Chapter LVI: Book 3: , The self, presents the nature of self as part of consciousness (16)

+ =Engin. Rec.= 60: 559. N. 13, ’09. 140w.

=Steinmetz, Charles Proteus.=^{[12]} Radiation light and illumination;
ed. by Joseph LeRoy Hayden. *$3. McGraw.

9–27362.

“An exposition of the subject of light adapted primarily to the needs of the engineer.” (Engin. Rec.) “The comprehensiveness of the subject matter, the interesting ways in which phenomena are described and the novel viewpoints are those of no merely transient book. In scope it surpasses even Palaz’s treatise, though it does not present details as does that older work, nor is there a single reference for extended study of those brief and general statements for which the author cannot be the original authority.” (Engin. N.)

* * * * *

“A volume based on his talks, rather than upon his writings, therefore, one would naturally expect to be of very general interest and to secure general appreciation. ‘Radiation, light and illumination’ is such a book. If critics are not inclined to call this book a classic, it must be because of its unconventional literary form.”

+ =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 45. N. 18, ’09. 1050w.

“It covers an enormous field in reasonable space and contains the sifting of a vast amount of study and reading, together with some interesting original investigations. The writing is in Dr. Steinmetz’s most meaty and suggestive style.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 60: 616. N. 27, ’09. 280w.

=Steinmetz, Charles Proteus.=^{[7]} Theory and calculation of
transient electric phenomena and oscillations. $5. McGraw.

9–5483.

A companion to “Alternating current phenomena.” “It is divided into four main sections as follows: (1) transient phenomena in time; (2) periodic transient phenomena; (3) transient phenomena in space; (4) transient phenomena in time and space. The many phases of the subject are covered in 36 chapters, each of which begins with a clear, non-mathematical statement of the physical principles underlying the phenomena under discussion.” (Engin. N.)

* * * * *

“It is impossible to convey an impression of the wealth of information and suggestion contained in the new work. It is undoubtedly the great electrical book of the year and from its nature is bound to take its place among the standard books in its line.” H: H. Norris.

+ + =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 72. Je. 17, ’09. 1450w.

“The book as a whole is the first consistent study of transient electric phenomena dealing with modern conditions of practice. It makes the beginning of what will doubtless prove a rich field for research, by bringing together a vast amount of definite information as to the operation and behavior of electric circuits of various forms under special conditions.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 500. Ap. 10, ’09. 400w.

=Stelzle, Charles.=^{[5]} Principles of successful church advertising.
**$1.25. Revell.

8–34257.

Practical chapters on principles, methods, and the psychological and personal elements in church advertising, with points to be considered in conducting an advertising campaign and full instructions in details of preparation of copy and printing of same.

* * * * *

“To conservative people many of the suggestions and methods will seem extreme.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 110. Ap. ’09.

“Sagacious and instructive book. Its practical suggestions so cover the whole subject of advertising as to be valuable to all business men, though especially addressed to churches that have neglected this branch of their own business.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 815. Ap. 10, ’09. 120w.

=Stenger, Gilbert.=^{[12]} Return of Louis the Eighteenth, 1814–1815;
tr. from the French, by Mrs. Rudolph Stawell. *$3. Scribner.

“For the social side to the events that filled the months from the arrival of Napoleon in Paris in 1813 to the return of Louis XVIII from Ghent in 1815, this translation will be found of real value to those who want information without having to look for it in a French book.” (Sat. R.) “The author has a qualified admiration for Napoleon I and unqualified contempt for Louis XVIII. His opinion of the Bourbons of the restoration is expressed thus: ‘It is not because they were Bourbons that I have exposed their faults of character, their egoism, meanness, and vanity, but because exile, misfortune, and poverty had no effect upon them and made them no better than they had been when they left France.’” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“Ought to be both interesting and instructive reading to pessimistic republicans.”

+ − =Outlook.= 93: 879. D. 18, ’09. 180w.

“This translation of M. Stenger’s book is a very readable one. Partial history is generally good to read, and this piece of history forms no exception to the rule.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 702. D. 4, ’09. 210w.

=Stenton, Frank Merry.= William the conqueror and the rule of the
Normans. (Heroes of the nations.) **$1.35. Putnam.

8–31143.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“This scholarly biography does not replace Freeman’s briefer work, but is a valuable supplement to it. It presents a more impartial view and makes use of the important researches that have taken place since Freeman’s book was written.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 110. Ap. ’09.

“This is one of the more serious biographies in a series whose authors are not quite at one in their methods of treatment; which fact does not prevent its being extremely readable, as well as valuable in content.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 88. F. 1, ’09. 230w.

“For the student who desires a short cut to the latest developments of the thorny constitutional and ecclesiastical problems of the period, Mr. Stenton’s book will prove an invaluable guide.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 538. My. 27, ’09. 750w.

“An excellent work.” W: A. Bradley.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 7. Ja. 2, ’09. 380w.

“His book, for its general fairness and grasp, as well as for the admirable way in which it contrives to present some of the more technical results of the conquest without imperilling its popular character, deserves a high place in the series. Mr. Stenton occasionally lays himself open to adverse criticism. This is due to the complexity of many of the problems upon which he is compelled to touch.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 19. Ja. 2, ’09. 840w.

=Step, Edward.=^{[6]} Wayside and woodland ferns: a pocket guide to
the British ferns, horsetails and club mosses. *$2.25. Warne.

“The text appeals to the uninitiated as well as those who have some experience. The introductory chapter explains the characteristics that distinguish ferns from flowering plants. There are sixty-seven half-tone reproductions of photographs taken by the author, and coloured figures of every species, from drawings by Miss Mabel E. Step. These coloured plates serve to show the structural characters, while the photographs illustrate the different species growing in natural surroundings.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“We commend the work to all interested in the subject.”

+ =Ath.= 1909. 1: 532. My. 1. 240w.

