Chapter XLII: Book 3: , The self, presents the nature of self as part of consciousness (2)

“It is decidedly up-to-date.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 292. F. 6. ’09. 40w.

=Mensch, L. J.=^{[7]} Reinforced concrete pocketbook. $10. Eng. news.

9–13937.

A valuable handbook for one who already has a good knowledge of mechanics and building construction. “Approximately half the book is devoted to building work, but very good tables and their explanations are given for retaining walls of the counterfort type, to round tanks, domes, grain elevators, coal bins, dams, water pipes up to 132 in., diameter for pressure up to 40 lb. per square inch, circular sewers, trolley and transmission poles, chimneys, concrete piles, girder bridges and arches.... A short mathematical discussion is also included concerning the stresses in framed structures due to the monolithic character of properly designed reinforced concrete.” (Engin. Rec.)

* * * * *

“In its intention and execution, is more nearly like the standard steel handbooks such as are issued by the Cambria and the Carnegie steel companies than any of the others. For those portions of the book which contain the results of routine computation and for the really useful material on estimating and on formwork, we have the greatest commendation. The portion which assumes to give short cuts to what must of necessity be the result of either long experience or tedious computation, we think is dangerous matter to put in the hands of the inexperienced.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 73. Je. 17, ’09. 1050w.

“One of the most serviceable reinforced concrete handbooks from the point of view of the experienced designing engineer. The book deserves little [adverse criticism]. The book is really a valuable addition to the subject, but any one using it must see that the numerous corrections mentioned on page 216 are made throughout the text.”

+ − =Engin. Rec.= 59: 788. Je. 19, ’09. 450w.

=Meredith, George.=^{[12]} Last poems. *$1.25. Scribner.

9–28254.

In these last poetic utterances of George Meredith “there is nothing which repeats his highest poetic achievement. That was, indeed, to be expected, for the strength for great flights was ebbing when he wrote. But the spirit is untouched, and not only the philosophy remains, but much of the melody which fifty years ago seemed to many the authentic voice of youth and spring.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“These verses, taken even with the great name they bear, can offer little to posterity. They are not for those who wish to estimate, but for those who have elsewhere learnt to revere and love, their author. We read them for their priceless echoes of a memorable past. [There is] a regrettable laxity in the preparation of a volume which we expected to see produced with the most scrupulous care.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 551. N. 6. 1100w.
=Lit. D.= 39: 966. N. 27, ’09. 180w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 701. N. 13, ’09. 150w.

“In this volume, to tell the truth, there is more of the real Meredith than we had anticipated. One or two of the poems are highly characteristic and beautiful examples. We are, therefore, far from being sorry, as we fancied we should be, that the volume has been published.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: sup. 4. N. 13, ’09. 670w.

“These last poems show that the voice of the master kept to the end its splendid resonance and his heart its unconquerable youth.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 849. N. 20, ’09. 430w.

=Meredith, H. O.= Outlines of the economic history of England: a study
in social development. $2. Pitman.

9–6978.

A concise exposition of the economic history of England from the time of the Saxon invasion down to the present century, with a brief mention in the introduction of the economic development during the Roman occupation.

* * * * *

“In common with many English text-books it is crowded with facts which are not always sufficiently explained or adequately arranged so as to leave clear-cut and definite impressions on the mind. Occasional summaries at the end of chapters would have been very helpful.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 429. S. ’09. 200w.

“This volume supplies the long-felt want of a manual of economic history at once exact and authoritative in its information, and concise and handy in form.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 260. S. 4. 850w.

“The book does credit to his scholarship. It has, however, pedagogical defects, chief among which is the philosophic discussion in the form of a ‘general survey’ of each period before the facts upon which such general discussion is based have been treated, and a want of concreteness and vividness. It should be added that there are no maps, the bibliography is inadequate, and the index too brief to be of much use.” E. H. Downey.

+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 478. Jl. ’09. 380w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 148. Mr. 13, ’09. 220w.

“Scholarly and interesting volume.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: sup. 638. Ap. 24, ’09. 350w.

=Mero, Everett Bird=, ed. American playgrounds. *$1.50. The Dale
association, box 136, Back Bay, Boston.

8–35734.

Concerned with construction, equipment, maintenance and utility of playgrounds. “It explains the police value of the playground; describes games; gives suggestions as to administration, making criticism of the supervision of the playgrounds of certain cities; tells how a playground movement may be started; recounts the history of the organization of public recreation in the United States.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“A useful compilation.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 18. Ja. ’09.

“This is one of the rare cases in which a compiled book is really better than one written by a single hand.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 869. Ap. 22, ’09. 260w.

“Throughout, the book shows direct, practical, business-like method.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 645. O. 31, ’08. 250w.

“It is, in fact, a sort of manual on the subject.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 152. Ja. 23, ’09. 180w.

“Mr. Mero has certainly given us a book containing much practical information.” C. W. Crampton.

+ − =School R.= 17: 647. N. ’09. 350w.

=Merriam, Charles Edward.= Primary elections; a study of the history
and tendencies of primary election legislation. *$1.25. Univ. of
Chicago press.

8–33814.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“It is an indispensable work for reference.” H: J. Ford.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 626. Ap. ’09. 650w.

“The author has done his work well. The book seems to be almost free of errors.” J. H. Reynolds.

+ =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 843. My. ’09. 580w.

“The index is inadequate.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 81. Mr. ’09.
=Engin. N.= 61: sup. 78. Je. 17, ’09. 300w.

“The great merit of this work is that it is a timely demonstration of the absurdity of the present multiplicity of elective offices.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 21. Ja. 7, ’09. 600w.

