Chapter XXXIII: Part 2: , Three Boston object lessons in taxation; Part 3, Private (13)

=v. 3.= “M. Jusserand continues in this third volume the subject of the second, a period which is described as ‘From the renaissance to the civil war.’ Nearly three-fourths of the five hundred and sixty-four pages are given to Shakespeare, his predecessors and contemporaries. Then we have what is called ‘The aftermath,’ describing the literary activities of the English people from Shakespeare’s retirement down to the limit of the period.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“The fundamental excellence of this work is the perspective which the foreign birth and training make more practicable if they be not indispensable to it. But given this advantage, let it not be forgotten what an immense labor goes to its realization. A work of which Frenchmen may be proud and for which we of the English tongue must be grateful.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 786. D. 11, ’09. 890w. (Review of v. 3.)

“The review is rapid, as, indeed, it was bound to be, but it seems complete; we miss no name of importance.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 609. O. 16, ’09. 450w. (Review of v. 3.)

K

=Kagay, Daniel Martin.=^{[12]} Eastside boys. $1. Roxburgh pub.

9–27743.

Does not deal with boys from the East Side of New York as the title might lead the reader to suppose but from the manufacturing district of a certain town called Albion. It is a faithful portrayal of the American youth, his pranks, jealousies, friendships and good times.

=Kaler, James Otis (James Otis, pseud.).=^{[9]} Found by the circus.
†$1. Crowell.

9–30320.

A laughter-producing story of a lively youngster, Joey Carter, who is visiting a prim maiden aunt. Aunt Jane takes Joey to the “Great and Only Circus,” where once under the spell of the new sights and sounds she forgets her nephew who, tired and sleepy, crawls under the seat of the monkey wagon and is carried to the next town. How the affable and jewelled-bedecked showman makes capital of the lost boy and later craftily detains the frantic Aunt Jane as an added attraction to the “Great and Only” is amusingly portrayed.

* * * * *

“The story is an excellent and amusing picture of life behind the scenes in an old-fashioned circus.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 535. S. 11, ’09. 230w.

=Kaplan, Jacob Hyman.=^{[8]} Psychology of prophecy: a study of the
prophetic mind as manifested by the ancient Hebrew prophets. *$1.50.
Julius H. Greenstone, 915 N. 8th st., Philadelphia.

8–34134.

“In Part 1, ‘What is a prophet?’ the author undertakes to correct certain popular misconceptions as to the nature and function of prophecy. This task occupies about one-half of the book and is but a popular statement of the commonly accepted results of scholarship concerning this subject. Part 2 briefly disposes of ‘Prophetic genius.’ pointing out its analogies to human genius in general and describing the prophets as ‘the perfected embodiments of the Hebrew genius, that is, they were the political, economic, social and religious geniuses of Israel all in one.’ In Part 3, the theme of the book ‘Psychology of prophecy,’ is taken up. Here are discussed in succession ‘Prophetic call’; ‘Premonition, prescience, and prediction’; ‘Revelation’; ‘Dream, vision and audition, ecstasy’; and ‘Inspiration.’ The book gathers up and presents in accessible and interesting form a large amount of material on these subjects not otherwise easily obtained.”—Am. J. Theol.

* * * * *

“It is to be heartily recommended to all students of these subjects as the best discussion yet put forth.”

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 485. Jl. ’09. 180w.

“This is an excellent summary of the facts accessible to us regarding the nature of Hebrew prophecy.”

+ =Bib. World.= 33: 140. F. ’09. 60w.

=Kaye, John Brayshaw.=^{[12]} Trial of Christ, in seven stages; a
poem. *$1. Sherman, French & co.

9–28123.

A poem that gives, besides the meager details of the Gospels, the probable facts of the procedure, language and conduct of everything that was concerned in the trial of Christ. The seven stages of the poem are: The betrayal, arrest, and hearing before Annas; Before Caiaphas; Before the Sanhedrin; Before Pilate; Before Herod; Again before Pilate; The crucifixion.

=Keep, Austin Baxter=, comp. History of the New York Society library;
with an introductory chapter on libraries in colonial New York,
1698–1776. $7.50. Scribner.

8–34672.

The authentic story of the discouragements and difficulties endured in the establishing of the Society library in New York. “The compiler has made diligent and exhaustive search in all sorts of records, official and other, and especially in the minutes and account books of the library and the journals of the day, until it is hardly in exaggeration to say that he must know more of the actual condition of the library at any given date than any one then living could have known it.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The value of the work to the local historian and genealogist is of course paramount, but it is also of importance as a study in library organization.... On the side of library administration, however, the character of the library’s collections and the policy pursued in making them, the use of the library, its extent and nature, the equipment of the institution, etc., there is disappointingly little.” W. D. Johnston.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 85. Jl. ’09. 320w.

“Had the subject been one of national importance or interest, sources could not have been studied more carefully. But for all his literary skill and his long array of facts and personages, one is conscious throughout the narrative that there is something decidedly artificial about it all—that the author is engaged in a kind of ‘tour de force.’”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 197. F. 25, ’09. 180w.

“This information, painfully and patiently gathered, he has conveyed in a surprisingly agreeable and interesting manner.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 798. D. 26, ’08. 670w.

=Keith, Marian.=^{[12]} Treasure Valley. $1.50. Doran.

8–32386.

A village story with plenty of characterization and a slight plot. “It is about two men, warm friends both of whom are beggared by the same villain, who come together again years afterward in a village in Ontario, where one of them finds the sweetheart who has been waiting for him all the years and the other finds peace and content after bitterness and sorrow. But the people who live in Treasure Valley, where nearly all the action takes place, are delightfully quaint, as amusing as any that have appeared in fictional pages in a long time.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The plot is somewhat vague and entirely negligible. If one is not too particular about artistic effects he can find recompense in the book’s frank and lively humor.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 768. D. 4, ’09. 210w.