“This volume will be interesting as well as helpful.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 384. Je. 12, ’09. 120w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 639. My. ’09. 30w.

=Stephens, Kate=, ed.^{[10]} Stories from old chronicles; chosen and
ed. with brief introductions to the stories and a general introd. by
Kate Stephens. $1.50. Sturgis & Walton.

9–25807.

Twenty-nine transcriptions from old chronicles, many of which in their original form furnished Shakespeare with themes for dramas. They are told for readers young and old.

* * * * *

“As an incentive to further reading of books which constitute the source for historical romance, this volume will serve as a commendable preparatory guide.” M. J. Moses.

+ =Ind.= 67: 1361. D. 16, ’09. 50w.

“Is just the work to place in a young pupil’s hands as he or she steps from the area of American history into the period of European medievalism.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 788. N. 6, ’09. 100w.

“Bears evidences of careful planning and in scope is very suggestive.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 598. D. 16, ’09. 30w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 807. D. 18, ’09. 70w.

=Stephenson, Cora Bennett.=^{[5]} Hand of God. $1.50. Ball pub.

9–10788.

The story of Samson and Delilah forms the main thread of this narrative and is woven in and out of a background of sensual Philistine life with its festivals, processions, and dances of sex and sun-worship. The author claims to offer “first of all an interpretation, in individuals, of the process of the historical, human passion.”

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 14: 409. Je. 26, ’09. 120w.

=Sterling, George.=^{[8]} Wine of wizardry, and other poems. *$1.25.
Robertson.

9–120.

Contains besides the title poem some twenty and more pieces on miscellaneous subjects.

* * * * *

“As yet, his work has embodied no very important ideas, and his style, therefore, as a powerful creature unyoked, shows a tendency to prance wantonly, rising at times into a plangent fanfare of declamation or lapsing into languorous dalliance of delicious words.” Brian Hooker.

− + =Bookm.= 29: 371. Je. ’09. 400w. + − =Nation.= 89: 54. Jl. 15, ’09. 200w.

=Sterling, Mary Blackwell.= Story of Sir Galahad. †$1.50. Dutton.

8–32374.

“The beautiful ancient legend is retold by Mary Blackwell Sterling in simplified and consecutive form. Though Galahad lived in a higher world than his fellows, and the tale has been regarded as distinctly ecclesiastical or religious, the present narrator believes its great human interest and stirring action sufficient to attract many young readers for whom Malory’s version is too difficult.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“A very readable narrative, which preserves the charm of the original but is more intelligible to the child mind.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 96. Mr. ’09.

“Will be an inspiration to young knight-errants of the present day in quest of other Sangreals.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1568. D. 24, ’08. 30w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 756. D. 5, ’08. 40w.

“This wonderful story is never old, but makes for chivalry, courtesy, right thinking and clean living wherever it is known.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 21. Ja. 2, ’09. 100w.

=Sternberg, Charles Hazelius.= Life of a fossil hunter: with an
introd. by Henry Fairfield Osborn. **$1.60. Holt.

9–5110.

Appeals to paleontologists, the general reader who seeks knowledge of the ancient life of North America, and to the lover of adventure. Details are given of the work of excavation in the Kansas Chalk, in the Bad lands of the Upper Cretaceous, in the Oregon desert, along the John Day river, in the Texas Permian and the Texas red beds.

* * * * *

“Of first interest to scientific readers, but so popular in style and so full of adventure as to make it a good book for general circulation among educated readers.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 111. Ap. ’09.

“Mr. Sternberg’s book is one to be thoroughly enjoyed by any reader fond of fossils, whilst it by no means lacks general interest as a story of camp life in the Wild West.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 732. Je. 19. 1150w.

“The book has a scientific, a paleontological, interest not possessed by the ordinary hunting narrative.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 191. Mr. 16, ’09. 320w. + =Ind.= 66: 704. Ap. 1, ’09. 160w.

“A few errors of a minor character which subtract little from the general readability of the book should be mentioned.” C. L. B.

+ − =J. Geol.= 17: 385. My. ’09. 380w.

“The notes are extremely fascinating and not too technical to prove enjoyable to the lay reader.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 562. Ap. 3, ’09. 220w.

“It may be said that, although the author does not pose as an original and scientific investigator, one cannot read his book without getting a good general view of current palaeontology, and of many of its chief promoters, both of the present and of the past.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 492. My. 13, ’09. 1000w.

“A simple and readable story of the experiences of a fossil hunter.” A. S. W.

+ =Nature.= 82: 36. N. 11, ’09. 430w.

“Mr. Sternberg has written a very entertaining story of his life.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 150. Mr. 13, ’09. 200w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 638. My. ’09. 90w.

=Stevens, Ethel Stefana.=^{[10]} The veil. †$1.50. Stokes.

9–22178.

Deals with life in Tunis and the Algerian Sahara under the French occupation. The central figure is a dancing woman who with her “potent allurement and her perpetual concealment of her face behind the veil, is a well-chosen and well-sustained symbol of her race.... But the book is bigger than the mere chronicle of one human life. It is a broad, shifting kaleidescopic picture of a whole race, a whole scheme of ethical and religious culture. It shows us, as very few Eastern novels have shown, the sort of life that lies behind the veil which Mohammedanism has for centuries insisted on flinging over its womankind.” (Bookm.)

* * * * *

“While not producing the tangible, sensuous impression of ‘The garden of Allah,’ this book is also remarkable for its powers of visualization, and is a shifting kaleidoscopic picture of the intrigue, barbarism, culture and mystery of the East.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 93. N. ’09.

“Strikes a similar note to that of Robert Hichens’s ‘Garden of Allah.’ Personally to the taste of the present reviewer, it is a pleasanter and more interesting book than ‘The garden of Allah.’ Unquestionably, this is one of the big books of the season.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 30: 188. O. ’09. 420w.

“The story thread, while not very strong, is well handled, and gives a flesh-and-blood interest to the scenes.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 702. N. 13, ’09. 150w.

