Chapter XIX: Preface (19)

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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 95. N. ’09. ✠

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+ =Lit. D.= 39: 536. O. 2, ’09. 170w.

“The narrative is direct and absorbing.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 677. O. 30, ’09. 70w.

=Elson, Henry William.=^{[10]} Star-gazer’s handbook: a brief guide
for amateur students of astronomy. *50c. Sturgis & Walton.

A handbook for ready reference that presents not only the general facts of astronomy, but also traces the constellations and includes the mythological stories in connection with them.

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“The book is a valuable addition to educational works on astronomy, and should be in the possession of every teacher who wishes to have an outline, at any rate of the up-to-date theories on this most fascinating subject.” Mary Proctor.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 671. O. 30, ’09. 430w.

=Elson, Robert.=^{[5]} Magnate: a novel. †$1.50. Brentano’s.

A story “founded on the well-worn theme of a nominal marriage, and the gradual growth in the woman of love for the man who has married and adores her. The early days of this commercial king’s beggar-maid amid vulgar surroundings are described with a vigour which carries one through a succession of gilded scenes to the inevitable happy ending.”—Ath.

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“Riots in a luxury of superlatives. The atmosphere of the almighty dollar is overpowering at times.”

− + =Ath.= 1908, 2: 328. S. 19. 100w.

“Is very amusing, and this in spite of the fact that its author designed it to be distinctly serious. It is amusing because of its thoughtfully wrought absurdities.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 216. Ap. 10, ’09. 650w.

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+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 369. S. 19, ’08. 280w.

=Ely, Richard Theodore.= Outlines of economics. *$2. Macmillan.

8–25156.

A revision of the 1893 edition enlarged to meet the requirements of college or university classes. “The work is divided into four books, labeled respectively, ‘Introduction,’ in which are discussed such matters as scope and method, the characteristics of the present economic system, and the evolution of economic society; ‘Principles and problems’ in which are discussed the general problems of political economy, including consumption, production, values and exchange, distribution, and the relation of the state of industry; ‘Public finance’; and the ‘History of economic thought.’ Book 2, on the ‘Principles and problems,’ is naturally the most important part of the work. It is singularly well arranged and lucid.” (Econ. Bull.)

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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 276. N. ’08.

“For wealth of material and formality of method, the book is excellent with the historical aspect, of economic society carefully worked out and an interesting chapter devoted to the characteristics of the present economic system.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 194. Ja. ’09. 270w.

“One of the most sane, practical and up-to-date general works on political economy. The treatment is on the whole critical and authoritative, and a broad, tolerant, truth-loving spirit, pervades the work. In a few instances, it is true, there seems to be wanting something of the impartial spirit that characterizes the volume as a whole, and at times there is a singular narrowness of intellectual outlook, such as one finds where prejudice influences reason.”

+ − =Arena.= 40: 607. D. ’08. 620w.

“This is undoubtedly one of the best text books for college classes now available. It is singularly well arranged, the style is clear and straightforward, and the treatment is free from those personal idiosyncrasies and peculiarities of doctrine which have marred so many of our recent text books. It is the first general text book to appreciate fully and discuss intelligently the varied phases and applications of the principle of diminishing productivity.” T. N. Carver.

+ + =Econ. Bull.= 1: 301. D. ’08. 400w. + =Ind.= 67: 304. Ag. 5, ’09. 20w.

“A feature of the book to which ... one is inclined to give appreciative comment is its general sanity on most of the burning questions. The chapters discussing money and socialism, in particular, are notably moderate in tone and at the same time really excellent on other grounds. The work of course has its defects.” F. M. Taylor.

+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 301. My. ’09. 1100w.

“One of the best text-books available for use either in the class-room or by the general reader. It is sufficiently complete and detailed to satisfy the advanced student, and at the same time is so free from cumbersome technicalities as to be intelligible to the beginner.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 338. F. 13, ’09. 300w.

“In its present enlarged form it is a far better work than the original, and it now forms a distinctly valuable addition to the growing list of modern text-books.”

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 185. Mr. ’09. 80w.

=Embury, Aymar, II.=^{[11]} One hundred country houses; modern
American examples. **$3. Century.

9–26473.

A suggestive and authoritative discussion of modern American architecture, its origin, development, uses and abuses, and its possibilities. One hundred country houses are pictured and their peculiarities of architecture described. They are grouped under the heads: New England colonial; Southern colonial; Classic-revival; Dutch colonial; Spanish or mission; Art nouveau; American farm-house; Elizabethan; Modern English; Italian; and Japanesque. The book, ten by eleven inches in size, is handsomely printed and bound.

* * * * *

“Attractive and comprehensive volume.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 39: sup. 25. N. ’09. 60w.

“The work is only not a mine of suggestiveness and inspiration to architects, but is nowadays almost indispensable to those contemplating the erection of a home.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 776. N. 6, ’09. 370w.

“Mr. Embury has done good service in the preparation of this volume. Among books having similar purposes to serve the volume is a work apart.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1073. D. 11, ’09. 90w.

=Emerson, Edward Randolph.= Beverages, past and present; an historical
sketch of their production, together with a study of the customs
connected with their use. 2v. **$5. Putnam.

9–690.

Traces the origin and history of beverages both intoxicating and non-intoxicating from the earliest times to the present day, and includes also an account of some of the curious customs connected with their use, as, for instance, in the Dionysian festivals of the Greeks, the banquets of the Romans and the feasts of the Druids of Britain. Drinking in all countries is discussed from mythological times to the present.

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+ =Ind.= 66: 1035. My. 13, ’09. 70w.

“We should say that about everything that is worth knowing about the drinking habits of the world is to be found in this book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 87. F. 13, ’09. 470w.