“Professor Merriam’s conclusions on the merits of the new system are of the highest practical importance. Professor Merriam has written so clearly, briefly and systematically that an intelligent citizen may secure by an evening’s study a solid grip on one of the pressing political questions of our day while the professed student is inducted into the whole subject of governmental control over party nominations and supplied with guidance for advanced work in the form of an appendix of statutes, digests and bibliography.” C: A. Beard.

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 316. Je. ’09. 400w.

“This study of American legislation on the subject should prove extremely useful.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 253. F. ’09. 60w.

“Those who desire the latest and best treatment of the subject should read this little book.” J: H. Perry.

+ =Yale R.= 17: 456. F. ’09. 600w.

=Merrick, George Byron.= Old times on the upper Mississippi: the
recollections of a steamboat pilot from 1854 to 1863. *$3.50. Clark,
A. H.

8–34128.

A book for the general reader no less than student of history. “The author was a pilot on the river for the nine years previous to the war, and besides his own personal recollections he has collected a vast amount of information about the steamboats of the river, the rise and growth of trade, the change and development of its cities.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“We know of no better account, from the inside, of steamboating.” J. K. Hosmer.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 595. Ap. ’09. 550w.

“A well proportioned, well written, and vivid account.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 46. F. ’09. + =Ath.= 1909, 1: 495. Ap. 24. 430w.

“The narrative is simple, somewhat monotonous, but the value of the facts still remains.”

+ − =Ind.= 66: 378. F. 18, ’09. 90w.

“It is a good book for any one to pick up for a half-hour of recreation, but it is still more than that to any reader who would realize the life of our western rivers a half-century ago.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 36. Jl. 8, ’09. 280w.

“Well-written recollections.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 83. F. 13, ’09. 840w.

“If Captain Merrick had not taken the pains to compile this record many of the facts bearing on the early settlement of those three states might have been lost to the historian.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 509. Ap. ’09. 100w.

=Merwin, Bannister.=^{[6]} Girl and the bill. †$1.50. Dodd.

9–9474.

A tale “of the exciting things that happened to Robert Orme of New York during a two days’ sojourn in Chicago. In the first chapter he sees a girl in an automobile, and buys a new hat, receiving a five dollar bill in his change. These seem simple enough incidents, but they suffice to plunge him straightway into a whirl of adventure. For the girl is the daughter of the Secretary of State, and the bill has directions which reveal the hiding-place of a stolen document—the draft of a treaty between the United States and Germany which must be discovered and signed by midnight of the next day.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“A light, diverting story of adventure and romance.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 27. S. ’09. ✠

“A breathless tale.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 46: 371. Je. 1, ’09. 270w.

“Out of the whole emerges a very good, readable story, violating probabilities, as it should, but dealing mercifully with sensibilities.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 467. My. 6, ’09. 160w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 216. Ap. 10, ’09. 300w.

=Merwin, Samuel.= Drugging a nation: the story of China and the opium
curse: a personal investigation, during an extended tour, of the
present conditions of the opium trade in China and its effects upon
the nation. **$1. Revell.

8–34255.

A discussion of the opium situation which is of special interest in view of the coming world congress to consider the greatness of the peril and measures for ending it. “Mr. Merwin holds England directly responsible for the introduction of opium into China and believes that so long as India gets $20,000,000 a year from the opium traffic England will stand in the way of China’s attempt to reform herself.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 66: 325. F. 11, ’09. 160w.

“An unusually frank statement of facts, made after a searching investigation into both the literature of the subject and actual conditions in China, may be found in the book of Mr. Merwin.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 633. Je. 24, ’09. 150w.

“The most interesting portions of the book are the author’s personal opinions.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 115. F. 27, ’09. 260w.

=Merz, Heinrich.=^{[9]} Louise, queen of Prussia; tr. by G: P. Upton.
**60c. McClurg.

9–23798.

A story of the sufferings and fortitude of Queen Louise of Prussia. Her love of husband, children and country commend her to all who admire purity, truth and devotion.

* * * * *

“It must surely be a favorite with those children whose hearts are tender and sympathies keen.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 677. O. 30, ’09. 60w.

=Metour, Eugene Paul.=^{[6]} In the wake of the Green banner. †$1.50.
Scribner.

9–12620.

A swiftly moving tale of the French occupation of Algeria written by one who knows every inch of his ground, the entire structure of Moslem society, and the tricks and traits of the Berber tribes among whose strongholds beyond the Atlas range the main action of the story takes place. Among the characters introduced are a French general, his daughter, her American cousin who is a painter, a Circassian girl, and a Corsican captain with a capacity for valorous deeds commensurate with his love for glory.

* * * * *

“It is distinctly exasperating to see how easily, with a little knowledge of technique he might have raised this uncommon volume from the second to the first rank.” F: T. Cooper.

− + =Bookmn.= 29: 522. Jl. ’09. 680w.

“Vivid in coloring and brilliant in description, it is the work of a writer who has first-hand knowledge of his subject—knows it, in fact, almost too well for the reader’s comfort, who would like to have the political situation more fully explained, and who is in danger of much bewilderment at the strange local vocabulary. It is weak in its delineation of these characters.” W: M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 181. S. 16, ’09. 250w. + − =Ind.= 66: 1344. Je. 17, ’09. 30w.

“The writer evidently has still to learn that a good story is not to be constructed entirely of local color and tumultuous action.”

− =Nation.= 89: 57. Jl. 15, ’09. 150w.

“Is noteworthy because of the intensity of its local coloring. Sometimes a little less attention to detail and a little more swiftness and vividness of movement would have given the same result without the little touch of tedium that, as it is, sometimes mars the pages.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 320. My. 22, ’09. 280w.

=Meyer, Arnold.=^{[9]} Jesus or Paul? tr. by Rev. J. R. Wilkinson.
(Harper’s lib. of living thought.) **75c. Harper.

