Chapter XXVIII: Part 2: , Three Boston object lessons in taxation; Part 3, Private (8)

“At any rate it is most readable, being both interesting and amusing. We feel grateful to the author for the pains he has taken in collecting information of all kinds with regard to the cities, buildings, and national types he met with.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 852. My. 15, ’09. 280w.

“It is a sort of revision of Baedeker, indispensable for any one contemplating a trip to the picturesque country.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 361. Ap. 8, ’09. 300w.

“The writer brings to his subject a keen vision and mature experience. Yet he is painstaking to a fault in his avoidance of discussion and partisanship.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 189. Ap. 3, ’09. 1100w.

“An interesting record.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 228. Ap. 10, ’09. 20w.

“The book has a certain archæological value in its description of the Bogumilite monuments in Bosnia.”

+ − =Outlook.= 92: 70. My. 8, ’09. 270w.

“If anyone wants to know what Austria has effected in thirty years in a country which when she took it over was as wild and barbarous as Macedonia, he can gather it from these extremely matter-of-fact pages. This indeed gives the book the only merit it possesses, and it carries conviction far more successfully to the mind than if it were the strongly worded work of a partisan.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: sup. 6. My. 22, ’09. 200w.

“May be described as an enthusiastic guidebook. It is traveller’s narrative which looks little below the surface. It assumes no knowledge and usefully suggests routes.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 500. Mr. 27, ’09. 30w.

=Henderson, Walter George.= Norah Conough. $1.25. Outing pub.

9–15204.

Ranch life in New South Wales is depicted in this story full of atmosphere and the human element. Two brothers take up a selection (Australian for claim) and develop it. Closely related to their struggle in the bush are their respective courses of true love; in the one case moderately smooth-running, in the other, turbulent to the point of heartbreak.

* * * * *

“A love story that is fresh and wholesome, but lacking in subtlety and skill in character drawing. Good as a picture of social and domestic life in a crude new country.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 187. Je. ’09.

“The inn-keeper’s daughter, and her rough champion are the figures which give the pleasant story such distinctiveness as it can lay claim to.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 163. Ag. 19, ’09. 230w.

“There are some strong emotional situations in the story and much account, made quite skillfully a vital part of the story, of out-of-doors life in that quarter of the world.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 241. Ap. 17, ’09. 160w.

“For readers upon the other side of the world the book has the charm of the unaccustomed.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 375. Je. 12, ’09. 250w.

=Henry, O., pseud. (Sydney Porter).=^{[12]} Options. †$1.50. Harper.

9–27747.

Sixteen O. Henry stories, true to life, clever and full of rare entertainment. In fact, this collection is called an “edition de luxe” of O. Henry. It contains the best stories he has written in the past two years. Besides two prize stories, “Thimble, thimble,” and “Supply and demand,” there is at least one other that ought to have had a prize. It is “The third ingredient.” To say that the third ingredient is an onion, and that about that onion, the necessity for it and the daring it took to secure it for a certain shop-girl’s stew, centers the story with its neat plot, clever characterization and swift action, seems to be admitting great possibilities for small things.

* * * * *

+ − =Nation.= 89: 540. D. 2, ’09. 380w.

“Contains very few examples of O. Henry’s best. Full of good stories—wonderfully good stories of men and women—most of them still rather young—stories that flash upon you things which your stupidity or inattention has missed when you have looked with your own uncoached eyes upon the identical common life they are concerned to picture.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 728. N. 20, ’09. 400w.

=Henry, O., pseud. (Sydney Porter).=^{[8]} Roads of destiny. †$1.50.
Doubleday.

9–11539.

A volume of stories many of which deal “with the picturesque riff-raff floating through the South and West—Mississippi, Texas, Mexico and South America.” (Nation.) They are: Roads of destiny; The guardian of the accolade; The discounters of money; The enchanted profile; “Next to reading matter”; Art and the bronco; Phoebe; A double-dyed deceiver; The passing of Black Eagle; A retrieved reformation; Cherchez la femme; Friends in San Rosario; The fourth in Salvador; The emancipation at Charleroi; On behalf of the management; Whistling Dick’s Christmas stocking; The halberdier of the little Rheinschloss; Two renegades; The lonesome road.

* * * * *

“Readable though perhaps inferior to his earlier volumes.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 28. S. ’09.

“Of the particular type of short story which he produces, O. Henry is a perfectly assured master.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 56. Jl. 15, ’09. 380w.

“The stories are marked by that humor and keen characterization which we have come to expect from this industrious writer. Though not, on the whole, quite so worthy of serious praise as the former collections of Mr. Porter’s work.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 319. My. 22, ’09. 180w.

=Henshaw, Nevil Gratiot.= Aline of the Grand woods: a story of
Louisiana. $1.50. Outing pub.

9–3875.

A story set in the Louisiana woods among the Cajuns. It deals with the development of an orphan child after the death of her father who had been disinherited on account of his marrying contrary to paternal wishes. Aline is brought up almost within the shadow of the ancestral Hall, but her portion is air, sunshine, the breath of flowers and of the woods. Doubts, longings, misunderstandings and suffering, accentuated by a troublesome Cajun lover, give way in good season to a generous measure of happiness.

* * * * *

“The slight plot is rather crudely developed and there is a lack of reality about the many characters and incidents that detract from the interest.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 91. Mr. ’09.

“It is a good, downright story in the old-fashioned style, moving along the paths of real life, which it softens and colors with a tinge of romance.”

+ =Cath. World.= 89: 257. My. ’09. 260w.

“One is indeed left wondering why one should waste spring days on pages like these when the literature of the running brooks is to be obtained so easily.”

− =Nation.= 88: 337. Ap. 1, ’09. 180w.