“Thorough historical sketch.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 508. Ap. ’09. 100w.

=Emerson, Harrington.=^{[11]} Efficiency as a basis for operation and
wages. (Works management lib.) $2. Eng. mag.

9–24879.

“The book is not a technical treatise on shop management or on methods of paying labor or on industrial organization or cost-keeping.” (Engin. N.) It is a series of essays relating to such subjects as: National efficiencies; their tendencies and influence; Line and staff organization in industrial concerns; The location and elimination of wastes; The realization of standards in practice; Standard times and bonus.

* * * * *

“Written in a style peculiarly the author’s own and so involved and profuse in its use of illustrations and figures of speech that one is reminded of another writer of the same surname and far wider fame. There is a great deal of thought-provoking material in the book; but there are frequent statements, particularly in the ‘side remarks,’ which tempt the reader to disagreement and which really have so little to do with the author’s main thought that they had better have been omitted.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 39. O. 14, ’09. 920w.

“A very interesting book which should appeal to every one interested in works management. It is well written, logical and advanced in character and the subject well covered.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 60: 448. O. 16, ’09. 270w.

=Emerson, Ralph Waldo.=^{[12]} Journals; with annotations; ed. by E:
W. Emerson and Waldo Emerson Forbes, v. 1 and 2, 1820–1832. ea.
*$1.75. Houghton.

9–29980.

The first two volumes comprising the years from 1820–1832, of the hitherto unpublished journals of Emerson, begun at the age of seventeen and continued for fifty years. The selections from Emerson’s early journals are made in order that the lover of Emerson may see “the youth in his apprenticeship, the priest in his noviciate and in his full office caring for his people.... These journals show the soil out of which Emerson grew, the atmosphere around, his habits and mental food, his doubts, his steady, earnest purpose, and the things he outgrew ... the growth of his literary taste, his style, independence of thought and originality in writing.”

* * * * *

“No books of the season will exceed these volumes in serious interest for readers of the best American books, or for those who are eager to understand American life, and especially to understand the most spiritual interpreter of that life who has yet appeared.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 877. D. 18, ’09. 2 0w.

=Empedocles.= Fragments of Empedocles; tr. into English verse by W:
Ellery Leonard. *$1. Open ct.

8–33413.

A useful manual for the study of Empedocles which in addition to the translation of the “fragments” is furnished with an introduction, a bibliography and twenty-five pages of notes.

* * * * *

“Taken as a whole, the version is both trustworthy and readable.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 69. Jl. 17. 300w.

“Students and readers unacquainted with Greek will welcome this admirable version of the fragments of Empedocles, which combines to an unusual degree adequate scholarship with poetical feeling and insight.” C. E. Millerd.

+ =Class. Philol.= 4: 465. O. ’09. 300w.

“Dr. William Ellery Leonard has done a notable service to classical literature by publishing ‘The fragments of Empedocles’ in acceptable English verse, accompanied by the original text.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 194. Mr. 16, ’09. 40w.

“This translation of the ‘Fragments of Empedocles’ deserves credit for the extent to which it preserves the exact meaning, together with the beauty and power of the original.” E. H: Johnson.

+ =J. Philos.= 6: 193. Ap. 1, ’09. 450w.

“We congratulate the author on accomplishing well a desirable piece of work.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 305. Mr. 25, ’09. 240w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 337. My. 29, ’09. 80w.

“Whether, however, we form a just judgment of Empedocles or no—and all judgments must be largely conjectural—it is certain that English students owe Dr. Leonard a large debt for placing this excellent edition in their hands. We can warmly recommend it to all who wish to make personal acquaintance with a writer who, if he fails to instruct will at any rate entertain them.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 939. Je. 12, ’09. 870w.

=English= vegetable garden; written by experts.^{[11]} *$3. Scribner.

“Tells how to grow familiar things to the best advantage, and it tells also—there is no chapter more worthy of note—how to grow some things which are not familiar. Here is a list of ‘Vegetables neglected in English gardens.’—cardoon, chicory, salsify and scorzonera, aubergine or egg-plant, and sugar-corn.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“While not a guide to the American gardener, to the open-minded this will prove a suggestive book.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 333. O. 7, ’09. 980w.

“While no portion of the volume makes a plea for vegetarianism, the recipes for preparing vegetables in novel and appetizing ways will probably be to many readers one of the most valuable features of the book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 489. Ag. 14, ’09. 300w.

“The ‘experts’ who ... are responsible for the text give their information in a rather general and indefinite way, stopping short of really intimate and circumstantial direction in details which, though second nature to the skilled hand, are often the crux of the tiro and the cause of most depressing failures.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 12. Jl. 3, ’09. 1500w.

“This is likely, as one might suppose from the title, to be a most useful volume.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 866. My. 29, ’09. 70w.

=Enock, C. Reginald.=^{[11]} Mexico: its ancient and modern
civilisation, history and political conditions, topography and
natural resources, industries and general development; with an
introd. by Martin Hume. (South American ser.) *$3. Scribner.

9–22998.

The sub-title suggests the ground covered by Mr. Enock in his story of Mexico. “The land and the people are put before us with the most careful detail and understanding sympathy. Mr. Enock is by profession a civil and mining engineer, and his chapters on these subjects are especially valuable. He thinks Mexico a coming power and one which English and American capital will do well to consider. He deplores the present tendency to welcome Asiatic immigration, but says that Mexico needs more population, and that it should be recruited from Europe. The tropics are becoming, with increasing knowledge of hygiene and therapeutics, more and more safe for the white races, and Mexico, with her spirit of progress, her courage and determination, is sure of taking the lead among Latin-American countries.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Covers modern conditions as thoroughly and is much less expensive than Martin’s ‘Mexico of the twentieth century.’ Winter’s ‘Mexico and her people of today’ is more popular in style and would prove an acceptable substitute on modern Mexico, but contains much less history.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 114. D. ’09.