Who was the founder of Christianity, Christ or Paul? This question is dealt with in a religious spirit, while the method employed “is that of a scientific historian who brings the clear, cold light of criticism to bear upon the records of past events, who will not suffer any spiritual interpretation of those events to affect his judgment of the way in which they actually occurred.” “Jesus was the founder of Christianity; for in His Personality God is manifested to us as the object of our adoring worship. He did not ask, nor could He as true Man think of asking, that men should worship Him; He could only call upon men to follow Him. It was St. Paul, who above all others, first expressed the inmost heart of believers as they gaze upon the earthly life of the Master.”

=Meynell, Everard.=^{[10]} Corot and his friends. **$3.25. Wessels.

The usual course of popular biography is followed in this life of Corot thru the first trying years, among which are the inevitably weary ones of apprenticeship on to the developing of definite individuality, and to the period of recognition and success. From the climax of Corot’s fame down the gentler slope to old age, there are word portraits offered of a painter still zealous, still turning out robust work, but including, in his day’s paraphernalia “a hot-water bottle and a young woman with an umbrella.” The expository tone of the book is pleasantly relieved by the living atmosphere that the author creates.

* * * * *

“The text is entertaining but desultory, the editing careless, the illustrations revelations of the variety of Corot’s work.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 121. D. ’09.

“An agreeable and interesting book, if not one of high importance.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 244. Ag. 28. 170w.

“He has brought together all that the desultory student of art history needs to know of this French painter.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 512. D. 16, ’09. 240w.

“A very readable volume, although it must be admitted that some of the anecdotes related are very trivial. The illustrations leave much to be desired.”

+ − =Int. Studio.= 36: 164. D. ’08. 200w.

“Is in its way a remarkable piece of bookmaking; few have succeeded in producing so large a volume with so very little in it. It is agreeably enough written, in a fluttering, touch and go, allusive manner, but all it really tells us about Corot might be put in two of its three hundred octavo pages.”

− + =Nation.= 89: 366. O. 14, ’09. 230w.

“For the first time, so far as we know, a complete and adequate biography of the great French painter Corot has been published.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 637. N. ’09. 110w.

“Without any depth of artistic criticism, the book is enjoyable from the picture it gives of the radiant nature of the great painter.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 668. Ap. 24, ’09. 80w.

=Michaelis, Adolf Theodor F.= Century of archæological discoveries;
tr. by Bettina Kahnweiler; preface by Percy Gardner. *$4. Dutton.

9–3353.

“A survey of archæological exploration and progress through the area of the undivided Roman empire and its borderlands, and through the period which begins with Napoleon and Lord Elgin and ends with Dr. Evans at Cnossos and the British school at Sparta.”—Sat. R.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 19. S. ’09.

“Probably no man in Europe or America is so well able to form a just judgment of the whole field of classical art, and of what the workers are doing from Dan to Beersheba.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 919. Ap. 29, ’09. 430w. + =Int. Studio.= 37: 170. Ap. ’09. 110w.

“The picture is necessarily sketchy; yet, considering the size of the volume, it is very comprehensive, because not only have the actual finds been recorded, but the more important discoveries in the examination of the material have been noted, so that the achievements of the scholar as well as those of the explorer have been embodied. The chief criticism is that the work is a little one-sided. A few additions would remedy this defect, and it is to be hoped that in a future edition this amendment will be made.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 471. My. 6, ’09. 650w.

“For the student of classical art the volume is of prime interest, since it gives so general a glimpse of the whole field as well as many items regarding the specific work which has been accomplished. The translation is good, and the frank preface of Prof. Gardner is most commendable and helpful.” C: R. Gillett.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 61. Ja. 30, ’09. 1050w.

“Within its limitations, which certainly should have been indicated by the title, it is a distinctly valuable book.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 864. Ap. 17, ’09. 310w.

“The reader can only admire the breadth of knowledge which enables a man to write such a volume single-handed. Professor Michaelis knows nothing of exploration in Cyprus since 1888, or of the progress at the British museum since 1874. Where the author took part in the events described the personal touch gives life to the narrative. Elsewhere the necessity of brevity makes it somewhat jejune.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 182. F. 6, ’09. 220w.

=Michelson, Miriam.=^{[6]} Michael Thwaite’s wife. †$1.50. Doubleday.

9–15091.

A story of clever invention based upon a situation that seems impossible to real life. Michael Thwaites, a famous surgeon trained to hard work, loses his heart and, as his close friends thought, his head too when he falls in love with a bewitching minx of a girl whom he had known almost from her babyhood. The young wife’s indiscretions are bravely assumed by her twin sister, Therese, who resembled her so closely that nearest friends were unable to tell them apart. Finally Beatrix, the wilful, elopes, and Therese upon rallying from an illness finds that her friends and even the husband believe that it is she who has run away and they take her for Beatrix. The decalog offers no authority for Therese’s solution of her problem.

* * * * *

“If the last third of this novel were rewritten, drawn together with a tenser construction, composed with a better balance of background and central figures, it would easily be pronounced one of the best books of the summer.” G. I. Colbron.

+ − =Bookm.= 30: 63. S. ’09. 770w.

“Unfortunately, Miss Michelson seems to have taken her plot too seriously. At different times she tries to write like George Eliot, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Robert Herrick, and Frank Norris, when she should have consistently tried to write like Robert W. Chambers.”

− =Nation.= 89: 142. Ag. 12, ’09. 210w.

“Is in its way quite interesting.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 377. Je. 12, ’09. 130w.

=Mifflin, Lloyd.= Toward the uplands: later poems. *$2. Oxford.

8–36785.