“The author shows much dramatic strength in his style, and in his use of incidents, and much unusual skill in his ability to make the reader feel the personality of his widely varying characters.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 136. Mr. 6, ’09. 180w.

“The story is dramatic, and many of its scenes are tense with strong feeling.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 375. Je. 12, ’09. 330w.

“There can be no question of the truth of the picture, though its composition at times seems somewhat ill-proportioned.”

+ − =Outlook.= 91: 815. Ap. 10, ’09. 120w.

=Hepburn, Alonzo Barton.= Artificial waterways and commercial
development, (with a history of the Erie canal). *$1. Macmillan.

9–3307.

“A résumé of the relation to commerce of the world’s artificial waterways.... The book opens with an historical sketch of the world’s canals, followed by a more detailed history of the Erie canal.... Then follow a few facts relating to the present conditions of the Panama canal and a discussion of the waterways question and conservation of our resources. In an appendix is given a series of tables (1) Relating to New York canals; (2) Relating to commerce of New York City; (3) Miscellaneous.”—Engin. D.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 104. Ap. ’09. ✠

“In discussing the Erie canal, however, much interesting historical data is presented in a readable form.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 182. Jl. ’09. 140w.

“The historical portion is interesting and the appended statistical tables helpful, but the arguments for modernization do not seem to follow as logically from the historical recital as the author would assume. Two weaknesses which never fail to appear in the arguments of waterway enthusiasts, must be noted. The one sets forth figures showing the cheapness of transportation with a modernized canal and fails to take into account the burden of construction and maintenance charges thrown upon the people as a whole. The other fails to differentiate the comparatively short ship-canal connecting great bodies of water from the long shallow ditch which can only be utilized by craft built especially for the purpose.” F. H. Dixon.

− + =Econ. Bull.= 2: 38. Ap. ’09. 420w.

“The book is both interesting and instructive.”

+ =Engin. D.= 5: 295. Mr. ’09. 300w.

“There is no need of a really first rate book in the field which this one pretends to cover, but it should be written by someone with a broader viewpoint and greater technical knowledge than the author of this work.”

− =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 30. Mr. 18, ’09. 220w.

“A short but forceful little book.” E. L. Bogart.

+ =Forum.= 42: 92. Jl. ’09. 300w. + =Ind.= 66: 1142. My. 27, ’09. 120w.

“It adds nothing to our previous stock of information upon the subject and contributes about as much to the solution of the much-vexed waterways question.”

− =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 384. Je. ’09. 150w.

“A timely contribution to the evidence on the subject.”

+ =Nature.= 80: 307. My. 13, ’09. 250w.

“Though inadequate in the treatment of the subjects with which it deals, ... the book is certainly of interest as a primer. It presents an excellent synopsis of the more important incidents in the history of the Erie canal.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 134. Mr. 6, ’09. 330w.

=Herbert, Agnes.=^{[8]} Isle of man *$3.50. Lane.

Deals with the native and the tripper, with the history, archaeology, customs and scenery of Manxland. “She is here on her own ground, and her style is not less racy ... when she was engaged in explaining how she shot lions in Africa or bears in America, and incidentally turned the mere male person into her willing servitor.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“But, for all its shortcomings, the book is readable, and all the pictures excellent.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 591. O. 9, ’09. 720w.

“A book which is really admirable. Mona’s Isle is never likely to find a more vivacious chronicler.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: sup. 5. Jl. 17, ’09. 220w.

“We cannot say that we like [Mr. Maxwell’s drawings] all equally well.”

+ − =Spec.= 103: 138. Jl. 24, ’09. 180w.

=Herbert, Alice.=^{[9]} Measure of our youth. †$1.50. Lane.

A story of psychological purport dealing with the sex theme. “England is the setting for all that transpires after the explanatory chapter, in which there is a short history of the liaison that was responsible for the introduction of East Indian blood into the Bewley family. Francis and Adela Bewley, brother and sister, are the principal characters, but from their babyhood to marriage, which is approximately the time covered by the story, they are accompanied by a host of people just as clearly delineated.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“A too colorful story, replete with ‘near’ climaxes, and peopled with familiarly bizarre characters.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 353. Je. 5, ’09. 210w.

“The story is a thoughtful piece of work, sometimes a little naïvely ignorant and crude in its philosophy of life, but written with sincerity and earnestness.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 174. Ag. 7, ’09. 150w.

=Herbert, George.= Priest to the temple; or, The country parson, his
character and rule of holy life; with an introd. and brief notes by
the bishop of North Carolina. *75c. Whittaker.

8–28972.

A reprint of Herbert’s observations on the duties of a pastor. “Judicious and helpful suggestions abound as to preaching, catechizing, visiting, and other points of pastoral duty, when applied with discrimination, remembering that the letter killeth, and that it is the spirit that giveth life.”

* * * * *

=Nation.= 87: 579. D. 10, ’08. 90w.

=Hereford, William Richard.=^{[12]} The demagog. †$1.50. Holt.

9–28115.

The demagog of Mr. Hereford’s stirring political novel is the owner of a chain of newspapers who for years had been lying low and scheming persistently for ultimate political power. This story is concerned with his open campaign for the presidency. On the one side are portrayed his schemes for winning the office thru his favorite means—force and stratagem; on the other is the weaving of the net by his opponent from the threads of his past traitorous dealings with fellow men, of unfaithfulness to women and general corruptness, which finally enmeshes him and renders him alike harmless and ignominious.

=Hewitt, Emma Churchman.=^{[7]} How to live on a small income. 50c.
Jacobs.

9–18582.

