Chapter XVIII: Preface (18)

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=Duncan, Norman.=^{[11]} Going down from Jerusalem. **$1.50. Harper.

9–27602.

The author and illustrator of this delightful volume traversed together that route once taken by Joseph and his family down into Egypt, and they have given us the unchanging East, the glamour of its tradition, its people, and its sacred hills. Pictures and narrative blend happily together to give to the reader the illusion of seeing with his own eyes the desert and the olive groves, of living among tents and camels, and of talking and bartering with the incomparable Moslem and learning much of his religion and philosophy.

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=Duncan, Norman.=^{[12]} Higgins, a man’s Christian. 50c. Harper.

9–29364.

Snap shots of daily scenes and daily experiences of a “pilot of souls” among the northern Minnesota lumber-jacks. Higgins is a man among men, and elicits such bar-room remarks as “Higgins’s job is keepin’ us boys out o’ hell; an’ he’s the only man on the job.” “I want t’ tell ye, friend, that he’s a damned good Christian, if ever there was one.” It is of such a preacher and such men that Norman Duncan writes.

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=N. Y. Times.= 14: 768. D. 4, ’09. 180w.

=Duncan, Norman.=^{[11]} Suitable child. **60c. Revell.

9–28038.

A story of Christmas eve which tells how five passengers aboard the Winnipeg west bound express discover a poor little orphan who is tagged thru to an asylum in Winnipeg, and how they plan a happy Christmas for him. It is a story that grips the heart, and every man, woman and child who reads it will not be content until he has lightened some burdened little heart of its load of loneliness.

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“All classes of readers will welcome his story.”

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=Dunham, Curtis.=^{[6]} Gambolling with Galatea: a bucolic romance.
**$1.15. Houghton.

9–13921.

A diverting rural fantasy in which figure a professor, a poet, a painter, a winsome maiden, a colt, a dog, a pig, a goat, a cow and a bull calf. “With its fine irony for certain schools of contemporary natural history, its real love of domestic animals and understanding of their ways, its appealing love story, its general individuality and charm the story is unique.”

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“A diverting rural comedy.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 54. O. ’09.

“The tediousness of the performance is aggravated by the ‘literary’ affectation of its style.”

− =Nation.= 89: 164. Ag. 19, ’09. 140w.

“A most amusing little comedy. At times his fancy seems to gambol a trifle heavily, but the humor of the book is enlivening and its quaint conceit sufficiently diverting.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 355. Je. 5, ’09. 240w.

“The gambols, though lively, are not coarse.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 373. Je. 12, ’09. 150w.

“Is full of wit and humor and quaint description.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 253. Ag. ’09. 50w.

=Dunn-Pattison, R. P.=^{[8]} Napoleon’s marshals. *$3. Little.

The story of how and why Napoleon was led to select his marshals. The story of their services is prefaced by a synopsis of the twenty-six soldiers giving names, dates of birth, and various titles, and includes a column showing how disposed of, and their ages when they died.

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+ =Dial.= 47: 389. N. 16, ’09. 330w.

“For the well-read in Napoleonic literature there is little new in this book, yet we imagine that many readers will find some of the details both interesting and instructive. The book is decidedly good, and would be even better had the author refrained from repeating sundry French accounts of the prodigies of valour of the one man against a hundred type ascribed to some of the marshals, which are painfully suggestive of some of Baron Marbot’s performances.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 51. Je. 10, ’09. 1200w.

“The volume is a useful contribution to political and military history.”

+ =Spec.= 102: sup. 1006. Je. 26, ’09. 320w.

=Dunning, James Edmund.=^{[10]} Master builders. †$1.50. Appleton.
9–16801.

A story that represents the United States on the eve of war with a foreign power. The incidents center about the building of a huge war ship, the attempts of the enemy to steal it, and the outwitting of the plotters by a youth of recognized inconsequence, who turns hero and wins the victory for the Americans.

* * * * *

“Gives an excellent picture of New England shipyard interests but is marred by some unpleasant incidents.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 26. S. ’09.

“Any one thirsting for machinery and machination may here gulp freely.”

− =Nation.= 89: 356. O. 14, ’09. 170w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 484. Ag. 7, ’09. 430w.

=Durand, Sir Henry Mortimer.=^{[8]} Nadir Shah. *$3. Dutton.

A historical novel having for the central figure “Nadir Kuli, the Turcomen robber, soldier, and tyrant, who became Shah of Persia and ruled that country with a rod of iron until an assassin got after him and ended his life. Sir Mortimer has formed some pretty definite conceptions of Nadir and Nadir’s times, and the purpose of his book is to give us the benefit of his study, conjecture, and day dreams, so that we may know approximately what the Near East was like when Nadir was building up the Persian nation.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“A biographical romance which is at once too romantic to be real biography, and too biographical to be a true romance. We cannot recommend the book to novel-readers ‘pur sand.’ They will find it tedious, in spite of some charming—and some rather realistic—harem scenes.”

− + =Ath.= 1908, 2: 639. N. 21. 1250w.

“Except for the character of the heroine, which savors something too much of the Occident, there is little to offend the sense of verisimilitude.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 102. Jl. 29, ’09. 340w.

“It certainly would require a good deal of ignoring and a good deal of forgetting to enable one to share with Sir Mortimer his admiring view of Nadir.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 453. Jl. 24, ’09. 470w.

“While the book is worth attention both because of construction and style, it is, as may be fancied, chiefly notable because of its character drawing.”

+ =Outlook.= 92: 870. Ag. 14, ’09. 400w.

“It is on its historical truth and the picture it presents of the times that the value of the work must finally rest. However judged, it must be pronounced a work of great interest and value. It bears evidence of much research and knowledge gained not merely from written records but also from rapidly perishing traditions which it saves from oblivion. No one who wishes to understand the genesis of the Persian character and the unhappy condition of the country to-day should fail to read it. Its clear and forcible style makes this an easy and pleasant task.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 309. Mr. 6, ’09. 900w.

