the villain’s lifetime of
treachery is exposed and punished.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 270. N. ’08.

“The author does his part so ardently and zealously that the reader is
carried from episode to episode on a tide of interest.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 380. Mr. 28. 150w.

+ =Ind.= 65: 549. S. 3, ’08. 100w.

“It is patent ... that this ‘melodrama’ ... has been very hastily and
carelessly constructed.”

− =Sat. R.= 105: 730. Je. 6, ’08. 110w.

=McCarthy, Justin Huntly.= Seraphica. †$1.50. Harper.

8–4440.

An adventure romance of the time of Louis XV., when a regent was ruler
of France. An alliance arranged to bring harmony to two rival duchies
could not be consummated because of the wilfulness of a little duchess
and the obstinacy of a young prince, whose heart had already been
given to a court favorite. When the little duchess learns that the
prince has refused even to look at her photograph and has fled to
Paris, she decides to follow him, win his affections, and then avenge
herself by spurning his love. The duchess escapes from home in male
attire which she soon discards. In the role of a tavern maid, who
aspires to be an actress, she makes friends with the prince,
extricates him from many difficult situations and has a golden
opportunity to take full and sweet revenge—but she doesn’t.

* * * * *

“Essentially stagy. Brisk and light of foot, careless and gay.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 546. N. 2. 170w.

“Mr. McCarthy makes, all things considered, the most of his
opportunities offered by a plot so inherently improbable.” F: T.
Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 27: 307. My. ’08. 300w.

“Is a gay little butterfly romance floating above the tangled
ambitions and the graver policies of the times.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 209. Jl. 23, ’08. 230w.

“An animated and effectively costumed story, ripe for a fall from the
bookshelf to the footlights.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 309. Ap. 2, ’08. 250w.

“A thoroughly delightful tale. The book possesses far more coherence,
authority, and literary quality than the author has previously shown
himself capable of—more, in fact, than are usually apparent in our
current fiction.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 102. F. 22, ’08. 250w.

“An entertaining and ingenious plot.”

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

“The story is not one which we would recommend ‘virginibus puerisque,’
but it is all through on the right side.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 781. N. 16, ’07. 140w.

=MacClintock, Porter Lander.= Literature in the elementary school.
*$1. Univ. of Chicago press.

7–37019.

Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“A book designed for teachers’ use, but somewhat lacking in those qualities that would make it of highest value—directness, definiteness and capability of being translated into every-day use in the classroom.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 262. N. ’08. ✠

“The chapters on the folk tale and the fairy story and on myth as
literature are especially good.”

+ + =Educ. R.= 36: 208. S. ’08. 40w.

“The book is unquestionably authoritative. It is so important, so well
balanced, so scientific, so artistic, so human, so exquisitely
adequate to the task proposed, that it ought to become a gospel.
Teachers ought to buy it as they buy dictionaries—and read it better.”
E. H. Lewis.

+ + =El. School T.= 8: 347. F. ’08. 780w.

=McClung, Mrs. Nellie Letitia.= Sowing seeds in Danny. †$1.
Doubleday.

8–9810.

A frontier Manitoba town furnishes the background for this tale in
which a delightful little Irish girl and her brother Danny teach
lessons of child wisdom and helpfulness.

* * * * *

“The style is very poor, the plot slight and far from original, but
there is much of the same kind of homely humor and sentiment that made
‘Mrs. Wiggs of the cabbage patch’ unique and popular.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 271. N. ’08. ✠

“There is an atmosphere of kind thinking about the loosely constructed
narrative which gives an otherwise unpretentious tale a sufficient
reason for existence.” G. I. Colbron.

+ − =Bookm.= 27: 604. Ag. ’08. 420w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 341. Je. 13, ’08. 260w.

“The humor and sentiment which the members of [a very interesting
Irish] family exhibit in their homely lives are what make the book
worth while.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 446. Ag. 15, ’08. 100w.

“A wholesome, optimistic story.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 508. O. ’08. 120w.

=McCormick, Frederick.= Tragedy of Russia in Pacific Asia. 2v. *$6.
Outing pub.

8–2962.

A serious, unimpassioned account of the Russo-Japanese struggle,
written by a special representative of the Associated press who went
thru the entire war. Mr. McCormick writes vividly of the principal
battles from the opening shot at Port Arthur to the triumph of the
“Japanese military” at Mukden. He further discusses the peace and
armistice, the Russian, the Japanese and the Chinese in the war, the
elimination of Korea, the rise of Japan, Eastern consolidation and the
elimination of the West, and the position of America.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 141. My. ’08.

“There is no other book on the war which combines so many elements of
excellence. The work of Mr. McCormick is a commentary on the values of
civilization as they revealed themselves in a great struggle.” P. S.
Reinsch.

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 635. N. ’08. 450w.

“We are glad to possess the volumes for their many merits.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 239. Ag. 29. 450w.

“The value of Mr. McCormick’s work arises wholly from the intimacy
with which the author was acquainted with the conditions, the
personalities, and the events of the war. Mr. McCormick is very far
from being an historian. Yet, despite more or less serious
limitations, a perusal of his volumes is sufficient to give the
assurance that they contain much that is essential to a full knowledge
of the war, and a good deal that one may never be able to lay hold of
elsewhere.” F: A. Ogg.

+ − =Dial.= 44: 97. F. 16, ’08. 1700w.

=Ind.= 64: 750. Ap. 2, ’08. 170w.

“For accuracy and authenticity may rank perhaps with Kinglake’s
‘Crimean war.’ Mr. McCormick is not only a clever writer, but an
artist, and his own sketches are among the most interesting
illustrations of this brilliant work.”