A little volume inscribed to young housekeepers. It aims to open up a train of ideas that will lead the young housekeeper to think for herself and to adjust herself to her environment. The advice rests upon the requirement that a housekeeper shall learn the difference between the words “cheap” and “inexpensive.” Some of the chapters are: Selecting a home; Health problems and sanitation; Floors and their treatment; Furnishings and their care; The finance problem; False economy which is waste; Economy of work; Dress and shopping; Clothes for the little ones; Entertaining; With the home chef.

=Hewlett, Maurice Henry.=^{[6]} Artemision: idylls and songs. **$1.
Scribner.

W9–160.

“Three long poems of irregular form, followed by a group of sonnets and these by the lyrics, while the author betrays the same knowledge of early Grecian myth revealed in Mrs. Wharton’s verse [Artemis to Actæon].”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 15. S. ’09.

“Mr. Hewlett’s verse is the verse of the scholar and the man of letters: its sweetness is reminiscent, its ruggedness carefully devised, and its similitudes neither striking nor yet commonplace.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1; 670. Je. 5. 280w.

“One would expect in any writing of his a keen and delicate sense of words, an ear sensitive to the melody of language and a sharp sincerity of emotion. And these expectations are well satisfied in his new volume of verse.” Brian Hooker.

+ =Bookm.= 29: 366. Je. ’09. 400w.

“As a writer of verse he rather emphasizes the Meredithian vice of obscurity than the penetrating Meredithian vision.” W: M. Payne.

− =Dial.= 47: 98. Ag. 16, ’09. 400w.

“The effect of these classic topics as treated in Mr. Hewlett’s peculiar romantic and neorenaissance vein, with a good deal of rhythmical ‘insouciance,’ genuine or affected, is distinctly curious. It is like looking at a clear landscape thru colored glasses—a brilliant and prismatic spectacle, no doubt, but one singularly anomalous and out of character.”

− + =Ind.= 67: 658. S. 16, ’09. 100w.

“Mr. Hewlett’s treatment of classic themes has suffered to some extent from the poet’s temperament.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 55. Jl. 15, ’09. 300w.

“There is a rare quality to this book of Hewlett’s, something it is not easy to define, but which is felt.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 300. My. 8, ’09. 470w.

“The book is one students and lovers of poetry dare not miss.”

+ =No. Am.= 190: 704. N. ’09. 330w.

“Much of the sureness of touch and philosophic insight which makes Maurice Hewlett the lineal successor of Meredith appears in the little volume.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 123. Jl. ’09. 40w.

“Is, in the fullest sense of the word, a distinguished book.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 19. Jl. 3, ’09. 430w.

=Hewlett, Maurice Henry.=^{[10]} Open country. †$1.50. Scribner.

9–35789.

“Those readers who are familiar with Mr. Senhouse in the author’s “Halfway house” will be glad to find him here, four years earlier, rejoicing in the open country as his heritage. He gives us much of the simple philosophy which made him one with nature in his letters to the girl whom he loves. He met her in the open and he loved her well, too well to enslave her by matrimony, but well enough, when the time came, not to count the cost in helping her give herself to the man who had won her heart, a man whom he knew to be less worthy of her than he, he who had inspired her to be the noble woman he thought her. But Senhouse in his own great purity knew her pure and felt that her love justified all things though, because of it, her whole world closed its doors against her.”

* * * * *

“Will appeal only to cultured readers.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 55. O. ’09.

“This story is extremely clever, but it is no more. To tell the truth about Mr. Senhouse, he is wholly unconvincing, and rather a bore.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 325. S. 18. 350w.

“On the whole, the book is a disappointment to those who, admiring Mr. Hewlett’s unquestionable cleverness, have looked for the great comedy which he has sometimes seemed capable of writing.” E: C. Marsh.

+ − =Bookm.= 30: 263. N. ’09. 1000w.

“The readers of Mr. Maurice Hewlett’s ‘Halfway house,’ who made the acquaintance of John Senhouse in that charming book, will be glad to have further intercourse with him in the pages of ‘Open country.’” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 47: 237. O. 1, ’09. 630w.

“The performance as a whole hardly shows Mr. Hewlett at his best. Here more clearly than ever his ingenuousness is seen to be ingenuity.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 305. S. 30, ’09. 570w.

“It is as if Mr. Hewlett, perceiving that the world knew little of that actual personal story of Stevenson’s life, proceeded to build it in around Senhouse, making Senhouse act and talk as Stevenson probably did.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 565. S. 25, ’09. 900w.

“We do not read Mr. Hewlett for the story, but for the beauty, and this is in the book in generous measure.”

+ =No. Am.= 190: 838. D. ’09. 210w.

“As a story the book is a little less attractive than its predecessor, but Mr. Hewlett’s grace and charming writing have not lost their quality, although they have in some ways changed their form.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 276. O. 2, ’09. 210w.

“We lay down the book rather glad to be done with it. The unceasing click of the epigrams, sham or real: the continual search after fine allusions, the strain to be if not original at any rate unusual, the lack of human, overbrimming humour and the pervading acid tone—all these help to damp our spirits. Still the novel is clever; and, as a great many folk admire cleverness above all things, we presume that Mr. Hewlett has his great admirers.”

− + =Sat. R.= 108: 320. S. 11, ’09. 1500w.

=Hewlett, Maurice Henry.=^{[11]} Ruinous face. †$1. Harper.

9–27262.

Helen of Troy is shown to us as a woman with a soul and a longing to be truly loved as her husband’s companion; but her ruinous beauty dooms her to be merely the object of physical desire. Her hope for a higher affection leads her to betray Paris, to murder Menelaus, and finally to hang herself with her girdle when she reads siren passion in the eyes of each man who loves her. The volume has marginal drawings and a gift-book make-up.

* * * * *

“Mr. Hewlett brings to this short story all the subtlety, suggestiveness, and finish that make his novels notable.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 464. D. 1, ’09. 70w.
=Outlook.= 93: 559. N. 6, ’09. 350w.

