Chapter XL: Book 1: , The heavenly bodies; Book 2, The constellations; Book 3, Times (5)

Deals with the much debated question of human immortality. Discusses
soul, body, matter, Buddhism, psychical research, spiritualism,
incarnation, theology, the Bible, life, and death.

* * * * *

“Although it is clear that Mr. Parsons has read widely and thought for
himself, it does not seem likely to us that any considerable number of
persons will be physically or mentally able to follow his reasonings
in all their sinuous windings by means of such a volume as the
present.”

− =Ath.= 1907, 1: 14. Ja. 5. 200w.

“The worst thing, perhaps, about the work is its style, which does the
treatment grave injustice. In a work of this kind, it has seemed more
desirable to give some insight into the real scope and design of the
work, rather than deal mainly with matters of criticism. But its
manifold points of learning and interest can scarcely be set forth in
a review.” James Lindsay.

+ − =Int. J. Ethics.= 18: 260. Ja. ’08. 900w.

“It would perhaps be easier to discover the nature and purpose of the
universe than the nature and purpose of this book. It has been
vouchsafed to only a few to have definite information on this subject,
and Mr. Parsons has been even less successful than others in his
attempt to solve this riddle.”

− =Nation.= 86: 108. Ja. 30, ’08. 380w.

“If the author knows what he means, and he cannot possibly, no other
human being will have the slightest glimmering of it.”

− − =Sat. R.= 102: 618. N. 17, ’06. 180w.

=Partridge, Anthony.= The distributors. †$1.50. McClure.

8–28064.

The author offers a diversion quite unparalleled in fiction in the
doings of a polite and exclusive circle known as “The ghosts.”
Exhausting what their friends called “esoteric rubbish,” but craving
amusement, the members of this group enter upon a series of bold
robberies and turn the spoils over to charitable institutions. After
they run their daring course they are steered back into normal
channels and the curtain falls upon a serene, apparently unscathed,
circle.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 618. O. 24, ’08. 80w.

“A weird sort of novel, and one that leaves a distinctly bad taste in
the mind. It is a daring and uncanny theme, and one that invites to
discussion of its psychological possibility. But the author offends
against both probability and the instinctive sense of human justice in
his resolution of the problem.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 675. N. 14, ’08. 250w.

=Partsch, Herman.= Messages to mothers: a protest against artificial
methods. **$1.50. Elder.

8–14355.

The collected utilitarian results of a series of vital human nature
studies undertaken during twenty-three years of medical practice. With
a view to eliminating preventable ills he presents a simple scheme for
right diet, care and treatment of mother and child, and for the
conservation of power in physiological functions.

=Pastores, Los.= Los pastores, a Mexican play of the nativity; tr.,
introd. and notes by M. R. Cole; with illustrations and music.
(Memoirs of the American folk-lore society, v. 9, 1907.) *$4.
Houghton.

7–11974.

Carefully edited to show comparison of various accessible versions,
this play is of “interest as a survival on American soil of a form of
drama which we usually associate with Europe in the Middle ages.” (Am.
Hist. R.) “It is probably a seventeenth century production. It varies
in style ‘from doggerel to the distinction of good Spanish models.’
The actors are the shepherds, the hermit, Lucifer, and the archangel
Michael. The message of the nativity is announced, producing varying
effects upon the different actors. The shepherds seek the babe and
render adoration to him. A combat takes place between Michael and
Lucifer, in which the latter is finally subdued.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“The subject-matter ... is of very uneven literary merit and contains
frequent inconsistencies, and an unexpected amount of humor. The
introduction, notes, music of the songs, and photographs of the actors
in costume add much to the value of the work.”

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 935. Jl. ’07. 250w.

“The spirit of the play is on the whole good. There are fine passages,
but there is also a good deal of coarse by-play.” Frederick Starr.

+ − =Dial.= 44: 244. Ap. 16, ’08. 1100w.

=Paternoster, George Sidney.= The master criminal. 75c. Cupples & L.

7–42014.

The “master criminal” is a man who devotes his intellectuality, strong
character and courage to the furthering of crime. “His morbid,
perverted nature causes him to hate all his fellowmen and to injure
them in every possible way.” (N. Y. Times.) “He has planned to strike
a father thru his son, but love interferes, the love that purifies and
ennobles. It may interest the reader to know that it was this master
criminal who planned the theft of the antique snuffboxes from the
London home of Mr. Wertheim—Floerscheim he is called in the story.”
(Ind.)

* * * * *

“The book will furnish rather entertaining occupation for an hour or
two.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 1037. My. 7, ’08. 100w.

“For all who are fond of the hectic flush in fiction the story, whose
scene is laid in London, will be an entertaining tale.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 185. Ap. 4, ’08. 150w.

=Paton, Lewis Bayles.= Jerusalem in Bible times. *$1. Univ. of
Chicago press.

8–26700.

A handbook giving in convenient form the results of the latest
archaeological researches. The author gives carefully sorted facts
concerning the sites, archaeology, and the history of Jerusalem,
accompanied by numerous illustrations and maps.

* * * * *

“An excellent handbook for students and travelers. The book not only
evinces familiarity with the results of recent investigation, but
itself makes a worthy contribution to the sum of existing knowledge
about Jerusalem.”

+ =Bib. World.= 32: 365. N. ’08. 60w.

=Patterson, John Henry.= Man-eaters of Tsavo and other East African
adventures; with a foreword by F: Courteney Selous. $2.50.
Macmillan.

8–4611.

The thrilling experiences of Col. Patterson among the man-eating lions
of Tsavo become an “epic of terrible tragedies.” How he succeeded in
bringing to an end these savage depredations by killing eight lions
constitutes a most intense story of adventure.

* * * * *

“It should prove intensely attractive to boys, and not less so to
their elders. It is strange, however, that a writer who evidently
knows Swahili should adhere to the obsolete method of writing an
apostrophe after initial _m_ and _n_.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 548. N. 2. 570w.

“The story he tells us is given very simply and quietly, with no
aiming whatever at effect. It does not need it; the facts are
overpoweringly dramatic by themselves.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 338. N. 8. ’07. 610w.

