Chapter LXXIV: Part I: contains: The evolution of the principles underlying the (2)

“The relationship between the two women is the theme of the book; and
as Mr Swinnerton has been at pains to endow each with character, and
to make out from his own insight how such a relation might shape
itself, the development is original enough to have an unusual air of
truth.”

+ − =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p513 S 25 ’19 850w

=SWINNERTON, HELEN (DIRCKS) (MRS FRANK SWINNERTON).= Passenger. *$1.50 Doran 821

(Eng ed 20–16192)

In introducing this book of poems Frank Swinnerton refers to
originality and candour as their outstanding qualities. Of the author
he says, “Whatever technical faults her verses may have they remain
altogether unspoilt by literary sophistication.” Some of the titles
are: Underground; Withholding; Then and now; Alone; Piccadilly, 1917;
America, 1917; London in war; The betrayal; Adjustment; Garden song;
Trying to sleep; The traveller; In the dark.

* * * * *

+ =Booklist= 17:105 D ’20

=Boston Transcript= p6 N 3 ’20 300w

“Many of these pieces are happy little efforts in lyrical poems of
love or regret, and the whiffs of verse in vers libre are felicitous.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= Je 3 ’20 110w

=SWISHER, WALTER SAMUEL.= Religion and the new psychology. *$2 Jones, Marshall 201

20–12542

“A psycho-analytic study of religion,” with chapters devoted to: The
nature of the religious problem; The nature of the unconscious and its
influence on the religious life; The motivation of human life;
Determinism and free-will; Mysticism and neurotic states; The problem
of evil; Pathological religious types; The occult in modern religious
systems; Conversion and attendant phenomena; The changing basis and
objective of religion; Methods of mental and religious healing; The
religious problem in education. Two appendices are devoted to: Dreams
and dream mechanisms and Birth dreams. There is a brief bibliography
and an index. The author goes rather fully into the principles of
psycho-analysis and the book may serve as an introduction to those who
have not read widely on the subject.

* * * * *

“The most useful part of the book deals with religious education and
illustrates the baneful effects of early religious fears. The author
is dogmatic in his statements regarding the religious and non-ethical
life of primitive people. Most of the readers, familiar with
psychoanalytic literature, will turn from the book with the conviction
that a satisfactory discussion of religion and the new psychology is
hardly to be expected from within the ministerial profession. The book
would serve a useful purpose were it not unlikely to be read by those
who need it most.” E. R. Groves

+ − =Am J Soc= 26:376 N ’20 240w

+ =Booklist= 17:8 O ’20

“Rarely, perhaps never, has a writer failed so signally to accomplish
his aim. The book is a heterogeneous mass of poorly digested, badly
assimilated psychology, and worse religion, while from the pedagogical
point of view that which he says has been said many times.” Joseph
Collins

− =Bookm= 52:172 O ’20 620w

=Int J Ethics= 31:116 O ’20 80w

“That much is here done to illustrate the indubitable connection
between the religious motives of mankind and other motives and
faculties, is true; it is also true that the book by swallowing the
Freudian system of sex symbols too uncritically makes itself a
candidate for laughter in that day, sure to come, when the excesses of
Freud will recall the excesses of Max Müller.”

+ − =Nation= 111:695 D 15 ’20 120w

Reviewed by G. E. Partridge

=N Y Times= p28 D 26 ’20 570w

“Like many other books on psycho-analysis, this one proves that until
expounders of this theory develop greater balance or a keener sense of
humor in considering the phenomena of sex, there is small likelihood
of their labors resulting in a substantial addition to our scientific
understanding of ourselves.”

− =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ag 30 ’20 190w

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p863 D 16 ’20 100w

T

=TAFT, HENRY WATERS.= Occasional papers and addresses of an American lawyer. *$2.50 (2½c) Macmillan 304

20–10712

Of these addresses the author says, in his long introduction, that
“the march of events has been so rapid that little more than a
historic interest now attaches to the subjects they deal with,” but he
hopes they may stimulate the younger members of the legal profession
to greater effort in promoting the effective administration of justice
and in the duties of citizenship. The contents, in part, are: Address
to the Harvard law school students delivered in 1908; Some
responsibilities of the American lawyer; The bar in the war; Report of
the war committee; Aspects of bolshevism and Americanism; The League
of nations; Sovereignty, constitutionality and the Monroe doctrine;
What is to be done with our railroads? Some of the papers appeared in
the New York Times.

* * * * *

“Mr Taft brings to his consideration of these subjects sound
information and a forceful dignity of judgment.”

+ =Ind= 105:171 F 12 ’21 40w

“A fresh, clear viewpoint, together with that true liberalism which is
the fruit of independent thought, makes these essays enjoyable. One of
the most interesting of all is the introduction, in which there are
some critical and friendly estimates of Theodore Roosevelt and of some
of the things proposed by him—these latter more critical and not quite
so friendly, though never ungenerous or unfair.”

+ =N Y Times= p19 S 12 ’20 2100w

“They are uniformly clear, good tempered, and conservatively
progressive.”

+ =Review= 3:194 S 1 ’20 80w

=TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD.= Taft papers on League of nations. *$4.50 Macmillan 341.1

20–19170

The papers are edited by Theodore Marburg and Horace E. Flack and the
former, in a long introduction, sets forth the reasons why they are an
evidence of the ex-president’s grasp of the guiding legal principles
of our government and of the attitude of mind which the best thought
and feeling of the country heartily accept as true Americanism. Among
the papers are: League to enforce peace; The Paris covenant for a
league of nations; Constitutionality of the proposals; The purposes of
the League; Self determination; Workingmen and the League; Why a
league of nations is necessary; Disarmament of nations and freedom of
the seas; President Wilson and the League of nations; Senator Lodge on
the League of nations; Representation in the League; Ireland and the
League; Answer to Senator Knox’s indictment; Guaranties of article X.
The book is indexed.