=Hichens, Robert Smythe.=^{[11]} Bella Donna. †$1.50. Lippincott.

9–28245.

A humanitarian and great believer in the good that is in mankind marries a notorious ostracized London woman, reputed equally for her beauty and her infamy. He transplants his Bella Donna to Egyptian soil where she finds new health and almost a feeling of youth, and where she comes under the spell of an Alexandrian man of affairs—a man of sinuous cunning. His oriental subtlety finds quick response in her nature, under the sway of which she plans to poison her husband by degrees, but is foiled by a master physician-detective whose friendship for the husband furnishes the fine elements of the story.

* * * * *

“His story, in spite of its brilliant qualities, is one of the most distasteful we have ever encountered.”

− − + =Ath.= 1909, 2: 522. O. 30. 170w.

“Of all the current studies of feminine unrest, the most strikingly individual and the one hardest to escape from is ‘Bella Donna.’ One feels throughout a taint of the neurotic and the pathological.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 30: 387. D. ’09. 650w.

“Is more direct and forcible than the usual plot of Mr. Hichens. Its treatment, moreover, seems to depend less obviously upon an artificial high flavor. As for the persons, they are more nearly ‘convincing’ than any of Mr. Hichens’s previous creations.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 541. D. 2, ’09. 500w.

“A few carelessly constructed sentences mar the usually clear-cut English of the book, and several typographical errors, notably in the French expressions, have escaped the proofreader. The public has seldom the opportunity to show its appreciation of a novel of such originality, charm, and power. Nor can its tremendous message be ignored, the message inevitable from the fact that materialism is pressed home to its logical conclusion.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 670. O. 30, ’09. 700w.

“Mr. Robert Hichens has never put more careful literary art-work into any of his novels than one finds in ‘Bella Donna.’”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 643. N. 20, ’09. 130w.

“This is one of the best novels we have ever read, and quite the best that Mr. Robert Hichens has written.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 108: 636. N. 20, ’09. 240w.

“The book as a whole is a clever piece of work.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 795. N. 13, ’09. 220w.

=Higginson, Ella.= Alaska: the great country. **$2.25. Macmillan

8–33137.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“It will be useful for reference and would serve the traveler’s needs admirably.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 13. Ja. ’09.

“It has no table of contents and the chapters have no individual headings. The ordinary reader is so much accustomed to having definite topics put before him that the absence of these creates a feeling of hopeless bewilderment.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 182. Jl. ’09. 110w.

“Written in a mood of exalted appreciation.”

− =Ind.= 66: 702. Ap. 1, ’09. 430w.

“The most complete as well as the most attractive work on the subject.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 984. D. 26, ’08. 130w.

“It is thoroughly a woman’s book, emotional, pleasant-tempered, picturesque, and (shall we say it?) in cool accuracy not quite careful, and in discrimination, not quite keen.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 229. Mr. 4, ’09. 360w

“While Alaskan economic resources are described with great fullness, the most salient quality of Mrs. Higginson’s book lies in its description of scenery.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 384. F. 20, ’09. 330w.

“Mrs. Higginson has put into this volume much more than a mere series of fleeting impressions.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 252. F. ’09. 50w.

“Up to the moment when the vessel which proudly conveys Mrs. Higginson sets her prow westward from Sitka, this book has scarcely anything to recommend it, except its pictures. It is marked alternately by a naïve lack and excess of information which merely moves us to smile. But as soon as she gets west of Sitka her book becomes meritorious.”

− + =Sat. R.= 108: 84. Jl. 17, ’09. 850w.

=Higginson, Thomas Wentworth.=^{[12]} Carlyle’s laugh and other
surprises. **$2. Houghton.

9–28426.

The title essay “Carlyle’s laugh” occupies only ten pages of this volume while the “other surprises” bring it very nearly to the four-hundred page mark. Of the laugh the author says: “After the most vehement tirade, Carlyle would suddenly pause, throw his head back, and give as genuine and kindly a laugh as I ever heard from a human being. It was not the bitter laugh of the cynic, nor yet the big-bodied laugh of the burly joker; least of all was it the thin and rasping cackle of the dyspeptic satirist. It was a broad, honest, human laugh.” There are twenty-four papers in all in this volume many of which are reprinted from magazines.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 117. D. ’09. + =Outlook.= 93: 650. N. 27, ’09. 160w.

=Hildebrande, Adolph.= Problem of form in painting and sculpture; tr.
and rev. with the author’s co-operation by Max Meyer and Robert
Morris Ogden. *90c. Stechert.

8–1129.

A translation from the fourth German edition with the preface to the third edition. “Hildebrand discusses the problem of Form, chiefly from the sculptor’s point of view and with reference to the sculptor’s materials. The topics treated are: vision and movement, form and appearance, the idea of space and its visual expression, ideas of planes and depth, the conception of relief, form as an interpretation of life, and sculpture in stone. These topics are handled partly from the technical point of view of the artist and partly from the point of view of psychology.” (Philos. R.)

* * * * *

“There is a serious typographical error on page 61 which makes some seven or eight lines quite unintelligible. It is an interesting addition to the psychology of imagination.” Kate Gordon.

+ − =J. Philos.= 6: 136. Mr. 4, ’09. 340w.

“No intelligent sculptor, or for that matter no painter who cares for the noble and monumental in art, can read this little treatise without some stimulation of his faculties and clarification of his ideas.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 612. D. 17, ’08. 340w.

“The book is translated into clear English and is a valuable addition to our literature on the psychology of art.” W. A. Hammond.

+ =Philos. R.= 18: 91. Ja. ’09. 860w.