“Col. Patterson is an engineer and a sportsman rather than a man of
letters but his book is full of interest.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 849. D. 21, ’07. 350w.

“No boy’s book of imaginary adventures published at this season is
likely to make its reader hold his breath more frequently than this
modest but veracious record. There is a good deal else in the book
which will interest the sportsman as well as the general reader,
though if the book were fiction we should be inclined to describe
those parts which do not deal with the man-eaters as an anti-climax.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: 459. O. 12, ’07. 220w.

“The story, indeed, is so amazing that the reader might at first
suppose it to be exaggerated. But quite apart from the entire absence
of artifice in Colonel Patterson’s style, which is itself an evidence
of truth, an overwhelming amount of independent testimony supports the
genuineness of all the details.”

+ + =Spec.= 99: 669. N. 2, ’07. 2450w.

=Patterson, Joseph Medill.= Little brother of the rich: a novel.
$1.50. Reilly & B.

8–23548.

“The story concerns a young man, son of a country parson in Indiana,
who won his way by his athletic prowess into the selected and richest
set of Yale undergraduates, and afterward, with the help of these same
young men, rose by way of a broker’s office to affluence and a
position in society in New York.” (N. Y. Times.) Sordid facts of
fashionable social life in New York are exploited.

* * * * *

“It would not be worth while to take this novel seriously enough to
laugh at it, were it not put forth, like Mr. Sinclair’s fustian, as
socialistic or the work of a socialist.” J: Macy.

− =Bookm.= 28: 279. N. ’08. 1300w.

“In the judgment of the intelligent reader, has little excuse for
being.”

− =Lit. D.= 37: 812. N. 28, ’08. 230w.

=Nation.= 87: 389. O. 22, ’08. 320w.

“The workmanship of the story is distinctly amateurish, and the matter
fails to carry conviction. Also the theme is somewhat threadbare and
the details are more so. But the book is readable.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 472. Ag. 29, ’08. 400w.

“Mr. Patterson has delivered a telling blow at the evils that he
uncovers.”

− + =R. of Rs.= 38: 508. O. ’08. 170w.

=Paulin, George.= No struggle for existence, no natural selection.
*$1.75. Scribner.

A critical examination of the fundamental principles of the Darwinian
theory. “This is a book by a mature scholar written for the purpose of
establishing the Lamarckian theory against the Darwinian. The second
part of the book is devoted to a reactionary refutation of the
Malthusian doctrine of population.” (Am. J. Theol.)

* * * * *

=Am. J. Theol.= 12: 674. O. ’08. 40w.

“The book before us is altogether interesting, although it mainly
consists of an attack on well-known theories. His views are open to
serious criticism. The book is written in a pleasant style, and
contains much food for thought.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 187. Ag. 15. 700w.

=Payson, William Farquhar.= Barry Gordon. †$1.50. McClure.

8–27100.

The fiery blood of undisciplined southern ancestors is in Barry
Gordon’s veins, which uncurbed, causes expulsion from college and
rejection at the hands of the girl he loves. During a period of
wandering he gathers courage for a great sacrifice from which he
emerges a conquered self, and is restored to his early forfeited
happiness.

* * * * *

“So amateurish a writer as Mr. Payson can awaken no belief in the
reality either of the gallant Col. Gordon or of his son.”

− =Nation.= 87: 553. D. 3, ’08. 200w.

“A good story, written with vigor and skill and dash.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 614. O. 24, ’08. 280w.

“Exciting tale.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 615. O. 24, ’08. 100w.

“The story is not of especial value, but it. is entertaining.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 502. O. 31, ’08. 100w.

=Peabody, Josephine Preston.= Book of the little past. †$1.50.
Houghton.

8–24442.

A book of child verse full of child problems and child-philosophy. A
note of the seriousness with which children are wont to interpret all
play as work is suggested in the lines:

“And now I have the boat to mend
And all our supper to pretend.
I am so Busy, all the day,
I haven’t any time to play.”

The illustrations are done by Elizabeth Shippen Greene.

* * * * *

“She sometimes strains to copy Stevenson, without quite approaching
him.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 522. N. 26, ’08. 70w.

“Some really deserve to rank with Stevenson’s melodies in his ‘Child’s
garden of verses.’”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 511. O. ’08. 30w.

=Pearson, Charles William.= Literary and biographical essays: a
volume of papers by the way. *$1.25. Sherman, French & co.

8–19169.

Essays in the following subjects: Poetry, Early American poetry, The
art of poetry, The English language, Alexander Pope, Macaulay,
Tennyson, Robert Browning, Ruskin, James Martineau, Longfellow,
Washington, and Lincoln.

* * * * *

“The biographical essays are as a rule excellent. In the case of John
Ruskin, we think the author has slighted the subject and failed
properly to interpret the great philosopher, critic and teacher.”

+ − =Arena.= 40: 478. N. ’08. 260w.

“While the essays lean a little to the pulpit treatment, they are
wholly and wholesomely adapted to the general reader who may happen to
take a lively interest in the best literature of our time. There is
here and there an oversight in the proofreading.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 1069. N. 5, ’08. 470w.

“One of those unnecessary books which the world will willingly let
die.”

− =Nation.= 87: 71. Jl: 23, ’08. 320w.

=Pearson, Robert Hooper.= Book of garden pests. (Handbooks of
practical gardening.) *$1. Lane.

8–8130.

An English work designed for English cultivators. Here are “set forth
in clear language, devoid of unnecessary scientific terms, the evils
to which garden and orchard are subject—and they are not few—and also
how to deal with each pest as it occurs.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“It is a book which we recommend all gardeners, amateur or
professional, to purchase, and keep for reference in the day of
trouble.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 766. Je. 20. 130w.

“Mr. Pearson’s book will supplement some excellent American treatises,
especially those which have been given out by our experiment stations
and in our garden libraries.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 191. Ag. 27, ’08. 200w.

“The American gardener will find its chapters suggestive and in some
instances distinctly useful.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 253. Ag. ’08. 60w.

