Chapter XLV: Book 1: , The heavenly bodies; Book 2, The constellations; Book 3, Times (10)

“He holds that nobody can understand modern Japan until he shall have
acquired a fair knowledge of the old life of the nation, and the
purpose of his book is to help the world to that acquisition. No doubt
it will be helpful in that way.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 563. O. 10, ’08. 200w.

=Schwed, Hermine.= Ted in mythland. **$1. Moffat.

7–26321.

Ted runs away with the little bronze Mercury that had “led him on”
from the mantelpiece heights. His adventures are told in this
fairyland myth book.

* * * * *

“Even tho some might approve of the method, there is a lack of
artistic handling in this book which forces both prose and poetry to
become the vehicle, nor can we say much for the verses, which lack
spirit.” M. J. Moses.

− =Ind.= 63: 1479. D. 19, ’07. 100w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 618. O. 12, ’07. 80w.

=Scoble, Herbert T.= Land treatment of sewage: a digest of the
reports made to the Royal commission on sewage disposal by their
specially-appointed officers. *$2. Van Nostrand.

W8–99.

“The results of a study of eight English farms in which the following
points were noted: (1) The composition of the sewage and the
preparation before passing on the land; (2) the nature of the soil and
the sub-soil; (3) figures relating to acreage, population, etc.; (4)
method of treatment of sewage and cropping the land; and (5) analysis
of the quality of the effluent as compared with sewage and with
stream.”

* * * * *

+ =Engin. D.= 3: 306. Mr. ’08. 200w.

“Promises to be of interest and value to those to whom the original
documents are not accessible, and, we may add, hardly worth the heavy
purchase price ($12) for any American not deeply interested in the
subject.”

+ =Engin. N.= 59: 210. F. 20, ’08. 150w.

“A valuable reference book.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 57: 26. Ja. 4, ’08. 150w.

=Scollard, Clinton.= Voices and visions. *$1. Sherman, French & co.

8–13940.

“There are three series, the first devoted to poems of life and
nature, in which the author’s felicity of phrase, his literary grace,
and his command of tripping meters are perhaps at their best; the
second to love poems, in which if there are no depths of passion there
are refinement of feeling and beauty of imagery, and poems of the
East, rich with Oriental color.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Of ... pretty futilities ... is the book made up.” W: M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 45: 64. Ag. 1, ’08. 170w.

+ =Nation.= 87: 35. Jl. 9, ’08. 140w.

“Mr. Scollard’s muse has always the true poetic lilt in her song, he
has a pretty thorough acquaintance with the technique in verse, he has
sentiment and fancy and a keen appreciation of the value of words.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 321. Je. 6, ’08. 220w.

=Scott, Colin Alexander.= Social education. *$1.25. Ginn.

8–17822.

A practical account of the life of the school from the standpoint of
the social forces which are at work among the pupils. The actual
activities of living children are studied, and much of the treatment
deals with the question of self-organized group work with the aim of
teaching principles of social democracy.

* * * * *

“Full of original and stimulating ideas.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 319. Ag. 6, ’08. 70w.

“The book will meet a need in teachers’ and parents’ meetings, reading
circles, etc., and ought to have a wide circulation as a most
effective means of helping to bring those who are within and outside
the school to a better understanding of some of the possibilities of
democratic education.” F. A. Manny.

+ =School. R.= 16: 554. O. ’08. 1200w.

=Scott, Ernest Findlay.= Apologetic of the New Testament. (Crown
theological lib., v. 22.) *$1.50. Putnam.

8–23276.

An examination of the form and substance of the New Testament writings
as directly determined by the practical needs of the early church.
“The early church had to defend itself against many foes. It had to
prove the real Messiahood of its Master, whose conception of that
office was different from the one current in Israel, and to make it
clear that a crucified Messiah best fulfilled the predictions of
prophecy. It also had to defend itself against Judaism, Paganism, and
Gnosticism; and how this was accomplished is traced in Gospels, Acts,
and Epistles. Then the claim of Christianity to be the final and
absolute religion had to be made rational, which is done in the
Epistle to the Hebrews and in the Fourth gospel.” (Hibbert J.)

* * * * *

“In this volume Mr. Scott has done excellent work. If we are to use
the New Testament as an apologetic with the help of Mr. Scott, he
ought to show what Christianity is apart from the doctrines by which
it is presented to thought.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 190. F. 15. 300w.

“Mr. Scott writes convincingly on his subject.” W. Jones Davies.

+ =Hibbert J.= 6: 939. Jl. ’08. 200w.

“Mr. Scott has a subject of great interest and importance, and his
volume is a worthy companion of his work on the Fourth gospel.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 73. Je. 23, ’08. 300w.

* =Scott, James Brown.= Texts of the peace conferences at the Hague, 1899 and 1907; with English translation and appendix of related documents; ed. with an introd.; prefatory note by Elihu Root. *$2. Pub. for the International school of peace by Ginn.

8–31994.

Aims to present to the English-speaking public the official French
texts of the two conferences, accompanied by an official English
translation and the diplomatic correspondence necessary to their
understanding, together with an appendix of documents relating to, and
explanatory of the various conventions of the two conferences. A
preftory note by Elihu Root states the importance of the conferences,
and an introduction by the editor supplies the necessary historical
setting.

* * * * *

+ + =Ind.= 65: 1304. D. 3, ’08. 230w.

“Professor Scott’s volume makes a very useful companion volume to
Prof. William J. Hull’s book on the two peace conferences.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 575. D. 10, ’08. 220w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 712. N. 28, ’08. 150w.

=Scott, Sir James George.= Burma: a handbook of practical
information; with special articles by recognised authorities on
Burma. il. *$2.50. Jacobs.

W 7–177.

“The practical information contained in this valuable handbook covers
the customary topics: the country with its geography and climate,
government, education and history, industries and culture, including
religion, art, literature, and the Burmese music. A series of
appendices give statistics of the different divisions and districts of
the province, with lists of species of flora and fauna, metals,
minerals, etc. Some three score illustrations, for the most part well
chosen, add materially to the book.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

* * * * *

“The book is full of interesting matter but so compact that it would
hardly be chosen for merely entertaining reading.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 150. My. ’08.

