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

“The book is satisfactory.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1180. N. 19, ’08. 50w.

“The narrative bears the respectable and unexciting character that one would expect. The colored illustrations are vigorous and interesting.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 652. O. 31, ’08. 70w.

=Monroe, Mrs. Harriet Earhart.=^{[11]} Washington: its sights and
insights; new and rev. ed., **$1. Funk.

9–26652.

A new and revised edition of a guide book glorified by a bright, lively personality. Mrs. Monroe teaches history, and interprets the meanings of movements and institutions the while the tourist is gaining an outline notion of the architectural construction.

* * * * *

“Makes available again an informing, well-written guide to the national capital.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 1045. N. 4, ’09. 100w.

“It is something more than an ordinary guide-book both in text and in illustrations.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 636. O. 16, ’09. 80w.

=Monroe, Will Seymour.= In viking land: Norway, its people, its fjords
and its fjelds. $3. Page.

8–30604.

A survey of the social, economic and political condition of Norway of to-day; a description of its scenery and domestic life; and a brief account of the new king and methods and policies of administering the affairs of this “most democratic country in the world.”

* * * * *

“More entertaining and more attractive in form than Willson’s ‘Norway at home.’”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 20. S. ’09. ✠

“There are signs that many of the descriptions, both of scenery and people, are at second hand. Though inferior to Mr. Wilson’s ‘Norway at home’ in its survey of Norse institutions in social life, it gives a better account than that book of the arts and the natural features of the country.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 614. My. 22. 620w.

“An unusually attractive book of travel.”

+ =Educ. R.= 37: 100. Ja. ’09. 50w.

Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.

+ =Ind.= 65: 1462. D. 17, ’08. 70w.

“The volume serves its purpose very well.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 90. Ja. 28, ’09. 180w.

“W. S. Monroe has found much that is interesting, and sets it forth tersely and well.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 755. D. 5, ’08. 80w.

“The volume will be found to be full of interest.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 1108. D. 26, ’08. 300w.

=Monroe, Will Seymour.=^{[11]} Sicily, the garden of the
Mediterranean; the history, people, institutions and geography of
the island. (Travel lovers’ ser.) $3. Page.

9–21276.

“Seems to touch upon everything from the voyage of Ulysses to the earthquake of Messina, finally adding an annotated list of other books about Sicily in four languages. The author recommends winter as the best time for a tour of the island and discourages walking, cycling and automobiling on account of bad roads and bandits. An unusual feature of the work is the attention given to recent Sicilian writers, musicians and artists about whom most of us know nothing.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“Comprehensive but not particularly entertaining.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 46. O. ’09.

“A sober and sympathetic account of the island.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 824. O. 7, ’09. 110w.

“In no sense a guide-book, it will serve to fill out Baedeker’s excessively skeletonized treatment of Sicily. There are trifling blemishes in a work generally accurate and useful. For a lack of literary distinction no one need criticise Mr. Monroe. He effects what he sets out to do—a sober, well-balanced survey of a complicated subject.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 461. N. 11, ’09. 400w.

“Mr. Monroe’s ‘Sicily’ is put together in a very businesslike manner. Any one who reads it through and contrives to retain in his memory a reasonable proportion of its contents will have a good working knowledge of the past and present of the island.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 950. D. 4, ’09. 540w.

=Montague, Margaret Prescott.= In Calvert’s valley. †$1.50. Baker.

8–31465.

A story of the West Virginia mountains in which a young business man is led to believe that in a state of intoxication he pushed a man over a cliff to his death, and a young woman is convinced that her rejection of the unfortunate man’s suit caused him to become a suicide. The suspense of these prisoners of conscience, their love for each other, and the final revelations that clear up the mystery are the principal elements in the story.

* * * * *

“While interesting is not over-exciting and has some good bits of humor and sentiment.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 26. Ja. ’09. ✠

“The whole story is conscientious rather than brilliant, but it sustains a reasonable degree of interest throughout, and is clearly the product of close observation of the mountain folk and the mountain setting.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 46: 86. F. 1, ’09. 230w.

“Miss Montague has the story teller’s instinct. Her characters are well differentiated in general outline, but she has yet much to learn in the art of rounding them out into convincing personalities.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 719. D. 5, ’08. 570w.

“Comedy and tragedy are interwoven very simply and convincingly. The local colour is quaint and amusing, and the plot is so well thought out that only a few readers will guess the dénouement beforehand. The author’s style when describing nature shows an anthropomorphic bias.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 822. Je. 26, ’09. 150w.

=Montaigne, Michael Eyquem de.= Essayes of Michael Eyquem, sieur de
Montaigne, gentleman in ordinary to his majesty King Henry III of
France; tr. by J: Florio; with an introd. by T: Seccombe. (New
library ed.) 3v. *$10. Dutton.

Three volumes whose workmanship is in keeping with the distinction of the subject. “Whatever may be said of Florio’s occasional inaccuracies, his translation of Montaigne has two undeniable merits. It was accepted at once (the first edition is dated 1603) as an integral part of English literature, preparing the way for a succession of essayists from Bacon to Lamb, who have no parallel in any other country; and it succeeded admirably in preserving the spirit of the original.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Seccombe’s introduction is sufficient, if not altogether inspired, or uniformly well-written; the subject leading him, no doubt, to interlard his phrases with unnecessary scraps of French.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 226. F. 20. 110w.

“This limited edition is beautifully made, and of those eleven hundred and fifty copies printed for sale in England and America ‘before the type was distributed,’ none are likely to find their way to the second-hand counters.” H. W. Boynton.

+ =Dial.= 47: 19. Jl. 1, ’09. 1050w.

“We could wish that this new and handsomely printed edition had been more generously, or at least differently, planned. It is hard to see any profit in retaining the spelling and, more especially, the eccentric punctuation of the original edition.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 362. Ap. 8, ’09. 1450w.

