Chapter I: Preface (1)

Departing somewhat from the customary order of the preface for the annual Book Review Digest, we shall omit the usual explanations. We believe that four annual recitals have been enough to familiarize our patrons with the scope and purpose of this work as an organ of book valuation. Instead, we should like to say a word to the publisher, the author and the librarian—all three of whom look upon book criticism from different angles of interest.

The publisher, above all else, wants to sell his book; the author desires to be understood and appreciated; the librarian aims to provide the best food for the appetite of the reading public. If the publisher cannot find in reviews material that will aid him in putting his book on the market; if the author is misunderstood and misjudged; and if the librarian sees ground for complaint in the over favorable tone of reviews and in the lack of comparative estimates, the trouble may usually be traced to the book itself or to the reviewer.

We shall pass over the author’s duty to readers. We do wish, however, to remind our patrons that the responsibility of the reviewer is a vital one. Thru his criticism, the book is made or marred for a large class of readers who have not time to experiment with the season’s output of literature. Because the reviewer’s obligation is a serious one, the list of periodicals from which we cull excerpt material for the Book Review Digest has been selected with the utmost care; only reliable and authoritative magazines have been chosen whose departure from high standards of excellence results in injury to an established reputation. The reviews published in such periodicals may not be infallible—nothing short of the millennium can eliminate personal bias—but they represent the most conscientious interpretation and the best judgment of the present day.

With the foregoing facts in mind, we beg our patrons to remember that the Book Review Digest, without an opinion of its own, aims only to assemble the various critical judgments in a manner that will enable a reader to arrive quickly at a reasonably intelligent conclusion concerning the merits of a new book, and to offer reference data that will make possible easy access to the reviews from which the clippings were made.

J. L. W.

Publications from which Digests of Reviews are Made

Am. Hist. R.—American Historical Review. $4. Macmillan Company, 66 Fifth Ave., New York. Am. J. Soc.—American Journal of Sociology. $2. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. Am. J. Theol.—American Journal of Theology. $3. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. A. L. A. Bkl.—A. L. A. Booklist. $1. A. L. A. Publishing Board, 34 Newbury St., Boston. Ann. Am. Acad.—Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. $6. 36th and Woodland Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. Arena.—Arena. Discontinued. Astrophys. J.—Astrophysical Journal. $5. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. Ath.—Athenæum. $4.25. Bream’s Buildings, Chancery Lane, E. C., London. Atlan.—Atlantic Monthly. $4. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 4 Park St., Boston, Mass. Bib. World.—Biblical World. $2. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. Bookm.—Bookman. $2.50. Dodd, Mead & Co., 372 5th Ave., New York. Bot. Gaz.—Botanical Gazette. $7. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Cath. World.—Catholic World. $3. 120–122 W. 60th St., New York. Char.—Charities. Continued in Survey. Class. J.—Classical Journal. $1.50. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. Class. Philol.—Classical Philology. $2.50. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. Dial.—Dial. $2. Fine Arts Building, 203 Michigan Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Econ. Bull.—Economic Bulletin. $2. American Economic Association. Goldwin Smith Hall, Ithaca, N. Y. Educ. R.—Educational Review. $3. Educational Review Pub. Co., Rahway, N. J. Elec. World.—Electrical World. $3. McGraw Publishing Co., 239 West 39th St., New York. El. School T.—Elementary School Teacher. $1.50. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. Engin. D.—Engineering Digest. $2. Technical Literature Co., 220 Broadway, New York. Engin. N.—Engineering News. $5. 220 Broadway, New York. Engin. Rec.—Engineering Record. $3. McGraw Publishing Co., 239 West 39th St., New York. Eng. Hist. R.—English Historical Review. $6. Longmans, Green, & Co., 39 Paternoster Row, London, E. C. Forum.—Forum. $2. Forum Publishing Co., 45 East 42d Street, New York. Hibbert J.—Hibbert Journal. $2.50. Sherman, French & Co., 6 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. Ind.—Independent. $3. 130 Fulton St., New York. Int. J. Ethics.—International Journal of Ethics. $2.50. 1415 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. Int. Studio.—International Studio. $5. John Lane, 110–114 West 32d Street, New York. J. Geol.—Journal of Geology. $3. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. J. Philos.—Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods. $3. Science Press, Lancaster, Pa. J. Pol. Econ.—Journal of Political Economy. $3. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. Lit. D.—Literary Digest. $3. 44–60 East 23d Street, New York. Mod. Philol.—Modern Philology. $3. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. Nation.—Nation. $3. P. O. Box 794, New York. Nature.—Nature. 31s. 6d. Macmillan Company, 66 Fifth Ave., New York. N. Y. Times.—New York Times Saturday Review, New York. No. Am.—North American Review. $4. North American Review Pub. Co., Franklin Sq., New York. Outlook.—Outlook. $3. Outlook Co., 287 4th Ave., New York. Philos. R.—Philosophical Review. $3. Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Phys. R.—Physical Review. $5. Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Pol. Sci. Q.—Political Science Quarterly. $3. Ginn & Co., 29 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. Psychol. Bull.—Psychological Bulletin. $2. 41 North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa. Putnam’s.—Putnam’s and the Reader. $3. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 27 & 29 W. 23d St., New York. R. of Rs.—American Monthly Review of Reviews. $3. Review of Reviews Co., 13 Astor Place, New York. Sat. R.—Saturday Review. $7.50. 33 Southampton St., Strand, London. School R.—School Review. $1.50. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. Science, n.s.—Science (new series). $5. Science Press, Sub-Station 84, New York. Spec.—Spectator. $7.50. 1 Wellington St., Strand, London. Survey.—Survey. $2. Charity Organization Soc., 105 East 22d St., New York. Yale. R.—Yale Review. $3. Yale Publishing Ass’n., 135 Elm St., New Haven, Conn.