“It is not a book for everybody, but, given the theme and the people, Miss Stephens cannot be accused of grossness in her realism, and the total effect of the book goes far to realise the Aristotelian definition of tragedy. ‘The veil’ is not only a considerable literary achievement and an elaborate study in exotic characterisation; indirectly it throws a good deal of light on some of the most perplexing domestic problems which confront the party of reform in Turkey.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 981. Je. 19, ’09. 1000w.

=Stevenson, Adlai Ewing.=^{[12]} Something of men I have known.
**$2.75. McClurg.

9–28140.

A series of recollections of men whom Mr. Stevenson has met, first thruout his private legal career and, later, in the larger world of politics. From the Illinois bar he went to Washington as representative, later, became senator; served in Cleveland’s first Cabinet as attorney-general; and, finally, became vice-president in Cleveland’s second administration. He knew men from all parts of the country, and sets down in entertaining form his recollections of them.

* * * * *

“Most readers of Vice-President Stevenson’s volume will wish, we imagine, that he had held himself more strictly to his main title and given more fully delineated pictures of the characters of local or national interest with whom his long legal and political career has brought him into contact.” W. H. Johnson.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 376. N. 16, ’09. 1200w.

“Perhaps the most interesting part of his book is that which deals with Congress and his memories of it in past days, its customs, and personalities.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1083. D. 11, ’09. 150w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 755. D. ’09. 70w.

=Stevenson, Burton Egbert=, comp. Poems of American history. *$3.
Houghton.

8–33773.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“An excellent collection for library uses.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 51. F. ’09.

“The conception of this volume was so excellent, so much of the formidable task has been accomplished with patience and intelligence, and in spite of its faults the outcome is so useful, that the errors of omission and commission noted are viewed with regret.” I: R. Pennypacker.

+ − =Dial.= 46: 135. Mr. 1, ’09. 2100w.

“A book of more than usual value and attractiveness.”

+ =Educ. R.= 37: 97. Ja. ’09. 60w.

“This compilation meets a need of the school and home library.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 223. F. 6, ’09. 140w.

“It cannot be said that his work suffers from too narrow a standard, although any one will miss a favorite or two whose omission seems to him unaccountable. The collection errs on the side of the too much rather than of the too little, but it remains true that the level of vigor and spirit will be a surprise to most readers.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 139. F. 11, ’09. 380w.

“The volume is welcome for two reasons: first, because of the surprisingly large number of poems, and, second, because these poems truly reflect our history.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 337. F. 13, ’09. 230w.

=Stevenson, Edward Luther.=^{[5]} Marine world chart of Nicolo de
Canerio Januensis, 1502 (circa): a critical study with facsimile.
Hispanic soc. of America, 156th st., near Broadway, N. Y.

8–16709.

“This is the second publication in a series of maps illustrating early discovery and exploration in America, issued under the joint auspices of the above societies, of which Mr. Archer M. Huntington is the head and patron.” (Am. Hist. R.) “Professor Stevenson’s commentary takes the various portions of the map in turn, and discusses their special characteristics and any deductions to be drawn therefrom, besides treating briefly of the sources and influence of the chart. There are also useful lists of the legends, placed side by side with those of other important documents of the time. The views expressed are generally judicious and any theorising indulged in is kept within reasonable limits.” (Eng. Hist. R.)

* * * * *

“Professor Stevenson is doing commendable work for historical cartography in America.” V. H. Paltsits.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 108. O. ’08. 900w.

“Professor Stevenson has done a service to all students of the history of geography by bringing out a full-size reproduction of one of the most important cartographical documents of the years immediately following the discovery of America.” E: Heawood.

+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 351. Ap. ’09. 880w.

=Stewart, Alfred Walter.= Recent advances in organic chemistry; with
an introd. by J. Norman Collie. *$2.50. Longmans.

9–8093.

The principal researches in organic chemistry during the past ten years are arranged in this volume from a synthetic point of view rather than a strictly historical. “The first chapter deals with the main currents in which organic chemistry has been moving during the last half-century. Other chapters deal with the researches on such groups as the polymethylenes, the terpenes (moncyclic terpenes, dicyclic terpenes, and olefinic terpenes), the synthetic alkaloids, and the polypeptides.... There are a bibliography and a good index, as well as references to original papers.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“The book has been arranged with care and skill, and is likely to be extremely useful to workers in advanced organic chemistry.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 168. F. 6. 260w.

“The compilation has been carried out with great discrimination. But Dr. Stewart has an easy and pleasant style, and, if his criticisms are occasionally rather forcible, they only add piquancy to the subject under discussion.” J. B. C.

+ − =Nature.= 79: 243. D. 31, ’08. 900w.

=Stickley, Gustav.=^{[8]} Craftsman homes. $2. Gustav Stickley, the
Craftsman, 41 W. 34th st., N. Y.

9–16574.

“The first portion of the volume contains illustrated descriptions of a large number of houses, ranging from mere camps for occasional use to city houses.... The second discusses the decoration of various rooms and describes the design of hardware, fittings and furniture conforming with the style of architecture under discussion, of which the book is an excellent exponent.”—Engin. Rec.

* * * * *

“The volume abounds with suggestions both artistic and practical.”

+ =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 16. Ag. 12, ’09. 140w.

“Deserving attention from those who contemplate the construction of houses of moderate cost.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 60: 111. Jl. 24, ’09. 230w.

“Will immediately make itself welcome to all persons who are interested in this phase of house building and decoration.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 39: sup. 25. N. ’09. 140w.

“To the man who intends to build a home no book could carry much more inspiration.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 450. Jl. 24. ’09. 70w.

=Stoddard, Florence Jackson.=^{[10]} As old as the moon: Cuban
legends: folklore of the Antillas. **$1. Doubleday.

9–24975.