=Hill, Alexander.=^{[6]} Body at work: a treatise on the principles of
physiology. *$4.50. Longmans.

9–35903.

“Presents the subject of physiology in such a manner as to be intelligible to those who have acquired no previous knowledge of chemistry, physics, or anatomy.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“A thorough, well written work, for the educated reader.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 117. D. ’09.

“It deals with the subject thoroughly in the light of the most recent investigations, and any one who reads carefully through it will have acquired a clear and accurate picture of the present state of a science which grows and changes daily.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 169. F. 6. 550w.

“Dr. Hill has given us a book at once instructive and attractive.”

+ =Nature.= 80: 366. My. 27, ’09. 420w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 276. My. 1, ’09. 210w.

“We have some doubt as to whether his object has been attained. At the same time, the reader who has the courage to take up this volume will gain a very sound general knowledge of the principles of physiology.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: sup. 645. Ap. 24, ’09. 130w.

=Hill, Constance.=^{[12]} Maria Edgeworth and her circle in the days
of Bonaparte and Bourbon. **$6. Lane.

“The title [of Miss Hill’s book] is taken from the chapters which tell of Miss Edgeworth’s visits to Paris in the shifting days of empire and monarchy, but the story is by no means confined to France. London also comes into view, with glimpses of Mrs. Barbauld, Joanna Baillie, the Miss Berrys, and other twinkling lights, chiefly feminine. Miss Hill draws on letters preserved by the Edgeworth family and hitherto unpublished.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“The interest of her work is due to her sprightliness more than to any novelty of material. The book is scarcely as entertaining as her ‘Juniper hall’ and ‘House in St. Martin’s street,’ owing to the fact that the unity of place in those earlier volumes kept her from that scattering of effects which is always the temptation of the anecdotal writer.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 490. N. 18, ’09. 200w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 700. N. 6, ’09. 90w.

“Full praise is due to Miss Hill for the thoroughness with which she has chronicled the travels, the gaieties in high places, the acquaintance, the risks of a visit to Paris and a timely flight home, which have such a curious bearing—or want of bearing—on Miss Edgeworth’s books. This is so capably done, and offers so many clues of reference which are consequent, if at times rather fine-spun, that the reader will probably regret the inclusion of several chapters whose connexion with the subject is thin to the point of invisibility.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 571. N. 6, ’09. 860w.

=Hill, Frederick Trevor.= Story of a street. **$1.60. Harper.

8–31816.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“The book bears evidence of careful study beneath its regrettably journalistic style, and contributes some fresh material.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 146. F. 11, ’09. 470w.

“That the facts could be handled in a more entertaining way than they are in Mr. Hill’s book is doubtful.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 134. Mr. 6, ’09. 410w.

“Altogether the book will be a valuable addition to the history of New York, and will be read by many descendants of those whose names appear in its pages.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 20. Ja. 2, ’09. 230w.

=Hill, Henry Wayland.=^{[7]} Historical review of waterways and canal
construction in New York state. (Publications, v. 12.) $4. Buffalo
hist. soc., Buffalo, N. Y.

9–13607.

Thirteen years’ training in the New York state legislature naturally lead the author to consider the development of the canal legislation with its accompanying financial and commercial aspects. “Of the 27 chapters of the book, the first five are devoted to a history of the waterways of the state and of the very earliest canals; the next seven chapters discuss the Erie canal from the dreams of the 18th century colonist to the opening in 1825 of De Witt Clinton’s ‘Grand’ canal; the next five chapters treat of the rapid growth of lateral canals in the ensuing 30 years and of the gradual decline in canal traffic due to the inroads of the railway; the final ten chapters are on the movement which culminated in the Barge canal legislation and popular endorsement of 1903.” (Engin. N.)

* * * * *

“A large part ... deals with the legislative history of the barge canal and the progress of the new canal policy. This part constitutes a valuable contribution by one speaking from the inside. It is singularly fair and free from personal animosities for a work of the kind. However, the spirit of the advocate permeates the whole.” E. J. B.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 190. O. ’09. 350w.

“In his earlier chapters, then, Senator Hill is most happy, because he is there discussing historical facts which no one can deny. But once his history gets to that time when the railway influence on the canal is felt, his enthusiastic partisanship overcomes his historical disinterest. With Mr. Whitford’s book for the engineering history and Senator Hill’s for the legal and economic, a reader should gain a most concise knowledge of the internal waterways of the great state of New York.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 82. Je. 17, ’09. 1100w.

“An important contribution to the literature of the subject. As a historical review, which is its chief purpose, Senator Hill’s book is thorough and peculiarly valuable because it covers ground that has hitherto been neglected.” Forbes Lindsay.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 415. Jl. 3, ’09. 700w.

=Hilliers, Ashton.=^{[10]} As it happened. **$1.35. Putnam.

W9–261.

“This work has the circumstantiality of the eighteenth-century masters. Tom Furley, the gunner turned Quaker, is an historical character. Like most of the other figures, he revolves round that of the orphan heroine, a fine conception. Two old scholars; a good and modest soldier who is a kind of more martial Dobbin; an immodest Irish major who is the villain of the piece; and a strange secretary, the Anointer, make up the cast. Historically the story begins with the mutiny at Madras, and ends with the defence of Gibraltar by Eliott, of whom we see a good deal, with glimpses of Secretary Jenkinson and ‘old Q.’”—Ath.

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“The type used is so small as to seriously interfere with the enjoyment of the story.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 90. N. ’09.

“It combines wealth of incident, variety and originality of character, fine descriptions, and battle-pieces by sea and land. We are not confident in our author as an Indian historian; he follows Wilks and Mill too much; but he is always interesting.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 697. Je. 12. 150w.

“It is loosely knit, rambling, starting apparently from nowhere, and eventually arriving at the same spot.” F: T. Cooper.