“The present edition has a charm of its own, due to the careful preservation of the spelling of the early seventeenth century and to the slightly antique character of the type.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 209. Ap. 10, ’09. 950w. + =Sat. R.= 107: 84. Ja. 16, ’09. 420w. + =Sat. R.= 107: 655. My. 22, ’09. 1200w. + =Sat. R.= 107: 684. My. 29, ’09. 1150w.

=Montgomery, Harry Earl.= Vital American problems. **$1.50. Putnam.

8–24847.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“The author states that his book is ‘an attempt to solve the trust, labor and negro problems.’ This is rather an ambitious program for one man in one book and invites criticism easily avoided by a more modest statement. ‘Negro problem’ is the poorest section in the book. The author has plenty of ideas which are good. He shows, however, no intimate acquaintance with the actual living conditions of the negro or with the best literature on the subject.” Carl Kelsey.

− + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 213. Ja. ’09. 700w.

“While intended for the general public it can hardly be expected that this volume will give anyone a real grasp on these problems, though to one already somewhat familiar with them it might be of aid in offering a definite solution.”

+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 106. F. ’09. 150w.

“While he has nothing particularly new to say, his book will be found a sane and thoughtful contribution to the mass of testimony and argument which sometimes illuminates, but more often befogs, the great questions which the American people are facing.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 16. Ja. 9, ’09. 140w.

“It will be a useful book, both because of its clarity of statement and of its suggestiveness.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 24. Ja. 2, ’09. 150w.

“He has handled this difficult task very well. His book bears evidence of wide reading and painstaking study.”

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 192. Mr. ’09. 160w.

=Montgomery, Helen Barrett.= Empire of the East: a simple account of
Japan as it was, is, and will be. **$2.50. McClurg.

W9–154.

A book “not technical, historical, abstruse or recondite, but a book describing in simple language Japan as it was, is, and will be.” It omits Japan’s recent material development, its politics and political parties; it does deal with Japanese morality, religion, art, the constitution, home life, the army and navy, and the financial position of the country.

* * * * *

“It is similar in scope and treatment to, but more concise than Dyer’s ‘Dai Nippon.’”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 175. Je. ’09.

“Too much is attempted in this book.”

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

“On the whole, the author has done well to give us one more book about Japan.”

+ − =Dial.= 47: 23. Jl. 1, ’09. 300w.

“Mr. Montgomery shows no superior scholarship or insight into the genius of the people, and he has neither discovered any new sources of information nor been especially diligent in collecting what was known before. His style is dull and his observations commonplace and often repeated. But the book is comprehensive in its scope, moderate in tone and nowhere difficult to understand.”

− + =Ind.= 66: 1243. Je. 3, ’09. 100w.

“We miss the firmness of touch and accuracy of perspective belonging to the long resident. He shows very clearly that he has not mastered the results of the archaeology and philology of Munro or Batchelor.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 633. Je. 24, ’09. 350w.

“Writes with abundant knowledge of his subject.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 352. Je. 5, ’09. 900w.

“If the point of view were only as good as the cover, and if the English were only as irreproachable as the press-work! Yet the book is withal too ingenuous for condemnation, and young Mr. Gigadibs, with his little liberalities, is rather engaging than otherwise.”

+ − =No. Am.= 190: 415. S. ’09. 500w. + =Outlook.= 93: 9. S. 4, ’09. 430w.

“We do not set ourselves against his optimistic views. Much that he says is true beyond all question. Mr. Montgomery has written a very interesting book.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 303. Ag. 29, ’08. 200w.

=Montgomery, Lucy Maud.=^{[10]} Anne of Avonlea. $1.50. Page.

9–22941.

A sequel to “Anne of Green Gables.” “‘Anne of Avonlea’ contains much the same gentle charm that made ‘Anne of Green Gables’ so delectable a book. Anne is now past sixteen, which is evidently maturity in Prince Edward island, and begins to teach school in the place where she herself was taught. Her old chums are similarly occupied in nearby villages; and she and they, with several of the old characters and some new ones, continue their hushed, secluded, leisurely lives in a way calculated to yield the reader, weary of the steam riveter and the automobile, the career and the fad, a refreshing sense of peace.” (Bookm.)

* * * * *

“Has much of the charm of the earlier book but, while it will be enjoyed by older girls, it is scarcely suitable for a juvenile collection.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 134. D. ’09. ✠

“The book is as simple as a daisy, and if not quite as bewitching as the first we were given, the fault is doubtless with ourselves rather than the little flower.” Margaret Merwin.

+ =Bookm.= 30: 152. O. ’09. 350w.

“It is by no means a great work but is rather a somewhat commonplace story of a school teacher of some imagination.” W. G. Bowdoin.

+ − =Ind.= 67: 1355. D. 16, ’09. 170w.

“If the fancy is sometimes exaggerated, it is not in the least morbid, but walks always in lock-step between fun and common sense.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 212. S. 2, ’09. 270w.

“The story will surely be read.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 276. O. 2, ’09. 130w.

=Moody, William Vaughn.= Faith healer. **$1. Houghton.

9–1588.

A psychotherapeutic play which resembles the author’s “Great divide” “only in its use of symbolism, its contemporaneous significance, its compact, pregnant, and occasionally eloquent dialogue, and its dramatic interest.” (Nation.) “It depicts with great skill the aesthetic mediocrity and the irrepressible idealism characteristic of certain middle western communities, and has caught the spirit of the literalistic and yet idealistic type of religion that has made many a community in the middle west a garden for sects.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“A play of excellent literary values, masterly in its use of symbolism and appealing strongly to the imagination.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 143. My. ’09.

Reviewed by E: E. Hale, jr.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 330. N. 1, ’09. 700w.