A first collection of the myths, nature stories and semi-historical tales of primitive Cuba and the neighboring islands of the Antillas. The author has gathered fragmentary bits from all available sources and has pieced them together for young readers especially, altho she also commends them to students of folklore, historians and ethnologists.

=Stoddart, Jane T.= Girlhood of Mary, queen of Scots. *$3.50. Doran.

9–13599.

A sketch of the thirteen years covering Queen Mary’s life at the French court. “Though fresh personal anecdotes are lacking, the industry of Miss Stoddart discovers probably all that can be found out as to the position held by the child queen in relation to the French court.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“Miss Stoddart throughout her book is uncommonly fair, and her study of the Guises is impartial.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 567. N. 7. 800w.

“A work of minute and careful research.” W: A. Bradley.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 7. Ja. 2, ’09. 340w.

“Miss Stoddart’s book is one which will be welcomed by those whose interest in the house of Stuart has already called forth a quite exceptional body of literature, while the light that it casts indirectly upon general European history in the middle of the sixteenth century will commend it also to the less specialised student.”

+ =Spec.= 1?3: 821. My. 22, ’09. 420w.

=Stokes, Ralph S. G.= Mines and minerals of the British empire: being
a description of the historical, physical and industrial features of
the principal centers of mineral production in the British dominions
beyond the seas. *$4.20. Longmans.

GS8–364.

A practical work which is “a comprehensive compendium of the official or semi-official information about the various mining fields, and appeals to the general reader only in view of the wonderful extent of mineral wealth which it reveals as scattered through our Empire. But it should be very serviceable to the would-be miner or mining engineer in search of a field for his enterprise.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“The story that Mr. Stokes tells—and tells with no little skill—of the mineral wealth of the ‘British empire oversea,’ will interest many readers who are neither practical miners nor speculators in mines.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 135. Ja. 30. 850w.

“He presents the subject in a manner calculated to interest the non-technical seeker of general information, yet the data given have been selected with such discernment and are brought so closely to date that the book will commend itself to those connected with the professional as well as the commercial branches of the industry. Its literary style is attractive and illustrations in half-tone are copious, though a slight criticism may be offered of the absolute lack of illustrative sketches accompanying necessarily numerous geological descriptions.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 75. Jl. 16, ’08. 400w. + =Spec.= 101: 200. Ag. 8, ’08. 170w.

=Stone, Alfred Holt.= Studies in the American race problem; with an
introd. and three papers by Walter F. Willcox. **$2. Doubleday.

8–28321.

Sets forth some of the salient facts of the American race problem, and points out some of the fundamental principles underlying it. In his discussion the author deals with the economic future of the negro, the mulatto factor in the race problem, race friction, and Roosevelt and the negro. Professor Willcox in three paper sets forth negro criminality, census statistics of the negro and the probable increase of the negro in the United States. Mr. Stone says: “What the negro needs just now is a political ‘rest cure.’ His daily litany should include a prayer to be let alone.”

* * * * *

“Professor Willcox’s papers are more naturally related to one another, and deal with more concise phases of the subject. It does not seem quite a fair argument to say that the negro problem is identical with the general question of the treatment of inferiors in India and the Philippines.” J: S. Bassett.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 837. Jl. ’09. 780w.

“With due respect to some other valuable publications on the same subject, the book it appears represents the most valuable contributions yet appearing on the race problem of the United States.” F. W. Blackmar.

+ =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 837. My. ’09. 1200w.

“A notable work, reflecting the most enlightened southern view.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 297. D. ’08.

“No honest man can fail to appreciate the importance of his arguments. In this collection of essays we have one of the best studies yet made of the problems growing out of the presence of blacks and whites in our country—and that a democracy.” Carl Kelsey.

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 217. Ja. ’09. 960w.

“So far, no study of the negro problem has been produced which throws so much light on the whole question of the social, economic, and political life of the negro race in America.” J. W. Garner.

+ =Dial.= 46: 19. Ja. 1, ’09. 520w.

“It is scarcely too much to say that no other book on the negro problem has reached and held so high a level of scientific thoroughness and passionless judgment.” U. G. Weatherly.

+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 60. Ap. ’09. 750w.

“Written in a fair, unprejudiced and objective manner.” E. L. Bogart.

+ =Forum.= 42: 90. Jl. ’09. 800w.

“A contribution to its discussion that is really worth while.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1184. N. 19, ’08. 200w.

“The tone and temper of Mr. Stone’s book cannot be too highly praised. It is the attitude which is disappointing.”

+ − =Ind.= 66: 485. Mr. 4, ’09. 280w. + =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 307. My. ’09. 340w.

“In the field of agricultural labor, which he is apparently making his own, Mr. Stone can speak with authority; but in the broader field of social and political relations, he is less happy.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 92. Ja. 28, ’09. 480w.

“It is impossible here to do justice to the entire frankness, calmness, and honesty with which Mr. Stone has set forth his conclusions on a subject of such vital importance to the country at large, of such overwhelming interest to a part of it.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 16. Ja. 9, ’09. 1350w. + =Outlook.= 92: 271. My. 29, ’09. 200w.

“He speaks with authority and deserves a wide reading.” M. W. Ovington.

+ =Survey.= 22: 350. Je. 5, ’09. 1200w.

“We are to be grateful to Mr. Stone for having presented a familiar attitude with ingenuity and fresh illustrations, in modest terms, with unqualified good will, and with only so much residual dogmatism as belongs to strong feeling in a naturally and historically passionate field.” H. P. Douglass.

+ =Yale R.= 18: 210. Ag. ’09. 1500w.

=Stone, Charles Henry H.=^{[8]} Practical testing of gas and gas
meters. $3.50. Wiley.

9–12894.

A treatise dealing with the methods employed in the United States for photometric and calorimetric tests of illuminating gas, chemical analysis of gas, and meter testing.

* * * * *

“The best guide to American practice.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 51. O. ’09.