Libraries would do well to encourage the reading of the sort of verse that Mifflin writes. This volume, including sonnets mainly, justifies the author’s hope that yet he may accomplish the writing of at least one sonnet that shall have no defect. To the gifts of the poet, generously bestowed, has been added a broad sense of proportion pertaining not only to literary form but to the essentials of life. One is sensitive with him to the

“... javelins in the quivering soul
From onset of the worldly powers.”

“One rejoices in his faith that men of integrity are the country’s hope; and one experiences with delight the delicacy of his nature impressions.”

* * * * *

“From Mr. Mifflin’s sonnets it is difficult to make a selection, so many and deserving are the claimants for distinction.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 47: 100. Ag. 16, ’09. 350w.

=Mighels, Ella S. (Mrs. Philip Verrill Mighels).=^{[5]} Full glory of
Diantha: a novel of New York life. $1.50. Forbes.

9–15516.

A story in which the heroine, a New York bookkeeper, refuses to marry the junior partner of the firm employing her only because her wooer is not the elemental man of her dreams. She accepts a position in a western mining camp, finds her primitive man, loves him, and later learns that the rudimentary strength of the hero is so crude that he lacks the refining interest in his species upon which all social intercourse is based. A continual clash of wills finally terminates relations between them and Diantha turns to the man, strong of spirit, who had suffered and triumphed for her sake.

* * * * *

“The narrative is too delightfully absurd to be dismissed as inane by the catholic reader.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 238. S. 9, ’09. 280w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 406. Je. 26, ’09. 350w.

=Mikkelsen, Ejnar.=^{[10]} Conquering the Arctic ice. *$3.50. Jacobs.

9–18568.

“The work of what was known as the Anglo-American polar expedition of 1906–7 is described in detail in this volume recently completed by Ejnar Mikkelsen, the young Danish explorer, who in company with Ernest de Koven Leffingwell, of Illinois, headed the expedition. Although their ship, the ‘Duchess of Bedford,’ was lost in the ice, these young men succeeded in mapping the northern coast of Alaska and acquired much useful knowledge of that region, although their ‘farthest north’ was only the seventy-second parallel, which of course does not entitle them to rank with the polar discoverers.”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 121. D. ’09.

“Few books in the now imposing mass of Arctic literature contain more varied matter; none certainly are written with more modesty, or with a greater gift of relating adventure in simple, yet graphic fashion.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 320. Mr. 13. 1200w.

“His story is simply and modestly told, and will be read with interest especially for its account of the natives whose characters and customs he had abundant opportunities to study.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 47: 233. O. 1, ’09. 330w. + =Ind.= 67: 1266. D. 2, ’09. 550w.

“A more interesting account of the adventurous and self-sacrificing life of the Arctic explorer, it would be difficult to find. Two slight errors have been noted—Collingson for Collinson and Serah for Sherard Osborn. It is to be regretted that there was not a better map showing the route of the expedition.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 327. O. 7, ’09. 1300w.

“His story of this great overland trip and of the course of events that preceded it is very well told in his book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 611. O. 16. ’09. 220w. =R. of Rs.= 40: 511. O. ’09. 220w. + =Sat. R.= 107: 433. Ap. 3, ’09. 370w.

“Altogether, it is a delightful book, full of valuable geographical data, and written with an engaging frankness and unflagging high spirits.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 502. Mr. 27, ’09. 950w.

=Milham, Willis Isbister.=^{[7]} How to identify the stars. 75c.
Macmillan.

9–16994.

A little handbook, scientific in method and material, which gives constellation tracings and descriptive matter necessary for locating the more conspicuous stars and star groups.

* * * * *

“For popular reading Martin’s ‘Friendly stars’ or either of Serviss’ works is preferable.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 46. O. ’09.

“To those visionary souls who still take pleasure in naming the constellations we recommend a little book.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 147. Ag. 12, ’09. 20w.

“The special value of the book consists in the fact that these magnitudes are according to the measurements made at the Harvard observatory. For this reason alone the book is invaluable to students of this particular branch of astronomy, while for the popular reader it is a guide to the best literature on the subject.” Mary Proctor.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 539. S. 11, ’09. 1200w.

=Millard, Columbus Norman.= Wonderful house that Jack has: a reader in
practical physiology and hygiene, for use in school and home. *50c.
Macmillan.

8–19602.

A book for children which “endeavours to convey, without difficult technicalities, all the main points of the physiology of the body—the building of it up from food materials, digestion, the stomach, milk, animal foods, food habits, breathing habits, stimulus, clothing, eyesight, hearing, rest and sleep, infectious diseases, &c.”—Nature.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 31. Ja. ’09.

“It is a valuable contribution to this field of instruction.” J. A. Norris.

+ =El. School T.= 10: 151. N. ’09. 500w.

“The expositions are very simple and attractive. The book may be thoroughly recommended as a good class book.”

+ =Nature.= 79: 307. Ja. 14, ’09. 110w.

“The best book on the subject, both for the school and the home, that the present writer has met with.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 978. D. 26, ’08. 160w.

=Millard, Thomas F. F.=^{[6]} America and the Far Eastern question.
**$4. Moffat.

9–10628.

An examination of modern phases of the Far Eastern question, including the new activities and policy of Japan, the situation of China, and the relation of the United States of America to the problems involved. “Broadly speaking, the subject matter of Mr. Millard’s work may be divided into the following five sections: Japan’s foreign relation and internal conditions; Japan in Korea; Japan in Manchuria; the China of to-day, and America in the Philippines.” (N. Y. Times.) “The thirteen appendices containing the texts of treaties and other papers from the treaty of Portsmouth to the Root-Takahira notes, add to the value of the book.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 19. S. ’09.

