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“An excellent piece of historical biography.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 76. N. ’09.

“The author has made good use of source material, some of which, such as contemporary newspapers, is not readily accessible. But in the matter of construction, his work is not above criticism. Perhaps a more serious criticism is that he has attempted to delineate a national hero in a setting almost entirely local.” D: Y. Thomas.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 94. Ag. 16, ’09. 1400w.

“Many new facts are brought to light, and a good deal of valuable information regarding social and industrial conditions in South Carolina is given. The occasional bitter and sweeping allusions to the abolitionists, and in particular to John Quincy Adams, reveal a sectional bias rather than a historical weighing of causes and consequences, but these indulgences do not often obtrude. The work as a whole is to be warmly commended.”

+ − =Ind.= 67: 1265. D. 2, ’09. 340w.

“Lack of perspective and proportion prevents Mr. Jervey’s work from being a portrait and makes it rather a collection of materials, or a guide to the study of Hayne.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 362. Je. 12, ’09. 1050w.

“It is doubtful whether new light has been thrown on the matter by Mr. Jervey’s researches, but so far as the personal career of Hayne is concerned Mr. Jervey has made use of manuscript sources and has undoubtedly gathered some facts not heretofore generally known.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 254. Ag. ’09. 200w.

=Jevons, Frank Byron.= An introduction to the study of comparative
religion. (Hartford-Lamson lectures on the religions of the world.)
**$1.50. Macmillan.

8–30157.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“This volume shows a scientific and religious grasp of a wide subject, and as a condensation of material is invaluable to students of religion and missionary activity.” S. E. Rupp.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 474. Mr. ’09. 380w.

“Mr. Jevons’s work, though necessarily sketchy, is full of interest, and admirable in tone and expression.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 248. F. 27. 900w.

“Every student of religion should read it.”

+ =Bib. World.= 33: 143. F. ’09. 10w.

“In several cases he appears to lay undue stress on logical definitions, and his statements are not always self-consistent.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 490. My. 13, ’09. 750w.

“It is an admirable introduction to the subject, clear in style, sound in method, and with a comprehensive grasp of facts. The book may be cordially commended, especially to those who are beginners or those who wish a treatment that is free from technical difficulties.” E: S. Drown.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 127. Mr. 6, ’09. 280w.
=Outlook.= 90: 978. D. 26, ’08. 200w.

=Johns, Claude Hermann W.= Ur-Engur, a bronze of the fourth
millennium: a brief treatise on canephorous statues, priv. ptd. F:
Fairchild Sherman, 42 W. 39th St., N. Y.

8–19726.

“C. H. W. Johns of Queen’s college, Cambridge, gives ‘a brief treatise on canephorous statues,’ including an examination of the Morgan statuette. After describing the Greek canephorous maidens, the ‘basket-bearers’ (who officiated in great festivals), and their artistic representations, he enumerates the similar Babylonian and Assyrian figures, and from a comparison of the two groups concludes that probably the Greek custom is of Semitic origin.” (Nation.) “The interest of the object is twofold. It is the only one of the kind bearing the name of this ruler, and it is the oldest canephorous statuette known to us.” (Ind.)

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+ =Ind.= 66: 198. Ja. 28, ’09. 680w.
=Nation.= 87: 448. N. 5, ’08. 300w.

=Johnson, A. H.=^{[8]} Age of enlightened despots. 1660–1789. 2s. 6d.
Methuen, London.

Belongs to the series of “Six ages of European history.” “The author divides the period into two parts. In the first (1660–1715) the ‘enlightened despots’ are represented by Louis XIV, Leopold of Austria, the Orange princes, and Charles XII of Sweden. Of course each of these rulers fell short in one respect of the ideal, but they represent personal government as a genuine power. In the second we have Joseph II and Frederick the Great. The reign of Peter the Great, to whom the epithet ‘enlightened’ applies but dubiously, falls chiefly into the first period. On the whole, the second part of the ‘Age’ shows the characteristic principle in decay.” (Spec.)

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“Mr. Johnson has written an admirable primer, in which none but the most essential facts are stated; his discussions of vexed questions, though simply worded, are extremely suggestive. The series must be swallowed as a whole or not at all, and as a whole it is strong meat for babes.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 822. Je. 26, ’09. 270w.

“Mr. Johnson’s book is a considerable contribution to historical study, valuable in itself, and suggestive of developments which the reader may follow out for himself.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 467. Mr. 20, ’09. 200w.

=Johnson, Charles Frederick.=^{[5]} Shakespeare and his critics.
**$1.50. Houghton.

9–6493.

“Comprises a history of the criticism of Shakespeare as poet and playwright, in England and the United States, with some notice of foreign criticism, from the very beginning. It also serves to elucidate much of that criticism, to set it in the proper historical light; it classifies the textual criticism, the supposedly ‘common sense’ criticism of the order of Dr. Samuel Johnson’s, the romantic criticism of Coleridge and his followers, including Swinburne, the philosophic and mystical criticism of the German school, the scientific criticism of Furnivall and Fleay, and shows the student how much has been done, in the centuries, to promote comprehension of the poet.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“The discussion of the canan, the schools of interpretation, and the various editions is distinctly valuable.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 170. Je. ’09.

“A most useful book—a veritable literary Baedeker. In accuracy and in some of the details of book-making, the work is faulty.”

+ − =Dial.= 47: 74. Ag. 1, ’09. 240w.

“In some instances, like that of Hamlet in particular, the writer’s own comments form something of an original contribution of themselves. The volume is in reality a discussion and a very suggestive one.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 90. Jl. 8, ’09. 230w.

“It is not only as a comprehensive review of Shakespearian criticism in English—a review rapid enough to show the configuration of the whole country without being so cursory as to blur its features—that Prof. Johnson’s book is interesting. It is interesting also as a kind of review of English criticism and literary taste in general. The weakest part of the volume is the treatment of eighteenth-century criticism, for whose ideals Professor Johnson has so little sympathy that he misses even the kernel of truth that was in it.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 587. Je. 10, ’09. 800w.

