Chapter XLVI: Book 3: , The self, presents the nature of self as part of consciousness (6)

“The author has missed a splendid opportunity to analyze more comprehensively the crisis in the church through his failure to consider that want of confidence which depends upon the social lethargy of the church. A more adequate presentation of the subject is greatly to be desired.”

− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 462. Mr. ’09. 100w.

=Ostwald, Wilhelm.=^{[11]} Fundamental principles of chemistry: an
introduction to all text-books of chemistry. *$2.25. Longmans.

9–15888.

“An attempt to set down in exact and formal, but as far as possible, non-technical, language those fundamental laws or principles which are manifested in chemical phenomena, as they are at present known; according to its subtitle it is an Introduction to all text-books of chemistry; it is especially a guide to the teacher, but it is equally useful to all who wish to acquire a philosophical knowledge of the subject. It presupposes but a little knowledge.... The subjects are treated in a severely logical manner; definitions are given first, and the terms thus defined are always used with rigid adherence to these meanings.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“It will serve only for those already possessing a wide knowledge of physics, and a good deal of chemistry.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 561. N. 6. 530w.

“It is clear and attractive in style, and is well adapted to clear the mind of many vague and indefinite notions. The book is to be commended to all who wish a fundamental knowledge of chemical principles, and will prove a permanent aid to the right interpretation of many chemical and physical phenomena.” A. H. Sabin.

+ =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 34. O. 14, ’09. 1450w.

“It is a very remarkable work, full of suggestions and inspiration. The book is a guide for the teacher or advanced student rather than an introduction for beginners. But, in its way, it is a masterly work.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 60: 672. D. 11, ’09. 330w.

“It is one of the most satisfying of all the writings of this prolific author in the field of physico-chemical science. Every candidate for the doctorate would profit by its reading. Every modern teacher will recognize its value and see that a copy is in his library.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 364. O. 14, ’09. 160w.

=Oswell, George Devereux.= Sketches of rulers of India. 4v. ea. *70c.
Oxford.

9–12402.

“These biographical essays are studies in the military and administrative history of India from Clive to Mayo. As is said in the prefaces, they are based on well known larger biographies, many of which are included in the ‘Rulers of India’ series.” (Am. Hist. R.) In the first volume are included sketches of the principal figures of the Mutiny era: Dalhousie, Canning, the Lawrences, Clyde, Strathnairn, Mayo, Nicholson, and Havelock. The second volume treats of “The Company’s governors” from Clive and Hastings to Colvin. The third deals with the period 1786–1856, during which India was freed from the anarchy which had prevailed for centuries thru the raids of wars between the states. The fourth treats of famous Indian incidents from the reign of the Buddhist monk and emperor, Asoka, to the Sikh ruler, Ranjit Singh.

* * * * *

“Mr. Oswell’s work will have small value for the investigator or for any well-informed reader of Indian history. It may be questioned whether Forrest’s investigations have been utilized by the author. Such comments, however, should not obscure the real value of these volumes, which is considerable. They are excellent studies in hero-worship for the boy who has or ought to have an interest in the history of the British empire; and teachers of modern history will gladly add these books to their lists of collateral reading for undergraduate classes. Taken as a whole there is a lack of discrimination in the estimates made; but the author’s point of view is clear. He writes for the most part as the enthusiastic defender of the group of brilliant men whom he has selected.”

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 607. Ap. ’09. 500w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“A wise choice of interesting incidents and anecdotes gives a vivid personality to the subjects of the various sketches. Considering the educational aim of the work it is strange that none of the volumes contains maps or indexes.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 195. F. 25. ’09. 600w. (Review of v. 1–4.)

“Some of these names mean but little to the average reader. This is all the more reason why books of this kind are welcome.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 951. D. 5, ’08. 150w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

=Otis, Alexander.=^{[5]} Hearts are trumps: a novel of love and
laughter. $1.50. McBride, J:

9–10042.

A rollicking comedy which has its beginning in a New York newspaper man’s swapping identities with a clergyman. An exchange of berths results in Basil Plympton’s sleepily donning the clergyman’s clothes and being hurried out into the night at the wrong destination, conducted to a country home in the Berkshires and precipitated into a remarkable series of happenings involving a sermon and the marriage of the daughter of the house to a scoundrelly actor. He himself, hero and defender, falls in love with the girl, weds her, then finds himself in the unique position of performing a mock ceremony between his wife and the actor whose rascality he later exposes. Humorous incident abounds with no end of surprises and complications.

* * * * *

“A pleasant comedy of errors.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 1344. Je. 17, ’09. 160w.

“Is very lightweight reading. The situations arising from these conditions are as artificial and story-bookish as the conditions themselves.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 293. My. 8, ’09. 160w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 377. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.

=Otis, Edward Osgood.=^{[9]} Great white plague, tuberculosis. **$1.
Crowell.

9–24474.

A practical, popular consideration of tuberculosis intended mainly for the enlightenment of the layman. It presents in untechnical language the important aspects of the plague in the light of present-day knowledge. The author gives its causes and results; tells what action is being taken to stamp it out; shows what part the individual may take in the crusade against it; and gives the patient specific directions for eating, sleeping, breathing, and daily habits and exercise.

* * * * *

“It would have been more effective in some places if it had illustrations, and the economic basis for the conflict with disease might have been more fully treated. But on the whole it is an excellent book for the purpose.” C. R. Henderson.

+ − =Am. J. Soc.= 15: 420. N. ’09. 80w. =Ind.= 67: 1207. N. 25, ’09. 150w. + − =R. of Rs.= 40: 638. N. ’09. 150w.

“To present a summary of the world’s knowledge of tuberculosis in such delightful form is no easy task. To write a summary so concisely and intelligently and so clearly that even a school child can read and understand is a more most difficult task. For the performance of this most difficult task Dr. Otis is to be highly congratulated.” L. R. Williams.