− =Bookm.= 30: 189. O. ’09. 330w.

“The range of information is extraordinary; the fitting of walk and conversation to each character most apt; the humor rich.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 329. O. 7, ’09. 330w.

“Exciting novel.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 652. O. 23, ’09. 20w.

“An essay in fiction much better than most in a literary way at the same time that it is interesting enough—merely as a tale—to keep a reasonably alert reader awake during the greater part of a day’s railway journey. That should be a fairly good rough test.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 729. N. 20, ’09. 480w.

“It demands careful reading, but no intelligent reader will want to skip a single page of a chronicle so rich in incident and humanity, and set forth in a style so engagingly compounded of scholarship and vivacity.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 864. My. 29, ’09. 770w.

=Hillquit, Morris.= Socialism in theory and practice. *$1.50.
Macmillan.

9–5098.

Mr. Hillquit says: “Socialism is a criticism of modern social conditions, a theory of social progress, an ideal of social organization, and a practical movement of the masses. To be fully understood it must be studied in all of these phases.” He embodies his conception of the movement in a two part discussion; “the first, the socialistic philosophy and movement, undertakes to state the theory on which socialism is based. The second, socialism and reform, discusses those particular measures of reform which socialists regard as temporary measures, but which they think will alleviate conditions during the transition from the present social order to the one they predict.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“The book would have been of more homogeneous value had the author omitted much elementary and fragmentary treatment of the history of ethics and law, had he bravely eliminated the numerous rhetorical passages into which his sympathies lead him, and had he been more liberal in stating the sources of his statistics. On the whole however he has contributed worthily to the literature of socialism.” A. B. Wolfe.

+ − =Am. J. Soc.= 15: 264. S. ’09. 750w.

“The best treatment written on the subjects presented by one of the men best qualified to represent the socialist party.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 138. My. ’09.

“The book is a good one, and shows clearly both the strength and the weakness of American socialism.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 183. Jl. ’09. 240w.

“This book marks a great advance over the author’s earlier ‘History of socialism in the United States,’ as it does indeed over most of the earlier literature on the subject of socialism.” E. L. Bogart.

+ =Forum.= 42: 91. Jl. ’09. 450w.

“No one who wishes to know the philosophy, the aims and the achievements of the socialist movement, stated by a man who is a prominent figure, in that movement, can well afford to miss this excellent book.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 1398. Je. 24, ’09. 700w.

“This book adds little that is new to socialist literature. Nevertheless it is a valuable work.”

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 482. Jl. ’09. 80w.
=Nation.= 88: 278. Mr. 18, ’09. 320w.

“He has written well.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 144. Mr. 13, ’09. 900w.

“It is on at least two vital points that ‘The Outlook’ takes issue with socialism as Mr. Hillquit presents it.”

− =Outlook.= 91: 765. Ap. 3, ’09. 1050w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 128. Jl. ’09. 100w. =Spec.= 103: sup. 715. N. 6, ’09. 70w.

“Of course the reader feels some distrust of a writer who speaks dogmatically upon subjects of such wide range and difficulty. The ideas are, however, refreshing and stimulating and the book will unquestionably find many interested readers.” W. B. Guthrie.

+ − =Survey.= 22: 406. Je. 12, ’09. 400w.

=Hind, A. M.= Short history of engraving and etching, for the use of
collectors, and students; with full bibliography, classified list
and index of engravers. **$5. Houghton.

9–3076.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

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“A valuable book for the student and collector, and for art and reference libraries.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 42. F. ’09.

“Although Mr. Hind’s book is in no sense an official publication, it possesses the admirable qualities which we are now accustomed to associate with Mr. Sidney Colvin and his assistants—thoroughness, accuracy, sobriety, and absence of flowery language.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 623. My. 22. 1250w.

“A really important contribution, and will take its place among the best of the present-day authorities on the subject. Nor does it seem that any of the modern etchers or engravers are adequately considered.” Laurence Burnham.

+ − =Bookm.= 28: 481. Ja. ’09. 1050w.

“That the author has expended a prodigious amount of trouble and care in the writing of this short history is evident and the extensive knowledge he has brought to bear on the subject, coupled with the judicious way in which he has dealt with the work of individual artists, especially those now living, should ensure for the work a leading place in the literature of this branch of art.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 36: 164. D. ’08. 350w.

“Here and there a critical reader will differ from Mr. Hind’s rapidly sketched positions. We have seen nothing quite so useful for the average person who is concerned with prints.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 342. Ap. 1, ’09. 630w.

“No better guide to prints in general can be imagined.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 803. D. 26, ’08. 350w.

“To the exact perceptions and trained sympathies of the true lover of line Mr. Hind has added, in the preparation of his volume, the minute and precious learning of the specialist.” Christian Brinton.

+ =Putnam’s.= 5: 620. F. ’09. 210w.

=Hingston, William E.=^{[7]} Forgeries and false entries. $1. Roxburgh
pub. co.

9–18389.

A work by an expert examiner of disputed writing, documents, false entries, questioned book accounts, etc., which is based upon the author’s own experience with a strange assortment of crooks. The tricks of the forger and defaulter are uncovered, and safeguards against them are suggested. The book furnishes enlightenment of profit to all business men.

* * * * *

“The book is likely to prove useful to investors and occasional speculators in the stock market, who are often led astray by an alluring prospectus.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 686. O. 23, ’09. 180w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 439. Jl. 17, ’09. 110w.

=Hirst, Margaret E.=^{[9]} Life of Friedrich List, and selections from
his writings; with an introd. by F. W. Hirst. **$2. Scribner.

W9–191.