+ =Lit. D.= 36: 418. Mr. 21, ’08. 200w.

“The narrative is often obscure, ill-connected, largely speculative,
and carries in consequence no large sense of authority.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 512. Je. 4, ’08. 270w.

“A more satisfyingly illustrated record of its kind would be hard to
find. The reader who followed the events of the war as closely as he
could from the material then available, will find here a far more
vivid view than he was able to get then.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 84. F. 15, ’08. 1850w.

“A clear and graphic account.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 310. Je. 6, ’08. 900w.

“No doubt it is extremely interesting to be able to realise the
American view of affairs in the Far East, yet we cannot but reflect
that it would be far pleasanter to study it in a style less
irritating.”

− + =Sat. R.= 106: 612. N. 14, ’08. 1150w.

=McCullough, Ernest.= Reinforced concrete: a manual of practice. $1.
Cement era pub., Chicago.

“This book has been written for the purpose of supplying a working
manual, full of practical hints for men not technically educated and
with as little as possible of theoretical discussion.” (Engin. D.)
“The pages are full of useful hints as to methods, the kinds of tools
to use, the personnel of the force, the conduct of the work, form
design and construction, all quite clearly and correctly stated.”
(Engin. N.)

* * * * *

“Much of the matter is original, and the work is in no sense a
compilation.”

+ =Engin. D.= 4: 416. O. ’08. 150w.

“It is frankly a ‘manual of practice,’ and as such it is as complete
as its limited size admits. It is only when it leaves practice to take
up theory that its usefulness diminishes.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 60: 190. Ag. 13, ’08. 480w.

“Mr. Ernest McCullough handles his subject in a sane way that is quite
refreshing. It is exceedingly easy to read and quite up to date in its
statements and warnings. A few lapses are usually to be found in the
best book, and in this case may be mentioned the defining of the
modulus of elasticity as a force, which is perhaps only a little lax.”

+ − =Engin. Rec.= 58: 448. O. 17, ’08. 200w.

=Maccunn, John.= Six radical thinkers. *$1.70. Longmans.

W 7–109.

Six expository essays as follows: Bentham and his philosophy of
reform, The utilitarian optimism of J. S. Mill, The commercial
radicalism of Cobden, The anti-democratic radicalism of Carlyle, The
religious radicalism of Mazzini, and The political idealism of T. H.
Green.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 142. My. ’08.

“An interesting volume, subject, however, to the drawback that the
treatment of political philosophy in chapters devoted to and
distinguished by the names of individuals is never thoroughly
satisfactory. The treatment of the lives is pleasant, and any reader,
learned or ignorant, may peruse them with some advantage.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 288. Mr. 9. 1000w.

“The style is forceful and clear, and the crisp, short sentences
enforce attention from beginning to end. Equally helpful to the reader
is the author’s manner of seizing upon certain sharply contrasted
features in each of the six radical systems, features which, because
antithetical, one would scarcely expect to find side by side in a
single political philosophy. Of the writers treated in this book T. H.
Green is the one with whom Professor Maccunn appears to be most
thoroughly in sympathy.” M. S. MacDonald.

+ + =Philos. R.= 17: 347. My. ’08. 350w.

“It would be difficult to overpraise the technical skill with which
Professor Maccunn has used his six Radicals ... as stepping-stones for
traversing a difficult period in political and philosophical thought.
The argument has a perfect continuity. The essay on Cobden we find the
least satisfactory in the book, because it is so ‘judicial’ that it is
in fact rather nebulous.”

+ + − =Spec.= 98: 575. Ap. 13, ’07. 1600w.

=McCutcheon, George Barr.= Husbands of Edith. †$1.25. Dodd.

8–13724.

Young Medcroft, a London architect, who has arranged with his wife to
visit cousins of hers in Vienna whom he has never seen, finds that it
would be vastly to his advantage to seem to be off on that trip and
yet remain in London to fight a coming bill. So he induces a New York
friend to play the rôle of husband to Edith. The humorous situations
growing out of the substitution reach their climax when the
masquerader falls in love with the wife’s sister and defies the
horrified relatives by openly making love to her. It is an uncommonly
good comedy in plot and execution.

* * * * *

“Mr. McCutcheon has never written a more entertaining tale.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 211. Jl. 23, ’08. 150w.

“An unblushing piece of newstand literature which will doubtless
please the audience at which it is aimed.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 56. Jl. 16, ’08. 220w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 296. My. 23, ’08. 220w.

“Described in the author’s most entertaining manner.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 341. Je. 13, ’08. 180w.

=McCutcheon, George Barr.= Man from Brodney’s. †$1.50. Dodd.

8–23920.

A South sea island is the scene of this tale into whose composition
Mr. McCutcheon works his favorite ingredients. Two Englishmen,
smarting from domestic irritation, go to the island of Japat, south of
the Arabian sea, amass a fortune equal to Monte Cristo’s, die and
leave it to two grandchildren who must marry in order to possess it;
otherwise it would go to the islanders. The fact that each heir had
already married complicates the settlement which involves heirs,
lawyers, islanders, and indirectly a beautiful princess with
copper-colored hair. The man from Brodney’s, counselor for the
islanders, is the hero of the all-conquering McCutcheon type.

* * * * *

“Mr. McCutcheon has his usual success in writing an interesting story,
and in making the impossible plausible.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1247. N. 26, ’08. 160w.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 523. S. 26, ’08. 700w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 745. D. 5, ’08. 140w.