“It is by far the most convenient and satisfactory manual of
information about Burma.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 720. My. ’08. 300w.

“Is to be recommended not so much for its literary merit as for the
accuracy, completeness, and careful arrangement of its information,
although there are flashes here and there of the power of graphic
description that made the author’s earlier works, under the pseudonym
of ‘Shway Yoe,’ conspicuous. The one serious fault that might be found
with Sir George Scott is his indulgence in the practice of disparaging
all the statements made in Chinese histories on the subject of Burma.
Some misprints are due, perhaps, to the author’s absence when the book
was passing through the press.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 662. Je. 1. 1200w.

“We think that the handbook, besides being indispensable to the
tourist, is also well worth perusal by members of the non-travelling
public who are anxious to know all that can be told about one of the
most recent, and at the same time most interesting, possessions of the
British Crown.”

+ + =Nature.= 75: 440. Mr. 7, ’07. 1500w.

“It looks as if it did what it professes to do. The arrangement is all
that it should be.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 297. F. 23, ’07. 150w.

=Scott, John Reed.= Princess Dehra. †$1.50. Lippincott.

8–16520.

A mythical kingdom, a valiant American hero, a king’s daughter, the
king himself, a villainous plotter and his accomplice constitute, in
the main, the caste for this drama. When the king dies the American
and the villain are left to settle the question of succession by dint
of wit and sword. And this is the portion of the tale that provides
thrills.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 304. D. ’08.

Reviewed by W: M. Payne.

=Dial.= 45: 89. Ag. 16, ’08. 130w.

=Ind.= 65: 550. S. 3, ’08. 100w.

=Nation.= 87: 120. Ag. 6, ’08. 430w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 343. Je. 13, ’08. 200w.

“Effective but more or less conventional romance of love and
adventure.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 365. Je. 27, ’08. 350w.

=Scott, Ralph.= Automatic block signals and signal circuits. *$2.50.
McGraw.

8–7884.

American practice in the installation and maintenance of signals
electrically controlled, and operated by electric or other power with
descriptions of the accessories, now regarded as standard.
(Explanatory title.) The book is intended for the signal and railway
engineer, the electrician and the layman. The author’s method of
presentation is descriptive. Fully illustrated.

* * * * *

“The book furnishes much accurate information concerning modern
block-signal systems, logically arranged and expressed in simple
language.”

+ =Elec. World.= 51: 937. My. 2, ’08. 110w.

“The book is the only up-to-date work on the subject. It is an
authoritative as well as comprehensive treatise on the subject.”

+ + =Engin. Rec.= 57: 357. Mr. 21, ’08. 340w.

=Scott, Walter Dill.= Psychology of advertising: a simple exposition
of the principles of psychology in their relation to successful
advertising. *$2. Small.

8–26213.

The author states that it is the human mind with which advertising
deals; and so its only scientific basis is psychology which is simply
a systematic study of those same minds which the advertiser is seeking
to influence. He sets forth the principles at the root of advertising,
and with a carefully planned series of concrete illustrations shows
their relation to successful business.

* * * * *

=Dial.= 45: 299. N. 1, ’08. 280w.

=Ind.= 65: 1003. O. 29, ’08. 260w.

“A bright and suggestive work.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 812. N. 28, ’08. 180w.

“Some very interesting observations on a matter of grave importance to
business men are contained in ‘The psychology of advertising.’”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 525. S. 26, ’08. 300w.

“The book throughout is extremely suggestive.” W. K. Wright.

+ =Psychol. Bull.= 5: 396. D. 15, ’08. 880w.

=Scott, William. Riviera.= *$6. Macmillan.

8–3125.

“Mr. Scott takes an eager interest in the people and their past, as
well as in landscape, and he has ransacked local histories. He
describes not only the natives but the swarm of foreigners who flock
to the Riviera during the winter. Starting at Hyeres on the west, he
follows the magic sickle of sea and shore round to Sarzana, pausing at
many out-of-the-way places, making excursions up the valleys, or
sitting down beside some ruin to recount its story or merely to
chat.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“But with the praise of the pictures our praise of this book must end.
We have, indeed, seldom seen anything so incongruous as the pages and
pages, and chapters and chapters, of vapid criticism concerning hotel
visitors, hotel dinners, and custom-house officers, and the excellent
print in which it is enshrined.”

− + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 661. N. 23. 330w.

“Its illustrations depict both the gaiety and the quaintness of the
region, its tropically luxuriant vegetation, its crags and castles,
and its changeful blue sea. Altogether they give a complete and
artistic picture of the region which some one has called the loveliest
garden-spot of the earth. The text is filled with information, and it
is hard to think of a phase of the subject that it does not touch
upon.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 378. D. 1, ’07. 250w.

“There is a certain insular point of view, a typical British
condescension in some of his remarks. Mr. Scott is an agreeable guide,
not wholly deficient in humor; and his sketches are often very fine.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 567. D. 19, ’07. 250w.

=Seashore, Carl Emil.= Elementary experiments in psychology. *$1.
Holt.

8–15310.

A pre-laboratory study designed to meet the requirements for a series
of individual experiments in the first course of psychology. It is
intended to supplement any good text book.

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 65: 320. Ag. 6, ’08. 40w.

“The purpose for which the book will be found especially adapted is
that of providing a thoroughly good short laboratory course in
institutions which cannot afford laboratory equipment. As a means to
this end, it deserves the most cordial praise. Here and there points
for criticism appear. It is easier, however, to mention these very
trifling defects than to refer individually to the excellent and
ingenious features of the book.” M. F. Washburn.

+ − =Philos. R.= 17: 666. N. ’08. 550w.

“The experiments are judiciously selected. And, what is better, they
are described in terms which can scarcely fail to be thoroughly
understood by the average undergraduate. Moreover the significance of
the various forms of mental function is discussed in a manner which is
calculated to stimulate the interest of the student. The reviewer can
readily understand how it will prove to be a boon to many American
psychologists.” J. W. B.

+ =Psychol. Bull.= 5: 308. S. 15, ’08. 600w.