OTHER ABBREVIATIONS:

=Abbreviations of Publishers’ Names= will be found in the Publishers’
Directory at the end of The Cumulative Book Index.
=An Asterisk (*) before the price= indicates those books sold at a
limited discount and commonly known as net books. Books subject to
the rules of the American Publishers’ Association are marked by a
double asterisk (**) when the bookseller is required to maintain the
list price; by a dagger † when the maximum discount is fixed at 20
and 10 per cent, as is allowable in the case of fiction.
=The plus and minus signs= preceding the names of the magazines
indicate the degrees of favor or disfavor of the entire review.
=In the reference to a magazine=, the first number refers to the
volume, the next to the page and the letters to the date.
=Books noticed since the April number= have the month’s number
immediately below the author’s name in the entry heading.
=A Maltese Cross (✠)= indicates that the A. L. A. Booklist recommends
the book for small libraries, or for immediate purchase.

* * * * *

The publications, named above, undoubtedly represent the leading reviews of the English-speaking world. Few libraries are able to subscribe for all and the smaller libraries are supplied with comparatively few of the periodicals from which the digests are to be culled. For this reason the digests will be of greater value to the small libraries, since it places at their disposal, in most convenient form, a vast amount of valuable information about books, which would not otherwise be available.

We shall endeavor to make the descriptive notes so comprehensive, and the digests so full and accurate, that librarians who do not have access to the reviews themselves, will be able to arrive at substantially correct appreciations of the value of the books reviewed.

This is particularly true in regard to the English periodicals, which are practically out of the reach of the ordinary library, we shall endeavor to make the digest of these reviews so complete that there will be little occasion to refer to the original publications.

Book Review Digest

Devoted to the Valuation of Current Literature

January-December, 1909

A

=Abbey, George.=^{[9]} Balance of nature and modern conditions of
cultivation; a practical manual of animal foes and friends for the
country gentleman, the farmer, the forester, the gardener and the
sportsman. *$2.50. Dutton.

Agr9–1626.

“Classifies and analyzes the common animals and birds with reference to the harm or good they do to man. The classification into ‘Insectivorous and harmless,’ ‘Partly useful and partly injurious,’ and ‘Destructive,’ is applied in successive chapters to wild animals, wild birds, water birds, migratory birds, reptiles, and game. The author attempts neither to defend nor condemn, but with scientific impartiality tells the story of each creature’s habits and conduct from the standpoint of man’s welfare.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“If any fault is to be found with the author’s sense of justice, it is that, while the second part of his book gives directions for trapping or otherwise destroying those creatures that sometimes do harm, no corresponding space is given to directions for protecting and preserving those that do good.”

+ − =Dial.= 47: 103. Ag. 16, ’09. 320w.

“Mr. Abbey shows himself a close observer, and in food habits at least, makes a real contribution to our knowledge of British fauna. The author is moderate in his statements, but a book such as this should be used with discretion.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 166. Ag. 19, ’09. 350w.

“If the text be bad the illustrations, which the author declares to be diagrammatic, are ten times worse. As regards the economic portions of the work, the author appears to know more of his subject, and we trust his observations will be found of use to the country gentlemen and farmers for whom the volume is especially intended.” R. L.

− + =Nature.= 81: 5. Jl. 1, ’09. 250w.

“A practical and useful account of animal foes and friends.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 538. Ap. 24, ’09. 20w.

=Abbott, Rev. Edwin Abbott.=^{[11]} Message of the Son of Man. *$1.75.
Macmillan.

“Sets forth an extended summary of the evidence for the meaning of the term ‘Son of Man’ in the prophets, the later Jewish literature, and the New Testament.... Dr. Abbott’s contention is that Jesus’ use of the term is in line with that of the prophets, rather than with that of later literature; and that he persistently used the term to fix attention upon the divine image in which man had been made, and which he sought to restore in all men, by the Spirit of God.”—Bib. World.

* * * * *

“Throughout the book he shows not simply the ingenuity now generally associated with his name, but also the clear vision of a keen critic, and gives abundant evidence of accurate scholarship.”

+ =Ath.= 1909. 2: 458. O. 16. 650w.

“The learning and originality of the discussions are undeniable.”

+ =Bib. World.= 34: 142. Ag. ’09. 140w.

“Dr. Abbott’s book is rather difficult reading.”

− =Spec.= 103: 692. O. 30, ’09. 500w.

=Abbott, Frank Frost.=^{[10]} Society and politics. in ancient Rome;
essays and sketches. **$1.25. Scribner.

9–24279.

A dozen papers most of which are to some degree comparative studies of certain phases of the life of ancient Rome and that of our own day. They are: Municipal politics in Pompeii; The story of two oligarchies; Women and public affairs under the Roman republic; Roman women in the trades and professions; The theatre as a factor in Roman politics under the republic; Petronius: a study in ancient realism; A Roman purclain; Petrarch’s letter to Cicero; Literature and the common people of Rome; The career of a Roman student; Some spurious inscriptions and their authors; The evolution of the modern forms of the letters of our alphabet.

* * * * *

“Not only delightful reading but brings the Romans within reach of our human sympathies.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 490. O. 30, ’09. 1350w.

=Abbott, George Frederick.=^{[12]} Turkey in transition. *$4.25.
Longmans.

This volume “suddenly switches us away from the muddy roads, the bare hillsides, the biting winds of the Balkans and the Anatolian plateau [of Captain Townshend’s book], into the noisy streets of Pera and offices of Stambul; we learn the people and come to the forces that move them.” (Sat. R.) The volume “sets forth with apparent accuracy the events as they happened, and their effect on the mind of a dispassionate observer.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“Excellent book.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 554. N. 6. 570w.

“Those who have read Captain Townshend must then read Mr. Abbott. Mr. Abbott in his even more difficult task has succeeded as completely and as splendidly as Captain Townshend; he gives us what an enthusiast sometimes calls ‘the whole thing’ when he is at a loss to describe a very complicated situation.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 599. N. 13, ’09. 670w.