=Durand, William Fredrick.=^{[5]} Resistance and propulsion of ships.
2d ed., thoroughly rev. $5. Wiley.

9–4175.

“Professor Durand’s well-known work, which first appeared in 1898, has been revised by the author. Much new matter has been added and somewhat more cut out, with the net result of four pages of reduction. The work represents substantially lectures given by the author to the students in the school of Marine construction at Cornell university when he was in charge of that school. Hence it naturally approaches its subject from the point of view of the student rather than the working naval architect or marine engineer.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“While the calculus and mechanics have been freely used by the author, it is, nevertheless, possible, by omitting the parts involving higher mathematics, to obtain a fairly connected idea of the subject from the descriptive standpoint, and also to apply all methods given for purposes of design.”

+ =Engin. D.= 5: 417. Ap. ’09. 240w.

“The typographical work is very good, there being but very few errors. It follows that this book, while valuable and useful to any one interested in its subject, will appeal most strongly to the student who is mostly concerned with theory and principles rather than practical applications.” D. W. Taylor.

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 50. Ap. 15, ’09. 700w.

=Düring, Stella M.=^{[5]} Love’s privilege. †$1.50. Lippincott.

9–12615.

Following a period of enmity between two rivals one of them is mysteriously shot, and circumstantial evidence is strong against the other rival. The baffling tangle is unraveled in due time, the while misunderstanding and suffering run their full course.

* * * * *

“On the whole, the book provides entertainment of a slightly higher quality than the motive for its writing would lead us to anticipate.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 47: 184. S. 16, ’09. 130w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 761. Je. ’09. 40w.

=Durley, Ella Hamilton.= My soldier lady. $1.25. Clark.

8–34813.

“Consists of a series of letters written by a lady and conveying ‘big, satisfying slices of Kentucky life’ to a friend who has gone to Japan.... Of course the all-necessary love-motif is interwoven with a graceful lightness of touch which is charming. In a sense these letters may be taken as the other half of the correspondence which make up ‘The lady of the decoration,’ a highly successful book by another author published about two years ago.”—Lit. D.

* * * * *

“Will interest only readers who know the earlier book, to which it is decidedly inferior.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 113. Ap. ’09. ✠

“Clever, bright, and interesting as it is, no one can fail to be refreshed by its sprightliness and clever description of life in the South.”

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“The letters are gossipy and vivacious and entertaining enough for any young woman alone in a foreign country to have been enlivened and heartened by their reading.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 110. F. 27, ’09. 230w.

=Duthie, Arthur Louis.= Decorative glass processes. (Westminster ser.)
*$2. Van Nostrand.

9–12266.

“The processes treated of by the author, who has had practical experience of them as a designer and executant, are those involved in leaded lights, stained glass, embossing or ‘etching,’ brilliant cutting and bevelling, the sand-blast, gilding, silvering, and mosaic. Special chapters are devoted to proprietary and patented processes, and at the outset an account is given of the various kinds of glass employed in the processes described.”—Int. Studio.

* * * * *

=Int. Studio.= 37: 171. Ap. ’09. 100w.
+ =Int. Studio.= 39: sup. 25. N. ’09. 80w.

“In spite of a few criticisms, and some further defects from the literary point of view, the book is to be welcomed as an addition to the scanty literature of glass from the pen of a practical glass worker, and it will no doubt find many appreciative readers among those interested in decorative glass.” W. R.

+ − =Nature.= 79: 334. Ja. 21, ’09. 700w.

=Duthie, Rev. D. Wallace=, ed.^{[9]} Bishop in the rough. *$2. Dutton.

This journal, newly edited was prepared by John Sheepshanks a young English clergyman nearly fifty years ago while working among the pioneers of British Columbia. “British Columbia occupies about half the book, and it is no disparagement to the author to say that it is the most interesting part. The Sandwich Islands, China, Mongolia, Tibet, and Siberia do not show such marvellous changes, nor is it in these regions that we see ‘the Bishop in the rough.’”—Spec.

* * * * *

“Although it describes much that has passed away, Mr. Wallace Duthie is fully justified in his opinion that it has lost little of its freshness and interest.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 728. Je. 9. 1200w.

“Both the journalist and the editor have done their literary work well, and the book makes capital reading.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 238. O. 1, ’09. 450w.
=Nation.= 89: 362. O. 14, ’09. 150w.
+ =Outlook.= 92: 872. Ag. 14, ’09. 200w.
=Spec.= 103: 135. Jl. 24, ’09. 300w.

=Dutt, W. A.=^{[8]} Norfolk and Suffolk coast. 6s. Unwin, London.

An informing volume dealing with the Norfolk and Suffolk coast from Landguard Fort to the border of Lincolnshire. The topographical history of the coast, its time-wrought changes and striking natural features, places and objects of archæological interest, the history and romance of court life, rates of shipwrecks, life saving deeds, smuggling, and numerous related topics are presented with emphasis on the picturesque aspects.

* * * * *

“It is not easy to see what is the peculiar sphere of utility contemplated by the new ‘Country coast series,’ in as much as the ground covered has already been fully dealt with in the many county guidebooks, of varying status, that recent years have brought forth, Mr. Dutt in the opening volume, ‘The Norfolk and Suffolk coast,’ has set about his task conscientiously, with a praisworthy ambition (not always realized) of imparting freshness and novelty to an old-told tale.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 89. Jl. 24. 1200w.

“It contains an excellent treatise on one of the most famous and interesting of the English counties and one of the foremost.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 596. O. 9, ’09. 80w.
=Sat. R.= 108: sup. 5. Jl. 17, ’09. 450w.

