Chapter XXV: Part 2: , Three Boston object lessons in taxation; Part 3, Private (5)

“It is to be regretted that the author could not have lived to complete the work, for much of this book is fragmentary—a mere skeleton of the topics intended for further discussion. A wide range of subjects is treated. Part 1, called the ‘Transition in thought,’ is an interesting résumé of the developments of the nineteenth century in the realm of philanthropy in England. The relation of the philanthropist to political measures; the new problems of city life; the administration of the poor law; the development of the charity or organization society are typical chapter heads.... In Part 2, ‘The intervention of the state,’ the author points out various activities undertaken by the state in England. The insane, prisoner’s aid movements, juvenile offenders, reformatories, inebriate homes, hospitals, tuberculosis, public health, widows, children, the aged are all considered.... In an appendix the value of social agitation is considered and the different types of agitators described.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

* * * * *

Reviewed by C. R. Henderson.

+ =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 843. My. ’09. 180w.

“Few more readable volumes on social problems have come to the reviewer’s notice than this. No one will agree with all the author’s ideas. There is a charm about the style, a freshness in presentation of topics that constantly holds the attention of the reader. The book is to be highly commended to all who wish to know recent developments in English philanthropy.” Carl Kelsey.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 730. My. ’09. 470w.

“To ponder over the course of events in other lands, the tendencies and principles they represent and the temper they have resulted from and in, is a valuable exercise for all who are helping to work out or to formulate a social philosophy for America in the twentieth century; and to all such Mr. Gray’s book will be full of interest and suggestiveness.” Lillian Brandt.

+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 256. S. ’09. 1650w.

“There is value in the presentation of even so incomplete a study as this of the appropriation of governmental machinery by this idea of social obligation.” S. P. B.

+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 648. N. ’09. 870w.

“We may not agree with the view there set out, but we acknowledge the importance of the issues raised and the moderation with which they are presented.”

+ − =Spec.= 103: 59. Jl. 10, ’09. 250w.

“The historical treatment in the book is admirable, and the entire volume is interesting and suggestive.” W: B. Bailey.

+ − =Yale R.= 18: 97. My. ’09. 1200w.

=Greely, Adolphus Washington.=^{[6]} Handbook of Alaska: its
resources, products, and attractions. **$2. Scribner.

9–13911.

A handbook which the Alaska-Yukon exposition makes especially timely. It assembles the widely scattered and reliable Alaska data of current interest offering a “clear, brief summary of such definite and accurate information as may be of interest to the student or of value to the man of action.” It includes such phases of Alaskan affairs as may concern those interested in the development of the country, those who plan journeys to Alaska for business, pleasure, or research, as well as for those interested in commercial ventures or permanent residence there.

* * * * *

“Not so readable as Higginson’s ‘Alaska’ but a valuable reference volume.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 166. Je. ’09.

“General Greely has performed a task, in writing this handbook, that will be of great service to tourists and prospectors, and will do much to remove our general ignorance about Alaska.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 47: 233. O. 1, ’09. 370w.

“General Greely’s ‘Handbook’ is useful in bringing us down to solid earth and giving plain facts and figures.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 1246. Je. 3, ’09. 160w.

“The standard works of geographic reference are full of errors and omissions which this book has been the first to correct and supply.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 441. S. 18, ’09. 300w.

“To the too often untrustworthy Alaskan literature Gen. Greely’s book is a welcome contribution.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 259. S. 16, ’09. 530w.

“There is none who can speak with greater authority than Major Gen. Greely whose ‘Handbook’ tells in simple, straightforward style, untainted by the exaggerations of the enthusiast or the writer for effect the story of what has been done in Alaska, what conditions prevail there now, and what are the territory’s commercial prospects.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 352. Je. 5, ’09. 950w.

“Any one will find the volume interesting. It is also authoritative and exhaustive.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 375. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.

“There is no book in print that so fully summarizes the latest facts regarding that wonderful country as does General Greely’s handbook.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 126. Jl. ’09. 180w. + =Spec.= 103: 284. Ag. 21, ’09. 170w.

=Greely, Adolphus Washington.=^{[12]} Handbook of polar discoveries;
new ed. **$1.50. Little.

9–31028.

Includes, in addition to the former text, the latest discoveries by Cook, Peary and Shackleton, covered in the new chapters on “The conquest of the North pole” and “The South pole quest.” General Greely is non-partisan in his discussion of the Cook-Peary controversy.

=Green, Alice S. A. (Stopford) (Mrs. John Richard Green).= Making of
Ireland and its undoing, 1200–1600. *$2.50. Macmillan.

9–5223.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“It is the absence of constructive plan and definite statement that is the greatest weakness of Mrs. Green’s historical work. We wander around in a maze of somewhat incoherent assertions and detached illustrations and receive a general impression rather than a set of clear notions. An equally serious defect is the lack of a bibliography. Mrs. Green, in other words, gives her readers no real information as to what part of her narrative is solidly based, and what part is derived from doubtful or worthless testimony. But after all technical objections have been made this work must be recognized as being of serious value as a learned, original and sympathetic contribution to the history of Ireland.” E: P. Cheyney.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 341. Ja. ’09. 900w.

“Her latest work throws a flood of new light upon the story of four centuries. Mrs. Green has done a splendid work in her scholarly refutation of this legend and in giving to the English-speaking peoples this noble picture of pre-reformation Ireland.” A. H. Atteridge.

+ =Cath. World.= 88: 671. F. ’09. 3000w.

“Throughout large sections of this book, indeed, there is hardly a passage which is not turned, often quite unjustifiably, to the discredit of England.” G. H. Orpen.

− + =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 129. Ja. ’09. 2350w.

“The book utterly fails to convince.”

− =Nation.= 88: 20. Ja. 7, ’09. 630w.

=Green, Helen.= Maison de Shine: more stories of the actors’ boarding
house. $1.25. Dodge, B. W.