“It should be said with the brevity as well as with the emphasis
characteristic of the book itself that it accomplishes its purpose
with exceptional skill.” J. J.

+ =Science=, n.s. 27: 985. Je. 26, ’08. 280w.

=Seaver, Edwin Pliny=, comp. Mathematical handbook. *$2.50. McGraw.

7–40023.

A reference book containing the chief formulas of algebra,
trigonometry, circular and hyperbolic functions, differential and
integral calculus and analytical geometry, together with mathematical
tables.

* * * * *

“Contains a large amount of information in compact form for ready
reference by the mathematician and engineer.”

+ + =Elec. World.= 50: 1128. D. 7, ’07. 180w.

“Will find a wide use among engineers and mathematicians.”

+ + =Engin. D.= 3: 73. Ja. ’08. 230w.

+ + =Engin. N.= 58: 657. D. 12, ’07. 390w.

“The book is a substitute for many textbooks in the engineer’s working
library, and is far more complete than the mathematical chapters of
the popular handbooks.”

+ + =Engin. Rec.= 57: 26. Ja. 4, ’08. 190w.

“A well selected and carefully arranged collection of formulas and
tables.”

+ =Phys. R.= 26: 544. Je. ’08. 70w.

=Seawell, Molly Elliot.= Last duchess of Belgarde. †$1.25. Appleton.

8–17998.

The sad story of the last duchess of Belgarde who worshipping her
unworthy duke from a quiet corner fosters her determination to be
faithful to him, who when the French revolution breaks in all its fury
joins him in prison, and after a brief long-delayed honeymoon spent
within prison walls goes to the guillotine with him.

* * * * *

“The tale is done in the author’s best style.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 223. Je. ’08.

“The characters, we may add, are mere paper dolls, the incidents few
and not vivid. Yet despite the superficiality of plot and character,
the tale has the merit of simplicity and lack of pretense.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 36. Jl. 9, ’08. 270w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 344. Je. 13, ’08. 150w.

“A little classic so sweet and true in its sentiment, so firm and
clear in its characterization, and so wholesome in its morality that
it will do as much good as it will give pleasure.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 351. Je. 20, ’08. 500w.

“A slight, but perfectly wrought tale of the French revolution.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 532. Jl. 4, ’08. 50w.

=Sedgwick, Anne Douglas.= Amabel Channice. †$1.50. Century.

8–27496.

Married early in life to a man whom she does not love, Amabel Channice
yields to an infatuation for an artist, flees with him, breaks the
moral law, and, returning, cloisters herself in her husband’s lonely
Charlock house. Her husband’s comprehension that responded to her
great need, his protection of her and her illegitimate child arouse
her love for him which gives place to contempt when she learns of his
long life of continued dissoluteness. The woman’s conscience demands
that she risk her last chance at happiness thru her son’s love by
revealing to him her sin and the resulting smirch upon his life. The
son’s nobility and magnanimity are the saving elements in a strong
climax.

* * * * *

“An admirably written book in which there is nothing superfluous.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 537. O. 31. 100w.

“She knows how to give spiritual definitions to all that is stupid and
commonplace with an efficacy that is entirely too celestial to be
veracious.”

− + =Ind.= 65: 1062. N. 5, ’08. 700w.

− + =Nation.= 87: 466. N. 12, ’08. 300w.

“The book rises to a climax tender and inevitable, wholly
satisfactory.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 660. N. 7, ’08. 500w.

“The complications of the plot are perfectly fitted into each other,
and the result, apart from the great interest excited by the human
situation, is a distinct intellectual pleasure. Impresses the reader
with a profound sadness, only lightened by the wonderful skill of the
author’s style.”

+ − =Outlook.= 90: 748. N. 28, ’08. 200w.

“There is no denying that the novel leaves a painful impression on the
reader’s mind.”

− + =Spec.= 101: 785. N. 14, ’08. 200w.

=Sedgwick, Henry Dwight.= New American type, and other essays.
**$1.50. Houghton.

8–12605.

Reflectively informing and written from a modern viewpoint, these
essays are twelve as follows: The new American type, The mob spirit in
literature, Mrs. Wharton, Certain aspects of America, Exile, Charles
Russell Lowell, American colleges, A gap in education, Miss Anne
Douglas Sedgwick, Nations and the decalogue, Mark Twain, and The coup
d’état of 1861.

* * * * *

“Essays of popular character and more than ordinary charm, half
serious, half humorous.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 207. Je. ’08.

“Taking the volume as a whole, it is typical of the better class of
American essay writers.” F. M. Colby.

+ =Bookm.= 27: 404. Je. ’08. 1200w.

“The writer’s ideals are high, and his style that of a critic ‘of
natural gifts and educated taste, experienced in the humanities.’”

+ =Dial.= 44: 380. Je. 16, ’08. 420w.

+ =Ind.= 65: 492. Ag. 27, ’08. 480w.

+ =Nation.= 86: 511. Je. 4, ’08. 150w.

“His essays are distinguished by clearness of vision, sanity, aptness
of phrases, elevation of thought, insight—all the qualities that ought
to distinguish essays, that, in fact, almost always do distinguish
essays that reach the reviewers.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 251. My. 2, ’08. 900w.

“His mind has an edge, and his style bites at times like the point of
the etcher’s needle. He pays the reader the respect of stating his own
thought with the most uncompromising directness.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 810. Ag. ’08. 730w.

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.

=Putnam’s.= 5: 109. O. ’08. 780w.

=Seeberg, Reinhold.= Fundamental truths of the Christian religion.
(Crown theological lib.) *$1.50. Putnam.

A translation of a series of lectures given to German university
students urging the modern critical method of studying the Bible and
Christian doctrine.

* * * * *

“His sincerity is unquestioned, his learning extensive, his
philosophic penetration of high order. His lectures, in their English
version, scarcely do their author justice. It is doubtful if they will
convey much meaning to one who is unfamiliar with current German
theological discussion. Their treatment of large topics in metaphysics
and theology is much too brief to be clear.”

− + =Nation.= 87: 439. N. 5, ’08. 150w.