=Abbott, Lyman.= Home builder. **75c. Houghton.

8–30941.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 5. Ja. ’09.

“One of the most valuable points which Dr. Abbott does bring out, however, is the preservation of the sense of humor through all of the vicissitudes of the woman’s life. But it hardly possesses the philosophy that the modern, active woman of the larger communities can find use for.”

− + =Char.= 21: 640. Ja. 2, ’09. 180w.
=Ind.= 66: 152. Ja. 21, ’09. 50w.
=Outlook.= 90: 842. D. 12, ’08. 200w.

=Abbott, Lyman.=^{[12]} The temple. *$1.25. Macmillan.

9–29207.

Dr. Abbott says: “This volume is one of three volumes which make one book: ‘The great companion’; ‘The other room’; and ‘The temple.’ They are not Theology; they are books of religion.” The temple is the temple of the living body wherein dwells the spirit, concerning which the author aims not to expand the philosophies of either psychologist or physiologist, but to describe human experience as it is and as it ought to be; to interpret the laws both of the body and the spirit; to describe human nature. Contents: The body; The eye; The ear; The tongue; The hand; The feet; The appetites; The passions; Imagination; The conscience; The intuition; The reason; Love.

* * * * *

=Outlook.= 93: 788. D. 4, ’09. 130w.

=Abd al-Baha ibn Baha Allah.= Some answered questions; collected and
translated from the Persian of Abdu’l-Baha. *$1.50. Lippincott.

9–4927.

“The volume expounds the ideas of the Bahais, or Babis—religious mystics among Mohammedans—as given by their leader, Baha, to an English learner.... The author avails himself impartially of the Koran and of the Bible, regarding Moses, Mohammedans, and Christ as his forerunners.” (Outlook.) Among the subjects discussed are Darwinism, immortality, fate, and free-will, evil, reincarnation and pantheism.

* * * * *

“A great variety of subjects is discussed in the volume; all treated shrewdly, though sometimes crudely.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 627. D. 24, ’08. 400w.
=Outlook.= 90: 798. D. 5, ’08. 170w.

=Abrahams, Ethel Beatrice.=^{[5]} Greek dress. 9s. Murray, J:, London.

9–12608.

“Miss Abrahams begins with a consideration of the dress of men and women as seen in the Mycenean remains, concluding that it argues strongly for the non-Hellenic character of the race. This dress was tight-fitting, and altogether different from the flowing robes and large outlines of Greek garments generally. These she proceeds to examine, carefully analysing both the passages in classical authors where it is described or referred to, and the portrayals of it that we find in vase-paintings or elsewhere. The text is amply illustrated.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“This book is to be recommended as the most practical and trustworthy account of the subject to be found in any language, and should prove useful not only to students, but also to artists and others who are interested in Greek costume.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 49. Jl. 10. 450w.

“Scholarly and well-illustrated volume.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 37: 254. My. ’09. 200w.

“A careful work.” C: Ricketts.

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 40. Ja. 9, ’09. 1400w.

“A very learned and, as far as we can judge, complete treatise.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 1002. D. 12, ’08. 130w.

=Abrahams, Israel.=^{[11]} Judaism. 40c. Open ct.

8–8506.

“An authoritative and singularly impartial survey of a religion which is at once ‘ancient and modern,’ and of which most people have strange conceptions.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Mr. Abrahams, who writes as a scholar and as a broad-minded Jew, aims to set forth the chief traits of this new religion which arose, as it were, out of the decay of the Jewish state, and to trace the more important phenomena connected with Judaism in the course of its long and eventful history. This he does succinctly, skilfully, and with commendable courage.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 353. O. 17, ’07. 750w.

“We hesitate to criticise a Jewish rabbi’s definition of Judaism; but we do not think that Mr. Israel Abrahams has shown as vital an apprehension of the essential principles of Judaism as is shown by Emma Lazarus in her too little known volume, ‘The spirit of Judaism.’ In three important respects this volume appears to us defective.”

− =Outlook.= 93: 362. O. 16, ’09. 360w.

=Adams, Joseph Henry.=^{[5]} Harper’s machinery book for boys. $1.75.
Harper.

9–10506.

Following the general plan of the author’s “Electricity book for boys” this book is designed to show boys how to take part in the achievements which are the mechanical expressions of man’s ability and ambition. The author explains in a simple and practical way the tools and general outfit necessary for inexpensive home shops, the elementary principles of their use, and then shows what a boy can accomplish easily with little outlay. There are many illustrations included, and a dictionary of mechanical terms.

* * * * *

“Practical, comprehensive, well illustrated.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 190. Je. ’09. ✠

“The most prominent fault of the book is the inclusion of numerous general statements, quite unnecessary to the purpose of the book, which are not only in many cases misleading but often quite untrue.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 7. Jl. 15, ’09. 300w. + =Lit. D.= 39: 1015. D. 4, ’09. 110w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 709. N. 13. ’09. 130w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 768. D. ’09. 30w.

=Adams, Oscar Fay.= Motley jest: Shakesperean diversions. *$1.
Sherman, French & co.

9–5246.

Contains “A Shakesperean fantasy,” and an imaginary sixth act to the “Merchant of Venice.” The first is supplementary to the “Tempest” “in which Prospero with the aid of Ariel transports Ferdinand and Miranda, long since happily married, back to the enchanted island, which he peoples for them, temporarily, with the figures of Shakespeare’s stage folk—Romeo and Juliet, the nurse, Mercutio, Falstaff, Lear, Richard II, Henry VI, and others—who discourse briefly in a fashion more or less in accordance with their theatrical moods and character.” (Nation.) In the second Shylock “is Christianized, officially and publicly, and openly proclaims his apostasy while secretly hugging his ancient faith and his passion for revenge.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“It is a literary gem that will delight lovers of good things in dramatic form.”

+ =Arena.= 41: 606. Ag. ’09. 270w.