=Peck, George Record.= Kingdom of light. **$1. Putnam.

7–21301.

A corporation attorney’s confession. “Mr. Peck tells us that Concord
‘was in its day, and will long continue to be, a greater force in this
nation than New York and Chicago added to each other.’ In that
elevated spirit his little book is written. The pity of it is that
means will never be found for giving it such wide distribution among
those who need its philosophy, as the help of a great railroad gave to
‘A message to Garcia.’” (Lit. D.)

* * * * *

“As captivating and convincing a plea for devotion to the ideal in the
midst of common life as one often runs across.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 472. F. 27, ’08. 90w.

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 98. Jl. 20, ’07. 140w.

=Peck, Theodora.= Sword of Dundee: a tale of “bonnie Prince
Charlie.” †$1.50. Duffield.

8–17830.

A sprightly tale set in Jacobite times in which the representatives of
two Scottish clans are rivals for the hand of spirited Agnes of
Anchnacarry, with Stuart loyalty, who devotes her wit and courage to
the cause of Prince Charlie all the while proving true to her lover of
Clan Cameron.

* * * * *

“The loyal young heroine’s adventures are many and exciting, and in
following them the reader so far catches the spirit of that eventful
period as to be willing to overlook the author’s occasional failure to
keep the machinery running smoothly and noiselessly.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 304. D. ’08. ✠

“She has evidently studied the period. It is the more pity that her
work should be marred by incongruities.”

− =Ath.= 1908, 2: 504. O. 24. 180w.

“An interesting romance based on one of the most romantic episodes in
Scottish history.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 273. O. 3, ’08. 230w.

=Peele, Robert.= Compressed air plant for mines: the production,
transmission, and use of compressed air, with special reference to
mine service. $3. Wiley.

8–24250.

In which “all the well-known makes of air compressors are described,
their principles of operation and details of construction are
discussed, and their good and their not so good features are pointed
out with such impartiality that those most numerously employed in
actual work find no more favor than those which are less frequently
met.”—Engin. Rec.

* * * * *

“The book is a useful presentment of its subject in many respects, and
offers a safe guide to the practitioner, as far as it goes. It is only
occasionally marred by minor defects.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 60: 319. S. 17, ’08. 560w.

“A very complete and convenient summary, at once useful and usable
with not the slightest suggestion of padding. The author quotes
authorities quite profusely and perhaps not always after sufficient
scrutiny.”

+ − =Engin. Rec.= 58: 363. S. 26, ’08. 300w.

=Peile, James H. F.= Reproach of the gospel: being the Bampton
lectures for the year 1907. *$1.80. Longmans.

7–42089.

Professor Peile states that “The influence of Christianity on mankind
at large is, and has been, strangely disproportionate alike to its
high claims and to the reasonable expectation of those who saw its
beginnings.” This conviction, the cause, and the remedy constitute the
subject of a discussion which places its emphasis upon the conduct
rather than the creed of Christianity.

* * * * *

“Though Mr. Peile’s book is in no sense great, and does not stimulate
thinking like Dr. Bussell’s more valuable work, it is an impressive
appeal to the Christian world to take its Christianity as seriously as
its worldliness.... As a volume addressed, not to the academic, but
the ‘respectable’ world, this book could hardly be surpassed.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 665. My. 30. 520w.

Reviewed by G. Hodges.

=Atlan.= 102: 124. Jl. ’08. 500w.

Reviewed by James Seth.

=Hibbert, J.= 6: 910. Jl. ’08. 1450w.

“Professor Peile tells us that the true object of his lectures was to
make his hearers think, and in this he has succeeded.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 464. Mr. 21, ’08. 1350w.

=Pell, Albert.= Reminiscences of Albert Pell, sometime M. P. for
South Leicestershire; ed. with introd by Thomas Mackay; with an
appreciation by the Right Hon. James Bryce. *$5. Dutton.

8–32328.

Albert Pell was a man of rugged independence, a practical and skilful
farmer, a Tory of prominence in the party ranks, tho an avowed Free
Trader, and a philanthropist in spirit, while sincerely showing his
detestation of its cant. This book records his views and includes his
collection of good stories told about political personages of
importance.

* * * * *

“The book is remarkable in the way it endears the author to us.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 192. F. 15. 1100w.

“Certainly nothing so distinctly good in English non-political
autobiography has found its way into ‘The Independent’ office for the
last twenty years.”

+ + =Ind.= 65: 438. Ag. 20, ’08. 280w.

“In his racy, unaffected language he offers a series of pictures of
English life in hall, farmhouse, and cottage, which are a real
addition to the literature of social England.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 93. Jl. 30, ’08. 400w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 355. Je. 20, ’08. 160w.

“This volume is as full of good stories, well told, as an egg of meat;
and everyone should read it who wishes to travel from George IV to
Edward VII and to laugh by the way.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 758. Je. 13, ’08. 1350w.

“This is a book which should not be missed by any one who enjoys racy
humour and a genuine revelation of character.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 422. Mr. 14, ’08. 1450w.

=Pemberton, Max.= Amateur motorist. **$3.75. McClurg.

“A book for amateur motorists, written by an amateur motorist,
relating his experiences in the hope that others may profit
thereby.... The 70 pages given to a description of the leading cars,
with illustrations and prices, flavor somewhat of a catalog.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“The book contains practical hints of a sound character, but it would
not be easy to say precisely what good end it is destined to serve.
Its disadvantages are these: from the standpoint of the experienced
motorist, it offers nothing new; from the standpoint of the novice, it
is needlessly verbose in some directions, and, upon the whole, neither
explicit nor comprehensive.”

− + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 685. N. 30. 460w.

=Ind.= 65: 950. O. 22, ’08. 120w.

=Pemberton, Max.= Sir Richard Escombe: a romance. †$1.50. Harper.

8–18372.

A story of the ruined Medmanham Abbey and the famous Society of St.
Francis founded there during the stirring days of Sir Francis
Dashwood, John Wilkes, Churchill, the poet Whitehead and the
villainous Lord Harborne. It concerns mainly the relations of Sir
Richard Escombe with the society, his efforts to end it, and his
relations thru trial and misunderstanding with Kitty Dulcimore of
Sherbourn in the county of Warwickshire.

