Chapter LV: Book 3: , The self, presents the nature of self as part of consciousness (15)

+ =Dial.= 46: 144. Mr. 1, ’09. 200w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 745. D. 5, ’08. 150w.

=Soper, George Albert.= Air and ventilation of subways. $2.50. Wiley.

8–20678.

As a result of the study of the characteristics of the air in the subway this work “summarizes 2,000 pages of the author’s data, and includes valuable studies of other subways in this country and in Europe, as well as excellent statements of the underlying principles upon which air of enclosed spaces should be investigated, particularly when occupied by lungbreathing animals, which, of course, includes the subway hog.” (Engin. N.)

* * * * *

“Aside from its manifest value to sanitary engineers, the book will prove of service to all who are interested in knowing what good and bad air consists in, and how to deal with it in subways and other enclosed spaces.”

+ =Engin. D.= 4: 305. S. ’08. 330w.

“Some little errors may be pointed out.” C: F. McKenna.

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 5. Ja. 14, ’09. 920w.

“While the technical parts of the book are of interest only to a limited number of readers, the portions in which the author gives his conclusions concerning subway air and ventilation are likely to prove instructive reading to subway travelers.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 60: 363. S. 25, ’09. 150w.

=Soper, George Albert.=^{[10]} Modern methods of street cleaning. *$3.
Eng. news.

9–21872.

“Mr. Soper, a member of the American society of engineers, expounds the principles of street cleaning with scientific precision. From actual experience he is able to give an account of how streets are cleaned in London, Manchester, Paris, Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Amsterdam, and New York. The book is profusely illustrated and the machinery of scavenging set forth as it is used in the cities among which Mr. Soper made a tour of three years.”—Lit. D.

* * * * *

“The book is profusely illustrated with views taken by the author of street conditions in different cities, which depict various devices and systems in use for the cleaning of streets and the removal and disposal of refuse. This feature of the book cannot be too highly commended.”

+ =Engin. D.= 6: 245. S. ’09. 200w.

“Its chief interest will be found in the contrast between the efficiency and cost of the work abroad and here.” S. Whinery.

+ =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 43. N. 18, ’09. 1400w. + =Lit. D.= 39: 544. O. 2, ’09. 180w.

“It is probable that in every one of the cities Dr. Soper visited in his tour of study there is something in the way of plant or practice that may be studied profitably by the street cleaners of other cities, and that is what makes Dr. Soper’s book worth while.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 567. S. 25, ’09. 320w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 512. O. ’09. 130w.

=South, Richard=. Moths of the British Isles. (Wayside and woodland
ser.) 2 ser. ea. *$3. Warne.

9–19099.

=ser. 1.= “The first series, comprised in the present volume, deals with the families ‘sphingidæ’ to ‘noctuidæ,’ and the arrangement is almost the same as in Staudinger’s Catalogue of 1901. The book may be slipped into the pocket, and the information is fairly full without being unduly technical.”—Spec.

=ser. 2.= Comprises the families noctuidæ to hepialidæ. “Little attempt is made to describe the perfect insects; and indeed a good figure is in many cases sufficient for the identification of many insects; but the range of variation is usually indicated, and caterpillars, habits and localities are usually recorded in detail.” (Nature.) There are 873 colored figures of every species and many varieties, also drawings of eggs, caterpillars, chrysalids and food plants.

* * * * *

“An admirable pocket guide to British moths.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 293. Mr. 7. 140w. (Review of first series.)

“The great care bestowed on the preparation of the book ... will ensure for it a warm welcome from naturalists, to whom also its convenient size will be an attraction.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 34: 172. Ap. ’08. 110w. (Review of first series.)

“Books on British butterflies and moths are now plentiful enough, but we have never seen any which have pleased us so well as the series of which this book is the second volume.” W. F. K.

+ =Nature.= 77: 483. Mr. 26, ’08. 450w. (Review of first series.)

“We have already spoken favourably of the earlier volumes, and it is now our pleasing duty to say that there is no falling-off in the execution of the text and plates of the volume before us. The letterpress is very good and up-to-date, but we do not notice on pp. 55 and 56 any reference to the two specimens of ‘Thalpochares parva’ taken by Dr. Battersby at Torquay in 1859.” W. F. K.

+ − =Nature.= 79: 427. F. 11, ’09. 250w. (Review of second series.)

“The work is admirably done, and as a pocket guide companion to the same author’s ‘Butterflies of the British Isles,’ this second series of British moths will be appreciated for the beauty and clarity of its treatment by all students of the subject.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 206. Ap. 10, ’09. 130w. (Review of second
series.)

“The feature of the book is the coloured figure of each species.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 1008. Je. 27, ’08. 130w. (Review of first series.)

=South African native races committee=, ed. South African natives:
their progress and present condition. *$2. Dutton.

9–8739.

Aims to furnish information in regard to the present conditions in South African colonies and to aid in the adoption by the different colonies of a uniform and progressive policy toward the natives. It deals with such subjects as occupations, land tenure, taxation, administration, legal status, education and churches.

* * * * *

Reviewed by U. G. Weatherly.

=Econ. Bull.= 2: 166. Je. ’09. 550w.
=Ind.= 66: 1346. Je. 17, ’09. 600w.

“The work has a value for all who have to deal with a similar condition of one race ruling another of a lower grade of civilization, but vastly superior in numbers.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 278. Mr. 18, ’09. 320w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 115. F. 27, ’09. 200w.
=Outlook.= 92: 270. My. 29, ’09. 350w.
=Sat. R.= 108: 114. Jl. 24, ’09. 200w.

“The Committee are perfectly fair and candid. They start with no prepossession except a desire to do honestly by the natives; they seek laboriously for facts; they respect expert opinion; and their conclusions are modest and convincing.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 267. F. 13, ’09. 620w.

=Spalding, Frederick Putnam.= Text-book on roads and pavements. 3d
ed., rev. and enl. *$2. Wiley.

8–28614.