“Two Shakespearean experiments, which are, perhaps, more entertaining than valuable.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 231. Mr. 4, ’09. 180w.

“The Shakespearean spirit is well imitated [in ‘Motley jest’] and the verse is smooth and rhythmic.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 163. Mr. 20, ’09. 310w.

=Adamson, Robert.=^{[5]} Development of Greek philosophy. 10s. 6d.
Blackwood, W. & sons, London.

9–9955.

“In this volume we have reproduced the substance of various courses of lectures upon Greek philosophy delivered some eight or ten years ago by the late Prof. Adamson.... It is safe to say that no work of equal importance, covering the same ground and dealing with the same aspect of the subject, has appeared, in this country at least, for many years past. The ground covered reaches from the beginnings of scientific thinking down to, and including, the speculations of the Stoics; while the point of view from which it is surveyed is that of the critic of philosophy in the stricter sense of the term.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“It is abundantly evident throughout that modern and ancient authorities, and added the quality of erudition to his singular gifts of the author was well versed in the views of both mental acumen and soundness of judgment.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 311. Mr. 13. 1000w.

“This volume will supply a long-felt want. Singularly able, stimulating and suggestive throughout, the book ought to secure a wide circle of readers. In English there is certainly no other treatise on the subject of like compass at all comparable with it in point of lucidity, thoroughness, and sound scholarship.” G. D. Hicks.

+ + =Hibbert J.= 7: 919. Jl. ’09. 4600w.

“The advanced student will profit by the clear and fluent exposition; the lecturer will see here a good example of the way in which the subject can be treated; the young student will find it an excellent companion to his Ritter and Preller. It would be easy to quarrel with many things in the actual exposition.” G. S. Brett.

+ − =Philos. R.= 18: 233. Mr. ’09. 400w.

“He is never verbose or obscure or trite, and he has the gift of developing an argument by natural stages, so that the reader follows without a profitless straining of the attention.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 97. Ja. 16, ’09. 300w.

=Addams, Jane.=^{[11]} Spirit of youth and the city streets. *$1.25.
Macmillan.

9–29194.

Miss Addams makes some intensely vital observations and points straight to a city’s obligations in relation to youth’s insatiable desire for play. She shows that the almost frenzied zeal for recreation is only natural, that the sin of permitting tawdry and even evil satisfaction to come thru the dance hall and kindred places rests upon the cities themselves: “It is as if our cities had not developed a sense of responsibility in regard to the life of the streets, and continually forget that recreation is stronger than vice, and that recreation alone can stifle vice.” The spirit of play is related to the imagination and to the high moments in even the factory girl or boy’s reflection. “What do we do to encourage and to solidify those moments, to make them come true in our dingy towns, to give them expression in forms of art?”

* * * * *

“These chapters are not merely a socio-economic argument: they sound the note of direct human interest.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 1147. N. 18, ’09. 160w.

“Her book is well worthy the study of all preachers and teachers.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 959. N. 27, ’09. 180w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 661. O. 23, ’09. 50w.

“It is brimming full of the mother sentiment of love and yearning, and also shows such sanity, such breadth and tolerance of mind, and such philosophic penetration into the inner meanings of outward phenomena as to make it a book which no one who cares seriously about its subject can afford to miss.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 690. N. 6, ’09. 180w. + =Survey.= 23: 261. N. 20, ’09. 130w.

=Addison, Mrs. Julia De Wolf.= Arts and crafts in the middle ages: a
description of mediaeval workmanship in several of the departments
of applied art, together with some account of special artisans in
the early renaissance. $3. Page.

8–19089.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“A useful volume containing considerable information not easily found elsewhere.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 5. Ja. ’09.

“If it were entirely recast and rewritten would be of great value to the students it is intended to serve.”

− + =Ath.= 1909, 1: 21. Ja. 2. 80w.

Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.

=Ind.= 65: 1459. D. 17, ’08. 60w.

“Is a good book; but it will, probably, in many instances, prove too advanced ‘to inform those who have no intention of practising such arts.’ The chapters would be easier reading if the material in each were arranged under definite propositions.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 586. D. 10, ’08. 300w.

“The book is simply a delight crammed with information, with descriptions of the masterpieces in each craft discussed, and of the methods used in producing them, as well as instinct with that personal element which a volume dealing with work so human should possess.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 786. D. 19, ’08. 2000w.

=Adeney, Walter Frederic.= Greek and Eastern churches. (International
theological lib.) **$2.50. Scribner.

9–4143.

A story of the Eastern churches from the time of the great Christological and Trinitarian controversies and heresies down to the present day. “The handbook covers a long period. It is divided into two parts. The first deals with Eastern Christendom up to the fall of the Byzantine empire.... The second part of the work deals with the separate churches—the modern Greek, the Russian, the Syrian and Armenian, the Coptic and Abyssinian churches.” (Cath. World.)

* * * * *

“There has long been need of a volume on the Greek and Eastern churches. Two considerations unite to give great interest and timeliness to this book. Nearly all the churches dealt with are or have been under the heavy yoke of the Turk. The work of American missionaries in European and Asiatic Turkey, in Egypt and Persia, has been almost wholly among adherents to these churches.” E: W. Miller.

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 478. Jl. ’09. 720w.

“The carelessness and want of scholarship displayed are inexcusable. We admit that anyone who reads the book through will obtain a general idea of the history and movements of the Eastern churches: the ground is covered, and the main movements are grasped. We also recognize that the chapters on Arianism and the earlier controversies about the person of Christ are meritorious, and seem to be the result of conscientious study. But we cannot recommend the work as a trustworthy guide, or as abreast of recent research.”

− + =Ath.= 1909, 1: 343. Mr. 20. 700w.