8–32338.

Vaudeville “artists” off the stage are portrayed here. The author gives intimate pictures of these mummers, stripped of the tinsel, and set against the background of a cheap boarding house.

* * * * *

“Like so many distinctly humorous books, the volume should be read in installments; otherwise it will pall on the reader.”

+ − =Arena.= 41: 607. Ag. ’09. 100w.

“Unfortunately, our author has added nothing to the value of her rough material. The sketches move on in a succession of absurd plots and silly situations delineated in the spirit of what is known professionally as ‘slap-stick’ humor.”

− =Nation.= 88: 143. F. 11, ’09. 140w.

“In reading ‘The maison de Shine’ we spend more time wondering whether such beings are possible than in interesting ourselves in their fortunes.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 685. N. 21, ’08. 250w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 743. D. 5, ’08. 140w.

=Greene, Frances Nimmo.=^{[10]} Into the night: a story of New
Orleans. **$1.20. Crowell.

9–24256.

New Orleans immediately after the assassination of Mayor Hennessy by the Mafia furnishes the setting for this exciting and mysterious detective story. The black hand of the Mafia lurks menacingly behind every incident and the strong hearted hero is all but baffled by it in his efforts to do justice to his own honor and to win the woman he loves. Through the story flits a power for evil in the unusual guise of a beautiful, erratic young girl. When at last her origin and birthright are explained the tangles of the story untwine themselves and the whole sad tale of murder, love, hate and revenge is made clear.

=Greene, Homer.= Lincoln conscript. †$1.50. Houghton.

9–10028.

The story of a copperhead who refused to respond when drafted into the northern army. Finally “like Saul of Tarsus, breathing out threatenings and slaughter” he went into the presence of the overmastering Lincoln, there learned from him the supreme lesson of the Union’s prime importance over the factional pride of the south, and emerged a Lincoln conscript.

* * * * *

“Presents very well the attitude of the southern sympathizers.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 190. Je. ’09.

“A very readable story.”

+ =Cath. World.= 89: 548. Jl. ’09. 150w.

“As it assumes all the points in dispute as indisputable, it may fail to appeal to the other side quite so utterly as the author intends. Is sufficiently interesting.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 242. Ap. 17, ’09. 160w.

=Greenwood, Alice Drayton.=^{[10]} Lives of the Hanoverian queens of
England: Sophia Dorothea of Celle; Caroline of Ansbach. *$3.50.
Macmillan.

9–23999.

=v. 1.= Portraits of two queens projected from the background of England in the days of the two Georges when kingly ideals were confined to “blunt honesty, to a certain sense of justice without mercy and to personal courage.” The pleasure-loving wife of George I is sketched true to her discreditable life and elicits only “contemptuous pity”; and Queen Caroline clever and virtuous enough is shown to lose ground thru lack of refinement. “The domestic life of the two heroines, the family quarrels, the court intrigues and the court pageants—these form the main part of the book.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“Accurate and unpredjudiced studies.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 74. N. ’09. (Review of v. 1.)

“This is the first instalment of a continuation of Miss Strickland’s ‘Lives of the queens of England.’ In the more solid historical qualities, industrious research and critical treatment of authorities, the later work will be found to compare favourably with the earlier; whilst in point of style Mrs. Greenwood at the least holds her own. A few slips in detail may be noted.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 173. Ag. 14. 1500w. (Review of v. 1.)

“If the sequel is as well studied and written as the part before us, the whole will make a valuable work.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 410. O. 28, ’09. 830w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Miss Greenwood has given us a very readable book, written in a clear and forcible style. She has taken every pains to make her work accurate and thorough; her judgment is sound and sober; she avoids the besetting temptation of the biographer to belaud her heroines, and in her preface she gives us a very useful criticism of her authorities.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 319. S. 11, ’09. 1400w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Not of the first importance, either as biography or as literature. At the same time, the volume is inevitably full of interest.”

+ − =Spec.= 103: sup. 487. O. 2, ’09. 470w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Greenwood, Granville George.=^{[8]} In re Shakespeare: Beeching vs.
Greenwood; rejoinder on behalf of the defendant. **$1. Lane.

9–22020.

A reply to Canon Beeching in which the author’s legal training is much in evidence. He gives clearly and compactly points concerning Shakespeare’s antecedents, education and literary achievements.

* * * * *

=Bookm.= 29: 633. Ag. ’09. 10w.

“There can be no question that Mr. Greenwood’s fervor as a controversialist leads him into strange ways. Nor does his exceedingly lame explanation, in an appendix, of his supposed discourteous references to Mr. Sidney Lee increase a reader’s willingness to accept him as a whole-souled searcher for truth.”

− =Nation.= 89: 147. Ag. 12, ’09. 280w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 302. My. 15, ’09. 60w.

=Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason.=^{[7]} Adrift on an ice-pan. **75c.
Houghton.

9–16853.

In this little volume of less than a hundred pages Dr. Grenfell gives a graphic account of one perilous night spent in company with his dogs on an ice-pan. Besides furnishing an impressionistic picture of Newfoundland sish ice and the islands of snow covered slabs or pans which furnish temporary safety to one caught in the lake of mush it is also a human document that reveals the unafraid determination with which a strong man uses every device to prolong life. A brief sketch of Dr. Grenfell’s life written by Clarence John Blake prefaces the volume.

* * * * *

“An absorbing, graphic narrative that will interest readers of all ages.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 13. S. ’09. ✠

“The doctor tells an ideal story of his adventure, a simple, straightforward, vital story, which exhibits not only the perils he encountered and the efforts he made to overcome them, but also the thoughts that passed through his mind as hour after hour went by and hope of escape from his ice pan grew fainter and fainter.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 440. Jl. 17, ’09. 800w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 253. Ag. ’09. 60w.

=Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, and others.=^{[12]} Labrador. *$2.25.
Macmillan.

9–28564.

Dr. Grenfell argues in his foreword that the same scientific zeal which has reclaimed deserts, has acclimatized fruit and vegetables to Dakota frosts, is able to find a solution for lifting the almost Stygian darkness that hangs over the resources of Labrador. His five hundred page volume covers Labrador’s meager history, routes to Labrador, its physiography, geology, people of the coast, Indians, missions, fishing industry, birds and flora. Appendices, six in all, follow the main text and include articles by authoritative writers on the following subjects: Insects of Labrador; The marine crustacea; The mollusks; List of mammals; List of birds; List of crustacea on the Labrador coast.

* * * * *

“The book reveals an almost unknown country and will be indispensable to tourists and students.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 116. D. ’09.

“Dr. Grenfell supplies a need that has long been felt for a volume containing a full and adequate account of the country, its natural resources, the climatic conditions, and its people.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 658. O. 23, ’09. 60w.

=Grew, Edwin Sharpe.= Romance of modern geology. (Romance ser.)
*$1.50. Lippincott.

9–2079.

Describes in language simple and exact enough for a child to understand the making of the earth, with an account of prehistoric animal life. It “takes up the formation of the earth in early ages and the development of life and deals with the forces of wind and wave and internal heat that are still at work upon it, explaining what these forces do and how they act and giving many instances of their efficiency.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“He discourses ... in a way that shows him to possess clearness, brightness and accuracy. There are minor matters in the book which unquestionably admit of improvement.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 765. D. 12. 300w.

“Many of the chapters are somewhat speculative for a work that seeks to convince the reader of a romance of ordinary things. The literary style is so direct and agreeable that few will open the book without wishing to read further.” G. A. J. C.

+ − =Nature.= 79: 131. D. 3, ’08. 450w.

“Intended primarily as supplementary reading in connection with school work, [this series] will appeal equally to those no longer of school age who enjoy scientific reading, but like it made interesting.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 774. D. 12, ’08. 140w.

=Grey, Zane.=^{[7]} Short stop. †$1.25. McClurg.

9–18159.

A transcript from life on the diamond. The young hero tiring of his factory grind starts out to win fame and fortune as a professional ball player. His hard knocks at the start are followed by such success as clean sportsmanship, courage and honesty ought to win. The story is told by one intimately acquainted with the game and players and contains a helpful handling of the Sunday-game situation.

* * * * *

“The story is full of ‘go’ and ought to find many readers at this particular season.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 481. Ag. 7, ’09. 120w.

=Gribble, Francis Henry.=^{[12]} Chateaubriand and his court of women.
*$3.75. Scribner.

A work that introduces a good deal of fresh material. “Here in his brilliant, gossipy style are the illuminating comments, the shrewd interpretations of attitudinising or of one-sided evidence, the piquant and protean trick of allusion to racy episodes to come, and—above all—the sprightly Gallic use of the suggestive dash, handled like the fan of La Pompadour or a mantilla of Spain; all with the light touch of the accomplished and resourceful anecdotist.” (Bookm.)

* * * * *

“In these sparkling and critical pages Mr. Gribble, as may be divined from his title, keeps his customary way.” Algernon Tassin.

+ =Bookm.= 30: 388. D. ’09. 1750w.

“A readable and far from superfluous volume.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 458. D. 1, ’09. 250w.

“An excellent book on an extraordinary man.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 634. O. 23, ’09. 500w.

“They [the members of the ‘Court’] are all there to be discovered by anyone foolish enough to read the book.”

− =Sat. R.= 108: 568. N. 6, ’09. 800w.

=Gribble, Francis Henry.= Geneva; painted by J. Hardwicke Lewis and
May Hardwicke Lewis. (Colour books.) *$2. Macmillan.

W8–188

A companion volume to “Montreux” and “Liége” in which “the history of this ancient city is given, something of its literature and science, its men of letters, its songs and squibs, its religion and its romanticism.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 374. Mr. 27. 530w.

“The chief charm of the book lies in the twenty colored illustrations.” W. G. Bowdoin.

+ =Ind.= 65: 1461. D. 17, ’08. 50w.

“The present volume is entertaining, but would have been more of a unit if, in such chapters as those on Ferney and Coppet, he had told more of the places and less of their famous owners. The illustrations are ... fair work but a little lacking in distinction.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 577. D. 10, ’08. 100w.

“An account of [Geneva’s picturesque] history which redeems it from the ‘dry-as-dust’ description too often found in guide-books.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 23. Ja. 2, ’09. 300w.

“Mr. Gribble writes amusingly with an eye to anecdote, and quaintly turns some of his notes into chapters two pages long.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 765. D. 19, ’08. 60w.

=Grierson, Francis.=^{[6]} Valley of shadows: recollections of the
Lincoln country, 1858–1863. **$2. Houghton.

9–10292.

“The ‘valley of shadows’ is the period of trial which preceded the issuing of President Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation in 1863, with which the old order passed away never to return. What that order was on the prairies with their log cabins, vast plains which have since then been cut up into farms, or dotted with cities, Mr. Grierson describes in style scarcely to be rivaled in grace, color, and poetic feeling.... We venture to predict that this portrait will strike the reader’s mind as Balzac’s portrait of Dante strikes those who study it.”—Lit. D.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 166. Je. ’09.

“He is a mystic and an idealist. He goes to the heart of things and sees them stripped of their masks and robings. He has the poet’s art of divination, and thus he is able to give an epic quality to a volume of as charming reminiscences as we have read in years.” B. O. Flower.

+ =Arena.= 41: 498. Jl. ’09. 7700w.

“The fact of Mr. Grierson’s foreign birth and rather cosmopolitan course of life gives to these impressions of his a certain peculiar value and interest.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 186. S. 16, ’09. 250w.