=Macdonald, Mrs. Frederika.= Iliad of the East: a selection of
legends drawn from the Sanskrit poem, The Ramayana. *$1.50. Lane.

A reprint of a popular version of the mythological tales in which
Valmiki’s The Ramayana abounds. The purpose remains the same as it was
stated in 1870, “to bring home to English readers the proofs of the
resemblance between some special qualities characteristic of the
modern sentimental temper and the sentimental temper which penetrates
old Indian poetry.”

* * * * *

+ =Dial.= 45: 169. S. 16, ’08. 380w.

“Will serve to renew interest in a clever and popular abridgement of
the huge epic Ramayana.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 554. Je. 18, ’08. 160w.

“A treat for a new generation. The book does not represent any
scholarly effort to reproduce the original Sanscrit, but is merely a
collection of stories delightfully told through the medium of a French
translation.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 410. Jl. 25, ’08. 720w.

“The editor, in her admiration of Buddhism, evinces a radical
misconception of Christianity, derived from its mediæval theology.”

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 814. Ag. 8, ’08. 170w.

* =Macdonald, George.= Princess and Curdie. †$1.50. Lippincott.

8–23533.

A reprint of this child’s favorite with twelve illustrations in colors
by Maria L. Kirk.

* * * * *

“This is another of the books which are never outgrown.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 756. D. 5, ’08. 60w.

=MacDonald, Robert.= Mind, religion and health. **$1.30. Funk.

8–30268.

A discussion of the psychological principles underlying mental and
religious therapeutics; a call to the church to apply these principles
in ministering to those who are afflicted either in mind or body; and
an appreciation of the Emmanuel movement, with an account of the
practical good accomplished.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 65: 1184. N. 19, ’08. 140w.

“This is a timely and judicious book.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 904. D. 12, ’08. 170w.

=Macdonald, William=, ed. Documentary source book of American
history, 1606–1898. *$1.75. Macmillan.

8–23907.

“Gives satisfactory evidence that a wise principle of selection has
been followed in choosing documents to illustrate the history of the
United States from the time of the founding to the close of the
Spanish war. In all, nearly two hundred items are included, comprising
colonial charters, acts of Parliament and Congress, treaties,
resolutions, and executive papers.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The student who has this book as an adjunct to his narrative text may
easily double the efficiency of his work.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 268. O. 16, ’08. 80w.

“In the aggregate the collection will meet the need of most students.
We can only regret that the editor has not extended the period of his
compilation, in order to include some of the commoner documents of the
last ten years.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 1067. N. 5, ’08. 130w.

“There is very little to criticise in Professor Macdonald’s
compilation, barring a conspicuous absence of documents illustrative
of the first steps in territorial expansion.”

+ − =Outlook.= 90: 363. O. 17, ’08. 220w.

=MacDougal, Daniel Trembly.= Mutations, variations, and
relationships of the oenotheras, by D. T. MacDougal, A. M. Vail,
and G. H. Shull, pa. $1. Carnegie inst.

7–37035.

A further account of evolutionary studies upon the oenotheras (evening
primroses). Seeds representing the species in cultivation in the
principal botanical gardens of the world have been received in America
and have been sown for cultural investigation. These with a number of
forms native to North America are included in the papers of the
present volume.

* * * * *

=Bot. Gaz.= 45: 61. Ja. ’08. 150w.

“An investigation which for minuteness and exhaustiveness is without
parallel. The part of this memoir which has interested us most is that
which deals with the origin of mutants from strains of Oenotheras
different from that which de Vries found at Hilversum and observed his
classical series of mutations in.” A. D. D.

+ + =Nature.= 78: 10. My. 7, ’08. 700w.

=McFadden, Elizabeth Apthorp, and Davis, Lilian E.=, comps. Selected
list of plays for amateurs and students of dramatic expression in
schools and colleges; with an introd. by Ludella L. Peck. *$2.
Miss E. A. McFadden, Box 328, Cincinnati, Ohio.

8–4425.

A wide range of plays is included in the list suitable for all
occasions. There are plays for children, out-of-door plays, Christmas
plays, etc., all systematically arranged for the amateur’s benefit.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 80. Mr. ’08.

“Promoters of school entertainments will be grateful for this
compilation.”

+ =Dial.= 44: 112. F. 16, ’08. 60w.

“The volume will prove serviceable.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 46. Jl. 2, ’08. 120w.

=Macfarland, Charles Stedman.= Infinite affection. *$1. Pilgrim
press.

7–36403.

Here is outlined “the theology of a young man who has hospitably
submitted himself to what is termed ‘modern thought.’” He believes
that “we can no longer confine inspiration to the Bible, the
incarnation to Christ, or religion to a church” and that Christ “is
actually what man is prophetically,” and that man can reach the
perfection of the great Exemplar.

* * * * *

“This work, by one of the most brilliant and deeply thoughtful of the
younger ministers of the Congregational church, merits wide
circulation. It is instinct with lofty spirituality and the living
faith that makes religion most vital to those who thus believe.”

+ + =Arena.= 39: 249. F. ’08. 1700w.

=Outlook.= 88: 46. Ja. 4, ’08. 190w.

* =McFee, William.= Letters of an ocean tramp. *$1.50. Cassell.