Reviewed by E. S. Drown.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 607. O. 24, ’08. 270w.

=Seguin, Edward.= Idiocy: and its treatment by the physiological
method. $2. Teachers’ college, Columbia univ.

E8–718.

Containing a discussion of our present knowledge of idiocy, The method
of treating idiots, The practice of the same, and An outline of the
direction to be given to the scientific efforts of the friends of
idiots and the apostles of universal education.

* * * * *

“It was a happy thought that led to the reprinting of this valuable
thesis for many years out of print. All teachers of backward children
should take advantage of this opportunity to secure the book.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 629. N. ’08. 90w.

=Seignobos, Charles.= History of medieval and of modern civilization
to the end of the seventeenth century, tr. and ed. by James Alton
James. *$1.25. Scribner.

7–29565.

Contains “selected topics of a nature to make the customs of each
society clear, and explanations intended to make it understood how
these customs were formed, modified and scattered.” “Many events are
indeed briefly recalled, but only because of their special connection
with the movement of civilization. The larger lines of political
development are indicated, and a resumé is given of the essentials of
medieval and early modern history with reference to institutions,
customs, ideas, art and letters.” (Am. Hist. R.)

* * * * *

“It adds relatively little to what is to be found in our better
manuals. Yet its matter is presented sometimes more truly than in our
manuals and often much more effectively; and the translators have
rendered, though not always with unswerving accuracy, on the whole
with commendable success, both the sense and the style of the
original.” E. W. Dow.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 391. Ja. ’08. 440w.

“There is little that is novel in his treatment and the point of view
taken is somewhat too French for Anglo-Saxon readers. Some of the
failings of the book are probably due to the translator or adapter,
whose English is rather stiff and wooden, and who owns to having made
excerpts from M. Seignobos’s work.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 611. O. 12, ’07. 160w.

=Selous, Frederick Courteney.= African nature notes and
reminiscences; with a “Foreword” by President Roosevelt. *$3.
Macmillan.

8–21506.

An interesting side light on some phases of natural history.
Observations made from experiences during thirty years of adventure in
Africa have resulted in the theory that carnivorous beasts hunt their
prey by scent rather than by sight. “President Roosevelt furnishes a
foreword in which he heartily supports, from his own observations in
the Rocky mountains, the views of the author as to the fallacy of much
of the theory as to protective coloration of animals.” (Nation.) There
are chapters on the hyena, the wild dog, the cheetah, the rhinoceros
and the giraffe.

* * * * *

“Though authorities on natural history may arrive at different
deductions, no one acquainted with the author will question the
correctness of his facts.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 124. Ag. 1. 700w.

“It is an attractively written narrative.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 165. Ag. 20, ’08. 530w.

“His remarkable sporting adventures are the more thrilling because of
their obvious truth, and the quiet style of narration.” H. H.
Johnston.

+ =Nature.= 78: 217. Jl. 9, ’08. 1500w.

“While the entire volume, through which rings the love of the free,
clean life of the wide open plains, may be described as a lifetime’s
close and intelligent study of the habits and ways of wild creation,
there runs through it a strain of adventurous excitement.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 700. My. 30, ’08. 500w.

=Seneca, Lucius Annæus.= Tragedies of Seneca; tr. into English
verse, to which have been appended comparative analyses of the
corresponding Greek and Roman plays, and a mythological index, by
Frank Justus Miller. *$3. Univ. of Chicago press.

7–40850.

Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“The translation is accurate and close and succeeds in preserving the
spirit at the same time.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 207. Je. ’08.

“The translation is not conspicuous for literary qualities.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 551. My. 2. 600w.

“On the whole this work, without being slavishly literal, is
remarkably true to the content and spirit of the original, and is
easily the most satisfying English version of the tragedies.” H. M.
Kingery.

+ − =Bookm.= 27: 276. My. ’08. 1450w.

“His tabulated comparison of the tragedies with their Greek originals
and his mythological index will be useful to students, and there is an
excellent introductory essay by Professor Manly on Seneca’s influence
on early English tragedy, of which the only complaint to be made is
that it is too short.” J: W. Cunliffe.

+ =Class. J.= 3: 336. Je. ’08. 500w.

“Professor Miller ... has succeeded in accomplishing the task of
giving new life and interest to these products of the rhetoric of the
early Roman empire.” David Magie, jr.

+ =Class. Philol.= 3: 363. Jl. ’08. 1100w.

“Of course one who searches will find errors.” H. M. Kingery.

+ − =Educ. R.= 36: 419. N. ’08. 860w.

“Professor Miller’s translation is not merely scholarly: it is fluent
and vigorous.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 1568. D. 26, ’07. 560w.

=Ind.= 65: 311. Ag. 6, ’08. 200w.

“Professor Miller deserves high credit for making the best of these
opportunities, and producing a book that is at once good reading in
English and a faithful reproduction of the spirit of the original. His
choruses are sometimes a trifle flat, missing the gravity of the
original, but, in the longer narrative and ornamental passages of the
dialogue he has been singularly successful.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 110. Ja. 30, ’08. 610w.

“It is a model of what translation should be, faithful both in spirit
and detail to its original, yet rendered into excellent English, and
into verse that gives us the illusion of reading Seneca himself.”
Christian Gauss.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 291. My. 23, ’08. 200w.

“Mr. Miller’s version, though fluent and easy, is wanting in force,
and often fails to catch the nervous energy of those terse, telling
phrases in which Seneca delights.”

− + =Spec.= 101: 131. Jl. 25, ’08. 1150w.

=Univ. Rec.= 12: 119. Ja. ’08. 400w.

=Serviss, Garrett Putnam.= Astronomy with the naked eye: a new
geography of the heavens; with descriptions and charts of
constellations, stars, and planets. **$1.40. Harper.

8–14345.

This book by means of star-charts is intended to acquaint the casual
observer with the appearance of the constellations, as viewed with the
naked eye, with their histories and mythologies, and with the stories
of their chief stars and star groups. The constellations are studied
according to the months during which they approach the meridian, the
north and south line of the sky. A separate chapter is given to the
study of the planets.

