Chapter VII: Preface (7)

“He writes with full knowledge, and from a critical point of view that is at once discriminating and sympathetic. His analyses and descriptions are helpful and sympathetic, and while his criticism is seldom technical, it gives a real assistance to the reader who would enter into the spirit of this art, understand its motives and methods, and gain a well-rounded idea of what the principal period of Dutch art signified and still signifies.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 303. My. 15, ’09. 800w.

“Is rather unequal in its interest, but leaves an impression of more substance than the look of it promised. The rendering is, on the whole, so fluent and easy as to read like original work; twice only has the idiom betrayed the translator.”

+ − =No. Am.= 190: 259. Ag. ’09. 500w.

Reviewed by E. F. Baldwin.

+ =Outlook.= 93: 597. N. 13, ’09. 150w.

=Boehm, Theobald.=^{[6]} Flute and flute-playing in acoustical, technical, and artistic aspects; originally published in German in 1871; tr. and annotated by Dayton C. Miller. $1.50. D. C. Miller, Cleveland, O.

9–982.

A treatise written in 1871 by the inventor of the modern flute. It “bears on the acoustic, technical, and artistic aspects of the instrument. The tables of fingerings are easily understood, and will no doubt be of value to the flute player as well as interesting to the student of acoustics.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“It contains many useful hints both as regards the execution of florid music (which operatic audiences still dote on) and the expressive playing of sustained melodies.”

+ =Nation=. 88: 494. My. 13, ’09. 220w.

“The treatise is a thorough one.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 197. Ap. 3, ’09. 100w.

=Bogges, Arthur Clinton.=^{[12]} Settlement of Illinois, 1778–1830. (Chicago historical society’s collection, v. 5.) $3. Chicago historical society.

9–12041.

“The record of the narrow poverty out of which came abundance, of the chaos out of which came organization, in short, the record of the small beginnings of a great American commonwealth. The description is minute: forty-five closely printed pages contain the list of the authorities used. Its accuracy is vouched for by Prof. Frederick J. Turner and J. B. McMaster, who critically read the work before publication.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“The technique is commendable. Numerous references to government documents, territorial records, and manuscript collections support statements of fact. Little use, however, has been made of the ‘Publications’ of the Illinois state historical society. Some statistics could well have been left to the foot-notes and an additional map showing the location and density of population in 1830 would have been an aid to the reader. Typographical errors occasionally occur, the most serious ones being the inaccurate numbering of foot-notes. A carefully prepared bibliography, critical in nature, gives an appraisal of the historical value and accuracy of all works consulted.” W: V. Pooley.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 159. O. ’09. 600w.

“The book will have small attraction for those who read merely for pleasure. The sober student, however, will find here the bases of Illinois’s history clearly and fully discussed.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 465. N. 11, ’09. 120w.

=Bohannon, Hattie Donovan.=^{[5]} Light of stars. *$1. Fenno.

9–10789.

A story of Eastern Texas whose young hero is a weird mixture of youth and old age. His lonely struggles are shared by his one friend, an old doctor, who from his quiet corner witnesses with pain the village flirt’s unconscionable weaving of a net about the boy. How the young man uses his disappointment for strength development furnishes the lesson of the story.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 14: 324. My. 22, ’09. 60w.

=Bojer, Johan.= Power of a lie; tr. from the Norwegian by Jessie Muir;
with an introd. by Hall Caine. $1.25. Kennerley.

9–4956.

Set in Norway this is a story of a man who signs his name to a bond for a friend, and then, when the friend goes into bankruptcy, denies that he had gone security for him, and sees him imprisoned for forgery, while he himself becomes a longsuffering hero and is banqueted by his townsmen.

* * * * *

“We have seldom read a novel in which the psychology of self-deception is so strikingly presented as in this grim little study of human nature.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 433. O. 10. 180w.

“It is all done with Scandinavian thoroughness, with utter conscientiousness of patient detail, unsparing, indefatigable, grim—as Mr. Hall Caine says with ‘high seriousness.’”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 166. Mr. 20, ’09. 500w.

=Bond, Francis.= Fonts and font covers. *$4.80. Oxford.

9–18980.

“The first section of this book is concerned with the story of baptism, wherein are discussed its original import, the methods of administration, the baptistery and its piscina, and the transformation of the baptistery tank into a tub font, a font on legs, a pedestal font, a chalice font, and even a metal basin or earthen-ware bowl.... The second part of Mr. Bond’s work discusses the classification of fonts and their symbolism, together with the exceptional materials of which they are sometimes formed, such as various metals and brick.” (Ath.) The last section deals with a fully illustrated list of fonts chronologically arranged.

* * * * *

“The present volume marks a great step in advance in both the quantity and carefulness of the descriptive letterpress, especially in the number of illustrations; of these by far the greater number have never appeared before, while the more important examples are produced on a generous scale.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 352. Mr. 20. 1750w.

“The text, indeed, while a monument of painstaking erudition, and crammed full of detailed information, partakes too much of the nature of a descriptive and analytical catalogue to possess any special charm or attractiveness. As a compendium of information, and as an admirable collection of historic examples, most suggestive to architect and decorative or ecclesiastical designer, this handsome book must be of great value and must entirely supersede all previous essays in the same field.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 233. Mr. 4, ’09. 200w.

“When he quits the quaking ground of ritual and religious practice he is on safe soil; his expert knowledge serves him well in his classification and description of fonts, and shows to advantage in the historical sketch of pre-Conquest, Norman, Gothic and post-Reformation design.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 601. My. 8, ’09. 950w.

“A very elaborate work.”

+ =Spec.= 102: sup. 161. Ja. 30, ’09. 170w.

=Bond, Francis.= Screens and galleries in English churches. *$2.
Oxford.

9–3348.