“One chapter there is which hardly seems to have any logical right to its position here. That is the one entitled ‘Later Eastern Christianity.’ Against this fault of over-inclusiveness, there is one of omission; for the bodies of Eastern Christians that are still in communion with the Roman See are scarcely recorded. These faults, however, weigh slightly against the great utility of the book, which presents the best account that we have of present-day Christianity in the lands which once constituted the great Eastern Patriarchates.”

+ − =Cath. World.= 89: 111. Ap. ’09. 650w.

“Mistakes of names, apparently due to careless manuscript and hasty proof-reading, are uncomfortably frequent in his account of the Russian church. But the book as a whole is a readable and serviceable introduction to a division of ecclesiastical history little known to the ordinary student.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 75. Jl. 22, ’09. 250w.

“Minor faults aside, the book remains a noteworthy achievement, indispensable to theological and to all important public libraries.” W: W. Rockwell.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 220. Ap. 10, ’09. 970w.

“While critical, Professor Adeney is also impartially appreciative, and intent on noting all the worth and truth that appears amidst unworth and error.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 865. Ap. 17, ’09. 300w.

=Adler, Elkan Nathan.= Auto de fé and Jew. *$2. Oxford.

9–8429.

“About one-third of the book is devoted to an extended review and laudatory criticism of H. C. Lea’s ‘History of the inquisition in Spain.’ The greater part of the remaining pages appeared in a series of articles in the ‘Jewish quarterly review.’ They contain a greatly condensed history of the Jews in Spain and Portugal and, what is by far the most valuable portion of the book, lists covering fifty pages giving statistics of nearly two thousand autos de fé celebrated in Spain and Portugal and in the colonies of those countries. The date and the place and in some cases the number of victims is given, with an estimate of the proportion of Jews. Several miscellaneous but related matters are treated. Fifteen pages are occupied by a bibliography.”—Am. Hist. R.

* * * * *

“The book shows extensive and careful research. It is not entirely free from errors. While it is of large interest and value by itself its principal use will be as a companion of Dr. Lea’s great work.”

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 605. Ap. ’09. 200w.

“Dr. Adler owes nothing to the literary graces. However, he is a sound judge of evidence [and] has ample knowledge of his subject. Apart from occasional lapses, Dr. Adler is eminently trustworthy.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 194. F. 13. 200w.

“The chief merit of Mr. Adler’s volume is that his lists supplement Dr. Lea’s.” H. F. Brown.

+ =Eng. Hist.= R. 24: 348. Ap. ’09. 180w.

=Adventures= in field and forest, by Frank H. Spearman, Harold Martin,
F. S. Palmer, William Drysdale, and others. (Harper’s adventure
ser.) †60c. Harper.

9–12276.

Fifteen wilderness adventures encountered in hunting wild beasts and reptiles. Our own country, South America, the West Indies, Africa and India furnish the forests and jungles in which the wild boar, grizzly, lion, lynx, cobra, polar bear, tiger, and other animals are respectively faced and overcome. Information concerning habitats and animal characteristics abounds.

* * * * *

“The various writers have told some stirring tales of out-of-door adventures.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 638. My. ’09. 50w.

=Ady, Julia (Cartwright).= Baldassare Castiglione, the perfect
courtier: his life and letters, 1478–1529. 2v. *$7.50. Dutton.

9–2753.

“Beginning with a description of the home life in the ancestral castle of the Castiglione family, the author traces every step of her hero’s chequered life, one noted man and woman after another flitting across her canvas, a few words here, a significant anecdote there, bringing their personalities into vivid relief, the interest culminating in the chapters describing the courtship and brief married life of Baldassare.” (Int. Studio.) “It is a history of the times, through which Castiglione’s biography flows.... By showing the wild crimes, the national and international brigandage, the mingling of moral depravity with artistic sensitiveness, of the age in which he flourished, she brings out all the more clearly his virtues, his honorable conduct, his ideals of courtesy.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“We should have nothing but praise for a work which, if tedious at times and lifeless, is still full of industry and good courage, but that it is often careless in what may seem small things.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 230. Ag. 28. 1050w.

“In handling her authorities she is too easily content to transcribe and abridge: her instinct for ‘throwing out’ is not always alert, and in the constructive use of her material she relies rather upon accumulation of facts, when well-judged comparison and generalisation would better serve her purpose.” W. H. Woodward.

+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 349. Ap. ’09. 950w.

“Hardly compares in effect with the author’s two recent biographical studies in the same period.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 921. Ap. 29, ’09. 450w.

“Delightful and copiously illustrated volumes.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 36: 250. Ja. ’09. 400w.

“She is a pleasant writer, a fair popularizer of more learned investigators, and a wholesome judge of deeds and events.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 172. F. 18, ’09. 450w. + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 741. D. 5, ’08. 200w.

“The bibliography that concerns itself directly with Castiglione presents no volume more thorough, and certainly none written with more sympathetic admiration for its subject, than this biography.” G: S. Hellman.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 110. F. 27, ’09. 1250w.

“She adds to sound learning a rich imagination and a quick sensibility to beauty and feeling; and beyond all this, the magic power of bringing to life whatever she lays a finger on.”

+ =No. Am.= 189: 776. My. ’09. 420w.

“Painstaking volumes.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 507. Ap. ’09. 80w.

“Mrs. Ady writes with her usual industry and agreeable style.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 794. D. 26, ’08. 1470w.

=Aflalo, Frederick George.= Sunset playgrounds: fishing days and
others in California and Canada. *$2.25. Scribner.

9–19169.

An English traveler’s impressions of various American scenes with the main part of his descriptive strength spent in reproducing the joys of sea fishing around Catalina island off the coast of California.

* * * * *

“The latter part of the book, where we come to British Columbia and Canada, is more attractive than the beginning. The author, too, seems to be on better terms with his work, and the good passages come more and more frequently.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 495. Ap. 24. 850w.

“Like many Englishmen, he must needs pause now and then to criticise American ways and things, and sometimes his criticisms seem none too intelligent, perhaps even a bit childish.” G: Gladden.

