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“A vigorous summing up of the life of a real man. It is an amazingly
entertaining record, and the editor ... has done his part of the work
admirably.” Adolphe Klauber.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 352. Je. 20, ’08. 2450w.

“There is a good deal that seems irresponsible and in questionable
taste. There is a good deal of fun and there is a good deal of
liveliness in the book.”

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 390. Je. 20, ’08. 200w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 122. Jl. ’08. 80w.

=Stimson, Frederic Jesup.= American constitution: the national
powers, the rights of the states, the liberties of the people.
(Lowell institute lectures, 1907.) **$1.25. Scribner.

8–3494.

Eight lectures which aim to show that the constitution is not an
“Antiquarian curiosity”; not a mass of dry rules, but the very
substance of freedom; not obsolete, but in every part alive. They
explain the human meaning of the constitution, the safeguards that it
offers every one and the live issues that it still embodies. Mr.
Stimson’s closing lectures are on Changes in the constitution now
proposed and Interstate commerce, the control of trusts, and the
regulation of corporations.

* * * * *

“This is a popular but satisfactory treatment of the subject.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 722. My. ’08. 150w.

“The subjects discussed are of deep interest to all thinking
Americans. Though we do not agree with all the positions taken by the
author, we regard the volume as an extremely important contribution to
our political literature, and much which it contains is of the highest
interest and value.”

+ =Arena.= 39: 499. Ap. ’08. 900w.

“The temper of the book is admirable, and we can only hope that it may
be widely and intelligently read.”

+ =Educ. R.= 35: 421. Ap. ’08. 650w.

“The historical part—that is about one-half—of Professor Stimson’s
volume is utterly worthless.”

− + =Ind.= 65: 266. Jl. 30, ’08. 220w.

=J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 317. My. ’08. 80w.

“One cannot detect in his remarks any factious purpose, only the
conscientious exercise of the judicial function of ascertaining the
law of the land, as declared and divided by the constitution, and
applying it to the several subjects under consideration. Thoughtful
citizens will find the discussion well worth while.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 66. F. 8, ’08. 700w.

“Our point of view of the constitution is not that of Professor
Stimson. But the book is valuable, first, because it will put before
the students of constitutional law with great clearness the theory of
strict construction, and, second, because it points out, on the one
hand, the historical origin of certain fundamental principles of
American constitutions, and, on the other hand, certain real perils
against which we need to be on our guard.”

+ − =Outlook.= 90: 312. O. 10, ’08. 640w.

“As a critique of contemporary government and administrative policies
by a lawyer of distinction in many fields of legal research and
practice, the volume is not without value: but since the whole
argument rests on a particular interpretation of history, it is the
philosophy, not the conclusions, which principally engage the interest
of the student.” C: A. Beard.

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 340. Je. ’08. 1200w.

“In general, Mr. Stimson’s views are conservative and his exposition
of the division of power between the states and the federal government
judicious and helpful.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 511. Ap. ’08. 100w.

“The reading public will find it spirited, intelligible and
suggestive: and if they trace errors here and there, there are none
that are vital.” S. E. Baldwin.

+ − =Yale R.= 17: 235. Ag. ’08. 1200w.

=Stimson, Frederic Jesup.= Law of the federal and state
constitutions of the United States; with an historical study of
their principles, a chronological table of English social
legislation and a comparative digest of the constitutions of the
forty-six states. *$3.50. Boston bk.

8–15307.

A three-part study. The first is devoted to the origin and growth of
the American constitutions; the second to constitutional principles as
expressed in the English statutes of the realm and American
constitutions; the third, to the state constitutions, annotated and
compared with the federal constitution.

* * * * *

“This book is unlike the usual treatise on constitutional law, both in
arrangement and manner of treatment.” C. L. Jones.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 639. N. ’08. 230w.

“In a broad sense Professor Stimson gives us a view of the political
or constitutional life of the country—an almost indispensable thing to
the investigator of today.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1001. O. 29, ’08. 640w.

“This grouping of constitutional law around common topics ... is a
comparative study never before worked out so completely. Our debt to
the compiler is accordingly large. There are occasional defects even
in the seriatim analysis of the growth of particular constitutional
usages.”

+ + − =Nation.= 87: 215. S. 3, ’08. 780w.

“The law student, the journalist, men professionally engaged in
political life, and others who have occasion to acquaint themselves
with the details of American constitutional law will find this book a
valuable aid in their study.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 312. O. 10, ’08. 120w.

“As a book of reference it is indispensable to every student of
American politics.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 38: 256. Ag. ’08. 110w.

“The politician, lawyer or student of American institutions should
have it as a supplement to Mr. Bryce’s book.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 209. Ag. 15, ’08. 260w.

* =Stimson, Henry Albert.= New things of God: sermons. **$1.25. Revell.

8–28071.

“Not truth absolutely new, but old truth freshly put and in new
relations, is the substance of his message, illustrated from his large
acquaintance with literature and life. Dr. Stimson feels and joins in
the movement of modern thought, saying that ‘a new theology is the
demand and the inevitable product of every age,’ but that after all,
and in all change, religion is the same, ‘the response of the soul to
God,’ Christ as ever the pilot of the soul, and one’s attitude toward
him the test of character.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“Characterized by several qualities most sermons lack: clearness,
sanity, and practicality.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1248. N. 26, ’08. 80w.

“The sermons are thoughtful, practical, and inspiring to the reader.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1312. D. 3, ’08. 150w.

“These discourses are focused on the fundamental truths with a
frequently inspirational effect.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 595. N. 14, ’08. 160w.

=Stirling, Anna Maria W.= Coke of Norfolk and his friends: the life
of Thomas William Coke, first earl of Leicester of Holkham, etc.,
including many unpublished letters of noted men of his day,
English and American, il. 2v. *$10. Lane.

8–13695.

Containing an account of his ancestry, surroundings, public services,
and private friendships, and including many unpublished letters from
noted men of his day. (Explanatory title.)

