Chapter VIII: Section 2: relates to generators, stationary transformers and station (2)

“He has written a most attractive, instructive, and clear-headed work,
which will repay the study of all persons interested in theatrical
affairs.”

+ + − =Nation.= 85: 594. D. 26, ’07. 1200w.

“The book is the work of a man who understands the human heart and who
can express himself with power. It is of value in excess of mere
criticism, for it constructs and explains, bringing that fresh eye and
open mind as necessary in life as in art. The translation by Selwyn
Brinton is felicitous.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 97. F. 22, ’08. 1500w.

“The book would be more helpful if its criticism were more
constructive, but as an attempt to diagnose the malady which afflicts
the drama in England it is singularly successful.” S. R. Cook.

+ =Putnam’s.= 4: 234. My. ’08. 400w.

=Bosch, Mrs. Hermann.= Bridget. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.

8–11700.

A prepossessing Irish girl is the heroine of this story. Her career
from the landing with immigrant companions on Ellis island to the end
of a romance with a footman in a millionaire establishment is sketched
with special detail given to the pitfalls along the servant’s way to
an honest living.

* * * * *

“Inartistic and exaggerated, but humorous, clean and rather unique.”

− + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 267. N. ’08.

“The book remains wholesome and entertaining.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 296. My. 23, ’08. 200w.

=Bose, Jagadis Chunder.= Comparative electro-physiology. *$5.75.
Longmans.

8–13638.

A work which is complementary to Professor Bose’s books on response in
the living and nonliving, and plant response. “[He generalizes] that
the responses of all living substances are similar, and that responses
are to be found even in inorganic substances. The similarity depends
on some common fundamental reaction of matter. The response is
recorded largely by electrical methods. Motor responses are also
considered, particularly in plants; but they are treated also rather
less fully in animals.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“The author has made a valuable contribution to the knowledge of the
extremely difficult subject of electro-physiology, and whether or not
his conclusions prove to be accurate in detail, there can be no doubt
of their general truth. His observations, therefore, are useful alike
to the physiologist (concerned with animals or plants), the physicist,
and the psychologist, by all of whom his book should be read
carefully.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 357. Mr. 21. 1000w.

“The author herein shows the same peculiarities as in the preceding
volume. There is the same naïve interest in well-known phenomena, as
though they were quite novel; there is the same lack of effort to
connect his work with that of others, so far, at least, as citing
their researches or results is concerned. There is much repetition of
the earlier volume; the same tilting at windmills. This book shares
with its predecessor, also, the confusion between energy and stimulus,
a confusion that is possible because we know so little of plant
energetics. Bose seems to ignore, if he is not ignorant of, the
anatomy of the parts with which he is dealing. Out of these books we
look for someone to rescue many good observations, now apparently gone
awry.” C. R. B.

− + =Bot. Gaz.= 46: 58. Jl. ’08. 1100w.

+ =Nation.= 86: 222. Mr. 5, ’08. 250w.

“Prof. Bose has great ingenuity in device of experimental apparatus,
fertility in initiating new lines of observation, and a clear style of
setting forth his experimental results and theoretical deductions;
nevertheless, we feel far from satisfied with his performance. The
whole book abounds in interesting matter skilfully woven together, and
would be recommended as of great value if it did not continually
arouse our incredulity.” L. H.

+ − =Nature.= 77: sup. 3. Mr. 5, ’08. 1500w.

=Boulger, Demetrius C. de K.= Life of Sir Halliday Macartney. *$6.
Lane.

8–21787.

The story of forty-four years of useful service to the Chinese empire.
Sir Halliday Macartney commanded Li Hung Chang’s trained force in the
Taeping rebellion, founded the first Chinese arsenal, was secretary to
the first Chinese embassy to Europe, and secretary and councillor to
the Chinese legation in London for thirty years. The narrative is one
of historical interest. The book is fully illustrated.

* * * * *

“Sir Halliday’s career was interesting, but not such as to furnish
material for a volume of 515 pages. Mr. Boulger has been driven to
surround his subject with essays on the political and other events
touched upon, and to invest his hero with an importance which did not
naturally belong to him.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 398. O. 3. 960w.

=Nation.= 87. 236. S. 10, ’08. 1100w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 380. Jl. 4, ’08. 460w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 254. Ag. ’08. 60w.

“He was a voluminous writer of letters and despatches, to many of
which Mr. Boulger has had access, and, which he quotes profusely in a
volume which is somewhat too much expanded by their aid.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 302. S. 5, ’08. 1250w.

=Bourget, Paul.= Weight of the name. †$1.50. Little.

8–9812.

A French marquis who proclaims his divine right to power and fame thru
his name and lineage, who has the pride and the religious veneration
of his race and of old France, faces the fact that his only son loves
the daughter of a provincial notary. Close in the wake of this
discovery comes the appalling revelation that this son is the child of
his dead wife and a trusted friend. The magic of lineage cannot set
straight this irregular fact and as his pride is humbled he grows more
amenable to influences that soften and lead to a more democratic
outlook on life.

* * * * *

“His ideas are so pronounced that for friends of democratic and
religious advance the book holds little or no interest.”

− + =Arena.= 40: 269. S. ’08. 140w.

“Though the elements of the story are few, and there is nothing
violent in the action, M. Bourget’s superb art and psychology
construct an intensely interesting story in which there are two or
three powerful situations.”

+ =Cath. World.= 87: 403. Je. ’08. 400w.

“This touching story keeps in its English dress much of the peculiar
charm, the quivering intensity of emotion never verging upon
mawkishness, of the original.”

+ + − =Nation.= 86: 401. Ap. 30, ’08. 550w.

“The character of this finely tempered and uncompromising old nobleman
is drawn with skill and affection; and while in the love passages the
novelist does not escape his tendency to be didactic, the story as a
whole gains immensely in vitality over his earlier work, because he
has put his heart into it.”

+ + − =Outlook.= 89: 84. My. 9, ’08. 200w.