+ =Survey.= 23: 247. N. 20, ’09. 1300w.

=Otis, William Bradley.=^{[7]} American verse, 1625–1807: a history.
**$1.75. Moffat.

9–7329.

“Includes all important American verse from the ‘Nova Anglia’ of William Morrell, in 1625, to the publication of the ‘Columbiad,’ in 1807.... Dr. Otis has grouped the verse of this period under five main chapter headings—Historical verse, Religious verse, Political and satirical verse, Imaginative verse, and Translations. The chapter on Political and satirical verse is subdivided into Political satire, Social and personal satire, and Patriotic verse, while the chapter on Imaginative verse is treated as Narrative, Pastoral, and Descriptive, and as Moral and Didactic.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Valuable for special students for its bibliographic data but not recommended for the average public library because of its limited scope and the several works already in use that are more popular and cover a larger field.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 177. Je. ’09. + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 187. Jl. ’09. 180w. + =Dial.= 47: 52. Jl. 16, ’09. 60w.

“Dr. Otis, in his history, has given the first thorough study of seventeenth and eighteenth century American verse. That which makes the book of special value is the fact that it is not an anthology, but is an interpretative study, through the literature of the time of political, religious, and social conditions.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 143. Mr. 13, ’09. 750w.

“A valuable study of early literary conditions.”

+ =Outlook.= 92: 422. Je. 19, ’09. 120w.

=Owen, Frank Allen.=^{[8]} Dyeing and cleaning of textile fabrics: a
handbook for the amateur and the professional; based partly on notes
by H. C. Standage. $2. Wiley.

9–5485.

A useful handbook containing recipes for numerous processes that may be attended to in the home including dyeing, bleaching, cleaning and renovating.

* * * * *

“Clear, well arranged and provided with a good, full index.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 178. Je. ’09.

“It is a matter for regret that the book should have been published in its present form. It contains many trustworthy and useful recipes for the removal of stains, the cleaning of gloves, etc., but these are associated with so much useless and even misleading matter that their value is greatly discounted.” W. M. Gardner.

− + =Nature.= 81: 5. Jl. 1, ’09. 200w.

=Ozaki, Yei Theodora.=^{[12]} Warriors of old Japan, and other
stories. **$1.25. Houghton.

9–29630.

Who shall say how much in these tales Madame Ozaki, wife of the Mayor of Tokio owes to her English education, how much to her Japanese story-telling gift and how much to the fascination of Japanese folk-lore, legendary history, fairy tales and myths? All, however, become assets in these stories of valor, conquest, loyalty and faith which are told with simple directness of narrative peculiar to Japanese tales.

* * * * *

“They appeal to children and to the student of folk-lore alike.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1078. D. 11, ’09. 120w.

P

=Packard, Winthrop.=^{[8]} Wild pastures. **$1.20. Small.

9–16426.

A New England pasture is the haunt in which the author gains the nature impressions set down in these eleven essays. In the first he watches the “June morning miracle” of the coming of the dawn; then come the following chapters: Stalking the wild grape; The frog rendezvous; A butterfly chase; Down stream; Brook magic; In the Ponkapoag bogs; Some butterfly friends; The resting time of the birds; The pond at low tide; How the rain came.

* * * * *

“Worthy to stand beside the work of Burroughs, Torrey and Dallas Lore Sharp.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 47. O. ’09. ✠

“The book is satisfactory for not attempting too much, and accomplishing what it attempts delicately and well.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 76. Ag. 1, ’09. 230w.

“His eyes see much, as do the eyes of all who love nature; and he describes well.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 372. Ag. 12, ’09. 60w.

=Page, Thomas Nelson.=^{[11]} John Marvel, assistant. †$1.50.
Scribner.

9–28122.

“Mr. Thomas Nelson Page is not afraid of the melodrama, and he not only introduces this element generously but uses it effectively. He tells the story of a young Southerner who wastes his time and his early fortune at the university, speculates, gets heavily in debt, is jilted, goes west, opens an office as a lawyer in a rushing manufacturing town, promptly begins a new romance of the heart, and gets into serious complications with the politics and commercial element of the town. There is a strike involving various exciting incidents and a happy ‘dénouement.’ The story is told with spirit, and is the best that Mr. Page has written of late years.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“Mr. Page rather subordinates the story of the discussion of corrupt civic conditions, and some of the characters are types, not persons.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 134. D. ’09. ✠

“A thoroughly readable novel, albeit one that exhibits several loose ends, and is rather disjointed in construction.” W: M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 386. N. 16, ’09. 300w.

“Except that the unity of the story is somewhat destroyed by constant shifting from the first to the third person, the novel commands our attention and approval.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 39: 966. N. 27, ’09. 160w.

“This story is written in that florid and ingenious style which yet survives in Dixie. The multiplicity of minor characters and scenes gives an effect—kaleidoscopic, perhaps, rather than panoramic, but certainly a vivid presentation—of various aspects, social, moral, and political, of current American life.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 541. D. 2, ’09. 350w.

“An interesting and straightforward story. A good deal of Mr. Page’s material is somewhat unconvincing and the story frequently has a tinge of conventional melodrama, but the scenes of the strike are effectively presented, and the novel has plenty of action to hold the reader’s interest.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 636. O. 23, ’09. 420w. =N. Y. Times.= 14: 650. O. 23, ’09. 70w. + =Outlook.= 93: 515. O. 30, ’09. 120w.

=Page, Thomas Nelson.= Robert E. Lee: the Southerner. **$1.50.
Scribner.

8–30716.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“Interesting as a eulogistic study from the southern viewpoint, but almost negligible as a biography.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 47. F. ’09.