A story of the life of a man whose economic writings, chiefly his “National system of political economy,” have not been justly appreciated. This work aims to give a “sane appraisal.” “List made a deep impression upon the economic thought of his times and his writings have especial interest for Americans, for two reasons. First, he lived, studied, and wrote on this side of the ocean after having won recognition in his native land, and, secondly, on account of the working out of his theories on a parallel between Germany and the United States.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The author’s presentation is well executed. We have discovered but a single error, where 1787 is given (p. 38) for 1789, as the date of the first Tariff act.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 257. S. 16, ’09. 500w.

“Miss Hirst’s unpretentious but scholarly book will be useful to all interested in these topics.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 500. Ag. 21, ’09. 700w.

“We could wish that the endowment of research always gave us a product as well justified as this very interesting study.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 790. N. 13, ’09. 900w.

=Hiscox, Gardner Dexter.=^{[6]} Compressed air, its production, uses,
and applications. 5th ed. rev. and enl. $5. Henley.

9–1598.

A new edition in which the out-of-date material has been cut out and new material added.

* * * * *

“A complete, up-to-date treatise.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 120. Ap. ’09.

“The treatment of the subject is very comprehensive, and the present edition shows evidence of much revisional work.”

+ =Engin. D.= 5: 541. My. ’09. 220w.

=Hitchcock, Ripley=, ed.^{[11]} Decisive battles of America, by Albert
Bushnell Hart, and others. $1.50. Harper.

9–28142.

A companion volume to Creasy’s “Decisive battles of the world,” whose aim is to set forth the crucial military events in our history, to trace their causes and to provide a clear narrative. It begins with the European contests affecting America and continues to the battle of Santiago, 1898.

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 67: 1149. N. 18, ’09. 160w.

“This type of book, carefully planned, with adequate maps and full index, is one that teachers as well as the layman should welcome.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 539. D. 2, ’09. 70w.

“Mr. Hitchcock’s selections seem to be well chosen, and a perusal of them will open the eyes of many as to the measurable amount of this country’s history that has been made by warfare.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 760. D. 4, ’09. 410w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 764. D. ’09. 70w.

=Hobart, Henry Metcalf.=^{[8]} Heavy electrical engineering. *$4.50.
Van Nostrand.

9–23813.

“Under the non-committal title assigned to this book the author discusses the over-all efficiency of generating stations and the relation between coal consumption and outgoing electrical energy, the steam-raising plant, piston engines and steam turbines, condensing plant, electric generating plant, the design of generating stations, high-tension transmission lines, the high-tension continuous-current series system, electric traction calculations, traction motors and the electrification of railways. Although design details are omitted the whole book is arranged for use by the designing engineer and the various statements made by the author are based on inter-related facts that are outlined.”—Elec. World.

* * * * *

“The treatment throughout is interesting and should prove useful to consulting and constructing electrical engineers.”

+ =Elec. World.= 54: 213. Jl. 22, ’09. 380w.

“The book is evidently intended, primarily, for engineers in Great Britain. This is indicated by the method of treatment and by the expression of costs in English currency. The book contains some most valuable tables, which have been carefully and laboriously worked out, and much valuable broad-gage engineering, evidently based on the author’s wide experience. The arrangement of the topics may be criticized.” H: Floy.

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 79. Je. 17, ’09. 730w.

“This book is original from beginning to end; moreover, it is a perfect store of useful practical data and is clearly written, so that the reader always remains in touch with the author and knows what point he wishes to make. These points are not matters of little detail, but the features in a design which really count. It is this ability of Mr. Hobart to take a broad and comprehensive view of his subject which makes this book so eminently readable.” Gisbert Kapp.

+ =Nature.= 80: 392. Je. 3, ’09. 1000w.

=Hobart, James Francis.=^{[10]} Millwrighting. *$3. Hill pub. co.

9–8948.

A thorogoing handbook for the millwright or mechanical engineer that gives instruction on selection of factory location, laying out buildings, laying out foundations, erection of buildings, inspection of buildings, and the installation and adjustment of machinery.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 15. S. ’09.

“The book is written for master builders, but it will prove of equal service to any young engineer who needs to go out into factory construction from time to time. The statements of theory from a workman’s point of view should be novel and often illuminating. It will help put one in a way to see the builders’ opinions of a designer’s ideas. The pages abound in homely suggestions which, in most cases, quickly strike home to the reader.”

+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 71. Je. 17. ’09. 730w.

=Hobson, John Atkinson.=^{[12]} Industrial system: an inquiry into
earned and unearned income. *$2.50. Longmans.

9–21894.

“A twofold purpose is discernible in this latest book by Mr. Hobson. The first purpose is purely scientific: ‘to construct an image of the actual, concrete system of industry’ so as to throw light upon distribution by a ‘study of the various sorts of acts of distribution.’ The second purpose, not explicitly stated, but dominating the book as a whole, is to furnish a plausible logical basis for the peculiar radical movement with which Mr. Hobson is identified. The former purpose carries Mr. Hobson through the first three chapters of the book; its definite result is the construction of a static scheme of industrial society, essentially similar to Clark’s group and sub-group system, but executed with greater elaboration. The remainder of the book subserves the propagandist purpose.”—J. Pol. Econ.

* * * * *

“One of the most valuable features of this work is its statement of the problem. The most disappointing thing, however, about the book is its treatment of the concept of marginal productivity, which the author thinks he is refuting.” T. N. Carver.

+ − =Econ. Bull.= 2: 349. D. ’09. 480w.

“One is almost forced to the conclusion that Mr. Hobson, in order to give his work an immediate practical significance, unconsciously substituted the taxation projects, now under discussion in Great Britain, for those that might logically be deduced from his theoretical treatment of income. A careful examination of Mr. Hobson’s theory will disclose, under a seeming definiteness of outline, a surprising number of hazy conceptions.” A. S. Johnson.