“The play would be stronger if it were clearer in meaning and purpose, more definite in argument and declaration. A thoughtful and suggestive work, which, whether it wins success upon the stage or not, will make a strong appeal to the imagination of all intelligent readers. In literary expression, it is exceedingly felicitous, not only in the appropriateness of the dialogue to the personages concerned, but in the melody of the more oratorical passages.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 175. F. 18, ’09. 660w.

“It is closely written, with many individual lines of great beauty. But the drama, as a whole, has not the straight, direct appeal of ‘The great divide.’”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 112. F. 27, ’09. 800w.

“The play is more than a picture; it is a symbol; and somehow the symbolism is not persuasive. A great many readers will have the feeling that ‘The faith healer’ is chiefly interesting as a ‘tour de force.’”

− + =Outlook.= 91: 536. Mr. 6, ’09. 420w.

=Moody, William Vaughn.=^{[10]} Great divide: a play in three acts.
*$1.25. Macmillan.

9–35853.

This successful three-act play is here issued in book form dedicated to Henry Miller. Shorn of its stage accessories, the play makes excellent reading, and the great division between western ideals, morals, and conventions and those of New England is well brought out in the tale of the crude man who marries his wife by force and then makes himself worthy of her, and the wife who suffers long and makes the man suffer as expiation for her wickedness, so characterized by herself, in loving him under such conditions.

* * * * *

“The brutal situation on which the plot turns is more prominent in the book than on the stage and makes unpleasant reading.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 80. N. ’09.

Reviewed by E: E. Hale, jr.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 330. N. 1, ’09. 1000w.

“It proved to be one of the most successful and effective plays of recent years on the stage, and it does not lose its emotional power in the printing.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 932. O. 21, ’09. 100w. + =Nation.= 89: 387. O. 21, ’09. 350w.

=Moore, Edward Crozier S.=^{[7]} Sanitary engineering: 3d ed. *$14.
Lippincott.

9–29219.

“This third edition is even more voluminous and complete than either of its predecessors. Many pertinent alterations and additions have been made and much out-of-date matter has been omitted. The chapters on sewage purification and refuse disposal have been recast and enlarged owing to the rapid advances which have been made in these fields in recent years, and a résumé of the reports of the Royal commission on sewage disposal, 1898–1908, has been added. This work is in two volumes, the first dealing with sewerage and draining, and the second with sewage disposal and refuse destruction.”—Engin. Rec.

* * * * *

“The two hundred and more pages on sewage treatment seem to be by far the most useful part of the book for American engineers.”

+ =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 8. Jl. 15, ’09. 420w.

“This work expresses essentially the viewpoint of British engineers, but, taken as a whole, it is one which will continue to find a place of great usefulness in the libraries of sanitary engineers in this country. The revised edition is naturally of more value than its predecessors, as the data it contains are of more modern application. The work shows signs of careful editing and is profusely illustrated throughout.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 60: 55. Jl. 10, ’09. 600w.

“Is likely to prove of especial value to American engineers in their study of the multiplying problems of sewage disposal.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 396. Je. 19, ’09. 150w.

=Moore, Frank Frankfort.=^{[6]} Georgian pageant. *$3.50. Dutton.

9–22290.

“This book may not inaptly be summed up as a revolt against ‘Boswell’s Johnson,’ and against those writings of Macaulay which derive their colour and inspiration from it.” (Spec.) The studies are concerned with the Burneys, the Thrales, Dr. Johnson, the Gunnings, Goldsmith, Sheridan and Rev. James Hackman.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 80. N. ’09.

“Mr. Moore’s is no trivial knowledge of the subjects he handles, and he sets it forth with a vivacious pen. His wit is abundant, if sometimes rather boyish, but so is his spleen; and his prejudices, though they undoubtedly help to give colour to his writing, do not serve proportionately to advance his theses. In all these studies the writer has a thesis to maintain, which he works up to with no little skill, and always holds his reader, if he does not invariably convince him. But this thesis is often subordinated to Mr. Moore’s pet prejudices—an inordinate exaltation of Goldsmith and an implacable hatred of Boswell.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 489. Ap. 24. 1200w.

“Even where he is not convincing he is suggestive and original. The book is excellent reading.”

+ − =Dial.= 47: 186. S. 16, ’09. 240w.

“The most probable motive for the writing of this book was not the vindication of the fame of a fellow-countryman. It was rather Mr. Moore’s desire for an opportunity to show his own cleverness.”

− =Ind.= 67: 709. S. 23, ’09. 320w.

“Altogether his book is more entertaining than the average writing of the kind on the comedy of the eighteenth century.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 463. My. 6, ’09. 570w.

“He has a witty way with him, an ironic touch which is perhaps a trifle overdone—sarcasm is amusing, but a bit dangerous when too frequently resorted to. The book is none the less hugely entertaining, and merits a place on the shelf devoted to histoires intimes.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 398. Je. 26, ’09. 1100w.

“Mr. Moore knows every inch of the ground, and he possesses the novelist’s gift of seizing the essential situation; but a love of paradox and contradiction leads him occasionally into excesses which it is not easy to pardon.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 309. F. 20, ’09. 530w.

=Moore, John M.=^{[8]} Etchings of the East. *$1. Pub. house M. E. ch.
So.

9–25126.

A member of the editorial staff of the Christian advocate has recorded in this series of letters the results of his study of the people, methods of missionary work and the results of missionary labor in Japan, Korea, China and India. It is published “with the earnest hope that some new interest in the non-Christian peoples may be awakened and that some new missionary effort will be put forth as a result of the reading of these letters.”

=Moore, Mabel.=^{[10]} Days in Hellas: rambles through present-day
Greece. **$2. Jacobs.