“With the best of intentions he has written a biography of General Lee that would be admirable if it might be judged by the canons of fiction.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 18. Ja. 7, ’09. 1100w.

“Mr. Page, writing with enthusiasm, writes also with spirit, and he has spared no pains to make his story what it should be. Unfortunately he has not much of the judicial temper.”

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

=Paget, Stephen.=^{[5]} Faith and works of Christian science; by the
writer of “Confessio medici.” *$1.25. Macmillan.

9–10964.

The author of “Confessio medici” sets forth what he calls the fallacies of Christian science and shows that it is passing from consolidation to disintegration. The “unreality” theories which Christian scientists hold concerning matter, pain and disease he combats, often quoting and attempting to confound passages from “Science and health.” He discusses Mrs. Eddy, gives cases of healing and cases of failures to heal, and finally argues that common-sense and Christian science are incompatible.

* * * * *

=Am. J. Theol.= 13: 499. Jl. ’09. 100w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 178. Je. ’09.

“The author is no dogmatist. This aspect of mind renders the book all the more convincing, and we feel sure that it may fill a useful place in refuting the pretensions of Christian ‘scientists.’” R. T. H.

+ =Nature.= 81: 513. O. 28, ’09. 530w. + =Outlook.= 93: 645. N. 20, ’09. 290w.

“He is not free from the besetting sin of controversialists, the sin of pressing his case too hard. His examination of the faith of Christian science might well have been softened and compressed; there is too much repetition, explanation, and exposure of the nonsense which it propounds as philosophy; it would have been more effective if the quotations had been longer and the comments shorter.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 514. N. 6, ’09. 240w.

=Paine, Ralph Delahaye.=^{[11]} Ships and sailors of old Salem: the
record of a brilliant era of American achievement. *$3.50. McClurg.

9–16435.

From log books, sea journals, and other hitherto unpublished manuscripts have been gathered narratives of the first American voyages to Japan, India, the Philippines, Guam, Cape of Good Hope, Sumatra, Arabia and the South Seas. Between the years from the revolution to the war of 1812 the port of Salem was the most important seat of maritime enterprise in the new world; for here were the headquarters of a race of sailors who fostered the spirit of American commerce in its adventurous aspect. It is of these sailors and their achievements that the author writes.

* * * * *

“The maritime story of Salem is an epic, and one of the most interesting in American history; for Mr. Paine’s volume is not alone a study in Salem records, it is a valuable contribution to the national history. There are few more engaging books for a winter evening around the fire than this record of ‘the brave days of old.’” G: P. Upton.

+ =Dial.= 47: 451. D. 1, ’09. 1250w.

“Mr. Paine has extracted enough chronicles, narratives, descriptions, and statistics to fill a large volume, every page of which is alive with interest.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 718. N. 20, ’09. 830w.

“The book is a worthy memorial of bold and hardy seamen and of a great foreign commerce no longer carried on in American bottoms.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 600. N. 13, ’09. 140w.

=Palgrave, Francis Turner.=^{[9]} Golden treasury, selected from the
best songs and lyrical poems in the English language and arranged
with notes. $1.50. Macmillan.

A new one volume edition of Professor Palgrave’s “Golden treasury.” For the convenience of readers it is published in handy pocket form.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 147. D. ’09.

“The notes, a little cloying in style, display a good deal of knowledge and taste which was uncommon in former years, and now—partly, perhaps, through Palgrave’s efforts—seem like the endorsement of recognized reputations.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 69. Jl. 17. 160w.

“It is the best selection of lyrics that we have despite the fact that the editor’s judgment did not in the second series display the unerring quality that was exemplified in the first.”

+ − =Dial.= 47: 290. O. 16, ’09. 50w. + =Lit. D.= 39: 542. O. 2, ’09. 50w. + =Nation.= 89: 282. S. 23, ’09. 100w.

=Palmer, Abram Smythe.= Ideal of a gentleman; or, A mirror for gentle
folks; a portrayal in literature from the earliest times. **$1.50.
Dutton.

“As the editor says, his anthology has become something like a ‘cyclopaedia of gentlehood,’ ranging over ‘a field of flowers so wide and extensive that it includes at one extreme the Egyptian moralist, Ptah-hotep, B. C. 3300, and at the other Mr. William Watson.’ The book is divided into sections devoted to various aspects of the subject—such as ‘The herald’s gentleman,’ ‘Wealth and work,’ ‘Manners and good breeding,’ ‘The poet’s gentleman,’—and each receives abundant illustration in the extracts which Dr. Palmer has gathered together.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“No better book of extracts can be imagined on the subject, and even the most miscellaneous of readers can hardly fail to find amongst its sources something new to him.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 818. D. 26. 200w.

“It is a sort of book that, while rather appalling in its entirety, is very pleasant to dip into at odd moments. And if the masculine rising generation could be induced to read a little of it every day it would doubtless have a desirable effect upon their manners and characters.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 802. D. 26, ’08. 200w.

“It is well worth looking into, if only for the amusement which it provides.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 630. O. 24, ’08. 1300w.

=Palmer, George Herbert, and Palmer, Alice Freeman.= The teacher:
essays and addresses on education. **$1.50. Houghton.

8–32424.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 19. Ja. ’09.

“The entire volume has a breadth of view and of interest and a charm of style such as few books on education possess.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 22. Ja. 1, ’09. 350w. + =Lit. D.= 37: 986. D. 26, ’08. 50w.

“If Mr. Palmer’s ideas, however true and helpful, are not remarkably original or profound, they borrow some distinction from the medium through which they are put forth, a style of limpidity, suavity, and familiar elegance.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 630. D. 24, ’08. 650w.

“Illuminating volume.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 381. F. 20, ’09. 280w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 511. Ap. ’09. 60w.