“Under the thin disguise of letters from a dead friend Mr. McFee
presents us with impressions of life afloat, as seen from the point of
view of third engineer on board a small trading steamer. One is
puzzled at first to understand whether it is fact or fiction; it is
overwhelmingly literary, fastidious (and a little self-conscious) in
style, full of moralization and philosophy, and crammed with allusions
to eminent authors—Ruskin, Pater, Nietzsche, Heine, Boileau,
Beaumarchais, Borrow, Browning, and many others.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“He never forgets himself in his subject, as other sea-writers do.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 508. O. 24. 260w.

“Whatever he sees in persons or things—the romantic, pathetic or the
fascinating—in foreign climes, he describes in virile English, which
is both descriptive and philosophic, and in which the reminiscent and
anecdotal are not absent.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 745. D. 5, ’08. 140w.

=MacGowan, Alice.= Judith of the Cumberlands. †$1.50. Putnam.

8–28314.

Here the charm and spirit of life in a primitive mountain settlement
are brought vividly to view. Fires of old feuds yet smoulder; the
illicit still works in secret cover; and the new justice of the peace
finds himself on shifting ground. But light comes to the chaotic
region of the “Turkey Tracks,” when plots and counterplots with their
reign of doubt and pain and misunderstanding give way to the love of a
strong man for the maid of the Cumberlands.

* * * * *

“Her book is simply a rude, unvarnished picture of mountain folk drawn
with a cool literalness which brings into the foreground all their
coarseness, with little of the finer touches of intelligence to soften
it.”

− + =Ind.= 65: 1121. N. 12, ’08. 350w.

“A book that combines historical value with so good a story is a book
to be praised.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 614. O. 24, ’08. 300w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 745. D. 5, ’08. 140w.

“There is no shadow of imitation in the author’s work, but it recalls
some of the best early writing of Miss Murfree, and has an especial
freshness of its own.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 502. O. 31, ’08. 160w.

=Macgowan, Rev. John.= Sidelights on Chinese life. *$3.75.
Lippincott.

8–3983.

“Dr. Macgowan’s volume professes to give no more than the general
views of the salient points of the Chinese character. In fact, it
consists of a series of essays in which the author descants on the
various phases of Chinese life from the cradle to the grave. He has
much that is interesting to say on these topics, and we derive from a
perusal of his pages an enhanced regard for the Chinese people.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“If we have a fault to find with Mr. Macgowan, it is that he deals too
often in the superlative degree in his paraphrases of facts.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 785. Je. 27. 820w.

“A series of informing and interesting chapters.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 410. D. 1, ’08. 180w.

“It is an authoritative and illuminating book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 638. O. 31, ’08. 440w.

“It may be pointed out, not as a criticism but as a caution, that Dr.
Macgowan is writing of the Chinese of the South, who differ in many
material respects from their compatriots of the North. His chapter on
Chinese education is out of date, and it is a pity that so modern a
book should not have given more than a notice of a few lines to the
drastic changes that are taking place in the Chinese educational
world.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 105: 49. Ja. 11, ’08. 1200w.

“One cannot read many pages without discovering the mark of the writer
who has firsthand information: and yet Mr. Macgowan detracts from what
might have been a much more illuminating book by careless writing,
which involves him in many seeming contradictions and repetitions, and
by such trite reflections as a satirist once called ‘Glimpses into the
obvious.’”

+ − =Spec.= 100: 151. Ja. 25, ’08. 1850w.

=MacGrath, Harold.= Lure of the mask. †$1.50. Bobbs.

8–17786.

A lilt from an Italian opera sung by a well-trained voice from out a
blurring New York fog begins for young Hillard, who from his bachelor
quarters hears the siren note, a romance all atingle with adventure.
It ends happily in an Italian villa after the trail of a titled
serpent has been obliterated.

* * * * *

“This novel is pervaded by a morally enervating atmosphere whose
subtlety and insinuating character render it all the more injurious,
and nullify any possible good of the vocal morality that from time to
time confronts the reader.”

− + =Arena.= 40: 125. Jl. ’08. 500w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 341. Je. 13, ’08. 100w.

* =McIlwaine, Richard.= Memories of three score years and ten. *$3. Neale.

8–19140.

Nearly four hundred pages of “memories” from out a long useful life as
student, pastor, soldier, chaplain, and college president. The events
of his life are related to the development of Virginia’s political,
religious, and educational interests of the past half century.

* * * * *

“A notable contribution to the biographical literature of the
country.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 852. D. 5, ’08. 270w.

=M’Intosh, John Geddes.= Industrial alcohol: the production and use
of alcohol for industrial purposes and for use as an illuminant
and as a source of motive power. *$3. Van Nostrand.

Agr 7–2204.

“The first of these books, after describing the properties of grain,
or ethyl, alcohol, and the general principles of fermentation, takes
up the manufacture of alcohol from [its many sources]. A long chapter
is given to the description of the various methods of distillation and
rectification of the alcohol obtained from the above sources. The
concluding chapter gives in more or less detail the uses of grain
alcohol in the arts, the principal part being devoted to its action as
a solvent.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“This book will certainly be of great use in pointing out the
successful processes in use abroad, and will, therefore, serve a
highly important role in the development of American industrial
alcohol.”

+ =Engin. D.= 3: 70. Ja. ’08. 530w.

“The book on the whole is well written and is carefully indexed. The
diagrams are numerous and well chosen. The book serves a useful
purpose in bringing together under one head much interesting and
valuable information.” L. P. Kinnicutt.

+ =Engin. N.= 58: 424. O. 17, ’07. 210w.

=McIntyre, John Thomas.= In the dead of night. il. †$1.50. Lippincott.

8–12558.

The thrilling side of night life in New York city is portrayed in this
story of adventure which begins by kidnapping an innocent man, placing
him in another man’s shoes, and requiring him to work his way thru a
maze of mystery.