“This is a book packed with suggestion and information, and worthy of a permanent place in the library of every Shakespearean student.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 158. Mr. 20, ’09. 840w.

“Professor Johnson covers a wide field, and collects and condenses great varieties of opinions; but he has an excellent sense of perspective, a vital interest in his work, and he has kept the successive phases of his subject in a certain unity which makes his book a connected history as well as a résumé of significant Shakespearean criticism.”

+ =Outlook.= 92: 69. My. 8, ’09. 170w.

=Johnson, Charles Morris.=^{[8]} Rapid methods for the chemical
analysis of special steels, steel-making alloys and graphite. $3.
Wiley.

9–3105.

“Gives a detailed account of the author’s methods for the determination of chromium, vanadium, copper, titanium, nickel, molybdenum, and tungsten in steel and steel-making alloys, besides those for the ordinarily occurring elements, viz. carbon, silicon, sulphur, phosphorus, and manganese. No reference is made to tantalum and uranium.”—Nature.

* * * * *

+ =Engin. D.= 5: 418. Ap. ’09. 80w.

“Most of the methods described are to be found in the standard English works on the subject, but there are several new features which deserve to procure a place for the book in all steel-works’ laboratories.” F. I.

+ − =Nature.= 80: 272. My. 6, ’09. 430w.

=Johnson, Clifton.=^{[9]} Picturesque Hudson. (Picturesque river ser.)
*$1.25. Macmillan.

9–24935.

A guide book that presents the picturesque, historic, literary and legendary features of the Hudson. The chapters traverse the whole course of the river from the tiny rills of the Adirondacks to its end at the southern point of Manhattan Island. Numerous clear illustrations accompany the text.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 77. N. ’09. ✠

“Much as Mr. Johnson has that is interesting about the great river that, historically at least, holds first place in American art and letters, it seems to us that he has done little to present what he calls its chief quality.”

+ − =Dial.= 47: 287. O. 16, ’09. 430w.

“Is filled with pleasant and unpretending chat about the Hudson river. It is easily written and it can be read without effort. It might well have been provided with a map, containing only the specific places mentioned in the text.” Brander Matthews.

+ − =Forum.= 42: 476. N. ’09. 170w.

“An informing, useful little volume, whose perusal will greatly enhance one’s enjoyment of the Hudson trip.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 758. S. 30, ’09. 180w.

“More comprehensive than the average guidebook, it likewise shows evidence of those personal touches that only an interested traveler in thorough sympathy with his subject can impart to a work of this character.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 635. O. 16, ’09. 280w.

“Is really a notable contribution to the literature of the Hudson.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1073. D. 11, ’09. 80w.

“A pleasant and timely description of the river.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 308. S. 30, ’09. 150w.

“A pleasing little book, well written and lavishly illustrated.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 570. S. 25, ’09. 100w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 510. O. ’09. 80w.

=Johnson, Emory Richard.= American railway transportation: 2d rev. ed.
(Appleton’s business ser.). *$1.50. Appleton.

8–29203.

Squares the subject with the latest statistics available in 1908, gives a summary of the legislation by states from 1902 to 1908, includes decisions of the United States courts since 1903 and the changes in federal and state laws. “There are no essential changes in point of view or in method of discussion.” (J. Pol. Econ.)

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 63. F. ’09.

“It may be added that the price of the book is exceedingly low for a work containing such a large amount of valuable matter, and one which is of such usefulness as a work of reference.”

+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 35. Mr. 18, ’09. 400w.

“The book is a veritable storehouse of statistical information and is well indexed.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 671. My. 22, ’09. 300w. + =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 168. Mr. ’09. 30w.

“The book still continues to be the only available comprehensive treatment of the railway question in the United States.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 425. Ap. 22, ’09. 110w.

“On the one hand it avoids excessive generalization in principle, not raising theories which might be argued about indefinitely without conclusion. And on the other hand it avoids minutiae which distract attention without informing the judgment.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 323. My. 22, ’09. 580w.
=Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 560. S. ’09. 50w.
=Yale R.= 18: 221. Ag. ’09. 110w.

=Johnson, Emory Richard.=^{[10]} Elements of transportation: a
discussion of steam railroad, electric railway, and ocean and inland
water transportation. **$1.50. Appleton.

9–26313.

A new edition of Dr. Johnson’s popular as well as technical treatment of railway transportation that has been revised to contain the latest official statistics available in 1908. The discussion of state and national legislation includes an account of the Hepburn act of 1906 and a summary of the legislation by states from 1902 to 1908.

* * * * *

“Of general interest from the nature of the subject, but arranged in textbook style for the use of schools and colleges.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 119. D. ’09.

Reviewed by F. H. D.

=Econ. Bull.= 2: 360. D. ’09. 120w.

=Johnson, Hugh S.= Williams of West Point. †$1.50. Appleton.

8–28984.

A thoroly informing story of West Point life which follows the development of a manly fellow who by dint of hard work and courage becomes the leader of his class.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 30. Ja. ’09. ✠
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 542. O. 3, ’08. 110w.

=Johnson, Owen.= Eternal boy: being the story of the prodigious
Hickey. †$1.50. Dodd.

9–2772.

Hickey is the principal figure in a group of “young brutes, tigers for cruelty, pigs for appetite, monkeys for mischief” known as Shrimp, the Gutter Pup, the Turkey, Fire Crackers, Hungry and Old Ironsides. “These are all young gentlemen of respectable families, supposedly preparing by intellectual exercise for entrance to Princeton university. For the scene is, frankly, the big preparatory school at Lawrenceville, N. J., renowned as a ‘feeder’ for that great university. It is set before us vividly and picturesquely, with its various dormitories, its chapel and ‘Gym,’ its broad campus, its gridiron and its diamond.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Hardly a book for children, because of its deplorable attitude toward teachers and study in general, but entertaining and even instructive for adults.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 114. Ap. ’09. ✠

“It is a story for boys, but for boys of from fourteen to seventy, and for the mothers, sisters and wives of these boys.” A. B. Maurice.