“This is a remarkable book, written by a remarkable man. A vivid and fascinating account.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 851. My. 15, ’09. 400w.

“The book, as a whole, does not hang well together. It is a matter of sincere regret that a work which makes, in a large part, so welcome an addition to autobiographical literature should not have been more consistently carried out.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 585. Je. 10, ’09. 400w.

“The interest is as breathless as in any novel written in many a day, though this is no novel. Still less, however, is it a book of reminiscences, as that term is generally understood.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 498. Ag. 21, ’09. 1200w.

“A welcome addition to the Lincolniana of the anniversary season.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 763. Je. ’09. 120w.

=Griffin, Grace Gardner.=^{[5]} Writings on American history, 1906.
*$2.50. Macmillan.

8–29891.

“An annual bibliography of writings on American history similar to those for European publications, which students have found so useful has long been a want unsupplied. This book is the result of a movement to resume a series begun for 1902 and 1903 but discontinued because of lack of support. Funds are now in hand which guarantee the publication of the summary yearly for the years 1907–1911 inclusive.” (Ann. Am. Acad.) The sections are: America in general; United States (with period, state and subject divisions); British America; Latin America; Pacific islands. Periodical articles, government documents and parts of books are included.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 104. Ap. ’09.

“The work of compilation bears the marks of careful scholarship.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 457. Mr. ’09. 120w.

“There is ample room for a publication of this kind, and it should receive adequate popular support.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 604. Je. 17, ’09. 230w.

=Griffin, Grace Gardner=, comp.^{[6]} Writings on American history,
1907: a bibliography of books and articles on United States and
Canadian history published during the year 1907, with some memoranda
on other portions of America. *$2.50. Macmillan.

A bibliography which includes all books and articles however brief which contain anything of value to the history of the continental United States and Canada.

=Griffis, William Elliot.= Story of New Netherland. **$1.25. Houghton.

9–9529.

A popular and picturesque narrative of the Netherlands in America from 1607–1909. The author’s thoro equipment for his task makes his work broad and authoritative. Here are ‘local color’ and trustworthy narratives. “The Dutch settlement, the English conquest, the change of loyalties and languages, the long struggle against British State-Churchism, the victory of Dutch tolerance, the abiding influence of federalism in government, and the persistent survival of social customs, that have influenced the whole nation, are vividly set forth in rapid movement and thirty brief chapters.”

* * * * *

“The author has avowedly purposed making a serious contribution to our knowledge of New Netherland history but the book can justify no such pretension. A critical spirit is wholly lacking. The meagre historical narrative is interspersed with much matter of merely antiquarian interest and the author’s frequent generalizations.” S. G. Nissenson.

− =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 185. O. ’09. 300w.

“Supplies the need for a volume briefer and more popular than the extensive literature on which it is based; useful for young readers.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 166. Je. ’09. ✠

“Mr. Griffis’s story is worth telling and he tells it very well.” Montgomery Schuyler.

+ =Bookm.= 29: 533. Jl. ’09. 1300w.

“The writer has dressed the historical facts of his story, rather trivial and uninteresting many of them, in a readable style, and he has given much valuable and interesting information on the social life in New Netherland.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 408. Je. 16, ’09. 120w.

“His books are enthusiastic and they are picturesque, sufficient unto their purpose.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 144. Jl. 15, ’09. 100w.

“It is a pity that so good a book is marred by these amateurish touches.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 628. Je. 24, ’09. 270w.

“The chief fault to be found with the book is that the author has not treated with sufficient completeness the social and economic life of the manors.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 318. My. 22, ’09. 300w. + =R. of Rs.= 39: 768. Je. ’09. 150w.

=Grisewood, Robert Norman.=^{[10]} Zarlah, the Martian. $1. Fenno.

9–22948.

A scientist, while experimenting with electricity in the effort of finding a substitute for glass, suddenly discovers that he is in communication with Mars. The figure of the Martian appears on a screen and a clever bit of apparatus makes possible communication between the two. The scientist learns that Mars is a sort of dreamed-of Utopia, and that the Martian knows the secret of soul transportation which he is willing to impart to the inhabitant of Earth. Then ensue a journey to Mars and a romance that involves the Martian maiden Zarlah.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 14: 538. S. 11, ’09. 230w.

=Groton, William M.=, ed. Sunday school teacher’s manual: designed as
an aid to teachers in preparing Sunday-school lessons. **$1. Jacobs.

9–2533.

Eleven men have collaborated in producing this manual whose purpose is not only to furnish instruction in approved methods of preparing and teaching the lesson, but also to impart the information concerning the Scriptures and the church which often lies beyond his immediate reach.

=Guggisberg, Mrs. Lilian Decima (Moore), and Guggisberg, Frederick
Gordon.=^{[6]} We two in West Africa. *$3.50. Scribner.

9–18476.

A joint account of interesting observations made by Major Guggisberg and his wife in West Africa. “The plan they hit upon was to pool their impressions and present them as though they all had been formed in the mind of the new-comer to the Gold Coast.... We should make the wife responsible for about all the book contains that is descriptive of the Gold Coast people and their ways of living; for the solid facts and the philosophical and political comment we should hold ourselves indebted to the Major.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“An authoritative and entertaining contribution to the literature of the Gold Coast.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 41. O. ’09.

“Happily combines the freshness of first impressions with the insight acquired by long residence.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 614. My. 22. 320w.

“It has enough merit of its own—though of a very personal kind—to commend it as a worthy addition to our well-filled shelf books on Africa.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 46: 366. Je. 1, ’09. 250w.

“Many trivial details, especially of camp-life, are recorded, which make it at times somewhat wearisome reading.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 166. Ag. 19, ’09. 520w.

“A book that will be entertaining and valuable to anybody who cares to know what sort of property Great Britain owns on the west shore of the dark continent.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 400w.

