Chapter XIII: Preface (13)

“It is a story which a thoughtful child and many grown-ups would enjoy.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 757. D. 5, ’08. 60w.

“The gap between the erudition necessary to the subject and the little boy who masters it all is too wide for the credulity of the ordinary reader.”

− =Outlook.= 90: 751. N. 28, ’08. 200w. − =Sat. R.= 106: sup. 12. D. 12, ’08. 80w.

=Conway, Agnes Ethel, and Conway, Sir William Martin.=^{[11]}
Children’s book of art. (Color books for boys and girls.) *$2.
Macmillan.

W9–299.

Addressed to children—but surely children of an older growth—this book discusses interestingly and reproduces some dozen and more famous paintings of children. Who painted them and what kind of people they were painted for are questions that are answered in the text.

* * * * *

“If the title of the book be ignored, it will be realised that, though its author is not gifted with the rare power of appealing to a juvenile audience, she has no little insight into the qualities differentiating the work of one painter from that of another.”

+ − =Int. Studio.= 39: 170. D. ’09. 140w.

“Sir Martin Conway and his daughter have done a real service both to the world of art and to the world of children.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 645. N. 20, ’09. 280w.

=Conway, Moncure Daniel.=^{[9]} Moncure D. Conway; addresses and
reprints, 1850–1907; published and unpublished work representing the
literary and philosophical life of the author. **$3. Houghton.

9–16468.

Representative specimen addresses which show the argument “that influenced the early action of the anti-slavery contingent in the war.” Some of the articles are: Free schools in Virginia; Golden hour; Gospel of art; Sunday opening of exhibitions; Public service; Dogma and science; William Penn; and Ellen Dana Conway. A brief biographical introduction and an eight-page bibliography add to the value of the collection.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 38. O. ’09.

“The volume will be valued by all who cherish the memory of our old contributor.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 291. S. 11. 1000w.

“As a reverent free-thinker, a sane and safe radical, and an ardent lover of and seeker for truth at any cost, Mr. Conway deserves the widest possible reading.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 102. Ag. 16, ’09. 270w. + =Ind.= 67: 481. Ag. 26, ’09. 400w. =Lit. D.= 39: 536. O. 2, ’09. 120w.

“It was a good idea to publish these selections from a body of work that reflected so many phases of the great period of change through which he lived, and to give the public a quickened memory of a courageous and warm-hearted personality.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 260. S. 16, ’09. 230w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 466. Jl. 31, ’09. 730w.

“It is impossible to be silent when our admiration is asked for such crude utterances as are to be found in this volume.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 284. Ag. 21, ’09. 240w.

=Conwentz, Hugo Wilhelm.=^{[8]} Care of natural monuments with special
reference to Great Britain and Germany. *$1. Putnam.

9–27586.

“The term ‘natural monument’ may be best explained by illustration. A rock which has been brought say by an ice-drift, to a locality remote from its place of origin is such; a spot covered with some unusual flower—wild lilies-of-the-valley, for instance—is another; an eyot in the Thames, or such uncommon animals as the badger or the wild cat, may be so described. Now we all know how these and like things are threatened as a country becomes more thickly populated. Our author tells us what has been done for the preservation of such things in Great Britain and Germany (to which countries his book mainly refers), and gives us hints as to what might be done in the same line.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“An excellent and praiseworthy volume. By directing attention to what has been done and what remains to be done, the appearance of the volume will doubtless serve to awaken renewed interest in the subject.” R. L.

+ =Nature.= 80: 275. My. 6, ’09. 300w.

“The book calls for attention from corporations and individual proprietors.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 386. Mr. 6, ’09. 200w.

=Cook, Albert Stanburrough=, ed. Concordance to the English poems of
Thomas Gray. *$2.50. Houghton.

8–33143.

The first volume to appear under the auspices of The concordance society, which was organized at Yale university December, 1906. The basis of this concordance is Gosse’s edition of Gray.

* * * * *

“The omissions are such as are reasonable, and we fully approve of the abundance of cross-references.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 254. F. 27. 220w.

“Unfortunately, the book is marred by omissions, errors, and inconsistencies, due in the main not so much to lack of scholarship and care as to the bad mistake made at the outset in the selection of Gosse’s edition (1884) as the basis for the text and the collation of the manuscripts and early editions.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 228. Mr. 4, ’09. 950w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 699. N. 28, ’08. 70w.

=Cook, Ernest Thomas.= Gardens of England. *$2.50. Macmillan.

9–15051.

A garden book whose descriptive chapters have been inspired by twenty paintings by Miss Beatrice Parsons. “As in most cases of this kind, the text prepared for general reading does not describe the pictures, but, for all that, the chapters on the herb-garden, and on lavender and rosemary are pleasant reading for the winter, and are about as good as if they had illustrations to match; while, on the other hand, the pictures are very good without any specific description.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“The volume before us is attractive in its style and sound in its advice.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 578. D. 10, ’08. 180w.

“It is not easy to guess at first sight what kind of reader is aimed at by books of the type of ‘Gardens of England.’ If, as seems probable, its twenty illustrations are its raison d’être, they might surely have been presented in some likelier way than that of sandwiching them between the chapters of a stout volume of miscellaneous garden ‘description.’ Its chapters consist largely of rather gushing descriptions, with a proportion of slipshod fine writing.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 180. Ag. 8, ’08. 460w.

=Cook, Frederick Albert.= To the top of the continent: discovery,
exploration and adventure in sub-arctic Alaska; the first ascent of
Mt. McKinley, 1903–1906. *$2.50 Doubleday.

8–7371.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“The one marring feature of the whole story appears in the astonishingly cruel and needless abandonment of the worn-out horses, to whatever fate they might find in an Arctic winter on the frozen tundra. Aside from this one unpleasant aspect of the narrative, the book as a whole makes decidedly interesting reading, at times affording powerfully impressive word pictures of the marvels of nature revealed to the party.” W. S. Tower.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 208. Ja. ’09. 630w.