+ + =Bookm.= 28: 596. F. ’09. 1750w.

“Certainly since Mr. Kipling wrote ‘Stalky and company’ no book dealing with school life has appeared of as much significance as Mr. Owen Johnson’s ‘The eternal boy.’” A. B. Maurice.

+ =Forum.= 41: 177. F. ’09. 1000w.

“To teachers and other discreet adults it may be commended as an entertaining and perhaps even instructive interpretation of the schoolboy spirit.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 226. Mr. 4, ’09. 230w.

“Funny the stories may be, but he is a heedless father who can contemplate them without anxiety if he has a son of the ‘prep’ age.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 70. F. 6, ’09. 1250w.

“It is hard to say which chapter is the most entertaining.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 533. Mr. 6, ’09. 410w.

=Johnson, Walter.= Folk-memory; or, The continuity of British
archaeology. *$4.15. Oxford.

9–8733.

Discusses the means by which archaeological remains of our country have been preserved and the machinery by which a great mass of tradition has been handed down during the ages. Contents: Continuity of the ages of stone and bronze, “racial continuity, links between the prehistoric and proto-historic ages, traces of the ages of stone and bronze in ceremonies and superstitions, the later history of the megaliths, fairies, mound-treasure and barrow superstitions, the reputed virtues of iron, our oldest industry (stone implements), dene holes, linchets, dew ponds, incised figures of our chalk downs, old roads and trackways.” (Nature.)

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“The present volume will obtain for him full recognition as a writer on general archaeology. The book may be read with profit and satisfaction by those who hold the catastrophic theories as well as those who are in full agreement with Mr. Johnson.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 126. Ja. 30. 1150w.

“He is sound on most of the scientific problems he deals with, and does not allow his theory to master him. Mr. Johnson is not always just to his own theory.”

+ − =Nature.= 79: 423. F. 11, ’09. 620w.

“He has succeeded in setting in array such a mass of evidence, and has examined such a number of theories in regard to some of the most difficult and most enticing problems of antiquity, that his book could claim a place if only as supplying a list of references or an index. But it is much more.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 226. F. 6, ’09. 1700w.

=Johnston, Reginald Fleming.= From Peking to Mandalay: a journey from
North China to Burma through Tibetan Ssuch’uan and Yunnan. *$5.
Dutton.

8–34209.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“An important work of limited appeal, having special value for geographers, ethnologists and philologists.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 15. Ja. ’09.

“A very human expression of interest in people and magnificent scenery.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 537. Mr. 11, ’09. 370w.

“The concluding chapter upon the present conditions in China is suggestive and valuable.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 21. Ja. 7, ’09. 730w.

“The want of new and more precise observation is the chief defect of the book, and for a travel-book there is far too frequent a tendency to theorise and inflate the text with discursive and speculative views on the general tenets of Buddhism and on commonplace topics of that religion taken from the well-known works of European writers.” L. A. W.

− + =Nature.= 79: 193. D. 17, ’08. 1100w.

=Johnston, Robert Matteson.=^{[7]} French revolution: a short history.
**$1.25. Holt.

9–16816.

A short history which frees from the mass of details the shape, the movement, and the significance of this “great historical cataclysm.” Only the principal actors in the great national drama appear and the important happenings.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 43. O. ’09. ✠

“In the foregoing criticisms, and in those we are about to make, we wish it to be understood that we are judging Mr. Johnston by the high standard of his earlier work. If the book had borne the name of an unknown writer we should have recommended it as an excellent and accurate manual, comparing it favourably with any work on modern French history which has been produced in recent years by Oxford or Cambridge, and we might have suggested that its usefulness to students would be increased by the marginal addition of dates to every page.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 204. Ag. 21. 950w.

“A simple, readable, and thoughtfully discussed narrative, that is not so radically different from other succinct histories of the period as the critical preface might lead one to expect.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 126. S. 1, ’09. 300w.

“As it stands, Professor Johnston’s volume forms a fitting prelude to his ‘Napoleon,’ and the two together embody the history of France in the momentous years which intervened between the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVIII.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 883. O. 14, ’09. 400w.

“It is not exactly a school-book and yet it should serve an excellent purpose in school reading.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 442. S. 18, ’09. 100w.

“That he has disentangled anything that cannot be found already disentangled in many other compendiums, is not apparent. There are many evidences of carelessness in the construction of the book.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 516. N. 25, ’09. 880w.

“It is the first successful attempt to indicate a history of that great event on a hypothesis based on the present political situation not only in France, but in all Europe, where vibrations of the great upheaval of ’89 are still visible.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 521. S. 4, ’09. 1350w.

=Johnston, Robert Matteson.=^{[7]} Napoleon: a short biography, new
ed. **$1.25. Holt.

A compact volume of less than 250 pages whose purpose is that of presenting to the reader in the most concise form possible, but yet with historical accuracy, an outline of the history of Napoleon that will convey an adequate first impression of his genius and policy. This new edition is revised to date in the bibliographies and includes corrections of typographical errors.

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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 61. O. ’09. ✠

=Johnstone, James.= Conditions of life in the sea: a short account of
quantitative marine biological research. *$3. Putnam.

Important because it opens a field that heretofore has not been readily accessible and because of the noteworthy consistency with which the quantitative standpoint is maintained. “The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 designated introductory, contains in the first place a general description of the apparatus and procedures used in the most advanced marine biological researches.... The real essence of the volume is in parts 2 and 3, designated respectively Quantitative marine biology and Metabolism of the sea.” (Science.) Part 3 considers the three chief explanations for the greater productivity of the ocean in high latitudes than in the low.