+ − =Bookm.= 29: 546. Jl. ’09. 150w. + =Dial.= 46: 374. Je. 1, ’09. 200w. + =Nation.= 88: 516. My. 20, ’09. 170w.

“His book has not only its intrinsic interest, but will serve as a practical guide to any fisherman fortunate enough to follow him.” G. W. L.

+ =Nature.= 80: 431. Je. 10, ’09. 600w.

“Perhaps the most entertaining of these unimportant observations are those in which the author discloses his dislike of Americans. Naturally, he says things that are just, as well as others that are quite unjust.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 344. My. 29, ’09. 600w.

“We may read, not without pleasure, about many subjects, from the negro problem onwards, but the fishing is the best part.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 542. Ap. 3, ’09. 320w.

=Agar, Thomas Leyden.=^{[7]} Homerica, emendations and elucidations of
the Odyssey. *$4.75. Oxford.

9–5508.

“A portly volume of emendations and elucidations of the Odyssey—most of them ingenious, many plausible, not a few convincing. Mr. Agar believes that the language of the Homeric poems is not a medley, but fairly represents the speech of the Achæan people.... His emendations are especially directed to the restoration of the digamma, the elimination of the late article, and the banishing of the ‘hiatus licitus,’ against which he wages a war of epigrams.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Mr. Agar’s own style is racy and pleasant to read, not in the least like the wooden style of the commentator. It must be admitted that the cumulative impression of the book is strong. Mr. Agar has brought together a body of evidence which must advance the knowledge of Homer, and we should not be at all surprised to see opinion coming round to his side.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 643. My. 29. 800w.

“The Homeric student will find entertainment or edification on nearly every page of the book, which will doubtless receive from the philological journals the detailed consideration which we cannot give to it here.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 10. Jl. 2, ’08. 230w.

=Aitken, Robert.=^{[5]} Beyond the sky line. $1.50. Huebsch.

A group of short stories based upon real observation in Spanish South America, the Orient, the Scottish highlands, the Isthmus of Panama, and the Boer country. They are as follows: The passing of the little sister Tula; Righinn; A second-class district; The price of victory; Paquita; Cœurvaillant; The black sergeant; Peter; The assythment of Mr. Archibald; Delilah; The brand of Cain; Gruagach; The unlighted shrine; Meretrix; Falaise; and The curious case in which Ginger Handsyde came home.

* * * * *

“It is full of excellent material and rich in promise. When the author has attained more skill in the practice of his art he should seize and occupy a higher place. What strikes one first about these tales is that they have been inspired by Mr. Kipling; and the next reflection that occurs is one of wonder at their variety and scope.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 223. F. 20. 260w.

“‘Beyond the skyline,’ makes any chance reader promptly register a vow to make a further acquaintance of the writings of their author.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 29: 524. Jl. ’09. 420w.

“The stories are much better than the ordinary run, but the impression they make vanishes with the closing of the book.”

+ − =Ind.= 67: 41. Jl. 1, ’09. 60w.

“There are many types, which are well analyzed; and the action of the stories is brisk.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 371. Je. 12, ’09. 140w.

“The stories are not especially skillful in the handling of the material, and often the style is marred by an overwordiness of vivacity when simplicity would have been more effective.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 297. My. 8, ’09. 110w.

“Here we have a collection of short stories, and being long rather than short they are more than ordinarily excellent.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 633. My. 15, ’09. 400w.

=Alden, Henry Mills.= Magazine writing and the new literature. **$2.
Harper.

8–28839.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“Brief, very readable sketches.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 281. D. ’08.

Reviewed by B. P.

+ =Atlan.= 103: 1. Ja. ’09. 1100w.

“Mr. Alden’s style is so lumbering and confused that we with difficulty make out the fact that he has strong opinions and is elephantinely trying to convey them to us.” H. W. Boynton.

− =Bookm.= 28: 478. Ja. ’09. 830w.

“Turning to the second half of the book ... they take an attitude unusually sane and stimulating toward the whole present-day movement in literature, they present, on the other hand, certain views with which it seems distinctly worth while to take issue.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − =Forum.= 41: 284. Mr. ’09. 1850w.

=Alden, Percy=, ed.^{[6]} Hungary of to-day. *$3. Brentano’s.

9–27604.

A work prepared by members of the Hungarian government. It treats industries and finances, the political position of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia, the financial and commercial advance of Hungary, taxation reform, factory and labor legislation, insurance against sickness and incapacity, the condition of agriculture, co-operation, state aid to agriculture, and elementary education.

* * * * *

“All the articles are valuable in themselves and testify, in the aggregate, to an amount of solid information and skill in imparting it such as few cabinets anywhere at the present day can boast of. The accuracy of the volume in the matter of Hungarian accents and other respects is not all that might be desired, and, as in so many books on Hungarian subjects, the average foreign reader is puzzled by the Magyar names of places which are much better known by other appellations.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 486. N. 18, ’09. 870w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 762. D. 4, ’09. 220w.

“Its object is the glorification of the Magyar race, and little or no attention is paid to those problems which are becoming more and more acute in Hungary with every attempt that is made by the Coalition government to Magyarise the subject nationalities.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 211. F. 13, ’09. 850w.

“That this is an interesting volume we need hardly say,—let us imagine what we should think of a book to which the members of the British Cabinet should contribute. It is not less obvious that all the contentions are not to be taken for granted. It is an ‘ex parte’ statement.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 310. F. 20, ’09. 220w.

=Alden, Raymond MacDonald.=^{[5]} Introduction to poetry for students
of English literature. *$1.25. Holt.

9–7034.

Differs from the author’s “English verse” in “three principal ways: it is more frankly dogmatic, attempting to state principles with some fullness instead of merely bringing together the materials for the inductive study of the subject; it includes a discussion of the imaginative and spiritual aspects of poetry, instead of limiting itself to verse form; and it omits altogether the historical treatment of the material, except where this is necessarily involved in clearness of definition.” The chapters are: Definition and origins; The classes or kinds; The basis of poetry (internal); The basis of poetry (external); English metres; and Rime and stanza forms.