“In the present work ... he sometimes rises to eloquence. The appendixes ... are important from a scientific point of view, though the ordinary reader will probably skip them.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 102. Jl. 24. 650w.

=Cook, William Wallace.=^{[6]} Quarter to four. †$1.50. Dillingham.

9–10647.

A story of hidden treasure concealed in a sea-cavern on the shores of an island in the Pacific. Instructions for finding the treasure are written on a card which is cut into four parts and a quarter given to each of four persons entitled to a share, all of whom must meet and join cards before the way to the gold is clear. Love, adventure and intrigue offer their usual course of uncertainties.

* * * * *

“The adventures are not ill-devised—though the execution is too much for the writer’s skill—and the initial idea is original enough to raise hopes of a sense of humor—hopes which are presently blasted.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 328. My. 22, ’09. 300w.

=Cooley, Charles Horton.=^{[5]} Social organization: a study of the
larger mind. **$1.50. Scribner.

9–9510.

The author says: “In a former book (Human nature and social order) I tried to see society as it exists in the social nature of man and to display that in its main outlines. In this one the eye is focussed on the enlargement and diversification of intercourse which I have called social organization, the individual, though visible, remaining slightly in the background.” The divisions of his study are: Primary aspects of organization; Communication; The democratic mind; Social classes; Institutions; Public will.

* * * * *

“In his two volumes ‘Human nature and the social order’ and ‘Social organization’ Professor Cooley has given to the public the best statement of the newer social philosophy that has yet been written.” G: E. Vincent.

+ =Am. J. Soc.= 15: 414. N. ’09. 1900w.

“A work of admirable ideals and temper and one that will interest many educated laymen, as well as the students of sociology.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 134. My. ’09.

“I do not know when I have read a book marked by such even quality. The author’s thought is on a high plain. His insight clear, his attitude very fair and unprejudiced. There is no striving for bizarre effects in language or style. It is not brilliant. It is a serious and thought provoking study which escapes being heavy or monotonous. The author is to be complimented.” Carl Kelsey.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 432. S. ’09. 700w.

“Probably the best portion of the book is the third which is devoted to a discussion of ‘The democratic mind.’” I: A. Loos.

+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 171. Je. ’09. 570w.

“This is a notable book, full of discriminating insight and freighted with well-canvassed and hopeful forecasts for democracy.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 165. Ag. 19, ’09. 900w.

“Dr. Cooley, in ‘Social organization,’ develops a philosophy not only social but universal, almost a religion of society, and in dealing with our so materialistic, complex modern conditions, upholds an idealism and a faith in primeval human nature that make his plain prose and bare facts take on the color of poetry.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 353. Je. 5, ’09. 750w.

“Notable contribution to the literature of sociology.” J. P. Lichtenberger.

+ =Survey.= 22: 683. Ag. 14, ’09. 650w.

=Coolidge, Archibald Cary.= United States as a world power. **$2.
Macmillan.

8–19878.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“Of course there are particular statements scattered throughout the book, which the reviewer would like to challenge, did space permit. This attractive volume deserves a conspicuous place in our libraries by the side of such works as Latané’s ‘America as a world power,’ Moore’s ‘American diplomacy,’ Hart’s ‘Foundations of American foreign policy,’ Foster’s ‘Century of American diplomacy,’ and Reinsch’s ‘World politics.’” A. S. Hershey.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 372. Ja. ’09. 800w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 286. D. ’08. ✠

“It is distinctly to be hoped that it will command the attention which the temper, perhaps more conspicuously than the scholarship, of the volume so abundantly deserves.” F: A: Ogg.

+ =Dial.= 46: 43. Ja. 16, ’09. 1500w.

“It has substance as well as symmetry and form; it is void of dogmatism or special pleading, but it moves the reader to thought; it handles serious and complicated questions with a light touch, but the impression of its solid qualities is the impression that remains.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 606. D. 17, ’08. 1050w.

“A work which will be found of the greatest helpfulness by all who would improve their knowledge of present-day problems in the national life as well as the international relations of the United States.” H. A. Bruce.

+ =Outlook.= 91: 796. Ap. 3, ’09. 1600w.

“Professor Coolidge has a direct and lucid style, and has made a very useful and illuminating monograph on our foreign relations.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 381. Mr. ’09. 50w.

“Altogether, this is a highly interesting volume.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 347. F. 27, ’09. 130w.

=Coolidge, Mary Roberts.=^{[9]} Chinese immigration. (American public
problems ser.) **$1.75. Holt.

9–23245.

A work of economic importance which gives the complete history of Chinese immigration from the days when the Pacific coast welcomed these yellow men as a helpful solution of the local labor problem. The study painstakingly sets forth what the Chinese have wrought as social and economic factors in our commonwealth; what has been their influence, and what it will be in the future; their business methods, home life, ideals; the menace of numbers and non-assimilation; and the effect of exclusion upon China.

* * * * *

“This is one of the best studies of a race problem we have seen. It is optimistic, perhaps too optimistic at times, but the statements made are discriminating and the conclusions generally sound.” C. L. Jones.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 617. N. ’09. 380w.

“If ever a book contained a damning arraignment of a governmental policy and its administration, Mrs. Coolidge’s volume is such an one. Painful and humiliating as is the story which Mrs. Coolidge has to tell, the book must nevertheless prove a powerful agent for good.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 574. D. 9, ’09. 1250w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 511. O. ’09. 100w.

=Copeland, Charles Townsend, and Hersey, Frank Wilson Cheney=,
eds.^{[10]} Representative biographies of English men of letters.
*$1.25. Macmillan.

9–25200.