* * * * *

“It treats a fascinating subject in a readable way. It possesses the distinction of being almost the only available text-book on the subject in English.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 159. Ag. 7. 600w.

“Mr. Johnstone is to be congratulated on the masterful manner in which he has carried out his task. A clear and concise account of all the more important work is given in language devoid of unnecessary technicalities, and in dealing with the more speculative problems the author states ‘pro’ and ‘con.’ with an impartiality which is quite refreshing.” E. W. Nelson.

+ =Nature.= 79: 332. Ja. 21, ’09. 870w.

“Had the author taken as his title ‘Conditions of life in the North sea’ or something of the sort, he would have saved himself from the grave criticism that must now be passed upon him. Some of the chapters were turned over to the printer while their English was yet sorely in need of pruning and finishing. Despite these unsavory remarks brought upon itself, the book’s merits far outweigh its defects.” W: E. Ritter.

+ − =Science=, n.s. 29: 461. Mr. 19, ’09. 1900w.

=Joly, John.=^{[10]} Radioactivity and geology: an account of the
influence of radioactive energy on terrestrial history. *$3. Van
Nostrand.

GS9–259.

Two chapters in which the fundamental principles and methods of radioactive inquiry are explained and followed by chapters on radium in the earth’s surface, the effects of radium as a factor in terrestrial thermodynamics, an inquiry whether the same cause of instability may in any degree account for the more general movements of the ocean bed which were first referred to by Darwin, and specialized problems of the mountains and problems of earth-heat in general.

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“Suffers from the defects to all books which are written with one purpose and rewritten with another. When it comes to be expanded into a book, its provisional character is rather disagreeably evident, and the fact that the author barely touches upon the place of thorium in the scheme produces in the mind of the lay reader the suspicion that there are gaps left unfilled in the main argument which may make his assimilation of the rest of the reasoning useless. We have thought it best thus to mark at the outset the limitations of the book; for the rest, we have nothing but praise for Prof. Joly’s treatise. To use the book for future reference the reader is almost compelled to make a fresh index for himself.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 157. Ag. 7. 900w.

“It is necessarily easy to criticise a work of this character. Almost all its conclusions are involved in assumptions. Yet the fundamental position is sound. The book is full of suggestion and new lines of thought. It will compel interest, and should do much to encourage and direct investigation into what cannot fail to be a richly fruitful field.”

+ − =Nature.= 81: 152. Ag. 5, ’09. 1550w.

=Jones, Dora Duty.=^{[11]} Technique of speech. **$1.25. Harper.

9–27292.

A work whose course is shaped by the rudimentary defects in American voices and one in which the author applies the mechanism of speech to the study of English diction. Pure pronunciation, she claims, lies at the basis of clearness of speech and of resonance of voice in speaking and singing. She teaches thru analysis of the organs of speech the conscious control of the vocal organs, and offers carefully selected studies in articulation and enunciation.

* * * * *

“Is obviously the result of careful study, experience, and practice—the outcome, in fact, of years of actual experience as a teacher—[and] seems worthy of indorsement.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 743. N. 27, ’09. 500w.

=Jones, Forrest Robert.=^{[5]} Gas engine. $4. Wiley.

9–4148.

“The scheme of Mr. Jones’ book is unusual in several respects. The general consecutive order is stated by the author to be ‘descriptive, operative, testing for faults, theoretical, results of trials.’ The first two-thirds of the book are rather for the operator than for the student; it is not till near the end that pressure-volume diagrams are explained and gas-engine cycles considered. A very considerable body of practical operating experience is placed before the reader, though this experience appears to have been with automobile and other gasoline engines rather than with larger gas engines.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“A good semi-technical treatise.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 170. Je. ’09.
=Engin.= D. 5: 293. Mr. ’09. 230w.

“The first chapter is confused in its arrangement. The author does better in dealing with operating and other details than in the more general parts of the subject. Here and elsewhere there is a curious but not very successful treatment of illustrations. On the whole, this book is a useful contribution to gas-engine literature, but only from the operative standpoint. In that particular it occupies a place by itself.” L. S. Marks.

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 43. Ap. 15, ’09. 1400w.

“The text is very clear and the illustrations unusually good.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 699. My. 29, ’09. 250w.

=Jones, Harry Clary, and Anderson, John Augustus.=^{[12]} Absorption
spectra of solutions of certain salts of cobalt, nickel, copper,
iron, chromium, neodymium, praseodymium, and erbium in water, methyl
alcohol, ethyl alcohol and acetone, and in mixtures of water with
the other solvents. $3.50. Carnegie inst.

9–9963.

“Gives results for about 1,200 new and different solutions. Besides publishing the maps of the spectra, an analysis of the bands has been undertaken for the purpose of comparison with Beer’s law.” (Nation.) “The principle which underlies the whole research is that the absorption spectrum of a solution consists simply of the superposed absorption spectra of all the molecular species present in the solution.” (Science.)

* * * * *

+ =Nation.= 89: 40. Jl. 8, ’09. 180w.

Reviewed by A. B. Lamb.

+ =Science=, n.s. 30: 565. O. 22, ’09. 1400w.

=Jones, Henry.=^{[12]} Idealism as a practical creed; being the
lectures on philosophy and modern life delivered before the
University of Sydney. *$2. Macmillan.

Studies in idealism delivered as popular lectures to an Australian audience. They teach “not quite the idealism of Berkeley, nor of Kant, notwithstanding the Categorical imperative; but a still more sublimated and spiritualized idealism than that of Hegel, even, whose teaching is so thoroughly assimilated by the author, an idealism made up of the teachings of Hegel and Carlyle, of Wordsworth and Browning; an idealism in which mind, that has so large a part in the idealism of Hegel, is dominated by spirit.” (Ann. Am. Acad.)