=Keller, Albert Galloway.= Colonization: a study of the founding of
new societies. $3. Ginn.

8–18742.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“The book is of value to the thoughtful general reader quite as much as for the purposes of a college class—a value enhanced by a small but well-selected bibliography.” H. P. Judson.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 861. Jl. ’09. 650w.

“Best extant treatment of the subject from the newer, sociological point of view.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 43. F. ’09.

“He has made a clear, readable history. The dry bones are not reshaped out of scientific recognition by the personality of the author, but they are vitalized by his sane and frequently sage interpretations. As treating a special topic of the broad subject of sociology the book will be welcomed both inside and outside of the university.” A. E. Jenks.

+ =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 536. Ja. ’09. 1000w.

“The discussion of the monopoly systems is especially to be commended. The last two chapters are the most valuable contributions made by the book. Much of the material presented is available elsewhere. For the average college student, however, the book fills a real need. It is readable and concise enough to be used as a valuable book for supplementary reading.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 197. Ja. ’09. 200w.

“Within its scope, and with special reference to its view point it forms a valuable contribution to the general literature of the subject, while for American readers it has distinct value and must hold a place by itself till a more comprehensive study, based on further research, shall displace it.” J. A. LeRoy.

+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 42. Ap. ’09. 830w.

“Its style is not unattractive, its arrangement is good, and its standard of accuracy is high.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 413. Ap. 22, ’09. 370w.

=Kelly, Florence Finch (Mrs. Allen Kelly).=^{[5]} Delafield affair.
†$1.50. McClurg.

9–7041.

“The scene is New Mexico, the action ranging over the desert and the plains from a great ranch to the nearest market town, and involving the use of all the weapons of the country—lariat, six-shooter, quick-thrown knife, to say nothing of the strong right arm and the steady fist of the Anglo-Saxon. The plot provides the piquant situation of an avenger hot on the trail of an enemy, who all the time is, unknown to him, his trusted friend and the confidant of all his schemes.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Of chief interest for its picture of political and social conditions in the Southwest.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 187. Je. ’09.

“The story moves with the rush of a reckless ride across the ‘mesa’ to its inevitable end. It is told with animation.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 1032. My. 13, ’09. 150w.

“Altogether it is a tale more than likely to cause the unsuspecting reader who picks up the book, thinking merely to kill an odd half hour before going to bed, to sit up a great part of the night.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 136. Mr. 6, ’09. 320w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 376. Je. 12, ’09. 170w.

=Kelly, Florence Finch (Mrs. Allen Kelly).=^{[12]} Rhoda of the
Underground. $1.50. Sturgis & Walton.

9–29503.

As the title suggests this story turns back to war times. A Southern girl comes under the spell of “Uncle Tom’s cabin,” and thereafter enlists her sympathy and energy in the cause of helping fugitive negroes over the Underground railway to Canada. Story interest and dramatic situations abound.

=Kelly, Myra (Mrs. Allan Macnaughton).=^{[11]} Golden season. **$1.20.
Doubleday.

9–24016.

“The intention here seems to be the genial satirizing of conditions in a normal co-educational college in New York city and the Boswellized Johnson is a certain Elizabeth. In effect, the satire is caricature, and the geniality is of a hard kind nurtured by fibs and by joy in the confounding of others—the fibs and the joy of Elizabeth. Upon a chapter like that of the mothers learning to play kindergarten games, caricature sits easily and extracts a smile without any great pain. But the humorousness of lying is no greater in college affairs than in financial ones.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“There are a host of minor characters who are delightfully amusing, or gently pathetic figures, finely drawn, alive and true. They are of more value than the incidents, amusing though some of these last be, and of far more value than the principals. There is a subjectiveness in Miss Kelly’s style which has always been characteristic of her work, but which is now growing into a mannerism it would be wise to check.” J. Marchand.

+ − =Bookm.= 30: 266. N. ’09. 730w.

“The initial chapters are somewhat disappointing, it is true, for the author’s rightful field is unquestionably among her small East side citizens. But Elizabeth improves upon acquaintance, and it is safe to predict that no reader will close the volume without a kindly feeling for this fun-loving girl.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 39: 962. N. 27, ’09. 200w.

“A whole volume of commercial trickery is gloomy, and so is this one as a whole, amusing in sundry spots though it be.”

− + =Nation.= 89: 356. O. 14, ’09. 120w.

“The story of the college life is told with great vivacity, and whether or not the faculty of any school would claim it as its own from the description given by the writer’s facile pen, the reader chortles with glee and hopes that it is all true, every word.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 597. O. 9, ’09. 250w.

“Amusing story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 651. O. 23, ’09. 10w.

=Kelly, Myra (Mrs. Allan Macnaughton).= Rosnah. †$1.50. Appleton.

8–32646.

“Miss Kelly’s tale is concerned with the adventures of a young Irish heiress who impersonates the daughter of an irascible old general just returned from long Indian service. His children have been sent home in their early years and have grown to manhood and womanhood practically strangers to their parents as well as to each other. The situation is farcical, but it has unpleasant elements of which Miss Kelly seems unaware.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“A pleasant story of Irish country life.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 25. Ja. ’09. ✠

“A story of modern Ireland, with a commendable richness of local colouring, an abundance of diverting brogue, and incidentally some aspects of the economic problems confronting Irish landlords.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 29: 77. Mr. ’09. 360w.

“We have read Myra Kelly’s work with interest but it will hardly be accepted with the same enthusiasm as her short stories of the lower East side.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 37: 984. D. 26, ’08. 110w.