* * * * *

“Despite its staginess, it is a fairly brisk and cheery story.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 716. D. 5. 130w.

“Melodrama of the carefully matured, carefully selected variety, that
with a judicious blending of realistic detail may be warranted not to
offend the sensitive literary palate.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 28: 66. S. ’08. 580w.

“A highly readable piece of work.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 45: 455. D. 16, ’08. 220w.

+ =Ind.= 65: 1245. N. 26, ’08. 50w.

“There is an ingenious story, there are court portraits, social
caricatures, wild Irish extravaganza, even idyllic patches. The
language fairly wallows in artificiality.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 97. Jl. 30, ’08. 340w.

“If it does not endure much thinking or analysis, that is no great
fault, since its readers will be disposed to little of either.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 398. Jl. 18, ’08. 420w.

=Pendleton, Louis Beauregard.= Alexander H. Stephens. (American
crisis biographies.) **$1.25. Jacobs.

8–11395.

From sources new and old the author has gathered together material for
this biography which follows a great life full of tragedy both public
and private as well as full of triumph and usefulness. It is suited to
the modern reader and is desirable “not only because of the peculiar
personality of one of the ablest of the southern statesmen of the old
régime, and because of his association with great events as
vice-president of the southern confederacy, but because he was one of
the most consistent figures in the long struggle between the champions
of state sovereignty and the supporters of federal supremacy.”
(Preface.)

* * * * *

“A book to be taken rather seriously. Mr. Pendleton is weakest, I
think, in his discussion of the question of the right of secession.”
W. G. Brown.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 155. O. ’08. 860w.

“The best available book on the subject.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 240. O. ’08.

“Mr. Pendleton’s life of Stephens is less partisan and better informed
than some of the southern biographies that have recently appeared.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 1146. My. 21, ’08. 300w.

“Without adding anything valuable to the printed materials, Mr.
Pendleton has given a good popular account of this pathetic career.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 556. Je. 18, ’08. 750w.

“A comprehensive and interesting life.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 355. Je. 20, ’08. 800w.

+ =Outlook.= 89: 860. Ag. 15, ’08. 920w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 122. Jl. ’08. 80w.

“This life is worth reading first as a study of the man, secondly for
the light it throws on the struggle between North and South.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 372. S. 19, ’08. 300w.

=Penhallow, David Pearce.= Manual of the North American gymnosperms,
exclusive of the cycadales but together with certain exotic
species. *$4.50. Ginn.

7–23272.

“The book is divided into two parts, the first entitled “Anatomy,” the
second “Systematic.” Under anatomy (192pp.) a detailed account of the
regions and elements of mature gymnosperm wood is given, including
discussions of durability, decay, and general phylogeny. In the
systematic part (157pp.) a synopsis of the genera and species of
cordaitales, ginkgoales, and coniferales is presented, based entirely
on wood characters, and including so far as possible the economic
values.”—Bot. Gaz.

* * * * *

“A very painstaking and a unique book. The book will certainly be
highly useful in its practical applications and also as a great
assistance in the recognition of fossil material.” J. M. C.

+ =Bot. Gaz.= 45: 417. Je. ’08. 620w.

Reviewed by C: E. Bessey.

+ =Science=, n.s. 28: 609. O. 30, ’08. 600w.

* =Pennell, Elizabeth Robins (Mrs. Joseph Pennell), and Pennell, Joseph.= Life of James McNeill Whistler. 2v. *$10. Lippincott.

Whistler who authorized the Pennells to write his biography, during a
number of years before his death furnished them with personal
reminiscences, anecdotes, correspondence, and various other data. This
material with the addition of other first hand facts gathered from his
family after his death is ample for the complete intimate, sympathetic
biography which has been produced. “As a collection of Whistler
pictures, also, the work is of remarkable value, the reproductions
made for the Pennells, at Whistler’s order, bringing to light etchings
and drawings which have not before been made public.” (Lit. D.)

* * * * *

“The book is a conscientious endeavor to put before the reader
Whistler as he really was—as he appeared to those privileged to know
him intimately. A few inaccuracies have crept in. The numerous
illustrations constitute a feature of great interest. Taken together
they afford a more extended glimpse of the range and character of
Whistler’s art than has hitherto been available.” F: W. Gookin.

+ + − =Dial.= 45: 448. D. 16, ’08. 2000w.

“The Pennells appear to have maintained a balance both of judgment and
taste that fully justifies the artist’s choice and designation of
them.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 36: sup. 59. D. ’08. 300w.

“Is unusually complete, supplying many details regarding the famous,
eccentric artist which have hitherto been lost in obscurity.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 906. D. 12, ’08. 170w.

“One may sometimes take exception to the particular form of praise
indulged in.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 532. N. 26, ’08. 2000w.

“The pattern of intercourse and incident is intricate enough, and the
background of misunderstanding and injustice that frequently appears
is, of course, sombre, but the harmony of the whole is marvelously
kept, and the reader sees a Whistler of many sides but of one
inspiration.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 682. N. 21, ’08. 2200w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 747. D. 5, ’08. 200w.

“One of the most interesting chapters in Mr. and Mrs. Pennell’s book
is the account of Whistler’s experiment in teaching, the ‘Académie
Carmen.’” Laurence Binyon.

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 571. N. 7, ’08. 1800w.

“The book is a sympathetic record rather than an impartial criticism,
and the painter’s personality, no less than his art, is treated with
loving approbation.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 779. N. 14, ’08. 1700w.

=Peple, Edward Henry.= Spitfire. †$1.50. Moffat.

8–24456.

An “ingenious yarn of the sea and stolen jewels and characters at
cross purposes.... ‘The Spitfire’ is a yacht, and it is strongly
suggested by several people, beside the author, that the name
describes the heroine of the yacht’s log for its last eventful
voyage.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“A good story, of the kind which does not depend upon minute analysis
or subtile psychology for its interest.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 786. O. 1, ’08. 280w.