“The subject which Mr. Dutt treats in this volume abounds in many kinds of interest and it has fallen into most capable hands. He has the art of setting off his knowledge to advantage.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 102. Jl. 17, ’09. 320w.

=Dutton, Samuel Train, and Snedden, David Samuel.= Administration of
public education in the United States; with an introd. by Nicholas
Murray Butler. *$1.75. Macmillan.

8–29852.

“In the preface of this work President Butler distinguishes between the activities of the state, the American people viewed as an organized unit, and those of the government. ‘It is this governmental educational activity with which the present volume deals.’ There are thirty-two chapters treating such subjects as ‘Factors favoring the advance of education’; ‘The national government and education’; Local units of educational administration’; ‘The financing of public education’; ‘The improvement of teachers in service’; ‘The elementary course of study’; ‘The administration of high and normal schools’; ‘Vocational, physical, and correctional education’; ‘Educational statistics’; ‘The widening sphere of public education,’ etc.... The introduction brings together the names of important persons in American education, then follow the significant industrial and social conditions upon which schools depend, and the leading events in national, state, and local school development. There is scarcely a topic from ventilation to pensions, child labor, tuberculosis, festivals, and the school nurse which is not included.”—School R.

* * * * *

“Though not a complete treatment, it is scholarly and valuable.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 39. F. ’09.

“Indispensable will it prove as a hand-book and work of reference for the school expert, for the social worker or the non-professional student of the child problem, and for the young teacher who would know the metes and bounds of the field wherein he has chosen to do his lifework.” J. L. Barnard.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 203. Jl. ’09. 650w.

“While the ‘Administration of public education in the United States’ has its defects and limitations, these are, in the majority of cases, of the sort necessarily imposed upon a bit of pioneer work treating of such a rapidly changing field of human action.” E: C. Elliott.

+ − =El. School T.= 9: 524. Je. ’09. 440w.

“Comprehensive and scholarly text-book.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 310. Ag. 5, ’09. 30w.

“Students and teachers of the problems of educational administration looked forward with special interest to the publication of this book; and in the main their high expectations are amply justified. Its limitations are due largely to the nature of its subject-matters.” E. K. Adams.

+ − =J. Philos.= 6: 473. Ag. 19, ’09. 670w.

“The scholarly and very comprehensive volume now before us is a distinct contribution to the literature of education; and it should aid further progress.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 304. Mr. 25, ’09. 160w.

“The treatment is descriptive and accurate. To one accustomed to the somewhat inspirational style of many works on school management this encyclopedic book will prove hard reading. It is essentially a reference book. Fortunately there is an excellent index.” F. A. Manny.

+ − =School R.= 17: 209. Mr. ’09. 320w.

=Dye, John T.=^{[5]} Ideals of democracy: conversations in a smoking
car. **90c. Bobbs.

9–10793.

A conversation on subjects relating to democracy and the brother-hood of man engaged in by a professor of political economy and sociology, a banker, a civil engineer, a Catholic bishop, and a professor of law. Some of their ideals are embodied in the following: “The real enemies of democracy are not beyond the sea. They are the false ideals which make the government an instrument by which the few distribute wealth to themselves, monopolize production, exploit labor, create caste, corrupt public life, rob the living and lay burdens on the unborn. These false ideals can not be overcome by the sword or destroyed by battleships, but only by growing intelligence, enlightened self-interest, the coming of a quickened sense of duty, of public service and of social helpfulness.”

=Dykes, James Oswald.=^{[6]} Christian minister and his duties.
*$2.25. Scribner.

8–26256.

The work of an English Presbyterian divine “which attests the demand for closer adaptation of the Christian ministry to modern conditions.... E. g., against the Anglican conception of the minister as a priest, Dr. Dykes stands for the New Testament teaching that this can be only in so far as the church itself is ‘a priestly brotherhood of spiritual equals,’ officially represented in its minister. On the other hand, an entire section of the volume is devoted to the subject of public worship, so strongly emphasized by Anglicans, and to the minister’s part therein.... Dr. Dykes’s elaborate treatment of his theme takes note of all particulars that have to do with the minister’s success—even his choice of a wife, his manner in sickrooms, and his precautions in cases of infectious disease.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The work may be criticized, along with all practically similar productions, for being oblivious of the social probation which the church is now undergoing. The thought of leadership in social regeneration is absent; only the individual is in evidence. In this respect the book, although excellent in the ground that it does cover, leaves much to be desired by those who are conscious of modern church problems, at least in America.”

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 498. Jl. ’09. 180w.

“Although written from the standpoint of English social and ecclesiastical conditions, and open to criticism for its lack of emphasis on the work of social regeneration, it is a sane and forceful work, more detailed and comprehensive than Hoyt’s ‘The minister’ which is confined to various aspects of pulpit discourse.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 72. N. ’09.

“The counsels of Principal Dykes will be found well worth attention especially on the subject of the conduct of Christian worship.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 42. Jl. 1, ’09. 60w.

“His lectures on the usual themes of that department of ministerial education are distinguished by sanity of view and force of utterance.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 485. My. 13, ’09. 140w.

“He views his subject from the standpoint of social and ecclesiastical conditions differing from ours. This naturally causes different emphasis on some points of common concern.”

+ − =Outlook.= 90: 318. O. 10, ’08. 300w.

=Dyllington, Anthony.= Green domino: a comedy. †$1.50. Lane.

9–13041.