“Some of the characters are well drawn, and there is a pleasant Hibernian flavor to the dialogue and many of the minor events. But the story as a whole is loosely written and appears to have been thrown together in haste. It will not add to her reputation.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 712. N. 28, ’08. 200w.

“The story is written with humor and sprightliness, and contains interesting pictures of Irish life among those of her people who love Ireland and hate her oppressors.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 108. Ja. 16, ’09. 140w.

=Kelman, John, jr.=^{[5]} From Damascus to Palmyra. *$6. Macmillan.

9–18449.

“Mr. Kelman has a fine subject in attempting to realize and describe the romantic history of Palmyra, the past and present of Damascus and other places, the weird Syrian desert, the temples, tombs, and other memorials of bygone Empire. The description of the mental and physical effect of the desert on the western traveller would alone lend the book a certain distinction.... Mr. Kelman’s literary touches are often richer in true Eastern colour than the coloured illustrations themselves, and the book loses nothing in attractiveness from the fact that it was ready for the press before the recent changes in Turkey had taken place. Hence it enjoys the curious distinction of being the last of the countless records of the impression which Oriental rule of the older days made upon the mind of the modern traveller from the west.”—Sat. R.

* * * * *

“The book is eminently readable from end to end, and not only readable, but also scholarly. One or two pardonable slips may be pointed out.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 492. Ap. 24. 1250w.

“Mr. Kelman had an almost embarrassing wealth of material to draw upon both from books and personal observation; he has made an admirable selection, and worked it up effectively.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 802. D. 26, ’08. 170w.

=Kemp, E. G.=^{[11]} Face of China. **$6. Duffield.

Thru a comparison of the trying conditions attending travel in China in 1893 and the comfortable ones apparent to-day, Miss Kemp shows what advancement has been made in the country along commercial, political, social and educational lines.

* * * * *

“A brightly written book of sprightly adventure, the pages of which are, however, disfigured by slovenly English and inaccuracy as to facts.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 491. O. 23. 650w.

“A very inviting book.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 455. D. 1, ’09. 320w.

“She writes pleasantly, but a longer residence would have taught her that reform does not necessarily follow edicts deprecating malpractice; while more careful inquiry would have enabled her to assure herself that his Majesty’s government, while scrupulously fulfilling their promises in regard to opium, desire only proof that China is doing her part.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 666. N. 27, ’09. 250w. + =Spec.= 103: 650. O. 23, ’09. 550w.

=Kenealy, Arabella.= Whips of time. †$1.50. Little.

9–7440.

A story built up about an experiment made in the interests of science to prove that environment is a greater factor in development than heredity. A doctor exchanges two babies at birth; in the keeping of the murderess he places the baby of the woman of culture and rank, and to the latter gives the criminal’s offspring. Not only does his experiment fail, but Nemesis invades his household and dire is the vengeance.

* * * * *

“An interesting, and, on the whole, original story. The author’s taste for melodrama is throughout conspicuous.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 97. Ja. 23. 130w.

“Belongs to the class of books that make no pretensions to high literary value, and are accepted at their face value by the general public, whose verdict is therefore just about commensurate with their real worth.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 29: 647. Ag. ’09. 400w.

“The story is not a pleasant one, but its mechanism is skilfully put together, and it is made the vehicle of a strong human interest.” W: M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 183. S. 16, ’09. 250w.

“Dr. Kenealy has treated her psychological problem in a human way and has shown much ingenuity in so complicating the story as to keep the issue long in doubt. There is skill also in the development of character, especially of the several young people concerned, and humor in the portrayal of odd English country types.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 174. Mr. 27, ’09. 230w.

“The characters in the book, evil and good, noble and simple, are excellently drawn, and though in fact the novel is sensational, it is well conceived and well written.”

+ =Outlook.= 92: 20*. My. 1, ’09. 200w.

“There is plenty of incident in the story.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 248. F. 20, ’09. 180w.

=Kennedy, Charles Rann.= Winterfeast. †$1.25. Harper.

8–36392.

A viking homestead in Iceland furnishes the scene for this tragedy of the eleventh century. Suspending during nearly a score of years the retribution demanded for a lie, the time comes for its mission of evil to be fulfilled. It is presaged by the half human cries, the storm and thunder which on Winterfeast bode only sorrow, by the evil Ufeig who reveals to an apparently peaceful household the treachery of its stalwart son Valbrand, who had lied to his brother in order to win the latter’s sweetheart. The merciless Nemesis strikes blow upon blow leaving only stunned quiet in her wake.

* * * * *

“A tragedy of great power and strong moral tone.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 43. F. ’09.

“It is simpler in its main lines than even that of ‘The servant in the house,’ but there is a perpetual by-play of allusions, a twisting of motives, a complication of misunderstandings that play about the fundamental structure of the plot as the angled and twining ornament of a Gothic cathedral plays about the pillars and arches. To suggest the idea of ornament may, however, be more or less misleading, so clear and rapid and unadorned is the language of the play, and so strictly are the classic unities preserved.” E. L. Cary.

+ =Atlan.= 103: 73. Ja. ’09. 3000w.

“It is quite evident from the tenor and the tone of the drama that he intended to make a tragedy; and it is just as evident, upon studious consideration, that he succeeded only in making a melodrama. The play has considerable literary merit, and is well worth reading. It is written in a sort of William Morris prose, eloquent with connotative archaism. It reveals a great deal of poetic feeling,—a strong sweep and a frequent grandeur of emotion.” Clayton Hamilton.

− + =Forum.= 41: 26. Ja. ’09. 2000w. + =Ind.= 66: 427. F. 25, ’09. 280w.

“It is a play of powerful imagination and excellent literary and dramatic workmanship, which will well repay the attention of the intelligent reader.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 636. D. 24, ’08. 50w.