“The only works heretofore available on these subjects have treated them from British and continental standpoints; and practise in this country differs materially in many cases. Expert chemists will also find in the work an up-to-date compilation of processes and forms of apparatus that will save considerable searching through technical journals and text books.”

+ =Engin. D.= 6: 55. Jl. ’09. 180w.

“Errors and omissions notwithstanding, the book will make a valuable addition to the libraries of those interested in the manufacture and sale of illuminating gas.” A. E. Forstall.

+ − =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 4. Jl. 15, ’09. 1050w.

“The book is likely to find favor among a much wider class than municipal and state inspectors.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 60: 224. Ag. 21, ’09. 170w.

“A laboriously complete compilation.”

+ =Nature.= 81: 97. Jl. 22, ’09. 200w.

=Stone, Cliff Winfield.=^{[6]} Arithmetical abilities and some factors
determining them. (Columbia university contributions to education.
Teachers college ser., no. 19.) $1. Teachers college.

8–20745.

A research thesis whose purpose is to make one more contribution to exact knowledge of the relation between distinctive educational procedures and the resulting products. The portions of the question on which this study bears are: (1) What is the nature of the products of the first six years of arithmetic work? (2) What is the relation between distinctive procedures in arithmetic work and the resulting abilities?

* * * * *

“It is to be hoped that many such studies will soon appear, bearing the same stamp of scientific treatment for other fields, which Professor Stone has so carefully worked for arithmetic.” E. E. Jones.

+ =Educ. R.= 38: 194. S. ’09. 950w.

“Every school superintendent or supervisor of arithmetic teaching should have a copy of this book, and it may be read with profit by teachers of arithmetic everywhere. This scientific study provides the educational world with a means of beginning to standardize its products.” J. F. M.

+ =El. School T.= 9: 525. Je. ’09. 480w.

=Stories= of chivalry, retold from St. Nicholas.^{[9]} (Historical
stories of the ancient world and the middle ages, retold from St.
Nicholas magazine.) *65c. Century.

9–17967.

Stories selected out of the times of chivalry and the crusades whose aim is to teach the spirit that lay back of deeds of gallantry and to touch upon its universality and link it with the courtesy, loyalty, courage, and sacrifice of to-day.

* * * * *

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 677. O. 30, ’09. 40w.

=Stories= of classic myths, retold from St. Nicholas.^{[9]}
(Historical stories of the ancient world and the middle ages, retold
from St. Nicholas magazine.) *65c. Century.

9–18012.

Thirteen myths that all children should know, including the story of the golden fleece, the story of Narcissus, King Midas in the rhyme of Celia Thaxter, the story of Pegasus, the labors of Hercules, etc.

=Stories= of Greece and Rome, retold from St. Nicholas.^{[9]}
(Historical stories of the ancient world and the middle ages, retold
from St. Nicholas magazine.) *65c. Century.

9–17966.

Stories portraying Greek and Roman heroes as they actually lived written to aid boys and girls of to-day to form sturdy notions of love, courage and endurance.

* * * * *

“One of the best and richest of the series.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 677. O. 30, ’09. 50w.

=Stories= of royal children, retold from St. Nicholas.^{[9]}
(Historical stories of the ancient world and the middle ages, retold
from St. Nicholas magazine.) *65c. Century.

9–17551.

The halo with which young readers are apt to encircle the heads of royal children and the glamour with which their young imaginations surround life in a palace are dispelled by the very real troubles and tragedies set forth in these stories.

* * * * *

“Is a collection of charming, quaint narratives.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 677. O. 30, ’09. 40w.

=Stories= of the ancient world, retold from St. Nicholas.^{[9]}
(Historical stories of the ancient world and the middle ages, retold
from St. Nicholas magazine.) *65c. Century.

9–17964.

Interesting stories of a number of things about the beginnings of history. What buried cities reveal, how clothes became, and how written language began, and like mysteries are set forth. The chapter headings “A living chain from Adam to Abraham Lincoln” and “The march of the centuries” suggest something of the range and movement of the collection.

* * * * *

“Well told and finely illustrated.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 97. N. ’09. ✠

“Is perhaps the most ambitious and the most successful portion of the entire series.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 677. O. 30, ’09. 50w.

=Stories= of the middle ages, retold from St. Nicholas.^{[9]}
(Historical stories of the ancient world and the middle ages, retold
from St. Nicholas magazine.) *65c. Century.

9–17965.

Stories which characterize the period during which the world was getting ready for the dawn of liberty and freedom. They are: The king’s champion and his challenge: Félix; The story of the glove; Bertholde; The ballad of Charles Martel; Old time arms and armor; A little Florentine lady: “With hawk and hound”; The belltowers of Italy; Books of olden times; Caps and bells; St. Francis of Assisi; The Christmas song of Caedmon; The boyhood of Michael Angelo; The shepherd-boy of Vespignano.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 97. N. ’09. ✠

“The stories are, as a whole, both well chosen, and well told.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 677. O. 30, ’09. 40w.

=Stow, John.= Survey of London; reprinted from the text of 1603; with
introd. and notes by C: Lethbridge Kingsford. 2v. *$9.25. Oxford.

W9–89.

An edition which, for the first time after three hundred years, makes Stow’s work generally accessible in the form in which he wrote it. Besides the text are an introduction including a brief life of Stow and comments upon his “Survey,” notes on the Stow family documents, select dedications and epistles from his works, a bibliography and an account of Stow’s collection of manuscripts. Following the text are notes, glossary and indexes.

* * * * *

“It is a sort of ‘Baedeker’s London’ of the age of Elizabeth.”

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 606. Ap. ’09. 500w.

“Beyond one or two misprints ... there is little to criticize in this admirable commentary, which fully and successfully achieves the end that Mr. Kingsford had in view. Three adequate indexes conclude a book which we may anticipate will be for many years to come the definitive edition of the monumental work of the first and greatest of London topographers.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 465. O. 17. 1400w.