“As to the material itself, it has been written by an enthusiast, nor, having read, do we blame the enthusiasm. The volume is really amazing. There is nothing about Mexico that seems to have been left out, and it is as interesting as it is comprehensive.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 513. Ag. 28, ’09. 1300w.

“Mr. Enock is at his best in his descriptions of Mexican life in city and on the road; and his survey of the natural resources, the mineral wealth, and the industrial progress is exhaustive, full of information, and illustrated by an admirable series of photographs.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 560. O. 9, ’09. 610w.

=Enock, C. Reginald.= Peru: its former and present civilisation,
history and existing conditions, topography and natural resources,
commerce and general development; with an introd. by Martin Hume.
*$3. Scribner.

8–31238.

“Sets forth the past and present condition of Peru in a manner which may be of practical value, while sustaining the interest and color which have always tinged our imaginings of that fascinating land. In his former book Mr. Enock dealt with the manner of travel and life in the Andes, with less of an informative side than the present work.” (N. Y. Times.) Some of the topics discussed are: Recent development, Political administration and divisions, the Social system, Orography, Geology, Hydrography, Natural history, Climate, Means of communication, Agricultural and natural products, Mineral wealth, Financial, Industrial, and Commercial conditions.

* * * * *

“Especially valuable for the chapters on mineral resources and agricultural development. Supplements the author’s ‘Andes and the Amazon’ which covers life and travel in Peru, and is more readable, but less informing.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 102. Ap. ’09.

“Is especially full on Peruvian mineral resources and agricultural development. Serves the purpose of a handbook reasonably well.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 63. Ja. 21, ’09. 90w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 542. O. 3, ’08. 140w.

=Epstein, Mordecai.=^{[5]} Early history of the Levant company.
Dutton.

9–6032.

A study based upon original sources covering “the years of periodic charters from 1581 to 1695 and the period of the permanent charter down to 1640. The appendix, which makes up nearly one-half of the volume, contains early charters, lists of officers, ships, ports, etc.”—J. Pol. Econ.

* * * * *

“We can only hope that this ‘first instalment,’ as Dr. Epstein calls it, may be speedily followed by an equally careful account of the later fortunes of the company.” E. A. M’A.

+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 405. Ap. ’09. 570w.

“A distinct contribution to our knowledge of the early history of this company.”

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 238. Ap. ’09. 60w.

“The story is worth telling all through, but perhaps the most interesting part is chap. 10, ‘Pirates, interlopers, and factors.’”

+ =Spec=. 101: 136. Jl. 25, ’08. 280w.

=Escott, Thomas H. S.= Story of British diplomacy; its makers and
movements. **$4. Jacobs.

8–34178.

The story of Great Britain’s foreign policy from Pitt to Palmerston. “Mr. Escott has had opportunities of intercourse with those ‘who know,’ and has availed himself of them to good purpose.... The reader will find especially interesting the narrative of the negotiations which ended in the Crimean war.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Escott has not produced a more solid piece of work than his new book, singularly different in this respect from his latest gossipy volumes. Mr. Escott’s paragraphs and sentences are long and somewhat breathless, but he interests us from the first page to the last. For dates we sigh in vain. Their absence involves some confusion, and leads the author to obscurities, if not mistakes.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 781. Je. 27. 1400w.

“There are no new facts and no original reflections in this loose and verbose sketch of English history.”

− =Sat. R.= 106: 83. Jl. 18, ’08. 180w.

“It may all be read with interest, though not, we may say, with implicit confidence. There are, too, unaccountable omissions.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 337. S. 5, ’08. 250w.

=Esenwein, J. Berg.=^{[5]} Writing the short-story: a practical
handbook on the rise, structure, writing, and sale of the modern
short-story. $1.25. Hinds.

9–13414.

Embodies the practical principles of short-story structure as viewed by the magazine editor and as practiced by the best contributor. After a historical introduction on the rise of the short-story and its present place and power the following subjects are treated at length: The nature of the short-story; The structure of the short-story; Preparation for authorship; The manuscript and its market; and Appendices including collections of short-stories, sketches, and tales, representative short-stories, plots, a digest of historical rules applicable to short-story writing, bibliography, etc.

* * * * *

“More practical than Allbright’s ‘The short story,’ which aims to establish a critical criterion.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 39. O. ’09.

“Mr. Esenwein has approached the short story as an historian, as a maker of textbooks, and as a literary adviser. It is always difficult to ride three horses at once, and in this instance they are not all guided with equal felicity.”

+ − =Dial.= 47: 289. O. 16, ’09. 310w.

“While the author does not add much to the criticism of the subject, he does succeed in collecting a good deal of information for the practitioner.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 297. Ag. 5, ’09. 150w.

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+ =Nation.= 89: 12. Jl. 1, ’09. 220w.

“Mr. Esenwein has an admirably logical method in the treatment of his subject and at the same time he writes always in an easy, interesting style.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 368. Je. 12, ’09. 220w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 255. Ag. ’09. 80w.

“The book is eminently practical.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 865. My. 29, ’09. 320w.

=Estabrook, Alma Martin.=^{[5]} Rule of three: a story of Pike’s Peak.
$1.25. Small.

9–11256.