“He has erred in execution, not in intention. He has made Fate too capricious, so much so that its caprice becomes a perverted law of his drama. The moment came for his characters to take Fate into their own hands, and they did not do it; thereafter they cease to interest as human beings. But his aim was high, even his partial accomplishment a sign of better things on the American stage.” W. P. Eaton.

− + =No. Am.= 189: 294. F. ’09. 1700w.
=Outlook.= 91: 336. F. 13, ’09. 170w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 256. F. ’09. 60w.

=Kennedy, James Boyd.=^{[8]} Beneficiary features of American trade
unions. (Johns Hopkins university studies in historical and
political science. Ser. 26, nos. 11–12.) pa. 50c. Johns Hopkins.

9–4493.

“An excellently worked out intensive study of the benefit features of American trade unions. The work describes systems of insurance against death and disability, sick, out-of-work and superannuation benefits, and the methods of administration of these varied forms of relief.” (Ann. Am. Acad.) “The local unions are not included, except where it is necessary to show the development of national systems out of local practices or where the conduct of a national system restrains or makes use of local agencies.” (Econ. Bull.)

* * * * *

“Best presentation of the subject in print.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 140. My. ’09.

“The author has made a valuable addition to the literature on the American trade union.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 185. Jl. ’09. 80w.

“The monograph has a good index and it serves the purpose of an authentic and valuable guide to the beneficiary activities of all national unions.” J: R. Commons.

+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 140. Je. ’09. 370w.

=Kennedy, Mrs. M. G.=^{[11]} Our boys and girls: how to interest and
instruct them in Bible study. 75c. Wilde.

9–25951.

Gives to Sunday school workers the benefits of a life time of study and practice along the lines of efficient Sunday school service. It deals with the common needs of the average teacher.

=Kennelly, Arthur Edwin.=^{[7]} Wireless telegraphy and wireless
telephony. (Present day primers.) 2d ed. **$1. Moffat.

9–10505.

For the new edition the text of the 1906 work has been revised to include the results of progress made in wireless telegraphy during the past three years, and adds an account of wireless telephony.

* * * * *

“One of the best works for the general reader, clear, untechnical, authoritative. More complete than Massie’s book.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 195. Je. ’09. ✠

“Those interested in these modern forms of communication will find in it a clear, scientific, easily comprehended, and non-mathematical treatment of the subjects.”

+ =Engin. D.= 6: 56. Jl. ’09. 70w.

“Is written for the general reader as well as for the technical student.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 985. My. 6, ’09. 110w.

“If the reader really does read and digest the book he may pass for a very fair authority on wireless in a large and respectable circle.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 524. S. 4, ’09. 1300w.

=Kent, Charles Foster.= Historical Bible for schools and colleges. 6v.
ea. **$1. Scribner.

=v. 1.= Heroes and crises of early Hebrew history.

8–17902.

“The first volume of a series covering both Testaments and intended to make ‘the most valuable constructive results of modern biblical discovery and research’ accessible in ‘popular practical form.’ Volume 1 presents the biblical material in Professor Kent’s own translation, analyzed into its constituent sources which are arranged in parallel columns when they narrate the same event, and are provided with brief introductory and explanatory notes.”—Bib. World.

=v. 2.= The founders and rulers of united Israel from the death of Moses to the division of the Hebrew kingdom.

8–21946.

“Volume 2 follows close upon the heels of Volume 1. Characterized by the same aim, method and arrangement as its predecessor, it ought to put the student in intelligent possession of the main facts and forces operative in the pre-prophetic period of Israel’s history.”—Bib. World.

=v. 3.= Kings and prophets of Israel and Judah from the division of the kingdom to the Babylonian exile.

9–14411.

“This third volume of the ‘Historical Bible’ covers that period in Old Testament history that is richest in literary and spiritual achievements.”—Bib. World.

* * * * *

“As a teachers’ handbook, the work is open to criticism at one point. At the end of each section is a paragraph entitled ‘Aim and teachings,’ in which the author sums up the more important religious truths of the narrative. If these could have been put a little more suggestively, or interrogatively, rather than dogmatically, the student would be stimulated to discover for himself what the author has now discovered for him.”

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 319. Ap. ’09. 220w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“An excellent text for use in schools, Bible classes or by individual students.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 15. Ja. ’09. (Review of v. 1.)
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 15. Ja. ’09. (Review of v. 2.)
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 16. S. ’09. (Review of v. 3.)

“The plan of the series seems well adapted to the needs of those for whom more elaborate and technical presentations are confusing.”

+ =Bib. World.= 32: 149. Ag. ’08. 90w. (Review of v. 1.) + =Bib. World.= 32: 221. S. ’08. 80w. (Review of v. 2.)

“The volumes are thus to be heartily recommended. They present an adequate translation, illuminating historical notes, and a sane religious application.” I. G. Matthews.

+ =Bib. World.= 33: 426. Je. ’09. 820w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“It can be unreservedly recommended to the teacher and student who are willing to do a little actual work in order to secure a just appreciation of the Old Testament.”

+ =Bib. World.= 34: 70. Jl. ’09. 50w. (Review of v. 3.) + =Ind.= 66: 708. Ap. 1, ’09. 150w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“These handbooks will be found helpful in the study of the history of the Hebrew nation and the development of its religious beliefs, and are adapted to those for whom Professor Kent’s ‘Student’s Old Testament’ is too elaborate and involved.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 39. Ja. 14, ’09. 180w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) + =Nation.= 89: 412. O. 28, ’09. 100w. (Review of v. 3.)

“This series puts into the hand of the English-speaking reader the generally accepted results of the criticism of the Old Testament.” E. S. Drown.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 606. O. 24, ’08. 100w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Their translations of the text retain the best features of the common version, and, by embodying the results of modern scholarship, lessen the reader’s dependence on commentaries, as is desirable in a manual for popular use. For this it seems admirably planned.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 816. Ag. 8, ’08. 180w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“The way in which the history and the prophecy are made mutually illustrative is excellent, and the whole book is likely to be very useful to the student.”