“He treats ... the peculiarly English subject of those partitions which, under such names as chancel screen, choir screen, rood screen, rood loft, and gallery, were as essential as roof and wall to an English church. He deals with the subject ‘from an evolutionary point of view,’ and shows how the need of high and rather solid screens followed from the opening of the great window in the square east end, so common in English church architecture and so peculiar to the island. He shows how much the old churches have lost in internal beauty and fitness from the destruction of those screens in recent times.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“There is abundant room for other volumes on the same topic which are announced as likely to appear shortly. We do not always find ourselves in agreement with Mr. Bond’s contentions in the letterpress. By far the greater part, however, of Mr. Bond’s reflections on screens and their history are most helpful and informing.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 616. N. 14. 770w.

“It is not easy to praise too highly the simple and effective presentation of the subject, and the interest of the book to all persons who care for ecclesiology or for decorative art. It is the work of an enthusiast whose zeal is informed with full knowledge.”

+ + =Nation.= 87: 124. Ag. 6, ’08. 500w.

“Useful little book.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 668. Ap. 24, ’09. 300w.

=Bond, Frederick Bligh, and Camm, Bede.=^{[12]} Rood screens and rood
lofts. *$12.50. Scribner.

“The volumes before us are an account of the screenwork in Devon, in the first place, and Somerset in a lesser degree, with some remarks on the few remains which the vandalism of the earlier part of last century has left us in Cornwall. The whole is introduced by a long dissertation on the origin, construction, and uses of early screenwork in the East and in Roman churches of the basilican type.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“It is a valuable addition to the vast literature which has grown up on mediæval architecture in general and its special divisions.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 562. N. 6. 1800w.

“The work is addressed particularly to the ecclesiologist; yet there is no doubt that it may also lay rightful claim to the attention of the antiquary, the student of hagiography, and the liturgiologist. Finally, it will be no less valuable to the social historian, within whose province in some measure all these subjects are necessarily embraced. Some experts may possibly be disposed to differ from Mr. Bligh Bond on certain points in his theory of the origin and evolution of rood screens and lofts; but all must agree that his facts are treated in a most scholarly manner, and with the sincerest scientific intention.”

+ − =Spec.= 103: sup. 712. N. 6, ’09. 1650w.

=Bonney, Sherman Grant.= Pulmonary tuberculosis and its complications;
with special reference to diagnosis and treatment, for general
practitioners and students. *$7. Saunders.

8–22246.

This book which embodies “largely the results of personal experience” is designed especially for the general practitioner. “The sections of the book which will probably most interest the practitioner are those on diagnosis, symptomatology, complications and treatment. These occupy the major portion of the book, and are illustrated by many excellent and well-chosen cuts.” (Science.)

* * * * *

“In the sixth part there is a good deal of general interest for the intelligent layman as to safeguarding the community and the individual.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 95. Ja. 28, ’09. 260w.

“In spite of the defects, and though we may not agree with Dr. Bonney in some of his views we consider the book a valuable addition to our knowledge of the terrible disease of which he treats. Not only the general practitioner, for whom the book is written, but the specialist will find it well worth careful study.” M. P. Ravenel.

+ − =Science=, n. s. 29: 298. F. 19, ’09. 700w.

=Book= of Christmas; with an introd. by Hamilton W. Mabie.^{[10]}
*$1.25. Macmillan.

9–27107.

The introduction which Mr. Mabie contributes to this volume eulogizes the Christmas festival, mentions the writers since Dickens who have revived Christmas sentiment, touches upon the symbolism of Christmastide, emphasizes the necessity of celebrating the old rites yearly to save Christmas from desecration and to keep it sacred, and commends this “text-book of piety, friendship and merriment” to the skeptical and the cynical. The divisions of the anthology of prose and verse are: Signs of the seasons; Holiday saints and lords; Christmas customs and beliefs; Christmas carols; Christmas day; Christmas hymns; Christmas poets; When all the world is kin; Christmas stories; New Year; Twelfth night; The Christmas spirit.

* * * * *

+ =Dial.= 47: 466. D. 1, ’09. 80w.
=Nation.= 89: 538. D. 2, ’09. 50w.

“It is a truism that nobody’s anthology suits anybody else, but the present one comes very near covering the ground for a Christmas anthology. Should there be a second edition, we should enter a plea to have the photographs omitted as not only ugly in kind, but commonplace in choice and robbing the book of any touch of distinction.”

+ − =No. Am.= 190: 844. D. ’09. 140w.

“Really delightful book.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 788. D. 4, ’09. 130w.

=Boorman, T. Hugh.= Asphalts, their sources and utilizations. $3.
Comstock.

9–35049.

“The first eleven chapters are devoted to descriptions of the occurrence, properties and uses of the various forms of asphaltic substances. Two chapters then follow on the developments of the asphalt industry. Asphaltic oils and their application to roads for the purpose of making them dustless are discussed in the succeeding six chapters. The author then includes chapters dealing with municipal asphalt plants, asphalt water-proofing, asphalt roofing and asphalt for manufacture. The book closes with a short chapter on asphalt machinery.”—Engin. D.

* * * * *

“His information taken in connection with the various specifications he has drawn up for the use of asphalt, will be found of marked value by the increasing number of persons who are finding uses for this material.”

+ =Engin. D.= 5: 175. F. ’09. 200w.
=Engin. D.= 5: 537. My. ’09. 100w.

“The author does not appear to have given the reader very much of the benefit of his ’36 years of active life’ among asphalt men, in so far as criticism of the opinions of others or expression of his own opinions is concerned.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 16. F. 18, ’09. 300w.

“Timely and valuable.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 57. Ja. 30, ’09. 220w.

=Booth, William Stone.=^{[9]} Some acrostic signatures of Francis
Bacon; Baron Verulam, of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban; together with
some others, all of which are now for the first time deciphered and
published. **$6. Houghton.

9–11139.