“The student of international affairs cannot afford to neglect this work.” C. L. Jones.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 196. Jl. ’09. 480w.
=Ath.= 1909, 2: 621. N. 20. 320w.

“As the latest study of Far Eastern politics, Mr. Millard’s book should be read by all who desire to follow recent developments there, and even if they question the opinions advanced from time to time they cannot fail to enjoy the treaty-port gossip which enlivens the pages. It is always enjoyable, but rarely convincing.” P. J. Treat.

+ − =Dial.= 46: 324. My. 16, ’09. 1250w.
=Ind.= 67: 198. Jl. 22, ’09. 260w.

“In its nature and its attitude toward Japan the book closely resembles B. L. Putnam Weale’s (Mr. Simpson’s) ‘The coming struggle in eastern Asia,’ which appeared last spring. As an argumentative writer Mr. Millard possesses remarkable ability. True, he hazards many a generalization, which, to be convincing, ought to be supported by more substantial facts than are set forth in his book; yet his ardor, his straightforwardness, his fearlessness in facing the logic of his conclusions, make his assertions singularly appealing.” K. K. Kawakami.

− + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 273. My. 1, 09. 1150w.

=Miller, Alice Duer (Mrs. Henry W. Miller).=^{[6]} Less than kin.
†$1.25. Holt.

9–14451.

An entertaining story with an ingenious situation. Vickers, a young man who had fled to South America under the cloud of a crime, sees the opportunity to return when a fellow countryman dies whom he resembles and who during his twelve years has been importuned by an aged father to come home. Vickers slips into Lee’s shoes and is received as the long lost prodigal, but finds, not at all to his liking, that in assuming Lee’s identity a most unsavory reputation goes with it. How he took the dilemma by the horns and even won an obdurate maiden is interestingly told.

* * * * *

“Cleverly constructed story.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 27. S. ’09. ✠

“The story is witty, terse, and swift. For a narrative so light, bent purely at amusement, the characterization is surprisingly sharp and vivacious.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 186. Ag. 26, ’09. 200w.

“The situations are developed with humor and cleverness, and the reader’s interest is held to the dénoument.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 398. Je. 26, ’09. 200w.

=Miller, Irving Elgar.=^{[8]} Psychology of thinking. *$1.25.
Macmillan.

9–10500.

“The book is a text, and persistently holds to the impression of the student with the data and the procedure of the useful thought processes. It tells him what functional value thinking has in the organic scheme; what its connections are with the nervous substrata; what its dependence upon the sensory stream of experience and upon the motor channels of expression; it follows the elaboration of the simpler experiences into the more involved perceptive and imaginative and conceptual fields; and it relates the process to the logical standards of the product in sound reasoning. It sets the whole presentation in an educational frame.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“His treatment, though germane and adequate to his purpose, yet in no marked degree rises above the conventional and uninspiring presentation of a topic of vital interest.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 51. Jl. 16, ’09. 180w. + =Ind.= 67: 310. Ag. 5, ’09. 80w.

“It is a book for teachers and schoolmen, and for them, perhaps, too elementary, too consciously modeled on other well-known psychologies.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 427. Jl. 10, ’09. 330w.

=Miller, James Russell.=^{[8]} Bethlehem to Olivet. **$1.50. Crowell.

A life of Christ illustrated by modern painters. Thirty full page reproductions beginning with Henry Lerolle’s “Arrival of the shepherds” and ending with Van Liphart’s “Ascension” are accompanied by brief chapters that follow the life from the manger to the ascension.

* * * * *

“Dr. Miller has presupposed on his reader’s part a knowledge of the facts of the Bible narrative, and, using them merely as points of departure, brings out the message of each incident for the world of to-day.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 466. D. 1, ’09. 100w.

Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.

=Ind.= 67: 1353. D. 16, ’09. 70w.

=Miller, Kelly.= Race adjustment: essays on the negro in America. *$2.
Neale.

8–24845.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 81. Mr. ’09.

“It makes no pretense at continuity of treatment nor have the repetitions been eliminated. The striking characteristic of the book is its poise and dignity. I consider the book one of the most important yet written by a negro. In a chapter on ‘Roosevelt and the negro’ alone it seems to me the author loses his balance and fails to understand at all the significance of events.” Carl Kelsey.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 212. Ja. ’09. 420w.

“There is no book which more fully and correctly represents the wishes and demands for equal recognition in civil and political rights than does this volume.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 327. F. 11, ’09. 150w. + =Nation.= 88: 91. Ja. 28, ’09. 850w.

“Throws a useful sidelight on the field Mr. Stone has so carefully surveyed. It is all very picturesque reading and excellent things are said from time to time.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 16. Ja. 9, ’09. 200w.

=Miller, Peyton Farrell.= Story of Robert Fulton. $1. Peyton F.
Miller, Hudson, N. Y.

8–33932.

One of the publications which this year of the Fulton celebration in New York is calling forth. “We are made to feel anew by this author the jovial and genial character of his hero, again we appreciate his pertinacity and steady temper, and again we rejoice in his successes. Fulton was a man whom we all love to honor more for his healthy, sanguine vigor than even for his inventive genius. As an example to our American youth, it is difficult to find one more sturdy.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“A little book of a hundred-odd pages, more brightly and personally written than the others.”

+ =Ind.= 68: 378. F. 18, ’09. 100w. + =R. of Rs.= 39: 509. Ap. ’09. 60w.

=Miller, Roman John.=^{[11]} Around the world with the battleships.
†$1.25. McClurg.

9–27395.

A first-hand account of the voyage that the battleship fleet made around the world in which are given in detail descriptions of the intricacies of the modern battleship, an account of the daily lives and amusements of the sailors and graphic portrayals of enthusiastic welcomes, thruout the entire course of which may be detected the upholding of a fine spirit of patriotism and loyalty to the flag which furnishes reason enough for the disciplines and hardships of a naval life.