A slight plot, plenty of color and a good bit of humor mingle in this whimsical story whose scene is laid in the Isle of Wight. “A gentleman clad in a loosely flowing green domino with a peaked hood and carrying a banjo, and his protesting friends, clothed similarly in black, a young, pretty, and widowed ‘ladyship,’ and a matchmaking duchess are the principal characters. The action takes place in a lovely little seaside English town, and the beginning of the romance harks back to a Swiss mountain hotel, where the green dominoed gentleman had seen the face of ‘her ladyship.’” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“It is long since we have chanced upon so delightful a story of its kind.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 716. D. 5. 130w.

“A pretty story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 8. Ja. 2, ’09. 160w.

E

=Earhart, Lida Belle.= Systematic study in the elementary schools.
(Columbia university contributions to education. Teachers college
series, no. 18.) $1. Teachers college.

8–22123.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“We commend the book especially to teachers and principals of elementary schools.”

+ =Educ. R.= 37: 210. F. ’09. 60w.

“Reading this monograph should be helpful to every teacher; but the reader will find difficulty in following the text and the tables which are not most conveniently arranged for ease of reference.” E: F. Buchner.

+ − =El. School T.= 9: 439. Ap. ’09. 300w.
=Ind.= 67: 309. Ag. 5, ’09. 70w.

=Earle, Franklin Sumner.= Southern agriculture. *$1.25. Macmillan.

8–12779.

“This work has many points of merit to commend it to the schools of the south and will no doubt be widely used as a text-book. It is divided into two parts, the first dealing with general considerations, such as climate, soil, soil management, soil improvement, the growth of plants, insects and diseases, and closes with a chapter on farm policy and management. The second part treats of the chief southern agricultural crops, including grasses and forage crops, fiber crops, tobacco, coffee, fruits, nut crops and forestry, and closes with a short chapter on domestic animals.”—Science.

* * * * *

“The book will be useful to southern teachers and to farmers especially.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 179. Je. ’08.

“This volume treats agriculture far more broadly than the title would indicate. The soil, its treatment and improvement is dealt with in a full and comprehensive manner. The space given to individual discussions of crops grown in the south ... is especially well handled.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 193. Ja. ’09. 110w.

“The book contains the best account available, within small compass, of the agriculture of the warmer regions of North America and the West Indies, and has in addition many features which will ensure it being of use also in other parts of the world.” W. G. Freeman.

+ =Nature.= 79: 186. D. 17, ’08. 550w.

“There seems to be very little use for devoting twenty-four pages to sugar cane and only sixteen to cotton. It seems that the author is more at home in his studies of tropical agriculture, and though he has done excellent work, many parts of the book read as if the information given were not first hand.” R. J. H. DeLoach.

+ − =Science=, n.s. 29: 32. Ja. 1, ’09. 880w.

=Eastland, Florence Martin.=^{[7]} Matt of the water-front. *60c.
West. Meth. bk.

9–12879.

The story of a bright, sturdy little Irish lad who lives in a poor water-front shack, and supports himself out of school hours by gathering and selling driftwood. His adoption into a lawyer’s family and the subsequent discovery that he is the lost heir to an uncle’s fortune are the important happenings in the young hero’s life. It is a story that any parent or teacher would be glad to put into a boy’s hands.

=Eastman, Charles Alexander (Ohiyesa, the Sioux Indian), and Eastman,
Elaine Goodale.=^{[11]} Wigwam evenings. †$1.25. Little.

9–26010.

Twenty-seven Indian myths into which enter the favorite ingredients of all fairy lore—invincible heroes, beautiful princesses, wicked witches, magic, etc. The author, a full-blooded Sioux, has produced the tales from his childhood wigwam memories, and in the retelling nothing of the early spell is lost.

=Eaton, Daniel Cady.=^{[8]} Hand book of modern French painting, with
250 illustrations. **$2. Dodd.

9–13980.

“Includes brief biographies of French artists of note as well as many minor men, and criticisms of their work. It also includes a list of the provincial museums of France and their principal possessions, not the least valuable feature of the book.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 11. S. ’09.

“His comments are not of the customary guide book character but have a personal touch that makes them interesting, however brief.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 826. O. 7, ’09. 280w. + − =Int. Studio.= 39: sup. 23. N. ’09. 50w.

“We can find little to praise. It gives, indeed, a good deal of information in a handy form, but the text is so carelessly printed as to deprive this information of much of its value.”

− =Nation.= 89: 41. Jl. 8, ’09. 380w.

“A work of precisely this character is so much needed as a reference book that it would be welcome were its merits fewer than they are. In general it is a fair and candid statement of a personal point of view.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 426. Jl. 10, ’09. 450w.

“The volume is valuable for any one who intends to have a practical knowledge of modern French art or even intends to ‘do’ intelligently the Louvre, Luxembourg, or any picture gallery containing the works of modern French painters.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 645. N. 20, ’09. 250w.

=Eaton, Isabel Graham.= By the shores of Arcady. $1.25. Outing pub.

9–2777.

The experiences of a bachelor girl artist one summer in the Arcady she had chosen to “restore the wasted tissues of a tired brain.” Surroundings and people reproduced for the reader are touched up in word colors that rival any artist’s effects in oils. Atmosphere abounds, and a varied group of characters pass in gentle procession, while the thread of the story is attached deftly to the fortunes of a little lad who had been kidnapped and who is finally restored to his guardian. Art, the buoyancy of youth, and love mingle in idyllic unity.

* * * * *

“The lack of interest and vivacity dulls an otherwise good story.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 91. Mr. ’09.

“It is an entertaining, wayward, ingenious little tale, written with a spontaneity of feeling that gives it a good deal of charm.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 134. Mr. 6, ’09. 170w.

=Eaton, Walter Prichard, and Underhill, Elise Morris.=^{[6]} Runaway
place. $1.25. Holt.

9–14514.