“Stow’s work, with its merits and its faults, has stood the test of three centuries and retains both importance and interest to-day. Mr. Kingsford deserves special gratitude for the very large number of references, which add greatly to the value of his notes.” R. S. Rait.

+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 568. Jl. ’09. 420w.

“Within the limits which he has set himself, Mr. Kingsford has produced an edition of the ‘Survey’ which will remain definitive for many years to come.”

+ + =Nation.= 88: 254. Mr. 11, ’09. 570w.

“Admirably edited by Mr. C. L. Kingsford, who combines polite literary skill with profound learning.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 544. O. 31, ’08. 1000w.

“This is a valuable edition of a book of the first importance in its own province, not made the less useful by the modesty of the aims which the editor has proposed to himself.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 637. O. 24, ’08. 480w.

=Strachey, Lionel=, ed.^{[6]} Love letters of famous poets and
novelists; selected by Lionel Strachey and prefaced with descriptive
sketches by Walter Littlefield. *$2. McBride, J:

9–13267.

Seventeen chapters containing selections from the authentic correspondence of as many world renowned literary celebrities with their sweethearts, wives, and wives of others. A chapter here and there has a chronology of the author’s career necessary to the understanding of his love affairs. There are included letters from Byron to four women who worshipped at his shrine, letters from Poe to Mrs. Whitman, from Victor Hugo to Adèle Foucher and others; from Goethe to Augusta zu Stolberg, Frau von Stein and Bettina Brentano; from Scott to Charlotte Carpenter; from Heine to the “Fly”; from Balzac to Madame Hanska; Schiller to Charlotte von Lengefeld; Keats to Fanny Brawne and George Sand to Alfred de Musset.

* * * * *

=Dial.= 47: 127. S. 1, ’09. 70w.

“Reviewing the work as a whole it seems a little unfortunate that we should have to know so many of the shortcomings and infelicities of these literary lovers.”

+ − =Ind.= 67: 825. O. 7, ’09. 250w.

“This collection though it looks like a bible for Daphnis and Chloe, is really a museum of curiosities made up of just those things which the curious public rushes to see, and which the judicious critic declares should be burned.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 34. Jl. 8, ’09. 250w.

“The selection contains several unfamiliar letters, and none that is without a human or psychological interest.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 439. Jl. 17, ’09. 620w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 125. Jl. ’09. 180w.

=Strack, Hermann L.=^{[11]} Jew and human sacrifice (human blood and
Jewish ritual): an historical and sociological inquiry; tr. from the
8th ed. with corrections, new preface and additions by the author.
*$3. Bloch.

“Professor Strack, of Berlin, who is one of the foremost authorities on Jewish history in Europe, has produced an exhaustive treatise on the use of human blood in primitive medicine, magic and superstition; and his researches show not only that its use would be absolutely repugnant to the whole spirit of Jewish religion and tradition, but that sometimes Jews themselves have been murdered by Christians for blood-ritual purposes.”—Sat. R.

* * * * *

“It is a characteristically German product, full of learning ill-digested, but containing all the material that the serious student of the subject will require.” Joseph Jacobs.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 675. O. 30, ’09. 1150w.

“It will take its place among learned contributions of the science of comparative religion.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 204. Ag. 24, ’09. 230w.

“It is much more than an examination of this particular fiction: it examines the whole subject of superstitions connected with the use of blood.”

+ =Spec.= 102: sup. 1007. Je. 26, ’09. 160w.

=Stratford, Esme C. W.= Call of dawn, and other poems. **$1.50. Lane.

A book of technically good verse which “is decidedly original, though tinged with the pessimism popular nowadays as to the national future both in art and the wider morality.” (Ath.) Some of the pieces are: England, The devil of Dartmoor, A toast, First light, On the sands of Winchelsea, Dunwich, and Oswald and Iseult.

* * * * *

“The genuine, if ill-restrained power of the duologue ‘Oswald and Iseult,’ and the stimulating loftiness of thought and diction that distinguishes the stanzas ‘Towards the ideal,’ make it matter for regret that the book should have been cumbered with so much that is less worthy.”

− + =Ath.= 1908, 2: 815. D. 26. 380w.

“We have never read a volume that sustained a more perfect level of educated banality. Once or twice we hear a tiny voice of poetry in some single line, only to be smothered forthwith by pillows of platitude.”

− =Sat. R.= 107: 79. Ja. 16, ’09. 300w.

=Streatfeild, Richard Alexander.=^{[12]} Handel. (New library of
music.) **$2.50. Lane.

“Mr. Streatfeild’s story is that ‘the old Handel of our forefathers is dead’; he is really today unpopular in England with those who are the mouth-pieces of critical opinion. Only ‘The Messiah’ is widely known now, and this chiefly as a sort of religious exercise. He has undertaken the task of raising up a new Handel.... A third part of the book is devoted to an analysis of the operas, oratorios, and instrumental music, which is discriminating and illuminative.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“If, however, there is nothing really new to say about Handel personally, this book is well worth reading: it is written, moreover, in a style which is both lucid and attractive.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 667. N. 27. 900w.

“Apart from one blemish, the analysis of Handel’s oratorios is most commendable. More interesting still is that of the obsolete operas.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 580. D. 9, ’09. 950w.

“An admirable piece of work in this book. He has not been content to copy either the narrative or the judgments of his predecessors.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 798. D. 18, ’09. 1250w.

“Much has been written about Handel and his opera-songs and oratorios, of which we must believe Mr. Streatfeild to be ignorant.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 697. D. 4, ’09. 1650w.

“The book, in short, is so good that it is a great pity that the writer should have impaired its value by the controversial attitude he assumes with regard to Handel’s sacred music.” C. L. G.

+ − =Spec.= 103: 885. N. 27, ’09. 1800w.

=Street, Julian Leonard.=^{[9]} Need of change. †50c. Lane.

9–21866.