“Monsieur Bourget sustains his reputation as scientific analyst by
exhibiting both the value to a country of a stable territorial
aristocracy and at the same time the evils springing from its ways of
thought.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 765. Je. ’08. 300w.

=Bousset, Wilhelm.= What is religion? (Crown theological lib.)
*$1.50. Putnam.

8–12833.

“Bousset’s work in eight chapters deals, after the introduction, with
the religion of savages, with national, prophetic, legal, and
redemptive religions, and with the nature and future of Christianity.
It is an ambitious attempt, therefore, to review popularly all of
religion as at present understood, to show its origins and
development, its varieties, its present status and future prospects.
It reaches the conclusion that Christianity is the acme of development
in its union of the elements of morality, redemption, and assurance of
the future life.”—Am. J. Theol.

* * * * *

Reviewed by G: W. Gilmore.

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 322. Ap. ’08. 270w.

“This is an extremely interesting book.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 435. O. 10. 520w.

Reviewed by T. D. A. Cockerell.

=Dial.= 44: 213. Ap. 1, ’08. 130w.

“Professor Bousset is well equipped for his task, and writes here, as
always, in a limpidly clear and graphic manner, enabling the reader to
see a century in a sentence. He approaches his task sympathetically,
which cannot be said of all students of religion.” W. Jones-Davies.

+ =Hibbert J.= 6: 682. Ap. ’08. 2300w.

“The book is not a thoro treatise, either in the philosophy of
religion or in its history, but as an introduction to the modern
science of comparative religion it is of much value.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 1403. Je. 18, ’08. 330w.

“As a rapid survey of the field of comparative religion and a concise
and graphic description of the chief types of religion, Professor
Bousset’s lectures are of merit. In its English dress the book
scarcely does justice to the author of the learned and exhaustive
history of the Jewish religion in the age of the New Testament.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 445. My. 14, ’08. 350w.

“The book is an excellent introduction to the study of the nature of
religion and its development into the religions of the world.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 829. D. 14, ’07. 250w.

=Boutet de Monvel, Roger.= Beau Brummell and his times. **$2.50.
Lippincott.

8–34712.

“It is a strange mingling of comedy and tragedy, this story of the
Regent’s friend, the bully of society, the _arbiter elegantiarum_, and
then the broken-down exile, brave against all his enemies save,
disease and death.” (Nation.) “The book is a vivid picture of the
brilliant heartless, and witty society under the Regent. We get
glimpses of the court, its festivities, and its petty squabbles,
wherever Brummell brings his imposing figure, the ‘sublime dandy,’ the
ornament and leader of society.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“This is an altogether charming book. The notes, drawn from
contemporary sources, are brief and admirable, giving just the
information needed. The attitude throughout is French, and, on the
whole, sympathetic. There is no unnecessary moralizing.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 535. My. 2. 1400w.

“The author approaches his subject absolutely without prejudice. In
his attitude there is neither admiration nor contempt, but a kind of
blending of the two, and above all, wonder and sly amusement.” A. B.
Maurice.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 268. N. ’08. 1800w.

“A delightfully picturesque and sympathetic study, etched on the
background of contemporary English life.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 217. O. 1, ’08. 300w.

=Ind.= 65: 1176. N. 19, ’08. 60w.

“An entertaining brief account.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 314. O. 1, ’08. 200w.

“M. de Monvel’s work is exceedingly well done; it gives us strong and
clear impressions of the famous London dandy and the folk among whom
he lived his life.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 554. O. 10, ’08. 340w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 621. O. 24, ’08. 40w.

=Bovill, W. B. Forster.= Hungary and the Hungarians. **$2. McClure.

8–34714.

Mr. Bovill tells what the Hungarians are, what their resources and
short comings are, and how their institutions and ideals make them
“the most bewildering, fascinating, hospitable race in Europe.” He
admits they are lacking in the genius for practical organization which
insures a sound political basis for a government.

* * * * *

“A readable, and, above all, an informing book.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1180. N. 19, ’08. 80w.

“W. B. Forster Bovill has performed a good service in writing his
book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 638. O. 31, ’08. 420w.

“Some very vivid descriptive writing about a comparatively unknown
fascinating people makes this volume an unusually attractive work of
descriptive travels.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 639. N. ’08. 120w.

=Bowen, Edwin Winfield.= Makers of American literature: a class-book
on American literature. *$2.50. Neale.

8–5135.

Not a history but a guide to the study of American literature. “It
purports simply to discuss and consider the literary achievements of
our leading American authors,—those who stand out most conspicuously
in a general survey of our literature and who are recognized among the
foremost makers of American literature.” There are informing chapters
on Franklin, Irving, Cooper, Poe, Prescott, Hawthorne, Emerson,
Bryant, Longfellow, Holmes, Whittier, Lowell, Lanier and Whitman.

=Bowen, Marjorie.= Sword decides. †$1.50. McClure.

8–10858.

The court of Naples in the 14th century is here depicted with much
local color. The life and evil deeds of Giovanna, the queen, and her
diplomatic relations with the principality of Hungary form a subject
around which is grouped much incident having a wealth of melodramatic
detail.

* * * * *

“Miss Bowen’s style has improved in directness and ease. It is still
highly coloured and fresh and young; she has still little thought of
restraint; but one accepts the wealth of material, and the profusion
even of horrors, for the sake of genuine promise. Her strong point is
not character, but she has one or two excellent portraits.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 506. Ap. 25. 150w.

“When all is said there is nothing remarkable about the story except
the author’s youth, her evident reversion to type, and her
extraordinary use of words expressing color.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 151. Jl. 16, ’08. 460w.

“Has none of the stiff, unreal quality of most very old-world tales,
and looms as vividly before us as if it concerned the passing events
of the present day. And still it never loses the spirit, never drops
the phraseology, never forgets the air and glamour of the time in
which it is set.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 253. My. 2, ’08. 250w.