“There is plenty of action in the plot, and if occasionally the author
permits himself a certain amount of license in grammatical
construction, and loads his descriptive passages with colloquialisms,
he no doubt hopes thus to preserve the atmosphere of the story, which
is not that of the classics.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 541. O. 3, ’08. 260w.

=Perry, Arthur Cecil, jr.= Management of a city school. *$1.25.
Macmillan.

8–10626.

Here are discussed the problems of public school administration from
the standpoint of the principal, rather than that of the
superintendent or the teacher. The author sets forth the work of the
principal; his duties; his responsibilities to the state, public,
authorities, and pupils; his problems; and the principles which should
direct his administrative work.

* * * * *

“Suggestive and helpful.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 202. Je. ’08.

+ =Ind.= 65: 319. Ag. 6, ’08. 60w.

“The book should be helpful to young principals and to those who are
fitting themselves for such work; and it can be read with profit by
all who are concerned in the work of the public schools.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 399. Ap. 30, ’08. 140w.

=Perry, Bliss.= Park-Street papers. **$1.25. Houghton.

8–28842.

Five papers concerned with the Atlantic monthly, with its Park street
home, and with some of its distinguished writers of the past. The
contents are: Atlantic prologues, (five toastmaster addresses); The
centenary of Hawthorne, The centenary of Longfellow, Thomas Bailey
Aldrich, Whittier for to-day; and The editor who was never an editor.

* * * * *

“Graceful essays.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 263. N. ’08.

“Marked by his customary geniality of temper and lightness of touch,
with just enough of artistic detachment to lend grace and freedom to
his style without rendering it too coldly impersonal, ‘Park-Street
papers’ maintain the high standard of their author’s work as essayist
and literary critic.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 297. N. 1, ’08. 300w.

“Those who read the sober little volume will feel nearer, kinder to
that dignified periodical, the ‘Atlantic monthly,’ just as they might
feel more intimate with any other old ‘grande dame’ after looking at
her family album and the skeletons in her closet.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1244. N. 26, ’08. 160w.

“He has the ‘toastmaster’s’ fondness for life under its social,
cultivated, and genial aspects, and, having a genuine esteem for the
characters of his guests, displays at times a toastmasterly indulgence
to their literary deficiencies.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 437. N. 5, ’08. 430w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 785. D. 19, ’08. 430w.

=Person, Harlow Stafford.= Industrial education: a system of
training for men entering upon trade and commerce. (Hart,
Schaffner and Marx prize essays.) **$1. Houghton.

7–22413.

“The volume deals with the training required by young men who would
fit themselves for the higher positions in industry or commerce, and
the need of providing such training in the United States.... His
opinion clearly is that while commercial training should be offered in
high schools, collegiate courses, and professional departments, the
ideal conditions can be found, only in distinctly professional
instruction, open solely to those who have already completed a liberal
education.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Admirable brief discussion entirely from viewpoint of higher
education.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 82. Mr. ’08.

=Cath. World.= 87: 112. Ap. ’08. 150w.

“We disagree strenuously with the implication in the author’s
statement that ‘the training for work should not be weakened by having
to carry the burden of training for culture.’ The monograph is an
interesting and valuable study.” David Kinley.

+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 115. F. ’08. 500w.

“His book is a useful contribution to an important branch of
educational discussion.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 80. Ja. 23, ’08. 190w.

“The book is suggestive rather than exhaustive.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 188. Ap. 4, ’08. 600w.

=Peters, Rev. John Punnett=, ed. Annals of St. Michael’s; being the
history of St. Michael’s Protestant Episcopal church, New York,
for one hundred years, 1807–1907. **$3.50. Putnam.

7–31234.

“The history of St. Michael’s church of this city is more than an
account of the founding and growth of a particular parish, with its
petty trials, its varying fortunes according to the abilities of its
leaders, and its trivial enterprises of merely parochial
significance.... It constitutes an important part of the history of
the development of the upper part of New York city, its old families,
its marvelous material changes, its schools, hospitals, orphanages,
and institutions for the variously afflicted.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“A model of what a history of an important church should be.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 321. F. 6, ’08. 100w.

“The story is told with fidelity to fact, skill in narration, and with
an enthusiasm that sustains the reader’s attention throughout.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 220. Mr. 5, ’08. 470w.

“Mr. Peters has assembled much that is of great interest in the
development of New York.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 729. N. 16, ’07. 170w.

* =Peters, Rev. Madison Clinton.= Justice to the Jew; new ed. rev. **75c. McClure.

8–9751.

“The present edition of a work published nine years ago, and now
re-written, is a strong statement of facts which demonstrate the
irrationality of prejudice against any Jew because he is a Jew. It
comes with peculiar force from one who confesses that he himself was
once blinded by such prejudice.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 278. N. ’08.

“Dr. Peters is not always duly careful in statement or temperate in
language, but blemishes of such sort are venial in comparison with the
unreason and inhumanity at which he strikes.”

+ − =Outlook.= 88: 884. Ap. 18, ’08. 100w.

* =Peters, Rev. Madison Clinton.= Strenuous career, or Short steps to success. *$1.25. Laird.

8–17545.

“The volume is packed with edifying examples of worldly success
attained in the face of obstacles; and these are strung together on a
thread of good common-sense moralizing. The author warns his readers
that the fruits of success turn to ashes in the mouth unless the
success sought be a high and worthy one. True success, he points out,
‘lies not in getting what you desire, but in achieving that which will
elevate and ennoble yourself and at the same time confer some benefit
on your kind,—a success which will be measured by its contribution to
the world’s welfare and happiness.’”—Dial.

* * * * *

“It is characteristic of the country.” F. M. Colby.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 20. S. ’08. 800w.

“The combination of worldly wisdom with sound moral standards, which
the author shows, makes the book a safe and helpful one to put in the
hands of aspiring youths.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 257. O. 16, ’08. 170w.

=Phillips, Alfred E.= Surveying. $1.50. Am. school of
correspondence.

8–8482.