“Mr. Booth does not attempt in any sense to treat the whole Baconian theory, accepting, rather, most of the conclusions and evidence of Greenwood and Begley. He divides his royal octavo volume of some six hundred and twenty pages into two parts. The first part, after some preliminary treatment of Elizabethan cryptography, considers ‘The uses of ciphers,’ ‘Anonymity and Pseudonymity,’ ‘Method,’ and ‘Practical specimens of acrostical signatures.’ In part two, in some fifteen chapters, he deciphers the signatures of Francis and Anthony Bacon in works originally published anonymously, or over the names of other men.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“A collection of ‘signatures’ in the form of acrostics which the amiably credulous will doubtless receive as proof absolute that William Shakespeare was none other than Francis Bacon.” E: Fuller.

− =Bookm.= 29: 633. Ag. 109. 300w.

“The purpose of the book is serious, its method is painstaking, and it aims to be judicial, but can a theory which proves too much, and which calls for belief in an extraordinary manifestation of multiple personality, be taken with entire seriousness?”

− =Nation.= 88: 609. Je. 17, ’09. 2000w.

=Borchers, Wilhelm.= Electric furnaces: the production of heat from
electrical energy and the construction of electric furnaces; tr. by
H: G. Solomon. *$2.50. Longmans.

GS9–32.

“The first six chapters give a good, concise and classified review of various commercial designs of resistance and arc furnaces, with historical notes.... Then follow the best and most valuable chapters in the book, sketches of the author’s own experimental furnaces designed for various purposes, and a discussion of various details of construction. The book is concluded by two chapters on the particular advantages of electric heating and on furnace outputs of some of the larger industries.”—Engin. Rec.

* * * * *

“The cuts and the descriptive matter are above criticism and the book will find place as a standard in every establishment having to do with this type of heating appliance.”

+ =Elec. World.= 54: 441. Ag. 19, ’09. 140w.

“The matter is well arranged, finely illustrated and altogether very readable. The writer of the book has an exaggerated opinion as to the value of some of the experiments which he himself made with electric furnaces between 1888 and 1898. The omissions are not numerous, and mostly of unimportant matter.” J. W. Richards.

+ − =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 540. N. 12, ’08. 350w.

“The technical information in the book is reliable. In some cases the expression is not quite exact, but this may be the fault of the translator.”

+ − =Engin. Rec.= 58: 735. D. 26, ’08. 220w.

“The book is decidedly useful ... but at times the description is scrappy, and we are rather afraid the reader who knows nothing about furnaces will hardly get sufficient information to be of service.”

+ − =Nature.= 79: 216. D. 24, ’08. 450w.

=Bordwell, Percy.=^{[8]} Law of war between belligerents. $3.50.
Callaghan.

9–1248.

“Falls naturally into two parts—the first historical, the second in the nature of a commentary. Beginning with a rapid sketch of the rules regulating warfare in ancient and mediæval times, the author traces in considerable detail the growth of the law and practice of belligerency from the days of Grotius through the Russo-Japanese conflict of 1904–5.” (Dial.) “The second part of his work he devotes to commentary on war practice between belligerents, carefully considering all the important international connections, including those drawn up at the second Hague conference, the regulations respecting the laws and customs of war on land, and the several Red Cross agreements.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The entire monograph, in truth, partakes rather too much of the character of a notebook.”

+ − =Dial.= 47: 50. Jl. 16, ’09. 280w.

“Prof. Bordwell handles a subject of large international importance with great skill, understanding, and conciseness.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 32. Ja. 16, ’09. 250w.

“The work is well organized, and is written in a clear, interesting style.” G: W. Scott.

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 517. S. ’09. 1300w.

=Boswell, Charles Stuart.=^{[5]} Irish precursor of Dante: a study on
the vision of heaven and hell ascribed to the eighth-century Irish
saint Adamnán, with translation of the Irish text. *$3.40. Scribner.

9–2032.

An English translation accompanied by commentary, of a ninth century text which presents early Irish visions of the world to come. “It brings together most of the important documents of this class, analyzes them at length, and compares them with one another, and with the accounts of the happy other-world in secular Irish saga.... On the whole, the book exhibits better than any other the part the Irish took in developing the literary type which derives its chief interest from the ‘Divine comedy,’ and it does this without losing sight of literary values or making untenable claims of Dante’s indebtedness to Celtic sources.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“Serious as seem the defects in Mr. Boswell’s Celtic scholarship, his book is, nevertheless, of considerable value, as being the only extensive collection of early Irish visions of the world to come.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 172. F. 18, ’09. 600w.

“Excellent little book.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 468. Ap. 10, ’09. 1050w.

=Bousset, Wilhelm.=^{[5]} Faith of a modern Protestant; tr. by F. B.
Low. **75c. Scribner.

9–2256.

“Professor Bousset ... declares that the doctrine of the uniqueness of the individual is essential in Christianity. ‘Modern biologists are especially interested in the fact that every form of organic life, every plant, even though it is in conformity with the law of its development, has something peculiar, individual, incalculable in it. And it is this same riddle that confronts us everywhere, that meets us in human life, only with far greater potency and distinctness.’ This idea, he says, ‘has remained peculiar to the Christian belief.’”—Atlan.

* * * * *

=Am. J. Theol.= 13: 500. Jl. ’09. 150w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 7. S. ’09.

Reviewed by George Hodges.

=Atlan.= 103: 555. Ap. ’09. 160w.

“Whether or not we agree with it in all details we must at any rate acknowledge its spiritual depth. It is in truth a remarkable book, and almost every page is full of illuminating suggestion. In one respect the treatment is weak, in that it tends to overindividualism.” E. S. Brown.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 239. Ap. 17, ’09. 500w. + =Spec.= 102: sup. 1008. Je. 26, ’09. 130w.

=Bowen, Marjorie, pseud.=^{[9]} Leopard and the lily. **$1.20.
Doubleday.

9–24330.