The rule of the three Bellas in a bungalow on the side of Pike’s Peak furnishes incidents for this love comedy. Aunt Marianna, supposed to be in Japan, drops in suddenly upon her nephew, Garvin Longstaff, and overcome by the altitude demands Bella whom he had promised to marry within a certain time, now past, as a condition for receiving a large portion of the aunt’s fortune. He rushes out to find a substitute for Bella until she can be hurried on to a wedding which he promises himself shall take place speedily. The first girl he meets refuses to serve; when he returns with the compliant second he finds number one, who had changed her mind, self installed as nurse. By the time the rightful Bella appears, Garvin’s heart is lost to number one. The complications are smoothed out by the united efforts of number one’s grandfather and Aunt Marianna. A little above the average summer “hammock” story.

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“A very pleasant little trifle. The confection is agreeably sentimental, with a saving spice of humor.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 325. My. 22, ’09. 200w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 373. Je. 12, ’09. 150w.

=Eucken, Rudolf Christof.=^{[7]} Life of the spirit: an introduction
to philosophy; tr. from the German by F. L. Pogson. 2d ed., with
introductory note by the author. (Crown theological lib., v. 26.)
*$1.50. Putnam.

9–10967.

A searching inquiry into the elements of life with a view to reconciling them. The author “aims at developing, not a new category, but a new culture, and holds that it is the privilege of philosophy, by penetrating to what is most inward in human nature, to bring a religious inspiration to bear upon the problem of the world of human labor.” “The author regards a spiritual life a life of insights and affections, as the normal development of man, and affirms that this life must be sustained by a philosophy suited to it. The life gives occasion to the philosophy, and the philosophy justifies and guides the life.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“Most stimulating and suggestive and untechnical, but assumes considerable learning and requires close application.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 163. Je. ’09.

“Deserves attention by reason of its intrinsic merit. Is simple in construction and well sustained in manner of presentation. The style of the book is somewhat diffuse, but it leads us by a sure path to this fundamental notion of an expanding life which is mothering the world and bringing to it a truer and more adequate philosophy.” J: Bascom.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 20. Jl. 1, ’09. 700w. + =Ind.= 67: 256. Jl. 29, ’09. 240w.

“The book is thoroughly stimulating, and is an admirable synthetic interpretation of modern thought. So far as can be judged from what appears to be an excellent translation, Prof. Eucken’s style is simple, straightforward, and pure.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 95. F. 20, ’09. 1100w.

=Eucken, Rudolf Christof.=^{[10]} Problem of human life as viewed by
the great thinkers from Plato to the present time; tr. from the
German by Williston S. Hough, and W. R. Boyce Gibson. **$3.
Scribner.

9–24685.

A volume of nearly six hundred pages designed to afford historical confirmation of the view that conceptions are determined by life, not life by conceptions. With this as a guiding conviction, the author traverses “the whole spiritual development of the Western world in the hope that the several phases of development and above all, its great personalities will be brought nearer to the personal experience of the reader than is customarily done.” The discussion falls under the following general heads: Hellenism; Christianity; The modern world. The great philosophical thinkers and teachers who influenced trend of thought are treated for each period.

* * * * *

+ =Dial.= 47: 20. Jl. 1, ’09. 350w.
=Nation.= 89: 384. O. 21, ’09. 70w.

“Here is a book, a large and serious book, full of thinking matter as well as reading matter, well written by one who has earned the Nobel prize for literature, well translated by competent American professors, well read by the public of another land. What will the American public answer to this challenge?” J. E. Sampter.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 747. N. 27, ’09. 1500w.

“Welcome is the lesson here educed from the struggles of the past, that human destinies are ruled by spiritual necessities, and that life emerges from its testing in fresher and truer form.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 832. D. 11, ’09. 330w.

“An admirable volume.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 762. D. ’09. 70w.

=Ewing, James Alfred.= Mechanical production of cold. *$3.25. Putnam.

9–7594.

A reprint of a series of lectures given in 1897 covering “the general principles of refrigeration, air machines, absorption machines, the vapor compression process, trials of refrigerating machines, uses of mechanical refrigeration and applications of extreme cold.”

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“The man who takes an intelligent interest in matters affecting our daily life cannot fail to find in Mr. Ewing’s pages much that will appeal to him. While the book is intended primarily for scientific readers, it is in the main couched in language readily intelligible to the general public.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 350. Mr. 20. 570w.

“In his attempt to make the treatment intelligible without unnecessary mathematics, this well-known author has succeeded admirably, and the lecture form makes the work especially pleasing. A book of this kind is much needed among men who would like to know the principles of thermodynamics, but who do not have the knowledge of mathematics necessary to use the ordinary text-books on the subject. On the other hand, it will be of value to engineering students in showing them that the mathematics that they meet with in their course in thermodynamics is simply a convenient means to an end.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 706. D. 19, ’08. 430w.

“It is to be regretted that [C. G. S. units] have not been used throughout the book so as to make it more uniform.” F. H.

+ − =Nature.= 79: 484. F. 25, ’09. 780w.

F

=Fabian= essays in socialism, by G: Bernard Shaw and others.^{[6]}
*50c. Ball pub.

9–35445.

A new edition of the “Fabian essays in socialism,” with an introductory chapter by Mr. Shaw relating to the Fabian society and its work. “The ruling idea of the book, as described in an introductory essay by the late Prof. William Clarke, is that of inevitable political and industrial evolution—nothing utopian, but an attempted generalization on the lines of modern scientific ideas.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“One of the most important works on socialism.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 119. Ap. ’09.

“The rare citizen who is willing to reason logically as well as feel humanely will find this book most helpful.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 1084. My. 20, ’09. 400w.

“One cannot help wishing that in a little book so generally the result of sincere and earnest thinking the blue pencil had been used on Mr Shaw. The book is to be commended to those who wish to get at the heart of the Fabian idea of socialism, to all those, in fact, who take an interest in sociology, whether their views coincide with or are opposed to the ideas promulgated. To the amateur who knows practically nothing of the subject the book offers a very fair résumé of the best data and arguments on its side of the question, presented in clear, concise, and intelligible style.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 206. Ap. 10, ’09. 420w.
=Spec.= 103: 59. Jl. 10, ’09. 280w.