* * * * *

“Mr. McIntyre has been unusually successful in ravelling up his
mystery, but, as too commonly happens in these stories, the solution
is an anticlimax.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 558. Je. 18, ’08. 130w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 304. My. 30, ’08. 80w.

=McIntyre, John Thomas.= With fighting Jack Barry. †$1.50.
Lippincott.

7–28972.

John Barry whose name is linked with many a naval achievement before
and during the revolution is the hero-in-general of this exciting
tale. Yet the young reader who is fast upon the heels of adventure
follows Bob Fairly in his struggle to keep possession of a mammoth
ruby presented by the French king to a Fairly for service. Once
stolen, its recovery furnishes as exciting a series of incidents as
ever a Sherlock Holmes attempted to untangle.

=McIntyre, Margaret A.= Cave boy of the age of stone. (Stories of
primitive life for primary grades.) *40c. Appleton.

7–15587.

Here the author has worked into story form the progress made by the
cavemen and moundmen. She tells how primitive people lived, how they
fared, how they fished, how they trapped and killed wild game, and how
they used the margin of time for development.

* * * * *

“An interesting and readable account. For children of the primary
grades.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 22. Ja. ’08. ✠

“Miss McIntyre must be commended for a happy thought. The story is
sufficiently interesting to attract [children].”

+ =Ath.= 1908. 1: 578. My. 9. 130w.

“The matter is all excellent and her book, In scheme, most
acceptable.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 268. Ap. 27, ’07. 100w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 618. O. 12, ’07. 50w.

=Spec.= 100: 426. Mr. 14, ’08. 200w.

=Mackaye, Percy Wallace.= Mater: an American study in comedy.
**$1.25. Macmillan.

8–29017.

A satirical comedy in which a mother resorts to what she deems
justifiable deception in aiding her son, opposed to bribery, to win a
political fight. “The play is remarkable for two reasons; first
because satire is applied poignantly to American conditions in the
guise of charming fancy and poetic allegory; second, because it
subjects American life, as portrayed on the stage, to a literary
treatment that adds to Mr. Mackaye’s poetic reputation—a sense of
humor that sinks below situation and touches character.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“After reading the play, we are still doubtful whether its democratic
ideas are quite clear, and whether or not its levity is sufficiently
under control. But the book is an achievement to the decided credit of
Mr. Mackaye.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 1063. N. 5, ’08. 470w.

“Mr. Mackaye has done a sparkling piece of literary work, but with a
flavor of cynicism which is not altogether agreeable.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 344. O. 8, ’08. 360w.

“It is a little too fine, perhaps, for the popular theatre, but will
surely appeal to the reader of taste and intelligence. Its satire is
keen, and the character of ‘Mater’ has unusual charm.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 559. O. 10, ’08. 400w.

=Mackaye, Percy Wallace.= Scarecrow; or, The glass of truth: a
tragedy of the ludicrous. **$1.25. Macmillan.

8–7173.

Mr. Mackaye, author of “Sappho and Phaon,” uses New England in the
days of witchcraft for a setting of this his first prose drama, and
acknowledges his indebtedness to Hawthorne for inspiration. “It is an
imaginative study of New England temperament, as a local phase of
broader human psychology.” The comic theme has for its underlying idea
“the sense of human sympathy which is, it would seem, a more searching
critic of human frailty than satire.”

* * * * *

“We find the piece to have these three excellent possibilities, of
significance, scenic capacity, and construction, what does it lack? We
think it lacks coherence.”

+ − =Dial.= 44: 380. Je. 16, ’08. 400w.

“It is fairly well constructed, and has enough movement to keep the
reader steadily interested.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 784. O. 1, ’08. 330w.

“It is a play of vigorous imaginative richness and often of colorful,
felicitous diction. The satire may be readily appreciated but is not
an essential to enjoyment. For the story and the manner of telling are
in themselves highly diverting.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 315. Je. 6, ’08. 930w.

=McKean, Thomas.= Master influence. †$1.50. Lippincott.

8–13277.

A story whose central figure is a girl who, indifferent to her “smart
set” surroundings, gropes for an influence that can lift her above
ennui. Hospital work is more alluring than doctors, men of dreams or
dukes. But one day a young politician, a leader of men, reveals his
power thru love and becomes her “master influence.”

* * * * *

=Ind.= 65: 550. S. 3, ’08. 70w.

=McKenzie, Frederick Arthur.= Tragedy of Korea. *$2. Dutton.

8–32329.

An anti-Japanese narrative covering a period of thirty years during
which the history of Korea has been linked with international
developments. The author’s conclusions all emphasize his view that
Japanese rule in Korea has been unnecessarily harsh and cruel.

* * * * *

=Ath.= 1908, 1: 476. Ap. 18. 840w.

“The statements of fact and the assertions of opinion which Mr.
McKenzie has set down in his little book are abundantly worth giving
to the world.” F: A. Ogg.

+ =Dial.= 45: 289. N. 1, ’08. 1500w.

“Though obviously intended to be fair, scarcely makes as much
allowance for the difficulties of the conqueror as circumstances might
seem to warrant. He is a trained observer, and has a graphic,
picturesque style that gives life and color to the page.” Adolphe
Klauber.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 433. Ag. 8, ’08. 1650w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 383. S. ’08. 120w.

* =Mackinder, Halford John.= The Rhine: its valley and history. *$3.50. Dodd.

8–24297.