“Gives in clear form practical instruction in the use of
surveying-instruments and the method of plain surveying, including
plotting, levelling, triangulation, line running, cross sectioning,
traversing and other details of field work.”—Engin. Rec.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 294. D. ’08.

“While it has little to distinguish it from any one of many similar
works, yet it seems to be well adapted to the purposes of a
correspondence school.”

+ =Engin. N.= 58: 659. D. 12, ’07. 50w.

“The information is given in a clear manner.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 57: 26. Ja. 4, ’08. 60w.

=Phillips, David Graham.= Old wives for new. †$1.50. Appleton.

8–8091.

The story of a man who weds a thin slip of a maiden. “Sophy, the slip
grows fat—and grows fat with all the pomp and circumstance of flesh.
No details are spared. Meanwhile Sophy’s husband (who herds railways
like sheep) grows ever more natty and fastidious.” (N. Y. Times.) “By
this time neither loves the other, so they obtain new partners without
disgrace or even embarrassment.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“It is a powerful story, as unpleasant as it is vividly faithful to
conditions as they exist.”

+ − =Arena.= 39: 509. Ap. ’08. 750w.

“As vigorous and straightforward a story as we have now come to expect
from this writer.” G. I. Colbron.

+ =Bookm.= 27: 495. Jl. ’08. 700w.

“It would be useless to try to find a moral in this incoherent
fabrication, which is one of the most revolting books, in both
incident and general plan, that we have ever read.” W: M. Payne.

− − =Dial.= 44: 350. Je. 1, ’08. 350w.

“In making so much of the purely physical attractions and repulsions
between unhappily mated characters, Mr. Phillips offended the instinct
for decency of the sounder millions of Americans.”

− =Ind.= 64: 808. Ap. 9, ’08. 750w.

“Setting out with a theme which is ignoble in most of its external
aspects, he has not a touch to refine or even to lighten it.”

− =Nation.= 86: 264. Mr. 19, ’08. 350w.

“Substance is furnished by some very truthful pictures of real
every-day America—good and bad—but the author has depended—like the
makers of many modern plays—upon his ‘specialties’ to catch the
public.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 187. Ap. 4, ’08. 550w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 210. Ap. 11, ’08. 20w.

“There are introduced scenes and incidents that are far from nice
reading, that are vulgar and disgusting in themselves, whatever may
have been the author’s moral purpose.”

− =Outlook.= 88: 838. Ap. 11, ’08. 130w.

“Mr. Phillips has lavished paint on his picture to a degree
approaching vulgarity.” Charlotte Harwood.

− =Putnam’s.= 4: 621. Ag. ’08. 130w.

+ − =R. of Rs.= 37: 762. Je. ’08. 70w.

=Phillips, Henry Wallace.= Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch. †$1.50.
Bobbs.

8–30248.

A slight story that tells how a maltreated little waif darted into the
life of a dispirited gold hunter, and how the lad’s coming was the
beginning of happier days at the Gulch tho not until a severe test of
courage proved the boy’s metal.

=Phillips, Stephen.= New poems. **$1.25. Lane.

7–34791.

A group of poems including practical pieces, and verse that appeals to
the emotions and to the sense of beauty.

* * * * *

“Not up to the average of the author’s earlier work, but the large
libraries will want it for the student and lover of English
literature.”

− + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 82. Mr. ’08.

“We fear that Mr. Phillips’s reputation will gain but little by this
volume. Good lines—indebted for their charm, in great measure, to
hints of Tennyson—stand out from the ruck with an added prominence;
and, on the other hand, lines are not lacking which are noteworthy by
reason of their inferiority.”

− + =Ath.= 1908. 1: 156. F. 8. 1100w.

“Left entirely to his own resources, Mr. Phillips does not seem to us
a vertebrate poet, but he can drape the limbs of old romance in very
graceful folds.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 44: 74. F. 1, ’08. 320w.

“If this were the author’s first volume, one would call it promising;
from a proved craftsman it is merely slovenly.” Brian Hooker.

+ − =Forum.= 39: 527. Ap. ’08. 400w.

“The best of Mr. Phillips is not his thought nor his emotion, nor the
interaction of both; it is his expression. He is content, as a rule,
to take a good story or a respectable idea, and tell it with all the
resources at his command. The new book as a whole, gives the
impression that the poet has come to a pause in his development. The
old qualities are here, with a finer feeling than before for the point
where enough has been said.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 364. N. 29, ’07. 1150w.

“Like most of the lesser versifiers of the day, his virtue is in the
sensuous, unthinking perception of beauty.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 590. D. 26, ’07. 280w.

“The present volume is very well worth reading as an exemplification
of his skill, and especially as showing, upon the whole, a distinct
advance upon the ‘Poems’ of 1900.”

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 849. D. 21, ’07. 460w.

“There are good lines in Mr. Phillips’s poem, but there is very little
uplift of vision, and sometimes his verse drops to a level of
commonplace prose.”

+ − =Outlook.= 88: 142. Ja. 18, ’08. 370w.

“He is now a deft workman in his own spacious vein. These verses for
the most part have a fluent tinkle, a kind of obvious succulence,
which makes them in a way readable. Such readability, however, is more
remote from true standards of poetry than any amount of frankly bad
verse.”

− + =Sat. R.= 104: 637. N. 23, ’07. 280w.

“The poems almost without exception are characteristic of Mr.
Phillips’s best work.”

+ + =Spec.= 99: 709. N. 9, ’07. 1770w.

=Phillips, Stephen, and Carr, J. Comyns.= Faust; freely adapted from
Goethe’s dramatic poem. **$1.25. Macmillan.

8–24861.

A free paraphrase of Goethe’s poem which “presents the main events of
the legend with a more narrow continuity of narrative; compresses into
comparatively few scenes the unrestrained sweep of Goethe’s epical
inventiveness; discards the subtler phases of the world-poet’s
philosophy, and reduces his main ideas to the simplicity demanded by a
theatre-going public that yawns while it asks to be amused.... The
authors have cut out and thrown away many passages of their original;
they have rearranged the order of the passages retained; but beyond
this they have set themselves scarcely any exercise of the
imagination.” (Forum.)