“With a kindly feeling toward modern Greece, and a reverential respect for the past, the author views that land with a curious commingling of the ancient and the present times. Mount Pentelcos, for instance, is seen with its ‘twice-scarred brow,’ the one scar caused by the emissaries of Pericles, the makers of the Parthenon, and the other scar made by ‘Marmor limited,’ a modern company engaged in supplying the world with Pentelic marble. The delineation of Greek character leaves little to be wished for, in spite of the modest statement in the author’s preface that ‘the present volume is not offered in any sense as a study of Greek life or Greek character.’”—Dial.

* * * * *

“The publisher should have employed a reader of some classical knowledge to correct the proper names, which the author gives in shocking forms. The book is not without some merit.”

+ − − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 93. Jl. 24. 470w.

“Miss Moore has satisfied us that the lay reader who enjoys a medley of Greek life, with its gods and heroes mixed with its modern aspects, more than he does a treatise on archæology will find pleasure in this charming book.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 47: 234. O. 1, ’09. 180w.

“When she does tell of the things she did and the sights she saw it is always in an unconventional way, with nothing whatever of the tourist flavor discernible even between the lines.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 673. O. 30, ’09. 330w.

“This book adds nothing to our knowledge of Greece, nor did Miss Moore see very much of the country. She really need not fear that her book will ‘face the vicissitudes of the unknown future’ for long.”

− =Sat. R.= 107: 760. Je. 12, ’09. 120w.

“Miss Moore evidently has plenty of humour, plenty of good sense, and is quite capable of sentiment, always gracefully expressed, when occasion demands. It is most excellent reading.”

+ =Spec.= 102: sup. 1009. Je. 26, ’09. 210w.

=Moores, Charles Washington.= Life of Abraham Lincoln for boys and
girls. **60c; (Riverside literature ser.) *25c. Houghton.

9–1383.

A book whose purpose is to give to children an understanding of the great life of Lincoln, an appreciation of the simplicity and purity of his literary style, and a love of the man. It is a faithful, simple, dignified portrayal of a life without a false note, a life whose seriousness is everywhere leavened with humor.

* * * * *

“Admirably adapted for pupils of the eighth grade and older, and also good for home reading.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 96. Mr. ’09. ✠

“The life is accurately and pleasantly written, and the youth of America will find it both agreeable and profitable reading.”

+ =Educ. R.= 37: 531. My. ’09. 50w.

“For school use, especially from the fifth to the eighth grades, this brief and interesting life can be recommended without reservation.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 264. F. 4, ’09. 30w.

Reviewed by J. B. Rittenhouse.

=N. Y. Times.= 14: 82. F. 13, ’09. 110w.

=Moorhouse, E. Hallam.=^{[6]} Samuel Pepys: administrator, observer,
gossip. *$3. Dutton.

W9–117.

Miss Moorhouse has searched the writings of Pepys’s contemporaries for material that would confirm accounts given in the famous diary. Out of the diary itself and the additional matter she has produced an illuminating account of the personality of Pepys, his private and public life, his work as Secretary of the Admiralty, and his contribution to literature.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 20. S. ’09.

“Although we have expressed doubt respecting Miss Moorhouse’s estimation of some of Pepys’s characteristics, we can congratulate her on having produced an excellent picture of the complete man as exhibited not only in the diary but also in his life’s work.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 610. My. 22. 1050w.

“Well known as is the immortal diarist there was certainly a place for Miss Moorhouse’s admirable life and appreciation of Samuel Pepys.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 426. Ag. 19, ’09. 650w.

“We should have been glad to have a much-needed bibliography of Pepys included here, some footnotes, and an adequate index. For the rest, we welcome this volume as a substantial sign of a reviving and better informed interest in a man who has many holds upon our interest.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 140. Ag. 12, ’09. 1800w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 350. Je. 5, ’09. 750w.

“Miss Moorhouse’s book is more entertaining and soundly informative than any other yet written on Pepys, not excepting Wheatley’s ‘Samuel Pepys and the world he lived in.’ Writing sympathetically, yet with keen discrimination, Miss Moorhouse makes no attempt at undue laudation of Pepys, but graphically portrays him as he unquestionably was.” H. A. Bruce.

+ =Outlook.= 92: 607. Jl. 10, ’09. 3800w.

=Morawetz, Victor.=^{[7]} Banking and currency problem in the United
States. *$1. North American review pub. co.

9–2543.

Discusses the banking problem of our country and the means of providing safeguards against stringent markets and panics. His plan includes an argument based upon the principle of the central bank.

* * * * *

“The best book on the subject for the average reader.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 106. Ap. ’09.

“A number of somewhat questionable views are propounded in the earlier part of the book. The popular reader, for whom the book is doubtless intended, will not in the main, however, be led far astray by the introductory pages.” H. P. Willis.

+ − =Econ. Bull.= 2: 366. D. ’09. 680w.

“Mr. Morawetz is to be credited with a sincere and able discussion of a difficult subject.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 366. Je. 12, ’09. 800w.
=Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 559. S. ’09. 130w.

=More, Paul Elmer.= Shelburne essays. (Studies of religious dualism,
sixth ser.) **$1.25. Putnam.

9–6859.

Ten essays concerned chiefly with religion and philosophy, also with literature in its religious and philosophical bearing. The titles are: The forest philosophy of India; The Bhagavad Gitâ; Saint Augustine; Pascal; Sir Thomas Browne; Bunyan; Rousseau; Socrates; The apology; and Plato.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 107. Ap. ’09. (Review of v. 6.)

“His power of analysis compels admiration even when we dissent most emphatically from the results which it reaches.”

+ − =Cath. World.= 89: 675. Ag. ’09. 1000w. (Review of v. 6.)

“That the high standard of the series is here maintained, if not indeed raised even higher, goes almost without saying. Readers of the earlier volumes cannot afford to neglect this latest.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 267. Ap. 16, ’09. 300w. (Review of v. 6.)

Reviewed by W. B. Blake.

=Dial.= 46: 388. Je. 16, ’09. 140w. (Review of v. 6.)