“After having for years sent students and teachers to various magazine and pamphlet sources to work upon articles by Professor Palmer, the substance of which no one else has afforded us, we now have brought together those of his educational writings ‘which may have some claim to permanent interest.’” F. A. Manny.

+ =School R.= 17: 278. Ap. ’09. 550w.

=Parabellum, pseud.= Banzai! †$1.50. Baker.

9–965.

A story which grows “out of the looting of Japanese shops in San Francisco in 1907, and the voyage around the world made by the American fleet in 1908. It begins with a series of mysterious and totally unexpected attacks on Manila, on San Francisco, and other points along the Pacific coast, and ends with a great battle fought between the Japanese and American armies among the Blue mountains of Oregon.”—Bookm.

* * * * *

“While somewhat crude in literary expression and lacking in unity of treatment, it has considerable dash and vividness and holds one’s attention to the close.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 55. F. ’09. ✠

“Viewed apart from its political significance it will be found an exceedingly entertaining and spirited narrative that is second to none treating of the imaginary war of the future that has appeared since the late Frank R. Stockton published ‘The great war syndicate.’ But it is not easy to look at it purely as a work of fiction.” Beverly Stark.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 599. F. ’09. 1000w.

“It lacks unity, while the introduction of a new set of characters in nearly every chapter is confusing. The bringing about of more amicable relations between the two nations will hardly be accomplished by literature of this kind.”

− =Lit. D.= 38: 729. Ap. 24, ’09. 300w.

“The translator has done his work smoothly, but without quite ridding the text of a foreign flavor.”

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

“The vision is quite vivid. So much so that even though you are not given to alarmist views on the so-called Yellow Peril, you may find yourself momentarily, at least, caught by the spell.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 81. F. 13, ’09. 1900w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 377. Je. 12, ’09. 180w.

=Parker, Edward Harper.= Ancient China simplified. *$3. Dutton.

9–8736.

The author “has simplified ancient China and pictured the important phases of its life in a most satisfactory fashion. From his book it is possible to obtain fairly clear conceptions of China’s civilization, government, social customs, literary attainments, and religious conditions as far back as 872 years before Christ, and in these days, when China is of so much importance in the commercial and political worlds, no intelligent person can feel indifferent as to the past.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 39. Ja. 9. 900w.

“We fear we have not found that the book fulfils the claim made by its title; but we gratefully acknowledge that, whatever the form of the work may leave to be desired, we have never seen collected together under one cover so much valuable information concerning the China of the past.” T. L. Bullock.

+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 107. Ja. ’09. 1700w.

“The present historian has unfortunately divested his story of about all the human touches which even the ancient sources contain, which is too bad.”

+ − =Ind.= 66: 324. F. 11, ’09. 220w.

“Though as a whole the book will appeal only to the special student, there is much of general interest in it.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 252. Mr. 11, ’09. 420w.

“An instructive and very interesting book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 19. Ja. 9, ’09. 420w.

“The arrangement of the work is admirable, the chapters are brief, distinctly Chinese names are introduced gradually, and repetition is skillfully used as an aid to memory.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 976. D. 26, ’08. 300w.

=Parker, Eric.= Highways and byways in Surrey. (Highways and byways
ser.) $2. Macmillan.

8–37734.

Personal impressions unite with guide book material to produce a volume valuable for its descriptions of natural beauties, historic interests, and special plants and animals whose habitats are in these parts.

* * * * *

“Decidedly one of the best in this excellent series. Wherever you dip into Mr. Parker’s book you will find information pleasantly retailed, and we cannot discover that he misses much. He does not, however, seem to know the beautiful village of Felday.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 158. F. 6. 750w.

“There is scarcely a note in English life which is not struck by Mr. Parker in his entertaining pages.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 539. Mr. 11, ’09. 370w.

“His record has all the leisureliness and lightness of the free pedestrian. Altogether it is delightful reading of its kind.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 574. D. 10, ’08. 280w.

“The sketches make it possible to appreciate the beauty of the highways and byways in Surrey without visiting them.”

+ =Nature.= 79: 158. D. 10, ’08. 120w.

“It would be a real service if such books as this were to set out half a dozen footpath plans of such districts, where the traveller, if he do but know how, may walk for days and scarcely set his foot upon the turnpike. Both the illustrator and the author give us so much to be grateful for that one would only mention the desire for a more definite sense of county character as a counsel of perfection.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 80. Ja. 16, ’09. 1200w.

“A very charming book both to dip into and to read. The secret of that charm is largely to be found in the fact that the author has had a just understanding of the limits of his work, and, aiming neither too high nor too low, has exactly hit the mark.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 21. Ja. 2, ’09. 1400w.

=Parker, George Augustus.=^{[8]} Out of the depths. $1.25. Reid pub.

8–34599.

By a curious coincidence here is a story of the same title as a recent one by George R. Varney. The latter refuted the claims of Christian science while this novel by Mr. Parker follows a young man’s restoration to health thru Christian science treatment.

* * * * *

“The story is fairly well written, but is incomparably inferior as literature and as romance to ‘Paul Anthony, Christian,’ which, in our judgment, is the best Christian science novel that has appeared. Quite beyond the author’s limitations as a writer of fiction, this volume contains elements of weakness for propaganda purposes that will make it, we think, of doubtful value.”

− + =Arena.= 41: 606. Ag. ’09. 480w.

“It is good enough as propagandism, but as fiction it is clumsy and futile in construction, uninteresting in its story, dull and stilted in style, and without merit in its depiction of character.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 128. Mr. 6, ’09. 100w.

=Parker, George F.=^{[10]} Recollections of Grover Cleveland. **$3.
Century.

9–26972.