* * * * *

“Were the counsels of perfection so engagingly presented for our consideration in this volume only acted upon, this world would be a different sort of world,—indeed, a veritable Utopia.” Mary Lloyd.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 620. N. ’09. 420w.

“Generous and well-inspired lectures. It is to be hoped that this powerful presentation of the case for idealism will receive the attention it deserves from a generation largely inclined to take up with the ‘hybrid schemes’ whose impotence Professor Jones denounces. In reading the sheets for the press, the author has apparently been hurried.” A. S. Pringle-Pattison.

+ − =Hibbert J.= 8: 198. O. ’09. 3250w.

“We cannot imagine a method better calculated to interest his hearers in the practical value of philosophy than that which Professor Jones has adopted. His philosophical style is more eloquent than that of any modern writer, except, perhaps, Professor Santayana. He has much of Professor Royce’s wistful graciousness, though his tone is more masculine. While he is stimulating, he is also persuasive, an infrequent and most valuable combination.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 419. S. 18, ’09. 1550w.

=Jones, Jenkin Lloyd.= What does Christmas really mean? a sermon begun
by John T. McCutcheon, continued by Jenkin Lloyd Jones. 50c. Forbes.

9–20219.

The story of the real meaning of Christmas which a mother tells to her little boy who thinks that the day was set apart only for holiday sports, presents, and goodies to eat.

* * * * *

Reviewed by K. L. M.

=Bookm.= 28: 499. Ja. ’09. 70w.
=Dial.= 45: 466. D. 16, ’08. 70w.

“The lesson of the book cannot fail of being useful in this day and generation when Christmas loses so much of its true significance in the worldly side of the festival that is so much accented.” W. G. Bowdoin.

+ =Ind.= 67: 1355. D. 16, ’09. 130w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 798. D. 18, ’09. 50w.

=Jones, Rev. John Peter.= India, its life and thought. **$2.50.
Macmillan.

8–30291.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“The fourteen papers that make up Dr. Jones’s inviting book are independent studies upon one great theme, put together, apparently at haphazard. It is precisely the sort of a book to ‘dip into.’” A. K. Parker.

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 640. O. ’09. 550w.

“Will contribute to a better understanding of India than many of the books of travel now available.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 43. F. ’09. + =Ind.= 67: 762. S. 30, ’09. 210w.

“This is _the_ book on twentieth-century India.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 38: 386. Mr. 6, ’09. 310w.

“To all who desire to learn something of the conditions and characteristics of [the Indians’] life and thought, it will prove exceedingly helpful.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 17. Ja. 7, ’09. 230w.

“His book is not altogether satisfying because, as in the productions of others in the same field of endeavor as himself, the missionary point of view is allowed to predominate to the almost total exclusion of every other. The ordinary reader will find too much of the ‘thought’ and not enough of the ‘life’ of India in Dr. Jones’s book.” Forbes Lindsay.

− + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 45. Ja. 23, ’09. 1200w.

“A well-digested description and analysis of the great Oriental land which, however much we may study it, will always be a puzzle to western thought.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 887. D. 19, ’08. 540w.

“Particularly interesting at the present moment is Mr. Jones’s first chapter, on India’s unrest.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 252. F. ’09. 90w.

“This is a profoundly interesting book throughout.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 65. Ja. 9, ’09. 250w.

=Jones, Philip Lovering.=^{[5]} Restatement of Baptist principles.
**50c. Am. Bapt.

9–9475.

A clear, concise, every way fine statement of the structural Baptist principles by one who has been connected with the American Baptist publication society for twenty years and the book editor for sixteen.

=Jones, Rufus Matthew.=^{[7]} Studies in mystical religion. *$3.50.
Macmillan.

9–35860.

“A book tracing the witness and weighing the evidence of mystical experience from its first Christian sources to the end of the English Commonwealth.... Mr. Jones traces the mystic sense from its first sources in primitive Christianity, as it is offered in St. John the Evangelist and St. Paul, through the ministry and organization of the early church; he shows the rebound to prophecy in Montanism ... he counts among the elements borrowed from Greek philosophy the influence of Plato, the immense sway of Plotinus and the neo-Platonic school; he sets forth—slightly, of necessity—the mystic elements in the teachings of the Church Fathers ... and, after two chapters devoted to Dionysius the Areopagite and to John Scotus Erigena, he turns entirely to the mystical outpouring as it affected those spiritual groups that spread over mediaeval Europe, the Waldenses, the spiritual Franciscans, the Friends of God, the Brotherhood of the Common Life, the Lollards, the Anabaptists, the Family of Love, etc.”—No. Am.

* * * * *

“An unprejudiced and sympathetic account, full of charm and interest.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 77. N. ’09.

“Dr. Jones is free from this one-sidedness. The incompleteness of his book, is due to another cause—his exclusive interest in the Protestant mystics and their spiritual forerunners. The essays in this volume are, within these self-chosen limits, very helpful towards an understanding of mysticism.” W. R. Inge.

+ − =Hibbert J.= 8: 208. O. ’09. 900w.

“Among recent books on the subject, Dr. Jones’s volume is pre-eminent for its clear, sane and sober criticism of the various aspects of mysticism.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 1344. Je. 17, ’09. 700w.

“In a second edition, Professor Jones will, no doubt, revise the text so as to remove certain inconcinnities and infelicitous statements. While a truly scientific treatment of mysticism is still a ‘desideratum’ the spirit in which this book is written and the information it contains cannot but prove profitable.” Nathaniel Schmidt.

+ − =Int. J. Ethics.= 20: 103. O. ’09. 2300w.