“They presuppose, possibly, a rather extended knowledge on the part of the reader, but they bear the undisputed marks of scholarly criticism.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 728. Ap. 24, ’09. 520w. (Review of v. 6.)
=Nation.= 88: 221. Mr. 4, ’09. 80w. (Review of v. 6.)

“Of his merits—and they are many and fine—it is no longer necessary to speak; the defect in his work may be suggested best by a quotation from an earlier essay in the third series: ‘For we have put away the imagination as one of the pleasant but unfruitful playthings of youth.’”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 159. Mr. 20, ’09. 240w. (Review of v. 6.)

“It is not too much to say of him that more than any other American writer of his time he holds the professional attitude of the critics who have made criticism a department of literature.”

+ − =Outlook.= 92: 419. Je. 19, ’09. 950w. (Review of v. 6.)

“Scholarly, artistic, analytical studies.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 250. Ag. ’09. 60w. (Review of v. 6.)

=More, Sir Thomas.=^{[8]} More’s millennium, rendered into modern
English by Valerian Paget. $1.50. McBride.

8–32403.

More’s “Utopia” rendered into modern English from the translation of Ralph Robinson.

* * * * *

“An excellent piece of work, making this classic accessible to the general reader.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 64. F. ’09.

“The present volume merits wide circulation.”

+ =Arena.= 41: 606. Ag. ’09. 140w.

=Morgan, Anna, comp.=^{[6]} Selected readings designed to impart to
the student an appreciation of literature in its wider sense.
**$1.50. McClurg.

9–15868.

An anthology of prose selections, monologs, poetry, scenes and dialogs, etc., selected with a view to offering the reader a wide range of the best literature that is well-adapted for recital work.

* * * * *

“Not in any respect superior to the many similar volumes already in use, but contains considerable material not found in them, making it useful in libraries having a large demand for such volumes.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 81. N. ’09.
=Dial.= 46: 408. Je. 16, ’09. 40w.

=Morgan, Mrs. Mary Ella.= How to dress a doll. 50c. Altemus.

8–26000.

Fully illustrated this little book prepared by an experienced teacher of sewing gives instruction that can be followed by any child in the matter of doll dressing.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 32. Ja. ’09. ✠

“The book is so written as to make the subject not only plain but interesting to the child.”

+ =Arena.= 40: 396. O. ’08. 100w.

=Morley, Arthur.=^{[8]} Strength of materials. *$2.50. Longmans.

9–18585.

“While the method of treatment follows wellestablished lines in the main, especial attention is given to a number of subjects which have hitherto been accorded little or no attention in books on the strength of materials. Among these are: The strength of rotary disks and cylinders; the bending of curved bars, with applications to hooks; rings, and links; the strength of unstayed flat surfaces, and the stresses and instability arising from certain speeds of loaded machine shafts.”—Engin. D.

* * * * *

“Though prepared primarily for the instruction of engineering students, this work will be found very useful to practicing engineers.”

+ =Engin. D.= 5: 173. F. ’09. 240w.

“In a word, the book must be considered an excellent piece of work. Few there are, even among those already skilled in strength of materials, who would not find a careful reading of this book an invigorating and profitable experience.” L. J. Johnson.

+ + − =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 12. Ag. 12, ’09. 670w.

“The book is a valuable addition to the library of the engineer who has to undertake the calculation of the stresses and strains in machinery and structures.”

+ =Nature.= 80: 65. Mr. 18, ’09. 400w.

=Morris, Charles.=^{[12]} Home life in all lands. Bk. 2. **$1.
Lippincott.

7–28638.

=Bk. 2.= Manners and customs of uncivilized peoples.

In this second journey, instead of peeping into the huts and hovels of men and nations, the author takes his readers “into the palaces of the kings, the grand dwellings of the chiefs and rulers, the splendid halls in which courtiers and people gather to do homage to their head-men or chiefs.”

=Morris, Gouverneur.=^{[11]} Putting on the screws. **50c. Doubleday.

9–28153.

A commuter with a wife and nine children finds himself confronted with the problem of supporting a poverty-stricken aunt, an actress who announces that unless she can prevail upon his generosity she must go to the home for aged women. How the family opens its arms to her, and is kind to her and goes into debt to care for her during a long sickness and how she finally reveals the fact that she is wealthy beyond comprehension and that her cynical and misanthropic spirit directed her in a scheme of testing the family for mere goodness—is all happily set down.

* * * * *

“A dainty and pretty story with humorous side lights here and there.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 689. N. 6, ’09. 50w.

=Morris, William, and Bax, Ernest Belfort.=^{[7]} Socialism, its
growth and outcome. 50c. Kerr.

“Covers the history of socialism in its relation to social history. It traces the development of society in ancient, mediaeval and modern times.” (Survey.) “It is not hard to distinguish Bax’s assertion that socialism shall succeed civilization as civilization succeeded barbarism, and to hear Morris add that not until socialism makes all architecture municipal can we hope to have beautiful cities.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 14: 322. My. 22, ’09. 170w.

“The little volume presents a brief though comprehensive view of social evolution and merits a reading by those who are interested in that historical school begun by Karl Marx.” W. B. Guthrie.

+ =Survey.= 22: 406. Je. 12, ’09. 140w.

=Morrison, Arthur.=^{[10]} Green ginger. †$1.50 Stokes.

9–24894.

A “budget of funny tales and yarns.” “They rely for their humor largely upon the juxtaposition of incongruous ideas. In most of them the precise, somewhat pompous, and most respectable Britisher is carried with every plausibility into unusual and absurd situations.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 92. N. ’09. ✠

“These short stories have probably all appeared in magazines, and some of them are so slight that they might well have been left there. On the other hand, we should have been sorry to miss others.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 435. Ap. 10. 200w.

“Short stories that are all bubbling over with good-humored fun.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 549. S. 18, ’09. 200w.