A biography of a thoroly personal character which is sympathetic and also exact. It begins with the boyhood days of Cleveland, passes in review his early struggles in Buffalo that shaped his democratic tendencies, deals with his long political service, and covers the closing days of his life at Princeton; it also includes an estimation of his place in history, and an appreciation of his achievements and character.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 123. D. ’09.

“His book is judiciously and temperately written. It does not degenerate into mere eulogy. Nevertheless, it lacks a sense of proportion and does not bring a strong light to bear upon any particular phase of Mr. Cleveland’s character.” H. T. Peck.

+ − =Bookm.= 30: 391. D. ’09. 700w.

“Mr. Parker’s book is not intended as a formal biography, but it answers every purpose of a biography from the political side, and it presents the real Grover Cleveland with great skill.” C. H. Cooper.

+ =Dial.= 47: 382. N. 16, ’09. 1200w.

“This is the man whose life Mr. Parker traces, in a somewhat haphazard order at times, but lucidly and with knowledge of his subject. He is no Boswell, to ride roughshod over the sensibilities of the living.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 1315. D. 9, ’09. 1050w. + =Lit. D.= 39: 686. O. 23, ’09. 200w. + =Lit. D.= 39: 1078. D. 11, ’09. 150w.

“Although thoroughly reminiscential, the book is not light and gossipy, or of a newspaper or magazine flavor, but a careful presentment of a great public character as seen by his intimates. The tone and attitude throughout is admiring, respectful, almost reverential; and possibly the book is open to criticism on the score of not being sufficiently critical.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 458. N. 11, ’09. 3200w.

“It is a revealing document which shows us a real man, idealized somewhat, but generally quite convincing, whose aims, ambitions, motives, habits of mind, mental calibre, methods of thought, moral standards, and personal life are plainly exhibited.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 605. O. 16, ’09. 1400w. + =Outlook.= 93: 805. D. 11, ’09. 1500w.

“Easily the most important volume of biography among the publications of the autumn season.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 636. N. ’09. 190w.
=Spec.= 103: 797. N. 13, ’09. 380w.

=Parker, Sir Gilbert.=^{[10]} Northern lights. †$1.50. Harper.

9–24321.

Fearlessly does the author handle a series of strong situations in this his recent book of seventeen short stories. They are tales of Canadian life, and fall into two groups: the first five are reminiscent of “border days and deeds,” “of days,” the author says, “before the great railway was built which changed a waste into a fertile field of civilization”; the remaining stories “cover the period passed since the Royal Northwest mounted police and the Pullman car first startled the pioneer, and sent him into the land of the farther north or drew him into the quiet circle of civic routine and humdrum occupation.”

* * * * *

“Virile and dramatic and have a decided charm; excellent for reading aloud.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 92. N. ’09. ✠

“Scarcely more than four [of the stories] show enough invention to be called successful, though the dialogue in them is vivacious and true to type.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 423. O. 9. 240w.

“The be-all and the end-all of these tales does not lie in their chronicle of suffering and tragedy and brutal impulses, but rather in the unexpected gleams of kindness and mercy and human kinship that suddenly, in almost every one of the stories, diffuses a glow of tenderness that well justifies the symbolic title of ‘Northern lights.’” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 30: 281. N. ’09. 160w.

“Tales that are vigorous and strong and written in the manner the author had before his knighthood sweated so much of the pigment out of his life-colored words.”

+ − =Ind.= 67: 1262. D. 2, ’09. 370w.

“It seems pretty clear that Sir Gilbert has been persuaded to exhume these specimens of his early work for commercial reasons. The stories are not dull, they are as good as the ordinary specimens of their ‘genre.’”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 488. N. 18, ’09. 310w.

“Contains very little that can add to the reputation of Sir Gilbert Parker. The material is such that a very poor story teller may not quite spoil it.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 607. O. 16, ’09. 300w.

“A better or stronger volume of short stories has not been published for a long time.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 317. O. 9, ’09. 160w.

“The most interesting feature of these stories, from a literary point of view, is the easy sureness and truth of their outlines. There is not a finished picture among them, but there is not a sketch that does not afford a finely finished picture.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 445. O. 9, ’09. 800w.

“A collection of stories, told with Sir Gilbert Parker’s wonted power.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 610. O. 16, ’09. 30w.

=Parker, Lottie Blair.=^{[6]} Homespun: a story of some New England
folk. †$1.50. Holt.

9–14824.

With a New England village for a setting the author portrays intimately several distinct types of its inhabitants. There are two brothers between whom exists a feud over the line which divides their respective farms; there is a meek and long suffering sister who knuckles down to the abuse put upon her by the wife of one of the brothers; there is the wife herself who sends her boy, the idol of her heart, to medical college and sees him turned out a trickster; there is the patient manly fellow who achieves self-made distinction; there is the village justice who fully lives up to his calling; and there is the fine-spirited heroine besides other clearly drawn and true-to-life characters.

* * * * *

“An engaging story.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 56. O. ’09.

“The story is pleasantly sentimental and entertaining throughout.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 47: 183. S. 16, ’09. 160w.

“A story which, with all its crudeness, has its engaging features.”

− + =Nation.= 89: 212. S. 2, ’09. 380w.

“It is a fine study of rustic life, full of Yankee humor. The characters are well drawn and easily recognized as products of the soil. And in the development of the plot, the author has shown skill in working out her story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 377. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.

“By the author of the successful plays ‘Way down East’ and ‘Under Southern skies,’ and presumably that is why it has been published, for there is no other discoverable reason apparent as you read it.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 492. Ag. 14, ’09. 300w.

=Parkin, George Robert.=^{[5]} Sir John A. Macdonald. (Makers of
Canada.) Morang & co., Toronto.

8–6972.