While primarily intended for classes in engineering this book serves as a handbook for the general reader. “The many changes in methods of construction and maintenance, due in part to new traffic conditions, has made it necessary for the author to practically rewrite several chapters for this the third edition. In this, as in former editions, the author discusses the principles involved in the construction and maintenance of the various kinds of streets and roads.” (Science.)

* * * * *

“The best recent practice in highway work is represented.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 123. Ap. ’09.
=Engin.= D. 5: 412. Ap. ’09. 200w.

“The treatment is systematic and logical; the style is terse and the statements of facts are generally accurate and free from ambiguity. The critical reader will, however, note a few exceptions to the last statement. On the whole, it may be said without reservation that the book is the best elementary text-book on roads and pavements yet produced.” S. Whinery.

+ − =Engin.= N. 60: sup. 694. D. 17, ’08. 440w.

“This is a practical book, and is advanced in character. On the whole, the author covers his subject well. However, the first chapter could have been more complete.”

+ − =Engin. Rec.= 59: 27. Ja. 2, ’09. 500w.

“The information given is practical and useful.”

+ =Nature.= 79: 337. Ja. 21, ’09. 570w.

“The chapters on brick and bituminous pavements are probably the strongest features of the book.” A. S. Cushman.

+ − =Science=, n.s. 29: 77. Ja. 8, ’09. 770w.

=Spargo, John.= Spiritual significance of modern socialism. *50c.
Huebsch.

8–33324.

“The main thesis seems to be that while many socialists do interpret socialism in terms of economic gain, there grows constantly the tendency to see modern capitalism as a menace to free thought, true religion, social sympathy and many of the prized features of true culture. Socialism is to be conceived of as a protest against the eclipse of the essentials to a higher culture. In this sense appears a spiritual significance of modern socialism.”—Char.

* * * * *

“An eloquent and attractive appeal to the church to become an organ of socialism.” C. R. Henderson.

+ =Am. J. Soc.= 15: 126. Jl. ’09. 100w.

“One of the best pro-socialist books, serving as a good introduction for the general reader.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 110. Ap. ’09.

“Mr. Spargo writes with enthusiasm and spiritual earnestness, but his fundamental assumption is wrong.”

− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 465. Mr. ’09. 130w.

“This little book should be read by every thoughtful man and woman in the republic. It is in our judgment one of the most vital and timely messages of recent years and cannot fail to do great good in clearing up popular mis-apprehensions in regard to socialism.” B. O. Flower.

+ + =Arena.= 41: 91. Ja. ’09. 4100w.

“It is refreshing to read even in a brief form an exposition of the spiritual side [of socialism] from the pen of a man so qualified to speak as Mr. Spargo.” W. B. Guthrie.

+ =Char.= 21: 678. Ja. 16, ’09. 280w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 322. My. 22, ’09. 260w.

=Sparhawk, Frances Campbell.=^{[10]} Dorothy Brooke’s school days.
†$1.50. Crowell.

9–24328.

A story for girls whose scene is laid in a boarding school and whose heroine, a bright miss of fifteen, has all the faults and virtues of a spirited, ambitious, fun-loving girl.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 14: 597. O. 9. ’09. 80w.

=Sparrow, Walter Shaw.=^{[5]} English house: how to judge its periods
and styles. *$2.50. Lane.

9–35801.

“Mr. Sparrow’s aim has been to supply a want—to write a book for the plain man as opposed to the student of architecture. He traces the history of the house and home from its earliest origin, through its various stages of development in England up to the present day, discussing it mainly, it is true, from the architectural standpoint, but with an endeavor to eliminate as far as possible the technicalities of the subject.”—Int. Studio.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 50. O. ’09.

“The present volume is the most ambitious, and we think the most interesting, that Mr. Shaw Sparrow has yet published, but it cannot be considered satisfactory. We have noted so many passages with which we disagree that it is impossible in the space at our disposal to refer to them.”

− + =Ath.= 1909, 2: 303. S. 11. 570w.

“The illustrations are admirably chosen for their bearing on the letterpress and are numerous and well reproduced, though one does not find much here that is new.”

+ − =Int. Studio.= 37: 254. My. ’09. 220w.

“Mr. Sparrow’s analysis of the special characteristics belonging to the different periods is simple and straightforward and exceedingly helpful to the lay reader.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 426. Jl. 10, ’09. 550w.

“In spite of an occasional lack of sense of proportion, has produced an attractive and a stimulating book. Here and there he would have improved the book by removing a careless phrase or by changing an exaggeration into a judicial survey.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 616. Ap. 17, ’09. 1600w.

=Sparrow, Walter Shaw.=^{[7]} Hints on house furnishing. *$2.50. Lane.
W9–183.

A work on interior decoration that comprises suggestions for color schemes, systems and methods of securing harmony between floors and walls, ceilings and their treatment, with chapters on windows, blinds, curtains, artificial heat and light, crockery, glass, furniture, etc.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 50. O. ’09.

“There is no doubt as to the usefulness of such a book as Mr. Shaw Sparrow has aimed at compiling; and we add at once that his aim has been largely accomplished.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 49. Jl. 10. 450w.

“The volume is well illustrated with typical English interiors, the usefulness of which to American house-holders is limited. Still, the doctrine is the thing, and since the book makes for rational taste we wish it a wide reading.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 465. N. 11, ’09. 370w.

“Treats [the field of interior decoration] with thoroughness and comprehensiveness.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 426. Jl. 10, ’09. 400w.

“Mr. Sparrow deals with the useful as well as with the ornamental, and what he says on both topics is always to the point and vigorously expressed. He brings ethical as well as aesthetic considerations to bear on his subject, and though his remarks are now and then a little tinged with paradox, he generally has, it seems to us, common-sense on his side.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 505. Mr. 27, ’09. 200w.

=Spenser, Edmund.=^{[11]} Faery queen and her knights: stories retold
by Rev. Alfred J: Church. $1.50. Macmillan.

9–27416.