“It would be easy to multiply instances of Mr. Morrison’s versatility, but we have said enough to indicate the high quality of the entertainment provided in this excellent volume. We must not omit to mention how complete is his mastery of the Essex dialect, and with what a genuine gift of impersonation he varies the dialogue to suit the character of the speaker.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 309. F. 20, ’09. 900w.

=Morrison, Charles Edward.= Highway engineering. $2.50. Wiley.

8–26022.

“The book has been prepared for second year students in the Department of civil engineering at Columbia university, and is intended to emphasize those basic principles which are essential to good highways.” (Engin. Rec.) “The volume contains, with some exceptions, about all that one could expect to find in a text-book for ordinary classes in civil engineering.” (Engin. N.)

* * * * *

“The chapters that can be most severely criticized are those on asphalt and wooden pavements—with these branches the author shows himself not entirely familiar.”

+ − =Engin. D.= 5: 413. Ap. ’09. 450w.

“The general arrangement of the book is satisfactory. The subject is well presented, and from the literary point of view is generally well done. On the whole it cannot be said that Mr. Morrison’s book is an ideal text-book upon highway engineering.” S. Whinery.

− + =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 428. O. 15, ’08. 940w.

“In most respects it seems well adapted for the purpose for which it is written, but it can be criticized for not giving proper references to many of the quotations which are used in the work, and for the insertion of specifications which in some cases are open to criticism. The work, as a whole, reflects the atmosphere of the study of the subject rather than that of field work.”

+ − =Engin. Rec.= 58: 391. O. 3, ’08. 130w.

“It contains a great deal of useful information, especially to engineers having to deal with roads in new countries. The elementary principles of road-making are clearly set out, and copies of specifications suitable for different classes of roads are given.”

+ =Nature.= 79: 336. Ja. 21, ’09 700w

=Morse, Margaret Fessenden.= On the road to Arden. **$1. Houghton.

9–7948.

The journey of a modern Rosalind and Celia to a Forest of Arden. They go merely to “enjoy the wilderness and to take nothing from it.” That they find their Orlando and Oliver is to be expected; that they meet them unexpectedly at various points in their wanderings is surprising to Celia, while to Rosalind it is but the working out of a quietly made plan. For was not Orlando the hero of her steamer romance, and would not Celia disapprove unless she could personally conduct Rosalind’s wooing? Birds and flowers and awakening woods form an exquisite setting to the tale.

* * * * *

“Pleasant little story.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 148. My. ’09. ✠

“The story is written in the light, happy style befitting a summer’s idyl. The pages are enlivened by comments on passing men and women that are both amusing and entertaining.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 729. Ap. 24, ’09. 200w.

“Seems like a bit taken out of real life; its people are delightful, its situations are diverting, and the scenes in which its quaint comedy is enacted are extremely dainty and full of charm.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 279. My. 1, ’09. 350w.

“A double love story very agreeably and whimsically told.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 377. Je. 12, ’09. 170w.

=Morse, William Francis.=^{[12]} Collection and disposal of municipal
waste. $5. Municipal journal.

9–6510.

“Part 1 gives a preliminary historical sketch of the work done in American communities from 1885 to the present time.... Part 2 describes the various methods of waste disposal in American towns by incineration.... Part 3 describes the disposal of waste by British high-temperature refuse destructors. Part 4 discusses the disposal of waste by reduction and extraction processes, and gives descriptions of many forms of apparatus used for this purpose. Part 5 discusses the revenue to be derived from waste materials, and describes the various methods of its utilization.”—Engin. D.

* * * * *

“A text that will be found of timeliness and importance by municipal engineers, and officials charged with the maintenance of sanitary conditions.”

+ =Engin. D.= 5: 540. My. ’09. 280w.

“We believe it will long stand as the most complete exposition of the first quarter-century of the evolution of garbage and refuse disposal in America. The arrangement of the volume is in some respects poor. Another minor fault of the book is due to the fact that the author has not quite cleared his mind of the old misconceptions as to the relation of garbage disposal to public health.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 46. N. 18, ’09. 1150w.

=Morton, Francis T.=^{[12]} Roman Catholic church and its relation to
the federal government. *$2. Badger, R: G.

9–29963.

A brief history of the Roman Catholic church whose object is to set forth its claims, objects and purposes in the past as exemplified in the older countries where it has held sway for centuries and also to show its position in the United States at the present time.

=Moses, Barr.= Dreaming River. †$1. Stokes.

9–3051.

“The tale is that of a young and singularly ill-balanced poet who lives hermit-wise in a lonely farmhouse called Dreaming River. To him comes for protection a girl of sixteen, a penniless orphan, who turns to him as her only kin in obedience to the last wish of her dying father. The growth of love between them, perturbed by blizzards and cyclones, both without and within, makes up the rest of the story, which ends with Dorothy’s surrender.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“This little story would be negligible were it not for its underlying theme, which possesses sufficient psychologic interest to save the discussion of the work from the pettiness of breaking a butterfly.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 144. F. 11, ’09. 260w.

“Sometimes the author’s manner of telling the story grows a bit monotonous, because he has depended too much on mere narrative. But he has written, nevertheless, a charming little tale.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 118. F. 27, ’09. 270w.

=Moses, Montrose Jonas.= Henrik Ibsen: the man and his plays. *$1.50.
Kennerley.

8–33031.

“A comprehensive summary of a considerable body of literature on Ibsen, which will be very useful to those junior students of the Norwegian dramatist who have neither time nor opportunity to consult the original authorities. It contains a sufficiently full sketch of his life; detailed, if not always clear, synopses of his plays; a variety of selected comment and interpretation, mostly of a highly laudatory description; and a liberal proportion of the author’s individual views, which, though sometimes extravagant in their enthusiasm, often evince strong common sense and a power of discrimination never found in the fanatical worshipper.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Supplements Gosse’s biography, containing more matter about Ibsen’s writings, but is not so interesting or well written.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 175. Je. ’09.