Throws less light upon private life than upon “the dominant part that was played in the creation and building up of the young Dominion.” (Nation.) The author’s “business is with the larger issues, the wider atmosphere, in which the statesman moved who, more than any one else, embodied the spirit and purpose of the Canadian people.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“An admirable proportion is maintained in the treatment of the different periods. The manner and style of the volume are worthy of its subject.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 524. My. 1. 880w.

“Of the twenty-odd volumes so far issued in the ‘Makers of Canada’ series, this life of Macdonald stands easily among the best. Dr. Parkin has avoided many of the faults of earlier volumes, and has given us a thoroughly sane, reasonably impartial, and very readable biography of the Canadian statesman.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 447. My. 14, ’08. 1400w.

“There is, of course, in this volume much that an English reader will find it difficult to appreciate. There are some things which he will hardly understand.”

+ − =Spec.= 103: sup. 492. O. 2, ’09. 290w.

=Parkinson, Edward Kneeland.=^{[9]} Guide to the country home. *$1.
Outing pub.

9–28785.

A practical discussion of such subjects relating to the country home as the choice of a location, winter planning, tools, stock and its treatment, crops, and how to plant them, the orchard, the market garden, the kitchen garden, bees, trees, lawns and shrubbery, and the harvest.

* * * * *

“It gives distinctly practical advice on a great variety of important items.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 592. O. 9, ’09. 150w.

=Parmelee, Maurice.= Principles of anthropology and sociology in their
relations to criminal procedure. (Citizens lib. of economics,
politics, and sociology.) *$1.25. Macmillan.

8–22622.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“The argument is too clear and convincing to be ignored and it will make its appeal to all lawyers who have any insight whatever into the modern requirements in respect to the treatment of criminals.” C. R. Henderson.

+ =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 548. Ja. ’09. 180w.

“The discussion is solid, the author’s viewpoint usually sane. Unfortunately there is no index. Mr. Parmelee is to be congratulated for having covered so large a field in a manner so satisfactory.” Carl Kelsey.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 215. Ja. ’09. 580w.

“All of this manifestation of deficiency in philosophy, psychology and the fundamental principles of science is very unfortunate, because it discounts what the author says in regard to some practical problems in criminology. Among those well worthy the careful attention of those in authority are his discussions of individualization of punishment, the criminal law, and his criticism of the jury system.” F. W. Collier.

+ − =Arena.= 41: 394. Mr. ’09. 780w.

“In his suggestions for the reform of criminal procedure Mr. Parmelee has put his finger on most of the weak points of the present system. He has perhaps passed over with too slight emphasis two of its most conspicuous shortcomings, the abuse of appeals and the exaggerated part played by the lawyer in criminal trials in America.” U. G. Weatherly.

+ − =Econ. Bull.= 1: 344. D. ’08. 520w.

“This work will be particularly welcome to the student of comparative criminal procedure.”

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 178. Mr. ’09. 220w.

“Space does not permit of pointing to a few minor inaccuracies in Mr. Parmelee’s text. The book is certainly one of the most important contributions to the subject which has ever appeared in English, and we know of no other work which has so carefully gone over the whole field in review. It is commended to the careful attention alike of lawyer, social worker, legislator, teacher and intelligent layman.” F. M. McLean.

+ + − =Survey.= 23: 97. O. 16. ’09. 1700w.

“The volume is an exceedingly interesting and accurate summary of the results of the studies of European criminologists and of existing systems of procedure. Such works are needed.” Mason Trowbridge.

+ =Yale R.= 17: 457. F. ’09. 430w.

=Parr, Harriet (Holme Lee, pseud.).= Legends from fairyland. †$1.50.
Lippincott.

W9–177.

“Contains many real, old-fashioned legends from fairyland. The history of Prince Glee and Princess Trill, the cruel persecutions of Aunt Spite, and the adventures of other dwellers in fairyland are told for children, with the accompanying necessities of moral lessons. The pictures and many decorative devices are by R. L. and H. J. Knowles, who have resorted to the unusual expedient of giving an exhaustive table of contents, assigning each tiny drawing to one or other of the two artists.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 756. D. 5, ’08. 110w.
=Outlook.= 91: 108. Ja. 16, ’09. 80w.

=Parrish, Randall.=^{[11]} My lady of the South: a story of the civil
war. †$1.50. McClurg.

9–26140.

Although this is a war-time story the interest centers about the Southern home of old Judge Dunn with its mysterious passages and sliding fire place, while the bitter feud between two old families is the cause of much dramatic complication. There are strange murders, always done in the dark, and the terrible face of a crazed woman which appears and disappears. Thru it all runs the thread of romance until the gallant Northern officer, having shown himself both brave and honorable, wins my lady of the South.

=Parry, Sir Charles Hubert H.=^{[12]} Johann Sebastian Bach. **$3.50.
Putnam.

9–30624.

“Bach’s temperament and character, his deep religious feeling, all his impulses and energies, went to the creation of music, the development of its powers of expression, the discovery of its possibilities, so far as they could be realized in his day, and in all this Sir Hubert is his biographer, indeed. Thus does he lead us to see the man as well as the musician, and his analysis of the period that prepared his coming, that called for it, is a model of exposition.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“Is first of all, and most of the time, a book for musicians, to be recommended to scholarly conductors, who will find in it a rich fund of helpful suggestion. The book has also the distinction of its author’s wider culture, his wider outlook on the life of art.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 1141. N. 18, ’09. 290w.

“Dr. Parry’s own researches into the history of music and musical personalities have made him pre-eminently the person to write the life story of such a great personality.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 757. D. ’09. 130w.

=Parsons, Mrs. Florence Mary (Mrs. Clement Parsons).=^{[12]}
Incomparable Siddons. **$3.50. Putnam.