In the prose rendering of the tales from the “Faery queen,” Mr. Church has preserved the wealth of romance and the spirit of the times, and has adapted his material to young readers of the present day. The full-page colored illustrations have “caught with singular success the romantic spirit of the original and of Mr. Church’s adaptation.”

* * * * *

“Prof. Church has written long enough to understand the value of simplicity in a narrative, and his work is laudably free from affectation.”

+ =Ath.= 1909. 2: 524. O. 30. 60w.

Reviewed by M. J. Moses.

=Ind.= 67: 1362. D. 16, ’09. 70w. + =Lit. D.= 39: 1017. D. 4, ’09. 80w. + =Nation.= 89: 598. D. 16, ’09. 50w.

“The style, in its quaintness and simplicity, preserves something of the flavor of Spenser’s own lines; and the colored pictures—of a grave beauty—add further value to the book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 807. D. 18, ’09. 70w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 768. D. ’09. 20w. + =Spec.= 103: 850. N. 20, ’09. 350w.

=Spillane, Rev. Edward Peter.= Life and letters of Henry Van
Rensselaer, priest of the Society of Jesus. Fordham univ. press.

8–34132.

Covers the history of the Van Rensselaer family, gives the story of Father Van Rensselaer’s conversion as told in an autobiographical sketch found among his papers after his death, and includes letters written from Oxford. It is the life of a student of philosophy and theology, a college professor and a priest.

* * * * *

“The most interesting portion of the book is that which relates his conversion and the events that preceded it. Many letters of Father Van Rensselaer to friends and to his mother from Oxford, before his conversion, are of special value, as they afford a glimpse of conditions that prevailed there after the exodus of Newman and his friends.”

+ =Cath. World.= 88: 826. Mr. ’09. 160w.

“Gives an interesting view of the career and character of a man whose many attractive qualities caused him to be much beloved as man and priest.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 85. F. 13, ’09. 130w.

=Spingarn, Joel Elias=, ed.^{[12]} Critical essays of the seventeenth
century. 3v. v. 3. *$1.75. Oxford.

8–26854.

=v. 3.= “This is the third and concluding volume of Professor Spingarn’s work. The essays are twelve in number, the most famous being Sir William Temple’s ‘Essay upon the ancient and modern learning,’ John Dennis’s ‘Impartial critic,’ W. Wotton’s ‘Reflections upon ancient and modern learning,’ and Jeremy Collier’s ‘Short view of the immorality and profaneness of the English stage.’”—Spec.

* * * * *

“His work fills in the gap between Professor Gregory Smith’s ‘Elizabethan critical essays’ and Professor Ker’s ‘Essays of John Dryden,’ and it is of worth, not only for the texts it reproduces from first editions, but also for the notes and its extensive introduction.” F. W. Chandler.

+ =Educ. R.= 38: 421. N. ’09. 1300w. (Review of v. 1–3.)

“The notes of the present volume show the same accuracy and care as do those to the two earlier volumes.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 464. N. 11, ’09. 300w. (Review of v. 3.) + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 707. N. 13, ’09. 130w. (Review of v. 3.) =Spec.= 103: 796. N. 13, ’09. 140w. (Review of v. 3.)

=Spingarn, Joel Elias.= History of literary criticism in the
renaissance. 2d ed., rev. and augmented. (Columbia univ. studies in
comparative literature.) *$1.50. Macmillan.

8–14513.

A revision of the work as it appeared nine years ago, with additional matter covering the author’s recent researches. “Italian criticism from Dante to Tasso, French criticism from Du Bellay to Boileau, and English criticism from Ascham to Milton are the three practical working divisions into which Prof. Spingarn has divided this history.... How did the classic spirit arise? Whence did it come and how did it develop? What was the origin of the principles and precepts of neo-classicism? These are the questions which Prof. Spingarn suggests as the working basis of his essay.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

Reviewed by Brander Matthews.

+ =Forum.= 400: 121. Ag. ’08. 250w.

“Genuinely valuable contribution to the history of literary criticism.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 363. Je. 27, ’08. 240w.

“The field covered is a wide one, but the book is interesting and exceedingly informing, both to the student and to the general reader, and it is brief enough to be a boon to busy people.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 28. Ja. 16, ’09. 270w.

=Spinoza, Benedictus de.=^{[9]} Spinoza’s Short treatise on God, man
and human welfare; tr. from the Dutch by Lydia Gillingham Robinson.
*$1.25. Open ct.

9–10501.

The first English version of this earliest of Spinoza’s works. It furnishes the key to his masterpiece “The Ethics,” and provides an introduction to the study of his philosophy.

* * * * *

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 654. O. ’09. 70w.

“It is with the liveliest interest and sincerest gratitude that we welcome Miss Lydia Robinson’s most lucid translation of Spinoza’s ‘Short treatise.’ The treatise is too important for the student of philosophy to ignore. It is valuable in itself, but historically it is of much significance, as in it we see the system of Spinoza in the making.” A. B. D. Alexander.

+ =J. Philos.= 6: 495. S. 2, ’09. 3300w.

“The translator has done her work well. It is lucid, exact, readable, and complete.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 420. Jl. 3, ’09. 170w.

“The translation is helpful if taken in conjunction with the text. Certain inaccuracies, however, dispose us to caution.” B. H. Bode.

+ − =Philos. R.= 18: 661. N. ’09. 1350w.

=Springer, John McKendree.=^{[6]} Heart of Central Africa: mineral
wealth and missionary opportunity; with an introd. by Bishop J. C.
Hartzell. *$1. West. Meth. bk.

9–7412.

A discussion of the relation of the opening of the mineral wealth of Central Africa and of the general development of the continent to missionary activity. “When the railroads connect the Southern and Northern coasts, and the Eastern and Western lands are linked, the great mineral wealth will be opened to the world—a wealth that may prove equal to, if not eclipse, that of Johannesburg. Such an event will make a ‘strategic centre for evangelistic activities.’” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“Includes valuable information as to railroad problems, mineral resources, and missionary accomplishment and opportunity.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 51. O. ’09.