“The special merit is the thoroughness with which it reflects the recent literature of the subject. Altogether, Mr. Moses has made a useful book, adequate in scholarship and sound in judgment.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 192. Mr. 16, ’09. 260w.

“There is, in fact, no other book of its size in English that contains so much information about Ibsen as this.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 1400. Je. 24, ’09. 180w.

“Like many other disciples of Ibsen; Mr. Moses is prone to exaggerate both the achievements and the influence of the master, but he does recognize some of his limitations. The interest of this book suffers much from the author’s crudities of style.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 609. D. 17, ’08. 480w.

“A particularly level-headed and illuminating study of the Norwegian dramatist.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 740. D. 5, ’08. 370w.

“The chief critical merit of Mr. Moses’s book is that he has emphasized Ibsen’s constant mental and spiritual dependence on his own country.” G. I. Colbron.

+ =No. Am.= 189: 621. Ap. ’09. 1000w.

“The book is an example of the kind of critical biography which, if it is well done, is the most profitable form of dealing with men of letters and artists. The treatment shows close and conscientious study of the different aspects of Ibsen’s work.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 773. Mr. 3, ’09. 600w.

=Motley, John Lothrop.=^{[6]} History of the United Netherlands from
the death of William the Silent to the Twelve years’ truce—1609; new
ed. 2v. $3. Harper.

A new edition in strong binding for library purposes.

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 67: 144. Jl. 15, ’09. 200w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 464. Jl. 31, ’09. 80w.

=Mott, John Raleigh.= Future leadership of the church. $1. Y. M. C. A.

8–31484.

The results of a careful and systematic study of the problem of decrease in the rank and file of young men entering the ministry. “Mr. Mott’s present appeal sets forth the problem, its urgency, the obstacles, the favoring influences, and the propaganda called for.... The time has come, in Mr. Mott’s view, for every Christian denomination in its official assembly to determine upon a plan to meet the crisis of a short supply of leaders that will secure effective backing from its entire membership. Supplementary to the book is a sheaf of pithy pamphlets in which eminent men appeal persuasively to students for the claim and the opportunity presented by the Christian ministry.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 46. F. ’09.

“The volume is closely packed with relevant facts ... and so stated as to constitute an argument of the most compelling kind.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 585. Mr. 13, ’09. 240w. + =R. of Rs.= 39: 126. Ja. ’09. 110w.

Reviewed by Graham Taylor.

=Survey.= 22: 853. S. 25, ’09. 380w.

=Moulton, Mrs. Louise Chandler.= Poems and sonnets; with an introd. by
Harriet Prescott Spofford. $1.50. Little.

8–35957.

* * * * *

A one volume edition of Mrs. Moulton’s poems including all contained in three former volumes.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 46. F. ’09.
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 179. Ag. 14. 530w.

“So many other voices have borne witness both to the beauty of the poet’s character and to the exquisite artistry of her lyrics and sonnets, that even friendship may hardly be said to exaggerate in this instance. Certain it is that no writer stands higher upon the roll of our woman poets than the gracious personality which this volume discloses.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 46: 48. Ja. 16, ’09. 160w.
=Ind.= 65: 1174. N. 19, ’08. 30w.

“Mrs. Moulton’s verse suffers somewhat from reading in mass; its saccharine taste becomes cloying after a while.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 652. D. 31, ’08. 100w.

Reviewed by J. B. Rittenhouse.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 56. Ja. 30, ’09. 1400w.

“Her appeal is obvious and simple, and if she rarely reaches the heights, she walks on a pleasant upland where many can follow.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 20. Jl. 3, ’09. 40w.

=Mowry, William Augustus.= Recollections of a New England educator.
*$1.50. Silver.

8–33790.

Reminiscences covering the years from 1838–1908 and constituting a history of education in America during that period. “His book is not an autobiography, but a simple narrative of the progress of educational methods and conditions as he has observed them and been a part of them from the time he entered the district school at the age of four years until the present time. It covers all grades of education and the author endeavors to show by constant comparison how tremendous has been the growth and improvement throughout the entire curriculum.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Mowry’s experiences ... are entertainingly presented.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 117. F. 16, ’09. 260w.

“His book is admirable reading and will be a valuable addition to the literature of American education.”

+ =Educ. R.= 37: 425. Ap. ’09. 100w.

“A book to be studied rather than one to be read.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 428. F. 25, ’09. 160w.

“Far from being the dry record of a typical pedagog, the recollections are a bright, chatty account of contemporaneous educators and educational movements.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 306. F. 20, ’09. 280w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 3. Ja. 2, ’09. 180w.

“His reminiscences, while certainly not without biographical interest, really give the material for an extremely suggestive comparison between the educational conditions in this country fifty, sixty, and seventy years ago and those at the present time.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 511. Ap. ’09. 90w.

“It is fortunate that these reminiscences have been preserved, for they will serve to aid students to get into touch with original impressions of an important period in American life.” F. A. Manny.

+ =School R.= 17: 650. N. ’09. 450w.

=Moyer, James Ambrose.= Steam turbine: a practical and theoretical
treatise for engineers and designers, including a discussion of the
gas turbine. $4. Wiley.

8–37678.

“The book commences with a short history of the art, and a condensed but very clear chapter on the elementary theory of heat, in which special attention is given to the entropy-temperature diagram. This is followed by chapters on nozzle and blade design; on the mechanical losses in steam turbines; and on stresses in rings, drums and disks. The subject matter of these chapters, treating solely of theory and design, is concisely and very clearly explained; but, to the average engineer, the most interesting and directly valuable part of the book will be the chapters on current practice.”—Engin. Rec.