* * * * *

“Compared with Martin’s ‘Friendly stars’ the present volume offers
more information but lacks the charm of that book for reading.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 208. Je. ’08.

“It is an excellent guide to the study of the heavens, as a
preliminary to that of scientific astronomy.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 407. O. 3. 200w.

+ =Dial.= 44: 353. Je. 1, ’08. 230w.

+ =Ind.= 64: 1403. Je. 18, ’08. 220w.

“The work is well and systematically done.”

+ =Lit. D.= 36: 767. My. 23, ’08. 70w.

“Mr. Serviss is a clever writer, and the text is trustworthy ... but
the material is assembled in heterogeneous fashion, and the index is
very imperfect.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 473. My. 21, ’08. 170w.

“It is the charm of Serviss’s attractive book that it blends all that
is known of the stars and planets with all that has been imagined.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 288. My. 23, ’08. 750w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 344. Je. 13, ’08. 140w.

+ =Outlook.= 89: 351. Je. 13, ’08. 100w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 384. S. ’08. 30w.

=Serviss, Garrett Putnam.= Moon: a popular treatise. il. **$1.50.
Appleton.

7–34594.

“The author presents in dialogue or conversational method a familiar
and easily understood description of the important physical features
of the moon. Technicalities are avoided, and there is nothing that
would puzzle the reader of ordinary intelligence. The illustration is
quite remarkable in its own way, for it consists of a series of lunar
photographs showing the moon as it appears on successive evenings
throughout an entire month, while the text describes the mountains,
plains, and craters, as they are seen in the successive
photographs.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“While feminine characteristics are very obtrusive in the
conversations, the reader may judiciously skip these, and find a
wealth of accurate descriptive matter concerning the prominent
features of the lunar landscape.”

+ =Dial.= 44: 80. F. 1, ’08. 250w.

“The exquisite photographs—well reproduced—and the easily readable
text of this volume should ensure it a welcome from all classes of
readers, whether they be astronomers or not.” W. E. R.

+ =Nature.= 78: 101. Je. 4, ’08. 220w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 17. Ja. 11, ’08. 180w.

“This form is in fact a very convenient and sensible one for the
purpose in view, and Mr. Serviss has made use of it to advantage.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 544. N. 9, ’07. 160w.

“Mr. Serviss would have done better to stick to the ordinary method.
Some readers, however, may prefer his device, and as far as we have
tested the book it is quite trustworthy.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 200. Ag. 8, ’08. 140w.

=Seton, Ernest Thompson.= Natural history of the ten commandments.
**50c. Scribner.

7–36867.

Mr. Seton develops the theory that the decalogue is not arbitrary and
for man’s use alone, but that it exists in the greater order of things
and all highly developed animals obey its laws.

=Am. J. Theol.= 12: 673. O. ’08. 40w.

“Scoff as the reader may at the beginning, he is likely in the end to
consider the idea a possible argument for moral evolution.” M. E.
Cook.

+ =Dial.= 43: 418. D. 16, ’07. 180w.

“Some scientists will criticise it as imaginative; that, in our view,
is its virtue.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 42. Ja. 4, ’08. 90w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 113. Ja. ’08. 60w.

=Sewell, Elizabeth Missing.= Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell;
ed. by her niece Eleanor L. Sewell. *$1.50. Longmans.

The record of a busy useful life that extended over ninety-one years.
She identified herself thru life with literary interests, publishing
volumes of travel, history and fiction, the best known of the last
class being “Amy Herbert.” She became a pioneer worker in the movement
of more thoro education for girls, founding St. Boniface school in the
Isle of Wight.

* * * * *

“Her diary records much European travel. Her remarks on those she
encountered are acute.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 576. N. 9. 1700w.

“The story of her youth gives some interesting glimpses of social and
educational conditions in England during the early years of the last
century.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 86. F. 15, ’08. 260w.

“Told in a somewhat fragmentary manner. On the whole, however, the
picture is sufficiently complete.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 617. O. 26, ’07. 350w.

=Shaad, George C.= Power stations and power transmission. $1. Am.
school of correspondence.

7–37601.

A manual of approved American practice in the construction, equipment
and management of electrical generation stations, substations and
transmission lines, for power, lighting, traction, electrochemical and
domestic uses. The volume is divided into two parts, one on the power
station itself, and one on transmission.

* * * * *

“This book is free from those weaknesses of correspondence-school
books which have been criticised in these volumes. It should be a very
acceptable aid to those engineers who are called upon for such a great
variety of work that they cannot become specialists in this particular
branch.”

+ =Engin. N.= 58: 541. N. 14, ’07. 540w.

=Shallow, Edward B., and Cullen, Winifred T.= Nature study made
easy. *40c. Macmillan.

8–29747.

A series of lessons for the fourth grade of the New York city schools.
While essentially a reading book the subject matter is suitable for
nature study.

* * * * *

“There is a great deal of good and usable material in the book, but it
is so badly confused with make-believe conversation, impersonation,
emotionalism, and faulty science, that _instead of making nature-study
easy_, it would seem to the reviewer that the book must join that mass
of pseudo-nature literature which is really making it very hard for a
real nature-study to take a place in the school curriculum.” O. W.
Caldwell.

− + =El. School T.= 8: 616. Je. ’08. 460w.

“The form of the book will lead many teachers to encourage reading
more than observing. While it may for a time be useful for unprepared
teachers, it is certainly not going to help much in solving the most
pressing problems of nature study for city schools.”

− + =Ind.= 65: 316. Ag. 6, ’08. 100w.

=Shambaugh, Bertha Maud.= Amana, the community of true inspiration.
$3. State hist. soc. of Iowa, Iowa City, la.

8–19211.

The first detailed study of the Amana community of Iowa. Believing
that “divine inspiration and revelation are just as real and potent
to-day as in the time of Moses” these communists in both their church
and their society are bringing into realization the oracular power of
the Biblical prophets. “The people are graded into three spiritual
orders. Celibacy is praised, marriage is permitted; but marriage
reduces the pair temporarily to the lowest spiritual rank, and so does
the birth of each child. There are no amusements, no school vacations,
no politics. Daily prayer-meetings center all interest in the
salvation of the soul.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“An extraordinarily interesting account of the life of this unique
group.”