+ =Spec.= 103: sup. 490. O. 2, ’09. 350w. (Review of v. 3.)

=Keppel, Frederick.=^{[12]} Christmas in art. **$2.50. Duffield.

9–27931.

“The work of the well-known connoisseur of prints and engravings. The many illustrations are chiefly reproductions of rare prints of the Nativity by fifteenth and sixteenth century artists; but there are some more familiar pictures. Each is accompanied by a paragraph of comment, skilfully contrived to bring out its essential quality or especial point of interest. The text discusses, in rambling, informal fashion, the pictures and their artists, Christmas music and poetry, and quaint Christmas customs in many lands.”—Dial.

* * * * *

+ =Dial.= 47: 465. D. 1, ’09. 90w.

Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.

+ =Ind.= 67: 1353. D. 16, ’09. 100w.

“There are rare examples of German and Spanish masters, and one or two charming cuts from miniatured manuscript.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 609. D. 16, ’09. 110w.

“A particularly interesting collection of reproductions.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 801. D. 18, ’09. 150w.

“The collection of Mr. Keppel is a Paradise of dainty devices, a mine of priceless and imperishable delights.”

+ =No. Am.= 190: 839. D. ’09. 100w.

“Mr. Keppel’s text not only contains valuable information on the art side of his subject, but is a genial, discursive essay on Christmas. Not the least interesting pages of the book record personal boyhood reminiscences of Christmas in Ireland.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 786. D. 4, ’09. 130w.

=Kerr, Estelle M.= Little Sam in Volendam. **$1.25. Moffat.

9–7135.

In verse and pictures is told the story of a little boy’s trip thru Holland where windmills, wooden shoes and caps abound.

* * * * *

Reviewed by K. L. M.

=Bookm.= 28: 498. Ja. ’09. 40w.

“The pictures and rhymes will please many youngsters, although they are somewhat stilted in conception.” M. J. Moses.

− + =Ind.= 65: 1471. D. 17, ’08. 20w.

“The children will like the rhymes which give an idea of the life of the children in Holland, and the difference between the customs there and in America.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 702. N. 28, ’08. 50w.

“Miss Estelle M. Kerr has written verses, not so very well, but made the pictures in very good style.”

− + =R. of Rs.= 38: 767. D. ’08. 30w.

=Kershaw, John B. C.= Electro-metallurgy. (Westminster ser.) *$2. Van
Nostrand.

9–5181.

Gives an account of the industrial developments of electro-metallurgy for the student of limited knowledge of chemistry or electrical science. The subjects considered are: Aluminum; gold and silver refining; calcium carbide and acetylene gas; carborundum; copper extraction and refining; ferro-alloys, graphite; electrothermic reduction of iron and steel; lead refining; calcium, carbon bisulphide; carbon tetrachloride; magnesium; phosphorus; silicon; nickel; sodium; zinc; detinning of tin plate.

* * * * *

“This book gives us the impression that it was written and published before the author was quite ready with his materials. Notwithstanding this, Mr. Kershaw has produced a book which contains a large amount of interesting information.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 135. Ja. 30. 680w.

“He presents in this work much matter that will be found of interest by those who desire to have correct information regarding this modern utilization of electric energy.”

+ =Engin. D.= 5: 53. Ja. ’09. 180w.

“The political economist will find this book very suggestive.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 556. D. 3, ’08. 240w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 38. Ja. 23, ’09. 160w.

“The author has collected much valuable information in this rapidly developing field.”

+ =Phys. R.= 28: 231. Mr. ’09. 80w.

=Ketchum, Milo Smith.= Design of highway bridges and the calculation
of stresses in bridge trusses. *$4. Eng. news.

8–32509.

“In some 550 well-printed pages the author covers the entire field, including the superstructure and the substructure on the one hand, and trusses and arches of steel, reinforced concrete and timber on the other. The book begins with a chapter on loads and weights of highway bridges, where much of the information is compiled from many sources. It abounds in tables and diagrams, and will enable the engineer to estimate the weight of any beam or truss bridge he is likely to attempt to design.”—Engin. Rec.

* * * * *

“As the first book on the specific subject of highway bridges that has been published for some time, it is deserving of the most careful consideration.”

+ =Engin. D.= 5: 535. My. ’09. 450w.

“It is a matter of regret that the author’s treatment of the subject, in general, seems to be content with expounding current practice in ordinary highway bridge building, without making a more serious effort to elevate that practice. A little more painstaking care in writing would make the book, in parts, easier reading, and more harmonious with his mathematical work.” A. W. Buel.

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 13. F. 18, ’09. 2550w.

“It deserves attention because it is the only modern American book devoted to highway bridges exclusively, and in many ways these bridges differ from the much studied and discussed railway structures. The author has succeeded in bringing together in one volume much information on highway bridges, and while the whole has not been welded together into a homogeneous mass, his book will prove of value to students and engineers interested in highway bridge building.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 167. F. 6, ’09. 500w.

“This book meets a distinct want, and it will be especially useful to the young designer, in view of the fact that the author has given special attention to the problem of the design of the substructure, which is usually quite neglected in books on bridge design.” T. H. B.

+ =Nature.= 81: 393. S. 30, ’09. 500w.

=Key, Ellen K. S.= Century of the child. **$1.50. Putnam.

9–5891.