“Not archaeological exactness and faithful portraiture of character
constitute the indispensable elements to fiction of this class, but
descriptive vividness and dramatic sharpness. These two requirements
are certainly reached by Miss Marjorie Bowen.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 764. Je. ’08. 80w.

“What pleases us most in Miss Bowen’s work is her freedom from any
pretentiousness in style or in reflection; she indulges but rarely in
intellectual flights of general comment on the mysteries of life, and
she is never precious.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 634. My. 16, ’08. 400w.

=Bower, B. M. (B. M. Sinclair).= Lure of the dim trails. †$1.50. Dillingham. 7–32836.

Once again Mr. Bower writes a story of the west beyond the Mississippi
“where the trails of men are dim and far apart.” His hero is a cowboy
whose romance begins when the heroine of the tale calls him a coward.

* * * * *

“It may all have been done before, but probably there is little harm
in that, and it is done here as well as anywhere else.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 12. Ja. 4, ’08. 120w.

=Bower, Frederick Orpen.= Origin of a land flora: a theory based
upon the facts of alternation. *$5.50. Macmillan.

8–19077.

A technical study presented by the professor of botany in the Glasgow
university mainly concerned with the theories as to the origin of the
leafy fern-plant and of the moss-fruit. “Starting with the hypothesis
that the origin of our present land flora is to be found in an aquatic
ancestry, the author’s main object is to ascertain to what extent the
life histories of the higher plants justify such an assumption, and to
trace as far as possible the methods by which aquatic plants
specialised themselves in order to attain a land habit. Thus Professor
Bower makes a comparative study of plants from the point of view of
descent.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“It should be read by everyone interested in the evolution and
development of plant-life.”

+ + =Ath.= 1908, 1: 608. My. 16. 880w.

“The scope of the volume is very broad and its spirit is admirable.
The volume is a monument to the research power and philosophical
insight of its distinguished author.” J. M. C.

+ + =Bot. Gaz.= 46: 56. Jl. ’08. 1350w.

“All botanists owe a debt of gratitude to the author for the theory
which he has so systematically worked out, as well as for the detailed
investigations to which it has been the guide. No more important
contribution to scientific botany has appeared in England since the
revival of botanical research in this country in the seventies of the
past century. Nothing can be better for English botany than the
appearance of such a book as this, a full and most original treatise
on an important branch of the science by one who is an acknowledged
master of his subject.” D. H. S.

+ + − =Nature.= 79: 1. N. 5, ’08. 2900w.

“Perhaps the most important contribution to the theoretical side of
botany during the present generation.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 105: 732. Je. 6, ’08. 450w.

“It is in all ways a thoroughly satisfactory book.” C: E. Bessey.

+ + =Science=, n.s. 27: 618. Ap. 17, ’08. 950w.

“It is a remarkable contribution to botanical literature.”

+ + =Spec.= 100: 791. My. 16, ’08. 470w.

* =Bowie, Augustus Jesse, jr.= Practical irrigation, its value and cost; with tables of comparative cost, relative soil production, reservoir dimensions and capacities and other data of value to the practical farmer. *$3. McGraw.

8–19875.

“Chapters 1 to 7 deal in a brief and more or less elementary manner
with some of the broad features of irrigation and the remaining nine
chapters deal almost wholly with irrigation pumping plants and the
construction of artificial reservoirs.... The book contains very
little information concerning irrigation farming, although its title
might be taken to indicate otherwise.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“From the viewpoint of the agriculturist the entire work will be found
of practical benefit, and from the viewpoint of the engineer the
treatment of pumping systems and of the artificial reservoirs will be
equally valuable.” F. W. Hanna.

+ =Engin. N.= 60: 189. Ag. 13, ’08. 560w.

“Throughout the whole treatment of these subjects the author is
distinctly ‘practical,’ in that he dwells insistently on the cost of
the different classes of work and on the total cost of the service
they will perform.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 531. N. 7, ’08. 500w.

=Bowne, Borden Parker.= Personalism. **$1.50. Houghton.

8–6100.

The N. W. Harris lectures for 1907, Northwestern university. Professor
Bowne discusses the subject of personal metaphysics; shows the
relation of sound philosophy to science and to common sense; points
out that the field of science is empirical phenomena, while
philosophy’s realm is that of causality and purpose behind experience;
and agrees with Comte that abstract and impersonal metaphysics is a
mirage of formal ideas which begin, continue and end in abstraction
and confusion. He stands for a personal idealism in philosophy and the
possibility of an enlightened orthodoxy in religion.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 169. Je. ’08.

“His metaphysics is likely to provoke amusement in many minds, rather
than serious consideration.”

− =Nation.= 86: 559. Je. 18, ’08. 1150w.

“His style is beautifully, even amazingly, simple and lucid, and
though of course his chapters are not what is called easy reading,
that is the reader’s fault, not Dr. Bowne’s.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 168. Mr. 28, ’08. 700w.

“For a thorough exposure of radical fallacies in philosophic and
popular thought, and for clear pragmatic thinking toward the ultimate
reality of an all-embracing Intelligence and Will, as the ground of
this personal world, beginners in philosophy will find this an
eminently serviceable book.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 43. S. 5, ’08. 300w.

=Boxall, George E.= Awakening of a race. *$2.75. Wessels.

7–32830.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“We fully appreciate this writer’s legitimate discontent with certain
aspects of our social life, and may agree with him, that it is
ignorance of human nature that underlies much of the evil. But Mr.
Boxall is himself not well informed, and his total inappreciation of
the inwardness of great religious and social problems renders his book
quite valueless for purposes of reform.”

− =Spec.= 100: sup. 125. Ja. 25, ’08. 430w.

=Boyce, Neith, pseud. (Mrs. Hutchins Hapgood).= The bond: a novel of
modern marriage. †$1.50. Duffield.

8–11083.