− =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 644. N. ’09. 2800w.

“Free traders will naturally welcome the work as an achievement of value, but it is not of less interest to Tariff reformers, because it states the case against Tariff reform as well as it can possibly be stated. We do not remember having seen such an acute mind, so highly fitted for the task, in such hopeless confusion.”

− + =Sat. R.= 108: 137. Jl. 31, ’09. 2000w.

=Hocking, Joseph.=^{[9]} Sword of the Lord. **$1.25. Dutton.

9–10031.

“A story of Tudor England and contemporary Germany, the period of the reformation in Europe, when Luther and Erasmus were most powerful. The hero is Brian Hamilton, known far and wide as a hater of females. Henry VIII sends him to Germany to escort a lady of noble birth to England, whose presence is imperative in the latter country for political reasons.... The narrative is full of little incidents that make the period and its people seem very real. The figure of Luther is life-like and true to history and the great scenes in which he figures—the burning of the Pope’s bull and the Diet of Worms, are made vivid and interesting.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“The author has done his best to get the times in and has succeeded but indifferently well.”

+ − =Ind.= 67: 424. Ag. 19, ’09. 100w.

“A very readable romance.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 335. My. 29, ’09. 250w.

“The scenes in courts and camps are described with animation by this well-known story-teller.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 375. Je. 12, ’09. 170w.

=Hodges, Rev. George.=^{[6]} Apprenticeship of Washington, and other
sketches of significant colonial personages. **$1.25. Moffat.

9–4183.

A noteworthy contribution to our historical literature which shows how Washington’s early training fitted him for later service. Contents: The apprenticeship of Washington; The hanging of Mary Dyer; The adventures of Captain Miles Standish; The education of John Harvard; The forefathers of Jamestown.

* * * * *

“The value of these unassuming papers lies in the new aspect they present of people and events that have been long familiar.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 105. Ap. ’09.

“Five short and readable, as well as scholarly and painstaking, chapters.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 268. Ap. 16, ’09. 250w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 130. Mr. 6, ’09. 220w.

=Hodges, Rev. George.=^{[10]} Garden of Eden: stories from the first
nine books of the Old Testament. †$1.50. Houghton.

9–27360.

Forty Bible stories for children, short, clearly told and to the point of the lesson contained in the scriptural source. They are intended to be read or told to children, and appear in attractive holiday binding.

* * * * *

“The unfortunate attempt has again been made to re-tell some of the grand old Bible stories in language supposed to suit young readers.”

− =Dial.= 47: 442. D. 1, ’09. 250w.

“Dean Hodges’ collection will prove suggestive, and, were it not for these mistaken affectations of style, would have wide reception.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 39: 1018. D. 4, ’09. 120w.

“We have given space to this criticism of a poor book because it is handsomely printed and illustrated, in a manner to attract unsuspecting buyers.”

− =Nation.= 89: 464. N. 11, ’09. 240w.

“Old Testament stories entertainingly retold for children.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 663. O. 23, ’09. 10w.

“Through the volume there runs a vein of quiet humor that emphasizes at once the human quality in which the Old Testament itself is rich, and the reverence which underlies the whole treatment.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 786. D. 4, ’09. 300w.

=Hodson, A. L.=^{[9]} Letters from a settlement. $1.50. Longmans.

9–20784.

Letters describing experiences growing out of London settlement work. “The author, who is evidently an excellent settlement worker, gives some vivid pictures of the London poor; whilst not blind to their weaknesses, she does justice to their good qualities. Almost every feature of settlement work is described. The letters on boys’ clubs are especially interesting. Miss Hodson understands the London boy. The letters throw much light on the work of the charity organization society and reveal the value of that much criticized body.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“A series of well-written and interesting letters. The letters were well worth publishing, and prove the great good which is accomplished by a well-organized settlement.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 153. Ag. 7. 180w.

“[The letters] give us a very good inner view of one of those charitable houses in the East End of London.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 444. Jl. 17, ’09. 450w.

“The letters themselves are written with some sympathy, and they are not difficult to read, but they do not go far towards helping anyone who wants to know a little more definitely what, after all, a settlement is, and who is not merely contented with hearing something of what residents of a settlement may do.” Roger Howson.

+ − =Survey.= 23: 140. O. 30, ’09. 1250w.

=Hofmann, Josef.=^{[12]} Piano questions answered; a little book of
direct answers to 250 questions asked by piano students. **75c.
Doubleday.

9–27752.

Two-hundred and fifty replies to inquiries made thru the columns of the Ladies’ home journal. “The questions that are answered are arranged together under different headings, as technique, (in its many different divisions,) the instrument, the pedals, practice, marks, and nomenclature, phrasing, memorizing, playing for people, bad music, the student’s age, and so on; and there are pages devoted to Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Chopin.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Are many useful specific hints on points of technique or interpretation.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 117. D. ’09.

“Give hints and elucidate points which no text-book has space to dwell upon.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 960. N. 27, ’09. 110w.

“What Mr. Hofmann says is practical, sound, genuine; and there are very few students, or even players beyond the pupilary state, who would not find help and stimulus in it.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 744. N. 27, ’09. 400w.

=Hogan, Albert Edmond.=^{[5]} Pacific blockade. *$2. Oxford.

9–6476.

“Pacific blockade is a means of international coercion short of war which first found use in the nineteenth century. The author by this essay gives short historical sketches of the instances in which it has been used and draws conclusions as to its present status and probable future development. The discussion is based on some twenty conflicts, most of them of lesser importance, some of which lasted but a day or two and others of so transitory a nature that the facts are not definitely known. Naturally under such circumstances the discussion must be at many points vague as the author frankly admits.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

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