“An entertaining and instructive addition to our knowledge of the now no longer dark continent.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 46: 365. Je. 1, ’09. 270w.

“An engaging description of a journey.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 766. Je. ’09. 40w.

=Spruce, Richard.= Notes of a botanist on the Amazon and Andes; ed.
and condensed by Alfred R. Wallace. *$6.50. Macmillan.

9–12871.

Records of travel on the Amazon and its tributaries, the Trombetas, Rio Negro, Uanpés, Casiquiari, Pacimoni, Huallaga, and Pastasa; as also to the cataracts of the Orinoco, along the eastern side of the Andes of Peru and Ecuador, and the shores of the Pacific, during the years 1849–1864. (Explan. title.) “In Spruce’s journals, as in many other famous records of the same kind, one may read what an endless and heartbreaking struggle it is against fatigue and disease, the insolence of the official and the stupidity of the native, and most of all against that awful inertia which pursues the European working alone in the steaming tropical forest. It was in the Amazons that Dr. Russel Wallace won his spurs as a naturalist.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“Dr. Wallace’s volumes show how conscientious Spruce was in every detail. He had a strong love for everything in nature, indomitable perseverance, and a keen eye for the systematic investigation of minute plants. The public owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Wallace for presenting the story of the principal years in Spruce’s life in so charming a manner.”

+ =Ath.= 1909. 2: 335. S. 18. 800w. + =Dial.= 46: 332. My. 16, ’09. 200w.

“To botanists the author’s notes about plants possess uncommon interest on account of their accuracy and suggestiveness, but the pages devoted to travel and adventure will attract every reader.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 202. F. 25, ’09. 1350w.

“Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace has rendered a great service to the scientific world, not only in having consented to rescue from oblivion the account of Spruce’s remarkable travels, but also by the admirable way in which he has edited the manuscripts placed in his charge.” A. W. H.

+ =Nature.= 80: 458. Je. 17, ’09. 1100w.

“Spruce’s accounts of his travels are perhaps too technical to be always interesting to the general reader, but they are clearly and at times vividly written, with many valuable discussions on native life in the hitherto unexplored regions to which he reached.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 82. Ja. 16, ’09. 410w.

=Spurzheim, Johann Kaspar.= Phrenology; or The doctrine of the mental phenomena; ed. with an introd. by Cyrus Elder. *$3. Lippincott.

The reprint of a book published seventy-five years ago. An introduction justifies the reappearance of this book on the ground of its important relation to the subject of mental science.

* * * * *

=Lit. D.= 38: 393. Mr. 6, ’09. 80w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 85. F. 13, ’09. 100w.

“One is curious to know why such an obsolete work was deemed worthy of reprinting at this time and after the lapse of more than sixty years.” E. A. Spitzka.

− =Science=, n.s. 30: 310. S. 3, ’09. 700w.

=Stack, Frederic William.=^{[6]} Wild flowers every child should know,
arranged according to color with reliable descriptions of the more
common species of the United States and Canada. (Every child should
know ser.) **$1.20. Doubleday.

9–14837.

Includes ready and reliable information about five hundred common species of plants, and gives their Latin and common names, brief descriptions, accounts of the connection of certain ones with history, medicine and legend, and bits of folklore and poetry. The book is generously illustrated and includes a glossary of botanical terms, of Latin names and an index to common names.

* * * * *

“This guide covers a larger field than Mrs. Parsons’ ‘How to know the wild flowers,’ or Mrs. Doubleday’s ‘Nature garden,’ and is better adapted to children’s use.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 192. Je. ’09. ✠

“There can be no doubt of the usefulness of the guide.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 105. Ag. 16, ’09. 70w.

“In this attractive little volume there is condensed a large amount of information concerning the more common plants about which children are likely to ask questions. It is hardly right to call attention to the few blemishes in so good and useful a book.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 586. Je. 10, ’09. 580w.

“The sharp clear-cut illustrations are an inducement in themselves for the young amateur to learn more of these charming flowers.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 384. Je. 12, ’09. 150w.

“A truly charming book accomplishing its lovable purpose.” B. L. Israels.

+ =Survey.= 22: 622. Ag. 7, ’09. 130w.

=Staley, Edgcumbe.=^{[9]} Famous women of Florence. *$3.50. Scribner.

W9–253.

Sketches seven typical Florentine women, some of whom of reputed beauty were immortalized by Botticelli and da Vinci.

* * * * *

“Index and bibliography give evidence of care in the book’s making, although a list of fifty-five ‘errata’ is also proof of carelessness in some quarter.”

+ − =Dial.= 47: 450. D. 1, ’09. 220w.

“At no point can one trust Mr. Staley. Since its handsome form and attractive illustrations might impose it upon the unwary we have given undeserved space to a grotesquely bad book.”

− =Nation.= 89: 631. D. 23, ’09. 180w.

“He is quite qualified by reading to produce such a book as this. Unfortunately he has chosen to adopt a style of writing which would be offensive to the least fastidious.”

− + =Sat. R.= 108: 114. Jl. 24, ’09. 220w.

“The book altogether is an attractive dream of the sunny side of the Renaissance.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 206. Ag. 7, ’09. 480w.

=Staley, Edgcumbe.= Tragedies of the Medici. *$3.50. Scribner.

8–34797.

“A most useful compendium of universal villainy. This book was compiled, the author tells us, as companion to Dumas’ ‘The crimes of the Borgias.’ and its style is shaped accordingly. Each chapter begins with a bit of dramatic dialogue which is calculated to captivate and render rigid with anticipation the most wandering attention.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“There is in these stories just enough historical allusion to frighten readers who are in search of thrills; while on the other hand, there is not a page which the searcher for historic facts would dare to accept as trustworthy.”

− =Nation.= 88: 195. F. 25, ’09. 270w.

Reviewed by W: A. Bradley.

=N. Y. Times.= 14: 93. F. 20, ’09. 700w.

“Mr. Staley’s ‘decorative features’ simply spoil his book.”

− =Outlook.= 91: 816. Ap. 10, ’09. 300w.