* * * * *

“The great departure from Goethe is, in my humble opinion, an
absolutely fatal mistake.” F: B. R. Hellems.

+ − =Atlan.= 102: 812. D. ’08. 3700w.

“Their task was special, and they have performed it admirably.” Philip
Littell.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 363. D. ’08. 800w.

“Considered merely as an adaption of Goethe’s poem to the uses of the
stage, this latest ‘Faust’ is thoroughly commendable. The present work
is largely a dilution of previous rendering of the great original.”
Walter Clayton.

+ − =Forum.= 40: 221. S. ’08. 1350w.

“Is worth reading for its own sake and for the sake of the comparison
that it invites with the huge masterpiece on which it is based.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1179. N. 19, ’08. 130w.

“In mere style and rhythm and facility Messrs. Phillips and Carr ...
have thus been able to produce the best version in English of Goethe’s
work. The condemnation and adaption of the poem to a workable drama
have been skilfully managed, though not always to our taste.”

+ + − =Nation.= 87: 294. S. 24, ’08. 730w.

“It is not a translation, and yet it has all the awkwardness of
one—the phrases that suggest imperfect understanding of the original
or the carelessness natural in handling ideas not our own. Indeed, of
carelessness there is more than enough.”

− =Sat. R.= 106: 611. N. 14, ’08. 130w.

=Phillips, Ulrich Bonnell.= History of transportation in the eastern
cotton belt to 1860. *$2.75. Macmillan.

8–1482.

“The present volume is concerned almost entirely with the development
of transportation in South Carolina and Georgia.... After an
introduction of twenty pages giving a general survey of the
transportation problems in the South, Professor Phillips devotes two
chapters to highway and canal development in lowland and upland South
Carolina prior to 1830. Then follow accounts of the Charleston and
Hamburg railroad and the premature Charleston project, the Georgia
railroad and banking company, the Central of Georgia system, the
Western and Atlantic (built by Georgia) and various minor branch
roads. The concluding chapter describes the beginning made during the
five years before the war in the integration and co-operation of the
hitherto independent roads, and summarizes the effects of the railways
upon social and economic organization.”—J. Pol. Econ.

* * * * *

“Professor Phillips has written a scholarly book rich in detail. He
has placed students of social as well as economic history under
lasting obligations.” E. R. Johnson.

+ + =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 539. O. ’08. 650w.

“The investigation is both thoro and interesting, and the relations of
transportation to the wider economic interests are never lost sight
of.”

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 562. S. ’08. 140w.

=Phillpotts, Eden.= Mother of the man. †$1.50. Dodd.

8–4037.

Such a mother as Ibsen foresaw for the rearing of sturdy sons is
portrayed in this peculiarly strong tale with its convincing men and
women. The hero is a hot-headed, untamed youth, restless with the
surging of warring elemental passions. The mother’s wisdom and justice
apparent in her swift play of mind offer the restraining and
developing influences that finally bring the son thru pain and turmoil
to the light.

* * * * *

“The plot is simple, the delineation of character masterly and
delicate, the descriptions of the enchanting moors exquisite.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 111. Ap. ’08. ✠

“Mr. Phillpotts has a famous style, rich and generous, and his moor
draws the best out of him. His pictures of nature are singularly vivid
and delectable. The most notable point in this book is the greater
ease and quietness which his methods have acquired.”

+ + =Ath.= 1908, 1: 221. F. 22. 350w.

“A book which is hard to discuss in terms of calm, every-day
criticism. It is the sort of novel the thoughtful reader will want to
keep, that he may return to it again and again, to browse here and
there upon its pages. In a word, this novel is that rare and beautiful
thing, the work of a poet who has something to say.” J. Marchand.

+ + =Bookm.= 27: 60. Mr. ’08. 320w.

“The most human, the most appealing, the wisest and the most lovable
of mothers in recent fiction. Eden Phillpotts has written his
strongest book, so far, in ‘The mother of the man’ with a ripeness and
restrained power rarely excelled.”

+ + =Ind.= 64: 752. Ap. 2, ’08. 250w.

“None of these people have ‘cultivated’ minds. We have not to solve
them as intricate puzzles, but to watch them unfold in character and
meaning, simply and beautifully, by what they say and do—rather than
like Mr. James’s people, complexly and often beautifully, by the play
of his fancy about them.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 219. Mr. 5, ’08. 700w.

“This last is perhaps his finest work; it moves with greater freedom,
and gives evidence that the writer is growing with each book he gives
us.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 118. F. 29, ’08. 580w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 342. Je. 13, ’08. 180w.

“The plot is slight and the action far too sluggish, but the
workmanship and the intellectual quality are of the best.”

+ − =Outlook.= 88: 512. F. 29, ’08. 160w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 767. Je. ’08. 150w.

=Phillpotts, Eden.= Virgin in judgment. †$1.50. Moffat.

8–29741.

“This story contains a dozen capital portraits of rural men and women,
dwellers on Dartmoor some half-century ago. The lives of the three
protagonists culminate in tragedy, the legitimate outcome of clashing
temperaments. Rhoda Bowden’s affections are all centered in her
brother David.... David has married Madge, who is Rhoda’s antithesis,
a woman compact of sympathy and love. Jealous for her brother’s
honour, Rhoda charges Madge with unfaithfulness to him. Madge is
innocent, but unlucky circumstances lend colour to the accusation, and
Rhoda’s harshness drives her to self-destruction. Rhoda learns the
truth too late and loses her brother’s love.”—Sat. R.

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 65: 1183. N. 19, ’08. 30w.

“The principal charm of this book will lie for many readers in its
picture of the rustic community as a whole. The writer’s chief
distinction lies, perhaps, in his well-nigh Shakespearean respect and
liking for simple and dull people.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 605. D. 17, ’08. 540w.

“The end is so sudden, so unexplained, and so unnecessary. It is
pathetic, but it lacks justification; pathos is a mere trick of
technique, but tragedy is proof of the artist.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 584. O. 17, ’08. 600w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 617. O. 24, ’08. 30w.