* * * * *

“The publishers were unwise in reproducing the pictures in such inartistic manner.” M. J. Moses.

+ − =Ind.= 67: 1367. D. 16, ’09. 40w.

“Will have attraction for the boy reader. Mr. Miller, frank and genial, shows his inexperience with the pen.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 39: 1020. D. 4, ’09. 120w.

“The text is fragmentary, but none the less full of incident and instruction. The ‘make-up’ of the book is startlingly gaudy.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 598. D. 16, ’09. 80w.

“The views of the parades are fine enough to make all good Americans feel exceedingly proud of their representatives who were sent abroad.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 785. D. 11, ’09. 150w.

=Miller, Rev. William.= Latins in the Levant: a history of Frankish
Greece (1204–1566). *$5. Dutton.

8–33802.

A history of the Latin states which were established in Greece and Greek islands as the result of the fourth crusade. “Mr. Miller discovered the secret that, if the stories of Corfu and the Duchy of Naxos were told separately, the histories of the other states could be wrought into a connected narrative, in which the main interest is concentrated on Achaia and Athens. The fortunes of Athens and the Peloponnesus have been related in greater detail by Gregorovius in his ‘Geschichte der stadt Athen im mittelalter,’ and Sir Rennell Rodd in his attractive book ‘The princes of Achaia’; but Mr. Miller’s concise narrative represents the fruits of a wider study of special literature.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“Of few historical books can it be said more unreservedly that the work is excellent throughout than of this history of mediæval Greece under Latin rule.”

+ + =Ath.= 1909, 1: 94. Ja. 23. 1200w.

“May be commended to the student or the exceptionally earnest traveller. Mr. Miller writes clearly and succinctly; but he does not exhibit the final grace of style that might carry the general reader through the inevitable details of a painstaking history treating of countless and ephemeral petty dynasties.”

+ − =Dial.= 46: 117. F. 16, ’09. 300w.

“What one misses most in Mr. Miller’s book is a consideration of the connexion between the events which he records so well and the wider issues of European politics. No living student has more thoroughly mastered the details of the period. The work is as trustworthy and solid as it is clear and pleasant to read.” J. B. Bury.

+ + − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 135. Ja. ’09. 1050w.

“It is not often that a work of such importance as this swings into our ken. It is perhaps unfortunate that the last words of the author should be a dig at ‘the stern classicist.’”

+ + − =Ind.= 66: 99. Ja. 14, ’09. 1300w.

“As a book of reference Mr. Miller’s work has a value which will not be soon impaired. It is also another striking evidence of the truth of the ‘dictum’ that knowledge and industry do not suffice to make an historian.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 307. S. 30, ’09. 650w.

“It is a confused and crowded period, and it required no small skill to construct a clear and concise narrative such as Mr. Miller has given us.” W: A. Bradley.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 94. F. 20, ’09. 760w.

“Mr. Miller covers more ground than Sir Rennell Rodd.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 702. D. 5, ’08. 1100w.

“In spite of the masses of detail which have been assimilated, the book is so readable, and the interest of the general narrative is so well sustained, that only those who have studied this obscure and intricately complex bypath of history can appreciate how difficult the work of compression must have been, and how ably these difficulties have been overcome by his clear and sequent exposition of the rapid transformations which took place in scenes once so familiar with a very different cast of actors.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 343. F. 27, ’09. 1250w.

=Mills, Enos Abijah.= Wild life on the Rockies. **$1.75. Houghton.

9–8919.

The explorations, adventures, observations and impressions of a government experiment officer in the wilds of Colorado. A sturdy mountaineer, a calm philosopher, a great nature-lover, the author writes of winter excursions, mountain climbing, furred and feathered life, of rocks and trees, all with a love and reverence for unsullied, primeval grandeur. The work is fittingly illustrated and is dedicated to John Muir.

* * * * *

“Of slight value but considerable interest; too expensive for the small library.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 142. My. ’09.

“There is something very genuine in the manner of Mr. Mills’s writing about nature. Perhaps he strains the point a bit at times.” G: Gladden.

+ − =Bookm.= 29: 545. Jl. ’09. 480w.

“It is a delightful book on its own account, but its chief charm is in the revelation of the author’s personality.” M. E. Cook.

+ =Dial.= 46: 363. Je. 1, ’09. 350w.

“He delights in recalling the perilous moments of his life, and the graphic stories he tells about them are among the finest things in his book. The chapter in which the wisdom and accomplishments of Scotch are portrayed will give great pleasure to every one of Mr. Mills’s readers who rates himself a dog lover.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 257. Ap. 24, ’09. 740w.

“He knows his territory thoroughly.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 638. My. ’09. 30w.

=Milman, Lena.= Sir Christopher Wren. (Library of art.) *$2. Scribner.

9–5218.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 19. S. ’09.

“Miss Milman, though critically sound as a rule, does not write exactly from an architect’s point of view. The Index is so incomplete as to be virtually useless. The volume is throughout well written and full of interest, and especially good in its presentment of the central figure in relation to the contemporary social and religious conditions.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 415. Ap. 3. 700w.

“This latest life of Wren is one of the best that has been written. It is both narrative and critical.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 598. O. 24, ’08. 180w.

“We could have wished for rather more technical information and fewer generalities.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 22. Ja. 2, ’09. 450w.

=Milmine, Georgine.=^{[12]} Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the history
of Christian science. **$2. Doubleday.

9–29857.

A history of Mrs. Eddy and the Christian science movement that was published serially in McClure’s magazine during 1907–1908.

=Ming, John Joseph.=^{[11]} Morality of modern socialism. *$1.50.
Benziger.

9–26447.