“The beautiful illustrations, beautifully reproduced and exquisitely toned, are worthy of the noblest book on the Medici, but here are like so many jewels in a rubbish heap.”

− + =Sat. R.= 107: 372. Mr. 20, ’09. 1300w.

=Stalker, Rev. James.=^{[6]} Atonement. *$1. West. Meth. bk.

W9–144.

Three lectures delivered at Inverness, during October, 1908. They are: The New Testament situation, in which the lecturer finds out the position of the death of Christ in the New Testament presentation of Christianity as a whole; The Old Testament situation, a study of the institutions in which the death of Christ was foreshadowed; and The modern justification, in which the truth is harmonized with the ideas and sympathies of the present time.

* * * * *

=Am. J. Theol.= 13: 649. O. ’09. 160w.

“It is doubtful whether very many interpreters of either the Old or the New Testament will accept Dr. Stalker’s presentation of the biblical teaching as fully and faithfully reproducing the thought of the biblical writers, and it is certain that the distinctively ‘modern man’ would not find his difficulties solved in the last lecture. The point of view throughout is that of a theologian of the old school.”

− =Bib. World.= 33: 358. My. ’09. 140w.

=Stanley, Rev. Edward.= Before and after Waterloo: letters from Edward
Stanley, sometime bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816); ed. by Jane
H. Adeane and Maud Grenfell. *$3.75. Appleton.

8–34203.

“A brief introduction supplements the charming impression made by the letters. It shows us the keen little clergyman—no bigger, apparently, than his well-remembered son—keen, active, energetic, ubiquitous, and brave.... The letters record three journeys abroad, in days when such adventures were really to the adventurous. They show that he had an irrepressible love of seeing new places and people, and the genuine instinct for finding whatever was worth discovering. His first trip was just after the Peace of Amiens; his second, just after the abdication of Napoleon in 1814; his third, with the crowd of English people who pressed over to Paris after Waterloo.”—Lond. Times.

* * * * *

“Where the writer undertakes to give historical accounts of things that are wrapped in some mystery (e. g., the events preceding the abdication at Fontainebleau), his narrative should be read with caution; but most of it is instructive, as it undoubtedly is full of charm.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 817. D. 28. 1150w.

“On a hundred points, the letters of the keen-sighted young English clergyman are both well worth reading in themselves and are full of interest to students of Napoleonic history.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 365. N. 29, ’07. 1150w. + =Nation.= 88: 229. Mr. 4, ’09. 640w. + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 572. O. 17, ’08. 120w.

“This book gains vastly in interest by the admirably spirited drawings, some of them coloured, which Edward Stanley sent home with his correspondence.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 406. Mr. 28, ’08. 750w.

“This volume is partially, though not mainly, valuable as completing the biography of Bishop Stanley, and filling up interstices in the preceding volumes, Dean Stanley’s ‘Edward and Catherine Stanley’ and ‘Early married life of Maria Josepha, Lady Stanley.’ It is an interesting contribution to the history of racial understandings and misunderstandings. There is not a dull page or sentence in it.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 340. F. 29, ’08. 2000w.

=Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (John Rowlands).=^{[11]} Autobiography; ed.
by his wife Dorothy Stanley. **$5. Houghton.

9–28751.

A life that is a record of heroic struggle, during the formative years, a chronicle of brave deeds in manhood and thruout a self-revelation of invincible manhood. The first nine chapters are the autobiography, covering the early years of Stanley’s life. In the remaining chapters it has been the aim to make him narrator and interpreter of his own actions, to accomplish which Lady Stanley has used material from his unpublished writings—his journals, note-books, lectures and his letters—and has connected them by a thread of editorial explanation.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 126. D. ’09.

“On the whole, the effect of the book is, perhaps, to raise our estimate of a man who certainly came out of the controversies of 1890 somewhat damaged in the eyes of earlier hero-worshippers.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 689. D. 4. 1000w.

“Despite the rather bitter philosophical reflections that sprinkle its pages ... the book is nothing short of absorbing in its interest. Stanley’s literary style, as is already known, has the charm of clearness, vigor, and grace, with occasional unexpected felicities in apt quotation or well-chosen epithet.” P. F. Bicknell.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 328. N. 1, ’09. 2200w.

“If not ‘great,’ this autobiography is certainly a powerful human document.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 1139. N. 18, ’09. 380w. + =Lit. D.= 39: 968. N. 27, ’09. 800w.

“Taking the autobiography as a whole, it is a work of remarkable interest and value, not so much on account of the information which it gives, as for the spirit with which Stanley approached the hard life-problems he had to solve. Should it reach a second edition, we would recommend that two episodes of his boyhood in this country be omitted, on account of their suggestiveness to the youthful reader.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 510. N. 25, ’09. 1450w.

“We feel after reading it that we know what Stanley was like and there is no doubt that many a poor lad will find comfort and encouragement in a study of his remarkable and inspiring life. It is the pathetic story of his early life that gives the work its value—that and the portrayal of character that runs along with it.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 701. N. 13, ’09. 1300w.

“The illustrations of this volume are particularly interesting, and many of them new.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 753. D. ’09. 210w.

“While recommending this book as an extraordinarily interesting study of character, quite apart from the adventures in it, we must put in a word of strong protest against Lady Stanley’s attack on the Dean of Westminster for refusing to allow Stanley to be buried in the Abbey.”

+ − =Spec.= 103: 743. N. 6, ’09. 1700w.

=Stanton, Gerrit Smith.= “When the wildwood was in flower”: a
narrative covering the fifteen years’ experiences of a stockman of
the western plains, and his vacation days in the open. *$1. Ogilvie.

9–4949.

A book for out-of-door lovers which tells of the author’s fifteen years of experience on the plains as a stockman, before and after the days of railroads. The second part of the book deals with “Reminiscences of the author’s vacation days.”

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 14: 121. F. 27, ’09. 160w.

=Stanton, Theodore, ed.=^{[6]} Manual of American literature; ed. by
Theodore Stanton in collaboration with members of the faculty of
Cornell university. **$1.75. Putnam.