* * * * *

“This life is so thoroughly well done, so carefully ordered, so
reasonable in its judgments, and so well written, that the reviewers
all complimented their sex by supposing the biographer to be a man,
and the present writer, if he had not been better informed by
accident, would indeed have done the same.” G. S. S.

+ + =Acad.= 73: 207. D. 7, ’07. 2000w.

“Half, or two-thirds, of these fat volumes would have been better than
the whole. But having passed this criticism, we hasten to say that the
book is of distinct social and historical value, confirming, and
sometimes supplementing, such works as the Greville, Creevey, and
Albemarle papers. It is also remarkably entertaining, and should prove
a profitable quarry for the anecdotist.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 681. N. 30. 1300w.

“We thank Mrs. Stirling for one of the most interesting memoirs of
recent years.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 361. N. 29, ’07. 2700w.

“Altogether, the book may well engage the attention of him who wants
to see English life of a century ago; and he will not fail to enjoy
the character here revealed of what we, with a certain touch of
fondness, are wont to style ‘a gentleman of the old school.’”

+ =Nation.= 86: 379. Ap. 23, ’08. 500w.

“Her whole-hearted admiration for her distinguished ancestor has made
it impossible for her to conceive that he was not in every way great,
and so deep is her own interest in him that she imagines everything
connected with him, no matter how remotely, must be of general
interest.”

− + =Sat. R.= 104: 670. N. 30, ’07. 1100w.

“Mrs. Stirling has done her work handsomely, and has plainly been
helped by the good will of the Coke family and all its ramifications.
If the biography is unnecessarily long, it contains much new material
that is well worth unrolling from its wrappers.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 869. N. 30, ’07. 1400w.

* =Stoddard, William Osborn.= In the open. †60c. Harper.

8–32332.

Wholesome adventure and excitement commend these tales of the exploits
and frolics of a group of breezy, healthy children who hunt, camp,
fish, encounter Indians, fight prairie fires, and roam about for
worlds to conquer.

=Stoker, Bram.= Gates of life. 75c. Cupples & L.

8–14957.

Miss Stephen Norman tries the working value of a theory that the
wrecking of many lives can be avoided by a woman’s taking the
initiative in the momentous question of marriage proposals. She offers
herself and her estate to young Everhard, a dissolute man who makes
light of the whole affair. Wounded pride takes its unlawful revenge on
her real lover, but justly metes out punishment to Everhard who
attempted to follow up his advantage from motives of graft.

* * * * *

“Surely Mr. Stoker is still capable of better things.” F: T. Cooper.

− =Bookm.= 28: 69. S. ’08. 150w.

“A blatant melodrama, all the trashier for the grandiloquent
moralizings—in which the word ‘sex’ is unpleasantly frequent—which
punctuate the surprising actions of his characters.”

− =Nation.= 87: 163. Ag. 20, ’08. 140w.

“There are novelty and variety in Bram Stoker’s novel.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 448. Ag. 15, ’08. 370w.

=Story, Alfred Thomas.= American shrines in England. *$2. Macmillan.

“A convenient summary of the English antecedents of a number of
well-known Americans. Six chapters are devoted to a careful
presentation of the evidence in regard to the Washington family, the
last link in which was completed by the accidental discovery in the
State department at Washington, in 1902, of the will of Mrs. Martha
Hayward, née Washington. The ancestry and English home of Franklin, of
Standish, of Winthrop and Penn, of Yale and Harvard, of the Lees and
the Adamses, are discussed.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“For those who like this sort of thing the book is unquestionably
valuable, and it is probably just as well to have somebody do it.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 951. O. 22, ’08. 120w.

+ =Nation.= 87: 360. O. 15, ’08. 100w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 759. D. ’08. 60w.

=Stoughton, Bradley.= Metallurgy of iron and steel. $3. Hill pub.

8–5613.

A college text-book as well as a reference work which “fills a
distinct gap in English metallurgical literature, in that it provides
a clear, up-to-date, description of the apparatus, furnaces and
appliances used in the metallurgy of iron and steel.” (Engin. N.)

* * * * *

“Best single book on American practice for small libraries. Needed
also by large libraries, because of its closeness to present methods.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 150. My. ’08.

“It is altogether a most complete and valuable work, as it gives the
best methods of production and in addition records in a thorough and
practical manner the most recent advances in the subjects of
metallography, corrosion and the new alloys.”

+ + =Engin. D.= 3: 416. Ap. ’08. 550w.

“It is a first-class illustrated description of the present state of
the iron and steel industry, entertainingly written, splendidly
illustrated, a little too detailed to be called superficial, yet not
minute enough to be tiresome to anyone wishing to learn something
about iron and steel. The book contains many minor errors in its
descriptions, such as ascribing views and explanations to the wrong
metallurgist. It also contains some major errors in questions of
theory and calculation.” J. W. Richards.

+ + − =Engin. N.= 59: 437. Ap. 16, ’08. 600w.

=Stratileseo, Tereza.= From Carpathian to Pindus; pictures of
Roumanian country life. il. *$3.75. Luce, J: W.

7–28495.

“The author of this volume has set herself to put before her readers a
full account of the condition and character of the Roumanian
peasantry, the inhabitants of the lower basin of the Danube, as well
as of their natural surroundings.” (Ath.) “The book is more than a
mere record of historical, ethnological, and sociological facts in
regard to the Roumanian. It is a treasurehouse of folklore, legends,
ballads, and songs often with the music attached.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“The book will interest students of folk-lore and local customs as
well as those who have visited or propose to visit, this somewhat
neglected corner of Europe. The style, though lively, betrays in
places that the writer is a foreigner.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907. 1: 350. Mr. 23. 400w.

+ =Nation.= 86: 35. Ja. 9, ’08. 330w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 104. F. 22, ’08. 170w.

“She does not claim to be a politician and contents herself with
descriptions of the Roumanian peasantry. These are very well done,
with a light touch and with enthusiasm tempered by humour. She has
made a careful study of folk-lore and tells some amusing stories.”

+ =Sat. R.= 103: 372. Mr. 23, ’07. 250w.