“Mrs. Guggisberg’s account of what she saw and did on the coast, in Kumasi, and in parts of Ashanti where no white woman, hardly a white man, had ever been seen before, is most entertaining and fresh.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 142. Jl. 31, ’09. 250w.

=Guinness, Geraldine.= Peru: its story, people and religion; with a
preface by Alexander Macalester of Cambridge univ. **$2.50. Revell.

9–11989.

“Besides her investigations into the educational and social conditions prevalent at the present day in Peru Miss Guinness devotes a considerable portion of her book to a review of the religious situation in that country. Her chief and avowed interest, in fact, is with the Protestant missionaries, and to them she appeals for active co-operation in the educational and religious advancement for which she believes the Peruvians are especially ripe at this time.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“A book which in spite of its offensive tone of gushing religiosity, contains an element of human interest. The best thing in the volume, however, is the illustrations.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 384. Ap. 15, ’09. 80w.

“Supplies a much-needed picture of the land of the Incas as it is to-day, while furnishing besides an appreciative sketch of the Peruvians as they lived before and immediately following the Spanish conquest. The book is well filled with charmingly told anecdotes, illustrative of native Peruvian life and manners. The descriptions of travel, also, are excellent and furnish a piquant setting to the more serious subjects whose treatment forms the bulk of the work.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 161. Mr. 20, ’09. 830w.

“She evidently possesses a keen power of observation, a good deal of enthusiasm, and the faculty for writing a stirring, poetically worded account of an interesting people. The facts are well grouped and the Peruvian people are made to glow with life before the reader.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 509. Ap. ’09. 120w.

“The book is worth consideration.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 65. Ja. 9, ’09. 60w.

=Gulick, Luther Halsey.= Mind and work. **$1.20. Doubleday.

8–26028.

Points out “the vital relation between one’s mind and the daily work.” The chapters are: The habit of success, What is real, Resolutions good and bad, Mental effects of a flat top desk, Thinking that arrives, Put it on paper, Management of the feelings, The time to quit, Fatigue and character, Will-fatigue, Rest the will, Will-economy, The need of adequate work, Handicaps, The spirit of the game.

* * * * *

“Stimulating, practical talks, popular yet based on sound knowledge and a sound sense of values.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 288. D. ’08. ✠

“Dr. Gulick has translated into concise, every-day terms the great principles underlying right thinking and doing.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 220. F. 6, ’09. 360w.

“A refreshingly optimistic study of many subjects which will appeal not only to the teacher, but also to the layman. His psychology is, in the main, sound, although his desire to express himself in colloquial language at times leads him astray. His indebtedness to Prof. William James, which is evident throughout the book, might well have been more often acknowledged.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 584. D. 10, ’08. 200w.

“The pages shine with vigor, optimism, sanity. It is an inspiring book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 244. Ap. 17, ’09. 220w.

“No one could have a better stimulant or a more sensible corrective than this book.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 338. F. 13, ’09. 120w.

“[It has] sprightly style and vigorous thought.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 127. Ja. ’09. 80w.

=Gulick, Luther Halsey, and Ayres, Leonard P.= Medical inspection of
schools. $1. Charities pub. com.

8–31120.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“A valuable manual.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 288. D. ’08.

“On the whole this volume not only makes it clear that America is behind Europe in safe-guarding the physical health and vigor of the pupils in its schools, but will go far toward remedying that defect.” J. S. Hiatt.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 731. My. ’09. 430w.

“Few more helpful and suggestive books for teachers and school officers have recently come to our notice.”

+ =Educ. R.= 37: 100. Ja. ’09. 60w.

Reviewed by Theodore Henkels.

+ =Educ. R.= 38: 93. Je. ’09. 1000w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 48. Ja. 23, ’09. 260w.

“In general it ought to be said that this book fulfills the mission which the authors designed and announced in its preface. Should be in the hands of every schoolman and every public spirited person who aims to take a broad view of the mission of public-school education.” D. P. MacMillan.

+ =School R.= 17: 721. D. ’09. 1500w.

=Gull, Cyril A. E. R. (Guy Thorne, pseud.).= Angel. †$1.50.
Dillingham.

8–29738.

The author aims “to show that, by means of processes of which we have at present but little idea, a man may be drained and emptied under special circumstances, of himself and the influences of his past life, and be made as a vessel for the special impouring of the Holy Spirit.” “One Joseph, an intellectual atheist, is converted to Christianity by a miracle in the Welsh mountains, opens a campaign of righteousness in London (emptying a musical-comedy theatre by denunciation of the performance from a private box), and finally, so far as we can make out, is caught up to Heaven.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“There is a certain amount of scrappy thinking and a large amount of exaggeration and intolerance.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 751. D. 5, ’08. 220w.

“Mr. Thorne, if he must write stories of this sort, would be better advised to verify his Bible quotations and avoid such a phrase as ‘Blessed be _him_ that cometh in the name of the Lord’ than to write a pseudo-philosophical preface.”

− =Sat. R.= 106: 765. D. 19, ’08. 120w.

=Gull, Cyril A. E. R. (Guy Thorne, pseud.).=^{[12]} The socialist.
**$1.35. Putnam.

9–31022.

“Mr. Thorne gives us an undergraduate duke, kidnapped in a London slum, and rescued by a brilliant dramatist of socialistic views. Of course the duke turns socialist, and marries a gifted actress who takes leading parts in socialist plays, and has a very uncomfortable life. But then he escaped marriage with a beautiful and very patrician daughter of a pompous peer-bishop, and as the duke was a young cub (though Mr. Thorne does not know this) the lady was well out of it.”—Sat. R.

* * * * *

“The events are dramatic, and, whatever may be one’s views on socialism, the novel is full of interest.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 694. N. 6, ’09. 420w.

“The story is heavily splashed with highly altruistic idealism, and is rather amusing in ways that the author does not intend.”