A story of the clashing of temperaments. A young artist weds an
idealistic young woman. Liking and interest seem to be the only
requirements of their bond. These elements prove incapable of
sustaining the two natures thru experiences of married life and they
“quarrel, jar and nag, as no two persons outside a comic paper could
ever be induced to do.” It is once more a study of the artistic
temperament suffering amid unsubordinated crass experiences.

* * * * *

“The volume is a frank and interesting study of the intimacies of
married life; but it contains, in our opinion, nothing that is
undesirable for clean-minded youth.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 433. O. 10. 100w.

“We could wish that the author’s delicate talent had been employed
upon a worthier theme, or a theme, bearing a closer relation to normal
existence.” W: M. Payne.

− =Dial.= 45: 91. Ag. 16, ’08. 260w.

“[The author] does her work faithfully and discerningly, and her story
rings true.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 427. My. 7, ’08. 550w.

“It is not at all a bad novel. Parts of it are written with insight
and skill, and there is very little that does not indicate both
feeling and intelligence. What dooms the book is not its construction,
not its phraseology, not its mental or artistic standpoint, but its
characters.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 248. Ap. 25, ’08. 200w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 335. Je. 13, ’08. 130w.

=Boyle, Eleanor Vere.= Peacock’s pleasaunce. **$1.50. Lane.

“A bundle of papers lightly and fancifully connected through the
pretty, fantastic title. Her Prologue in explanation of this title is
characteristic of her style and manner, and well prepares the reader
for what follows. The peacock is merely a figure, a symbol standing
decoratively at the head of her page, to light the way into the
pleasaunce. E. V. B. writes of strange flowers and woods, of birds and
weeds, of art and insects—being catholic and benignant in her
taste.... The pages are scattered with iridescent fragments of old
myths and legends, showing the author’s often mystic leanings.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“The only exception we can take to this pretty volume is that the
author has included two papers on ‘Art education’ which seem to us out
of place here.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 765. Je. 20. 300w.

“In the semi-suggestions of the supernatural that sprinkle her pages,
as well as in the veil of mysticism thrown over all, there is
something almost Hawthornesque—a nameless charm that makes one forgive
the fine writing in which the author is prone to indulge.”

+ − =Dial.= 45: 120. S. 1, ’08. 220w.

“To persons who share her delights the reading of her essays will
furnish a certain amount of pleasure, although it must be confessed
that other writers have treated her subjects more entertainingly.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 380. Jl. 4, ’08. 110w.

=Bradford, Gamaliel, jr.= Matthew Porter: a story of to-day. $1.50.
Page.

8–10859.

The social and political life of Boston forms the setting of this
story into which enter the conflict of personalities, character
development, and an appealing human element. The hero, a candidate for
governor, is a reformer; he holds to the belief that more power should
be vested in the governor and less in the legislature. The story
traces the influence of his liberal views upon a young woman belonging
to an aristocratic Boston family. She turns from her musicians,
sculptors, writers and painters and tries her hand at practical
campaigning. The hero wins both his office and the heroine.

* * * * *

“The narrative is cumbered with many irrelevant persons, and the
inevitable love-theme is a wearisome affair.”

− =Nation.= 86: 557. Je. 18, ’08. 500w.

“He has used the story as a peg upon which to hang a great many not
very novel lectures on what politics and government ought to be.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 318. Je. 6, ’08. 280w.

=Bradley, Arthur Granville.= Round about Wiltshire. (Highways and
byways in England.) *$2. McClure.

W7–180.

A monograph which shows the author’s delight in his “rambles and his
topics—in the ancient camps and temples on the downs, in the deserted
abbeys and old manor houses of the slopes and the valleys, in the
thatched cottages and their rustic tenants, in the cornlands and the
meadows, in the streams and the trout.” (Sat. R.) It is illustrated
with fourteen reproductions of water-colors, and numerous halftones.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 128. My. ’08.

“This Marlburian chronicle is interesting, doubtless, but there is too
much of it; it throws the work out of scale and compels the omission
of divers famous local themes which might well have been illustrated.
Its chief charm lies in the ease and spontaneity of the narrative; in
the manifest gusto with which the author has set about his task.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 211. Jl. 5, ’07. 920w.

“It is full of information and full of appreciation of the peculiar
features of Wiltshire scenery and legend.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 146. Ag. 3, ’07. 1750w.

“Mr. Bradley handles his materials with judgment, and talks well about
them all, and his felicity in narrative is incontestable.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 868. Je. 1, ’08. 300w.

* =Bradley, Samuel Carlyle.= Jesus of Nazareth. *$2. Sherman, French & co.

8–32494.

A life of Jesus that aims first to bring into prominence the
“Manliness of Jesus” by emphasizing the saying of Paul that Jesus was
in all points tempted like as we are; and second, to fill up the gap
in the record of Jesus’s life which includes the formative period that
prepared him for his later mission.

=Brady, Cyrus Townsend=, comp. Northwestern fights and fighters.
†$1.50. McClure.

7–36235.

A collection of accounts of operations against Indians most of which
were written by army officers who took part in the engagements
described. “The general desire of Dr. Brady as editor seems to be to
vindicate the army, which has so often been under unjust critical
fire.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“Are of use principally as entertaining reading for men and boys, and
offer nothing of any particular value to the student.”

− + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 37. F. ’08. ✠

“The book as a whole is full of adventure and is real into the
bargain.” M. J. Moses.

+ =Ind.= 63: 1478. D. 19, ’07. 100w.

“Mr. Brady’s own contribution to the history is clear and full of
patriotic fire.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 2. Ja. 4, ’08. 110w.

=R. of Rs.= 36: 758. D. ’07. 50w.

=Braid, James.= Advanced golf. **$3. Jacobs.

8–20687.

Instruction and advice combine to make this handbook valuable for
advanced golfers, especially, as the rudimentary details of the game
are omitted. Mr. Braid, a champion player, “writes intelligently of
the choice of clubs, gives sound instruction on such delicacies of
play as intentional pulling and slicing, as to play in wet weather and
against direct winds, as to putting, systems of practice, and the
‘science of the stroke.’ He has chapters on the planning of courses,
and relates frankly yet modestly some of his personal experiences.”
(N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Braid’s book will be generally welcomed by golfers. Its charm lies in
its lucidity.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 376. Jl. 4, ’08. 630w.