=Fagan, James O.= Confessions of a railroad signalman. **$1. Houghton.

8–25159.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

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“Has won a right to be heard by mastery of his field and by the devotion of a trained and philosophic mind to a problem of vital significance.” C. R. Henderson.

+ =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 548. Ja. ’09. 150w.

“The author is also fortunate in possessing a well-trained mind and he has command of remarkably good English.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 455. Mr. ’09. 310w.

“An exceptionally able book, worthy of the serious attention of every student of the causes of railroad accidents.” E. R. Johnson.

+ =Char.= 21: 509. Ja. 2, ’09. 550w.

“This book serves a useful purpose in keeping the real question before the American public. But in laying the entire blame upon the railroad employee it does this class an injustice and presents only a partial picture of the situation.” F. H. Dixon.

+ − =Econ. Bull.= 1: 348. D. ’08. 450w.

“It must command the attention of the traveling public as well as the consideration of the railway man, however the latter may view the opinions of the author.”

+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 19. F. 18, ’09. 950w.

“There can be no doubt that the case he presents is worthy of careful consideration.” L. C. Marshall.

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 42. Ja. ’09. 430w.

“A candid consideration of the argument leads the reviewer, at least, to feel that the author himself is not totally unprejudiced. The book is well thought out. The English is excellent and the style calm and clear. It is of interest to everybody.” E. E. Agger.

+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 147. Mr. ’09. 480w.

=Fagan, James O.=^{[11]} Labor and the railroads. **$1. Houghton.

9–28733.

A vitally important contribution to economic history in which the author treats of the relations between organized labor movements and employers, turning the force of his arguments into concrete railroad problems. His point of view is that of a former employee who believes that the railroad employees are the most important factors in the situation from every point of view. “Their opinions, their policies, their behavior, are the great topics to be considered, socially, financially, and industrially. His chapters are: The industrial dilemma; Labor and railroads; The railroads and education; The railroads and efficiency of service; The railroads and publicity; The case of the Pennsylvania; Labor and responsibility; Labor authority over the railroads.”

* * * * *

“Vigorous and authoritative essays.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 115. D. ’09.

=Fairweather, Rev. William.= Background of the gospels; or, Judaism in
the period between the Old and New Testaments. (Cunningham lectures,
20th ser.) *$3. Scribner.

9–13620.

A treatment of later Judaism “with special reference to the times of Jesus. Discussions of the Maccabaean struggle, the Herodian age, the Apocalyptic movement, and Hellenistic Judaism constitute the bulk of the work. There is a full bibliography, and numerous critical notes and complete indices conclude the volume.”—Bib. World.

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“While offering thus some general criticism on Mr. Fairweather’s work, we recognize the author’s industry and the admirable spirit of his discussions.” G: H. Gilbert.

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 619. O. ’09. 530w.

“An intelligent and comprehensive treatment of later Judaism.”

+ =Bib. World.= 33: 216. Mr. ’09. 50w.

“The book meets admirably the end for which it seems to have been written, namely, to put in convenient form a large mass of historical, literary, and theological facts pertaining to a neglected but highly important period.” H: B Carré.

+ =Bib. World.= 34: 426. D. ’09. 800w.

“A good book ... scholarly but not too technical.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 536. My. 27, ’09. 260w.

“A valuable contribution to religious knowledge.”

+ =Outlook.= 92: 71. My. 8, ’09. 200w.

“He is careful, thorough, sound, and shows wide reading: but he lacks vigour and originality in his treatment of the matter he has so laboriously collected, and we get a little tired of his Protestant contempt for Jewish legalism and ecclesiasticism. His work is rather too big and technical for the popular reader, and the specialist will find little in it that he has not found equally well expressed elsewhere; it will remain in the thoroughly respectable class of useful books, but it does not show, or arouse, enthusiasm.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 250. F. 20, ’09. 260w.

“This book deals with Judaism in the period between the two Testaments, and certainly Mr. Fairweather has contrived to fill ‘the blank page’ with wonderfully interesting matter.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 579. Ap. 10. ’09. 1450w.

=Fallows, Alice Katharine.=^{[5]} Mental hygiene in every day living.
(Making the best of things ser.) **35c. McClurg.

9–10654.

A little talk on the subject of “common sense made authoritative” that helps nervous sufferers back to health, makes the timid courageous, teaches the lazy to work, cheers the hopeless, and gives more power to the industrious.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 163. Je. ’09. ✠ + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 60w.

=Fallows, Alice Katharine.=^{[5]} Point of view. (Making the best of
things ser.) **35c. McClurg.

9–10296.

Urges a healthy, normal, wholesome outlook on life as the initial step to a more competent, more efficient, happier self.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 163. Je. ’09. ✠ + =N. Y. Times=. 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 30w.

=Fallows, Alice Katharine.=^{[5]} Talk on relaxation. (Making the best
of things ser.) **35c. McClurg.

9–10655.

A little talk whose spirit is in keeping with the work in practical Christian psychology established by Bishop Fallows in St. Paul’s church, Chicago.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 164. Je. ’09. ✠ + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 60w.

=Fallows, Rt. Rev. Samuel.= Health and happiness; or, Religious
therapeutics and right living. *$1.50. McClurg.

8–30270.