A work that “throws all the known traits, professional and private, of Mrs. Siddons, into bold relief, and so recreates, as it were, an extinct personality. This constitutes its salient merit and charm. It recalls the almost unanimous testimony of credible eye-witnesses to the regal beauty, the matchless grace and dignity, the melting pathos, and the majestic passion of this queen of the tragic stage.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Mrs. Clement Parsons has got together a great amount of entertaining matter relating to the English stage of a century and more ago, the histrionically gifted Kemble family, and the brightly shining light of that family, Mrs. Sarah Kemble Siddons. The lack of any recent and detailed work on her chosen subject makes her book timely and acceptable.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 512. D. 16, ’09. 250w.

“This latest work by Mrs. Parsons exhibits all the characteristics that distinguished her ‘Garrick and his circle.’ The book will not only prove a boon to the ordinary reader, but a valuable aid to the more deliberate student of theatrical affairs. It is a full and good book which no student of theatrical literature can afford to neglect.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 579. D. 9, ’09. 1050w.

“Mrs. Clement Parsons’ biography is painstaking, and, as far as we have tested it, accurate, and may be commended to those who wish to know more of the woman who ruled the English stage for thirty years.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 665. N. 27. ’09. 900w.

=Parsons, Frank.=^{[6]} Choosing a vocation. *$1. Houghton.

9–14718.

A study of the problems involved in the choice of a vocation solved in a careful, scientific way with emphasis upon one’s “aptitudes, abilities, ambitions, resources and limitations and the relations of these elements to the conditions of success in different industries.” The three general headings of the treatment are: The personal investigation; The industrial investigation; The organization and the work. The second part contains an elaborate scheme for personal record and self-analysis.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 178. Je. ’09. ✠

“To educators and others who share the responsibility of directing young persons to select a profession or trade the book will amply repay study.”

+ =Cath. World.= 90: 114. O. ’09. 350w.

“The book is well worthy the careful reading and thoughtful consideration of every man and woman who has to face the choice of workers in any field of life or upon whom devolves the duty and privilege of assisting anyone to choose a vocation.”

+ =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 35. O. 14, ’09. 400w. + =Ind.= 67: 257. Jl. 29, ’09. 160w.

“It will be found useful to parents as well as to their children and indeed to all whose privilege and responsibility it is to direct the lives and prescribe the careers of the coming men and women of the country.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 542. O. 2. ’09. 100w.

“A very important portion of Prof. Parsons’s book is that in which he illustrates his methods by citing sample cases. These citations are both interesting and instructive.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 400. Je. 26, ’09. 500w.

=Partridge, Anthony.= The distributors. †$1.50. McClure.

8–28064.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“A strange, clever, impossible sort of story with a curiously warped sense of right and wrong.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 28: 588. F. ’09. 410w.

“There are numerous thrills in the fantastic romance, and much sprightliness of dialogue.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 46: 85. F. 1, ’09. 230w.

“Mr. Anthony Partridge’s story is as startling as it is dangerously suggestive. The idle rich should avoid it as offering a peculiar temptation to them in particular.”

− =Ind.= 66: 487. Mr. 4, ’09. 260w.

=Partridge, Anthony.=^{[6]} Kingdom of earth. †$1.50. Little.

9–13542.

A story of love and revolution involving an American college woman educated at Wellesley, and a European crown prince, who permitting a profligate foster brother to scamper about Paris incognito, and to be taken for himself, was hated by the ruler, his uncle, no less than by the people of the kingdom. He started a socialist campaign, placed before the people ideas of democracy, helped them to establish a republic, all unknown and unappreciated until he had very nearly lost his life at the hands of the mob.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 28. S. ’09.

“A book that will hold the attention of the class of readers who are endowed with a love of the spectacular, and do not bind their favorite author to a strict account regarding the unities or the probabilities.”

+ − =Cath. World.= 89: 824. S. ’09. 200w.

Reviewed by W: M. Payne.

=Dial.= 47: 47. Jl. 16, ’09. 270w.

“Mr. Partridge’s central idea is a novel one and he has worked it out skillfully, leading the reader on from chapter to chapter with new complications and mysteries and perils and adventures growing more and more exciting.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 355. Je. 5, ’09. 380w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 377. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.

=Patmore, K. A.=^{[11]} Court of Louis XIII. **$3.50. Brentano’s.

A sketch that shows the power of Richelieu as contrasted with the loutishness and degeneracy of the king. “The book is more an endeavor to give us the atmosphere and color of the time and court than a collection of facts and dates. These are by no means lacking, but it is not they that keep the reader eagerly turning the pages.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Mrs. Patmore evidently takes great interest in her subject, and has studied all the best sources with care; so that her book has freshness and an air of accurate presentment.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 353. S. 25. 1500w.

“It is a picturesque and engaging account of this reign within a reign.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14; 634. O. 23, ’09. 210w.

“We may say at once that the author of this book does not always show the discretion which the subject imperatively demands. The book, however, has great merits. No pains have been spared in making it complete; the men and women of the time are lifelike as they are made to move before us; we carry away with us a vivid picture of the time.”

+ − =Spec.= 103: 464. S. 25, ’09. 400w.

=Paton, Lewis Bayles.=^{[5]} Critical and exegetical commentary on the
book of Esther. (The international critical commentary.) **$2.25.
Scribner.

8–30156.

“Contains—excluding the indices—306 pages, 118 of which are devoted to introductory matters, the rest to the detailed comments.... The detailed comments are sane, cautious, and complete, meeting the needs of the student who desires an adequate knowledge of the narrative of Esther.... The introductory material is discussed under five general heads. Under the first the author indicates the various positions assigned to Esther in Hebrew and Greek manuscripts, and in printed editions of the Old Testament. The text as found in different Hebrew and Greek recensions is treated at length in the succeeding section.... The remaining three sections deal with questions of higher criticism, canonicity, and the history of interpretation from the earliest times to the year 1908.”—Bib. World.