A May idyl of Manhattan written by a former dramatic critic of the New York Sun. A man out of work and an unknown maid on a vacation meet in Central Park. They waive the formality of an introduction. In this Run-a-way place in the heart of town they meet day after day. Their fairy fancies, whims and childhood spirit of play are tempered with wise grown-up philosophy. They frolic, reason and make love, and chase the bird of happiness to cover; while once possessing it they march away touched by the spirit of Victory who with wings agleam leads General Sherman triumphant down the avenue.

* * * * *

“A pretty, whimsical tale, for educated readers.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 26. S. ’09. ✠

“Self-conscious, over-literary, and curiously inartistic medley.”

− =Nation.= 89: 238. S. 9, ’09. 260w.

“Fresh little story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 373. Je. 12, ’09. 150w.

=Echoes= from the Oxford magazine. (Oxford lib. of prose and poetry.)
*90c. Oxford.

“Printed from the second (1890) edition. It is a book of academic humor at its best, a worthy continuation of Calverley, a rich and fine growth which has never taken root on this side of the Atlantic, though Dr. Holmes sometimes came close to it. Some of the best pieces in this collection are parodies of Tennyson and Swinburne and others by Q. (Mr. Quiller-Couch), a clever skit on ‘The art of bowling’ written as a Socratic dialogue by C. T.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“All the pieces are so good that there is little choice.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 651. D. 31, ’08. 120w.

“The merit of their work lies almost entirely in its high spirits: it would be impossible to find a book of verses more obviously and delightfully youthful.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 305. F. 20, ’09. 270w.

=Eckard, —, and Naundorff, Charles-Louis.=^{[6]} King who never
reigned; being memoirs upon Louis XVII; with a preface by Jules
Lemaitre, together with introd. and notes by Maurice Vitrac and
Arnould Galopin, to which is added Joseph Turquan’s “New light upon
the fate of Louis XVII.” *$3.50. McBride, J:

The first part of these memoirs is the Royalist Eckard’s of the Dauphin’s brief life, his captivity and death; the second contains the “revelations” of the pretender, Charles-Louis Naundorff, who in the early nineteenth century claimed to be the Dauphin and to have been rescued from the Temple by certain royalists; the third, “New light upon the fate of Louis XVII,” by Joseph Turquan, contains a new theory concerning the mystery and death of the Dauphin.

* * * * *

“It would seem that M. Turquan’s evidences are somewhat scanty to cover so considerable an extent of territory. The book, however, has interest and value as an epitome of a famous historic controversy.”

+ − =Dial.= 47: 102. Ag. 16, ’09. 200w.

“This work, like those that have gone before it, will simply have the effect of proving that it is useless to expect any complete revelation of the truth concerning, perhaps, the most poignant episode of the Reign of Terror.”

− =Nation.= 89: 187. Ag. 26, ’09. 850w.

“These fragments have been arranged and annotated by the compilers in a thoroughly scholarly and unprejudiced manner, and the translation is particularly good.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 349. Je. 5, ’09. 1250w. + =Spec.= 102: 135. Ja. 23, ’09. 150w.

=Edgar, Madalen G.= Treasury of verse for little children. $2.50.
Crowell.

An anthology of verse for children with sympathetic illustrations in black and white. “Its range is wide, including on its serious side Tennyson, Blake, Stevenson, and George MacDonald, and on its humorous, Edward Lear and Judge Parry; while Dr. Watts and Miss Jane Taylor are present, we presume for the due pointing of morals.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“An admirable selection, and should be of real value in suggesting early to the infant mind a taste for what is good in verse.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 284. Mr. 7. 120w.

“The main fault we find is that too many pieces of inconspicuous merit have been included, the places of which might well have been filled with better things. A book that is on the whole well arranged and admirably produced.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 505. O. 24. 220w.

Reviewed by M. J. Moses.

=Ind.= 65: 1470. D. 17, ’08. 50w.
+ =Int. Studio.= 36: 253. Ja. ’09. 60w.

“The inclusions are somewhat strange, showing the compiler more an editor, with personal taste for poetry, than a born anthologist.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 522. N. 26, ’08. 60w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 702. N. 28, ’08. 80w.

“Containing a goodly number of remarkably well-chosen selections.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 127. Ja. ’09. 50w.

“An admirable gift-book for young children.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: sup. 12. D. 12, ’08. 50w.

=Edgcumbe, Richard.=^{[12]} Byron: the last phase. *$3. Scribner.

A book that stirs up once more the muddy deeps of Byron’s nature. “The book falls into two parts, the first of which describes his last days in Italy and Greece, and the second discusses the eternal question of his relations with his wife. Most readers will share our preference for the former section, which, indeed, casts much new light upon the most heroic part of an amazing career.... Mr. Edgcumbe traces every detail of these last days, and his chapters are a worthy contribution to that true and final Life of Byron which still remains to be written.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“We regard [the first part] of Mr. Edgcumbe’s work as a thoroughly desirable addition to the Byronic literature. Of the second section of his book, one must speak more cautiously.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 433. N. 4, ’09. 850w.

“We suggest that he republish his book with the second portion omitted. The first portion—that dealing with Byron’s last days at Missolonghi—is at any rate quite harmless, if it is not quite necessary.”

− + =Sat. R.= 108: 569. N. 6, ’09. 650w.

“Mr. Edgcumbe’s book, whether or not we accept all his conclusions, is one of great interest for all students of Byron. It is the work of a genuine expert who knows the period intimately, and who, further, has the right discriminating admiration for his subject.”

+ − =Spec.= 103: 645. O. 23, ’09. 1700w.

=Edwards, George Wharton.=^{[12]} Holland of to-day. **$6. Moffat.

9–25808.