A work which has gone thru more than twenty German editions. The author, a well-known champion of woman’s emancipation, severed her connection with this movement twelve years ago, and since has turned her energies to the broadening of woman’s conception of her natural mission of wife and mother. Her chapters, as follows, are characterized by originality, revolutionary insight, and ethical purpose: The right of the child to choose his parents; The unborn race and woman’s work; Education; Homelessness; Soul murder in the schools; The school of the future; Religious instruction; Child labor and the crimes of children.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 140. My. ’09.

“Mrs. Key’s program for an ideal education, though acknowledged as a ‘mere dream,’ is an interesting forecast of the education of the future.” N. M. S. Nearing.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 208. Jl. ’09. 220w.

“It is unfortunate that the author’s most radical views, and those that are likely to be thought subversive of morality, are set forth in the opening chapter, which concerns marriage and parenthood; for many readers will be turned aside at this point and miss the chapters on education which are the most valuable part of the book.” C. L. Hunt.

+ − =Dial.= 46: 325. My. 16, ’09. 1200w.

“The book contains wise and weighty words which seem well calculated to make mothers and fathers think.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 560. Ap. 3, ’09. 400w.

“Many of Ellen Key’s ideas are familiar to us, and are found in practice in our schools. Many others are most radical. But the whole book breathes a love for the child, a respect for his individuality, and a sincerity that are most attractive.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 75. Jl. 22, ’09. 300w.

“Her argument is not always all that could be desired. It is often sloppy in method and expression, and it lacks the clear-cut, incisive manner of the logical mind. She has observed much and read widely, but she has often lacked discrimination in the one and has been too credulous in the other. Her statements, for instance, about certain developments in America will doubtless be convincing enough in Germany, but in this country will not enhance the credibility of her statements about things elsewhere. To American readers she will seem often to be beating a man of straw, because here the woman movement has taken a different direction from that which it is following in Germany.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 128. Mr. 6, ’09. 1000w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 511. Ap. ’09. 180w.

“Nobody will regret a study of Mrs. Key’s book. It is suggestive, interesting, and earnest even if somewhat chimerical.” K. L. Maurice.

+ − =Survey.= 22: 680. Ag. 14, ’09. 920w.

=Khuddakanikaya.=^{[5]} Sayings of Buddha, the Iti-Vuttaka: a Pali
work of the Buddhist canon for the first time translated, with an
introd. and notes by Justin Hartley Moore. (Columbia univ.
Indo-Iranian ser., v. 5.) *$1.50. Macmillan.

9–4569.

“The first translation into an Occidental tongue of the ‘Sayings of Buddha.’ The date and author of the original are unknown, but internal evidence shows that the collection cannot have come from Buddha himself and it is impossible to surmise how much, if any, is authentic tradition of his words.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Adds an interesting volume to our literature of Buddhism, and one of considerable value to students.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 132. My. ’09.

“A translation of this has been a desideratum. The English of the translation is well enough, but a very considerable number of errors of interpretation and some of fact compel the judgment that the task was undertaken before the writer was fully prepared for his task.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 385. Ap. 15, ’09. 90w.

“Evidently the form in which it comes to us, with its wearisome repetitions, is mnemonic. As one of the canonical books it is indispensable to the student and is not without interest for the general reader.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 193. Ap. 3, ’09. 230w.

=Kidd, Benjamin.= Individualism and after; the Herbert Spencer lecture
delivered in the Sheldonian theatre on the 29th May 1908. *35c.
Oxford.

9–7554.

“The central thesis of the lecture is that, in the thought and life of the western world, an organic view of society has been rapidly displacing the individualism which was dominant until well after the middle of the nineteenth century. Accompanying this development there has been, as he shows, a rapid and continuous extension of the functions of government, and an abandonment of the doctrine of unqualified competition. Herbert Spencer is taken as the chief representative of individualism.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Mr. Kidd pronounces, as it were, the funeral oration over individualism. This has, of course, often been done before, but no one has done it better than Mr. Kidd.” C. A. E.

+ =Econ. Bull.= 1: 345. D. ’08. 150w.

“Even while accepting Mr. Kidd’s leading contentions, one feels the need of a more exact definition and a closer criticism of the terms and conceptions which he so freely uses.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 215. S. 3, ’08. 460w.

=Kidd, Dudley.=^{[7]} Kafir socialism and the dawn of individualism:
an introduction to the study of the native problem. *$2.75.
Macmillan.

8–24294.

A scientific study of the relation of the Kafir to the white government whose main thesis is that interference with tribal institutions is undesirable and mischievous. The first part of the treatise looks at the natives as they are and notes that their attitude is essentially socialistic. “The latter half of Mr. Kidd’s book is a plea for a truly constructive native policy based on a correct understanding of native needs.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“While many of Mr. Kidd’s conclusions are open to question, he has provided a noteworthy contribution to an important subject. The two things which he appears to us to lack are a certain imaginative insight (for, with all his experience, he fails to understand the native as Livingstone or Mary Kingsley understood him), and—strange as this may seem, in view of some parts of his book—a sufficient respect for the process of evolution.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 726. Je. 13. 1000w.

“To separate Mr. Kidd’s useful suggestions from the mass of tedious verbiage in which they are concealed would be a thankless task. The one redeeming feature of the book is the fact that from the various anecdotes and from the quotations from scientific writers the popular reader may possibly gain the conception that the Kafirs as subjects of Great Britain should be treated with at least some knowledge of their habits and customs.”

− + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 180. Mr. ’09. 300w.

“We commend this book as the most widely informed, well-balanced, and sympathetic study of the native problem that we have met with.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 708. My. 2, ’08. 1450w.

=Kidder, Frank Eugene.=^{[6]} Building construction and
superintendence, pt. 1, Masons’ work. 9th ed., rev. and enl. $6.
Comstock.

9–9631.