* * * * *

“Although this important collection of documents appears subsequent to
the conclusion of the ‘solemn referendum,’ and the fall of Wilsonism
in our country, it will doubtless prove of great value when the new
régime shall come in and the whole question of the League of nations
shall be definitely disposed of.” E. J. C.

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 N 17 ’20 780w

“This volume embodies much of the soundest thinking on the subject of
the League of nations that has thus far found expression in America.”

+ =R of Rs= 63:224 F ’21 120w

=TAGGART, MARION AMES.= Pilgrim maid. il *$1.60 (2c) Doubleday

20–5775

For the heroine of her story for girls the author has chosen Constance
Hopkins, a real maid of Plymouth who came in the Mayflower in 1620
with her father, her stepmother and younger brothers and sister. Other
real people have a place in the story too, among them John Alden and
Priscilla. The preface says, “The aim has been to present Plymouth
colony as it was in its first three years of existence; to keep to
possibilities, even while inventing incidents. Actual events have been
transferred from a later to an earlier year.... But there is fidelity
to the general trend of events, above all to the spirit of Plymouth in
its beginnings.”

* * * * *

“Interesting, though accentuating the severity of Puritan life. For
older girls.”

+ =Booklist= 16:354 Jl ’20

“‘A Pilgrim maid’ is that rare thing, a really good story for girls.
It is a story first and history second.” W. A. Dyer

+ =Bookm= 52:126 O ’20 60w

=TALBOT, FREDERICK ARTHUR AMBROSE.=[2] Millions from waste. il *$5 Lippincott 604

20–2995

“The present volume deals with the reclamation of waste of all kinds,
from scrap-iron to fish-offal. Although it is written from the British
standpoint, the solutions that are given of the various problems are
as applicable to American conditions. In general, each chapter
considers some particular kind of waste product, discussing both the
extent of such waste and the processes that have been developed for
utilizing these products. Wastes from the kitchen, the
slaughter-house, the fishing industry, the ash-can, the sewer, the
metal industry, and many other branches are discussed.”—Mining and
Scientific Press

* * * * *

“This timely book combines to a marked degree solidity of substance
with an entertaining style.” C: W. Mixter

+ =Am Econ R= 10:824 D ’20 950w

=Ath= p1241 N 21 ’19 180w

=Brooklyn= 12:129 My ’20 30w

“The treatment is popular enough to be interesting, but not so popular
as to fail of being informative.”

+ =Mining and Scientific Press= 120:177 Ja 31 ’20 150w

+ =N Y P L New Tech Bks= p6 Ja ’20 110w

“A capital book for the general reader.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p613 O 30 ’19 120w

=TALBOT, WINTHROP, comp, and ed.= Americanization. 2d ed rev. and enl. by Julia E. Johnsen. (Handbook ser.) *$1.80 Wilson. H. W. 325.7

20–8819

In this second edition the bibliography is brought down to date and
fifty-three pages of new matter are added. In these additional
reprints “special endeavor has been made to emphasize the more
concrete aspect of Americanisation.” (Explanatory note)

* * * * *

“Eminently suited to its purpose.”

+ =Ann Am Acad= 90:172 Jl ’20 40w

=Booklist= 16:358 Jl ’20

“The purely political aspects of the subject—especially the effect of
deportation proceedings—are not yet included. Perhaps the editors have
been wise in limiting their attention to the purely constructive
efforts. The book in its present form should prove very useful to
Americanization workers.”

+ =Survey= 44:385 Je 12 ’20 100w

=Wis Lib Bul= 16:233 D ’20 30w

=TANSLEY, ARTHUR GEORGE.= New psychology and its relation to life. *$4 Dodd 150

(Eng ed SG20–137)

While the old psychology has over-emphasized the purely rational
faculties of the mind, the new psychology recognizes the importance of
its unconscious processes. The object of the book is to set forth the
fundamental importance of the instinctive sources of human actions,
and the part played by psychotherapy in throwing light upon normal
mental processes. Part 1 describes the scope of the new psychology and
the problem of the relationship of mind and body. The other divisions
or the contents are: The structure of the mind; The energy of the
mind; By-ways of the libido; Reasons and rationalization; The contents
of the mind. There is an index.

* * * * *

“Mr Tansley has written a really excellent exposition and summary of
the chief speculations in modern psychology.”

+ =Ath= p377 S 17 ’20 220w

“The author reveals throughout his work the poise of the man who has
mastered his subject. The book will be welcomed by those who wish to
know the latest developments in psychology.” F. W. C.

+ =Boston Transcript= p9 O 2 ’20 810w

“His survey of the Freudian theories is both readable and clear. His
graphic method of presenting the interaction between consciousness and
the unconscious in convenient spatial diagrams is very helpful as long
as the reader guards himself against taking them too literally.” A. B.
Kuttner

+ − =Freeman= 2:308 D 8 ’20 730w

“Mr Tansley’s book is most satisfactory when he is dealing with such
matters as the interpretation of dreams, the ‘rationalisations’ by
which men try to justify conduct which is really prompted by
non-rational motives, and the great psychic complexes which correspond
to the main instincts of man. The book is less satisfactory in the
general theoretical chapters with which it opens.” H. S.

+ =Nature= 105:770 Ag 19 ’20 780w

“Mr Tansley’s book seems to me the best general survey of psychology
now available. It is the best, partly because it is the latest, but
chiefly because Mr Tansley enjoys a fine gift of exposition. He
himself has an orderly and a lucid mind, and an unfailing respect for
the reader.” W. L.