A stirring tale of medieval times in Brittany by the author of the “Viper of Milan.” It depicts the downfall of a woman of great beauty and wealth who, for the love of an honest English adventurer, runs the gamut of treachery and deceit, including murder itself, to free herself from her husband who stands between her and happiness. Even the far reaching villainy practiced by a typical crafty, brutal medieval nobleman does not choke the growth of a wonderful friendship between the Englishman and the husband of the woman he loves.

* * * * *

“The whirring of the machinery is as painfully apparent in every page of Miss Bowen’s last book as it is in a cheap talking machine behind the singer’s voice. For all its tawdriness it gives some real thrills and any one wanting to kill time will find the book a useful A. D. C. in the task.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ − =Bookm.= 30: 152. O. ’09. 700w.

“There are more thrills in the book than in a whole week’s issue of a yellow newspaper. Miss Bowen handles the many threads of her story deftly, with an instinctive sense for mechanical construction. She has, moreover, a certain eloquence of the pen point, an imaginative vision, and an opulence of jeweled phrase that carry her narrative along on light, quick foot and comport well with its tense and highly colored spirit.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 555. S. 18, ’09. 530w.

=Bower, B. M. (B. M. Sinclair).= Lonesome trail. †$1.25. Dillingham.

9–8812.

A new chapter in the lives of the Flying U boys. Miss Sinclair’s understanding of cowboy life enables her to lose no phase of their rugged, dare-devil, loyal, big-hearted natures. The story contains the favorite school teacher but she is not up to the standard.

* * * * *

“Can be warranted to give an hour’s amusement to readers of many sorts, provided only that they have some sympathetic understanding of the life of the western plains.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 150. Mr. 13, ’09. 230w.

=Bowne, Borden Parker.=^{[10]} Studies in Christianity. **$1.50.
Houghton.

9–7107.

Six essays of a controversial nature which constitute a defense of modern thought. They are: The Christian revelation; The incarnation and the atonement; The Christian life; The modern conception of the kingdom of God; The church and moral progress; The church and the truth.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 7. S. ’09.

“Altogether, these two essays may be strongly recommended to all persons interested in or perhaps troubled by the present conditions of theological controversy.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 322. My. 22, ’09. 650w.

=Box, George Herbert=, tr.^{[12]} Book of Isaiah; tr. from a text rev.
in accordance with the results of recent criticism; with introds.,
critical notes and explanations, and 2 maps; together with a
prefatory note by S. R. Driver. *$2.25. Macmillan.

“The translation constitutes the bulk of this book. The introductions and notes are very condensed. The author proceeds upon the basis of historical criticism, showing the assignment of the materials to their various sources by means of different styles of type. He attempts no original contribution in the analysis of sources, but contents himself with the views of Duhm for the most part.”—Bib. World.

* * * * *

“Notwithstanding the more or less serious criticism to which parts of the work may justly be subjected, the book as a whole recommends itself by its scholarly character, its clearness of exposition, and the fearless, yet reverent spirit of investigation by which it is animated.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 783. D. 19. 730w.

“The translation is well done and is deserving of praise for its endeavor to adhere to the poetical form of the original.”

+ =Bib. World.= 34: 360. N. ’09. 110w.

“Mr. Box deserves high praise for his admirable critical work. His ‘Introductions’ are models of clear statement; his notes short and to the point; he prints the text so that its ‘rhythmical articulation and movement’ are set plainly before the reader’s eye. In short, the student could hardly find a more useful work.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 19. Ja. 2, ’09. 2000w.

=Boyer, Charles C.= Modern methods for teachers: a twentieth century
hand-book for American teachers, normal schools, and teachers’
reading circles. $1.50. Lippincott.

9–711.

Modern methods for the modern teacher—the teacher who is “an evolution, the product of the centuries of progress behind him.” The work is divided into three parts as follows: Pt. 1, Principles of teaching; Pt. 2, Methods of culture; Pt. 3, Methods of instruction.

* * * * *

“Containing much sound practical sense.”

+ =Educ. R.= 37: 425. Ap. ’09. 30w.
=Ind.= 67: 310. Ag. 5, ’09. 20w.

“The suggestions offered are in harmony with the best practice of the present time.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 412. Ap. 22, ’09. 90w.

“One looks in vain for any exposition in modern, or any other, method of teaching either the manners or the morals which were thought to be of so much importance two or three centuries ago.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 122. F. 27, ’09. 110w.

=Boyles, Kate, and Boyles, Virgil Dillin.=^{[10]} Homesteaders.
†$1.50. McClurg.

9–24261.

By the authors of “Langford of the three bars,” this is also a tale of the free-range cattle country whither Jack Carroll and his sister go to take up a homestead. The plucky girl will not for one moment be depressed over her brother’s desperate fight with cattle rustlers, but courageously aids him in overturning and reconstructing the “whole moral plan of the cow lands.”

* * * * *

“The story is full of the life and color of the country and its characters are, for the most part, life-like, although they do sometimes indulge in speeches too long to seem natural.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 594. O. 9, ’09. 200w.

=Boys= on the railroad by Molly Elliot Seawell, James Barnes, Ellen
Douglas Deland, John R. Coryell, E. Carruth and others.^{[10]}
(Harper’s athletic series, iii) †60c. Harper.

9–24259.

Thirteen stories of thrilling adventure all connected with railroad perils, quick heroic action, and escapes. They furnish good food for the average boy’s vivacious appetite.

* * * * *

“For the lover of thrills—be he boy in age or in spirit—the book can be safely recommended.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 583. O. 2, ’09. 120w.

=Brabant, F. G.=^{[8]} Rambles in Sussex. 6s. Methuen, London.