“This new edition embodies all of the old matter, with the exception of obsolete descriptions and discussions, and has added thereto much that is modern. By far the greatest advance in masonry construction since the original edition of the book has been in the line of fireproofing and in concrete and reinforced concrete, so that it is natural that the most pronounced revision and addition should be in the chapters treating these subjects.... In addition to these additions revisions have been made in the discussions of caisson and cantilever foundations, needing and underpinning and bricks and brickwork. Over 400 new drawings have been added and the tables and appendices amplified.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 61. O. ’09.
=Engin. D.= 5: 664. Je. ’09. 300w.
+ =Engin. N.= 51: sup. 61. My. 13, ’09. 300w.

“In the revision Professor Nolan has taken up the work with a full understanding of the secrets of the success of the book and has not attempted to change its character.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 644. My. 15, ’09. 170w.

=Kikuchi, Dairoku, Kurai no na.=^{[12]} Japanese education: lectures
delivered in the University of London. *5s. Murray, John, London.

E9–1296.

“The chief interest of the book lies in the description of Japanese elementary education, and the methods used in moral education. The child begins by simple lessons on ordinary virtues, such as order and punctuality; then follows instruction in home relations and loyalty, and then he passes on to more detailed lessons of daily conduct, such as friendship, honesty, kindness, generosity, modesty, courage, and manners. All these virtues are illustrated by tales and examples. Later on the children have lessons on the higher social virtues, such as patriotism, co-operation, honour, tenacity of purpose, public duty. It is enjoined on the teachers that, in addition to the formal lessons, every opportunity should be taken of instilling these and similar precepts into the minds of the children.”—Sat. R.

* * * * *

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 171. Ag. 7, ’09. 1200w.

“His qualifications for the task of making Japanese education intelligible to Englishmen are incontestable. Moreover, he combines a singular gift of lucid exposition in the English language with a knowledge of our national life and circumstances, which enable him to appreciate the points requiring special explanation, and to render them easily intelligible. From the technical point of view alone the book should be valuable to those engaged in educational work, whether as administers or as teachers.”

+ =Spec.= 103: sup. 815. N. 20, ’09. 1500w.

=Kimball, Dexter Simpson, and Barr, John Henry.=^{[12]} Elements of
machine design. *$3. Wiley.

9–24920.

“A book that aims to give the college student the general principles of an engineering subject without going into practical details. It deals chiefly with the theory of equations pertaining to machine elements, and gives very brief descriptions of the nature and functions of those elements. Much of the subject-matter is commonly taught in a course on the mechanics of materials. As stated in the preface, ‘the treatise is in no sense a handbook neither is it a manual for the drafting room.’”—Engin. Rec.

* * * * *

“The book is intended primarily for engineering students, but it will also prove of interest to the practicing designer.”

+ =Engin. D.= 6: 428. N. ’09. 270w.

“The book is doubtless well adapted to the needs of the particular students for whom it was prepared, but as a working reference for designing machinery it is too meager, while as an introduction to design it seems too voluminous.”

+ − =Engin. Rec.= 60: 559. N. 13, ’09. 240w.

=Kimball, Sumner Increase.=^{[12]} Joshua James: life-saver. (True
American types.) *60c. Am. Unitar.

9–25284.

The fourth volume in the “True American types” series. It is a biography of a life-saver, a simple, unpretentious man, who for sixty years rendered the United States devoted, heroic service in one of her life-saving crews. While exploiting the courage of one man the sketch represents one phase of our national character little known, to which the element of authority is added thru the fact that the writer has been general superintendent of the life-saving service since its inception.

* * * * *

“The reader is brought into intimate touch with a career of unpretentious heroism which deserves to rank high among the inspiring annals of human endeavor, endurance, and sacrifice.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 689. N. 6, ’09. 450w.

=King, Basil.=^{[5]} Inner shrine: a novel of to-day. †$1.50. Harper.

9–12616.

A French-Irish girl born into an illustrious French family is the heroine of this story which opens on the eve of a duel between her American husband and a lying Frenchman who had cast reproaches upon her good name. The husband is killed and the incidents of the story (which changes scene from Paris to New York) following a season of deep remorse grow out of her splendid struggle to prove her worthiness. Thruout this portion of the story are traced three developments her own, that of the Frenchman who after long months is led to restore her good name, and that of a wooer who in spite of evidences to the contrary believes for a time the Frenchman’s slander.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 187. Je. ’09.

“Throughout is a certain remoteness from actuality, which makes one wonder whether the author really knows the life of which he is writing, or whether he is making up the wicked people, and the good who play the dangerous game.”

+ − =Atlan.= 104: 681. N. ’09. 750w.

“A story that is better written than the substance of it deserves, and for all its good writing is apt to seem needlessly long drawn out.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 29: 526. Jl. ’09. 370w.

“It is certainly a striking novel, although highly artificial and even tricky. Its chief merits are cleverness of invention and dramatic effectiveness; its defects are found in its unconvincing characterizations and its failure to make certain important features of the action seem plausible.” W: M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 46: 370. Je. 1, ’09. 480w.

“It is not a well-constructed book; it is not a pleasant book; it is not even a plausible book—and yet it is one of those books that will be read and discussed and considerably overrated because, with all its faults, just a few of the characters do possess the merit of a living personality, the power of direct personal appeal.” Philip Tillinghast.

− + =Forum.= 41: 619. Je. ’09. 400w.
=Ind.= 67: 424. Ag. 19, ’09. 80w.

“The dialog is clever and the story one to be enjoyed by all who care for a bright, briskly told narrative.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 350. S. 4, ’09. 300w.

“There are interesting situations in this story, there are even brilliant bits of dialogue, but there is little in its actual content, whether of incident or interpretation, to arouse anything approaching emotion in the reader who looks upon fiction as a responsible art.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 489. My. 13, ’09. 500w.