=Stratton, Alfred William.= Letters from India; with a memoir by his
wife, Anna Booth Stratton. *$3.50. Dutton.

8–36147.

A volume which reflects the force of “American scholarship, tact, and
energy in touch with modern India.” (Outlook.) A Canadian, educated in
Canada and the United States, for a time connected with the faculty of
the Chicago university, the author eventually served in the combined
capacities of registrar of Punjab university and principal of the
Oriental college at Lahore, India. His letters are valuable “for what
they tell us of university life in northern India, of the class of
native scholars, and of certain inquiries into Sanskrit literature.”
(Spec.)

* * * * *

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 602. My. 16. 400w.

“They not only give a clear impression of a singularly conservative,
lofty, and unselfish personality; they afford us a clear picture of an
American scholar’s life in India, and also many interesting
side-lights on social, educational, and political conditions in
northwest India.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 864. Ag. 15, ’08. 600w.

“The letters are always interesting.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 583. Ap. 11, ’08. 240w.

=Streatfeild, Richard Alexander.= Opera: a sketch of the development
of opera with full descriptions of all works in the modern
repertory; with an introd. by J. A. Fuller-Maitland. 3d ed. rev.
and enl. *$1.25. Lippincott.

8–35265.

Brought to date by the inclusion of such operas as Puccini’s “Tosca”
and “Madame Butterfly”; Charpentier’s “Louise”; Strauss’s “Salome”:
Saint-Saëns’s “Hélène”; Giordano’s “Fédora” and “Siberia”; Debussy’s
“Pelléas and Mélisande”; and other new operas.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 123. Ap. ’08. ✠

“This very readable and trustworthy book may be commended to all
lovers of music who wish to know something about the great works of
the lyric stage.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 385. D. 1, ’07. 50w.

“The most laudable thing about this volume is the combination of
clearness and conciseness in the telling of operatic plots.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 134. F. 6, ’08. 290w.

“He is as little without bias as may be expected of one who traverses
so broad a field, and his view is clear as his style is entertaining.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 690. O. 26, ’07. 220w.

=Streckfuss, Adolf.= Lonely house; tr. from the German by Mrs. A. L.
Wister. il. †$1.50. Lippincott.

7–33203.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“Not remarkable for skill in character-drawing or probability of plot
and event, but will hold the interest, and compares favorably with
Mrs. Wister’s other translations.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 20. Ja. ’08.

“It is done with Mrs. Wister’s trained skill, thorough knowledge of
German, and admirable taste.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 326. F. 8, ’08. 100w.

=Strindberg, August.= The father (a tragedy); tr. by N. Erichsen.
*$1. Luce, J: W.

8–13718.

The first appearance in English of a drama written by “the most
pessimistic of living pessimists.” “‘The father’ reveals an amazing
combat between mother and father for the control of their daughter’s
destiny, the mother ultimately gaining her point at the expense of her
husband’s reason. When it appears that he is to have the upper hand,
she drops a fatal seed of doubt as to who the child’s father actually
is. Presumably she has always been a faithful wife, but the poison of
suggestion has been implanted in the husband’s mind and he is
eventually driven mad by the thought. As a study of misogyny and
abysmal pessimism ‘The father’ probably has few equals in any
language.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“That it would exercise a powerful effect cannot be doubted, but it is
unpleasant beyond expression. The present translation by N. Erichsen
appears to preserve the general character of the original.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 295. My. 23, ’08. 250w.

=Stringer, Arthur J. A.= The under groove. †$1.50. McClure.

8–13274.

In a series of seven short stories an old offender against the law
tells in the first person his experiences in New York while assuming
the rather novel rôle of detective. With a facility born of long
experience in practical criminality he makes use of the usual methods
of perpetrating crime in order to ferret it out for his own private
ends. The mental processes of the scientific burglar are analyzed so
that the book is at once a thrilling story of adventure and a study of
criminology.

* * * * *

“Lively reading.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 268. Jl. 30, ’08. 100w.

“In themselves the eight stories, with one or two exceptions, would
make good reading.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 557. Je. 18, ’08. 300w.

“And if the whole thing moves with the lightness and spirit of the
true adventure story, it none the less retains the importance of a
sincere study in psychology.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 258. My. 2, ’08. 150w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 346. Je. 13, ’08. 190w.

“Would be far better if it had omitted the telepathic and hypnotic
basis on which it is constructed.”

− =Outlook.= 89: 314. Je. 6, ’08. 50w.

=Strong, Augustus Hopkins.= Outlines of systematic theology,
designed for the use of theological students. **$2.50. Am. Bapt.

8–30158.

An outline embracing the substance of Dr. Strong’s three-volume
“Systematic theology,” a work which after twenty years has been
revised and enlarged. The abbreviated work is at once a text-book for
recitation, a minister’s hand-book, and a convenient guide for the
busy layman.

=Strong, Augustus Hopkins.= Systematic theology: a compendium and
commonplace book, designed for the use of theological students;
new ed. rev. and enl. 3v. ea. $2.50. Am. Bapt.

7–37983.

Dr. Strong with his “open mind, broad sympathy and keen vision” has
kept pace with the progress of the times and now presents his
hand-book modernized. Volume 1 deals with The doctrine of God, volume
2, with The doctrine of man, and volume 3, The doctrine of salvation.

=v. 2.= Doctrine of man. Deals with anthropology or the doctrine of
man. The origin, the nature and the fall of man are treated and the
consequences of the fall—physical and spiritual death.

* * * * *

“It is the more to be regretted that the insight so clearly expressed
in the passages cited should not have been allowed to determine the
treatment in other parts of the volume.” W: A. Brown.

+ + − =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 150. Ja. ’08. 2200w. (Review of v. 1.)

“This volume like the first, contains an amazing wealth of quotation
drawn from wide circles of thought; sometimes the passages are more
cogent and convincing than his refutation of them.”

+ + − =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 502. Jl. ’08. 1000w. (Review of v. 2.)

=Stroup, Ner Wallace.= Fact of sin viewed historically and
doctrinally. *$1. West. Meth. bk.