“In a collection of essays these structural defects are not so serious as they would be in a systematic treatise, and there can be no question that Mr. Jones’s sympathetic appreciation of mystical types of thought and his ability to present them succinctly and in popular form are certain to secure for his book the attention and recognition of many readers.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 514. N. 25, ’09. 580w.

“Is the writer justified in giving the word mysticism such a wide use? Exceedingly interesting and valuable book.” E: S. Drown.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 455. Jl. 24, ’09. 900w.

“It is a book of wide and conscientious research, solid and steady structure and noble aim. The style, considering the difficulties of the subject and the kind of reading and study in which the author must long have been immersed, is clear and definite, free of any attempt to dazzle or confuse.”

+ =No. Am.= 189: 915. Je. 09. 550w.

“The one criticism which I could wish to urge does not seriously affect either the structure or the workmanship of the book. Dr. Jones’s interest is in that inwardly spiritual religion which is always new, always creative, sometimes revolutionary, because of its sense of immediate relationship with God; and such religion (with ample historical precedent for the usage) he calls mystical. But does not the term mysticism lose in usefulness by being applied so widely? The book is written with clearness and quiet dignity. It is animated throughout by breadth of fine and kindly sympathies, and by a sense of the character of religion as a light and a power that from within controls all the social fulfilments of our nature.” G. J. Blewett.

+ − =Philos. R.= 18: 663. N. ’09. 1250w.

“A popular book dealing from an unprejudiced standpoint with the historical heresies is very much wanted just now. For such reading Mr. Rufus Jones has whetted the appetite of all those into whose hands his ‘Studies’ may fall.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 346. S. 4, ’09. 1550w.

=Jones, Russell Lowell.=^{[7]} International arbitration as a
substitute for war between nations. *5s. Univ. press., St. Andrews,
Scotland.

A monograph that received the first of five prizes offered by Andrew Carnegie upon this subject. The author “believes that war has been and will continue to be the only means of settling certain differences among states; thus, ‘When two nations are brought face to face; when the expansion of either, means injuring the other, and both are equally determined to protect their trade interests and their markets, their political aims and ideals, then there remains but the sword to determine which shall go on. Arbitration can never decide these huge questions of progress and evolution.’” (Ann. Am. Acad.)

* * * * *

“He handles many of the writers on the subject without gloves. After an examination of some of the instances of arbitration in a manner decidedly superficial, considering the point he seeks to make, he concludes ‘in no single case—with only one notable exception [Alabama claims]—has the difference to be solved been in any way dangerous to the peace of the country concerned.’ This volume has neither a table of contents nor an index.”

− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 196. Ja. ’09. 180w.

“The book needs ‘pruning’ severely. It has the faults of most prize essays. Despite them, this can be recommended as a good book on a most difficult subject, and one which is marked, as Dr. Bosanquet says it is, by learning, straightforwardness and common sense.” G. C. Rankin.

+ − =Int. J. Ethics.= 19: 516. Jl. ’09. 1000w.

“It is written in a stilted, disconnected fashion and in a tone that is excessively complacent.”

− =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 168. Mr. ’09. 120w.

“Naturally it is largely occupied with a review of the past: in this review Mr. Jones appears to keep a level judgment. And he is as temperate in his anticipations as in his judgments.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 27. Jl. 4, ’08. 150w.

=Jones, William Henry Samuel.=^{[12]} Malaria and Greek history; to
which is added The history of Greek therapeutics and the malaria
theory, by E. T. Withington. *5s. University press of Manchester.

9–15882.

“This volume has a direct interest as a study in Greek history, an indirect as a contribution to the campaign which is being carried on against disease as produced by external causes, the struggle for existence in which, as Mr. Jones puts it, disease parasites are competitors with man. Mr. Jones deals separately with non-medical and medical authorities, and brings an imposing array of testimony from them. Yet we cannot help feeling how many are the gaps. Our knowledge of Athens and Athenian life is great; but what do we know of Boeotia? Yet it is probable that the low-lying country round Lake Copais suffered much more from the malaria trouble than did Attica.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“Is in substance a pamphlet issued in the interest of the anti-malaria propaganda; and, since it manages to suggest that Pericles, Alexander the Great, and Philopoemen died of the disease, and that it was St. Paul’s ‘thorn in the flesh,’ it probably will be a good pamphlet.” W. S. Ferguson.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 115. O. ’09. 620w.

“This brief, but both learned and suggestive book is a welcome study in the by-ways of Greek literature.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 366. S. 25. 780w. + =Nation.= 89: 386. O. 21, ’09. 650w.

“He has accumulated and arranged a large amount of information on a very important subject.”

+ =Spec.= 102: sup. 1009. Je. 26, ’09. 140w.

=Jordan, David Starr.=^{[5]} Fate of Iciodorum: being the story of a
city made rich by taxation. **90c. Holt.

9–11245.

An allegory which exposes the very anatomy of protection. Dr. Jordan shows how a little French town, Iciodorum, develops its manufacturing industries by means of an octroi or tariff; how a tax makes prohibitive wares from other cities; how high prices result in stripping the poor of their little and giving it to the rich; “by reducing the problem to its simplest terms, he shows us the repulsive reality that our Congressional orators have been decking with fine phrases about the prosperity of the laboring man, luxuries for the wage-earner, and defence of the American home against the low standard of living that has made Europe a vast poorhouse.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 195. Je. ’09. + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 185. Jl. ’09. 110w. =Dial.= 47: 52. Jl. 16, ’09. 80w.

“Clever satire.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 1401. Je. 24, ’09. 140w.

“Critics of protection will be glad to meet protectionist argument in such peculiarly delicious form; and perhaps persons not yet committed to either side of the tariff question may find in the little story a saving measure of enlightenment.”

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 308. My. ’09. 170w.

“An amusing little fable. After reading this book, no man who wishes to get at the fundamental theory of protection can plead ignorance.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 388. Ap. 15, ’09. 720w.