“It makes a strong, dramatic, promising start, which, despite that it is a very readable and entertaining book, is not fully sustained to the close.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 294. My. 8, ’09. 670w.

“The tale is tense, dramatic, full of striking situations, and brilliantly told.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 381. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.

“The double problem is handled cleverly, and the book holds the attention closely, although it neither charms nor amuses.”

+ − =Outlook.= 92: 389. Je. 19, ’09. 280w.

“The mainspring of the story is, it will be seen, a scandal; the whole savor of it, beneath its agreeable perfume of style, is that of operabox and smoking-room morality. Its issues, its persons, are essentially trivial.” H. W. Boynton.

− =Putnam’s.= 6: 493. Jl. ’09. 300w.

“A novel of undeniable power. The plot is skillfully developed, and the style serves to heighten the interest of the narrative.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 761. Je. ’09. 120w.

=King, Charles.=^{[5]} Lanier of the cavalry; or A week’s arrest.
†$1.25. Lippincott.

9–7831.

Once more General King chooses a war setting for his story. It concerns a wronged young cavalry lieutenant about whom is woven a web of intrigue and mystery directly traceable to jealousy and debt.

* * * * *

“If one does not care greatly for the finer arts of fiction he can spend a pleasant hour over the book.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 261. Ap. 24, ’09. 200w.

=King, Franklin Hiram.=^{[8]} Ventilation for dwellings, rural schools
and stables. *75c. Franklin H. King, Madison, Wis.

8–37680.

Treats the facts upon which successful ventilation depends, and the application of theoretical conclusions to practical problems facing the parent, the teacher and the farmer. It is illustrated with diagrams and views of buildings.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 44. F. ’09. ✠

“The volume may be commended specially to parents, teachers, and stock owners.”

+ =Nature.= 80: 127. Ap. 1, ’09. 80w.

=King, Georgiana Goddard.= Way of perfect love. $1.25. Macmillan.

8–27521.

A symbolic poem which is “a decorative composition, half pastoral, half lyric masque, done after the manner of the early Renaissance painting.... The Duchess, we should fancy, is the adventurer who leaves her enclosed gardens where her handmaidens bedeck and shield her and where the Duke would fain shelter her from all experience, to go with the unknown and unfelt, with the Wayfarer to try life.... Hers is the modern nature to which renouncement is negation and atrophy, but which learns and grows only by absorption and assimilation, and ultimately finds its vocation in the administrative life of ceaseless growth and readjustment and therefore allies itself with the Duke, the man of science and the modern.”—No. Am.

* * * * *

“The value of the poem is quite aside from whatever may be the chosen parable, and lies in the delicacy and carefulness of its workmanship and in the wealth of its fancy.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 425. F. 25, ’09. 300w.

“Who knows and loves the great era of Italian painting will find the hours spent in reading this poem not unlike a stroll into the placid background of an Umbrian painting. It is no light pleasure for the moment to be led from the dust and din and clatter of our modern life into this ‘flowery nunnery.’” L. C. Willcox.

+ =No. Am.= 188: 930. D. ’08. 1300w.

“A poem of refinement and genuine poetic feeling. Its greatest fault is lack of simplicity.”

+ − =Outlook.= 90: 550. N. 7, ’08. 350w.

=King, Gertrude.=^{[6]} Landlubbers. †$1.50. Doubleday.

9–8575.

A story of the experiences of an Illinois school teacher and a bibulous Englishman who are left behind on a wrecked ocean liner. The fight for life against odds complicated by the rescue of the ship’s adventuress from a boat that had put to sea on the night of the catastrophe, furnishes thrills for readers who enjoy hair breadth escapes from death.

* * * * *

“Undoubtedly will give just great pleasure to that considerable section of the American reading public which has a liking for wild, impossible, nightmarish ocean tales of love and adventure, for it is out of that sort from beginning to end, with an eye-opener, a thrill and a cold shiver for every page.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 294. My. 8, ’09. 600w.

=King, Henry Churchill.=^{[7]} Laws of friendship, human and divine.
(Haverford library lectures.) *$1.25. Macmillan.

9–8407.

“It is one of the first articles in the creed of Oberlin’s president, Dr. Henry Churchill King, that the prime purpose and highest end of life is the cultivation of friendship with God and man; and this little book of his states the laws governing this friendship as they were formulated in the author’s lectures at Haverford college, in the course known as the Haverford library lectures. To Dr. King ‘the problem of friendship is the problem of life itself’; and the essentials of true friendship are, first, integrity and breadth and depth of personality; second, deep community of interests; third, mutual self-manifestation and answering trust; and, fourth, mutual self-giving.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“It is written with Dr. King’s well-known lucidity, and will doubtless be read widely and with great profit.”

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 500. Jl. ’09. 80w.

“Inspiring yet practical and suggestive.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 171. Je. ’09. ✠

“The book is inspiring and helpful.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 329. My. 16, ’09. 340w.
=Educ. R.= 38: 315. O. ’09. 30w.

“A good book for an age little given to seeing visions or indulging in dreams. It treats its great theme, human and divine, ‘con amore,’ yet without rapture.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 52. Jl. 15, ’09. 200w.

=King, Henry Churchill, and others.= Education and national character.
*$1.50. Religious education assn.

Thirty-three addresses selected from a larger number given at the fifth convention of the Religious education association. “Among the contributors are such men as President King, Professors Peabody, Stewart, Coe, Votaw, Drs. Abbott and Gladden, Dean Hodges, and others well known. ‘Our national need,’ President King affirms, ‘is a religious need.’ The moral and social principles inseparable from religion receive an equal emphasis in this volume.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“They present important aspects of the religious life of America in a strong and suggestive way.”

+ =Bib. World.= 33: 144. F. ’09. 30w. + =Outlook.= 91: 382. F. 20, ’09. 200w.