8–29856.

A discussion of the vital relation of the fact of sin to the divine
plan of salvation.

=Stuart, Eleanor.= The postscript. †$1. McClure.

8–14333.

A slight story set in Italy in which an American girl, the widow of a
count; a scheming Italian, bent upon besmirching the good name of the
dead count; and a wronged woman are the principal characters. When all
misunderstanding is cleared away the postscript which the wife adds to
her former joy and trust in her husband is “I know in whom I have
believed.”

* * * * *

“A tale of rather delicate workmanship, in which the characters are
drawn with more than ordinary skill and charm and the plot is rather
painful and melodramatic.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 223. Je. ’08.

“The heroine is a rather commonplace little person, and one feels that
the writer somewhat exaggerates the importance of her experience.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 558. Je. 18, ’08. 350w.

“Talent and care have evidently been expended on this novelette.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 308. My. 30, ’08. 100w.

=Stuart, Gerald Villiers.= Soul of Croesus. 75c. Cupples & L.

8–17792.

The fantastic story of a modern Croesus, whose father had bequeathed
him an enormous fortune with the injunction to spend all. Warring
against the merciless debauchery is the better personality, which
thinks, philosophizes and exerts a strength that grows impotent when
the whole army of lower personality imps come trooping back. The story
from a subjective standpoint stimulates the reader’s thought and
interest.

* * * * *

“There is a lot of trimming to the story that is extremely
entertaining, and it is that which makes Mr. Villiers-Stuart’s book
worth while.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 436. Ag. 8, ’08. 720w.

=Stuart, Henry Longan.= Weeping cross: an unworldy story. **$1.40.
Doubleday.

8–23103.

The adventures in New England, about the middle of the 17th century,
of an Irish bond servant “who had been first a Jesuit pupil, then a
royalist soldier. He is sent to the hard mercies of the Pilgrims by
Cromwell, indentured to a noble-minded master, but has the misfortune
of being loved by that master’s daughter. The conflict between
religion and passion that follows is analyzed with extreme keenness,
but is hardly edifying in its bold realism, and is agonizing in its
relation of mental and physical suffering.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“It is the matter rather than the manner we confess to finding
distasteful.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 398. O. 3. 170w.

“The book is eminently worth reading.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 142. O. ’08. 770w.

“It makes a vivid and robust tale, but its effectiveness is dulled by
interminable passages of description and introspective analysis.” W:
M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 45: 214. O. 1, ’08. 550w.

“A book which, for the present day and hour at least, must be set down
as a novel of some importance. He has given fearlessly and honestly,
without fear of offense, a record of sinful love that nevertheless
does not lose its dignity nor its claim upon our sympathy and our
esteem.” Philip Tillinghast.

+ =Forum.= 40: 224. S. ’08. 1100w.

“Is not the ambitious success its author has aimed at, but it is a
serious piece of work, creditably carried thru.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 550. S. 3, ’08. 70w.

“With more restraint of manner and maturity of thought, Mr. Stuart’s
vivid fancy gives promise of work of real value.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 213. S. 3, ’08. 250w.

“The story, although full of misery and tragedy, deserves
commendation. Its literary merit is of a high order.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 490. S. 5, ’08. 200w.

“There is much that will offend the taste in the ultra-realism of the
narrative. This is all the greater pity because the author has an
imagination of unusual power, a style vivid and forceful, and an
honest intention to present the tragic struggle between a man’s better
nature and cruel temptation.”

− + =Outlook.= 90: 134. S. 19, ’08. 160w.

“It is a fine tragedy, clothed in real eloquence and dignity.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 488. O. 17, ’08. 260w.

=Stubbs, Rt. Rev. William.= Germany in the early middle ages,
476–1250; ed. by Arthur Hassall. *$2. Longmans.

8–19595.

“Contrary to one’s natural expectations, the volume is narrative
rather than constitutional, but there are to be found in its pages
several of those remarkable characterizations of medieval personages
in which Stubbs was an undoubted adept. The chapters are so arranged
as to form a tolerably complete account of Germany from the great
migrations to the death of Frederick II in 1250, and the style, less
severe and impersonal than the stately diction of the constitutional
history, will make the book more acceptable to the general
reader.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“The book offers little or nothing to the specialist, is not adapted
to use in the class room, and will hardly hold the attention of the
general reader, but it may be recommended as collateral reading to
college classes in medieval history.” O. J. Thatcher.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 167. O. ’08. 600w.

“Tho the lectures throughout impress one with the soundness and
breadth of the learned historian’s studies, there is a certain
ancientry in their doctrines and temper.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 493. Ag. 27, ’08. 330w.

“Nor can we feel that this volume goes far toward supplying any lack
that really exists.”

− =Nation.= 87: 388. O. 22, ’08. 660w.

“It is difficult to see what purpose is served by the publication of
this volume. We regret that we must add that the editor has not made
it easier to approve of the publication by the way in which he has
performed his share.”

− =Sat. R.= 105: 661. My. 23, ’08. 1500w.

=Sullivan, Thomas Russell.= Lands of summer: sketches in Italy,
Sicily, and Greece. **$1.50. Houghton.

8–13684.

Seven sketches which the author’s travel in the Mediterranean
countries has inspired. They are spring-time with Theocritus, From
Athens to Corfu, Midsummer in Tuscany, Bergamo and the Bergamasque
Alps, The centenary of Alfieri at Asti, The wraith of a ducal city and
Life on a Tuscan farm.

* * * * *

“It is slight and superficial, but is at least as good to read as, and
much less pretentious than, the majority of ‘travel books’ written on
these well-known lands.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 538. O. 31. 180w.

“An unusually pleasant volume for reading and possession.” H. E.
Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 44: 347. Je. 1, ’08. 470w.

“The classical student may read him at home, with pleasure and some
profit; the tourist will find him of some service on the spot.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 1290. Je. 4, ’08. 80w.

“The work lacks distinction. As a whole it is scarcely less monochrome
(but more attractive) than its sickly blue cover.”