The history and geography of the Rhine valley take precedence in this
informing Rhine book over its natural beauty and romance. “The reader
is given a wonderful bird’s-eye view of that great valley which has
seen so much of the history of Europe. By presenting landscape in
bare, almost mathematical, lines he succeeds in forcing a novel aspect
upon the reader’s mind, much as in another sphere Mr. Hardy in his
‘Dynasts’ presents us with the bones of history, and therefore with a
fresh view of it.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“A text which is, in a scholar’s eyes, worthy of its surroundings. The
fault of it is, perhaps, for the general reader, that in dealing with
a subject of such romantic interest, he has clung too closely to
topographical detail. He has not allowed the romance of the great
river to inspire him. In the spelling of names Mr. Mackinder is a
trifle inconsistent.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 456. Ap. 11. 1100w.

“The work shows careful study and patient labor, and is good to read
by itself or to use as a supplement (even though a ‘colored
supplement’) to Murray or Baedeker.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 461. D. 16, ’08. 220w.

+ =Nation.= 87: 577. D. 10, ’08. 50w.

“One of the most beautiful travel books of the year.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 755. D. 5, ’08. 90w.

“We commend this book as a unique guide to the essentials of both
European geography and history. Without abating one jot of his
scientific purpose, Mr. Mackinder has succeeded in making his
narrative as fascinating as a romance.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 500. Mr. 28, ’08. 1400w.

=M’Laren, R. S.= Mechanical engineering for beginners. *$1.75.
Lippincott.

8–32659.

“In this book the author has endeavored to give in broad outlines the
information it is necessary to possess concerning the ordinary
branches of mechanical engineering, and at the same time to go
sufficiently into detail to enable the beginner to make all the
calculations likely to be required during the earlier stages of his
study.”—Engin. D.

* * * * *

“For a young man who is thinking of taking up a mechanical engineering
course at a technical school, the book will serve as an admirable
introduction thereto. Young draftsmen and machinists desiring to know
something of mechanical science will have their interest whetted by
reading it, for the calculations included are extremely simple, and
invite, rather than repel a continuance of study.”

+ =Engin. D.= 4: 56. Jl. ’08. 150w.

“If the author had entirely left out his chapter on electrical things
he would have an admirable book, but that one section is grossly
misleading in important and elementary matters. Throughout the book
the student needs to bear in mind that British practice is dealt with
and that American ideas depart from this widely at times.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 60: 82. Jl. 16, ’08. 780w.

=McLaws, (Emily) Lafayette.= The welding. †$1.50. Little.

7–34773.

The south before the war furnishes the background for this story which
follows the career of the ambitious son of a Georgia cracker.
Abolitionists and their opponents figure true to history, and there
appear such notable ones among them as Garrison, Lincoln, Greeley,
Clay, Calhoun, Daniel Webster, Jefferson Davis, President Buchanan and
Alexander H. Stephens.

* * * * *

“As a novelist Lafayette McLaws has many superiors in American
fiction; that is, many people who can make their characters more vital
and convincing, but we know of no historical romance that presents so
fine or true a picture of life in the South and in the national
capital from forty-nine to sixty-five as is given in ‘The welding.’”

+ − =Arena.= 38: 691. D. ’07. 540w.

“The more personal side of the narrative is constantly interesting,
and we heartily congratulate Miss McLaws on her work.”

+ =Cath. World.= 86: 695. F. ’08. 400w.

“She has the national rather than the sectional consciousness and
hates slavery both from the humanitarian and patriotic standpoint. She
offers really valuable information concerning social conditions in the
South prior to the war.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 531. Mr. 5, ’08. 330w.

=Nation.= 86: 106. Ja. 30, ’08. 270w.

=McMillan, Archibald Harold.= Telephone law: the organization and
operation of telephone companies. *$3. McGraw.

8–22088.

A compact and concise handbook of legal information designed to serve
the practical telephone man rather than the practicing lawyer. All of
the matters pertaining to the organization of telephone companies are
discussed in relation to the laws governing them, including a thoro
examination of the statutes of different states.

* * * * *

“This excellent work will be found of use by others than telephonists
and may be heartily recommended.”

+ =Elec. World.= 52: 259. Ag. 1, ’08. 250w.

“Mr. McMillan’s book gives valuable information for men in a certain
line of enterprise; it is compiled from authoritative sources and put
together in a style that is consecutive, concise and understandable.”

+ =Engin. D.= 4: 302. S. ’08. 370w.

=Engin. N.= 60: 186. Ag. 13, ’08. 50w.

=Macmillan, Rev. Donald.= Life of George Matheson. *$2. Armstrong.

8–9534.

A biography of Scotland’s celebrated blind preacher. “Blind at his
entrance to Glasgow university, but winning its highest honors,
minister to a city parish with nearly two thousand communicants and a
multitude of poor, assiduously visiting them, but never preaching the
same sermon twice, while continually addressing the public through the
press, he was one of the few heroic souls whose energy has wrung
triumph out of seemingly hopeless disaster.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“A sympathetic and appreciative biography.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 690. Mr. 26, ’08. 950w.

“Is a most stimulating book. While it is full of lessons for every
one, it appeals especially to young men or women who, laboring under
some great physical infirmity, feel that for them an actively useful
life is an impossibility.”

+ + =Nation.= 86: 148. F. 13, ’08. 320w.

“The note of eulogy that recurs throughout this record of an
extraordinary career is justified by the facts.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 47. Ja. 4, ’08. 420w.

“Dr. Macmillan has given us a touching record of a great life, which
was singularly fruitful of good in adverse conditions.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 1100. D. 28, ’07. 360w.