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 185. O. ’08. 350w.

“The author’s style is good; her account readable.” Carl Kelsey.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 636. N. ’08. 260w.

“The first thoro study of the community.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 383. Ag. 13, ’08. 60w.

“Of peculiar present interest is this account.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 815. Ag. 8, ’08. 400w.

“A sympathetic and well-proportioned account of the social and
spiritual growth of Amana.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 511. O. ’08. 120w.

=Shamel, Charles H.= Mining, mineral and geological law. $5. Hill
pub. co.

7–42017.

A treatise on the law of the United States involving geology,
mineralogy and allied sciences as applied in mining, real estate,
public land, United States customs and other litigation; also the
acquisition and maintenance of mining rights in the public domain and
obtaining patents for mineral land under the United States mining
laws. (Explanatory title.) It is designed for the lawyer as well as
the practical man.

* * * * *

“A concise but thorough discussion of the scientific topics which are
important in connection with mining litigation is given in the
beginning of the work, and its value is supplemented by an excellent
bibliography on these subjects.”

+ =Engin. D.= 3: 305. Mr. ’08. 320w.

=Engin. N.= 59: 83. Ja. 16, ’08. 400w.

=Sharp, Archibald.= Balancing of engines: steam, gas, and petrol: an
elementary text-book, using principally graphical methods; for the
use of students, draughtsmen, designers, and buyers of engines.
*$1.75. Longmans.

7–42489.

“This book discusses in detail the methods of obtaining good balances
of the inertia forces of engines, and also briefly considers the
question of uniform torque on the crank-shaft. The treatment is
largely graphical, and the author has included original methods which
he believes will greatly facilitate the computations of engine
designers. Exercises for the use of students are appended to nearly
all of the chapters.”—Technical Literature.

* * * * *

“As a whole, the book before us is admirably clear and well written.
The most important contribution which Mr. Sharp makes is in his
discussion of the kinetic energy of pistons and connecting rods.” L.
S. Marks.

+ + =Engin. N.= 59: 80. Ja. 16, ’08. 960w.

=Technical Literature.= 2: 583. D. ’07. 100w.

=Sharp, Dallas Lore.= Lay of the land. **$1.25. Houghton.

8–27140.

“Fifteen brief talks on the small neighbors that share our home
fields—the muskrat, the buzzard, the owl, the woodchuck, the hundred
other small and large, but always busy, souls that have bodies to feed
and must feed them chiefly when we are not looking—that is, not
looking closely.” (Ind.) “The author retains enough of the scientific
temper to keep him accurate and safe from undue romancing, but not
enough to kill sentiment.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“It will interest young people as much as adults.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 296. D. ’08. ✠.

“The volume might well have been named from its best chapter, ‘A cure
for winter.’”

+ =Dial.= 45: 297. N. 1, ’08. 370w.

“He is a born naturalist, a true lover of nature, and has the art
which is not easily acquired—the art of Thoreau, of John Burroughs, of
Gilbert White, of Selborne—of making interest where we poor, sightless
creatures make a dead loss of our time.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1125. N. 12, ’08. 250w.

=Sharp, Evelyn.= Nicolete. †$1.50. Brentano’s.

The author introduces her readers to a “feckless but charming” family,
inhabiting an old Tudor manor house. The father, an artist, belonging
to “the fascinating, irresponsible order of beings,” and his beautiful
wife bring up their seven children “on much love and a minimum of
common-sense.” The sixth child, Nicolete, is the heroine of the story.
She “combines the best qualities of both parents, but [is] destined by
her loyalty and unworldliness to be perpetually victimized by her
brothers and sisters.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“Miss Sharp is one of the lucky people who write with charm, whatever
their subject may be. Her children are always delightful, spontaneous,
and really childlike, and, if many of her other characters are but
grown-up children, they are none the worse for that.”

+ + =Acad.= 73: 849. Ag. 31, ’07. 230w.

“The narrative opens with some amusing sketches of child life, and is
throughout bright and wholesome.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 204. Ag. 24. 170w.

“Various phases of London and suburban social life are described, all
with a sure touch that reveals a wide knowledge and experience on the
part of the author.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 92. F. 15, ’08. 300w.

“The book is readable, and more, right through, but the humour and
freshness of the first part eclipse the somewhat long-drawn sequel,
excellent though that sequel is as a study of an artistic temperament,
hampered by environment and the possession of a conscience.”

+ + − =Spec.= 99: 207. Ag. 24, ’07. 1320w.

=Shaw, Albert.= Outlook for the average man. **$1.25. Macmillan.

7–39228.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 84. Mr. ’08.

Reviewed by E. S. Bradford.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 460. S. ’08. 400w.

“His volume, although frankly remaining a series of talks rather than
a book, has more unity than most collections of this sort; and it is
hopeful and helpful.”

+ =Dial.= 44: 109. F. 16, ’08. 420w.

“Its well-reasoned optimism is founded on wide knowledge and sincere
human sympathy. Its analysis of present conditions, and its
interpretation of them, are well-nigh authoritative.”

+ =Educ. R.= 35: 206. F. ’08. 80w.

“Dr. Shaw’s work is judicial and dignified, tuned for presentation to
academic audiences, but yet quite radical in tone and spacious in
outlook.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 418. F. 20, ’08. 180w.

=J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 50. Ja. ’08. 90w.

+ =Lit. D.= 36: 164. F. 1, ’08. 330w.

Reviewed by Lyman Abbott.

=Outlook.= 88: 540. Mr. 7, ’08. 700w.

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 554. S. ’08. 200w.

“The five college addresses which make up this volume are all rich in
suggestions derived from many years’ observation and experience.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 118. Ja. ’08. 180w.

=Shaw, Leslie Mortier.= Current issues. **$2. Appleton.

8–8152.

Current political questions are discussed including the railway
question, overcapitalization and watered stock, trusts, and the
currency question.

* * * * *

“The book is of temporary interest.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 208. Je. ’08.

“Mainly of value as representing the views of one active in political
life and at the head of the treasury during an interesting period in
its administration.”