9–7938.

A volume in the Tauchnitz series. “The first sections of the manual cover the colonial and revolutionary periods and are from the pen of the late Moses Coit Tyler. Next follows the literature of the nineteenth century under the headings:—The historians; The novelists; The poets; The essayists and the humorists; The orators and the divines; The scientists; The periodicals.... A particularly new feature is a study of American periodicals.” (Lit. D.)

* * * * *

“The chapters are very compact, and contain stores of information, especially in the matters of titles and dates.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 334. My. 16, ’09. 270w.

“Altogether, this volume shows painstaking, conscientious effort and accurate literary judgment.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 856. My. 15. ’09. 300w.

“Even for a book of its kind, it is exceptionally lavish in names, titles and dates, which seem to be given with commendable accuracy. Even within the sections themselves one’s sense for chronology is occasionally shocked.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 603. Je. 17, ’09. 300w.

“A very convenient volume to which one may refer easily, and within its scope it is comprehensive.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 610. O. 16, ’09. 300w.

“The sense of proportion in some of the estimate is defective, but the story is told with care and ample knowledge, and in most instances the judgment is sound.”

+ − =Outlook.= 92: 422. Je. 19, ’09. 100w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 639. N. ’09. 30w

=Starr, Laura B.= Doll book. *$3. Outing pub.

9–45.

Dedicated to all who are interested in dolls, “from the children who play with them to the students of their ethnological and educational aspects.” This is a history of the doll which, tho not finding answers to the questions of how the first doll was fashioned, and when and where it was evolved, does go back 4,000 years to the doll-babies of the Egyptians found in children’s graves. Besides the antiquity of the doll the author discusses the etymology of the doll, historic dolls, puppets and marionettes, fashion dolls, dolls of different countries, her own and other collections, the manufacture of dolls, and home-made dolls.

* * * * *

“This entertaining account of dolls practically covers the world and has much historical and ethnological interest. A large portion of the book can be used with children.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 85. Mr. ’09.

“Miss Starr has been skilful in arranging her material, so that in spite of its diversity of interests the book seems complete rather than heterogeneous.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 116. F. 16, ’09. 300w. + =Ind.= 67: 94. Jl. 8, ’09. 50w.

“The most serious chapter in the book, from one point of view, is that which treats of the doll as a means of education. The death-knell of the true doll seems to us to toll in every sentence.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 71. F. 6, ’09. 750w.

=Statius, Publius Papinius.=^{[9]} Silvae of Statius; tr. with introd.
and notes by D. A. Slater. (Oxford lib. of translations.) *$1.
Oxford.

9–2007.

A scholarly translation prefaced by an informing introduction in which “the author does not attempt a penetrating study of the poems, but he does well in showing that some of the severest criticisms of them have come from those who have not read them or have read with extraordinary inattentiveness.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“If only from the point of view of his metrical technique, closely modelled on that of Virgil, Statius should be read by students. But Statius has other qualities to recommend him. He has a brilliant and finished style; he has an almost Christian piety and religious devotion, which at times shine through his pagan conventions; he has a devout enthusiasm for Virgil; he has imagination and nobility. The ‘Silvae’ are the characteristic work of Statius.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 644. My. 29. 560w.

“We have noted only a few minor infelicities in Mr. Slater’s translation.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 145. Ag. 12, ’09. 620w.

“Professor Slater’s rendering, to which he prefixes a bright and instructive introduction, is a very scholarly piece of work, and should be of great service to those who wish to know something of a writer who, in his constant effort to be epigrammatic, often becomes difficult and obscure, so that, in the absence of any easily accessible commentary, the cursory study which he alone deserves may, perhaps, be legitimately aided by the use of a translation.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 540. Ap. 3, ’09. 780w.

=Stawell, Mrs. Rodolph.=^{[7]} Motor tours in Wales and the border
countries. $2.50. Page. W8–161.

Describes trips from Shrewsbury into Shropshire, thru Wales, and into the Valley of the Wye. Numerous illustrations make vivid the course.

* * * * *

“An impersonal record in guide-book style, but on account of the dearth of material on Wales will be useful for reference and study clubs.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 51. O. ’09.

“Far more than a mere guide book.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 1139. My. 27, ’09. 100w.

“Mrs. Stawell has been able to reveal to us some of the beauties of the less frequented bypaths of Wales as well as the better-known objects of interest available to every tourist.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 1075. Je. 19, ’09. 250w.

“Mrs. Stawell is a pleasant and observant guide. The motor is not obtrusive and the historical and antiquarian information is clearly and often attractively presented. The general reader will miss a more interpretative estimate of landscape and associations, and will wish that a lurking wit and sentiment had been allowed to develop into distinction of style.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 35. Jl. 8, ’09. 120w.

=Stead, Richard.= Adventures on the high seas. (Lib. of adventure.)
*$1.50. Lippincott.

9–35070.

“These tales have all their origin in facts, and they are well varied. They deal with whaling hardships, hurricanes, crossing the line, wrecks, and naval episodes. Among the subjects treated are the mutiny of the Bounty, Lord Dundonald’s fire ships, the hurricane at Samoa in which the Calliope figured, and so recent an event as the Russian attack on the Doggerbank fishermen.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“The episodes have been well chosen, and the narratives are plain and unvarnished.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 505. O. 24. 130w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 800. D. 26, ’08. 100w.

=Stead, William Thomas.=^{[5]} How I know that the dead return: an
account of the remarkable personal experiences of the author which
dispelled all doubt in his mind as to the reality of a future life.
*75c. Ball pub.

9–12077.

Mr. Stead cites incidents that have occurred in his own personal experience to prove not only telepathic communication between the living but also between the living and those who have passed beyond. He shows that such communication is parallel in the transmission of wireless messages, that the instruments in the case of the latter messages are adjusted to symbolize the sympathy required in telepathic intercourse.