− + =Nation.= 87: 160. Ag. 20, ’08. 270w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 321. Je. 6, ’08. 130w.

“It is neither bad enough to infuriate nor important enough to
arrest.” A. I. du P. Coleman.

− + =Putnam’s.= 4: 746. S. ’08. 270w.

* =Sunderland, Jabez Thomas.= Origin and character of the Bible and its place among sacred books; new ed. rev. and enl. *$1.20. Am. Unitar.

8–33168.

Embodies the results of the latest investigations along the lines of
origin, authorship, growth, real character, transitory elements and
permanent value of the Bible. It contains illustrative tables, lists
of best books for reading and study, and several entirely new
chapters.

* =Surette, Thomas Whitney, and Mason, Daniel Gregory.= Appreciation of music. **$1.50. Baker.

A volume which “presents ‘in clear and untechnical language an account
of the evolution of musical art from the primitive folk-song up to the
symphony of Beethoven,’ illustrating the stages of this development by
musical examples, and providing detailed analyses of many typical
compositions. The volume has several portrait illustrations.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“A useful book for students, for music clubs and for the individual
reader who has a fair knowledge of music.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 297. D. ’08.

=Dial.= 45: 46. Jl. 16, ’08. 90w.

“Teachers will no doubt find not a few useful hints in it, and the
general reader also would do well not to ignore it. There are
excellent things, notably in the chapters on Bach and Beethoven. The
best thing in the book is the chapter on Beethoven’s humor.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 548. D. 12, ’07. 840w.

* =Swett, Sophia Miriam.= Princess Wisla. †$1.50. Little.

8–30702.

The story of a child that was rescued from drowning by an Indian
woman, dyed with pokeberry ink to resemble an Indian child, and made
into an Indian princess.

* * * * *

=R. of Rs.= 38: 768. D. ’08. 40w.

=Swift, Edgar James.= Mind in the making: a study in mental
development. **$1.50. Scribner.

8–12179.

“As a sound-hearted and clear-minded social reformer, taking a common
sense view of social problems,” (N. Y. Times.) the author makes a plea
for a broader interpretation to education. “Mental plasticity,
capacity for understanding and controlling new situations and for
making them” should be the outcome of education. See Cumulative book
index for contents.

* * * * *

“As a whole the volume embodies a systematic knowledge of children and
sane ideas of their needs. The book is bound to have a wide and a
wholesome influence, and largely because of this the reviewer wishes
to call attention to what seems to be an unwise emphasis in the
chapter entitled, ‘Criminal tendencies in boys.’” K. E. Dopp.

+ + − =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 261. S. ’08. 570w.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 242. O. ’08.

“The book’s chief defect is an evident lack of wide acquaintance on
the part of the author with sociological and anthropological
literature. This gives rise to many omissions and several slips.” C:
A. Ellwood.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 640. N. ’08. 420w.

“One by one, the more concrete and the more comprehensive questions of
the applying psychologist are reviewed in this collection of essays;
and each brings a tangible addition to the insight that can assimilate
data while it yet directs their accumulation and dominates their
interpretation.” J. Jastrow.

+ =Dial.= 45: 40. Jl. 16, ’08. 200w.

“Some of his psychological studies are particularly shrewd and
practical, and the book as a whole deserves attention.”

+ =Educ. R.= 36: 317. O. ’08. 60w.

“We can scarcely conceive that any teacher or thoughtful parent would
not be interested in nearly all the essays, and no one engaged in
educational or social improvement can rise from its reading without
both stimulation and encouragement.” J. H. T.

+ =El. School T.= 9: 162. N. ’08. 1000w.

=Ind.= 65: 319. Ag. 6, ’08. 180w.

“A more significant book or a more attractive one has not lately been
published because it presents facts clearly and accurately, its
deductions are reasonable, its logic denotes a broad, well-cultured
mind, its historical perspective is suitable, its style is good. He
may go too far in some of his deductions, but the influence of his
book ought to be beneficial beyond the field of pedagogy.” E: A.
Dithmar.

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 325. Je. 13, ’08. 1750w.

“As a plea for the personal element in education, and for the
extension of the experimental method ‘in the interest of a soundly
constructive pedagogy,’ this is an eminently luminous and influential
work.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 390. Je. 20, ’08. 230w.

“Is of real value to both investigators in educational psychology and
students of college grade. Concerning some of the conclusions which
Professor Swift does definitely accept, ... it must be noted that
other intelligent investigators possessed of the same facts as the
author would still not proceed to his conclusions.” E: L. Thorndike.

+ − =Science=, n.s. 28: 212. Ag. 14, ’08. 680w.

=Swift, Ivan.= Fagots of cedar. $2. Ivan Swift, Harbor Springs,
Mich.

8–240.

A collection of verses of the Michigan woods and lumber camps.

* * * * *

“Mr. Swift’s poems have much of the strong, virile, thought-suggesting
quality of Whitman’s work.” A. C. Rich.

+ =Arena.= 39: 495. Ap. ’08. 750w.

“At its best Mr. Swift’s verse is virile, rhythmical, and full of
meaning, suggesting kinship with the school of Kipling and Henley.”

+ =Dial.= 44: 138. My. ’08. 100w.

“The breath of the woods is in them and the perfume of the
cedar, though there is nothing to suggest that they have come
out of an ancient chest. On the contrary, they are what would be
called up-to-date poems. While there is at times a touch of
self-consciousness, there is throughout the evidence of genuine
feeling.”

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 261. My. 30, ’08. 350w.

=Swinburne, Algernon Charles.= Age of Shakespeare. **$2. Harper.

8–27774.

Nine critical papers which deal with Shakespeare and the writers of
his age. Marlowe, Webster, Dekker, Marston, Middleton, Rowley,
Heywood, Chapman and Tourneur are in turn compared with Shakespeare;
and the latter’s indebtedness to each is pointed out.

* * * * *

“Even those who have long been familiar with the greater number of
these essays will read them with the certainty of lighting on matter
well worth study, and will find fresh interest in tracing the few
changes time has brought about in his judgment.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 674. N. 28. 1000w.