“More like an ampler and glorified Baedeker reads ‘Holland of to-day,’ written and pictured by Mr. George Wharton Edwards. The tone is less personal and intimate, and the material is largely a collection and abstract from other books. There is more categorical information and less of real knowledge; more facts for the intending traveller and far less lure to take him thither. Yet though its method is mistaken—since it is not a book which one can carry in his pocket or even in his trunk—it does not love its subject less.” (Bookm.) “The plates are not mere illustrations,—they are pictures, each a thing of beauty, and altogether setting forth a view of Holland which is striking, individual, inviting, and impressive.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“Both text and illustrations show appreciation and an eye for the picturesque, but are occasionally at fault in matters of detail.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 114. D. ’09.

“Nor, in the list of this season’s beautiful ones are the pictures conspicuously successful. They seem a little dry and lacking in range and grip. Like the book, they are full of information, but they do not make you long to pack your traps.” Algernon Tassin.

+ − =Bookm.= 30: 348. D. ’09. 450w.

“Considered as a picture book, this deserves to be one of the most successful of the season’s output. The text is a confused and confusing mass of detail, the interesting parts jostling the commonplace, the arrangement illogical, a point of view fatally lacking, the effect incoherent.”

+ − =Dial.= 47: 460. D. 1, ’09. 300w. + =Lit. D.= 39: 1072. D. 11, ’09. 130w.

“The text consists of a substratum of Baedeker with a fairly plentiful covering of sympathetic personal observation.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 569. D. 9, ’09. 120w.

“The text is comprehensive, condensed, vivacious, and informative. The text seems always well put. Occasionally, however, we meet with some slight disappointment. The arrangement of the subject-matter also leaves something to be desired. But we forget about this in admiration of the capital pictures. Surely none could be more truthful, sympathetic, or graphic.”

+ − =Outlook.= 93: 833. D. 11, ’09. 260w.

=Edwards, Matilda Barbara Betham-.=^{[11]} French vignettes: a series
of dramatic episodes, 1787–1871. *$3. Brentano’s.

A work in which Miss Betham-Edwards has “touched upon a variety of characters and incidents, each of which is interesting and dramatic. Some of these papers are based on more voluminous works recently published on the same subjects, as, for instance, the very charming ‘Duc d’Enghiens’s Love story,’ which is a résumé of the book by M. Jaques de la Faye; while the same thing holds with the paper on the Second empire, for which Hippolyte Magen’s history furnishes the material; while the articles on Mme. Roland and Dr. Guillotine owe their birth to French sources.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“The book is written with spirit and force and a keen insight into the Gallic temperament.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 634. O. 23, ’09. 460w.
=Sat. R.= 108: 388. S. 25, ’09. 100w.

“The ‘vignettes’ or ‘dramatic episodes’ ... vary a good deal in interest and value. Some are very old stories, without much freshness in the telling; others are almost too deeply marked with political prejudice to be found acceptable in these days of many-sided study and more impartial judgment.”

+ − =Spec.= 103: sup. 717. N. 6, ’09. 470w.

=Edwards, Richard Henry=, ed.^{[7]} Labor problem. (Studies in
American social conditions, v. 4.) pa. 20c. R: H: Edwards, 237
Langdon st., Madison, Wis.

9–35524.

A concise statement of the factors that have brought about our industrial troubles with suggestions for the difficult solution. He says: “The labor problem admits of no simple solution. It is apparent that no single form of effort is applicable to the wide variety of difficulties involved. The ideal is a far cry. Its achievement will be a long drawn struggle. Accurate justice, industrial democracy, and perfect adjustments will only be approached by many and varied efforts, some coercive and some generous. The human touch and a fair consideration by employers and employes, each for the interests of the other, are perhaps the most pressing needs.”

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 136. My. ’09.

“Judging from the work before us, Mr. Edwards is well fitted for the task he has set himself.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 52. Jl. 16, ’09. 30w.

“Is perhaps the most carefully thought out of any of the four which have appeared.”

+ =Survey.= 22: 441. Je. 19, ’09. 520w.

=Eells, Rev. Myron.=^{[11]} Marcus Whitman: pathfinder and patriot.
*$2.50. Harriman.

9–22997.

“Among the greatest of American pioneers Dr. Eells would place Marcus Whitman, the physician who entered the service of the American mission board in 1835 and with his wife and another married missionary crossed the continent to Washington. Mr. Whitman has left a vivid account of the journey which is inserted in this book. Whitman and his wife with twelve others were massacred by Indians in 1847. Like that of other pioneers, Marcus Whitman’s work had a political significance and led to the annexation of California in 1846.”—Lit. D.

* * * * *

“A careful reading of the overwhelming mass of evidence in this book ought to put the matter of Whitman’s purpose forever outside the realms of controversy.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 1206. N. 25, ’09. 760w.

“The present work adds a new chapter to the history of our country and is valuable both as a record of missionary work and of heroic daring in advancing westward the frontier of civilization.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 536. O. 2, ’09. 200w.

“Dr. Eells’s story is more convincing than any other that has been told.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 547. S. 18, ’09. 290w.

=Egan, Maurice Francis.= Wiles of Sexton Maginnis. †$1.50. Century.

9–7142.

A story of Irish-American life and adventure whose hero smiles, loiters, talks delicious brogue, and reflects calmly on the world and his share of ups and downs. The most disturbing element in an otherwise serene existence is an unsympathetic mother-in-law.

* * * * *

“A humorous Catholic story in which priests and nuns figure largely.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 147. My. ’09.

“He entertains us with a rapidly-moving set of situations, illustrating widespread characteristics of clergy and laity as they are to be found everywhere in our towns and cities. Where occasion offers, the Doctor is almost as profuse in his literary allusions as Canon Sheehan himself; but he does not imitate the Canon’s precision and definiteness.”

+ − =Cath. World.= 89: 253. My. ’09. 560w.
=Lit. D.= 39: 207. Ag. 7, ’09. 130w.