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 170. Ag. 8, ’08. 1200w.

“The biographical characters are highly entertaining.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 677. Ap. 25, ’08. 400w.

=Brainerd, Ira Hutchinson=, ed. Edwin Davis French: a memorial; his
life, his art. Priv. ptd. De Vinne press.

8–13734.

Deals authoritatively with the life and work of a noted book-plate
engraver. “The selection of biographical material has been painstaking
and discriminating; the plates used as illustrations cover a wide
range. The check list of the French plates, as published by Paul
Lemperly in 1899, has been continued, and the series brought to a
finish. A supplementary list of designs and engravings other than
bookplates has been included. The edition is limited to 475 copies, of
which 425 are on handmade paper and 50 are on imperial Japanese
vellum.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“The biographical portion of the volume has been delightfully
written.” Laurence Burnham.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 49. S. ’08. 1100w.

“He has carefully avoided saying too much and has not left unsaid
anything vital.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 977. Ap. 30, ’08. 110w.

“An admirable piece of work.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 385. Ap. 23, ’08. 150w.

=Brand, Jack.= By wild waves tossed; an ocean love story. †$1.50.
McClure.

8–13949.

A spirited romance which begins with the abduction of an English girl
by a profligate captain of the royal navy, and continues on board a
merchant ship whither an American naval officer, masquerading as a
common sailor, had conducted the rescued girl for passage to America
where relatives would claim her. The times are those just prior to the
war of 1812 and the frigate Constitution figures in the story.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 212. Ap. 11, ’08. 30w.

“A story of love, war, and the sea in the spirit of Sir Walter when he
deals with that romantic trinity of elements.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 437. Ag. 8, ’08. 250w.

“It is bright of its kind, clean and wholesome, and has never a
serious moment for the jaded reader.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 514. S. 19, ’08. 320w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 764. Je. ’08. 50w.

=Breasted, James Henry.= History of the ancient Egyptians.
(Historical ser. for Bible students, v. 5.) **$1.25. Scribner.

8–15332.

An abridgment and condensation of Professor Breasted’s larger work to
which have been added such recent discoveries as the finding of
Gem-Atom in Nubia, and the discovery of the Hittite capital at Boghaz
Koi in Asia Minor. It is based directly on original monuments and is
adapted for class use.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 170. Je. ’08. ✠

“Notable book.”

+ =Bib. World.= 32: 79. Jl. ’08. 70w.

“Is as trustworthy as present study can make it.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 436. Ag. 20, ’08. 140w.

“The story is told in a plain and lucid style, without ornamentation,
and with the earnestness of a man who has something to tell and is
intent merely upon the telling.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 462. N. 12, ’08. 260w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 392. Jl. 11, ’08. 150w.

“Is a history, the most reliable yet produced, not merely of Egypt,
but of the Egyptian people.”

+ + =Outlook.= 89: 768. Ag. 1, ’08. 90w.

+ =Spec.= 101: sup. 812. N. 21, ’08. 200w.

=Brebner, Percy James.= Vayenne. $1.50. McBride, J.

8–7896.

A story charged to the brim with adventure in which an unlawful
successor to the Duchy of Montvilliers resorts to foul trickery to
push his claim, but is outwitted by a young soldier of fortune and a
court fool. The latter unite their energies and wits to put upon the
throne the rightful heir. Sword play, bloodshed, justice grown
eloquent to sway the multitude, sacrifice, and romance mingle in
dramatic variety.

* * * * *

“Of its class it is a member in good standing.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 12. Jl. 2, ’08. 140w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 267. My. 9, ’08. 50w.

“The action of ‘Vayenne’ is as rapid as any of its proto-types, and
dramatic episodes are born, flourish, and pass away on every page.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 335. Je. 13, ’08. 200w.

=Spec.= 100: 344. F. 29, ’08. 20w.

=Breck, Edward.= Way of the woods: a manual for sportsmen in
northeastern United States and Canada. **$1.75. Putnam.

8–11766.

A practical field manual containing concise, comprehensive and
authoritative information on all subjects of interest to the camper,
the fisherman and the hunter; not omitting the essentials of a
complete outfit, their place of purchase and approximate cost.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 234. O. ’08. ✠

“It ends with a good working bibliography wherefrom further knowledge
may be gained.” Wallace Rice.

+ =Dial.= 44: 343. Je. 1, ’08. 130w.

“It is an ‘Encyclopedia Britannica’ of the woods. Our only criticism
of the book is that the outfits are inclined to be elaborate.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 1292. Je. 4, ’08. 200w.

“As a sportsman’s manual [this book] would be hard to surpass in its
breadth and compactness of information, without sacrificing
readability altogether.”

+ + − =Nation.= 87: 32. Jl. 9, ’08. 350w.

“The interesting manner in which practical hints are presented and the
sterling good sense give Mr. Breck’s book a real value, which will be
appreciated alike by veterans of the woods and novices.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 264. My. 9, ’08. 200w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 335. Je. 13, ’08. 170w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 253. Ag. ’08. 80w.

=Brenan, Gerald, and Statham, Edward Phillips.= House of Howard.
*$6. Appleton.

8–15740.

A two volume work which sketches the history of this notable family
than which none in England “has been more concerned in the political,
social and religious developments of the English people: none shows to
greater advantage upon the rolls of the English nobility at the
present time. Messrs. Brenan and Statham do not undertake in their
book to take account of all the branches of the family that are now in
existence; what they give us is a historical record of the family
chiefly with regard to those members who have held the more prominent
positions and especially those who have enjoyed the highest hereditary
titles.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The style of the book is so well maintained that, if the facts were
not known, it would be difficult to differentiate one collaborator
from the other. No fault can be found with the historical portion of
the work, which is fairly and impartially written. These genealogical
tables are generally accurate, though misprints are occasionally to be
found.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 721. D. 7. 1100w.