− =Sat. R.= 108: 294. S. 4, ’09. 110w.

=Gummere, Francis Barton=, ed. and tr.^{[8]} Oldest English epic:
Beowulf, Finnsburg, Waldere, Deor, Widsith, and the German
Hildebrand; tr. in the original meter by Francis Gummere. *$1.10.
Macmillan.

9–10486.

A superior translation made from the original meters accompanied by introduction and notes. “For it demonstrates beyond cavil that this study is pursued here most diligently, not alone as a linguistic discipline, but in equal measure for whatever it may offer of cultural and literary value.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 167. Je. ’09.

“Prof. Gummere will hardly claim to be considered as a poet; and if his work is to be fairly judged, it must be regarded simply as an attempt to enable the unlearned reader—with some exercise of imagination on his own part—to gain a tolerably correct idea of what the old English epic was like in form and substance. Considered from this point of view, the book is entitled to some commendation.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 151. Ag. 7. 650w.

“The introduction and notes furnished by the translator render the present work doubly valuable as a complete and compendious guidebook to a somewhat obscure department of English literature.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 900. My. 22, ’09. 180w.

“We estimate [it] to be the most significant of all recent American contributions to the study of Old English. To wide and accurate scholarship—the notes evidence a mastery of the most recent monographs—Professor Gummere joins a facile expression wholly out of the common. In truth, if Professor Gummere has any chronic weakness, it is in the use of the pleonastic introductory _and_ and _but_.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 79. Jl. 22, ’09. 1100w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 255. Ag. ’09. 30w.

“Mr. Gummere has caught the tone and spirit of Beowulf very happily. The notes will prove useful.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 65. Jl. 10, ’09. 120w.

=Gunther, Charles Godfrey.=^{[11]} Electro-magnetic ore separation.
*$3. Hill pub. co.

9–15412.

“This is a practical book, which purports to include only material of present commercial importance. It is a compilation, plus information gathered by correspondence, and data of the writer’s own observation. The treatment of the subject matter is as follows: a brief statement of general principles, description of separators for strongly magnetic materials, of separators for feebly magnetic materials, concentration of magnetic iron ore, separation of pyrite from blende, of siderite from blende, and miscellaneous separations.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“The best book available, considering only methods that are of present commercial importance and excluding all irrelevant matter.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 41. O. ’09.

“The whole impression given by the book is that it is incomplete. The work is technically valuable and useful because of the carefulness with which it is compiled, but limited in its usefulness as a book of instruction or information on the subject of electro-magnetic ore separation in general.” J. W. Richards.

+ − =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 16. Ag. 12, ’09. 200w.

=Guthrie, Arthur.=^{[11]} Letters from France and Italy. **$1.25.
McClurg.

9–35863.

In these letters may be found the record of “two employers of leisure” who embark upon a fresh venture, go south with the sun and take their “whimseys and their walks abroad.” It is to the spirit of leisure combined with the author’s clever touch that the record owes its special interest. “He does not spend too much space upon the big, important things that every traveler sees, and he seasons them well with amusing little stories and observations and experiences, and he has a knack of hitting off a bit of truth or an opinion in a terse sentence that is always satisfying, even though one may not agree because of the air of satisfaction with which he does it. There are many illustrations in line drawings or from photographs by George Houston.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“They depend for their entertaining quality less on the description of scenery and sights than on the individuality of the author’s viewpoint and the originality of his comments.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 75. N. ’09.

“Arthur Guthrie is emphatically a good traveller, being sparing of comment on the standard sights and whimsically sensitive to the casual encounters of the road. The manner is old-fashioned, and, perhaps, the more agreeable for that.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 570. D. 9, ’09. 180w.

“Very entertaining to read. The personal note is dominant through these, but always in a genial, companionable sort of way, with many a touch of whimsey or of humor.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 596. O. 9, ’09. 160w.

=Guttmann, Oskar.=^{[7]} Manufacture of explosives: twenty years’
progress: four Cantor lectures delivered at the Royal society of
arts in Nov. and Dec. 1908. *$1.10. Macmillan.

War9–42.

“A continuation or, perhaps, an appendix to the earlier book, bringing the practice down to the present time.” (Engin. N.) “Lecture 1 deals with black powder and other nitrate mixtures, chlorate mixtures, ‘metallic’ explosives, picric acid, picrates and trinitrotoluol; lecture 2 with nitro-glycerine, dynamites, guncotton and nitro-starch; lecture 3 with smokeless and flameless powders, fulminates, detonators and fuses, safety explosives and their use, particularly in mines; lecture 4 with the use of nitrocellulose in other industries, the construction, lighting and inspection of factories, accidents and precautions to be taken, the merits and demerits of explosives, stability of explosives and stabilizing agents, and finishes with a prophecy regarding the powder of the future.” (Science.)

* * * * *

“It should be valuable to the explosives expert as a concise résumé of modern development of the art, though it cannot be of great interest to the novice who is anxious to learn something of the underlying principles of that art.”

+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 61. My. 13, ’09. 110w.

“Will be found exceedingly interesting and suggestive.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 789. Je. 19, ’09. 200w.

“A useful addendum to the larger work.” J. S. S. B.

+ =Nature.= 80: 272. My. 6, ’09. 550w.

“The book is filled with information, much of which is quite up to date, and it bristles with references, a large part of which are to British patents. A defect is in its limited use of American sources, patent or other readily accessible literature. It is more than a compilation, for it is thoughtful, critical and sometimes controversial. Every one of the many who possess the parent volumes must also acquire this and they will be pleased to have done so.” C: E. Munroe.

+ − =Science=, n.s. 30: 26. Jl. 2, ’09. 1250w.

=Gwynn, Stephen Lucius.=^{[8]} Holiday in Connemara. *$2. Macmillan.

9–35783.