An expansion of the author’s “Little guide” to Sussex published some years ago. “Mr. Brabant proceeds, for the purposes of his descriptions, first from various southern centres—Chichester, Midhurst, Arundel, Bramber, Brighton, Lewes, Eastbourne, and Hastings. The northern districts he covers by first travelling along the southern forest ridge from Hastings to Horsham (which he uses as a centre for the Wealden country west of it), and then turning eastward again along the main forest ridge to Tunbridge Wells. His pages are adorned with interesting reflections and historical matter, and though he has a liking for legends, he has also a ready pin wherewith to prick bubbles of untrustworthy romance.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“If we want more of Mr. Brabant, it is no doubt largely due to the alluring character of the Sussex scenery he has chosen to wander in; but undoubtedly his own qualities as a rambler contribute generously to our enjoyment.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 696. Je. 12. 900w.

“His strongest point is the summary descriptions of the architectural features of the village churches.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 54. Jl. 10, ’09. 180w.

“His fidelity to his theme is admirable, and he writes with perfect clarity; but he lacks alike the synthetic vision which gave us Mr. Kipling’s Sussex poem, the pantheistic rapture of Mr. Hudson, the lyrical devotion of Mr. Belloc, and that joy of the discoverer which made the late Louis Jennings so pleasant a companion in the South Downs.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: sup. 1005. Je. 26, ’09. 350w.

=Bradley, Andrew Cecil.=^{[7]} Oxford lectures on poetry. *$3.
Macmillan.

9–22233.

Lectures delivered during the author’s tenure of the professorship of poetry at Oxford. “About a third of the volume is devoted to Shakespeare, and one at least of these chapters is fully the equal of anything in the earlier work. The remaining lectures deal with the theory of poetry and contain notable examples of poetic practice.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“Profound, vigorous and original, they are an important addition to the literature of criticism.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 36. O. ’09.

“It is probable that this volume will attain a permanence for which critical literature generally cannot hope. Very many of the things that are said here are finally said; they exhaust their subject. Of one thing we are certain—that there is no work in English devoted to the interpretation of poetic experience which can claim the delicacy and sureness of Mr. Bradley’s.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 721. Je. 19. 3000w.

“As a whole, the book is worthy of its author and of his professorship.” J. W. Tupper.

+ =Dial.= 47: 334. N. 1, ’09. 1000w.

“Of the general essays, that on ‘Hegel’s theory of tragedy’ is the most penetrating, the most perspicuous, and the most instructive. We could wish that the discussion had been translated into terms of the scientific age for the sake of readers to whom the ideal world is somewhat lacking in solidity.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 214. S. 2, ’09. 700w.

“The writer of these admirable lectures may claim what is rare even in this age of criticism—a note of his own. If space permitted we should like to argue several of Mr. Bradley’s points.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 229. Ag. 21, ’09. 1350w.

“Professor Bradley’s new collection of Oxford lectures has not the unity of impression and interest of his previous book on ‘Shakespearean tragedy.’ The new volume shows the same complete sanity of judgment, the same subtlety, the same persuasive and eloquent exposition; but its subjects are chosen from up and down the fields of poetry.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 978. Je. 19, ’09. 1600w.

=Bradley, Arthur Granville.= Making of Canada, 1763–1814. *$3. Dutton.

9–5540.

A sequel to “The fight with France for North America.” It is a history of Canada from 1763, the date of its cession to England by the French, to the end of the war of 1812. The author’s aim has been to depict “the most vital and interesting period of Canadian history within a compass that is neither sketchy on the one hand, nor monumental on the other.” “Happily the facts he deals with can generally support this mode of presentation, and we readily forgive the author an occasional turgid passage for the sake of his admirable battle pictures and his many graphic sketches of the old life of the backwoods and the clearings.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“The formative period of Canadian history is nowhere else so well and succinctly treated.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 72. Mr. ’09.

“It is to be regretted that Mr. Bradley has not taken the trouble, in passing his sheets thru the press, to correct any grammatical errors and even more numerous examples of awkward constructions of sentences which mar greatly the quality of his book.”

+ − =Ind.= 67: 199. Jl. 22, ’09. 530w.

“Mr. Bradley’s appeal is to the general reader. His book is always readable, but scarcely profound.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 17. Jl. 1, ’09. 400w.

“A careful narrative.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 54. Ja. 30, ’09. 200w.

“He is too frequently under the influence of a partisanship that renders him an untrustworthy guide. As between the French and English Canadians in the crucial period precedent to the Quebec act, he is uncompromisingly on the side of the French; and as between both French and English Canadians and their neighbors to the south, he consistently maintains an attitude unpleasantly reminiscent of the bitternesses of the time, and quite unworthy a modern historian.”

+ − =Outlook.= 91: 815. Ap. 10, ’09. 280w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 252. F. ’09. 90w.

“Mr. Bradley with plenty of facts at command, carries one forward on a rush of words sometimes to the point of redundancy.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: sup. 3. My. 22, ’09. 470w.

“Mr. Bradley’s story of this half-century of making is as vigorous and spirited as the great argument demands.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 307. F. 20, ’09. 1550w.

=Bradley, Arthur Granville.=^{[10]} Romance of Northumberland.
**$2.75. McClurg.

A travel book which is less a guide book than an armchair companion. It follows the leisurely course of a traveler over Northumberland’s varied expanse of mountain and moorland, showing the country as it is to-day and recalling historic associations in which the whole territory is particularly rich. The illustrations in color and black and white are unusually artistic.

* * * * *

“The sketchy style of writing is fairly interesting, and the book will probably be valued by those who visit any part of a fascinating and comparatively little-known county.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 509. O. 24. 180w.

“Mr. Bradley treats a subject full of interest of many kinds with his accustomed skill. A better tour and a better guide we could not have.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 374. S. 12. ’08. 470w.

=Bradley, Arthur Granville.=^{[11]} Worcestershire. (Color books ser.)
*$3. Macmillan.

Painted by Thomas Tyndale and described by A. G. Bradley, this delightful ramble proves that Worcester, famous to most people chiefly for its sauce and china, “is the most illuminating county in England to the historical student.” The county is treated from a geographical, historical and industrial standpoint, with most of the description devoted to Malvern range, the River Severn and Bredon Hill.