“The book is a good book, a serious and illuminating piece of
criticism.” Montgomery Schuyler.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 265. N. ’08. 1800w.

“Full of wonderful little flashes of delicate perception, epigrammatic
summings-up that refuse to be forgotten, and then, at the turn of a
page, a blast of turbulent adulation, a whirlwind of redundant
hyperbole, full of sound and fury. Nevertheless, such as it is, it is
a book indispensable to any one who is making a study of Mr. Swinburne
the poet.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − =Forum.= 40: 405. O. ’08. 1950w.

“As a critical work, it cannot be taken seriously.”

− =Ind.= 65: 1310. D. 3, ’08. 300w.

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 854. D. 5, ’08. 160w.

“As a whole the book must impress any sane reader as the cry of an
enraged and baffled romanticism, of a romanticism that, like some wild
beast at bay, snaps and snarls at common-sense.”

− =Nation.= 87: 445. N. 5, ’08. 1100w.

“Swinburne guides us to a study and comprehension of a form of
literary art now extinct, and helps us to comprehend its beauty.” E:
A. Dithmar.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 633. O. 31, ’08. 2000w.

“The essay on Dekker is perhaps the most delightful in the volume.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 422. O. 3, 08. 1550w.

“The defects of his book would certainly have been avoided by an
unsparing use of the comparative method. These essays are excellent
from many points of view; but their crowning excellence is the force
which is in them that compels whoever opens them to go back once more
for light and refreshment to the works of the great Elizabethans.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 502. O. 3, ’08. 1600w.

=Swinburne, Algernon Charles.= Duke of Gandia. **$1.25. Harper.

8–11735.

Rome in the latter part of the 15th century is the scene of this
Borgia story told in poetry. It is a domestic drama, which depicts a
tragedy in the life of Pope Alexander VI. The jealousy of the younger
son which causes him to kill his elder brother, and the father’s
ultimate reconciliation with the wrong-doer form the main basis of the
plot. The characters of mother and daughter add lightness and human
interest to the story.

* * * * *

“Here in this briefest and most actual of his plays—an act, an
episode—he has concentrated much of this floating beauty, this
overflowing imagination, into a few stern and adequate words, and made
a new thing, as always, in his own image.”

+ + =Ath.= 1908, 1: 469. Ap. 18. 1200w.

“Marvellous work, which no other poet now living could dream of
equalling.” W: M. Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 45: 60. Ag. 1, ’08. 530w.

“Has one virtue that strikes the eyes. It is brief. Mr. Swinburne’s
excessive use of Catholic symbol and phrase in the mouths of these
inhuman creatures of blood and lust will be wantonly offensive.”

− + =Nation.= 86: 339. Ap. 9, ’08. 450w.

“The book cannot hurt a poet of great renown, but the contemplation of
its hideous subject cannot help anybody. It is a mistake.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 226. Ap. 18, ’08. 450w.

“Mr. Swinburne’s hand has not entirely lost its power.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 264. My. 30, ’08. 450w.

“‘The Duke of Gandia,’ which is perfect of its kind, proves once more
the surety of an artistic instinct which can not only choose, but
reject.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 105: 532. Ap. 25, ’08. 1600w.

“It is stamped with all his old mastery of craft.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 20. Jl. 4, ’08. 430w.

=Symons, Arthur.= Cities of Italy. **$2. Dutton.

7–38637.

In studying Rome, Venice, Naples, Florence, Ravenna, Pisa, Sienna,
Verona, Bologna, Bergamo and Brescia, Mr. Symons’s “intention has been
that they should tell him their story, that they should ‘give up their
own secrets,’ rather than that he should judge them according to his
own eyes, ears and artistic prejudices.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 84. Mr. ’08.

“This is a beautiful and quiet book, full of delicate observation and
fine criticism expressed in the sensitive prose we expect from Mr.
Symons.... He has cared for [Italy] as it were by the way, as he might
do for any work of art with which he found himself in sympathy—not
more, but assuredly not less.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 185. F. 15. 1000w.

“It is a volume well worth while, and will be enjoyed by many readers;
it will be most valuable and most enjoyable for those who have basked
long enough in Italy’s smile and learned enough of her nature to
compare impressions and to enter upon the little, lovable, silent
controversies that add so much flavor to literature of this type.”

+ + − =Dial.= 44: 136. Mr. 1, ’08. 330w.

“The book, as are most of the writings of this English poet and
critic, is decidedly worth reading.”

+ + − =Ind.= 64: 523. Mr. 5, ’08. 250w.

“The amateur, or, if you will, the dilettante spirit, pervades Mr.
Symons.”

− + =Nation.= 86: 264. Mr. 19, ’08. 450w.

“The secrets he surprises are always the artist’s secrets—never
humanity’s. They are grown in the garden of culture, not in the
wilderness of life.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 116. F. 29, ’08. 480w.

+ − =Outlook.= 88: 378. F. 15, ’08. 300w.

“It is a book of sensitive English prose, full of unexpected rhythms
and words which rather evoke than describe the places of which they
speak. The best chapters of the book are devoted to that tragic
wilderness [the Campagna].”

+ − =Sat. R.= 105: 272. F. 29, ’08. 850w.

“If, as he desires, the personal note were absent, the book would be
really delightful reading, and its presence is only occasionally
irritating. Mr. Symons sees vividly and describes brilliantly. If his
cities have not given him their inmost soul, their outward aspect is
entirely his.”

+ + − =Spec.= 100: 266. F. 15, ’08. 450w.

=Symons, Arthur.= Symbolist movement in literature. *$2. Dutton.

A new and revised edition of a work appearing eleven years ago. “The
book presents studies, both biographical and critical, of the writers,
chiefly French, whom Mr. Symons regards as the leaders of the
Symbolist movement, and the value of the book lies chiefly in the
facts and impressions which it gives of this little group of writers,
the best known of whom by American readers are Verlaine, Mallarmé, and
Huysmans. There is a chapter on ‘Maeterlinck as a mystic.’” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“A body of delicate criticism.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 637. My. 23. 60w.