“Incidentally Maginnis preaches a jesting and valuable sermon upon the appreciation of truth in art. It is in this spirit that Prof. Egan has written, and that his unpretending little work can be commended to general reading.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 246. Ap. 17, ’09. 340w.

“There is much humor in the book, and a clever picture of the ways and ideals of both Italians and Irish-Americans.”

+ =Outlook.= 92: 20*. My. 1, ’09. 120w.

=Egerton, Hugh Edward.=^{[8]} Canadian constitutional development.
*10s. 6d. Murray, John. London.

8–9028.

A narrative that begins with the passing of Canada into British hands after the surrender of Montreal and ends with the union of the provinces and the establishment of the Dominion. “Some coincidence with the ‘Constitutional documents’ by Dr. Doughty and Professor Shortt was unavoidable, but it ceases after 1791; laws are left out, and the despatches, petitions and speeches are given with a short commentary, cautious and instructive. The whole well enables us to understand ‘how it strikes a contemporary.’ We hear the voice of Canada and the voice of those who are trying to govern Canada through all the stages of unsuccessful experiment that ended in confederation.” (Eng. Hist. R.)

* * * * *

“Almost the only fault that we can find with the book before us concerns the paucity of documents to illustrate the entry in the table of contents of ‘Reciprocity treaty with United States.’”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 760. D. 14. 600w.

Reviewed by J. Bonar.

+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 581. Jl. ’09. 630w.

“This volume is welcome for its own sake, as being a valuable contribution to history, and as the first fruits of the Beit foundation of Colonial history at Oxford.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 384. Mr. 7, ’08. 200w.

=Eggeling, Otto, and Ehrenberg, Frederick.= Fresh water aquarium and
its inhabitants: a guide for the amateur aquarist. (American nature
ser. Group 4, Working with nature.) **$2. Holt.

9–571.

Gives full instruction to the amateur concerning an aquarium outfit, the aquatic plants with which it may be supplied, the water creatures that may be assembled to populate it, the feeding of the inmates, fish-hatching, fish maladies and implements for the care and keeping of the aquarium. Abundant illustrations accompany the text.

* * * * *

“The book, which is well illustrated, is the best practical guide to the aquarium we know.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 366. F. 4, ’09. 100w.

“A well-balanced, clearly written account.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 175. F. 18, ’09. 160w.

“In these days of experimental stations and school laboratories, such a practical guide as this should be very welcome.”

+ =Nature.= 82: 35. N. 11, ’09. 150w.

“Is virtually a textbook, and a highly instructive one, on the subject.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 40. Ja. 23, ’09. 370w.

“The subject is treated in a thorough and practical fashion.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 421. S. 18, ’09. 110w.

=Eggleston, George Cary.=^{[9]} Irene of the mountains: a romance of
old Virginia. †$1.50. Lothrop.

9–13427.

Set in the Virginian mountains this story reminds one of “The trail of the lonesome pine.” It portrays, as does Mr. Fox’s novel, the development of a mountain girl who is separated from her family during a period of education and social training. Her special strength and sweetness of character are tested when she refuses to engage herself to the scion of an old Virginia family until he has seen her in her mountain setting surrounded by members of a family counted among “poor white trash.” Mr. Eggleston, who knows his South well portrays in clear cut fashion a shrewish mountain dictator, Judy Peters, Queen of the mountains, whose word on political matters was law to the men of the mountains.

* * * * *

“He mutilates the story and the reader’s respect for his own intelligence with an unnecessary glossary of manners and customs, and successfully expurgates all local color from his book by a profuse use of quotation marks. Mr. Eggleston, with his heroes and heroines, and of course, a chaperon, ought to be retired to an old Virginia plantation and kept there, pensioned by his readers.”

− =Ind.= 67: 828. O. 7, ’09. 200w.

“A genuine pleasure awaits the reader of ‘Irene of the mountains,’ for no prettier story of southern life has appeared in a long time.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 634. O. 16, ’09. 250w.

“It is a pleasant picture of life in old Virginia in the days before the war. The best work in the story is in the depiction of the lives and characters of the mountaineers.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 613. O. 16, ’09. 270w.

=Eldridge, William Tillinghast.=^{[12]} American princess. $1.50.
Sturgis & Walton.

9–25811.

A little kingdom in a remote corner of Europe, a dying ruler, a plot to put a pretender on the throne, the troubles of the right princess and similar elements are ingredients that have been used over and over in story and drama. The American who takes a hand in the game is not new to readers either: but he has a sister who is,—a sister whose striking resemblance to the princess furnishes the chief factor in the plot.

* * * * *

“Polly and Tom are ‘game,’ and the developments arising from their adventure are both lively and entertaining.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 728. N. 20, ’09. 350w.

=Elias, Frank.=^{[6]} Right Hon. H. H. Asquith, M. P. 3s.6d. Clarke,
James, & co., London.

“The life of the Prime Minister as here set forth is frankly told, and offers more agreeable reading than most such books do. Much early history is brought up which, though forgotten, is worth reviving in the case of so distinguished a career.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“We congratulate the author on the successful accomplishments of a most difficult task.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 437. Ap. 10. 200w.

“Mr. Elias is not offensive, only dull, and is as accurate and as little inspiring as the ‘Annual register.’ On the whole Mr. Elias can be recommended to anyone who desires to know the bare facts of Mr. Asquith’s career.”

− + =Sat. R.= 107: 634. My. 15, ’09. 170w.

“The biographer has neither a proper view-ground nor adequate data and he is driven to rhapsody, varied by the kind of personal details which adorn the picture papers. Mr. Elias’s book stands out from this class of work as a sober, well-bred narrative, full of sound and well-balanced criticism. We may differ from him, but as a rule we respect his judgment.”

− + =Spec.= 102: 740. My. 8, ’09. 1500w.