A guide book “for the most part more concerned with good fishing waters than with economic and social considerations. Connemara, one of the Gaelic strongholds of the island, is a fascinating country, full of interest to the student of the Irish question. Mr. Gwynn introduces a miscellany of information, derived from old chronicles, as to the ancient lords of the country, and proffers some statistics of more modern origin as to its present state.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 13. S. ’09. ✠

“A very readable volume. There is a great deal of detailed geography, which becomes a weariness to the reader.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 671. Je. 5. 570w.

“His book gives us a medley of land-lore, folk-lore, and fishing-lore, with a dash here and there of economic wisdom.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 47: 235. O. 1, ’09. 250w.

“Exceptionally well worth a reader’s while.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 372. Ag. 12, ’09. 110w.

“It is written by an Irishman with humor and sympathy and intimate knowledge.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 331. O. 7, ’09. 150w.

“Is scarcely more than a glorified guide book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 476. Ag. 7, ’09. 350w.

“The price is 10s. 6d., but about 9s. 6d. worth is journalism, that is, a product of necessities other than literary. The other shilling’s worth arises from the author’s own mind and feeling.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 24. Jl. 3, ’09. 350w.

“Has some charming descriptions of Irish life and Irish manners and Irish sport.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 247. S. 4, ’09. 630w.

H

=Haaren, John Henry, and Poland, Addison B.=^{[5]} Famous men of
modern times. *50c. Am. bk.

9–9441.

The last of the “Famous men” series written to create a deeper interest among the young in the study of history. In brief chapters twenty-three men are presented from the point of view of their greatest service to the world. Among them are discoverers, warriors, statesmen, scientists and rulers.

=Habberton, John.= Budge and Toddie; or, Helen’s babies at play: being
an account of the further doings of these marvelously precocious
children. $1. Grosset.

8–33785.

To an aunt and uncle falls temporarily the care of Budge and Toddie. Their methodical life is woefully outraged by the lively escapades of the two youngsters who in very truth act out a sequel to “Helen’s babies.”

* * * * *

“Their proclivity to mischief is undiminished but their ‘doings’ are less interesting than in the earlier book.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 91. Mr. ’09.

“While it is still too verbose and indulges in too much skippable conversation between the grown-ups, the two dreadful infants are still just as adorably and ingenuously naughty as they were in their first annals.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 52. Ja. 23, ’09. 150w.

=Hackett, Frank Warren.=^{[10]} Deck and field: addresses before the
United States Naval war college and on commemorative occasions.
*$1.25. Lowdermilk.

9–15219.

Twelve addresses on commemorative occasions. “They are quite free from the oratorical bombast and ‘we love our country’ sentimentality that creep in and pollute the speeches of some of the greatest men. They are truly patriotic.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

=Ind.= 67: 372. Ag. 12, ’09. 130w.

“He is rather slow generally in getting under way, and he labors too often under the disadvantage of a trite subject. On the other hand, when he deals with things outside the ordinary course, he is very interesting.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 309. S. 30, ’09. 220w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 453. Jl. 24, ’09. 120w.

=Hackwood, Frederick W.=^{[11]} Inns, ales, and drinking customs of
old England. *10s. 6d. Unwin, T. Fisher, London.

9–29527.

Traces briefly the story of the British public-house thru the phases of the Roman-British posting-house, the Saxon ale-house, the mediaeval inn, the wine tavern, the coaching-house to the rise of the modern hotel, with mention of the inn-yard, of inn signs and of tavern tokens; it deals with inn-keeping and inn-keepers; with brewers and vintners, and the introduction of spirits; it treats of the ale-drinking habit, of the influence of the church on the national habit; of trade customs, licensing, and restrictive measures; and of drinking customs, mugs, and mysteries.

* * * * *

“All who hanker after the old tavern life will find much of interest in Mr. Hackwood’s book.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: sup. 3. S. 25, ’09. 1550w.

“There is much entertaining reading to be found in this volume.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 561. O. 9, ’09. 500w.

=Hadley, Edward S.=^{[10]} Railway working and appliances; to which
are added a chapter and diagram on railway sketching. *50c.
Longmans.

W9–187.

Lectures given in an employees’ course on rules, methods and appliances in use in the safe operation of railways. “About 70 pages are devoted to signaling, interlocking and the block system, and 20 pages to the Westinghouse and vacuum brakes. A short chapter deals with accidents and wrecking, and another describes how freight traffic is handled. One chapter briefly describes a system of ‘slip coupling,’ by which a conductor in a rear car of a fast train detaches his car so that it will stop at an intermediate station.... An interesting little chapter discusses railway sketching, or the making of explanatory sketch plans to accompany reports as to proposed alterations, etc.” (Engin. N.)

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 75. N. ’09.

“It forms a handy primer and contains much valuable information, but is entirely adapted for British railways, and while the general subject is of interest to railway men everywhere, the special applications as treated in this book are of little practical value to American railway men.”

+ − =Engin. D.= 6: 248. S. ’09. 120w. + =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 78. Je. 17, ’09. 180w.

=Haggard Andrew Charles Parker.=^{[11]} Louis XVI and Marie
Antoinette. 2v. *$6. Appleton.

“The often told tale of Marie Antoinette and the sixteenth Louis is retold in two large volumes with infinite detail.... The history is a simple narration of events; the writer has no conception of the philosophic or evolutionary value of the revolution. He tells us what happened, nor does he hesitate to paint many an atrocity in sufficiently vivid terms, though, as he says, he refrains from transcribing some passages ‘which even the French authors prefer to print in the Latin tongue.’”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“The author is a trifle dry, but he gives us a clear notion of the early, gay years and the following long tragedy, and, too, of the culminating horror.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 634. O. 23, ’09. 360w.

“Colonel Haggard’s style of writing cannot be called literary; it is both confused and spasmodic. But these faults, [are] probably owing to the want of careful arrangement of an enormous mass of material, and of critical study and re-reading before publication.”