=Macnaughton, Miss S.= The expensive Miss Du Cane. †$1.50. Dutton.

A novel abounding in types. “The story is one of the slightest, just
the awakening and growth of love between two very likeable young
people at a house party.... Nobody is made to say or do anything for
the purpose of carrying the story along. The talk, of which there is a
great deal, and the action, of which there is very little, all of it
merely makes the reader acquainted with the people, and whatever
happens is the natural development of the characters and the
situations as they react upon one another.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Miss Macnaughton is too clever, has too much of the novelist’s
instinct, not to manage her people with skill, and not to make many
shrewd comments on women and life; but we are forced to admit that she
has not escaped the sin of monotony.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 62. F. 22, ’07. 350w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 654. N. 7, ’08. 740w.

“The story is not convulsed by storms of elemental passion—the setting
precludes high tragedy—but it has affecting as well as shining
moments.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 258. F. 16, ’07. 1400w.

* =McNeil, Everett.= Boy forty-niners; or, Across the plains and mountains to the gold-mines of California in a prairie-schooner. †$1.50. McClure.

8–27102.

The first of three volumes intended to picture to the eyes of the
younger generation something of the perils and hardships endured
across country in 1849, to the gold field of California. This story
deals with the experiences of two boys who travel down the Ohio river,
up the Mississippi and Missouri and on across the mountains,
encountering the hardships of thousands of emigrants to whom the lure
of gold was irresistible.

* * * * *

Reviewed by K. L. M.

=Bookm.= 28: 387. D. ’08. 100w.

“Its chief virtue is of the unrefined diamond sort, its atmosphere
suspensive.” M. J. Moses.

− + =Ind.= 65: 1477. D. 17, ’08. 50w.

“Any newsboy would enjoy this narrative, however clumsy the writing.
The book is not to be recommended for children who can get better, but
some librarians may welcome this story as a stepping-stone to higher
things.”

− + =Nation.= 87: 551. D. 3, ’08. 70w.

=Macrosty, Henry William.= Trust movement in British industry.
*$2.50. Longmans.

W7–120.

“In this volume the author shows not only that the combination
movement has made substantial progress in Great Britain, but that it
presents similarities to the movement in protectionist countries at so
many points as to necessitate the conclusion that there are behind it
world causes more fundamental than tariff vagaries. The book is
divided into an introductory chapter, twelve chapters describing
combinations in different industries and a chapter presenting a
‘Survey and conclusions.’ In the introduction a convenient
classification of combinations is suggested which forms the skeleton
for the descriptive chapters which follow.”—Pol. Sci. Q.

* * * * *

“The volume is a bit disappointing because it represents nothing more
than results which might be obtained by an ordinary legislative
commission. The book is hard to read. The paragraphs are long and
tiresome. The style is clumsy. We need thought—but that thought must
be transmitted by means of good English.”

− − + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 281. Ja. ’08. 140w.

“A comprehensive and fairly detailed narrative. We can only regret
that in his summary and conclusions as to the mass of material
presented the author has not ventured into more detail.” C. W. Wright.

+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 42. Ja. ’08. 700w.

“An admirable survey.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 181. F. 20, ’08. 500w.

“[The chapters] give every evidence of exhaustive research and
accurate scholarship.”

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 558. S. ’07. 320w.

“For this scholarly and impartial treatise we have nothing but praise.
Our readers will find in his pages a very full and detailed account of
the most important instances of trust combination in this country.”

+ + =Spec.= 99: 263. Ag. 24, ’07. 2220w.

Reviewed by G. H. Montague.

=Yale R.= 17: 109. My. ’08. 750w.

=McSpadden, Joseph Walker=, comp. Handy book of synonyms. (Handy
information series.) 50c. Crowell.

7–22888.

A practical desk guide to words in daily use, giving their definition
and parallel meaning.

=Macvane, Edith.= Duchess of dreams. †$1.50. Lippincott.

8–14334.

The story tells how a social climber of Newport reaches an enviable
height of popularity as the prospective hostess of a Romanoff
princess, how at the last moment the princess on account of illness
fails to arrive, and how the undaunted hostess substitutes a girl from
the coast of Maine who had a French mother and a gift for
play-acting—a duchess of dreams.

* * * * *

“In places she is a little unconvincing and her characters lack
personality.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 93. Jl. 25. 100w.

“All that one asks in such a coil is pleasing style and sustained
interest and here are both to the reader’s hand.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 536. Je. 11, ’08. 150w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 341. Je. 13, ’08. 110w.

“People who like this sort of story will be apt to recommend this
literary sweetmeat to their friends as ‘perfectly dandy’ or ‘just
charming.’”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 404. Jl. 18, ’08. 220w.

+ =Spec.= 101: 238. Ag. 15, ’08. 100w.

=Macy, John Albert.= Edgar Allan Poe. (Beacon biographies.) **75c.
Small.

8–7372.

Without extenuating or accusing, this sketch seeks to treat the
biographical facts of Poe’s life with fairness to the poet and to give
the reader a right view of the man as seen from modern days and
interests.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 262. N. ’08. ✠

“It contains everything that the busy man or woman wants to know about
the author of ‘The raven’ and ‘The bells.’”

+ =Cath. World.= 88: 106. O. ’08. 800w.

“His little book sustains the general excellence of the series to
which it belongs.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 66. Ag. 1, ’08. 350w.

“We are glad it was Mr. Macy and not some one else who did it.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 206. Jl. 23, ’08. 120w.