+ |=New Repub= 25:112 D 22 ’20 1000w

“Particularly interesting is his discussion of the ‘universal
complexes’ of the ego, herd, and sex which result from the play of
experience upon the primary instincts. The book is on the whole free
from those pathological exaggerations which characterize so many of
the productions of so-called psychoanalysts.” Bernard Glueck

+ =Survey= 45:546 Ja 8 ’21 250w

“Mr Tansley is not, however, a blind follower of these authorities; he
has preserved his independence of view, and produced an original and
stimulating discussion.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p386 Je 17 ’20 100w

=TAPPAN, EVA MARCH.= Hero stories of France. il *$1.75 (3c) Houghton 944

20–7446

These stories, written for children, begin with the first encounters
of the Gauls with the Romans under Caesar, and the gallant patriot
hero Vercingetorix’ desperate efforts to save his country from the
powerful conqueror. From the entire history of France, down to our own
time and Marshal Foch, heroic personalities are selected and among
them are: Vercingetorix; Clovis; Charlemagne; The six heroes of
Calais; Jeanne d’Arc; Coligny; Henry of Navarre; Richelieu; Lafayette;
Napoleon the Great, and “Napoleon the Little”; and Marshal Foch. The
book is illustrated.

* * * * *

+ =Booklist= 16:354 Jl ’20

=TARBELL, IDA MINERVA.= In Lincoln’s chair. *$1 (11c) Macmillan

20–5208

In fiction form, this is a condensed story of the life of Lincoln as
told, by way of reminiscence, by Billy Brown, in his drugstore on the
public square of Springfield, Illinois, and while his listener was
seated opposite him in “Lincoln’s chair.” It brings out the salient
features of Lincoln’s life before he went to Washington, his views on
God, and their influence on his intellectual development, his early
experiences as a lawyer, and his political progress.

* * * * *

=Booklist= 16:314 Je ’20

=Cleveland= p71 Ag ’20 50w

“Must a saint or hero be all sugar, without spice or salt? Miss Ida M.
Tarbell seems to think so still more in her imaginary conversation ‘In
Lincoln’s chair’ than she did a dozen years ago in ‘He knew Lincoln.’
The moment she leaves the cold path of history she falls into the most
abandoned myth-making.”

− =Nation= 110:662 My 15 ’20 160w

=TARN, WILLIAM WOODTHORPE.= Treasure of the isle of mist. *$1.90 (5c) Putnam

20–1903

This is a delightfully fantastic story of a student and his little
daughter Fiona who lived on the Isle of mist on the shores of a gray
sea-loch. The old hawker who came to them with a pack of buttons to
sell and who gave Fiona an old copper bangle bracelet, and the
“search” turned out in the end to have been the king of fairies. The
bracelet gave Fiona the power to talk with animals—to hold long
philosophic conversations with a centipede—and to see and talk with
the spirit of the mountain. But it was not only on account of the
bracelet that she could do this but—because she was a child and could
still see. When the treasure cave was closed up to her by a great fall
of rock she knew that now she was too old for the search. The chapters
are headed: The gift of the search; The beginning of trouble; The
haunted cave; The urchin vanishes; The oread; The king of the
woodcock; Fiona in the fairy-world; Fiona finds her treasure.

* * * * *

“Delicately imaginative and beautifully written.”

+ =Booklist= 17:119 D ’20

“An exquisite fantasy of youth and autumn.” A. C. Moore

+ =Bookm= 52:259 N ’20 670w

“W. W. Tarn has written a book so beautiful, so whimsical, so
exquisite alike in its humor, its loveliness and its sheer charm that
it will be a dull reader indeed to whom it does not bring an abiding
joy. This is a rare and beautiful book, a real discovery.”

+ =N Y Times= p28 Ag 15 ’20 850w

“The fact is that Mr Tarn, apart from his lovely scenery, has adorned
his tale with a remarkably bushy moral, excellent for Fionas and
Urchins as such, but un-fairyish.”

+ − =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p740 D 11 ’19 900w

=TASSIN, ALGERNON DE VIVIER.= Craft of the tortoise. *$1.50 Boni & Liveright 812

19–18735

A satirical play in four acts tracing the evolution of the present
status of woman, especially her social supremacy over man, from the
ancient faraway beginnings to the present day. The play is built on
the premise that woman, at first a slave, subjugated to man’s will and
power, had to resort to trickery, exploitation of her sex attractions,
and a clever use of clothing and adornment, in order to get ahead of
her lord and owner; and that she finally made a complete reversal of
social conditions. In his long introduction, brilliant and with a
certain Bernard Shaw piquancy, the author is complimentary to neither
sex. Having in his introduction compared woman with the tortoise in
the fable racing with the gamboling hare, the author has titled the
four acts respectively: The tortoise finds herself; Tortoise turns the
first corner; Tortoise strikes her gait; Tortoise on the home stretch.
The first three are remotely laid in that past so alluring to the
imagination, the last is a satiric picture of modern life.

* * * * *

+ =Booklist= 16:307 Je ’20

“In the preface, Mr Tassin’s style reminds one of Chesterton in its
sharp shafts of wit and depths of irony. The first and second acts are
excellent in their humor and sardonic style, the third lapses
momentarily, and the fourth merely ‘carries on.’”

+ − =Boston Transcript= p6 N 10 ’20 280w

“The plays hover between satire and burlesque, and contain much that
is arbitrary, didactic, and as inept as the figurative title; but they
contrive to be both entertaining and provocative.”

+ − =Dial= 68:538 Ap ’20 80w

“An ingenious and sometimes witty satire.”

+ =Ind= 104:249 N 13 ’20 70w

“The source of this play in Mr Tassin’s mind was some moment of
extreme irritation over the modern American woman. But to jump to the
conclusion, as many would at once, that he is an anti-feminist, would
be quite erroneous. The play has wit, it has wisdom, it has keen
characterization of the purely intellectual sort, and it has dramatic
energy.” L. L.