A book which has grown out of Bishop Fallows’s work in Christian psychology, as he has conducted it in St. Paul’s church, Chicago. It is quite similar to the Emmanuel work in Boston and teaches “faith as a dynamic force, chiefly for the cure of overtaxed nerves. He is for co-operation with the neuropath.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

=A. L. A.= Bkl. 5: 10. Ja. ’09.
=Ind.= 65: 1184. N. 19, ’08. 90w.

=Fanning, Clara Elizabeth=, comp.^{[12]} Selected articles on capital
punishment. (Debaters’ handbook ser.) *$1. Wilson, H. W.

A recent volume in the “Debaters’ handbook series.” It is uniform with the predecessors, and, like them, offers as the chief reason for compilation the manifest need among students, debaters, and club women for material on the subject under treatment which cannot be had in the small libraries of the country.

=Fanning, Clara Elizabeth=, comp.^{[12]} Selected articles on the
election of United States senators. (Debaters’ handbook ser.) *$1.
Wilson, H. W.

A volume in the “Debaters’ handbook series” which reprints entire or in part the most valuable articles on the subject of the Election of United States senators. The book is for debaters who have small access to material, and includes a full bibliography of the subject.

=Farrar, James M.= Junior congregation. 1884–1908. **$1.20. Funk.

8–29743.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“The book is thoroughly practical.” F. W. Collier.

+ =Arena.= 41: 512. Jl. ’09. 130w.

“The sermons are not very good. Neither are they very bad. The chief merit about them is that they must have been interesting. They are not too condescending nor are they too learned. Other preachers will wonder and admire. Whether they will imitate will depend on their capacity.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 425. F. 25, ’09. 160w.

“Preachers and Sunday-school teachers would find this book distinctly helpful to them.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 106. Ja. 16, ’09. 50w.

=Faunce, William H. P.= Educational ideal in the ministry. **$1.25.
Macmillan.

8–32415.

President Faunce’s Lyman Beecher lectures delivered at Yale university. “To the criticism that the work of the clergyman is not properly correlated to modern life Dr. Faunce brings his contention that the real, vital relation of the preacher to the community is that of teacher. Moreover, he contends that preaching, far from being relegated to-day to the background of our modern life, is ‘outside the pulpit more widespread, more vigorous, more effective, and more in demand than at any time during the last hundred years.’ Preaching, he declares, is done perhaps most effectively to-day by college professors, political leaders, judges, diplomats, governors of states, even labor leaders. We are, he contends, living in an age ‘not only of reaction from the crass materialism of which Professor Haeckel is a belated exponent, but an age of unprecedented ethical interest, of altruistic enthusiasm, of a moral passion that overflows all ecclesiastical channels and conventional modes of expression and spreads like a great river nearing the sea.’”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

“It is a notable book. It cannot fail to be an inspiration to the ministry.” T. G. Soares.

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 481. Jl. ’09. 430w.

“He presents a point of view rather than a compendium of rules and regulations.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 716. My. ’09. 270w.

“One may not agree with the author’s religious points-of-view at all times, but about the practical worth of the volume to those for whom it has been prepared there can be no question.”

+ =Arena.= 41: 510. Jl. ’09. 400w.

Reviewed by G: Hodges.

=Atlan.= 103: 561. Ap. ’09. 100w.

“The book is more an emphasis than a contribution. It deals less with facts than with values and furnishes a broad presentation rather than a prophetic call.” R: H: Edwards.

+ =Char.= 21: 1049. Mr. 6, ’09. 700w.

“The lectures contain robust counsel and vigorous thinking for the theological student of today.”

+ =Educ. R.= 38: 99. Ja. ’09. 30w.

“It would be a fine thing for the country if this book were read by every minister and every student of theology and every young man who has any thought of the ministry as a profession.” E. S. D.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 116. F. 27, ’09. 500w. + =Outlook.= 91: 584. Mr. 13, ’09. 380w.

“It is seldom, we think, that a presentation of the relation of the clergyman to the life of the world around him has been so graphically, cogently, and convincingly made as Dr. Faunce has done in this volume.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 254. F. ’09. 300w.

=Fauth, Philipp.=^{[9]} Moon in modern astronomy: a summary of twenty
years selenographic work and a study of recent problems; tr. by
Joseph McCabe, with an introd. by J. Ellard Gore. *$2. Van Nostrand.

8–14716.

“Contains Mr. Fauth’s summary of his twenty years’ selenographic work, together with a discussion of the many problems which face the selenographer of to-day. Mr. Gore’s introduction is purely descriptive of the general classification of lunar features, of which he defines the general terms, thus enabling the non-astronomical reader to study Mr. Fauth’s work with some measure of understanding. The theme of the work is the substantiation of the author’s conclusion that our satellite is covered with a thick layer of ice.”—Nature.

* * * * *

“The book is carefully prepared and is well worth consideration.” H. E. Buchanan.

+ =Astrophys. J.= 29: 91. Ja. ’09. 160w.

“The work before us places him in the first rank of selenographers.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 74. Jl. 20. 550w. + =Nature.= 77: 195. Ja. 2, ’08. 450w.

“The reader who wishes to learn the meaning of the peculiar riddles scientists are gradually solving regarding the cuneiform writings on the moon’s surface, will welcome this book as a popular exposition of the science of the moon.” Mary Proctor.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 515. Ag. 28, ’09. 1800w.

=Fay, Charles Ryle.= Co-operation at home and abroad; a description
and analysis. *$3. Macmillan.

8–33820.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“No other work covers the subject so completely.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 137. My. ’09.

“Without doubt it is the best piece of work ever published in this field of economic investigation.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 194. Ja. ’09. 180w.
=Ind.= 67: 196. Jl. 22, ’09. 630w.

“The chief value of the book attaches rather to the detailed description of these undertakings than to any analysis of economic principles involved in the aims and ideals of co-operation.” J. C.