A collection of biographies designed primarily to illustrate the varieties of biographical writing. It includes: first, extracts from notable autobiographies, among which are those of Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Colley Cibber, Gibbon, and Ruskin; second, examples of the method and style of such famous biographers as Isaak Walton, Dr. Johnson, Boswell, Lockhart, Southey, Macaulay, and Carlyle; and third, many complete lives from the “dictionary of national biography” which represent the work of accomplished literary historians.

* * * * *

“This makes a useful collection of material for the student of biographical technique, but the selection is too haphazard to be of much use to the student of the history of English literature.”

+ − =Dial.= 47: 340. N. 1, ’09. 170w.

“Both the autobiographic and the biographic selections are in themselves well worth the prominence given to them.”

+ =Educ. R.= 38: 426. My. ’09. 70w.

=Copus, Rev. John Edwin.= Son of Siro: a story of Lazarus. *$1.50.
Benziger.

9–561.

A story of the period of Christ’s ministry dwelling especially upon the development of Lazarus, Mary and Martha.

* * * * *

“The story is a fine piece of imaginative construction, directed by good taste. Persons unfamiliar with the gospel-history cannot but read it with more intelligence and interest after they will have read this attractive story.”

+ =Cath. World.= 89: 256. My. ’09. 220w.

=Corelli, Marie.= Holy orders: the tragedy of a quiet life. †$1.50.
Stokes.

8–23928.

A story which exploits the evil wrought in rural England thru the adulterated drink traffic. It seeks its audience among “church people, prohibitionists, anti-saloon league adherents and journalists.”

* * * * *

“The treatment of the theme is artificial and strained.”

− =Ind.= 66: 148. Ja. 21, ’09. 250w.

“The demonstration is conducted with the usual exultant ingenuousness, and as usual the book will be made tolerable in not a few eyes because of one or two human figures in it, which do not care whether they help Miss Corelli demonstrate anything or not.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 363. O. 15, ’08. 270w.

“A little too highly dramatic, perhaps, is ‘Holy orders,’ but still undoubtedly a good story.”

+ − =R. of Rs.= 39: 121. Ja. ’09. 250w.

=Cornish, Vaughan.=^{[6]} Panama canal and its makers. **$1.50.
Little.

9–35588.

“The work of a British geographer, who has taken the pains to get the most authoritative information, to supplement and vivify it by personal observations and to put it into a clear and compact form. The diplomatic history of the enterprise, the rival plans and engineering difficulties, the success in sanitation, the labor question, and the commercial possibilities are all briefly and competently discussed, without the sensationalism and bias that vitiate much of the current literature of the subject.”—Nation.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 159. Je. ’09. ✠

“It must be confessed that his work compares more than favorably with the matter published by most American newspapermen and book writers who have visited the Isthmus.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 69. Je. 17, ’09. 850w.

“There is no better book for the general reader who wants to know just what is being done in Panama.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 41. Jl. 1, ’09. 200w.

“A concise and complete account of the great work now being carried on there.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 851. My. 15, ’09. 210w.

“For the general reader, there is no better book on the subject.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 485. My. 13, ’09. 300w.

“Vaughan Cornish is the fair critic who comes with a chip on his shoulder, but is quite pleased, even delighted, to have it knocked off.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 486. Ag. 14, ’09. 500w. =R. of Rs.= 40: 121. Jl. ’09. 70w. + =Sat. R.= 107: 634. My. 15, ’09. 370w.

“‘The men on the Isthmus’ is one of the most interesting chapters in the book.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 618. Ap. 17, ’09. 500w.

=Cosgrove, John Joseph.=^{[5]} History of sanitation. $1.50. Standard
sanitary mfg. co.

9–14192.

A story of sanitation from the days of primitive man down to the present time of perfection in the manufacture of plumbing fixtures and approaching perfection in sewage systems. The slight volume of some 125 pages is in its broad sense a history of the world’s struggle for an adequate supply of wholesome water and of its efforts to dispose of the resultant sewage without injury to health or offense to the sense of sight and smell.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 159. Je. ’09.
=Engin. N.= 61: sup. 66. My. 13, ’09. 200w.

=Cosgrove, John Joseph.=^{[5]} Sewage purification and disposal. $3.
Standard sanitary mfg. co.

9–13289.

A timely handbook for engineers and communities wrestling with the sewage problem giving in concise, ready form, rules, tables and data for designing and proportioning purification works. Original drawings accompany the text.

* * * * *

“The untechnical and simple nature of the text and a large number of original drawings make it useful for municipal officers as well as the engineer or student.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 159. Je. ’09.
=Engin. D.= 5: 664. Je. ’09. 160w.

“Considering his limitations of space and evident lack of professional experience as a sewage-works engineer, Mr. Cosgrove has covered about the whole field of sewage treatment in a remarkably satisfactory manner. Here and there appear evidences, both in statements and in spelling, which indicate unfamiliarity with the subject before entering upon the preparation of the book.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 75. Je. 17, ’09. 220w.

=Costello, Frederick Hankerson.=^{[10]} Sure-dart: a story of strange
hunters and stranger game in the days of monsters. †$1.25. McClurg.

9–25176.

A story set in the Cretaceous epoch of the Secondary geological period. In order to enhance the interest of the tale, and the monster animals of that period, the author has introduced human beings, a liberty warranted only by imagination.

=Cotes, Hornor.=^{[12]} Counterpart. $1.50. Macaulay co.

9–25629.

A civil war story of which a young Northerner is the hero. At the beginning of the war he is fooled by a Southern girl who, on pretence of sympathy for the North, obtains from him information which brings an expedition to a disastrous end; after which, his lesson learned, he becomes a shrewd soldier and runs the gamut of war adventure. Thruout the love element is interwoven deftly with the war episodes.