+ =Nation= 110:148 Ja 31 ’20 1100w

“Undoubtedly in many respects this dramatic symposium is outrageously
unfair. It is a bit of special pleading, at once vigorous and shallow,
which it would be absurd to take too seriously. And it is marred by a
spice of somewhat cheap and unattractive cynicism. But it is a piece
of literary and dramatic workmanship of highly superior quality.” J.
R. Towse

+ − =N Y Evening Post= p7 Mr 6 ’20 800w

“It is quite amusing in parts, although it is written to the length of
prolixity. Mr Tassin’s characterizations are entertaining; he scores
his points with consistency if one accepts his premises, and reveals a
genuine humor that is admirable.”

+ − =N Y Times= 25:321 Je 20 ’20 460w

“In spite of a satyrical vein which makes many of the scenes amusing,
the entertainment is too heavy for continuous enjoyment. The known
facts of anthropology and history are in places perverted into
grotesque misstatements.” B. L.

− + =Survey= 43:555 F 7 ’20 110w

=TAUSSIG, FRANK WILLIAM.= Free trade, the tariff and reciprocity. *$2 Macmillan 337

20–1763

“A collection of papers and addresses covering the phases of the
tariff controversy now chiefly under discussion in the United States
by the Henry Lee professor of economics at Harvard (who has been
chairman of the United States tariff commission).”—The Times [London]
Lit Sup) “The papers have been taken from talks to various audiences
and periodical articles from 1904 to date discussing the tariff pro
and con in a form usable by the general reader.”—Booklist

* * * * *

=Am Econ R= 10:616 S ’20 140w

=Am Pol Sci R= 14:362 My ’20 110w

“Useful to high schools.”

+ =Booklist= 16:224 Ap ’20

“Dr Taussig’s authority, which rests alike upon research and watchful,
even-tempered criticism, is preeminent.”

+ =Dial= 68:541 Ap ’20 80w

“The volume is characterized by more of unity than usually attaches to
such a collection, and the reader will find in it a coherent,
consistent presentation of the author’s views on the main issues of
the tariff question. In a time marked by the uncertainties and
confusions which characterize domestic conditions and foreign
relations today, it is not surprising to find the author chary of
dogmatism as to the future course of events.” F: C. Mills

+ =J Philos= 17:334 Je 3 ’20 360w

“Each problem is handled with the author’s characteristic
open-mindedness. Each conclusion is reached after painstaking
analysis, with a realization that future developments and changes in
economic factors may take from an argument all its force.”

+ =J Pol Econ= 28:524 Je ’20 300w

Reviewed by Bertram Benedict

+ =N Y Call= p10 My 16 ’20 850w

“There is no safer guide on these topics than Dr Taussig. He was never
an opportunist, but ever a preacher of the true word, with little if
any reference to partisan expediency. Therefore, he is able to
reproduce his arguments for the most part without change. Dr Taussig
is a popular as well as an authoritative writer.”

+ =N Y Times= 25:24 Jl 18 ’20 1000w

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p241 Ap 15 ’20 40w

=TAWNEY, RICHARD HENRY.= Acquisitive society. *$1.40 Harcourt 330

20–21421

The author holds that no change of system or machinery can avert those
causes of social malaise which consist in the egotism, greed, or
quarrelsomeness of human nature. But it can create an environment in
which these qualities are not encouraged; it can offer people an end
on which to fix their minds, thus, in the long run directing their
practical activity. To think of the economic organization of society
on the basis of function rather than of rights, is a habit of mind to
be encouraged. It implies three things: that proprietary rights shall
be maintained when they are accompanied by the performance of service
and abolished when they are not; that the producers shall stand in
direct relation to the community for whom production is carried on;
that the obligation for the maintenance of the service shall rest upon
the professional organization of those who perform it. Contents:
Rights and functions; The acquisitive society; The nemesis of
industrialism; Property and creative work; The functional society;
Industry as a profession; The “vicious circle”; The condition of
efficiency; The position of the brain worker; Porro unum necessarium;
Index.

* * * * *

“The author uses sound logic and pertinent historic facts to maintain
his cause and there can be little doubt that this book will exert a
great influence for good, for his theory is perfectly consistent with
Christian principle.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p11 D 8 ’20 240w

“This little book is destined, we believe, to be regarded as a classic
masterpiece upon its subject. The treatment is at once profound and
brilliant; brilliant because it gives powerfull and worthy expression
to profound thought.” D. S. Miller

+ =New Repub= 23:130 Je 23 ’20 2300w

“He advocates revolutionary doctrines with temperateness and a
seasoned mind. He writes of the ‘nemesis of industrialism,’ but with
no trace of fanaticism.” R. B. Perry

+ =N Y Evening Post= p4 Ja 29 ’21 650w

“Cleverly written pamphlet. It is encouraging to find that one
Socialist at least is on the right track.”

+ =Spec= 124:465 Ap 3 ’20 200w

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p215 Ap 1 ’20 130w

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p263 Ap 29 ’20 660w

=TAYLOR, EMERSON GIFFORD.= New England in France, 1917–1919. il *$5 Houghton 940.373

20–19427

The book is the record of the Twenty-sixth division of the American
Expeditionary force, whose organization, personnel and record as a
fighting unit are typical of American fighting troops in the field, on
the march, in billets, or in the heat of battle. It is also the story
of volunteer American citizens, non-professional soldiery. The
contents in part are: Organizing the division; Overseas; Settling down
in France; The chemin des dames; On the march; The Le Reine (Boucq)
sector; The fights at Bois Brulé and Seicheprey; The affairs of May
and June; The Aisne-Marne offensive; The Saint-Mihiel offensive; In
the Meuse-Argonne offensive; Before the armistice and after. The book
is illustrated and indexed and has six maps.