* * * * *

“Mr. Bradley does not deal much in superlatives, which is no doubt one important reason why his descriptions are pleasing.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 461. D. 1, ’09. 240w.

“The coloured pictures are inoffensive, but the value of the book so far as it has value is literary. Mr. Bradley is picturesque without the aid of the three-colour process.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: sup. 6. Jl. 17, ’09. 260w.

“Altogether, Mr. Bradley has in Worcestershire a great subject, whether in its geographical or its historical aspect. Nor is there wanting an interesting industrial side. He does his work, as one might expect, admirably well; and he has an excellent assistant in Mr. Tyndale.”

+ =Spec.= 103: sup. 492. O. 2, ’09. 300w.

=Bradley, John W.=^{[12]} Illuminated manuscripts. (Little books on
art.) *$1. McClurg.

A recent addition to the “Little books on art.” The volume gives a résumé of the best historical information to be had upon the subject. “Mr. Bradley, whose text is supplemented with many illustrations, including a reproduction in colour of a page from a fourteenth-century English ‘Book of hours,’ gives a list of the mss. consulted, and concludes a most valuable monograph with a hope of a future revival of illumination by competent artists.” (Int. Studio.)

* * * * *

“In this scholarly little volume the author deals ably and exhaustively with the art of illumination.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 28: 276. My. ’06. 110w.

“He falls into the seductive error of beginning with Adam or his contemporaries. The book is compact of information, treating the subject on a historical outline and should prove of real service.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 39: sup. 24. N. ’09. 110w.

“By bringing the book up to date and adding further illustrations it might be made over into a really excellent manual. Its defects are rather in minuter matters of scholarship than in judgment and taste.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 582. D. 9, ’09. 290w.

“An immense amount of information is packed into small compass, and it is all written in a way to make it interesting even to the general reader and doubly so to those who are moved to give it closer attention.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 690. N. 6, ’09. 80w.

=Bradley, Samuel Carlyle.= Jesus of Nazareth. *$2. Sherman, French &
co.

8–32494.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“This volume is one of the most notable religious works of the season. It is a book that in spite of some serious defects in style, abounds in passages of strength and beauty.”

+ − =Arena.= 41: 82. Ja. ’09. 780w.

“An account of the ‘Man of Galilee’ that is sympathetically told.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1621. D. 31, ’08. 100w.

“Highly imaginative and equally unreliable.”

− =Ind.= 66: 328. F. 11, ’09. 90w.

=Brady, Cyrus Townsend.=^{[12]} Island of regeneration. †$1.50. Dodd.

9–27033.

A story in which the hackneyed shipwreck theme is treated in a novel manner. A young woman, cast ashore upon a lonely island in the Pacific, finds an Apollo-like man clothed like a savage and unable to speak any language. The woman develops the mind and soul of this weird islander and incidentally discovers in herself a fuller, deeper womanhood than had ever revealed itself to her before. The ship that never fails appeared one day and carried them back to the world. Then came revelations and the trial that tests character. “The regeneration is not in the education of the man, but in re-education of the woman, who learns eventually from her pupil what is really and originally right as touching human nature. There are also side lights on what is right as touching a man’s life and wrong as touching a woman’s. It is a good story.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Brady has succeeded in writing a most ingeniously original tale.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 959. N. 27, ’09. 230w.

“Although it is apparent that Mr. Brady has a sermon to preach in this story, he is none the less the same entertainer of old, with an eye for the picturesque, the adventurous, and the blood-thrilling.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 738. N. 27, ’09. 270w.

=Brady, Cyrus Townsend.=^{[12]} On the old Kearsarge: a story of the
civil war. (Boys of the service.) **$1.35. Scribner.

9–28212.

A boy’s story of the civil war which opens with a hand to hand encounter between James Montgomery Stevens, acting midshipman of the U. S. navy, seventeen years old, and Charles Farrer Tucker, acting second-lieutenant of the Virginia infantry, also seventeen years old. Each of the two boys claims the capture of the other, and then, with all the dignity of veteran generals, proceeds to effect an exchange of prisoners, and each goes his way. The Union midshipman in company with an old bo’s’n’s mate makes his way back to his ship. He is promoted rapidly and is a lieutenant on the Kearsarge when that ship sinks the Alabama. Among those rescued from the doomed vessel he finds his Confederate friend.

* * * * *

“The narrative is not a great one, but in its class, as one of a series, it will have its momentary appeal, especially if incident and adventure are what readers most desire.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1016. D. 4, ’09. 110w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 768. D. ’09. 50w.

=Brady, Cyrus Townsend.= Ring and the man. †$1.50. Moffat.

9–5701.

A tale of politics and love set in New York. The hero is a reformer, and is bent upon purifying political conditions and gaining a victory over the “ring” leaders. “Of course the campaign is heated, and of course the old story of guilty adventure crops up to add its incubus to the man’s race. There are plenty of exciting pages and narrow political escapes.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Style mediocre but plot good and action lively.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 113. Ap. ’09. ✠

“It is written by a man who knows how, and there is no reason why a number of people shouldn’t be interested in it.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 159. Mr. 20, ’09. 260w.

=Brahms, Johannes.= Johannes Brahms: the Herzogenberg correspondence;
ed. by Max Kalbeck; tr. by Hannah Bryant. *$3.50. Dutton.

9–10981.

The correspondence between the composer and his devoted friends Heinrich and Elisabet von Herzogenberg. “The musical experiences and compositions, the professional ideals and aspirations, of the three writers of these letters are the favorite topics discussed by them, with all sorts of variations and with the occasional introduction of homelier themes. The friendship between the bachelor composer and the Herzogenbergs was intimate and beautiful.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“Too special for any but large libraries.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 156. Je. ’09.