* * * * *

“The book is written with unusual care and considerable skill, and brings in many of the notable figures of that time, both civil and military. And if the author has not quite the emotional power to reproduce the thrills of the period, he at least has the philosophical ability to describe them very well.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 750. N. 27, ’09. 330w.

=Coulter, John Merle; Coulter, John G.; and Patterson, Alice
Jean.=^{[11]} Practical nature study and elementary agriculture; a
manual for the use of teachers and normal students. *$1.35.
Appleton.

9–10812.

A discussion of nature study, its field, and its principles in which the subject is combined with elementary agriculture. Three helpful outlines are supplied: (1) for the training school with typical lesson plans, (2) for the lower grades, and (3) for elementary agriculture for seventh and eighth grades.

* * * * *

“Differs considerably from Holtz’s ‘Nature study’ in method and subject matter, and is more helpful for teachers of rural schools or those having insufficient preparation.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 38. O. ’09.

“Coulter and Patterson have packed into their book a large amount of useful material, but some of it is not approved nature-study.”

+ − =Ind.= 67: 302. Ag. 5, ’09. 140w.

=Coulton, George Gordon.= Chaucer and his England. (Memoir ser.)
*$3.50. Putnam.

8–33921.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“A useful book for the student of literature or medieval history, though not without prejudices.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 286. D. ’08.

“The book is well illustrated, and in every way most desirable as an account of mediaeval England.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 41. Ja. 9. 750w.

“When the author ventures far from the beaten path of biography into the attractive by-ways of conjecture, he is not to be taken too seriously. The chief value of the book lies in the fresh and lifelike pictures it affords of society in town and country.” C. S. Northup.

+ − =Dial.= 46: 185. Mr. 16, ’09. 1400w.

“An abundance of historical and personal incident is wrought into Mr. Coulton’s text, and, with many plate and other illustrations, gives interest and charm to it throughout.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 584. Mr. 13, ’09. 250w.

=Courtney, William Leonard.=^{[5]} Literary man’s Bible: a selection
of passages from the old Testament, historic, poetic and
philosophic, illustrating Hebrew literature; arranged with
introductory essays and annotations. *$1.25. Crowell.

8–3644.

A fourth and popular edition of a book which considers the literary rather than the theological aspect of the Bible.

* * * * *

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 12. Ja. 4. 340w.
=Bib. World.= 34: 70. Jl. ’09. 50w.

“Such a book as this does inestimable service to the cause of religion.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 408. Je. 16, ’09. 100w.

“Mr. Courtney’s work is scholarly and judicious in the extreme, and his selections from the Bible, as well as his classification of them and his form of printing, are admirable and most helpful.”

+ =Educ. R.= 38: 202. S. ’09. 100w. + − =Nation.= 89: 159. Ag. 19, ’09. 300w.

“Fault may be found with the main title of this work. The term ‘Bible’ includes the Old and the New Testament. Yet Dr. Courtney considers only the Old Testament literature. With this exception the work may be cordially commended.” E. S. D.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 670. O. 30, ’09. 390w.

“Possibly this volume may induce those who are too conceited or too stupid to read an ordinary Bible to become familiar with portions of its glorious literature.”

− =Sat. R.= 105: 304. Mr. 7, ’08. 860w.

“It would be difficult to praise too highly the literary discrimination displayed in each half of the book. To be a little too long is always a good fault in an anthology, and we think it is the only fault which could reasonably be brought against this one. A large portion of the reading public owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Courtney, who in reopening their Bibles has done them a service.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 1094. D. 28, ’07. 1500w.

=Cowen, Benjamin Rush.= Abraham Lincoln: an appreciation by one who
knew him. *$1. Clarke, R.

9–5872.

An addition to the Lincoln literature which is the first appearance in book form of a lecture delivered frequently by General Cowen in Ohio and the adjoining states. It is a just estimate and sympathetic appreciation of the work and character of the great War President which grew out of intimate relations during the closing years of the civil war.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 66: 985. My. 6, ’09. 50w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 242. Ap. 17, ’09. 90w.

=Crabtree, Harold.=^{[10]} Elementary treatment of the theory of
spinning tops and gyroscopic motion. *$1.50. Longmans.

9–29876.

“Practical applications of the gyroscope, including the monorail car and the steering device used in torpedoes, are taken as examples for analysis by the methods developed in the earlier chapters. The author has aimed to bring the subject within the range of first-year undergraduates.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“The theoretical explanation of gyroscopic action is very well presented in this volume. A book which will be readily comprehended by anyone at all conversant with the methods of theoretical mechanics.”

+ =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 19. Ag. 12, ’09. 100w.

“The subject is a large one for so small a book, and this necessitates a brevity and brusqueness that in certain chapters almost amounts to a defect.”

+ − =Engin. Rec.= 60: 56. Jl. 10, ’09. 170w.

“The method by which the theory is introduced is admirable. While criticism is misplaced, the writer would suggest that those diagrams, such as Fig. 20, in which bent arrows are intended to show a direction of rotation round an axis indicated by a line, are, as drawn, ambiguous, for it is impossible to tell whether the arrow is intended to be in front of or behind the line.” C. V. Boys.

+ − =Nature.= 81: 182. Ag. 12, ’09. 630w.

=Craddock, Charles Egbert, pseud. (Mary Noailles Murfree).= Fair
Mississippian. †$1.50. Houghton.

8–29332.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“A story of moderate interest.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 26. Ja. ’09.

Reviewed by W: M. Payne.

− + =Dial.= 46: 86. F. 1, ’09. 230w.

“The fly in the amber is a habit of bow-wow in the language which sits with curious artificiality on a story absolutely clear-cut in device.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 42. Ja. 14, ’09. 220w.

“Novels like ‘The fair Mississippian’ are not common. They are very welcome, though.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 8. Ja. 2, ’09. 270w.