* * * * *

=R of Rs= 62:671 D ’20 50w

=TAYLOR, FRANCES LILIAN.=[2] Two Indian children of long ago. il 70c Beckley-Cardy 398.2

A book that combines information about the Indians with stories drawn
from Indian myth and legend. “The author has endeavored to describe
child life in the wild-rice region west of the Great Lakes ... and to
retell some of the most interesting stories enjoyed by Indian
children. The aim of the book is to gratify the American child’s
natural interest in primitive life by stories of our own land and to
increase his respect for all that is original and worthy in the lives
of the first Americans.”

=TAYLOR, IDA ASHWORTH.= Joan of Arc, soldier and saint. il *$1.50 (2½c) Kenedy

A very simple and direct presentation of the life story of Joan of
Arc. A prefatory note states: “The list of the lives of Joan is long;
but some are too lengthy, some too much weighted with historical
complications and details of campaigns, some too full of more or less
controversial matter, to commend themselves to young readers. The
following narrative is purely a personal record of her deeds and
ideals, recounted, whenever possible, in her own words or in those of
contemporary chronicles and in the archives of her tragic condemnation
as heretic, her death as martyr, and her triumphant rehabilitation.”
There are eight black and white illustrations by W. Graham Robertson.

=TAYLOR, KATHARINE HAVILAND.= Yellow soap. il *$1.75 (1½c) Doubleday

20–10312

In an atmosphere of yellow soap, Theodore Hargraves Bradly grew
up—laundry soap, for his mother was a washerwoman. She tried her best
to bring him up as a gentleman, as, she impressed upon him, his father
had been. At her death, he was left at seventeen, to shift for himself
and became a ‘Knight of the road,’ which calling he followed for
several years. He then came into an unexpected fortune and proceeded
to gratify his own desires and those of his pals of the road. Running
along with his story is that of Frances Milton, the little girl in
whose home his mother had done washing, and whose childhood, in its
way, was unhappier than his. She was always his ideal and when their
paths cross again, the barriers which he had erected between them on
account of his origin, proved to be no barriers at all.

* * * * *

=Boston Transcript= p6 S 1 ’20 500w

“Despite its many crudities and its frequent unconvincingness, the
book shows a real gift for the creation of character, much inventive
faculty and an instinct for story-telling that promise worth-while
achievement in the future.”

+ − =N Y Times= 25:23 Jl 11 ’20 420w

=Springf’d Republican= p11a S 26 ’20 230w

=TEAD, ORDWAY, and METCALF, HENRY CLAYTON.= Personnel administration; its principles and practice. *$5 McGraw 331.1

20–13089

“The field of their task is defined by the authors as setting forth
the principles and the best prevailing practice in the field of the
administration of human relations in industry; and they take up
seriatim the personnel department, employment methods, health and
safety, education, research (job analysis, specifications, etc.),
rewards, administrative correlation, and joint relations.”—Chemical
and Metallurgical Engineering

* * * * *

“An unusually full index adds much to the usefulness of this valuable
and timely volume.” T. T. Read

+ =Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering= 23:642 S 29 ’20 1150w

“An honest and intelligent effort to induce employers to face the
industrial problem intelligently and with a liberal spirit. Although
not as incisively phrased or as brilliant as Sidney Webb’s ‘Works
manager today,’ or Commons’s ‘Industrial good will,’ this is
nevertheless a good book in a field where good books are unfortunately
rare.” P. H. Douglas

+ =J Pol Econ= 28:790 N ’20 500w

Reviewed by G: Soule

+ =Nation= 111:534 N 10 ’20 230w

+ =Socialist R= 10:30 Ja ’21 40w

“Adequate scholarship and a fine instinct for democracy characterize
the writing.” W: L. Chenery

+ =Survey= 45:167 O 30 ’20 450w

=TEALL, GARDNER CALLAHAN.= Little garden the year round. il *$2.50 Dutton 716.2

20–181

“Mr Teall has had much experience as an editor of House and Garden and
American Homes and Gardens to sponsor his name on a book cover. It
isn’t merely a horticultural handbook that he offers, such as any
enterprising seedsman might evolve for the guidance of the
uninitiated; this is the work of a garden litterateur, a man who knows
the flowers, knows what to say about them, and what the poets have
said about them and various other things that are more or less
essential ingredients of a real garden essay or a series of them. He
writes ‘to convey some sense of the joys of gardening, some
realization of the pleasures that find place in the heart and soul of
one who combines the companionship of prose and poetry in the going
about his gardening.’”—Springf’d Republican

* * * * *

“One somehow gets the impression from this book that a garden-maker
must be completely happy—or would be if it were not for slugs, aphids,
and red spiders. Mr Teall writes with contagious enthusiasm and full
knowledge of his subject.”

+ =Outlook= 124:337 F 25 ’20 70w

+ =Review= 2:392 Ap 17 ’20 750w

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 F 24 ’20 220w

=TEALL, GARDNER CALLAHAN.= Pleasures of collecting; being sundry delectable excursions in the realm of antiques and curios, American, European and oriental. il *$4 (6½c) Century 749

20–17080

“The contentment to be found in the acquisition and in the
contemplation of the things that are dear to the heart of the
antiquarian and the art-lover is a contentment that is the gift of the
gods, always awarded the intelligent, though not always disclosed to
them. A friend, then, will be he who discovers to one a treasure like
that which the joy of collecting uncovers.... And so it is that this
little book is not devised for savages, but tenderly has been nurtured
in sympathy with the interesting and beautiful things of yesterday.”
(Foreword) Among the contents are: The pleasures of collecting;
Collectors of yesterday; American tables; Tea and antiquity; Chintz;
Pewter; Samplers; Hand-woven coverlets; Chairs; English
drinking-glasses; Delft; Early desk furniture; Saving the pieces;
Consoles; The romance of a potter; Bernard Palissy; Italian Maiolica;
Engraved gems; Fraudulent art objects. There are many illustrations,
an extended bibliography and an index.