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 634. N. ’08. 50w.

“For students of the political thought and movements of the last
decade the volume has no little significance.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 42. Jl. 9, ’08. 100w.

“What the book reflects is experience rather than learning, and a good
native intellect rather than study.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 154. Mr. 21, ’08. 900w.

“Possesses beyond almost any other of our public men the gift of lucid
exposition.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 507. Ap. ’08. 200w.

=Shearer, John Bunyan.= Scriptures: fundamental facts and features.
60c. Presbyterian com.

Seventeen Bible studies among which are included the following: The
unities of the Scriptures; The object and scope of written revelation;
The universal book; The canon; The supernatural in the Scriptures;
Creation and the Creator; The relations of the Bible and science;
Evolution; Geology; The six days of creation; The deluge; The Bible in
liberal education and God in history. Nine chapters are devoted to the
influence of Judaism on ancient religions, ancient philosophy, and
ancient civilization.

=Sheehan, Rev. Patrick Augustine.= Lisheen, or, The test of the
spirits. †$1.50. Longmans.

7–33595.

A young Irish landlord reads Tolstoi, applies the lesson, and
discovers the condition of the Irish tenant must be improved. He
deserts his station for a time and goes to work as a peasant on a
small farm in Kerry. The hard fought battles of his self imposed
apprenticeship to experience rather lose their force at the end in the
magic of the “‘deus ex machina’ of a full purse.”

* * * * *

“Canon Sheehan is scarcely equal to his subject, but he must be
accorded due praise for his descriptions of the monotonous existence
led by the lowest classes in Ireland.”

− + =Acad.= 73: 274. D. 21, ’07. 540w.

“The descriptions of peasant-life are admirable; the working out of
the plot is not convincing.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 54. F. ’08.

“He has been tempted to add a secondary story, with disastrous
results.”

− + =Lond. Times.= 6: 357. N. 22, ’07. 580w.

“This is all very well for a plot, but its handling is tame and
ineffective.”

− =Nation.= 85: 591. D. 26, ’07. 420w.

“The story itself is rather awkwardly contrived, and the interest of
its central theme is much weakened by the introduction of many
chapters concerned with aristocratic society.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 74. F. 8, ’08. 150w.

“The pictures of peasant-life—by no means idealised—are admirable. The
author must have discovered for himself, even though unconscious of
his errors against reality and good taste, that in half his chapters
he is building entirely upon guess-work.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 673. N. 30, ’07. 540w.

=Sheehan, Rev. Patrick Augustine.= Parerga: a companion volume to
Under the cedars and the stars. **$1.60. Longmans.

8–7172.

Meditations, some four hundred in number, arranged under the heading
of the seasons, whose themes border on literature, metaphysics and
practical life. “Though the subjects vary indefinitely, they are
reflected in the same idealizing mirror of the writer’s mind. And of
that mind the most insistent categories are a contempt for modern
materialistic standards; a Solomon-like preference ... for the house
of mourning over the house of laughter; a sense of the fact that the
key to the world-riddle is kept by the spectre that holds the key to
all the creeds; finally, that the flying years bring with them
disillusionment—and resignation.” (Cath. World.)

* * * * *

“Imagination and feeling, literary criticism, moralizing on the
mystery of things, keen but kindly observation of human nature, flow
in an unstinted tide from this charming philosopher, as he flits from
topic to topic with a sweep that embraces heterogeneity itself.”

+ =Cath. World.= 87: 248. My. ’08. 340w.

“The book is far from being commonplace or dull.”

+ =Dial.= 44: 314. My. 16, ’08. 450w.

“Dr. Sheehan is not at his best in literary matters. In meditations on
nature and in certain aspects of human life he is more to be admired.”

− + =Spec.= 100: 835. My. 23, ’08. 470w.

=Sheldon, Henry Clay.= Unbelief in the nineteenth century: a
critical history. *$2. Meth. bk.

7–14561.

“A review of the various theories—philosophical, quasi-scientific,
theological, ethical, critical—which since the time of Kant have more
or less radically antagonized the beliefs of the church. These
theories are first stated and then criticised. Both the statement and
the criticism are presented in compact and lucid form, for a
vindication of Christian belief. The author’s standpoint is
conservative, but not extreme. He concludes that while the nineteenth
century has rigorously tested Christian beliefs, and modified them to
some extent, they have been fully vindicated in their fundamental
features.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“Mr. Sheldon writes in a clear style and shows wide reading in the
broad field he covers. His exposition is clear and historical and his
criticism such as is commonly urged by enlightened orthodox
apologists. Professor Sheldon does not seem to realize the profound
change that is demanded by our modern view of the world, and clings to
elements that belong to a deistic interpretation of the universe.” W.
C. Keirstead.

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 170. Ja. ’08. 690w.

“The entire discussion is fair-minded and instructive. The point of
criticism to which it is most liable is in the use of ‘miraculous’ and
‘supernatural’ as equivalent terms—a common mistake, than which none
is more fruitful of confused thought in current controversies.”

+ − =Outlook.= 87: 133. S. 21, ’07. 160w.

=Sheldon, Mary Boardman.= Coffee and a love affair: an American
girl’s romance on a coffee plantation. †$1. Stokes.

8–21616.

A story among the mountains of Central America whither “one makes his
way on the back of a good Sierra Nevada mule to a coffee plantation,
where gasoline prevails not and the mail arrives by a banana boat
every fourteen days.” (N. Y. Times.) “Here the reader cares more about
the coffee than he does about the love affair—the descriptive parts
and incidents of plantation life are really very good.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 305. D. ’08. ✠

“The coffee predominates, and the numerous interesting facts
concerning it which are brought in under cover of a young American
girl’s passion for traveling in strange countries and away from beaten
tracks, commend the book as much to the masculine as to the feminine
reader.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 458. Ag. 22, ’08. 240w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 616. O. 24, ’08. 30w.

“An American woman ... tells her experiences with considerable
liveliness, a little after the manner of ‘The lady of the decoration,’
but without that little book’s personal charm.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 134. S. 19, ’08. 80w.

=Shelley, Henry Charles.= Untrodden English ways. **$3. Little.