=Cradle= of the rose. **$1.50. Harper.

8–30708.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“The characteristics and traditions of the fisher-folk of Brittany are treated understandingly.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 385. Mr. 6, ’09. 200w.

“The lavish descriptive impulse is allowed to run riot and overpower the narrative. In the end, one feels that the work is too heavy for an idyll and too static for a novel.”

− + =Nation.= 88: 67. Ja. 21, ’09. 240w. + =R. of Rs.= 39: 121. Ja. ’09. 120w.

=Craig, Robert S.=^{[5]} Making of Carlyle. *$4. Lane.

9–18716.

An “experiment in biographical explication.” “The author has undertaken his task less with the hope of disclosing new facts than with the intention of showing how the various events which befell Carlyle in his struggle to gain the attention of the world were inseparable from the ‘making’ of him, and recognisable in the finished product. To this ‘making’ there went, says Mr. Craig, ‘not only the old Scots Calvinism and all hereditary traits, not only his genius ... but also the faithful and generous friendship of men and women.’... A large part of the book is concerned with making clear Carlyle’s indebtedness to these friends.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“Mr. R. S. Craig has become dominated by a theory, which is allowed some more or less full expression on almost every page, at least of the latter part of the work.” C. S. Northrup.

− =Dial.= 47: 283. O. 16, ’09. 1150w.

“Considering the real cerebration shown in this book, it is one of the most badly written valuable works that ever came to a reviewer’s table.” W: L. Phelps.

+ − =Forum.= 41: 597. Je. ’09. 1600w.

“The repetition is incessant, and the moralizing often flat, even at its first appearance. By far the best part of the book is that which dilates on the strength of the clannish spirit among the Carlyles, and shows how much of the style and ideas of the writer came to him with his Calvinistic inheritance. We must account Mr. Craig’s volume as among the ‘haud desiderata.’”

− + =Nation.= 88: 360. Ap. 8, ’09. 210w.

“Mr. Craig interests the reader from the first. His style is clear and nimble, his sympathy is perfect.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 286. My. 8, ’09. 530w.

“While there is a conscientious effort to be absolutely just his methods remind one of the gentle caress of softly furred cats’ paws, suddenly discovering sharp claws for the laceration of poor Mrs. Carlyle.”

+ − =Outlook.= 92: 427. Je. 26, ’09. 500w.

“Hyperbole ... is a small defect in a valuable analysis of the influences which played so large a part in helping Carlyle to win his hardly won triumph.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 135. Ja. 23, ’09. 500w.

=Cramp, William, and Smith, Charles F.=^{[5]} Vectors and vector
diagrams, applied to the alternating current circuit with examples
of their use in the theory of transformers, and of single and
polyphase motors, etc. *$2.50. Longmans.

9–18463.

“As the name implies, this work on vectors is a book in which the branches of mathematics necessary in the study of electric circuits are explained and illustrated. It contains a synopsis of the algebra and geometry which are directly applicable to the solution of alternating-current problems and no more. A working knowledge of this material is absolutely essential to an electrical engineer who expects to understand the theory of electrical circuits and machines and who desires to read intelligently the more theoretical discussions in the technical press.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“Should be of value as a textbook for electrical engineering students.”

+ =Elec. World.= 53: 1042. Ap. 29, ’09. 130w.
=Engin. D.= 5: 418. Ap. ’09. 140w.

“While the title is formidable the treatment is not so. It can be readily followed by a reader who is familiar with higher algebra and geometry and who has a practical acquaintance with electrical circuits and machines.” H: H. Norris.

+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 49. Ap. 15, ’09. 700w.

“A textbook which is decidedly good. The authors have succeeded in giving a very clear presentation of the meaning of vectors and their algebra with the exception noted above.”

+ − =Engin. Rec.= 59: 615. My. 8, ’09. 380w.

“The imperfections do not affect the purpose of the authors, who are to be congratulated on having enriched our technical literature with a clear and systematic exposition of the vectorial graphics of alternating-current phenomena.”

+ − =Nature.= 81: 93. Jl. 22, ’09. 950w.

=Crandall, Charles Henry.=^{[5]} Songs from sky meadows: poems of
nature and of nature’s children. *$1. Outing pub.

9–8989.

A sheath of poems of field and fen, moor and weald, of love and life in the open, whose keynote is mergence into the “all-life.”

* * * * *

+ − =Nation.= 89: 55. Jl. 15, ’09. 160w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 503. Ag. 21, ’09. 230w.

=Crane, Walter Richard.= Gold and silver. *$5. Wiley.

8–20033.

Comprises an economic history of mining in the United States, the geographical and geological occurrence of the precious metals, with their mineralogical associations, history, and description of methods of mining and extraction of values, and a detailed discussion of the production of gold and silver in the world and the United States. “The book is geological rather than economic; and was prepared for the economic history of the United States under the charge of Carroll D. Wright for the Carnegie institution.” (J. Pol. Econ.)

* * * * *

“Its interest and value is mainly of a historical nature, but, since in all cases the records are brought up to this year, it presents considerable information on present distribution, methods of mining and extraction of values. Taking into consideration the necessity of employing terms peculiar to the mining industry in much of the descriptive matter, the book as a whole is clearly written and as intelligible, even to the non-technical reader, as could be expected.”

+ =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 318. S. 17, ’08. 480w.
=J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 711. D. ’08. 100w.

“There are typographical errors in proper names of the west, some displeasing errors in grammar and rhetoric and other literary blemishes. As a convenient hand-book for ready reference by busy practitioners, the statistics and much of the technical matter quoted may be in useful form, and probably the whole will fill a want among the untutored who require pre-digested nutriment. The compiler has rendered good service faithfully and conscientiously, according to a plain apparently dictated by others.” T. B. Comstock.