Aims to throw light on the bearings of socialistic ethics upon the state, the family and the church.

* * * * *

“Like all polemic treatments of such subjects, the book bases its charges on very small inductions.” Joseph Jacobs.

− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 743. N. 27, ’09. 90w.

=Misawa, Tadasu.=^{[7]} Modern educators and their ideals. **$1.25.
Appleton.

9–8594.

“Dr. Tadasu Misawa, in the compass of three hundred pages, sets forth, forcibly, clearly, and developmentally, the problems of modern educators and their ideals. He begins with Comenius and ends with Dr. Harris and President Hall. The survey is of educational ideals, not of methods or measures or institutions, and keeps consistently to the task. The contrasts and individualities of the thinkers are well handled; and the reader takes away the very vital impression that the systems presented grew out of much the same sets of intellectual problems through the increasing purpose of the ages.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“The selection of materials and method of presentation are good, and it will have some value to students as a supplement to the general histories.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 175. Je. ’09.

“The work is concise and commendable.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 300. My. 1, ’09. 150w.
=Ind.= 67: 310. Ag. 5, ’09. 20w.

“It is an interesting, interpretive book, and for those who do not wish to read each man’s work in the original, this is a good substitute.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 523. S. 4, ’09. 100w.

=Mitchell, Edward Bedinger.=^{[8]} Shadow of the Crescent. $1.25.
Stokes.

9–17586.

“A breakneck and breathless story of a lost ward—a beautiful and mysterious girl—and the adventures into which her guardian fell on account of her.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 14: 468. Jl. 31, ’09. 250w.

“Very interesting reading.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 253. Ag. ’09. 50w.

=Mitchell, Hinckley Gilbert.=^{[10]} Genesis. (Bible for home and
school.) *90c. Macmillan.

9–26821.

One of the two recent additions to Shaler Mathews’ useful series. In keeping with the purpose of the series this volume places the results of the best modern scholarship on the subject of Genesis at the disposal of the general reader.

* * * * *

“The notes are just such as the layman needs, illuminating and helpful. With this book in hand, any man can find out for himself the meaning and character of the Book of Genesis.”

+ =Bib. World.= 34: 429. D. ’09. 100w.

“He assumes the critical position as distinct from the traditionary, according to which the whole book was written by Moses and is of uniform authority. This principle being accepted, the work seems to have been done in a moderate and reasonable way.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 954. D. 4, ’09. 210w.

=Mitchell, John Kearsley.= Self help for nervous women: familiar talks
on economy in nervous expenditure. **$1. Lippincott.

9–3555.

Matters purely medical are avoided in this counsel which seeks its audience among sufferers from nervous disorders and their families and friends. Its aim is to teach them the best way to help, control, comfort and even cure patients.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 142. My. ’09. ✠

“The instruction, which deals largely with the economies of nervous expenditure is really good and well suited to help those for whom it is intended.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 82. Jl. 22, ’09. 220w.

“Dr. Mitchell, who is the son of Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, in making a specialty of nervous diseases, is following in the medical footsteps of his famous father, while the lucid, compact, and forceful manner in which he expresses his ideas shows that he has inherited also something of the literary ability.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 176. Mr. 27, ’09. 420w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 639. N. ’09. 30w.

=Mitchell, Silas Weir.= Venture in 1777. †$1.25. Jacobs.

8–28999.

A story of the winter of 1777 which tells how a Philadelphia boy got possession of a British officer’s map of the forts in and about the city, and rushed it to General Washington’s camp.

* * * * *

“Charming short story. Too expensive for the small library.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 96. Mr. ’09.

“To read it should be a Christmas pleasure for patriots, mischievous boys, and lovers of both.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 606. D. 17, ’08. 100w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 122. Ja. ’09. 50w.

=Moffett, Cleveland.=^{[7]} Battle. †$1.50. Dillingham.

9–13430.

A novelization of the author’s play “The battle” which since December, 1908, has run so successfully and has aroused so much socialistic comment. The story is concerned with the adventures of the richest man in America who, under an assumed name, goes into the slums to win his lost son.

* * * * *

=Nation.= 89: 122. Ag. 5, ’09. 400w.

“While the novel bears all the ear marks of having been adapted from a play, its theme is sufficiently interesting to raise it above others of its class.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 387. Je. 19, ’09. 140w.

“A good example of that strange mongrel, the ‘novelized play.’” H. W. Boynton.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 633. O. 23, ’09. 90w.

=Moffett, Cleveland.=^{[11]} Through the wall. †$1.50. Appleton.

9–28041.

A clever Parisian detective is pitted against a clever criminal throughout this story. A murder done in a private room of a hotel leads to the arrest of a young American who is in love with a beautiful girl who sells candles in a church. The detective, who saves him after a series of remarkable happenings, hounds the real criminal and finds him to be the stepfather of this girl who is really an heiress but has lost her identity and memory in a fire in which the villain let her mother burn. The inventive genius of the author is taxed to the utmost in devising moves and counter moves. Various new psychological methods are tried on the criminal, and he is also shown moving pictures of the crime, but his wits are too sharp until, in the end, he outwits himself, and the girl is restored in mind and fortune and marries the accused American.

* * * * *

“A first class detective and mystery story, the interest of which never flags from start to finish.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 134. D. ’09.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 721. N. 20, ’09. 200w.

=Molière, Jean B. P.= A new translation of the verse plays being for the first time rendered into English verse, by Curtis Hidden Page; with an introd. by Brander Matthews. (French classes for English readers, no. 3.) 2v. *$5. Putnam.

8–19168

Includes: The affected misses, Don Juan, Tartuffe, The misanthrope, The doctor by compulsion, The miser, The tradesman turned gentleman, The learned ladies.