“Errors of detail in dates, spellings, and misinterpretations of
documents are to be found on nearly every page. Its virtues would have
been enormously enhanced, and its faults correspondingly diminished,
had the book enjoyed the advantage of systematic and scholarly
revision.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 524. N. 26, ’08. 1200w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 573. O. 17, ’08. 300w.

+ =Spec.= 100: 227. F. 8, ’08. 460w.

* =Brereton, Austin.= Life of Henry Irving. 2v. **6.50. Longmans.

“This biography is just a chronicle—admirably exact and faithful—of
its hero’s public life. All Irving’s professional experiences, from
his appearances in Sunderland, Edinburgh, Dublin, Manchester,
Birmingham, and Liverpool down to his farewell seasons at the Lyceum
and Drury Lane, and his final performance of ‘Becket’ at Bradford, are
here presented with a carefulness that merits enthusiastic
acknowledgment. If ever there was an object-lesson in what can be done
by an actor, through force of character, to overcome natural defects
and the obstacle of self-consciousness, it is surely afforded by
Irving’s career, and in Mr. Brereton’s chapters the moral is
consistently pointed.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“The reader will search in vain for information as to what the man was
apart from his art. His writing, so far from having any distinction,
does not rise above the level of average journalism. Mr. Brereton’s
statistics are among the most important features of his book.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 551. O. 31. 1000w.

“The author is not impartial in his attitude toward his subject,
indiscriminating admiration being its keynote.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 1176. N. 19, ’08. 100w.

“Its unexceptionable sources of information and capital index make it
an exceedingly useful work of reference for the student of the
theatre. Though on the historical side it is complete and accurate, on
the critical it is less trustworthy.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 418. O. 29, ’08. 1500w.

“It may be accepted as the definitive life of Irving, published with
the sanction of his family and executors.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 651. N. 7, ’08. 550w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 741. D. 5, ’08. 280w.

“Contains many interesting passages. Yet one cannot but reflect how
much better it would have been as a book in its quiddity if the author
had but read and marked to practical purpose Isaac Disraeli’s comment
on biographies at large.” W. H. Pollock.

+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 605. N. 14, ’08. 1400w.

=Brewster, William Tenney.= Specimens of modern English literary
criticism; chosen and edited by W. T. Brewster. *$1. Macmillan.

7–33232.

Contains the following: Stephen’s Wood’s halfpence, Masson’s
DeQuincey’s writings, Johnson’s The metaphysical poets, Macaulay’s
Montgomery’s poems, Bagehot’s Dickens, Pater’s Wordsworth, Robertson’s
Poe, Dryden’s Preface to the fables, Harrison’s Ruskin as a master of
prose, Lamb’s Tragedies of Shakespeare, James’s The art of fiction,
Poe’s Philosophy of composition, Arnold’s Study of poetry, Coleridge’s
On poetry and poetic form, and Shelley’s Defense of poetry. “The
essays,” says the author, “proceed from the simplest, most matter of
fact and most easily demonstrable to the more general, more abstract,
and less easily provable.”

* * * * *

“What is particularly admirable in the execution of his plan is the
broad and generous introduction, which discusses freely and
interestingly not only the general type of literature included, but
also the particular selections themselves.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 311. Ag. 6, ’08. 100w.

“To adapt a well-known dictum—by Augustine Birrill, we believe—a man
may talk like a gentleman and scholar for a year on the material
gathered from this book.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ =School R.= 16: 345. My. ’08. 340w.

=Brierley, Jonathan (“J. B.,” pseud.).= Sidelights on religion.
*$1.40. Whittaker.

A series of observations aiming to show that religion broadly
considered is the real and only explanation of the riddle of
existence.

=Briggs, Ernest Edward.= Angling and art in Scotland: some fishing
experiences related and illustrated. *$4. Longmans.

“Mr. Briggs shows us how companionable his two arts are, how each
serves the other, and how the man that is committed to them finds his
days in the woods and along the streams full of delight. Where Mr.
Briggs has fished in Scotland there also has he painted, and vice
versa, and his book gives us charming records of his achievements in
both respects.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“A book with many charms; foremost among them are the thirty-two
coloured plates, but they are run close by the descriptions of
Galloway and the Highlands, and by the admirable production of the
volume.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 471. O. 17. 640w.

“His pictures, which are reproduced in color, are little gems. He
tells his fish stories beautifully.”

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

=Brinton, Christian.= Modern artists. il. **$6. Baker.

8–9098.

Fourteen artists are presented from Fragonard to Zuloaga. “Mr.
Christian Brinton does not state explicitly anywhere in his studies
what constitutes his idea of modernity and thereby his basis of
selection. But in general his test seems to be virility of insight and
workmanship, a compelling personality, above all the power to paint
realities, whether ideal realities like Watts, rococo realities like
Fragonard, or the stern reality of toil like Meunir and Segantini. Of
the fourteen artists discussed all are painters; eleven are still
living or have died within the present century; and all are figure
painters.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 170. Je. ’08.

“Mr. Brinton is able to approach each painter with open mind and ready
sympathy. His criticism is interesting in that it seizes so readily
upon salient features and phrases its conclusions so forcibly.”

+ =Dial.= 44: 247. Ap. 16, ’08. 400w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 214. Ap. 11, ’08. 50w.

“What the author writes of the people as well as of their art is
extremely entertaining, and much of it is informing.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 276. My. 16, ’08. 350w.

=Bristol, Frank Milton.= Life of Chaplain McCabe, bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal church. **$1.50. Revell.

8–23284.