+ − =Science=, n.s. 29: 389. Mr. 5, ’09. 1350w.

=Craven, Priscilla, pseud.=^{[10]} Pride of the Graftons. †$1.50.
Appleton.

9–29366.

The Graftons’ pride was of the kind that goes before a fall, and as it rested upon unpaid bills and precarious credit great was the fall thereof. The crash, which shook London society, taught the heroine, a Grafton débutante, to love for the sake of his loyalty and kindness the rich American whom she had all but married for his money. But the plot is not the main concern of the story which is cleverly amusing throughout, and unblushingly shows how much more interesting are the people with indifferent morals than those who are piously commonplace. Real wickedness meets its own reward, however, and virtue, where blended with a proper sense of humor, triumphs; but the whole is an unsparing picture of the gambling, flirting, dissipated upper social circle and there is some good character drawing of the leaders of this set.

* * * * *

“Miss Craven has developed the love story with not a little skill, and has written a most diverting and interesting novel.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 643. O. 23, ’09. 230w.

=Crawford, Caroline.=^{[10]} Folk dances and games. $1.50. Barnes.

A book for the use of school children in which the author “indicates the educational use and value of the dances as a form of exercise, and has prepared with extraordinary skill her material to accomplish that end.” (Educ. R.)

* * * * *

“A truly admirable volume.”

+ =Educ. R.= 37: 208. F. ’09. 50w. + =Ind.= 65: 322. Ag. 6, ’08. 40w. + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 542. O. 3, ’08. 100w.

“Miss Crawford deserves the warm thanks of all those interested in the educational side of games and dances.” M. W. Hinman.

+ =School R.= 17: 515. S. ’09. 550w.

=Crawford, Francis Marion.=^{[10]} Stradella. $1.50. Macmillan.

9–24943.

This is the last of Mr. Crawford’s novels, the manuscript for which with that of “The white sister,” previously published, was completed at the time of the author’s death. From some ancient Venetian chronicles Mr. Crawford gleaned material that bore upon the life of Stradella, a great musician of the seventeenth century. Out of these fragments he has constructed his story which is rich in its Italian setting. The love of Stradella for a dowerless niece of a pompous, self-sufficient Senator who intended to marry the girl himself, furnishes the key to the difficult situations that crowd one upon another along the course of their experience.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 89. N. ’09. ✠

“As it stands it is a delicate, whimsical, altogether delightful love story, with swift transitions from scenes of real charm and pathos to others of a humor that wisely stops just short of the grotesque.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 30: 281. N. ’09. 370w.

“Nowhere has been displayed more clearly than in this last (if it be the last) of his tales his extraordinary faculty of holding his readers’ attention by means which appear to have nothing extraordinary about them whatever.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 329. O. 7, ’09. 330w.

“The plot of the story shows all the ease of invention and smoothness of narrative which are universally recognized as characteristic of Marion Crawford. We particularly commend to lovers of Dumas the two villains of the tale, hired assassins, unsurpassed swordsmen, fertile in invention, and not without their own peculiar sense of humor.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 317. O. 9, ’09. 200w.

“For all its fluency the story lacks distinction.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 636. N. 20, ’09. 130w. + =Spec.= 103: 795. N. 13, ’09. 120w.

=Crawford, Francis Marion.=^{[5]} White sister. $1.50. Macmillan.

9–10700.

A Roman setting lends appropriate coloring to this story of convent life. A prince, an adherent of the clerical party, is killed in a motor car accident and because of his refusal to have his marriage legally ratified, combined with the fact that no will comes to light, his daughter is turned out into the streets by the jealous inheritor of the title and wealth. The tale deals with her renunciation of her love for an artillery officer, her life as the “white sister” in a convent, her discovery of her aunt’s theft of the will, the return of her lover and the struggle between her obligation to the man and her allegiance to the church, and her final release from the convent.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 186. Je. ’09. ✠

“It is precisely the antiquity of Marion Crawford’s theme which compels one to recognize with pleasant surprise the quickening power of his pen.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 581. My. 15. 100w.

“The book leaves you with the impression that you have read it all before, for the facile art which neither waxed nor waned for twenty years presents here no new achievement.”

+ − =Atlan.= 104: 679. N. ’09. 240w.

“You accept it all, the probable and the improbable alike because he possesses that rare trick of making you see it with your own eyes.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 29: 401. Je. ’09. 550w.

“Is decidedly the work of a practised hand, though it does not measure up to the author’s full literary power. This last chapter is, to us, wholly disappointing.”

+ − =Cath. World.= 89: 690. Ag. ’09. 300w.

“There seems to us a touch of casuistry in the reasoning.” W: M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 181. S. 16, ’09. 230w.

“This last book of his, one is tempted to say represents a maximum of technique and a minimum of material. One hastens to add this qualification: plenty of things happen in ‘The white sister’; but the material of which it is built comes too near to melodrama to be material worthy of the earlier Marion Crawford.” Philip Tillinghast.

+ − =Forum.= 41: 618. Je. ’09. 380w.

“There are two reasons for Crawford’s continued popularity: he always had a story to tell and he knew how to tell.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 982. My. 6, ’09. 750w. + =Lit. D.= 39: 207. Ag. 7, ’09. 200w.

“It must be admitted that the less said about the logic of the events in the present narrative, the better.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 514. My. 20, ’09. 1000w.

“It is not the best of Mr. Crawford’s novels—not so good, for instance, as the Saracinesca trilogy, but it is better than the Primadonna series, and, on its own merits, is a remarkably interesting and well-constructed tale.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 306. My. 15, ’09. 450w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 372. Je. 12, ’09. 220w.

“As a story in point of construction and character-drawing, ‘The white sister’ is distinctly the best novel which has come from Mr. Crawford’s hand for a number of years past.”