“His critical comment, interspersed throughout the narration, runs for
the most part in the common groove, although occasionally we can not
follow him.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 488. My. 28, ’08. 150w.

“Many new things are told of his life that have been unknown and
unheard of until now.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 50w.

“He has followed the generally accepted facts, but his interpretation
of them is eminently sane and cool, free from prejudice, and unmuddled
by any unnecessary mixing up of moral and intellectual judgments. A
vein of grim, dignified, and restrained humor runs through the work.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 321. Je. 6, ’08. 150w.

“The brief ‘Life’ is not in any sense a finality; its style is too
journalistic; but it is an interesting account of a perplexing
career.”

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 351. Je. 13, ’08. 110w.

“An admirable little volume.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 510. O. ’08. 110w.

“His critical dicta we cannot always accept.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: 981. Je. 20, ’08. 200w.

=Madden, Eva Annie.= Two royal foes. il. †$1.25. McClure.

7–33904.

“The story has a historical background, its scenes being in Prussia at
the time of the invasion by Napoleon. The story opens with the Battle
of Jena, through which the heroine, a peasant girl, is left an orphan.
She then goes to live with her grandfather, and the two have many
adventures. Queen Louisa of Prussia also figures in the novel.”—N. Y.
Times.

* * * * *

“Quaint, pretty, unpretentious story. History seems well founded and
characters are life-like.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 23. Ja. ’08. ✠

“There is a certain very charming German atmosphere thruout ‘Two royal
foes’ and yet we are baffled. For without condemning it, we needs must
criticise it for its diffuse story, for its over-exact narration of
Napoleon’s ravages in Prussia, and for the very slight juvenile strain
in its pages.” M. J. Moses.

+ − =Ind.= 63: 1481. D. 19, ’07. 100w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 654. O. 19, ’07. 70w.

“A charming historical story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 765. N. 30, ’07. 30w.

=Madison, James.= Journal of the debates in the convention which
framed the constitution of the United States, May-September, 1787;
as recorded by James Madison; ed. by Gaillard Hunt. 2v. **$4.50.
Putnam.

8–20180.

Madison’s journal is the only complete record of the constitutional
convention extant. It is a continuous chronicle of the proceedings of
the convention and has been reproduced in these two volumes with notes
which include a comparison of the journal with the records kept
respectively by Robert Yates, Rufus King and William Pierce.

* * * * *

“A number of errors have been left uncorrected. The debates have been
edited in a careful and scholarly manner.” W. F. Dodd.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 915. Jl. ’08. 410w.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 625. N. ’08. 140w.

“This whole admirable edition of Madison’s ‘Journal’ will be a boon
both to scholars and to less ambitious students of the constitution
and its history.”

+ + =Educ. R.= 36: 101. Je. ’08. 100w.

“No further edition of the Madison notes will be needed for many
years.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 786. O. 1, ’08. 120w.

“This work will bring into the hands of teachers, scholars, and
students of national politics a historical document of the first
importance, edited and printed in the best style and at an exceedingly
moderate price.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 258. Ag. 22, ’08. 180w.

“Does not give a definitive edition of the debates, and much remains
yet to be done in the study of available material. The convenient form
of this reprint is hardly sufficient to justify its existence, and
there are not a few misprints which could have been avoided.”

− =Nation.= 87: 94. Jl. 30, ’08. 230w.

“An exhaustive index makes the work thoroughly usable.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 316. Je. 6, ’08. 250w.

“It shows textual differences from the earlier editions over which it
is a vast improvement, if only from the standpoint of convenience for
reference.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 534. Jl. 4, ’08. 210w.

“Of the several editions of this invaluable journal which have
appeared since Madison’s death by far the most satisfactory is the new
two-volume edition edited by Mr. Gaillard Hunt. The special value of
Mr. Hunt’s work lies in the fact that he has compared the statements
made by contemporary writers with the corresponding entries in
Madison’s journal.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 754. Je. ’08. 150w.

=Maeterlinck, Maurice.= Intelligence of the flowers; tr. by
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. **$1.20. Dodd.

7–36869.

An essay on the signs of reasoning in flowers which “is a complement
to his essay on bees ... [The author] wishes ‘merely to recall a few
facts known to every botanist,’ and has ‘no intention of reviewing all
the proofs of intelligence which the plants give us.’ He confines
himself almost entirely to the delicate arrangements for
cross-fertilization, describing them with as great scientific accuracy
as if he were not a poet.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“A charming companion piece to the ‘Life of the bee.’” Florence
Converse.

+ =Atlan.= 101: 710. My. ’08. 200w.

“The charm of the book lies nevertheless in the fact that he is a
poet.” M. E. Cook.

+ =Dial.= 43: 418. D. 16, ’07. 280w.

“It is a unique combination of fact and fancy, scientific in its
statements, humanistic in its interpretation of them, mystical in its
philosophy, poetical in its expression.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 158. Ja. 16, ’08. 60w.

“Is a good example of the decorated giftbook.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 443. N. 14, ’07. 150w.

“The translation preserves most of the original’s charm.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 619. N. 23, ’07. 120w.

“A translation of extraordinary refinement.”

+ =Putnam’s.= 4: 112. Ap. ’08. 550w.

“Is ostensibly a nature book, but the delicate imagination and
exquisite literary style of the author are so persuasive and charming
throughout the book that it is really a work of literature.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 118. Ja. ’08. 50w.

=Maeterlinck, Maurice.= Pélléas and Mélisande; tr. by Erving
Winslow; with an introd. by Montrose J. Moses. **$1.50. Crowell.

8–22493.