A eulogistic record of the deeds of a man whose motto thru life was
“Ich dien.” He served as army chaplain during the civil war and was
loved for his cheerfulness, helpfulness and his sympathetic voice. For
thirty years after the war he labored to strengthen and extend mission
work in the Methodist church, being known as the most “irresistible
beggar” of his times; for ten years he served in the high
ecclesiastical office of bishop. “If his biographer’s style
occasionally reminds one of the hallelujahs and amens heard in
old-fashioned Methodist prayer-meetings, it is pardonable, as if
caught from the perfervid spirit of his subject.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 495. S. 12, ’08. 1200w.

“It is not pardonable in Bishop Bristol to inject into his memorial of
this Christian hero an accusation of ‘rationalism’ and ‘infidelity’
against the theological schools and university professors who teach
differently from the evangelists and class leaders.”

+ − =Outlook.= 90: 136. S. 19, ’08. 170w.

=Britton, Nathaniel Lord, and Shafer, John Adolph.= North American
trees; being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing
independently of cultivation in North America north of Mexico and
the West Indies. (American nature ser. Group 1. Classification of
nature.) **$7. Holt.

8–15485.

A splendid volume of nearly nine hundred pages devoted to descriptions
and to illustrations of all the kinds of trees known to grow
independently of planting in North America, north of Mexico and the
West Indies. The descriptions contain as few technical terms as
possible and are aided by the illustrations in rendering easy the
identification of trees by their foliage, flowers and fruit. There is
a general key to families, a glossary of special terms and an index to
English names.

* * * * *

“Libraries having Sargent will find Britton useful as meeting a
different need; those having Hough will perhaps not find Britton
necessary.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 255. N. ’08.

“The authors are in an exceptionally favorable position to make such a
book accurate rather than merely popular, and it is a good thing now
and then for men who have the facts to give to the public something
that can be relied upon.” J. M. C.

+ + =Bot. Gaz.= 46: 62. Jl. ’08. 300w.

“The tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee of nomenclature, and all the
inconsistency of the disfiguring use of capitals in common and
scientific names, need not here detain us. Dr. Britton’s work is a
notable contribution to the science of his country and the world.” T:
H. Macbride.

+ + − =Dial.= 44: 341. Je. 1, ’08. 600w.

“An impressive work which is an honor to American scholarship.”

+ + =Educ. R.= 36: 422. N. ’08. 80w.

“Extremely valuable book.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 37: 227. Ag. 15, ’08. 120w.

“The authors have brought together a considerable amount of
trustworthy and valuable information relative to uses, pharmaceutical
and other.”

+ + =Nation.= 86: 561. Je. 18, ’08. 460w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 335. Je. 13, ’08. 200w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 353. Je. 20, ’08. 280w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 127. Jl. ’08. 120w.

=Brodrick, Mary.= Trial and crucifixion of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
*$1.25. Longmans.

8–26255.

Three lectures based upon a careful study of Jewish law. They are The
arrest, The trial and condemnation and The crucifixion and the site of
the holy sepulchre.

* * * * *

“The three lectures, short though they are, are interesting in every
detail, and deserve the attention of the ordinary reader as well as
the New Testament student and scholar. Miss Brodrick has certainly
studied Jewish law to good purpose.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 666. My. 30. 630w.

“One must utterly dissent from the conclusion of this book.”

− =Outlook.= 89: 625. Jl. 18, ’08. 80w.

* =Bronson, Edgar Beecher.= Reminiscences of a ranchman. †$1.50. McClure.

8–30304.

Here are set down the experiences of a New York newspaper man, who,
something of a physical wreck from illness, turns to the plains and
casts his lot among the “nervy nomads of the range” who are forced to
“make good or make tracks.” The trials and physical hardening process
that marked his course from tenderfoot cowboy to ranch owner are
interspersed with character sketches revealing brutal, domineering
traits, as well as the qualities of loyalty, honesty, human kindness.

* * * * *

“Thanks to his newspaper training he is able to tell his stories
exceedingly well; they come straight from the plains, full of vigor
and intensely graphic.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 674. N. 14, ’08. 250w.

=Bronson, Walter Cochrane=, ed. English poems. 4v. library ed. ea.
*$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.

7–29843. Additions.

=v. 3.= Restoration and the eighteenth century, 1660–1800.

Uniform with the other volumes of the series, the method followed is
(1) to choose poems representing the different phases of the work of
poets and schools of poetry, (2) to print entire poems or entire parts
of poems, whenever possible, (3) to follow the latest accessible text
approved by the author, (4) to modernize spelling and punctuation as a
rule, but to retain the original form when change could affect rhythm
or rime, (5) in the notes to explain difficulties of expression and
allusion, give the poet’s view of poetry, furnish material
illustrating his mode of work and throw light upon the literary
standards of different periods.

* * * * *

“Professor Bronson’s long experience in teaching literature has
familiarized him with the needs of the average student in the matter
of elucidations.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 53. Jl. 16, ’08. 450w.

=Brooke, C. F. Tucker=, ed. Shakespeare apocrypha; being a
collection of fourteen plays which have been ascribed to
Shakespeare; ed., with introd., notes and bibliography. *$1.75.
Oxford.

8–34728.

The following plays reprinted in the original text and spelling with
an introduction and notes and a bibliography, constitute the doubtful
Shakespearian class: Arden of Feversham, Locrine, Edward III,
Mucedorus, Sir John Oldcastle, Thomas Lord Cromwell, The London
prodigal, The puritan, A Yorkshire tragedy, The merry devil of
Edmonton, Fair Em, Two noble kinsmen, The birth of Merlin and Sir
Thomas More.

* * * * *

“Though on the whole we must give praise to Mr. Brooke for some
excellent work, his book cannot, without considerable revision, take
its place as a final recension of the text of the plays included.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 446. O. 10. 1000w.

“Mr. Brooke’s collection meets a definite need. It is unfortunate that
the notes are so scanty: herein the volume fails of being definitive.”

+ − =Dial.= 45: 118. S. 1, ’08. 370w.

“The true Shakespeare will be the more relished after a study of Mr.
Brooke’s introduction and the reading of these apocryphal plays.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 762. Je. 13, ’08. 240w.