A humorous skit in which an American and his wife, tourists in the Tyrolese mountains, make the acquaintance of an English couple of supposedly modest circumstances and are invited by the latter to visit them in England. Whirled away to a castle instead of being set down in a clergyman’s simple cottage, the husband is straightway involved in the trials and embarrassments of too much valeting. How the omnipresence of the valet drives him to desperation and flight is amusingly set forth.

* * * * *

“A merry trifle, with many a laugh between its covers.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 540. S. 11, ’09. 200w.

=Strindberg, August.= Swanwhite: a fairy drama; tr. by Francis J.
Ziegler. *$1. Brown bros.

9–6458.

“A play to see on the stage, rather than to read. It is ‘a fairy drama,’ containing bits from many tales, the Wicked Stepmother and Cinderella being most conspicuous. The Strindberg we meet here is he of the later period.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“At his best, there is mysticism, but not mistiness and the play is altogether beautiful—in Swedish. The translation is not particularly happy.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 367. Ap. 8, ’09. 100w.

“This little play is far from presenting the writer at his best; it appears to be a mere tour de force, and is in strange contrast to his other dramas.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 166. Mr. 20, ’09. 400w.

=Stringer, Arthur J. A.=^{[5]} Gun-runner. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.

9–9252.

The author continues his romance of electricity in this new story of the “wireless.” The plot centers about a South American revolution and the action takes place mainly on board the Laminian, a steamer on which Ganley, the “Gun runner” is smuggling arms into Lacombia. How Ganley is foiled by McKinnon, the wireless operator of the Laminian and Alicia Boynton—without whom there would have been no romance—is cleverly worked out with cunning climactic effect.

* * * * *

“The story is exciting. It was built for excitement. The reviewer hardly thinks it was built for anything else.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 294. My. 8, ’09. 280w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 379. Je. 12, ’09. 220w.

=Strong, Anna Louise.=^{[10]} Psychology of prayer. *75c. Univ. of
Chicago press.

The chapter headings show the evolutionary process followed by the author: Introduction—The essentially social character of the self: Undiscriminating forms of prayer—The child and the primitive man; Indeterminate types—The growth of discrimination; The completely social type of prayer—Its general characteristics; The two tendencies in the completely social type—The contemplative or “aesthetic”; The two tendencies in the completely social type—The practical or “ethical”; The type of reality and the objective reference involved in prayer.

* * * * *

“Students of religion and religious education will find this discussion of great value. It is written in simple, untechnical language and is thus well within the range of any well-educated reader.”

+ =Bib. World.= 34: 288. O. ’09. 40w.

Reviewed by E. S. Drown.

=N. Y. Times.= 14: 801. D. 18, ’09. 260w.

“The reviewer has not done full justice to the author’s subtle analysis. He feels, however, that the machinery of explanation often obscures rather than clears up the phenomena in question.” Irving King.

+ − =Psychol. Bull.= 6: 414. D. 15, ’09. 1200w.

=Strong, Augustus Hopkins.= Systematic theology. 3v. ea. *$2.50. Am.
bapt.

7–37983.

=v. 3.= Soteriology; or, The doctrine of salvation.

A practical discussion which in the treatment of the person of Christ, the nature of atonement, and the extent and influence of regeneration the author tells “how man can get from what he is to what he may be.”

* * * * *

“We could wish that the author’s great philosophic powers and his vigorous personality would guide us in interpreting the faith of our fathers into the language that men are using to-day. Many of us believe that the older thought-terms and the traditional method are obsolescent if not quite obsolete.” H. A. Youtz.

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 468. Jl. ’09. 440w.

=Strouse, Martyn W.=^{[9]} Judge Fritznoodle. $1.25. Roxburgh pub. co.

9–22745.

A lively story of the doings of a group of German immigrants who founded Prariestadt, Cabbage township, Richsoil county, “Out-West” during the Free soil period.

* * * * *

“His style is one of extreme facetiousness, and, either from ignorance or intention, his use of English is frequently surprising.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 511. Ag. 28, ’09. 130w.

=Stuart, Ruth McEnery.=^{[11]} Aunt Amity’s silver wedding, and other
stories. †$1. Century.

9–27034.

Four negro dialect stories in Mrs. Stuart’s best vein. The situation in each is particularly clever. For instance, the title piece tells of the silver wedding of a negro woman who, since her marriage twenty-five years before, had dismissed her fickle first husband and had been married for five years to another man. She solves her difficulty by declaring that it shall be her silver wedding and her present husband’s wooden anniversary. When the evening’s festivities are in full swing, husband number one appears on the scene to claim half the money gifts as “pardner in the silver weddin’ business.” Aunt Amity manages the interruption with regal self possession, gets rid of the intruder, and goes on with the dance.

* * * * *

“Engaging short stories.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 135. D. ’09. ✠

“Interest never sleeps in Mrs. Stuart’s stories.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 600. D. 16, ’09. 210w.

=Stuart, Ruth McEnery.=^{[12]} Carlotta’s intended. †$1.25. Harper.

The romance of a radiant Italian girl and a middle aged Irish cobbler. Pat stands as faithful guardian over Carlotta from babyhood to blooming maidenhood, protects her against a loathsome marriage and, finally, himself becomes her suitor. During the time that he is her “intended” a younger wooer claims the girl’s hand, and Pat, learning of the situation by accident, must have welcomed the death that came to him while rescuing a kitten from drowning. The hand of Mafia rests upon the closing pages of the work.

* * * * *

“A story that makes a strong appeal to any one with the least sentiment in his makeup.” W. G. Bowdoin.

+ =Ind.= 67: 1354. D. 16, ’09. 80w.

=Stubbs, Rt. Rev. William.= Germany in the later middle ages,
1200–1500; ed. by Arthur Hassall. *$2.25. Longmans.

9–14135.