* * * * *

“To those who are credulous as to mediumistic achievements, Mr. Stead’s book will undoubtedly appeal. He is thoroughly convinced of the validity of his experience, accepting without doubts his communications from the spirit world. These communications do not seem to differ greatly from the general run, and more scientific investigators have shown some reserve in accepting them and their kind at Mr. Stead’s valuation.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 336. My. 29, ’09. 320w.
=Outlook.= 93: 600. N. 13, ’09. 160w.

=Stead, William Thomas=, ed.^{[5]} M. P. for Russia: reminiscences and
correspondence of Madame Olga Novikoff. 2v. *$7.50. Putnam.

9–23495.

“A narrative of the Balkan problem as it was reflected in the lives of Madame Novikoff, Gladstone, Kinglake, Froude, Freeman, Tyndall, and Mr. Stead.” (Spec.) “The two large volumes are a most valuable contribution to the history of England’s foreign policy since 1876; allowing for [the author’s] pronounced pro-Russian sympathies, he has succeeded in presenting a lucid and interesting exposition of the vexed Eastern question.” (N. Y. Times.) Madame Novikoff’s name is associated with her untiring effort to force the Slavonic faith upon England and to remove highest opposition from the path of Slavonic progress.

* * * * *

“The editing is at least in fault in that it leaves many things obscure that should have been cleared up.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 467. My. 6, ’09. 700w.

“Mr. Stead’s style is diffuse, he is given to needless repetition and he edits with more generosity than discretion. Apart from its interest as the biography of a brilliant woman, the book is valuable as an interpretation of that side of Russia of which we, no less than the English, are extremely ignorant.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 253. Ap. 24, ’09. 1300w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 739. Je. ’09. 1600w.

“There are letters here from politicians of every shade and of a dozen countries, but they cannot compare in sheer worldly wisdom and foresight with those of the historians, essayists and philosophers which stand beside them. Gladstone’s, the first in importance, are the first in disappointment.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 433. Ap. 3, ’09. 1050w.

“We only wish that her wonderful archives had fallen into the hands of a more discreet and becoming editor than Mr. Stead.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 460. Mr. 20, ’09. 2000w.

=Stearns, Wallace Nelson.=^{[10]} Fragments from Graeco-Jewish
writers. *75c. Univ. of Chicago press.

9–957.

“In collecting these scattered fragments of half-forgotten historians and poets of Hebrew blood but Greek speech, Professor Stearns has rendered an important service. The fragments have been gathered from the writings of the early fathers and range from the third century before Christ to the third century after. The Greek texts are accompanied by brief introductions and notes. Demetrius, Eupolemus, Artapanus, Aristeas, Malchus, Thallus, Aristobulus, Philo, Theodotus, and Ezekiel are the writers represented.”—Bib. World.

* * * * *

Reviewed by G: H. Gilbert.

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 619. O. ’09. 80w. + − =Bib. World.= 33: 359. My. ’09. 80w.

“Professor Stearns has done a real service to students of Hellenistic Greek by collecting from early Christian writers these curious Greek fragments from the hands of Jewish authors otherwise little known. Professor Stearn’s notes and introductions add much to the interest of these texts, but an index at least of proper names would have greatly increased the usefulness of the collection.” E. J. Goodspeed.

+ − =Class. Philol.= 4: 456. O. ’09. 180w.
=Ind.= 66: 490. Mr. 4, ’09. 130w.

=Steel, Flora Annie.= India thro’ the ages: a popular and picturesque
history of Hindustan. 2d ed. *$1.25. Dutton.

9–5188.

“Not a chronicle but a procession of the stately dramas that have filled and passed across the Indian stage, each in the setting and colour of its time. The few leading characters fill the foreground for their hour and make way for others of a new type, while behind stand the silent masses, the real India, changing slowly if at all, and rarely finding voice except now and again an inarticulate murmur—a cry of rage or a wail of despair. The master motive of the book is not the presentation of events, of economic progress or ethnological conditions, but rather to display in the light of its history the picturesque and romantic side of India’s ever-changing rulers and its slow-changing people.”—Sat. R.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 110. Ap. ’09.

“A few of its verdicts and phrases would profit by reconsideration.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 508. O. 24. 280w.

“It has this attraction that the author, long a resident in the land, is thoroughly imbued with its spirit.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 222. Mr. 4, ’09. 330w.

“Her history does more than hold its own among others of its class, and its interest never fails, but—well, less toil would have produced another novel as good as ‘On the face of the waters,’ and the world, judiciously enough, would have been more grateful to her.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 94. F. 20, ’09. 640w.

“While the book has many attractions, it must be said frankly that these are inherent in the subject, and not dependent upon their presentation. The author assumes a would-be playful pose, introducing trivial asides and smart remarks quite unworthy of her subject.”

− + =Outlook.= 91: 110. Ja. 16, ’09. 360w.

“Its purpose is fulfilled. And that purpose could only have been achieved by a writer with literary sense and creative power who had grasped the spirit and genius of India, and had gained the insight and sympathy that come only from long intimate personal association with the scenes and peoples she describes. Probably Mrs. Steel alone has all the necessary qualifications.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 270. Ag. 29, ’08. 1000w.

“We cannot accept all Mrs. Steel’s judgments on the many questions which present themselves for discussion, and the multitude of personalities who figure in the many scenes of the drama, but we recognise her mastery of the subject and her power.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 678. O. 31, ’08. 280w.

=Steel, Flora Annie.= Prince of dreamers. **$1.25. Doubleday.

9–4294.

A story of Akbar, Emperor of India in Elizabeth’s reign, whose scene is laid at Fatehpur Sikri, a city built to commemorate the birth of his son. The author claims for Akbar a place with the world’s great dreamers—Shakespeare, Raphael, Drake, Galileo, Michelangelo and Cervantes; he stands out against his Oriental surroundings with all the aloofness of the man “born with a spirit in advance of his times.” The story affords an illuminating picture of Indian civilization, with the part played by the great minister Abulfazl, the doer; Birbal, the doubter; William Leeds; and Gulbadan Begum.