“There is, indeed, only one fault to be found with an otherwise
admirable volume,—its exceedingly unattractive form.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 298. Ag. 29, ’08. 1800w.

=Brooke, Stopford A.= Four Victorian poets: a study of Clough,
Arnold, Rossetti and Morris; with an introd. on the course of
poetry from 1822 to 1852. (English title, A study of four poets.)
**$1.75. Putnam.

8–14374.

The introductory chapter follows the steady course of English poetry
from the Byron and Shelley influence to the whirlpool of thoughts and
hopes and passions, political, social, ideal, democratic, but chiefly
religious and theological into which Clough and Arnold were cast. The
aim of the study is to show to what extent Clough, Arnold, Rossetti
and Morris influenced the poetic movement of the latter half of the
nineteenth century and to give an estimate of the quality and
importance of their work.

* * * * *

“Is rather tedious because it talks round and round its subject, never
saying anything essential.”

− =Ath.= 1908, 1: 691. Je. 6. 1100w.

“This is not only a delightful but an encouraging book.” Montgomery
Schuyler.

+ =Bookm.= 27: 599. Ag. ’08. 1550w.

+ =Dial.= 45: 92. Ag. 16, ’08. 380w.

“The best part of the volume is the introductory chapter.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 465. My. 21, ’08. 200w.

“May be placed among the important minor studies of the Victorian
period.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 812. Ag. 8, ’08. 250w.

“Whoever enjoys literary criticism welcomes a new book by Mr. Stopford
Brooke, and no one who reads ‘A study of four poets’ will be
disappointed.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 697. My. 2, ’08. 1600w.

=Brooke, Rev. Stopford Augustus.= Sea charm of Venice. *$1. Dutton.

W 7–160.

Here the author “blends impressions and emotions, history and art. He
is not the hasty tourist, who peers, and nods, and hurries on, but the
lover of Venice, who has returned to her again and again, seen her
under many aspects, thought upon her glories, and felt her
fascination.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“He has [a] smooth, flowing style.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 524. Mr. 5, ’08. 110w.

“He writes with genuine enthusiasm, but without gush, and displays
also an unusual skill in description.”

+ + =Nation.= 86: 38. Ja. 9, ’08. 80w.

“An essay in which its sea-charm is analyzed as well as described is
justified by its radical deviation from familiar lines, if for nothing
else. A clear vision and appreciation of each aspect of Venetian life,
art, and poetry are combined with facility of expression.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 54. F. 1, ’08. 110w.

“This book will help. This fine bit of word-painting cannot fail to be
a delight.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 298. Ag. 31, ’07. 90w.

=Brooke, Rev. Stopford Augustus.= Studies in poetry. *$1.75. Putnam.

8–5211.

An introductory essay on “Poetry as an art” is followed by six papers
three of which are devoted to Shelley, one to Blake, one to Walter
Scott and the last to Keats.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 170. Je. ’08.

“Mr. Stopford Brooke has achieved the skill of the craftsman, without
losing his individual traits as a critic with a keen perception of
literary art.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 65. Ag. 1, ’08. 580w.

“The book itself is not large enough for the subjects broached in it;
and its limits must be remembered, lest in speaking of its
imperfections we forget to be grateful to the writer for all that he
has given us.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 356. N. 22, ’07. 2020w.

“A pretty thin gleaning.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 35. Ja. 9, ’08. 170w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

“American readers are familiar with Mr. Brooke’s critical work, always
sympathetic, based on sound knowledge, and not lacking in the finer
insight; but of late years somewhat too fluent, lacking exact
definition and sharp precision of statement, and inclining
occasionally to didacticism.”

+ − =Outlook.= 88: 98. Ja. 11, ’08. 80w.

“The only flaw that strikes us—a faintly sermonic touch here and
there, a hint of the pious platform cadence, coupled inevitably with
the note of conventional reticence or apology in dealing with big
people that comes of addressing the wierd sort of audience which likes
to feel assured of complete private respectability in its poets. His
style generally is purged of conventionality. As a whole he is
admirably sane and free from prejudice.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 105: 696. My. 30, ’08. 800w.

“Perhaps the Scott lecture is the best. The Shelley lectures we like
the least of all.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: 994. D. 14, ’07. 200w.

=Brooks, John Graham.= As others see us: a study of progress in the
United States. **$1.75. Macmillan.

8–31147.

Here are woven into most readable and entertaining form the opinions
by way of approval, of censure, or of warning, which visiting foreign
critics have expressed concerning America since the beginning of
national life. In the light of these objective estimates the author
discusses topics and problems which bear upon present-day progress.

* * * * *

“The light and gossipy character of Mr. Brooks’s work will make it a
pleasant companion for snatches of reading in dull and idle days. We
cannot dismiss this review of it without acknowledging the
thoroughness with which the author has ranged through a wide field of
reading and furnished the completed book with a bibliography and an
index.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 850. D. 5, ’08. 260w.

=Brown, Abbie Farwell.= Friends and cousins. il. †$1. Houghton.

7–30835.

The sequel to “Brothers and sisters.” The fun of Kenneth and Rose is
continued, new friends are made with whom they play pirate, dig for
treasure, and experience other thrilling mock adventures as well as a
few of the real sort.

* * * * *

“But it is a relief to find ‘Friends and cousins’ less weak than
‘Brothers and sisters,’ tho the same tendency is evident in each to be
ethical in the midst of playing ‘treasure trove.’ We speak thus
plainly because Miss Brown has gained a library foothold thru her
verses and her myth tales. Her new vein lacks spontaneity and
imagination of a high character.” M. J. Moses.

+ − =Ind.= 63: 1483. D. 19, ’07. 110w.

“The story is superior in style and plot to its predecessor, and will
probably amuse young readers.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 520. D. 5, ’07. 30w.

=Brown, Alice.= Rose MacLeod. †$1.50. Houghton.

8–12225.