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 733. D. ’09. 530w.

“His account of the organization and working of cooperative credit is the best general account I have seen and will form a valuable supplement to more detailed works, such as Wolff’s.” J. E. Pope.

+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 153. Mr. ’09. 600w.

“Mr. Fay’s work is indispensable to any one who would be ‘au courant’ with coöperation in Europe.” N. P. Gilman.

+ =Yale R.= 17: 455. F. ’09. 500w.

=Fenollosa, Mary McNeill (Sidney McCall, pseud.).=^{[6]} Red Horse
Hill. †$1.50. Little.

9–12084.

A story of even greater dramatic qualities than “Truth Dexter.” A young woman officially notified of the death of her husband who had taken their child and run away with a servant marries, without revealing her past unhappiness, the junior partner in a large milling firm. In a southern town whither they go to build up some declining mill interests, the wife discovers her former husband, a diseased drunkard, and also her child among the frequently flogged child employees of the mill. The terror of the revelation, the suffering for her child’s misery, the unburdening of her secret to her husband, the blow to his pride and his final forgiveness are all elements that are woven into a story whose dominant note is the power for good or evil in the hands of Southern mill owners.

* * * * *

“Plot is strong but poorly handled.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 26. S. ’09.

“Represents a type of fiction growing common among us,—melodrama allied to a larger theme and a greater plea.”

+ − =Atlan.= 104: 683. N. ’09. 120w.

“Quite aside from any purpose, the book is interesting. The fact about the book which makes it worth while is a certain passionate intensity, a vibrant quality that seizes upon the reader and will not let him go.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ =Bookm.= 29: 413. Je. ’09. 970w.

“This idea ... would have made a powerful book had it not been weakened by an hysterical riot of individual emotion on the part of the actors in the drama.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 78. Jl. 22, ’09. 140w.

“If the book were a better novel, however, it might be a better tract as well.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 500w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 376. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.

“Is defective in its building-plan, flat in its ending, over-written in style, too melodramatic to be always effective, but it is a passionate, honest, genuine blow at the hateful evils of child-slavery in mills, and in other ways its insight into human nature is notable.”

+ − =Outlook.= 92: 390. Je. 19, ’09. 90w.

“Viewed from the standpoint of the social worker the book is clearly a failure.”

− =Survey.= 22: 689. Ag. 14, ’09. 200w.

=Ferrero, Guglielmo.=^{[6]} Characters and events of Roman history,
from Cæsar to Nero; tr. by Frances Lance Ferrero. (Lowell lectures
of 1908.) **$2.50. Putnam.

9–14129.

A series of studies of the great men and women of ancient Rome and of critical moments and events in Roman history. Contents: “Corruption” in ancient Rome and its counterpart in modern history; The history and legend of Antony and Cleopatra; The development of Gaul; Nero; Julian and Tiberius; Wine in Roman history; Social development of the Roman Empire; Roman history in modern education. Index.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 11. S. ’09.

“When we come to weigh his claims carefully we find very serious flaws in his work. Learned as he is in Latin literature and history, he lacks that broad culture which is indispensable to a great historian.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 7. Jl. 3. 1000w.

Reviewed by W. H. Johnson.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 41. Jl. 16, ’09. 850w.

“It is a pity that the lectures were not translated by someone more familiar with English vocabulary and idiom.” H. S. Jones.

+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 756. O. ’09. 150w.

“The lectures of Mr. Ferrero still remain suggestive, fascinating, and fresh, altho some readers will be inclined to think that he sometimes seems to be doing in earnest what Whately did in jest, when the latter wrote an essay to prove that such a man as Napoleon never existed.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 39: 207. Ag. 7, ’09. 580w. + − =Nation.= 89: 80. Jl. 22, ’09. 800w.

“There is no present doubt that he leads the writers of his class for interest, originality of view and interpretation, skill in the handling of old and new material, and confidence in his own opinions, however widely they may differ from those of his predecessors. And invariably his work is ‘good reading.’”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 351. Je. 5, ’09. 1100w.

“Prof. Ferrero, as may be expected, writes entertainingly, and from thorough knowledge of his subjects.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 373. Je. 12, ’09. 250w. =Outlook.= 92: 583. Jl. 10, ’09. 500w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 125. Jl. ’09. 100w.

“The book is a manual of sound political thought, as well as a gallery of brilliant pictures. But brilliant and original as Signor Ferrero always is, he is never freakish. His seeming paradoxes are based on sound scholarship, and they carry full conviction.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 513. O. 2, ’09. 2000w.

=Ferrero, Guglielmo.= Greatness and decline of Rome; v. 1 and 2 tr. by
Alfred E. Zimmern. v. 3.-5 tr. by H. J. Chaytor. 5v. ea. **$2.50.
Putnam.

7–25134.

=v. 3.= Fall of an aristocracy.

Continues the narrative from the day of Caesar’s death to the renewal of the second triumvirate. “In other words, it is the narrative of the fall of aristocracy, the bringing to grief of the plans of the Conservatives, who had hoped to obtain so much from the removal of Caesar, and emphasizing the decadence of Rome, which began to be revealed not only in the rottenness of the State itself, but in the fact that Roman leaders began to seek their fortunes abroad.” (N. Y. Times.)

=v. 4.= Rome and Egypt.

Includes the “Persian war of Anthony, the downfall of young Pompey, and the rise of Augustus, from 37 to about 23 B. C., from the fall of Jerusalem into the power of Herod and Sossius to the initiation of constitutional reforms by the new Emperor. The reunion of Anthony and Cleopatra, and their marriage in defiance of the Latin rule of monogamy, the brief existence of a new Egyptian empire, the triumph of Octavianus at Actium, the restoration of the republic, the birth of the empire are its chief subjects.”—N. Y. Times.