* * * * *

“Useful to the collector, it will also beguile leisure moments of
others.”

+ =Booklist= 17:103 D ’20

Reviewed by B. R. Redman

+ =N Y Evening Post= p14 O 23 ’20 800w

“Any one who harbors even the germ of the collecting habit will find
it developing in the glowing atmosphere of the author’s enthusiasm.”

+ =Outlook= 126:378 O 27 ’20 50w

“Of course there is not enough about any one hobby to more than whet
the appetite for a deeper acquaintance with the subject; and the book
opens up vistas that are impractical for any but millionaires.
Nevertheless. It is also a book for general reading and will prove
entertaining to many a reader who gets much pleasure from looking into
shop windows without being able to purchase the goods behind the
glass.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 D 13 ’20 280w

=TEASDALE, SARA (MRS ERNST B. FILSINGER).= Flame and shadow. *$1.75 Macmillan 811

20–19070

“Sara Teasdale has found a philosophy of life and death. In this
latest book we may watch the conflict between the light that comes
from the everlasting flame and the darkness that is the ever-present
shadow.... There are many poems in ‘Flame and shadow’ to delight those
who cannot share her philosophy. There are songs of the faithful
beauty of Aldebaran and Altair, and songs of the open sea and the
mountains. It is necessary to mention, also, the songs of places, of
St Louis, of New York, and Santa Barbara, and the songs of people and
of their secret thoughts, ‘rushing without sound’ from the hidden
places of their minds. But the best of Sara Teasdale’s songs of people
are her love songs, always.”—N Y Times

* * * * *

“While other melodists are still copying the effects of Sara Teasdale,
Miss Teasdale has stopped imitating herself. The clean,
straightforward idiom of ‘Rivers to the sea’ has a warmer naturalism
in ‘Flame and shadow,’ a more spontaneous intensity.” L: Untermeyer

+ =Bookm= 52:361 Ja ’21 600w

“Into these songs are gathered many an element, many a mood, many an
image that I cannot display here upon the screen of comment. It is
indeed almost like sacrilege to do ought but read and be delighted by
the rare and subtle presentment of them in Miss Teasdale’s songs.” W.
S. B.

+ =Boston Transcript= p7 S 25 ’20 1200w

“Sara Teasdale seems constantly assailed with two temptations, and it
is only at intervals that she entirely surmounts them. One is the
temptation to make effective endings, to save up points and appeals
for a last line. The other temptation is to deal exclusively in stock
love-lyric materials.” Mark Van Doren

+ − =Nation= 112:20 Ja 5 ’21 360w

Reviewed by Babette Deutsch

=N Y Evening Post= p5 N 6 ’20 150w

“This is a book to read with reverence of joy.” Marguerite Wilkinson

+ =N Y Times= p10 O 31 ’20 1750w

+ =Spec= 125:745 D 4 ’20 30w

=TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS, ALEXANDER LOUIS.= Tyltyl. il *$5 (21c) Dodd

20–18246

A prose version of Maeterlinck’s play “The betrothal” prepared by
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. The story is told in seven chapters: The
woodcutter’s cottage; The miser; The fairy’s palace; The ancestors;
The children; The leave-taking; The awakening. There are eight colored
illustrations by Herbert Paus.

* * * * *

Reviewed by Margaret Ashmun

+ =Bookm= 52:342 D ’20 20w

“The pictures here are distinctly made for the text, not merely
repetitions of the play.”

+ =Lit D= p90 D 4 ’20 160w

“It has all the appeal to both young and old that Maeterlinck is able
to conjure with such apparent ease. It is a fascinating story. Paus
has achieved a sort of stained glass quality in the illustrations, and
this effect is enhanced by the mounting.” Hildegarde Hawthorne

+ =N Y Times= p4 N 28 ’20 190w

+ =Review= 3:481 N 17 ’20 50w

=TELBERG, GEORGE GUSTAV, and WILTON, ROBERT.=[2] Last days of the Romanovs. il *$3 Doran 947

20–21942

The book consists of two independent parts. Part one contains an
account of the judicial examinations of the witnesses connected with
the life of the family at Czarskoe-Selo, Tobolsk and Yekaterinburg by
N. A. Sokoloff and copies of the depositions taken from the Omsk
archives by George Gustav Telberg, after the fall of the Kolchak
régime. Part two is the narrative of Mr Robert Wilton, for sixteen
years correspondent of the London Times in Russia. While part one is
taken up almost entirely with the examination of witnesses Mr Wilton’s
narrative contains: Prologue; The stage and the actors; No escape;
Alexandra misjudged; Razputin the peasant; Captives in a palace; Exile
in Siberia; The last prison; Planning the crime; Calvary; “Without
trace”; Damning evidence; All the Romanovs; The jackals; By order of
the “Tsik”; The red kaiser; Epilogue. Among the contents of Part three
are a list of the members of the imperial family at the outbreak of
the revolution, a chronology of the documents and an alphabetical
index of names.

* * * * *

“We cannot speak very highly of Mr Wilton’s method of handling this
tragic history. His narrative contains much that is of interest and
importance, but it seems to have been hastily written, and it is
diffuse, occasionally slangy, and hotly argumentative. The second part
of the book is the more interesting.”