Appeals to advanced students of European history. “The struggles of Popes and Emperors, the intrigues of those who elected them, the working of spiritual and secular interests, the spiritual sometimes so strangely secular, the secular sometimes touched with the spiritual, are complicated in the extreme. But Bishop Stubbs makes us see that the maze is not without a plan. The chief theme is the relations between the Papacy and the Empire.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“The book makes no real contribution to the history of the period, but it is a welcome account of it.” O. J. Thatcher.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 847. Jl. ’09. 430w.

“We cannot help feeling that with a little trouble the book (if it was to be published) might have been made much more full, and much more representative of the author’s own judgment and knowledge.”

− + =Ath.= 1909, 1: 157. F. 6. 1650w.

“Their publication at the present time does injustice to an honoured memory; for though they display the masculine grasp of principles and the vivid delineation of character which we should expect from the author, it is clear that he did not throw his full strength into these lectures. Moreover there are few pages which do not stand in need of a revision such as the editor, Mr. A. Hassall, seems not to have considered himself at liberty to carry out.” D.

+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 188. Ja. ’09. 120w.
=Ind.= 66: 1035. My. 13, ’09. 100w.

“Altogether, if we were compelled to choose, we should certainly prefer any one of several historical manuals to this ‘brilliant’ presentation.”

− =Nation.= 88: 303. Mr. 25, ’09. 400w.

“Its value as a text-book of reference work would be enhanced, we believe, had it been modified by a revision founded on the results of historical research in the last twenty-five years.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 195. Ap. 3, ’09. 730w.

“Nevertheless, due weight being given these drawbacks, there is still something to be got out of the book.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 530. Ap. 24, ’09. 1000w.

“This is a worthy sequel to Bishop Stubbs’s other valuable contribution to historical study.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 1108. D. 26, ’08. 270w.

=Sturgis, Edith Barnes.= My busy days. **$2. Appleton.

9–17998.

A book of child’s verse especially for little girls.

* * * * *

“The book is a very attractive one.” K. L. M.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 498. Ja. ’09. 80w.

“Margaretta Hinchman’s colored pictures are striking.” M. J. Moses.

+ =Ind.= 65: 1471. D. 17, ’08. 40w.

=Sudermann, Hermann.= John the Baptist: a play; tr. by Beatrice
Marshall. **$1.50. Lane.

8–37742.

A timely English version of Sudermann’s drama. “All the scenes, indeed, in which Herodias or Salome or Herod encounters John are full of vivacity and the clash of temperament. It is the passages in which the Baptist comes into contact with his own disciples, and shows himself helpless to deal with their problems and desires, that might hang fire in the playhouse. Yet Herr Sudermann’s portrait of John—a Forerunner who knows not the nature of the kingdom which his Prince will found, a hermit preaching repentance and the wrath to come who learns with bewilderment that the Prophet whose way he has prepared, talks of love, and moves freely and humbly amongst men—to a reader at all events, is the most impressive and pathetic feature of the play.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“There should be no necessity to add, in the case of so admirable an artist as Herr Sudermann, that his handling of his theme is always reverent, or that his use of the sacred text is never other than dignified. Miss Beatrice Marshall may be congratulated on a graceful translation.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 52. Ja. 9. 550w.
=Ind.= 65: 1179. N. 19, ’08. 50w.

“Whatever may be the case with the original, the English text possesses no special quality to compensate for the inherent nastiness of the Salome legend or for the misrepresentation of an heroic Biblical figure.”

− =Nation.= 87: 636. D. 24, ’08. 70w.

“A poignant book like this, however grim, sinister and austere, is yet a poignant good.”

+ =No. Am.= 189: 920. Je. ’09. 280w.

=Sudermann, Hermann.=^{[11]} Roses: four one-act plays; tr. from the
German by Grace Frank. **$1.25. Scribner.

9–28261.

“Presents four one-act plays, one of which is a pleasant comedy of a young student and a princess incognita—a little play which has humor in it and leaves a pleasant taste in the mouth. The other three plays are studies of feminine pathology of the most pronounced type, chiefly interesting, so far as subject is concerned, because they bring out anew the tendency of the recent German drama and fiction, than which there has been nothing more definitely unwholesome in literature.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“‘The far-away princess’ is a ‘pleasant’ play, and the other three distinctly ‘unpleasant,’ of the kind that we used to call Frenchy, but nowadays must be called Germanish.”

+ − =Ind.= 67: 932. O. 21, ’09. 60w.

“Even the four plays in the present volume, highly characteristic of Sudermann’s later manner, deserved a more fortunate rendering into English than they have here received. Mrs. Frank, it is to be regretted, mistranslates plain words, fails to render the sense of obvious sentences, and blandly leaves out pregnant and characteristic expressions.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 364. O. 14, ’09. 560w.

“The first of the plays is a frankly repulsive study and the second is distressingly pathetic. ‘The last visit’ is more human and also more dramatic. The last play is wholly charming.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 672. O. 30, ’09. 300w.

“These plays are brief, and deal with the psychological moment. They are distinctly effective, and are not lacking in dramatic or literary quality; but a more dreary view of life than they present, or a more melancholy glimpse into German society, if they are to be taken as authentic, would be difficult to imagine.”

+ − =Outlook.= 93: 558. N. 6, ’09. 150w.

=Suess, Eduard.=^{[6]} Face of the earth (Das antlitz der erde); tr.
by Hertha B. C. Sollas. 3v. v. 3. *$5.75. Oxford.

=v. 3.= “The present instalment of this great work is concerned chiefly with the study of those mighty folds of the earth’s crust which form the mountain-chains of Eurasia. The rock-fold may be regarded as the morphological unit in terrestrial architecture, and the geologists who would gain a broad view of the physiognomy of the earth seeks to determine the relation of fold to fold.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“A translation exceptional in accuracy and elegance. The mastery of the literature is, however, secondary to the power of generalization which enables the author to marshal his facts and bring them into harmony as parts of a grand tectonic scheme.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 106. Ja. 23. 1050w. (Review of v. 3.)