=v. 5.= This final volume deals with “The republic of Augustus,” bringing the history down to A. D. 14. “It is Ferrero’s main contention or chief discovery—that Augustus was a sincere supporter of republican ideas and institutions; that he had no imperial ambition; that his every effort was to preserve the supremacy of the Senate, and that only with reluctance and under compulsion did he take upon his own shoulders one burden of state after another.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Authoritative and final, even for a short time, the work cannot be, but it has all the charm of the best historical fiction.” B. Perrin.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 796. Jl. ’09. 1400w. (Review of v. 5.)

“Ferrero is a valuable corrective to Mommsen in some respects, and his pages are far more interesting for general reading. The work does not cover half the period the title promises.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 164. Je. ’09. (Review of v. 5.)

“What distinguishes the work of Ferrero is precisely the brilliancy of his guesses—the satisfactory manner in which they make the epoch live again.” A. C. Howland.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 205. Jl. ’09. 1250w. (Review of v. 1–5.)

“That a book should be so fascinating, even in a translation, is its highest praise, for it implies that its style is not mere polish of diction, but the expression of clear and persuasive thinking. The gravest defect we find here is, as we have said of the third volume, a superficial and somewhat random psychology, which does not appreciate what qualities are consistent, and inconsistent, in human character.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 33. Ja. 9. 2000w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)

“On the whole the work is well done, runs easily, and is throughout very good, if not convincing, reading.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 459. Ap. 17. 1450w. (Review of v. 5.)

“It is worth noting that Signor Ferrero is often willing to suppress undoubted facts. Ferrero’s volumes are full of notions which are at least suggestive. They are written with the repressed vivacity of an Italian, who is also a scholar. They do not, however, supersede the work of Mommsen for that portion of Roman history which Mommsen’s volumes cover. At the most, they may be viewed as a corrective.” H. T. Peck.

+ − =Bookm.= 28: 439. Ja. ’09. 1800w. (Review of v. 1–4.)

Reviewed by W. H. Johnson.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 41. Jl. 16, ’09. 850w. (Review of v. 5.)

“It will be read for the undeniable brilliance of its style—albeit this hardly receives sufficient justice at the translator’s hand—for its vivid character-sketches, and for its acute diagnosis of social maladies; but paradox is still the master passion of its author, and paradox is no fit substitute for criticism.” H. S. Jones.

+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 753. O. ’09. 2700w. (Review of v. 3–5.)

“Professor Ferrero’s work reflects the minute investigations of the coin hunters, and the sweat of brain of modern critics.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 46. Ja. 1, ’09. 1100w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)

“No great historical theme has been dealt with in a fashion so striking and interesting as this in many, many years.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 900. D. 12, ’08. 220w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)

“One of the most attractive features of the work is the way in which he employs the poetic literature of Rome in illustration of the sentiments of the time.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 38: 303. F. 20, ’09. 680w. (Review of v. 4.)

“He is likely, however, to be ingenious rather than convincing. One quality Ferrero has still to show before he can do full justice to the constitutional work of Augustus, namely, a certain legal sense.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 603. D. 17, ’08. 2100w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)

“If there is anything new, as compared with the work of various others, it is rather in the extreme to which these points are pushed, and we can only say that these extremes are not adequately supported.”

− =Nation.= 88: 491. My. 13, ’09. 900w. (Review of v. 5.)

“A perusal of the pages of ‘The greatness and decline of Rome’ is an aesthetic as well as an intellectual pleasure. There are no digressions. The story moves with wonderful directness from cause to effect—absolutely devoid of rhetorical ornamentation.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 683. N. 21, ’08. 730w. (Review of v. 3.)

“The translation is competent and more than that, and the history is good reading throughout. There are no dry pages.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 782. D. 19, ’08. 1000w. (Review of v. 4.)

“The volume is perhaps the most interesting of the five.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 175. Mr. 27, ’09. 870w. (Review of v. 5.)

“A fresh charm is imparted to Roman history by the sociological insight and the dramatic touch of this Italian scholar.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 109. Ja. 16, ’09. 1000w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)

“Signor Ferrero’s viewpoint throughout the entire work is that of a strictly impartial observer, with no theory to prove.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 123. Ja. ’09. 360w. (Review of v. 1–4.)

“This Italian scholar certainly knows how to make history interesting.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 640. My. ’09. 160w. (Review of v. 5.)

“It is clear that Ferrero has established a claim to be heard on those great questions about Augustus which can be solved, if at all, on general historical grounds, and not by an examination of the ancient evidence.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 260. Ag. 28, ’09. 1400w. (Review of v. 3–5.)

“It is the work at once of a scholar and of an artist; it is based upon foundations of the most solid erudition, and it is marked on every page by the traces of a brilliant, imaginative, and exceedingly original mind. The work is convincing because it is intensely imaginative.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 20. Ja. 2, ’09. 1850w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)

=Ferry, Ervin Sidney.= Brief course in elementary dynamics for
students of engineering. *$1.25. Macmillan.

8–22618.

“A clear, consecutive and consistent development of those laws and principles of dynamics most frequently occurring in the ordinary affairs of life and of widest application in the arts.”—Engin. D.

* * * * *

“Emphasis has been laid on a thorough knowledge of principles upon which facts depend, rather than on a familiarity with a vast range of different phenomena.”

+ =Engin. D.= 4: 665. D. ’08. 250w.

“A few very unconvincing statements, or awkwardly put definitions, contrast with the clearness and accuracy of the most of the text.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 45. Ap. 15, ’09. 160w.

“It is logically arranged and written in a clear style that students fit for technical education can readily understand.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 448. O. 17, ’08. 230w.