+ =Outlook.= 92: 99. My. 15, ’09. 300w.

“Is typical of the novelist’s work.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 762. Je. ’09. 70w.

“‘The white sister,’ good up to its closing chapter, suddenly falls to pieces. Its finish is cheap, inartistic, theatrical.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 757. Je. 12, ’09. 580w.

“Mr. Crawford was never more happily inspired than in the group of Roman novels which begins with ‘Saracinesca’ and ends in the volume before us.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 705. My. 1, ’09. 740w.

=Crawford, Mary Caroline.=^{[11]} Old Boston days and ways. **$2.50.
Little.

9–28413.

A thoroly informing study in preparation for which the author uncovered a large amount of new material. It follows the growth of the city from the point where the author’s “St. Botolph’s town” dropped it and continues it to “the time when we blossomed into a municipality and indulged in a mayor and aldermen.” She deals with Boston of revolutionary days, Boston in the first flush of liberty, the development of its literary and social life, the establishment of its theaters, and characterizes the distinction that belongs to such men as Copley, John Howard Payne, Edmund Keane, Samuel Shaw, Lafayette and many another man of prominence during the time depicted.

* * * * *

“‘Old Boston days and ways’ as interpreted by Miss Crawford with accuracy, vivacity, and the novelty due to the use of a considerable body of new material, are certainly not wanting in interest for readers of to-day.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 466. D. 1, ’09. 180w.

“The section about the social life of the transition period will be new to many, especially the account of Poe’s father and actress mother; as will the chapter about early Boston theaters.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1072. D. 11, ’09. 130w.

=Crawford, Mary Caroline.= St. Botolph’s town: an account of old
Boston in colonial days. $2.50. Page.

8–28847.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.

=Ind.= 65: 1462. D. 17, ’08. 50w.

“We have never met with a volume of the like compass, which contained fifty illustrations of such historic value and unique interest as characterize the prints in this volume.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 900. D. 12, ’08. 180w.

“Like its author’s previous books, it lends itself well to desultory reading, being divided into chapters, each with its own interesting story, the whole forming a delightful account of life and manners in Boston from the coming of Winthrop and his valiant followers to the outbreak of the revolution.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 22. Ja. 2, ’09. 220w.

=Creelman, James.=^{[5]} Why we love Lincoln. *$1.25. Outing pub.

9–5693.

“A biography designed to bring out especially those human sides of the man Lincoln which, as a matter of fact, are so great a part of him that not even the most formal treatment can hide the humorous mouth, the tender heart, the shrewd eye, and the laugh by which, in fact, the great man held (and still holds) the American people as no other man holds them.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Suited to the same class of readers as Morgan’s life but may interest a larger circle because of its brevity and a decided impressionistic style that holds the attention.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 135. My. ’09. ✠

“It sounds the proper note, and does it with conviction.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 985. My. 6, ’09. 30w.

“Mr. Creelman’s narrative is interesting.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 242. Ap. 17, ’09. 80w.

“Written in vivid, suggestive style.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 507. Ap. ’09. 10w.

=Crew, Henry.= Principles of mechanics, for students of physics and
engineering. *$1.50. Longmans.

8–18295.

“This book comprises a series of lectures delivered during several years past to second-year students in physics who have had general instruction in the subject and in calculus. The author’s aim has been to give the student a clear conception of the principles of dynamics in a minimum of time, confining the treatment to that portion of the subject which is common ground for the physicist and the engineer.” (Engin. D.) “It covers the elements of kinematics, kinetics, friction, elastic bodies and fluid motion, and does not contain any of those lapses from correct and scholarly statement that are too often considered advisable for the ‘practical’ courses of engineering study.” (Engin. Rec.)

* * * * *

=Engin. D.= 4: 56. Jl. ’08. 160w.

“The method is no doubt logical, and in the sense that it seeks for precision and conciseness it is philosophical. But there is little to be said for a method that keeps the reader in ignorance of the term and concept ‘force’ until the 84th page is reached.”

− =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 81. Jl. 16, ’08. 200w.

“As an introductory book on the subject it would deserve little praise and considerable condemnation. The book has the great merit of being scientifically correct, while free from sloppy English and pedantic fussiness over trifles.”

+ − =Engin. Rec.= 59: 251. F. 27, ’09. 220w.

“For the general student, the purpose of the book is admirable. The book is written in a style which is always clear and interesting. The forms of statement are fresh, and the author has drawn on a wide range of reading and experience for new and apt illustrations.” A. P. Carman.

+ =Science=, n.s. 29: 579. Ap. 9, ’09. 400w.

=Crichfield, George Washington.=^{[8]} American supremacy. 2v. *$6.
Brentano’s.

8–36697.

Accumulated material about laws, customs, and concessions in certain South American states. “The author’s one thesis is that South Americans are a set of liars and cut-throats, and his sole inference is that ‘the United States should establish civilized governments in those countries, which would make pillage by revolution bands impossible.’” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“The extended quotations from various works on South America give us material not elsewhere easy of access, but lack of orderly management and digressions covering dozens of pages swell the volumes far beyond what should be their size.” C. L. Jones.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 202. Jl. ’09. 380w.

“His tone is embittered and violent, his conclusions wild. Such an extreme of passion and unreason defeats itself.”

− + =Nation.= 88: 63. Ja. 21, ’09. 120w.

=Crichton-Browne, James.= Parcimony in nutrition. **75c. Funk.

W9–101.

Discusses the question of what and how much the normal human being ought to eat. The author disagrees with frugality notion in nutrition maintained by Fletcher and Chittenden, and believes that more emphasis should be placed on economy in the selection and preparation of food than upon the process of lopping off of proteid.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 156. Je. ’09.
=Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 602. N. ’09. 210w.