“One may quarrel with this frankly partisan historian at whatever turn
one will; but his book remains exceptionally attractive and
enlightening. We have before us not a searching philosophical
treatise, but a delightful bit of literary history and æsthetic
appreciation.” F. B. R. Hellems.

+ + − =Dial.= 44: 374. Je. 16, ’08. 3200w.

“It is the most sympathetic study and the most illuminating
interpretation that has yet appeared in English of that curiously
interesting group of French writers.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 211. Jl. 23, ’08. 200w.

=Nation.= 86: 330. Ap. 9, ’08. 100w.

“Students of literature have much to be grateful to Mr. Symons for,
and this little collection of essays increases measurably their debt
to him.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 168. Mr. 28, ’08. 600w.

“Whatever one may think of its doctrine, its charm of style and the
interest of its contents will certainly recommend it. His little
studies are relevant and illuminating. We think he is wrong, however,
when in his conclusions he attempts to fuse his pessimism and
mysticism.” Christian Gauss.

+ − =No. Am.= 188: 454. S. ’08. 400w.

“The book is valuable as an impressionistic study of one of the minor
currents of the literary movements of the last generation.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 840. Ap. 11, ’08. 200w.

T

=T., L. G.= Three years behind the guns: the true chronicles of a “diddybox.” †$1.50. Century.

8–25121.

The chronicle of a San Francisco youth who ran away from home,
enlisted in the navy in time to cross the Pacific on the Olympia and
take part in the battle of Manila bay on the flagship with Dewey. Keen
observation and quick wit characterize the intimate record of
happenings on an American battleship, and the descriptions of people,
climate and scenery.

* * * * *

Reviewed by K. L. M.

=Bookm.= 28: 385. D. ’08. 60w.

Reviewed by M. J. Moses.

=Ind.= 65: 1478. D. 17, ’08. 50w.

+ =Nation.= 87: 522. N. 26, ’08. 40w.

“The book affords an entertaining and occasionally edifying,
confidential account of all that one particular man-o’-war’s man
thought and felt and did during three years’ service.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 514. S. 19, ’08. 200w.

=Taft, William Howard.= Present day problems: a collection of
addresses delivered on various occasions. **$1.50. Dodd.

8–19618.

Two of these addresses deal with the Philippines, two with the
relations of China and Japan to the United States, two with the
present administration, two with the judiciary, and others with
General Grant, the army, the panic of 1907, labor and capital, the
achievements of the Republican party, and southern democracy and
Republican principles.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 242. O. ’08.

=Ind.= 65: 269. Jl. 30, ’08. 110w.

“Matters of public policy and public interest are discussed in Mr.
Taft’s informed and persuasive style, and whether one is for or ‘agin’
the administration and its policies, the collection provides valuable
and instructive reading.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 448. Ag. 15, ’08. 1000w.

“Characterized by the traits which have made Mr. Taft the power that
he is in America to-day—a warm and intelligent sympathy with his
fellow-men; ... a judicial spirit; ... a higher regard for substance
than form; ... a delight in achievement; and an almost ingenuous trust
in the intelligence and good sense of the people, whether they be
those whose government he is helping to administer or those whose
attention, as an audience, he is undertaking to engage.”

+ + =Outlook.= 89: 776. Ag. 1, ’08. 500w.

=Takahashi, Sakuyei.= International law applied to the
Russo-Japanese war, with the decisions of the Japanese prize
courts. (American ed.) *$8. Banks.

8–17983.

“The most recent addition to the extensive literature on the
international questions and legal relations raised by the
Russo-Japanese war.” (Nation.) “The book is not a defense of Japan in
any sense, although Japan’s conduct was bitterly criticised by her
adversary. Instead of an apologia the book is a legal history of the
memorable conflict, which has supplied a new set of precedents. Its
usefulness is enhanced by its liberal citation of the original
correspondence upon many disputed points.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Careless statements, English far from idiomatic and bearing
unmistakable marks of its foreign authorship, misprints in quotations
from foreign languages, and a general tone of extolling Japanese
observances in contrast to Russian breaches of international law mar
the value of the book.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 159. Ag. 20, ’08. 200w.

“It is hard to recall any war of which the legal phases have been
treated with similar fulness, and in a similar manner; that is, with
equal citation of original documents. It is this which gives the book
its value, apart from its logical and convenient arrangement.” E: A.
Bradford.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 401. Jl. 18, ’08. 1500w.

=Tappan, Eva March.= Chaucer story book. †$1.50. Houghton.

8–28994.

Twelve stories in the “Canterbury tales” retold in the prose of
to-day. The stories chosen are those that require fewest omissions in
adapting them to modern taste.

* * * * *

“We cannot say that she has successfully retained the ancient flavor,
and unless that is done, the task were hardly worth while doing at
all.” M. J. Moses.

− =Ind.= 65: 1475. D. 17, ’08. 60w.

“The transcription is fairly and faithfully done.”

− + =Nation.= 87: 523. N. 26, ’08. 100w.

“Told in a readable fashion.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 580. O. 17, ’08. 160w.

=Tappan, Eva March.= ed. Children’s hour, 10v. $17.50. Houghton.

7–31214–23.

A ten volume anthology of the best children’s literature in story,
poem and narrative.

* * * * *

“It cannot be recommended for the library with limited funds. It will
make, however, a valuable addition to any library that can afford it.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 93. Mr. ’08.

Reviewed by M. J. Moses.

+ =Ind.= 63: 1476. D. 19, ’07. 280w.

“Have much of interest in them. For the village library and for the
home there is offered a rich choice and variety for ‘the children’s
hour.’”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 625. Mr. 5, ’08. 600w.

“The selections suit all ages of children, and the work as a whole
forms an almost ideal story-book-present for the holidays.”

+ + =Outlook.= 87: 544. N. 9, ’07. 290w.

=Tappan, Eva March.= Letters from colonial children. †$1.50.
Houghton.

8–23916.