“Abundant footnotes clear up all perplexities in the text.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 232. Ap. 1, ’09. 220w.

“All who enjoy the intimacy of revelation which is the charm of personal letters will welcome the attractive volume.” G. I. Colbron.

+ =Forum.= 42: 384. O. ’09. 1550w. + =Ind.= 67: 603. S. 9, ’09. 200w.

“A volume which quite deserves the compliment of a translation—a task excellently accomplished by Hannah Bryant.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 232. Mr. 4, ’09. 730w.

“There is a vast deal that is real meat for the admirer of Brahms and that cannot fail to increase the respect and admiration for the warm-hearted and sincere though outwardly rugged personality which they reveal.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 179. Mr. 27, ’09. 340w.

“Really gives such a glimpse of Brahms’ character as to amount to a biography.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 507. Ap. ’09. 50w.

=Braithwaite, William Stanley=, comp. Book of Georgian verse; chosen
and ed. with notes by W: S. Braithwaite. *$2.50. Brentano’s.

8–37176.

An anthology containing the best poems of a hundred and sixty English, Scottish and Irish poets who contributed to the rise and development of poetry under the four Georges. There are full explanatory and biographical notes, a glossary and full indexes of authors, titles and first lines.

* * * * *

“On the editor’s judgment in selection some strictures might be made.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 113. F. 4, ’09. 260w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 102. F. 20, ’09. 240w.

=Braithwaite, William Stanley.= House of falling leaves, with other
poems. *$1. Luce, J. W.

8–27527.

Some sixty poems, strong in imagination and sympathy, many of which emphasize the “white radiance of inward light” which the high souls of literature have furnished for man’s “steep road of life to Heaven’s gate.”

* * * * *

“Mr Braithwaite shows himself to be a sonneteer of thoughtful dignity and an effective poet of occasions.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 46: 50. Ja. 16, ’09. 250w. + − =Nation.= 89: 54. Jl. 15, ’09. 200w.

=Brandes, Georg M. C.= Anatole France. (Contemporary men of letters
ser.) **75c. McClure.

9–861.

A new volume in the “Contemporary men of letters” series. “M. France described by his sympathetic critic as ‘the most strictly upright politician, the most eloquent orator, and the greatest writer of the France of to-day,’ whose easily intelligible while ironical style ‘succeeds in captivating an audience representing every class in society,’ is likewise described as a hedonist, a skeptic, and, when treating of religious subjects, ‘as callous in his inmost soul as Voltaire.’... It is not M. France alone, but the character of the people who acclaim such a man as their representative, that is discernible here by a thoughtful reader, the fruit of a certain long dominant type of ecclesiasticism.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“It will be useful to meet a small demand in larger libraries.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 73. Mr. ’09.

“As an estimate by one of the foremost critics of the world of letters of the work of a prominent writer of a leading nation in that world the essay is inadequate. Its method and style are simple and direct to the verge of the commonplace, while its observations upon France’s characteristics are of the obvious sort that might occur to almost any reader who had made a study of his books.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 614. O. 24, ’08. 230w.
=N. Y. Times=. 14: 582. O. 2, ’09. 850w.
=Outlook.= 90: 841. D. 12, ’08. 120w.

=Branford, Benchara.= Study of mathematical education; including the
teaching of arithmetic. *$1.10. Oxford.

E8–894.

Contains “pedagogical methodology, educational psychology, historical citation beginning with Thales of Miletus (600 B. C.), tracing ‘the evolution of zero,’ the ‘evolution of geometric axioms’ and many other evolutions.” (Nation.) “By far the most valuable part of this book consists of the examples which it gives of the curiously limited powers of generalisation and abstraction possessed by young pupils.” (Nature.)

* * * * *

“Within its 392 compactly printed pages one finds [many subjects], all woven together with rare skill, genuine platitude, unfailing patience, and infinite enthusiasm.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 212. S. 3, ’08. 90w.

“The volume is very miscellaneous, and, indeed, suffers from the fact that addresses, lectures, notes, &c., have been gathered together without much attention to revision or general effect. The bibliography is neither discriminating nor up to date. In spite of defects the book is worth reading, and the author’s views appear to be sound.” G. B. M.

+ − =Nature.= 78: 473. S. 17, ’08. 540w.

“On its practical side the book is of immense value, and bears evidence of the greatest care. There is at the present moment every need of such a book.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 448. O. 9, ’09. 260w.

=Brebner, Percy James.=^{[6]} Royal ward. †$1.50. Little.

9–10651.

A stirring tale of love and adventure in England during the days just preceding and following Napoleon’s defeat at Leipzig. The hero is a French marquis, suffering thru painful vicissitudes while seeking to keep an oath made to a dying father; the heroine is the king’s ward, more charming even than the usual historical novel heroine for the very reason that she takes less delight in grilling her hero to test him properly.

* * * * *

“A straightforward story of a rather old-fashioned sort, without psychological subtleties or perplexing mysteries, which keeps a surprisingly firm hold upon the reader’s interest.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 47: 47. Jl. 16, ’09. 170w.

“In his latest novel Mr. Brebner has drawn a more vivid picture of time and place than hitherto. A tale crammed full of action and excitement. It is good entertainment with a modicum of instruction.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 420. Jl. 3, ’09. 320w.

=Bredon, Julie.=^{[12]} Sir Robert Hart: the romance of a great
career. **$1.75. Dutton.

W9–272.

The sketch of a “small, insignificant Irishman” whose diplomatic career is “remarkable, interesting and significant.” (N. Y. Times.) “He began as a student-interpreter, was then appointed to the British Consulate at Ningpo, and took the place of his chief when suspended for a time. In 1859 was made Deputy-Commissioner at Canton of the Chinese imperial maritime customs. In 1863 he became Inspector-General. ‘I. G.’ is the familiar designation under which we meet him as we follow these pages in many a vivid scene of action and council, diplomacy and war.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 701. Je. 12. 700w.