* * * * *

“Fascinating romance. The story, as a story, suffers from a certain diffuseness and excess of mysticism.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 127. Ja. 30. 250w.

“Is too slight a plot to compare with the greatest novel of the mutiny. Mrs. Steel has a richness of diction, an affluence of colorful images, not often equaled.”

+ − =Ind.= 66: 1032. My. 13, ’09. 370w.

“The interests of the novelist spoil the ‘Prince of dreamers’ as history, and the interests of the historian spoil it as fiction.”

− =Nation.= 88: 418. Ap. 22, ’09. 400w.

“To those who desire colorful history with just a thread of fiction to hold the interest and impart human passion to a dead day, the book is to be commended.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 134. Mr. 6, ’09. 470w.

“The novel is not closely woven, nor does it grow before the reader’s eyes.”

− + =Outlook.= 91: 814. Ap. 10, ’09. 300w.

“Much of her sixteenth-century India must have sat to her in the flesh for its portrait. But the presentation of the people and the time is not carried out whole-heartedly. As a romance the book is a fine one; the intrigues are closely knotted; there is abundance of vivid colour and picturesque background; and the narrative power grows effectively to the climax.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 548. O. 31, ’08. 350w.

“The whole book is full of the colour of the East, and if the thread of the story is at times a little confused and difficult to follow, this perhaps only adds to the effect which Mrs. Steel is endeavouring to produce on her western readers.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 950. D. 5, ’08. 150w.

=Steffens, Joseph Lincoln.=^{[12]} Upbuilders. **$1.20. Doubleday.

9–26002.

“Presents five character studies of reforming politicians familiar to the readers of McClure’s magazine. The men whose characters, methods, and achievements he here sets forth are Mark Fagan of Jersey City, Everett Colby of Essex county, N. J., Ben B. Lindsey of Denver, Rudolph Spreckels of San Francisco, and W. S. U’Ren, the Oregon reformer. He has chosen these five men as representatives of different conditions, both personal and general, of different temperaments, different localities, and different methods.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“It is written in the popular colloquial style which the author affects and the many anecdotes make it interesting reading.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 126. D. ’09.

“The articles are well worth preservation in book form, not only because of their intimate revelations of character and of the relations between a local leader and his followers, but also because of their interest as social documents.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 751. N. 27, ’09. 210w.

=Steiner, Edward Alfred.=^{[12]} Immigrant tide, its ebb and flow.
**$1.50. Revell.

9–26638.

A recent book on the immigrant question by Dr. Steiner, once an immigrant himself. His serious study of the Italian, Jewish, and Slavic immigrants was reflected in his “On the trail of the immigrant,” and now again in this volume. “This book is in two sections. Under the heading ‘The outgoing tide’ he shows us the influence of the returning immigrant upon his peasant home, his social and native life.... In the second section, entitled ‘The incoming tide,’ he interprets the relation of the various races to our institutions, their attitude toward them and their ultimate influence upon them.” (R. of Rs.)

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 127. D. ’09.

“Besides being thoroughly imbued with his subject and enthusiastic about it. Dr. Edward A. Steiner is a capital story teller.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 759. D. ’09. 150w.

=Steiner, Edward Alfred.=^{[9]} Tolstoy the man and his message; enl.
ed. **$1.50. Revell.

8–34716.

“Tolstoy is described not as the old, decrepit man, but as the real Tolstoy, living in the thought of the world, and in the hearts of his friends and followers. The book is a very sympathetic interpretation, from an American viewpoint of the great Russian prophet of social progress.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

* * * * *

“The book is well worked out, clearly written and gives one a distinct picture of Tolstoy, the thinker. While the criticisms of Tolstoy show a decided American bias, they are, on the whole, able and fair.” Scott Nearing.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 216. Jl. ’09. 250w.

“Short as is the monograph, Dr. Steiner has succeeded in giving his readers a fairly adequate sketch of Tolstoy’s life and family, a vivid picture of his home and surroundings, and a brief ‘résumé’ of his principal writings, along with a running commentary elucidating his teachings.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 883. O. 14, ’09. 240w.

“A very charming and interesting book, full of vivid descriptions and characterized by literary skill and dramatic grouping of incidents.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 446. S. 18, ’09. 180w.

“The work of Prof. Steiner is distinctly a picture of Tolstoy the reformer, and as such will throw much light on Tolstoy the artist and man of letters. It is unfortunate that with all his intimate knowledge of the man’s life and works, Prof. Steiner should not have consistently co-ordinated the facts of Tolstoy’s biography with the scenes of the novels which are based upon them.” Christian Gauss.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 582. O. 2, ’09. 1100w.

=Steinmetz, Charles Proteus.= General lectures on electrical
engineering; ed. by Joseph Le Roy Hayden. *$2. Robson & Adee.

9–4495.

“This book contains a collection of lectures by Dr. Steinmetz on electrical engineering subjects arranged and edited by Mr. J. L. R. Hayden. Among the subjects treated are the distribution of energy for lamps and motors, the cost of energy as affected by the load factor, long-distance transmission of energy, high-frequency phenomena, generator and synchronous motor characteristics, lightning protection, direct-current and alternating-current railway motors, electrochemistry, incandescent and arc lighting, while light, illumination, lightning and lightning protection are discussed in appendices.”—Elec. World.

* * * * *

“The presentation is made in the simple and instructive manner for which the author is so well known. The best portion of the book is that dealing with lightning and lightning protection, which, in fact, is the clearest explanation of this most difficult subject that has ever come to the attention of the reviewer.”

+ =Elec. World.= 53: 583. Mr. 4, ’09. 200w.

“The more mathematical parts will be puzzling, to say the least, to the ordinary student or reader, though their import will be recognized by those engineers or teachers who, being familiar with that work, do not need to profit thereby. The trouble seems to lie in insufficient explanation of the symbols used and in confusion in the use of lower case and capital letters as symbols.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 34. Mr. 18, ’09. 400w.

“As a means of acquiring rather complete general information as to the present status of electrical engineering, these lectures are probably unequaled in their field.”