“The republication is a timely as well as an interesting occurrence. The book, on the whole, is a picturesque and not unconvincing treatment of the tariff question.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 216. Ap. 10, ’09. 600w.

“A delightful and amusing satire.”

+ =Outlook.= 92: 109. My. 15, ’09. 100w.

=Jordan, David Starr.= Higher sacrifice. 80c. Am. Unitar.

8–23287.

The higher service that grows out of higher education is Dr. Jordan’s theme. “To know and to do is the basis of the highest service.”

* * * * *

=Dial.= 45: 466. D. 16, ’08. 40w.

=Jordan, David Starr.=^{[11]} Religion of a sensible American. *80c.
Am. Unitar.

9–23502.

Originally a contribution to the “Hibbert journal” in its series covering the religious experiences of “sensible” men of different nations, this essay sets forth the religion of Wilbur Wilson Thoburn who was professor of binomics in Stanford university at the time of his death in 1899. It is the religion that justified itself in swaying the lives of young men and women “towards noble thoughts and sturdy righteousness,” the religion that appeared in deeds rather than words, a religion expressed “in terms of life.”

* * * * *

=Dial.= 47: 291. O. 16, ’09. 100w.

=Jordan, David Starr, and Kellogg, Vernon Lyman.=^{[5]} Scientific
aspects of Luther Burbank’s work. *$1.75. Robertson.

9–279.

Two papers setting forth the character and value of Luther Burbank’s work. “The first author quotes largely Mr. Burbank’s own words, his own account of results attained, and simply credits the gardener with an artist’s genius in putting into practice the principles of Darwin. Dr. Kellogg tells us the same things, cites many of the same facts by way of illustration, declares that Mr. Burbank has brought to light no new principle, but has excelled all other experimenters among plants by his delicacy of touch, his boldness, and the magnitude of the scale on which experiment is conducted. Each author contributes also a ‘vorwort,’ or introductory note; the first a biographical appreciation, the second more nearly prefatory.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“It would have been largely increased in usefulness if revised to record Mr. Burbank’s later achievements and to correct some popular notions.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 171. Je. ’09.

“The book is interesting as recording the judgment of two distinguished zoologists upon the work of the most famous gardener of the world.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 300. My. 1, ’09. 220w. + =Lit. D.= 38: 560. Ap. 3, ’09. 200w.

“Both of these authors are capable of giving the public, lay and professional, a fair statement of Luther Burbank’s best work, which shall be up with the times, and creditable to all concerned. This little republication leaves much to be desired.”

− + =Nation.= 88: 542. My. 27, ’09. 250w. + =Nature.= 80: 337. My. 20, ’09. 440w.

“It is a real relief to find his work taken seriously and analyzed in a scientific spirit by men who thoroughly appreciate its possibilities.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 639. My. ’09. 80w.

=Jordan, Rev. W. G.=^{[10]} Biblical criticism and modern thought; or,
The place of the Old Testament documents in the life of to-day. *$3.
Scribner.

“This volume has grown out of a series of nine lectures given at Queen’s University in 1906–7. It now comprises fourteen chapters. It is in the main an effort to justify the position of historical criticism against such charges as those made by Orr, in his ‘Problem of the Old Testament.’”—Bib. World.

* * * * *

“It is a piece of work that makes its appeal to the educated layman and the more intelligent of the clergy. It is not, however, altogether easy reading; the somewhat detailed and polemical character of the discussion on the one hand and, on the other, the lack of coherence among the fourteen chapters make its perusal something of a task.”

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 643. O. ’09. 430w.

“The task is on the whole well done and the volume should do good service, though it is not altogether easy reading.”

+ − =Bib. World.= 33: 431. Je. ’09. 70w.

“The book is apologetic in its purpose. The ground traversed is familiar to all professional students of the Old Testament and nothing very new or original from their point of view is to be found in Professor Jordan’s discussions. What is required, however, in a work of this character is thorough familiarity with the processes and results of contemporary scholarship, and this demand is amply satisfied.” Kemper Fullerton.

+ − =Bib. World.= 34: 139. Ag. ’09. 770w.

“Altho the book is somewhat discursive and loosely connected, it nevertheless has real value and will serve well a good cause in helping many to see how reasonable and how advantageous to the religious life the work of biblical criticism has been.”

+ − =Ind.= 67: 982. O. 28. ’09. 650w.

“Perhaps the best chapters in the book are those devoted to ‘Struggles and survivals’ and ‘Historical development.’ The least satisfactory part of the book is that dealing with ‘The message of the prophets,’ partly, to be sure, because here we expect the most. Yet as an aid to a better understanding of critical methods and results, this book has genuine value.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 360. O. 14, ’09. 500w.

“It will repay a careful and detailed study.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 386. S. 11, ’09. 170w.

=Jordan, William George.=^{[12]} Crown of individuality. **$1. Revell.

9–25752.

Seventeen “straight-from-the-shoulder talks.” The triumphant note in the first essay which gives the title to the collection is sounded in the following suggestive sentences: “When God ‘created man in His own image’ His first gift to him was dominion. The greatest dominion is over self.... Individuality is the only real life. It is breathing the ozone of mental, moral, spiritual freedom.... Individuality is the complete self-acting man and unity of man’s whole mind, nature, heart and life.... Let us realize that the four guardians of the crown of individuality are Right, Justice, Truth, and Love.”

=Jourdain, M.= Old lace: a handbook for collectors; an account of the
different styles of lace, their history, characteristics and
manufacture. *$4.50. Scribner.

9–5254.

A fully illustrated handbook that places more importance upon the technical and artistic side of the subject than upon the historical. “Though this book treats elaborately of design and style, the human interest is not wanting, for, if we are not told much of the lords and ladies who wore the lace, we are brought into touch, even if indirectly, with the women who worked it.” (Spec.) “The book shows a very true appreciation of the exquisite beauty of the delicate craft, as well as a most intimate acquaintance with the history of the development of needle point and bobbin lace from the early 16th century to the present day. Copious notes giving the names of the authorities consulted, and a glossary of technical terms, add to the value of the volume.” (Int. Studio.)