+ − =Ath= p518 O 15 ’20 580w

=Booklist= 17:154 Ja ’21

“To the present reviewer at least Mr Wilton’s habit of intemperate
statement largely vitiates whatever of truth there may be to his
charges. This allowance being made, however, the present work is
really invaluable as historical evidence, and simply as a human
document and a dramatic picture of life it possesses a profound and
poignant interest.” J: Bunker

+ − =Bookm= 52:364 Ja ’21 800w

=Boston Transcript= p7 Ja 8 ’21 480w

=R of Rs= 63:109 Ja ’21 90w

=Spec= 125:572 O 30 ’20 260w

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p607 S 23 ’20 1050w

=TEN-MINUTE= talks with workers. $1 (2½c) Doubleday 330

20–18322

Short articles reprinted from The Times (London) Trade Supplement. “In
preparing them for American publication, only such editorial
interpolations were made as were considered desirable in order to make
the talks more readable for an American audience.” Among the subjects
are: The partners; Paying our way; The origin of wealth; The pillars
of society; What is capital? The sanity of society; The cost of an
article; What is money? Money and prices; What banks do for us; What
is the worker entitled to? What are profits? The ideal factory; The
upward path.

* * * * *

“They are clearly worded, aptly illustrated, and the lessons are
easily understandable. He is talking rather to employers in his book
than with workers, for he makes no point of contact with the latter.”

+ − =N Y Evening Post= p9 S 25 ’20 160w

=Springf’d Republican= p8 O 9 ’20 130w

“There is a bit too much of a literary quality about it, and it is too
advanced in subject matter for consumption by American factory labor
much below the rank of foreman. But with suitable modifications it
could be adapted to the requirements of any given group. In the hands
of an able and resourceful teacher it would be an admirable text in
conventional economics for secondary schools or even college
freshmen.” E. R. Burton

+ =Survey= 45:515 Ja 1 ’21 180w

“They all contain a great deal of thought, pithily and happily
expressed in compressed form.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p202 Mr 25 ’20 260w

=TENNYSON, HAROLD COURTENAY.= Harold Tennyson, R. N.; the story of a young sailor; put together by a friend. *$2 Macmillan

(Eng ed 20–5765)

“The facts about young Tennyson are mainly drawn from his mother’s
journal and from his own bright, chatty letters to members of his
family. That he was the grandson of the poet and, in addition, came
from such stock as the clever Boyles and the handsome Courtenays
accounts for his gifts of brain and physique, as well as for his
wonderfully keen appreciation of all things beautiful, whether in
nature or in human relations. The story of his early years is told
from Lady Tennyson’s diary. After entering the British navy, his
letters home take up the narrative. He served for a while on board the
Queen Mary before being transferred to the destroyer Viking, which
struck a mine in the English Channel in January, 1916. The explosion
killed him and several of his shipmates, and brought to an end a
career full of promise of the highest order.”—Nation

* * * * *

+ =Booklist= 16:241 Ap ’20

“Presents a peculiarly engaging character, and forms, in its modest
way, a valuable document on the British navy’s doings in the war.”

+ =Brooklyn= 12:17 O ’19 30w

“In those letters written during his midshipman’s cruise to the West
Indies the descriptions of the places visited reveal an unusual eye
for scenery, as well as a happy faculty of making real the persons he
met.”

+ =Nation= 109:254 Ag 23 ’19 240w

“This little volume is full of charm, and the best part of it consists
of Harold Tennyson’s letters. Perhaps the most delightful letters are
those about Russia. The description of Reval is a masterpiece of
condensation, and the brilliant account of Petrograd is quite as
good.”

+ =Sat R= 127:205 Mr 1 ’19 660w

“The main characteristic of his letters is his striking power of
description.”

+ =Spec= 122:141 F 1 ’19 520w

=TERHUNE, ALBERT PAYSON.= Bruce. *$2 Dutton

20–7674

“All dog lovers, especially those who have read ‘Lad—a dog,’ by Albert
Payson Terhune, will be interested in another story about a collie by
the same author. Bruce’s story is different, however. His early
history is unique. We learn of his mother’s unfortunate experiences,
and how she came to ‘The place’ by accident. Her only son, named
Bruce, a ‘hopelessly awkward and senseless pup,’ soon merited the name
of ‘The pest,’ through his countless escapades. Interesting, indeed,
is the story of his development from an ‘Ugly duckling’ into a
beautiful, intelligent collie, who was destined to play his part in
the world war; and no small part it was that Bruce played overseas.
Trained at home to carry messages, he readily learned the duties of a
courier dog, and soon became the idol of the soldiers with whom he was
stationed. Through many thrilling crises of war Bruce proved himself a
soldier and a hero. Finally wounded, he was allowed to return to his
happy home in America.”—Springf’d Republican

* * * * *

+ =Booklist= 17:74 N ’20

“Few writers have portrayed collies as cleverly as has Mr Terhune.
Bruce is made to seem quite as much a personality as any of his human
friends, and his actions are always interesting and never boresome.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Je 30 ’20 260w

+ =N Y Times= 25:30 Jl 4 ’20 310w

“Whether or not the incidents are true matters little, so
entertainingly and sympathetically is the story told. A well-written
war-story with a collie for its hero ought to find many readers.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p11a Jl 11 ’20 210w

=THATCHER, EDWARD.= Making tin can toys. il *$1.50 Lippincott 680

20–661

“The instructor in metal working at Teachers college, Columbia, gives
a detailed instruction book on the making of toys in which both grade
pupils and wounded soldiers have found interest and profit.”—Booklist

* * * * *

=Ath= p717 My 28 ’20 80w

“This book is very useful in its emphasis on methods of working.”

+ =Booklist= 16:193 Mr ’20

“A book that will appeal both to the experienced mechanic and to the
inexperienced one, particularly to the younger or older boy who
delights to handle tools.”