“The present work is closely reasoned, and though some poems are open to criticism, the major contention, if certain basic claims are admitted, seems to be sound.”

+ − =Arena.= 41: 607. Ag. ’09. 370w. + =Ind.= 67: 1091. N. 11, ’09. 200w.

“It is a learned, attractive and valuable brochure.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 560. Ap. 3, ’09. 150w.

“Is well worthy of careful reading, particularly by such laymen as have been attracted by the doctrines associated with the names of Fletcher and Chittenden.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 190. Ag. 26, ’09. 330w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 147. Mr. 13, ’09. 460w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 508. Ap. ’09. 60w.

=Crockett, Samuel Rutherford.=^{[9]} Men of the mountain. †$1.50.
Harper.

9–22183.

The French-Swiss frontier in the “French year terrible,” 1871, is the scene of this tale in which the quiet ministry of the pastor of the Evangelical church of Geneva is outlined against carnage and warfare. There are portrayed a David and Jonathan friendship; the whip hand rule of a grim, determined châtelaine, the pastor’s mother; and the vital love affairs of the friends and two loyal-hearted young women.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 54. O. ’09.

“The author has, on the whole, done better in this book than in most of his others, and we must not be too severe upon his indulgence in the sentimental.” W: M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 385. N. 16, ’09. 260w.

“The book is a pot-boiler, the evident effort it has cost its author to put it together fatiguing the reader.”

− =Ind.= 67: 549. S. 2, ’09. 50w.

“The story is well told, there is plenty of incident, the characters are excellently portrayed, and at the end one lays down the book with the sense of having read something worth while.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 578. O. 2, ’09. 250w.

“A bright and pretty little double love-story. The book is a pleasant one and there is but one unkindly word to say of it. No reproof could be too severe for a writer who sends pronouns wandering aimlessly down his pages without antecedents, who invariably chooses the wrong preposition and who cannot distinguish between a noun and a verb.”

+ − =No. Am.= 190: 710. N. ’09. 200w.

“Shows more careful work than he has done for a long time, and is free from the fantastic sensationalism which often mars otherwise good stories from his pen.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 361. O. 16, ’09. 50w.

“We have never seen anything better from his pen.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 693. O. 30, ’09. 200w.

=Crockett, Walter Hill.=^{[9]} History of Lake Champlain: the record
of three centuries, 1609–1909. 75c. Hobart J. Shanley co.,
Burlington, Vt.

9–20252.

A book made timely by the tercentenary celebration of the discovery of Lake Champlain. “For those who did not see the celebration this book will bring a surprise in the fulness of incident it chronicles. The picturesque discovery by the French explorer, the first attempts of the French missionaries to settle the country, seem remote, but the conflicts of Howe and Montcalm are well within the borders of our history, and Ethan Allen’s raid and Arnold’s naval operations against the British are among the most stirring revolutionary campaigns. The war record of the lake closes with Macdonough’s victory at Plattsburgh, in 1814, but its shores have gathered tradition since, as Mr. Crockett’s book shows.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“A good volume for reference in reading Parkman’s histories.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 9. S. ’09. ✠

“For a reproduction of the romantic atmosphere of the lake one must still go to the pages of Parkman and Cooper; this book is occupied with matters of fact. But a complete record of these particular matters of fact could hardly be better done.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 118. Ag. 5, ’09. 250w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 478. Ag. 7, ’09. 80w.

=Crockett, William Shillinglaw.= Footsteps of Scott. **$1.25. Jacobs.

8–36155.

Presents the principal facts of Scott’s life and describes intimately the Scott country—the “storied castles, ancient abbeys and the beauty of natural scenery”—which gave background to the Waverley novels.

* * * * *

“Libraries not possessing this author’s ‘Scott country’ or Hunnewell’s ‘Lands of Scott’ may prefer this because of its smaller price, lesser volume and larger value for young people’s use.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 37. F. ’09. ✠ + − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 541. My. 2. 600w.

“This is a delightful book to read anywhere. He knows his subject well. He knows the man and the places where Scott wandered or dwelt, and he has a very keen appreciation of the beauties of his literary work.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 69. Ja. 11, ’08. 120w.

=Croly, Herbert.=^{[12]} Promise of American life. *$2. Macmillan.

9–28528.

A reasonable interpretation of the American future, entirely without the work of prophecy, but based upon the salient dynamic conditions of American life. Preliminary to a presentment of the new conditions that must grow out of the old, the author examines the earlier economic and social conditions and the ideas and institutions associated with them; with such a ground work he leads up to a “more consistent and edifying conception of the Promise of American life.”

* * * * *

“It is not necessary to agree in every point with the conclusions reached by Mr. Croly to feel that he has made an important contribution to our knowledge of the underlying principles of American democracy.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 788. D. 4, ’09. 190w.

=Cronau, Rudolf.= Our wasteful nation: the story of American
prodigality and the abuse of our national resources. $1. Kennerley.

9–145.

Wakens the reader to an understanding of the enormous waste of which the American people are guilty. From a brief contemplation of this land as one of “inexhaustible resources” the author passes to a discussion of the destruction of forests; the waste of water, soil and mineral resources; the extermination of game, fur and great marine animals; the vanishing of birds; the decreasing fish supplies; and the waste of public lands, privileges, public money, property, and human lives.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 75. Mr. ’09. ✠

“The book, which is written for the general reader, contains an interesting though miscellaneous lot of facts and extracts gathered from magazine articles, government reports, etc. The more fundamental economic aspects of the problem are not touched upon.”

+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 309. My. ’09. 110w.

“Mr. Cronau’s book itself will serve its best use in checking his own predictions.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 85. F. 13, ’09. 1200w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 127. Jl. ’09. 70w.

=Cross, Wilbur Lucius.=^{[6]} Life and times of Laurence Sterne.
*$2.50. Macmillan.

9–14130.