* * * * *

“Better than Neilson on economics and on details of American design, but less full in treatment of the low pressure turbine.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 107. Ap. ’09.

“The author had had unusual facilities for obtaining information regarding the latest results in turbine engineering through his professional connections, and he has embodied these gleanings in a well-ordered and concise but comprehensive text that merits the attention of educators and practicing engineers.”

+ =Engin. D.= 5: 170. F. ’09. 420w.

“It is rather hard to place this book of Mr. Moyer’s. While excellent in many ways, it would scarcely do for use by students in engineering nor yet is it a handbook for the average operating engineer. In most cases, he does not lay before the reader the experimental data on which he bases his results. Were these presented it would materially increase the value of the book.” A. G. Christie.

− + =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 32. Mr. 18, ’09. 950w.

“The author has certainly carried out this subject in a most satisfactory manner.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 335. Mr. 20, ’09. 300w.

=Mügge, M. A.=^{[9]} Friedrich Nietzsche: his life and work. *$3.
Brentano’s.

9–14446.

A biography founded upon Frau Foerster-Nietzsche’s “Leben.” It contains a valuable Nietzschean bibliography, also a chronological epitome of all Nietzsche’s writings.

* * * * *

“As compared with Mr. Mencken’s study, the present work shows a marked superiority in respect both of scholarliness and philosophic insight. The style, too, is more to our taste.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 69. Jl. 17. 300w.

“He gives a full and interesting account of Nietzsche’s strangely varied life; he has provided a really admirable bibliography.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 425. Mr. 13, ’09. 250w.

=Muir, John. Stickeen.= **60c. Houghton.

9–6875.

The story of one terrible Alaska storm-day which the author spent in exploring a glacier. Flying clouds with their rain-floods, ice-cliffs, the majestic ice-cascade, a vast glacier with its tremendous crevasse are the awe-inspiring elements that the author and Stickeen, a daring midget of a dog, battle with for their lives during a few perilous hours. Stickeen’s courage, his big wise fears on the brink of a yawning abyss, his almost human agony when his master dares the ice bridge, his bravery in following after many remonstrances, and his wild joy over deliverance from death hold the reader breathless thru the short 73 pages.

“A stirring tale, exquisitely told; will be liked by older children.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 149. My. ’09. ✠

“This little story of a man, a dog, a storm, and a glacier, is full of the glamour that belongs to the heroic-in-little.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 37. Jl. 8, ’09. 300w.

“It is a notable little story, although so brief, having as much appeal for lovers of the wild as for students of dog nature.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 197. Ap. 3, ’09. 440w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 253. Ag. ’09. 70w.

=Mulhall, Mrs. Marion McMurrough.=^{[12]} Explorers in the new world
before and after Columbus; and the story of the Jesuit missions of
Paraguay, with pre-Columbian maps. *$2.25. Longmans.

“Opens with a résumé of the voyages of the adventurers who ante-dated Columbus, covers the explorations of later times by centuries, and in other chapters deals with the military and naval operations of Europeans in South America. Her final chapter, entitled, ‘Rise and fall of the Jesuit missions,’ is largely the fruit of original research in the Vatican and elsewhere. An interesting feature of Mrs. Mulhall’s book is its display of pre-Columbian maps, including reproductions of Edrisi’s planispheres, which are preserved in the Bodleian library at Oxford, and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“The contents of the volume hardly fulfil the promise of its title. A few pages are indeed devoted to the ‘Predecessors of Columbus,’ but the Spanish and Portuguese navigators who carried on his work are absolutely ignored, and it would be vain to search for a reference to such well-known explorers as John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, Frobisher, Davis, or Hudson apart from discoverers of more recent times, J. Cook, Vancouver, and Ross. The account which the author gives of the ‘Predecessors of Columbus’ is, moreover, misleading.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 102. Jl. 24. 400w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 765. D. 4, ’09. 100w.

“Her book is rather a strange compound. Her pages are packed with facts about adventurers some of whose records are not easily available, and the compilation shows much industrious reading.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 176. Ag. 7, ’09. 200w.

“Mrs. Mulhall conducts us along many picturesque byways of history.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 171. Jl. 31, ’09. 400w.

=Müller, Johannes.=^{[12]} Hindrances of life; tr. by F. F. Strecker.
*$1.50. Kennerley.

The hindrances to making the best in life come true are, in the experience of Dr. Müller, grief, fear, worry, lack of assurance, doubt, and the other self in us. These drawbacks to accomplishment, and hence to happiness, the author discusses with insight, and offers helpful suggestions for overcoming their harassing conditions.

=Müller, Margarethe.= Carla Wenckebach, pioneer. *$1.25. Ginn.

8–29596.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“However excellent a German biography she might have given us, she has certainly succeeded in presenting in English a very engaging picture of a strong and inspiring character.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 116. F. 16, ’09. 250w.

“It may be truthfully said that the book is much more than a mere biography. It is a charming bit of writing and a gentle and kindly sketch.”

+ =Educ. R.= 37: 97. Ja. ’09. 70w.
=Ind.= 67: 308. Ag. 5, ’09. 30w.

“A generous and affectionate tribute.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 122. F. 27, ’09. 160w.

“A fascinating portrait-biography of a fascinating woman.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 819. Ap. 10, ’09. 450w.

“The book is very well written. It will be valuable in high school, normal school, and college as well as in private libraries.” F. A. Manny.

+ =School R.= 17: 575. O. ’09. 930w.

=Mumford, Eben.=^{[12]} Origins of leadership, pa. *50c. Univ. of
Chicago press.

9–21602.

“Leadership is considered first in its relation to the science of sociology and to the social process. It is discussed in both its innate and acquired aspects and its evolution is traced through the associations of some of the lower animals, of children, and, in particular, of hunting people, the main problem being to show its relation to the development of personality and the various institutions.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

* * * * *

=Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 608. N. ’09. 330w.