=Eliot, Charles William.=^{[10]} Education for efficiency and The new
definition of the cultivated man. (Riverside educational
monographs.) *35c. Houghton.

9–18049.

Two essays by Ex-President Eliot, the first of which carefully sets forth education for “effective power for work and service” during a healthy and active life; the second, defines the present-day ideal of a cultivated man.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 11. S. ’09.
=Lit. D.= 39: 175. Jl. 31, ’09. 700w.

“Ought to be read by every teacher, every intelligent parent, and as many young men and young women as can be induced to read it.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 430. Jl. 10, ’09. 770w.

=Eliot, Charles William.= University administration. **$1.50.
Houghton.

8–32425.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“A timely and noteworthy volume, of permanent value.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 10. Ja. ’09.

“The volume that President Eliot alone could have written is the source of regret,—one that might have really discussed the vital issues upon which not practice alone but sound policy must in the future be based.”

+ − =Dial.= 46: 88. F. 1, ’09. 300w.

“There is no question as to the importance of the book, nor of the fact that every one interested in university administration should study it carefully; and yet one must confess that it is strangely one-sided. Barring a few general statements as to the peculiar relation of the tax-supported institutions to the communities which maintain them, there is practically nothing in the book which would not have been included had the title been ‘Harvard university administration.’” F: P. Keppel.

+ − =Educ. R.= 37: 94. Ja. ’09. 820w.

“To those who have studied President Eliot’s administration for many years, the book contains nothing that is new, though it restates in admirable form and with much lucidity the Eliot theory of university government. Here is much with which every sound educator will agree. There are opinions which no one outside of Harvard will accept.” H. T. Peck.

+ − =Forum.= 41: 380. Ap. ’09. 1800w.

“These lectures make up the best college president’s handbook that exists. They furnish something which really might be condensed into a code of administrative ethics and expediency.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 983. D. 26, ’08. 400w.

“A book which will long rank as the standard authority on the subject.”

+ =Nature.= 82: 3. N. 4, ’09. 680w.

“Any man of affairs who is interested in university work can rely upon finding President Eliot’s book as snappy and interesting as the report of an expert to a corporation—which is just what the book is in effect.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 766. D. 12, ’08. 600w.

“For the governing and teaching bodies of the higher institutions this can hardly be less than a standard text-book; likewise also for the aspiring young men and women who are fitting for such service.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 382. F. 20, ’09. 270w.

Reviewed by W: De Witt Hyde.

+ =Outlook.= 92: 931. Ag. 21, ’09. 3700w. + =R. of Rs.= 39: 510. Ap. ’09. 120w.

“This volume is therefore an exposition of what Harvard actually is, and the reasons why it is so, in so far as these depend on administrative methods of any sort. The book is the best of reading for college men, and to the college president it is a veritable hand-book full of suggestiveness on every page.” D: S. Jordan.

+ + =Science, n.s.= 29: 145. Ja. 22, ’09. 2350w.

=Elliot, George Francis Scott.= Romance of savage life, describing the
life of primitive man, his customs, occupations, language, beliefs,
arts, crafts, adventures, games, sports, etc. *$1.50. Lippincott.

8–3131.

A panoramic sketch of British life from Eolithic man who “nearly carried out, as only a society of squirrels and hedgehogs could do, the beautiful ideas of modern socialism” “through the periods of the mammoth hunters, the pony men, and the Picts and the Celts, right up to the Norman conquest of the Anglo-Saxons.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“We can recommend Mr. Scott Elliot’s book as filling a gap, and we think it should be useful as a popular handbook on its subject.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 587. N. 9. 340w.

“His ground is safer and more certain in the later chapters; in the earlier he takes risks and guesses a good deal, as must every one with imagination in dealing with such a perplexing and fascinating problem.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 504. O. 24. 420w.
=Int. Studio.= 33: 169. D. ’07. 50w.

“Mr. Elliot professes to give references, but these and his list of authors are inadequate. The book will supply excellent reading to an intelligent boy, and may lead him to study the scientific literature of the subject.”

+ − =Nature.= 77: 171. D. 26, ’07. 580w.

“‘The romance of early British life’ is cleverly written by means of a series of stories, in which the manners of successive peoples are rendered with the insight and humour of a Dutch genre painter, and yet with the sober references to authorities that befit a man of science.” G. A. J. C.

+ − =Nature.= 79: 131. D. 3, ’08. 400w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 774. D. 12, ’08. 120w.

“Interesting, and even instructive, as the volume is, to a boy it could scarcely seem other than congested and too tightly packed with information.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 747. N. 16, ’07. 180w.

=Ellis, Katharine Ruth.=^{[11]} Wide awake girls in Winsted. †$1.50.
Little.

9–25975.

Three of the “Wide awake girls” come, one from Berlin, one from Massachusetts, and one from Washington, to spend the summer with Catherine, the fourth girl at her home in Winsted, a little midwestern town. The town needed a library and the girls, with the help of other friends, undertake the good work of starting one.

* * * * *

“Not so good as ‘Wide awake girls,’ but decidedly superior to the average girl’s book.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 137. D. ’09. ✠

“There are some very little people in the book who say and do many funny things.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 597. O. 9, ’09. 70w.

=Elson, Henry William.=^{[11]} Child’s guide to American history.
(Child’s guide ser., v. 3.) **$1.25. Baker.

9–20755.

“The romance of history in print and picture is here set before us. Dates and statistics are set aside even more completely than they were in the anecdotic annals of him who was the Father of History and had not quite learned the difference between prose and poetry. In a series of picturesque acts and scenes the author unrolls the story of the United States from the landing of the Pilgrims to the excavations at Panama. The pictures partake of the romantic character of the prose and are reproductions from paintings.”—Lit. D.

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