* * * * *

“Without doubt the best work for students.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 153. Je. ’09.

“The book seems to us a sound and useful discussion of a subject of which the teaching in our schools and colleges now leaves much to be desired.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 53. Jl. 16, ’09. 70w.

“A careful and sound bit of literary exposition and criticism. Is thoroly well arranged.”

+ =Educ. R.= 38: 314. O. ’09. 30w.

“Professor Alden has produced the best manual of its kind in print.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 208. S. 2, ’09. 200w.

“Will no doubt be welcomed by many English teachers for its very clear summaries of great questions, long discussed, no less than for its wide range of the literature of the subject of poetic theory.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 760. D. 4, ’09. 160w.

=Alexander, DeAlva Stanwood.=^{[10]} Political history of the state of
New York. v. 3, 1861–1882. **$2.50. Holt.

6–21392.

=v. 3.= 1861–1882.

This instalment of Dr. Alexander’s exhaustive history begins with the civil war period and ends with Cleveland’s first presidential campaign. While the volume is a running narrative of the state’s history during the period it also furnishes an outline of the political careers of the large group of New Yorkers who figured so prominently in national affairs during war times and immediately following.

* * * * *

“This book is interesting from the first page to the last. Mr. Alexander has gone about it with an enjoyment that communicates itself to the reader, and his vivid, direct, graphic presentation of his story makes the book as interesting as a novel.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 758. D. 4, ’09. 1350w. (Review of v. 3.)
=R. of Rs.= 40: 764. D. ’09. 170w. (Review of v. 3.)

=Allcroft, Arthur Hadrian.=^{[5]} Earthwork of England, prehistoric,
Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman and mediæval. 18s. Macmillan London.

9–7321.

“This classification [of remains] is eightfold, with a miscellaneous section for works which fall under none of the eight heads. It begins with promontory fortresses, which depend chiefly on natural situation for their strength; next come contour forts, also on hilltops, but rendered secure by artificial defences; then three classes of simple and less interesting forts; then homestead motes, in some ways the most interesting of all; and finally great defensive enclosures and fortified villages.... While Mr. Allcroft does not profess, like the Antiquary of Scott’s tale, to have discovered ‘an infallible touchstone of antiquity,’ he shows by exposition and by illustration how some of these problems have been solved; and his book is not less useful as a guide to what has been done than as a help to those who wish to reconstruct the history of their own neighbourhood.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“There are some curious blunders, but they are not sufficiently frequent to detract materially from the high opinion we have formed of the work as a whole.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 763. Je. 26. 1350w.

“It cannot be called scientific or authoritative. In its earlier chapters, at least, its treatment is frequently confused and vague. The different classes or types of earthworks are not kept sufficiently clear, and when one is under discussion others are brought in too freely, as if classification was not important. There occur also serious mistakes, especially in the account of the Roman earthworks.” M. V. T.

− + =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 604. Jl. ’09. 430w.

“We are too grateful to the author for the well-sifted materials he has supplied to judge the whole work by any defects, especially if those defects concern matters which the author may have considered as lying outside his proper scope of work. But there is one feature of the author’s work which calls for special notice. Though he refers respectfully enough to Sir Norman Lockyer’s work, he indulges in remarks about the astronomical inquiry which are both unwarranted and inconsiderate, without showing any appreciation of the points in question.” John Griffith.

+ − =Nature.= 80: 69. Mr. 18, ’09. 2400w. + − =Sat. R.= 107: 246. F. 20, ’09. 1250w.

“It is the plain man’s ‘vade mecum’ to earthworks. It pretends to no immense erudition, and it lays claim to no great discovery, but it is the work of a careful student, who knows all that has been said on this subject in recent years, who is not afraid to make up his own mind when authorities differ, and who has the power of expressing clearly and pleasantly his own views and those of others.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 463. Mr. 20, ’09. 1600w.

=Allen, Francis Henry=, comp. Bibliography of Henry David Thoreau.
*$5. Houghton.

8–33764.

“Comprises Thoreau’s books, selections from his writings, articles, and poems first issued in magazines, biographies, books, and periodicals containing biographical or critical matter about Thoreau, and records of sale at auction of the more important items.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“The work is well done, and is an important addition to the series.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 13. Ja. 7, ’09. 220w.

“As complete a guide book as any author might wish an admiring posterity to have for his works.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 772. D. 12, ’08. 240w.

=Allen, Gardner Weld.=^{[5]} Our naval war with France. **$1.50.
Houghton.

9–10958.

A study of the spoliation of American commerce by the French, and the resulting hostilities during the last years of the eighteenth century. Manuscripts and contemporary newspapers have yielded the author material heretofore unused. Contents: Early misunderstandings; Negotiations; French spoliations; Naval preparation; The opening of hostilities; Events of 1799; The last year of the war; Private armed vessels; The convention of 1800; Reduction of the navy; Spoliations after 1801; The spoliation claims. Appendix contains sources of information, treaties, decrees, vessels in service, commanding officers, etc.

* * * * *

“Previous to the appearance of the book under review, no complete history of our naval war with France had been published. The author prints some valuable statistics for the war.” C: O. Paullin.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 160. O. ’09. 750w.

“Full and admirably clear account.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 5. S. ’09.

“The book is written in a simple and direct style, and presents a clear and readable account of the stirring events described.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 126. S. 1, ’09. 330w.

“Dr. Allen’s account of this curious chapter in our history is brief and to the point. It abounds in references to authority; it contains a full bibliography and a careful index; its frequent quotations from the newspapers of that day give it a lively air of actuality; it is well written and well printed.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 357. O. 14, ’09. 1300w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 419. Jl. 3, ’09. 350w.

=Allen, Grant.= Evolution in Italian art. *$3.50. Wessels.