This collection of chatty letters, with the intimate personal note,
introduces grown-ups and children of our early colonial days—the days
of privation and valorous deeds, the days of John Smith and
Pocahontas, of Roger Williams, William Penn and Peter Stuyvesant.

* * * * *

“These letters reflect admirably the child’s point of view on
conditions and life in colonial times, and are both good history and
delightful literature.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 312. D. ’08.

Reviewed by K. L. M.

=Bookm.= 28: 386. D. ’08. 60w.

“She has kept the letters historical on the one hand, yet has not
deprived them of their youthful tone on the other.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 523. N. 26, ’08. 50w.

“The letters form an interesting story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 542. O. 3, ’08. 30w.

=Tardieu, André.= France and the alliances: the struggle for the
balance of power. **$1.50. Macmillan.

8–31144.

In substance eight lectures given under the auspices of the French
circle at Harvard. Mr. Tardieu’s aim is to show Americans the France
of to-day, in presence of Europe and the world, such as she has been
shaped, after painful experiences, by thirty-eight years of sustained
effort and diplomatic action. His chapters are as follows: France and
the Russian alliance; France and the English “entente”; France and the
Mediterranean understandings; France and the Triple alliance; Conflict
of the alliances; The new Asiatic and European understandings; and
France and the United States.

* * * * *

=R. of Rs.= 38: 761. D. ’08. 200w.

=Tarkington, Booth.= Guest of Quesnay. †$1.50. McClure.

8–27810.

Thru an automobile accident in the streets of Paris a young American
loses the memory of his life that had gone before—a life which was
rapidly winning him one of the most unsavory reputations on the
continent. He becomes the charge of a scientific celebrity who
undertakes a unique psychological experiment of restoration. The
professor’s ends are all but defeated by the pursuit and vulture like
claims of a Spanish dancer to whom his ward had formerly been prey. By
rare strategy the dancer and her spies are baffled, and the “real man”
comes to his own and to the love of a strong and charming woman—the
guest of Quesnay.

* * * * *

“Not wholly convincing, but has much of the charm of Tarkington’s
earlier stories and some delightful minor characters.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 305. D. ’08. ✠

“But if Mr. Tarkington never gets beneath the surface of his subject,
he at least displays all the merits of the method he seems
deliberately to have chosen. It is a charming surface that he
presents.” E: C. Marsh.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 278. N. ’08. 940w.

“We discover in his new novel—metaphysics, subjected to the alchemy of
a genius’s imagination, freshened with the immortality of hope,
sweetened with the phenomena of love.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1061. N. 5, ’08. 760w.

“A bright and interesting story for all the metaphysics we found in
it.” W: G. Bowdoin.

+ =Ind.= 65: 1464. D. 17, ’08. 50w.

“Mr. Tarkington has made a hit.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 740. D. 5, ’08. 540w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 748. D. 5, ’08. 150w.

“Is not quite convincing in its theme. But the book has movement and
some fun in it.”

− + =Outlook.= 90: 362. O. 17, ’08. 80w.

“If Mr. Booth Tarkington had only kept his story out of ‘The guest of
Quesnay,’ he might have given us a delightful book.” Agnes Repplier.

+ − =Outlook.= 90: 700. N. 28, ’08. 200w.

* =Tarkington, Booth, and Wilson, Harry Leon.= Man from home. †$1.25. Harper.

8–32634.

The play in which William Hodge has scored such a genial success. It
turns upon an international marriage, in the preliminary settlement
for which the Kokomo, Indiana guardian of the American girl marrying a
title, crosses the ocean and takes a hand in revealing to the
hoodwinked girl the precise character of a group of sharks bent upon
benefiting by the settlement. A good plot, shrewd interpretation of
human nature, and irresistible humor give merit to the play.

* =Taylor, David Clark.= Psychology of singing: a rational method of voice culture based on a scientific analysis of all systems, ancient and modern. **$1.50. Macmillan.

8–34628.

After examining the numerous scientific treatises on voice culture and
testing their practical value, Mr. Taylor’s conclusion of the whole
matter is that mechanical vocal management is all wrong and that
instruction by imitation is the one scientifically sound method for
teachers to follow. The divisions of his discussion are as follows:
Modern methods of instruction in singing; A critical analysis of
modern methods; Basis of a real science of voice; and Vocal science
and practical voice culture.

=Taylor, Hannis.= Science of jurisprudence. **$3.50. Macmillan.

8–28859.

“A treatise in which the growth of positive law is unfolded by the
historical method and its elements classified and defined by the
analytical.” “It is a systematic, comparative study of Roman and
English law, revealing the fact that the ultimate outcome of the one
is a dominating code of private law, the ultimate outcome of the
other, a dominating code of public law.” Out of the fusion, the author
shows, is arising the typical state law system of the future.

* * * * *

“He does, indeed, make a useful contribution to the comparative study
of law. Dr. Taylor’s work in this respect is qualified to stand beside
the best, and the good faith of his title is redeemed. But it is hard
to resist the suspicion that his prime motive was to assert his belief
that an American had influenced the development of the public law of
the world fundamentally, in a manner, indeed, worthy to place the
United States beside Greece or England as a molder of destinies of
mankind.” E: A. Bradford.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 649. N. 7, ’08. 1400w.

“Scholarly work.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 640. N. ’08. 90w.

=Taylor, Ida Ashworth.= Lady Jane Grey and her times. *$4. Appleton.

8–34205.

Sound historically this biography outlines the brief life of Lady Jane
Grey, the “little saint of the iconoclasts,” against the background of
sordid ambitions, religious quarrels and political intrigue. There are
also sketches of Mary and Elizabeth, of Edward, Katharine Parr, Dudley
and Somerset, and the parts they played in the brief drama of Lady
Jane’s latter days.

* * * * *

“She has gone carefully over the ground for herself, made a judicious
use of authorities new and old, and embodied the results in a clear
and readable narrative. The book may be recommended as a sound piece
of work, likely to be of use to those who are mainly interested in the
personal history of the period.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 409. Ap. 4. 1600w.