“It is doubtful whether Phillpotts has surpassed ‘The virgin in
judgment’ in any of his previous novels. He lies full length upon
Mother Earth, but he gazes up into the depths of the sky.”

+ + =Outlook.= 90: 749. N. 28, ’08. 330w.

“Here is a matter for sadness, but there is mirth too, for the author
gives us pages of humorous dialogue, as well as glimpses of content in
many a cottage. We feel, as we read, that his touch in
characterisation is sure and his outlook upon life is sane.”

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

=Phillpotts, Eden, and Bennett, Enoch Arnold.= The statue: a story
of international intrigue and mystery. †$1.50. Moffat.

8–22564.

A story which “centers about a gigantic and mysterious statue built in
the grounds of his country place by a financier of international
reputation. A loan to the government of Morocco, which involves the
possibility of a European war and survival or downfall of an English
ministry, the murder of the great financier at the foot of his statue,
a dramatic trial, an escape from prison, and the final revelation of
the secret of the statue, provide ample complications and incidents.”
(Outlook.)

* * * * *

“Is no more than a melodramatic tale of ingenious intrigue, of
mysterious crime, and of detection and retribution. Taking it upon
this low level, the story is effective.” W: M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 45: 296. N. 1, ’08. 130w.

“It is the kind of thing the cheap magazines print—a tale of murder
and supposed mystery, with suitable embellishment of ‘love interest.’”

− =Nation.= 87: 290. S. 24, ’08. 240w.

“Too serious development of an ingenious tangle of circumstances. The
end is surprising in its hopelessly improbable character.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 488. S. 5, ’08. 280w.

“The secret is ingenious, but as a _dénouement_ it is disappointing.”

− + =Outlook.= 90: 135. S. 19, ’08. 120w.

=Phyfe, William H. P.= Twelve thousand words often mispronounced.
**$1.25. Putnam.

8–16935.

A revised and enlarged edition of “10,000 words often mispronounced”
with a supplement of two thousand additional words. It is a complete
hand-book of difficulties in English pronounciation, including an
unusually large number of proper names and words and phrases from
foreign languages.

=Phythian, John Ernest.= Fifty years of modern painting, Corot to
Sargent; with 8 il. in colour and 32 in half-tone. *$3.50. Dutton.

8–17199.

Written from the English point of view this study follows the progress
made in the field of art during the latter half of the nineteenth
century. The Preraphaelites and the impressionists figure largely in
the treatment, with mainly such phases of other artists’ work as have
contributed directly or indirectly to the success of these two
schools.

* * * * *

“A useful compilation covering subjects difficult to get in one
volume.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 202. Je. ’08.

“The book cannot be regarded as important, but it is conscientious,
and as original as is required by its purpose.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 548. O. 31. 230w.

“The title is misleading and untrue as an indication of what the book
really is. ‘Modern painting’ is not English painting alone. It would
almost seem as if the two parts had been written at different times
and put together without any proper relation to each other.” W. C.
Larned.

− + =Dial.= 45: 340. N. 16, ’08. 1100w.

“Is not a well-proportioned book. The book is of no importance,
critically, but may have its uses as a popular account of the art of
the last half of the nineteenth century.”

− + =Nation.= 86: 542. Je. 11, ’08. 230w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 233 Ap. 18, ’08. 220w.

“Is at times characteristically British and insular in tone.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 296. My. 23, ’08. 440w.

“The review is inadequate in its comprehension of what America has
done for modern painting.”

− + =Outlook.= 89: 863. Ag. 15, ’08. 300w.

“A readable, well-informed, and eminently fair-minded book.” Laurence
Binyon.

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 527. Ap. 25, ’08. 1050w.

=Phythian, John Ernest.= Trees in nature, myth and art. il. **$1.50.
Jacobs.

W 8–60.

“A book which tells what men have thought and said about trees, how
artists have painted them, rather than a discussion of trees
themselves. Mr. Phythian talks in a pleasant leisurely way about myths
and artists and art and the more or less scientific fancies of
unscientific observers.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“On account of its weakness in originality and insufficient power of
expression, we fear that we must place it too near the category of
those books to the writing of which there is no end.”

− + =Acad.= 73: 86. N. 2, ’07. 1500w.

“The worst point about the book is that the author is always throwing
off suggestions more interesting than his main argument.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 696. N. 30. 400w.

“Mr. Phythian’s book will interest those who, less active, still love
to lounge in grove or glade and dream of the stately procession of the
friendly trees.” T: H. Macbride.

+ =Dial.= 44: 342. Je. 1, ’08. 200w.

“Mr. Phythian is at his best when he treats of trees in art, and is
least satisfying in the chapters which describe them in nature.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 348. N. 15. ’07. 1000w.

=Pier, Garrett Chatfield.= Inscriptions of the Nile monuments: a
book of reference for tourists. **$5. Putnam.

8–19581.

“The translations here presented of the more important and interesting
inscriptions that challenge the traveler’s curiosity recall the
vanished life of that once mighty kingdom in clear reality—the
Pharaohs and priests, the conquerors and magicians, the beliefs and
customs, of three and four thousand years ago. These inscriptions,
together with the photographs accompanying the text, make up a rare
‘book of remembrance’ for the returned traveler, as well as a guide
and interpreter for the tourist. The translated inscriptions are
accompanied with adequate historical and other notes and comments, and
the photographs are of superior quality.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 65: 783. O. 1, ’08. 140w.

“Occasionally he has done violence to English construction by
following very closely the Egyptian order of words; at times, however,
this method adds to the picturesqueness of the versions. Printed on
thinner paper and in smaller type, some of the 130 illustrations might
suffer, but the book would gain, and it would certainly prove not only
a practicable, but an interesting and a profitable companion on a Nile
voyage and on a temple pilgrimage.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 528. N. 26, ’08. 420w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 404. Jl. 18, ’08. 200w.

“The selection is made with good judgment, and the author’s long
residence in Egypt makes him fully competent for his task.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 673. N. 14, ’08. 2000w.