* * * * *

“The commentary places within the reach of every English reader a sane, competent, and scholarly guide to the best that is known concerning the book of which it treats, and ought to find a place in the library of every student of the Bible.” G: A. Barton.

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 286. Ap. ’09. 720w.

“Characterized by scholarship and sanity; it is indispensable to the close student of this biblical romance.”

+ =Bib. World.= 32: 438. D. ’08. 20w.

“The reader may hesitate at times to follow Professor Paton all the way, but no one who desires to understand the Book of Esther can afford to disregard this volume, for undoubtedly it is without equal in the English language, and in many respects it is superior to commentaries in other languages.” F: C. Eiselen.

+ + − =Bib. World.= 33: 131. F. ’09. 1200w.

=Paton, Lewis Bayles.=^{[9]} Recent Christian progress: studies in
Christian thought and work during the last seventy-five years. *$3.
Macmillan.

9–22199.

Studies prepared by professors and alumni of Hartford theological seminary in celebration of its seventy-fifth anniversary. May 24–26, 1909. They are grouped under preliminary studies, Old Testament, New Testament, church history, systematic theology, the modern churches, church work, allied agencies, home missions, and foreign missions.

* * * * *

“Some of the essays are necessarily fragmentary contributions to the subjects, but the volume is valuable as indicating to the student where to look for further information, as showing drifts and as illustrating the productive scholarship of Hartford seminary.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 82. N. ’09.
=Bib. World.= 34: 431. D. ’09. 60w.

“As the essays cover the whole theological and religious field there is something for all tastes, and we commend it as a comprehensive sort of encyclopedia, in which the reader can trust his informants.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 828. O. 7, ’09. 150w. + =Nation.= 89: 491. N. 18, ’09. 90w.

=Patten, Simon Nelson.=^{[6]} Product and climax. (Art of life ser.)
*50c. Huebsch.

9–15869.

A little book of definite sociological interest to the settlement worker. It is a study of the laborer’s social unrest in which the lecturer finds wanting a proper balance between action and toil, resulting in the product, and reaction in enjoyment and recreation—the climax of satisfaction. The causes of unrest are analyzed and a cure is suggested which will bring about the right relation between work and play.

* * * * *

“The new basis [of civilization] apart, Prof. Patten has some very valuable and striking ideas.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 462. Jl. 31, ’09. 550w.
=Survey.= 22: 344. Je. 5, ’09. 500w. (Quoted paragraphs from the
book.)

=Patterson, John Henry.=^{[12]} In the grip of the nyika; further
adventures in British East Africa. $2. Macmillan.

9–30334.

A “plain account” of the trials and adventures that befell the author on two expeditions thru the nyika, or wilderness, in British East Africa. Alternately at the mercy of wild men and wild beasts, the author’s narrative reflects the strain put upon a mind tense with alertness. The illustrations are from the author’s own photographs.

=Patterson, Rev. M. W.=^{[12]} History of the Church of England. *$2.
Longmans.

A work of moderate size whose point of view is that of a strong churchman agreeing with the leaders of the Oxford movement that “the church is a substantive body, independent of the state, with rights, privileges, and title-deeds of its own.” The author does not minimize the effects of the reformation altho he believes that its course was marred by evils. The work is a history written in the light of modern understanding.

* * * * *

“The Rev. M. W. Patterson makes no claim of original research, yet it is an uncommonly good summary. The author’s point of view is that of a moderate Anglican, and the treatment is characterized throughout by fairness and self-restraint. The eighteenth century fares very badly. Taken as a whole, however, the book is one of the best, as it is one of the most readable, of the many brief histories of the English church.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 519. N. 25, ’09. 230w.

“The work is well thought out and proportioned, as far as it goes. We could wish that the manner were always worthy of the matter.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 788. Je. 19, ’09. 600w.

“Generally he steers with success the middle course, and may be relied upon for impartial judgment and a reasonable estimate of doubtful personalities and causes.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 136. Jl. 24, ’09. 670w.

=Pauer, Ernst.= Musical forms. (Music students’ lib.) 75c. Ditson.

Gives a clear explanation of the various forms used in vocal and instrumental music such as anthem, mass, oratorio, passion music, chorale, aria, chorus, cantata, song, ballad, madrigal, opera, prelude, toccata, invention, fugue, symphony, sonata, quartet, caprice, fantasia, and dance forms, classical and modern.

* * * * *

+ =Nation.= 88: 96. Ja. 28, ’09. 140w.

=Paul-Dubois, Louis F. A.= Contemporary Ireland; ed. by T. M. Kettle.
**$2. Baker.

9–2601.

“Represents an attempt of a mind, at once scientific and imaginative, to see Ireland steadily and to see it whole.” The author “begins his work with an historical introduction, filling about ninety pages, in which he gives a remarkably lucid and sympathetic outline of the history of Ireland as diverted from normal channels, first by the Viking invasion and then by English conquests and government.... He then proceeds to a study of political and social conditions, material decadence, and the possibilities of a regeneration of Ireland. In conclusion he asserts that Ireland has now reached a turning-point in her history, and that her future, whether it shall be one of decay or of regeneration, ‘depends upon the direction she takes and the effort she puts forth.’” (Lit. D.)

* * * * *

“A scholarly sympathetic study of Irish history and conditions.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 107. Ap. ’09.

“His book is thus valuable as a compendium, an encyclopædic reference ready for the student seeking the original sources of Irish history. What one deplores is that the journalistic plan of the book works ill to its most vital topic—the regenerative influences now in progress in Ireland.” Ellen FitzGerald.