+ − =Spec.= 103: 242. Ag. 14, ’09. 1050w.

=Haggard, Henry Rider.=^{[7]} Lady of the heavens. $1.50. Lovell, F.
F.

8–17553.

“Mr. Haggard’s new story is woven around the personality of a white girl, the daughter of an English missionary in Zululand. Her parents having been murdered by a native chief, this girl went mad and cursed the tribe. She was then sold to a dwarf people in the interior. Her adventures make up the substance of this weird tale.” (R. of Rs.) “Of such—they tell us—are the dreams born of the opium pipe. Certain wizards, like Mr. Haggard, have the power, working directly upon the imagination with words, to conjure up the dreams and spare you the necessity of resorting to the drug. The effect—in a milder form, of course—is much the same.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“An exciting narrative.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 348. My. 29, ’09. 580w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 124. Jl. ’09. 120w.

=Haines, Alice Calhoun.=^{[12]} Cock-a-doodle Hill. †$1.50. Holt.

9–28116.

A sequel to “The luck of the Dudley Grahams” which is really the story of Ernie’s chicken farm. It pictures country scenes, country adventures and country happiness found in a rambling, open-windowed old white house “set among flowery meadows, pine woods, and river land.”

=Haines, Charles Grove.=^{[12]} Conflict over judicial powers in the
United States to 1870. (Studies in history, economics and public
law, ed. by the Faculty of political science of Columbia univ., v.
35, no. 1.) *$1.50. Longmans.

9–18185.

“Deals respectively with the judicial powers before the adoption of the federal constitution; the early conflicts over judicial nullification by federal courts; the extension of federal judicial authority; the conflicts over the extension of judicial authority; the principles of the Jacksonian democracy, and judicial powers from 1856–1870.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

* * * * *

“To the student who desires a general knowledge of the subject and familiarity with the arguments advanced by the strongest advocates, pro and con, this little book will prove of value. The author has been happy in his selection of material and is unusually clear and concise in statement.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 604. N. ’09. 240w.

“For the historian Dr. Haines’s volume will have much value.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 353. S. 4, ’09. 90w.

=Haldeman, Isaac Massey.= Christian science in the light of Holy
Scripture. **$1.50. Revell.

9–6857.

An attack upon Christian science which is conducted judicially and which aims to show that its teachings are wholly outside the Bible and have no right to the name “Christian.” The author’s method is that of juxtapositional treatment of the fundamental propositions of Christian science and the testimony of the Holy Scriptures.

* * * * *

“The author’s point of view is that of the average, traditional interpreter. His refutation of Christian science, however, can scarcely be termed scientific.”

+ − =Bib. World.= 33: 359. My. ’09. 90w.
=Outlook.= 93: 645. N. 20, ’09. 30w.

=Hale, Louise Closser.= The actress. †$1.50. Harper.

9–5702.

A simple story with little plot told by the actress herself, which runs intimately near to the real happenings in the every-day life of the stage. It concerns the love of a New York broker for a hard working young actress who crosses the ocean and pursues her work in London only that Aaron Adams may forget her. A devoted lover’s strategy reveals to the girl her own heart, and a happy ending ensues.

* * * * *

“A readable, sentimental story, showing the lighter side of stage life.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 113. Ap. ’09. ✠

“A perfectly healthy, thoroughly humorous story of an ordinary love-affair of ordinary people, told with a more than ordinary degree of literary capacity.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 92. Jl. 24. 170w.

“The graphic, realistic, intimate chronicle of life behind the footlights ... is the part of the book that one cares about, and certainly it is extremely well done.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 29: 191. Ap. ’09. 230w.
=Ind.= 66: 1297. Je. 10, ’09. 150w.

“The book abounds in clever character-drawing, the descriptions of English society being particularly well done.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 467. My. 6, ’09. 250w.

“Slight as it is for a novel, a mere love story of the most ordinary kind, with everyday folks for its hero and heroine, with no remarkable ingenuity of plot, involving no modern ‘social problem,’ ‘The actress’ is a noteworthy book. We have found her book informing and delightfully inspiriting.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 111. F. 27, ’09. 1400w.

“Delightful and enthralling story.”

+ =No. Am.= 189: 782. My. ’09. 280w.

“It is fairly bright and interestingly told, but for a young lady who prides herself on being amusing, and who despises the British sense of humour, the heroine is decidedly disappointing as a specimen of American brightness.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 264. Ag. 28, ’09. 120w.

“Brightly told.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 65. Jl. 10, ’09. 40w.

=Hall, Alfred Daniel.=^{[12]} Fertilizers and manures. **$1.50.
Dutton.

A sequel to the author’s volume, “Soil.” “In the history and evolution of the practice of keeping up the crop-producing power of the soil Mr. Hall examines critically the various theories of manuring adduced from time to time, and the experiences upon which they are based, and the study of merely this part of the work will be of supreme importance to the practical man and to the student in showing how experiments may be misconstrued and conclusions of the most erroneous description drawn. The recommendations as to the manuring of farm crops are tempered with sound advice, and the impossibility of prescribing more than a generally suitable method of manuring without a careful study of soil and climatic conditions extending over some years is well demonstrated.” (Nature.)

* * * * *

“This is a sound and scientific book which should be in the hands of every practical agriculturist as well as in those of the student, the teacher, and the manufacturer.” M. J. R. D.

+ =Nature.= 81: 483. O. 21, ’09. 650w.

“The work before us is valuable because an authoritative and painstaking account of the origin, character, and particular uses of all the manures and fertilisers now in the service of the agriculturist.”

+ =Spec.= 103: sup. 492. O. 2, ’09. 310w.

=Hall, Alfred Daniel.= Soil: an introduction to the scientific study
of the growth of crops. 2d ed., rev. and enl. *$1.50. Dutton.

Agr9–663.