8–37673.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 35. F. ’09.

“Sometimes Grant Allen’s acute intelligence throws new light on an old subject. At other times the text is amateurish and commonplace.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 337. S. 18. 300w.

“It is certainly refreshing now and then to encounter clear and systematic reasoning and a logically sustained premise in a field so thickly dotted with the flowers of misapplied sentiment and misfit knowledge.” Christian Brinton.

+ =Putnam’s.= 5: 621. F. ’09. 260w.

=Allen, Horace.= Modern power gas producer, practice and applications:
a practical treatise dealing with the gasification of various
classes of fuels by the pressure and suction systems of producer.
*$2.50. Van Nostrand.

9–10804.

“In this book the author defines the principles governing the gasification of fuel, and describes the practical commercial types of producers which have been developed. He also sets forth details of the most recent inventions in this field, and the claims made by the inventors, in this way presenting to the reader the various problems encountered by designers.”—Engin. D.

* * * * *

=Engin. D.= 5: 295. Mr. ’09. 230w.

“Taken as a whole, the book is written in a rather slipshod manner, which might have been excusable in the original articles, but should have been corrected when they were published in book form. If there were no other books on the subject this one would have value, but it is not equal to several of its predecessors.”—A. E. Forstall.

− =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 18. F. 18, ’09. 700w.

=Allen, Horace Newton.= Things Korean. **$1.25. Revell.

8–33800.

“A collection of sketches and anecdotes, missionary, and diplomatic.” “As American Minister during the troublous times when China, Russia and Japan were struggling over the Land of the morning calm, the author had opportunities for exceptional insight into the political and personal forces of the conflict.... But Dr. Allen’s sketches deal more with the life of the people of all ranks than with political questions. He sympathizes with the Koreans in their loss of liberty, of a chance to work out their own destinies, but he sees no advantage in intervention now.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“The book is attractive not only because of its contents, but also because of the pleasing style which at times recalls Lafcadio Hearn.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 173. Jl. ’09. 160w.

“An interesting collection of miscellaneous notes of his observations and experiences during twenty years of residence in Korea.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 325. F. 11, ’09. 120w.

“Many of the incidents are entertaining and instructive, but many are trivial and hardly worthy of record.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 38. Ja. 14, ’09. 130w.

“What might have been an extremely valuable contribution to our knowledge of the Hermit kingdom, therefore, becomes an amusing but disjointed effort of a reporter.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 115. F. 27, ’09. 110w.

=Allen, J. W.=^{[11]} Wheel magic; or, Revolutions of an
impressionist. **$1.25. Lane.

A little volume of pleasant essays in which the author reveals himself as the “Isaak Walton of cycling.”

* * * * *

“He includes a capital ghost story and some measure of incident, but is chiefly concerned with esoteric thoughts and moods induced by the country and the open air. Having protested more than once against the common conclusion that the cyclist must be a Philistine, we congratulate Mr. Allen on his pleasant proof to the contrary, in these pages.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 614. My. 22. 120w.

“He has sought to give his work an out-of-door air, but instead there is a flavor of lubricating oil, sprockets, chains, and ball-bearings.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 675. O. 30, ’09. 250w.

=Allen, James.=^{[12]} Mastery of destiny. **$1. Putnam.

Reasoning from the fact that thought is not less orderly and progressive than the material forms that embody thought, and that the “perfect law” of causation being all-embracing in mind as in matter provides relief from all anxiety concerning the ultimate destiny of humanity, the author “sets down some words indicative of this Law and this Destiny, and the manner of its working and its building.” The book is a companion to “The life triumphant.”

=Allen, James Lane.=^{[7]} Bride of the mistletoe. $1.25. Macmillan.

9–16803.

The first part of a trilogy. It rends the veil that gives privacy to a middle-aged couple’s interpretation of the mysteries of love, and presents in atoningly artistic phrases the “beast and the angel” leanings which characterize the man and woman respectively. “The theme is the American home, its sanctity and its perils.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“The reader once more falls under the spell of Mr. Allen as a ‘raconteur,’ though he may feel that such prolonged tension and detail in the portrayal of defeated passion approaches dangerously near to melodrama. He may resent as unnecessary the intrusion of certain minute materialistic allusions in a study of human nature closely intertwined with a poetic summary of the evolution of man and man’s religion.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 91. Jl. 24. 180w.

“Mr. Allen has achieved a work of art more complete in expression, more cohesive, than anything that has yet come from him. It is like a cry of the soul, so intense one scarcely realizes whether it is put into words or not.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ =Bookm.= 29: 539. Jl. ’09. 1250w.

“The mature man or woman may, of course, read it with enjoyment and profit. But it is not—and this is a point that cannot be too strongly emphasised—a book for the ‘jeune fille.’”

− + =Bookm.= 29: 577. Ag. ’09. 100w.

“A crueller book for women has not been written before this time. About the meanest thing any person could devise would be to give a copy of it to a young bride, or a middle-aged married woman, or any kind of a married woman.”

− =Ind.= 67: 250. Jl. 29, ’09. 1050w.

“A prose poem notwithstanding the somberness of its theme.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 349. S. 4, ’09. 150w.

“There is a touch of unwholesomeness in the particularity with which he is wont to appeal to the lust of the fancy. No seriousness of intent can greatly avail Mr. Allen as long as this taint remains.”

− =Nation.= 89: 16. Jl. 1, ’09. 550w.

“The author has vivisected to furnish forth a sentimental orgy—secondary and literary merely, of course—one of the cruel tragedies which must befall overcivilized folk in a natural world. The quarrel is not with the material nor with the use of the scalpel but with the poisonous purpose.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 414. Jl. 3, ’09. 900w.

“Delicately and at times eloquently written, the descriptions of Kentucky, the land of the author’s birth and heart, are full of lovely vision.”

+ =No. Am.= 190: 267. Ag. ’09. 150w.