* * * * *

“Still, in spite of occasional lapses, Professor Page’s work is a credit at once to his erudition and to his skill as a writer of English. To him all credit is due for an arduous task skilfully performed.” H. C. Chatfield-Taylor.

+ + − =Dial.= 46: 78. F. 1, ’09. 1600w.

“Professor Matthews’ introduction is marked by all his wealth of knowledge and charm of style. Professor Page’s renderings of the French dramatist are both skilful and agreeable.”

+ =Educ. R.= 37: 99. Ja. ’09. 80w.

“Molière is very satisfactorily presented to modern English readers in the two volumes. Prof. Page makes good use of the metre he has selected and arrives at a rendering of the spirit, the humor, and the gayety of Molière for which English readers may be grateful. The prose plays are hardly as successful, I think, as those in verse. They do not move as easily and continuously. But this does not imply that the prose translation is inferior in fidelity to the verse.” E: Cary.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 728. D. 5, ’08. 1650w. + =Sat. R.= 106: 492. O. 17, ’08. 180w.

=Molloy, Joseph Fitzgerald.= Victoria regina: her court and her
subjects. 2v. *$6.50. Dodd.

9–5192.

A history of Queen Victoria and her times from her accession to the death of the Prince Consort in 1862. “We get a sketchy survey of Victorian literature, but no attempt to summarize the results of scientific research, which rendered the reign illustrious. The bulk of the book may be not unfairly described as expanded Court circular, supplemented by correspondence derived from familiar sources.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“Readable and gossipy, but devoid of critical insight, and lacking in balance. Politics are handled in a perfunctory manner, and various statesmen receive considerably less than their due.”

− + =Ath.= 1908, 2: 364. S. 26. 220w.
=Nation.= 88: 17. Ja. 7, ’09. 120w.

“Mr. Molloy’s work is so planned that it undoubtedly will be found very useful to those who need a history of the Victorian age that will tell them as simply and as briefly as possible what went on in England in that very interesting period.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 799. D. 26, ’08. 670w.

“Mr. Molloy makes a good use of his opportunity. Readers will find [three chapters given to the literary history of the period] written with considerable skill, though they will scarcely agree with all Mr. Molloy’s judgments.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 338. S. 5, ’08. 440w.

=Molmenti, Pompeo Gherardo.= Venice, its individual growth from the
earliest beginnings to the fall of the republic; translated from the
Italian by Horatio F. Brown. pt. 3, 2v. *$5. McClurg.

8–5355.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“The solidity and usefulness of the work is beyond dispute, but no reader, overwhelmed with the accumulation of details, will fail to ask himself whether a little more self-repression would not have produced a pleasanter result.” Ferdinand Schevill.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 576. Ap. ’09. 550w.

“He does for the Venetians what Green and Traill did for the English people, and Burckhardt for the Italians of the renaissance, and by his success he demonstrates afresh that the intimate life, the habits, work, and play of human beings, have a perpetual fascination.” W: R. Thayer.

+ + =Atlan.= 103: 832. Je. ’09. 3800w. (Review of pts. 1–3.)

“After all possible points of adverse criticism have been urged, the fact remains that in no other work is the student of Italian society likely to find so clear, vivid, and exhaustive a discussion of Venetian life, both public and private, as in these six volumes by Professor Molmenti.”

+ + − =Dial.= 46: 22. Ja. 1, ’09. 470w.

“The Molmenti work abounds in pictures illuminating the text, but the text itself is not so much a clear and consecutive story of the memorable deeds of the Republic’s declining days as it is a thesaurus of illustrative detail of its arts, its commerce, costumes, every-day glitter and show of life.”

+ − =Ind.= 66: 1139. My. 27, ’09. 500w.

“A work that is a monument of erudition and patient research.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 37: 83. Mr. ’09. 240w.

“This work deserves to have a permanent place among the social chronicles of Italy. The great variety of its subjects, the well-chosen illustrations, and Mr. Brown’s fluent translation will commend it to English-speaking readers, for whom the charm of Venice never grows cold.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 118. F. 4, ’09. 600w.

“In the chapters enumerated the reader becomes his own historian. And for him as well as for the dramatist, novelist, and student of arts and customs they are a perfect mine of information.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 20. Ja. 9, ’09. 600w.

“We have only one regret; it is that, for some unexplained reason, Mr. Brown has not translated the large number of original authorities quoted by the author, so that the text is strewn with considerable portions of untranslated Italian.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 308. F. 20, ’09. 550w.

=Moncrieff, Ascott Robert Hope.=^{[11]} Heart of Scotland. *$3.
Macmillan.

W9–198.

“The ‘Heart of Scotland,’ it should be understood, is Perthshire; it is not undeserving of the name, for all that is of the best in the country may be seen in sample there,—mountains, valleys, salmon and trout streams and lochs, picturesque towns, and great historical associations. Pen and pencil are happily combined to do justice to this fine theme. Mr. Palmer’s pictures are well varied, and Mr. Moncrieff mingles the serious and gay with equal success. It was a happy thought to follow the two earlier volumes, ‘Bonnie Scotland’ and ‘Highlands and islands,’ by a third, not inferior, to say the least, to its predecessors.”—Spec.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 46. O. ’09.

“A good book.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 792. Je. 19, ’09. 40w.

“This is a very handsome volume, good to look at and good to read.”

+ =Spec.= 103: sup. 493. O. 2, ’09. 120w.

=Moncrieff, Ascott Robert Hope.= Isle of Wight; described by A. R.
Hope Moncrieff; il. in color by A. Heaton Cooper. (Colour book ser.)
*$2.50. Macmillan.

9–5689.

Depicts the beauties of this historic island and connects with it men and women prominent in English life and letters who have made it a favorite summer home.

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