8–30034.

To the leisurely traveler or the stay-at-home tourist this volume is
made valuable by chapters about St. Ives, the haunt of artists and
authors: John Keble’s Hursley; By famous graves; Three memorable
pulpits, John Cotton’s, Thomas Arnold’s and Henry E. Manning’s;
Bunhill Fields, the “Campo santo of the dissenters”; and Westminster
abbey’s collection of wax effigies which in centuries past have
appeared in funeral processions.

* * * * *

“Mr. Shelley’s style is easy and readable, bespeaking intimate
acquaintance with the subject in hand.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 410. D. 1, ’08. 160w.

“A great amount of enthusiasm, reverence and love is bottled up in the
book.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1180. N. 19. ’08. 50w.

“We advise these who are planning a voyage to England to procure and
study this convenient handbook.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 908. D. 12, ’08. 160w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 638. O. 31, ’08. 360w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 747. D. 5, ’08. 120w.

“This book will have special interest to those who love Devonshire.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 844. D. 12, ’08. 200w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 739. D. ’08. 40w.

=Shelley, Percy Bysshe.= Letters from Percy Bysshe Shelley to
Elizabeth Hitchener; with introd. and notes by Bertram Dobell.
*$1.50. Dodd.

8–18715.

Some forty odd letters written by Shelley to the Sussex
schoolmistress, Elizabeth Hitchener, who in the private life of the
Shelleys was entitled “Portia.” or “Bessy,” but who in the end was
denominated “the Brown Demon ... our later tormentor and
schoolmistress.” The correspondence is published for the first time.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 209. Je. ’08.

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 302. S. 12. 640w.

“It is altogether a pathetic, interesting, absurd story; and though
the letters contain nothing material to it which was not known before,
it is satisfactory to have them complete.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 339. Mr. 14, ’08. 1550w.

=Spec.= 100: 426. Mr. 14, ’08. 280w.

=Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock.= Stained glass tours in France.
**$1.50. Lane.

8–856.

“Describes the notable windows to be seen and gives practical and full
itineraries for reaching them. With a view to the convenience of the
tourist and student, he divides the history of stained glass into
three epochs: (1) The thirteenth century and earlier; (2) fourteenth
and fifteenth centuries; (3) sixteenth century. Visits to the glass of
these epochs are subdivided into a dozen tours. A table of itineraries
groups the distances from Paris in kilometers. The illustrations show
representative examples of the art.”—Int. Studio.

* * * * *

“A useful, interesting book for the intelligent sight seer.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 209. Je. ’08. ✠

“Had he taken only a little more trouble and been less diffident of
his abilities, he could have produced a volume both fascinating and
valuable, with little addition to its bulk.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 133. Ag. 1. 400w.

“Mr. Sherrill’s descriptions of the distinctive windows in each town
are simple, non-technical, and interesting.”

+ =Dial.= 44: 136. Mr. 1, ’08. 250w.

=Int. Studio.= 34: sup. 73. Ap. ’08. 100w.

“In system and accuracy of treatment the volume renders capital
service as an introduction to the subject.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 499. My. 28, ’08. 100w.

“He is a particularly pleasant guide.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 41. My. 2, ’08. 450w.

=Sherzer, William Hittell.= Glaciers of the Canadian Rockies and
Selkirks. (Smithsonian expedition of 1904.) (Part of Smithsonian
contributions to knowledge v. 34, no. 1692.) $1.75. Smithsonian
inst.

8–4476.

“Gives the results of a systematic examination of the Victoria and
Wenkchemna glaciers in Alberta and of the Yoho, Asulkan, and
Illecillewaet glaciers in British Columbia. The study embraced the
surface features of these glaciers, the nature of the ice movement,
the temperature of the ice at various depths and its relations to the
air temperatures, the amount of surface melting, the possible
transference of material from the surface portion to lower portions,
the rates of movement, the advances and recessions of the glacial
extremities, and the structure of the ice. There is an accessory
discussion of the physiographic changes of the region in Pleistocene
and earlier times.”—J. Geol.

* * * * *

“An unsatisfactory flavor is given this by an effort, italicized as
though important, to make plasticity mean something which plasticity
does not usually mean, for no other apparent reason than to justify
the retention of an old term which is likely to be either misleading
or meaningless.” F. C. C.

+ − =J. Geol.= 16: 388. My. ’08. 400w.

“On the whole, though sometimes, perhaps, a little too diffuse in
describing the well-known, Dr. Sherzer has made a valuable and
remarkably well-illustrated contribution to the literature of
glaciers.” T. G. Bonney.

+ − =Nature.= 77: 463. Mr. 19, ’08. 1050w.

=Shield, Alice, and Lang, Andrew.= King over the water, il. *$4.20.
Longmans.

8–11474.

The biography of James Francis Edward Stuart, the “Old Chevalier” or
the “Old Pretender.” “The purpose has been,” so the preface states,
“as far as may be, to avoid incursions into general history, confining
the work to biography.”

* * * * *

=Am. Hist. R.= 13: 682. Ap. ’08. 30w.

“We have noticed very few blunders. The reader who takes pleasure in
Mr. Lang’s sprightly style will find something not unlike it in these
pages.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 65. Ja. 18. 1100w.

“By a careful study of all the documents available, what is really the
first complete modern biography of James has been produced.” Edward
Fuller.

+ =Bookm.= 27: 169. Ap. ’08. 1200w.

“Miss Shield is interested in the human side of her subject, and gives
us a delightful picture of every-day life at Saint Germains and
Urbino.” L. M. Larson.

+ − =Dial.= 45: 42. Jl. 16, ’08. 720w.

+ + − =Nation.= 86: 217. Mr. 5, ’08. 800w.

“The present attempt at rehabilitation is a bright and spirited piece
of writing, quite worthy in most parts of Mr. Lang, though he assigns
the larger share of the credit for it to his collaboratrix, Miss
Shield. It contains some good and curious reading.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 39. Ja. 25, ’08. 1330w.

“Very interesting, though here and there, in spite of Mr. Lang’s
supervision, slightly effusive.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: 641. Ap. 25, ’08. 1550w.