“The narrative is agreeable—even profitable—reading, and gives a pleasant picture of the man Hart as he seemed to the women folk of his own family.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 707. N. 13, ’09. 1100w.

“Admirable volume.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 169. Jl. 31, ’09. 450w.

=Brennan, B. A.= Brennan’s handbook: a compendium of useful legal
information for business men. *$5. Wiley.

“The result of the author’s experience in providing business and legal advice for the guidance of the large staff of his company. It covers contracts in general, sales, contracts, deeds, mortgages, liens, insurance, acknowledgments, power of attorney, guarantee, notes, checks, interest, negotiable instruments, conditional sales, chattel mortgages, mechanics’ liens, bills and notes, collections and legal forms.”—Engin. Rec.

* * * * *

“A very complete index adds considerably to the value of the book.”

+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 34. Mr. 18, ’09. 200w.

“Should prove useful to engineers, contractors and salesmen.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 335. Mr. 20, ’09. 130w.

=Brennan, George Hugh.= Bill Truetell: a story of theatrical life.
†$1.50. McClurg.

9–6274.

A hard luck story of the stage, with the value of a document, recounting the experiences of a manager whose specialty invariably ran to “theatrical shipwrecks.” How he played a losing game with his “Gay Gothamites” annexing hotel proprietors who “went along” to attach, for unpaid bills, the “next night’s” receipts; how he managed a rising Shakespeare star; and how for the love of a little dancing girl he attempted suicide and was rescued in time to find the little maid of his dreams quite constant—is all set forth with humor, pathos, and a realism true to life.

* * * * *

“Mr. Brennan’s book is about as illuminative of actual stage people as the long-haired caricatures of actors in the comic papers, though scarcely so amusing as some of them. It is a typical railway counter book, and as such may enjoy some popularity with travelers.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 177. Mr. 27, ’09. 300w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 371. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.

=Brent, Charles Henry.= Leadership; being the William Belden Noble
lectures delivered at Sanders theatre, Harvard university, December,
1907. **$1.25. Longmans.

8–28971.

“‘A leader is one who has the sense of purpose for himself and the universe of which he is a part in a marked degree, and who bears in his character the features discernible in the larger order.’ The power of the single social motive, the power of will, the power of the blameless life, form his triple crown, and consciousness of a calling from above his secret inspiration.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 66: 266. F. 4, ’09. 50w.

“His lectures exhibiting the philosophy of leadership and the ethical qualifications of the true leader of men will stand as a classic work on that subject. These discourses are distinctly inspirational in their presentation of great motives and noble examples.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 383. F. 20, ’09. 180w.

=Brett, George Sidney.=^{[10]} Philosophy of Gassendi. *$3. Macmillan.

9–12892.

“The main part of Mr. Brett’s task has been to give us the substance, with a running commentary, of Gassendi’s ‘Syntagma’—a work which, if we may judge from certain passages in which Mr. Brett takes us into his confidence, is almost, if not altogether, unreadable. That Gassendi revived the principles of ‘atomism,’ and furnished anew the philosophy which has become known as ‘Epicureanism,’ may be gathered from histories of philosophy. But beyond this is there anything of importance to be gained by a detailed study of this genial, but too monumental author?”—Ath.

* * * * *

=Ath.= 1909, 1: 344. Mr. 20. 210w.

“I think the book would be improved by omitting the final chapter, which weakens the impression left by the preceding ones. With this exception it would be difficult to find fault with the book. It is a well-written account of a philosophy of which we have hitherto known but little, and displays an admirable union of enthusiastic interest and temperate judgment.” G. N. Dolson.

+ − =Philos. R.= 18: 552. S. ’09. 2000w.

=Brewer, Isaac Williams.=^{[12]} Rural hygiene. *$1.25. Lippincott.

9–28068.

A hand-book of sanitation designed for the use of students in the agricultural schools and colleges and for the residents of the rural districts of the United States. It is practical, scientific and untechnical.

=Brewer, Robert W. A.=^{[10]} Motor car: a practical manual, with
notes on the internal combustion engine and its fuel, for the use of
students and motor car owners. *$2. Van Nostrand.

W9–223.

“A short history of the internal combustion engine is given in the first chapter tracing the development of this machine from the year 1690, when Denis Papin obtained motive power by exploding gunpowder in a cylinder, up to the comparative perfection of the present-day engines. Following this are discussions of different varieties of engines, transmission gears, lubrication, ignition, and care of the car. The book is indexed.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“The technical parts seem to have been carefully prepared, though British practice alone is treated of. The greatest value of this book is in its presentation to interested car owners and drivers of the place of the automobile engine in the wide field of the development of internal-combustion motors.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 18. Ag. 12, ’09. 200w.

“The average owner of an automobile may learn much that he never knew before by carefully reading ‘The motor car.’”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 490. Ag. 14, ’09. 130w.

=Brewster, William N.= Evolution of new China. *$1.25. West. Meth. bk.

7–29049.

A missionary’s discussion of the trend of religious development in China. “His volume deals very largely with ethical and religious questions: but the first half of his book is devoted to a careful survey of political and industrial conditions in China and furnishes a basis for the author’s general conclusions.” (Econ. Bull.) “The main theme of the book appears to be that missions and the spread of Christianity will prove the solution of all difficulties and make China the foremost nation of the East.” (Ann. Am. Acad.)

* * * * *

“For the average reader the first half of the book holds the chief interest; the later chapters are hardly likely to appeal to anyone but the enthusiastic mission worker. It is often difficult to follow some of the leaps in his logic.”

− + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 265. Ja. ’08. 500w.

“Interestingly written volume.” O. C. Gould.

+ =Econ. Bull.= 1: 340. D. ’08. 350w.

=Bridgman, Raymond Landon.= Passing of the tariff. *$1.20. Sherman,
French & co.

9–4575.