* * * * *

“Preferable to Lowes’ ‘Chats on old lace.’”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 16. S. ’09.

“Has several distinctive merits of its own, the chief being the care with which it traces the influence of contemporary art and design upon the development of lace and that of different countries and schools on each other, and the arrangement in chronological order of the excellent illustrations.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 37: 169. Ap. ’09. 130w.

“It is just this treatment of the technical aspects of the subject, always a vital matter to collectors, which will give the present book a special place in the English literature of the subject.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 240. S. 9, ’09. 850w.

“The illustrations of the book will be an especial joy to all who are interested in old laces. There are pictured 163 examples, from photographs, on ninety-five full-page plates.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 288. My. 8, ’09. 760w.

“The book is very useful for reference and is not dull, though the style is careless and not always grammatical.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 113. Ja. 23, ’09. 800w.

“A valuable addition to our knowledge of this somewhat intricate subject.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 228. F. 6, ’09. 340w.

=Joyce, George Hayward.= Principles of logic. *$2.50. Longmans.

9–9817.

“The work adheres to traditional Aristotelian and scholastic principles, but it differs as much from the conventional text-book as a dried specimen in a botanical museum differs from a vigorous living plant.” (Cath. World.) “Of the two parts of the work, the first lies beyond praise and censure, being a slightly modernized, dogmatic restatement of the orthodox ‘Logic of thought.’” (Nation.) “The inductive method is assigned six full chapters in which are discussed the relation of formal logic to scientific research; the function of observation and experiment; methods of inductive inquiry; the scope of scientific explanation and hypothesis; the methods of quantitative determination and the elimination of chance; and the estimation of probabilities. These subjects make up the second part of the work, and constitute ‘Applied logic’ as it stands in Father Joyce’s treatment.” (Cath. World.)

* * * * *

“With its assistance a scholastic student is equipped to present himself at any modern university examination and to hold his own in the concursus.”

+ =Cath. World.= 88: 830. Mr. ’09. 650w.

“As a specimen of bookwriting and of bookmaking, this text-book deserves high praise.” W. H. Kilpatrick.

+ =Educ. R.= 38: 308. O. ’09. 570w.

“A particularly well-knit piece of work, informed and directed throughout by a distinct and conscious philosophical conception which, whatever one may regard as its adequacy, is at any rate firmly grasped and applied with much logical keenness and vigor.” A. K. Rogers.

+ =J. Philos.= 6: 387. Jl. 8, ’09. 600w.

“Writing for beginners, Father Joyce is clear, simple, and lavish with illustrations. The student prejudiced against mediaeval Latin cannot do better than turn to this book for an exposition of the subtlest, most closely knit, most treacherous of Occidental philosophies. And, if he will keep an eye open for sophistries, he will learn much about the art of clear thinking that is not to be picked up in the schools of the renaissance.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 222. Mr. 4, ’09. 440w.

=Judge= West’s opinion, reported by a neighbor. **$1. Revell.

8–30146.

The optimistic views of a man whose mind is “like a springy hillside, always adrip with ideas.” He gives his opinions on such subjects as life, evolution, fancied miseries, pains of memory, bad conscience and death. He says “Half of the misery of life is in dodging mere shadows.”

* * * * *

“Very human, very lovable, and very interesting he proves himself, with his wide fund of knowledge about all sorts of curious things, upon which he draws to adorn his arguments.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 8. Ja. 2, ’09. 220w.

=Judson, Katharine Berry.=^{[5]} Montana: “the land of shining
mountains.” **75c. McClurg.

9–10477.

A school reader which in outline sketch presents some of the romantic and picturesque scenes from the early history of Montana.

* * * * *

“Makes good use of the romantic and picturesque elements and furnishes good material for school work. The illustrations are poorly executed but interesting, the paper poor, the typography and binding good.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 96. N. ’09.

“A rather unique bit of historical work.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 303. Ag. 5, ’09. 30w.

=Jüptner von Jonstorff, Hanns.= Heat energy and fuels; pyrometry,
combustion, analysis of fuels and manufacture of charcoal, coke and
fuel gases; tr. by Oskar Nagel. *$3. McGraw.

9–3099.

“After describing the various forms of energy, as mechanical, heat electromagnetic, chemical and radiant, the author discusses in detail the chemical technology of heat and fuels. However, the treatment is more largely of an engineering nature than chemical. Three of the chapters are devoted to pyrometry, four to combustion, ten to solid fuels and six to liquid and gaseous fuels. The book contains much data relating to the manufacture of artificial fuels. This material is presented in the form of tables and of illustrations of practical equipments.”—Elec. World.

* * * * *

“The book is intended for use in engineering schools, but much of the information is arranged so as to be of value to practising engineers.”

+ =Elec. World.= 53: 582. Mr. 4, ’09. 150w.

“It will be found of great value, however, by chemists, metallurgists and practicing engineers, not only because of its concise statement of fundamental principles, but on account of the very large amount of carefully tabulated data it contains, much of which is new and not otherwise readily available.”

+ =Engin. D.= 5: 419. Ap. ’09. 200w.

“A work by a man whose name is associated with much important research in his field, and who is in other ways eminently well qualified to undertake the work. The work of the translator and of the proofreader have been done so poorly as to render certain parts of the book almost unintelligible.” L. S. Marks.

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 29. Mr. 18, ’09. 1000w.

“The chapters on artificial fuels are especially interesting.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 526. Ap. 17, ’09. 330w.

=Jusserand, Jean A. A. J.=^{[12]} Literary history of the English
people. 3v. ea. *$3.50. Putnam.

7–35185.