+ =Cath World= 110:844 Mr ’20 180w

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p244 Ap 15 ’20 60w

=THAYER, LEE (MRS H. W. THAYER).= Unlatched door. *$1.75 Century

20–9139

“The hero of this mystery tale, after a night with Bacchus, misses his
own doorway and steps through the unlatched door of his next neighbor
in the brownstone block in which his house is situated. But in a few
moments he emerges, thoroughly sobered, for just within the door lay
the dead body of a beautiful woman. She has been murdered of course;
and the young man instinctively decides that he will be wise to
maintain ignorance. The next day, however, he is drawn in, when the
servants next door summon him. Unfortunately, he has accidentally left
evidence of his visit, and when the police take charge he becomes one
of the suspects. A considerable group is involved, and,
characteristically in stories of the type, each one suspects the
other. When guilt is fixed, the one least suspected proves to be the
murderer.”—Springf’d Republican

* * * * *

“A fairly well written mystery murder story with an ingenious plot
better worked out than the average.”

+ =Booklist= 17:74 N ’20

“It would be foolish to suggest that ‘The unlatched door’ is as
thrilling a mystery story as ‘The thirteenth chair,’ because it most
certainly is not. It is a good mystery story, but Mrs Thayer is rather
too much interested in the love story which she introduces.”

+ − =Boston Transcript= p6 S 1 ’20 240w

=Cleveland= p72 Jl ’20 30w

“‘The unlatched door’ is likely to puzzle even the most sophisticated
of fiction readers.”

+ =N Y Times= 25:321 Je 20 ’20 400w

=Springf’d Republican= p11a Ag 1 ’20 140w

=THAYER, WILLIAM ROSCOE.= Art of biography. *$1.50 Scribner 920

20–15938

“‘The art of biography’ is a subject on which Mr W. R. Thayer may
justly claim to be heard, since he has proven his mastery of the art
by his biographies of Cavour, John Hay, and Theodore Roosevelt. In
this little volume, which comprises three lectures which he gave at
the University of Virginia, Mr Thayer does not attempt to formulate
rules to guide aspiring biographers to success. But he does trace the
development of the art of biographical writing from that perfect
ancient example—the story of Joseph and his brothers—down to Morley’s
three-volume ‘Gladstone.’ Mr Thayer thinks that ‘the constant
direction in the evolution of biography has been from the outward to
the inward.’ Three indispensable qualifications, he thinks, the
biographer must have. He must have real sympathy with his subject. In
the second place, the biographer must tell the story as nearly as
possible as the actors underwent it. Finally, the biographer must work
as the portrait painter works with his brush, always aiming to
discover and to reveal the salient characteristics which made a real
flesh-and-blood personality.”—Review

* * * * *

+ =Booklist= 17:63 N ’20

“Mr Thayer’s work evidences a wide range of reading and his critical
faculty gives especial value to his comment.”

+ =Bookm= 52:273 N ’20 210w

“At his best he is capable; at his worst, his lack of imagination is
conspicuous.”

− + =Boston Transcript= p6 S 25 ’20 350w

“A scholarly, illuminating survey.”

+ =Dial= 70:232 F ’21 30w

+ =Review= 3:425 N 3 ’20 390w

“There is more than entertainment here: it is a pungent bit of
literary criticism.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p9a D 5 ’20 180w

=THOMAS. DANIEL LINDSEY, and THOMAS, LUCY BLAYNEY.=[2] Kentucky superstitions. *$3 Princeton univ. press 398.3

20–18391

“Ancient and modern love signs, weather signs, good luck signs, bad
luck signs, cures, wishes, dreams, beliefs about ghosts, witches,
hoodoos, haunted houses, and a great variety of other things are
brought together and arranged in a very readable form. There are
altogether 3,954 superstitions listed. An index adds to the value of
the volume.”—Survey

* * * * *

“The volume will be of great value for psychologists.”

+ =Ath= p891 D 31 ’20 170w

=Boston Transcript= p4 Ja 5 ’21 190w

+ =Nation= 112:124 Ja 26 ’21 280w

“The authors have done an excellent piece of work by collecting and
classifying with great patience and care the current superstitious
beliefs found almost everywhere in this region.” J: F. Smith

+ =Survey= 45:547 Ja 8 ’21 200w

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p857 D 16 ’20 880w

=THOMAS, EDWARD.= Industry, emotion and unrest. *$1.75 (3c) Harcourt 304

20–13787

In dealing with our modern economic life and the factors which make
for industrial and social unrest, the author chooses to portray
incidents and cases rather than to present economics and sociology as
a science. He emphasizes the need of an ethical interest of the worker
in his work and a satisfying emotional connection with its product. He
sees the solution of our present day troubles in administrative
methods rather than in more drastic revolutionary changes; and makes
it one of his practical suggestions, at the end of the book, that the
middle class youth—as the potential industrial leaders—should learn by
practical experience of the strenuous life of workers. Contents:
Emotion in industry; Business groups and business ideals; Business
methods and business ethics; Decadence of the middle class; Our social
group heredity; Ideas, ethics and institutionalism; Education, emotion
and idealism; Adventure and ethics; The government, law and unrest;
Some gulfs, complexities and loyalties; A summary and some
suggestions; Notes and index.

* * * * *

“The form of his book is unusual because, being a lawyer, the author
has seen the advantage of presenting his material in the case system.
They are in fact actual and not theoretical cases, which will mean
much to the interest of readers.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 D 4 ’20 320w

+ =Ind= 105:170 F 12 ’21 50w

Reviewed by C. S. Parker

=Survey= 45:287 N 20 ’20 500w

+ =Wis Lib Bul= 16:232 D ’20 90w

=THOMAS, GEORGE HOLT.= Aerial transport. il *$12 (*30s) Doran 629.1

(Eng ed 20–13149)

The author was one of the first to advocate aircraft as a weapon in
war-time and is now interested in proving its value in commerce, for
high-speed travel and mail service. His object in this book is to
supply “between the covers of a single volume, and written in a quite
informal, non-technical way, a clear, uncoloured statement of just
what a commercial aircraft can do, and also—which is just as
important—what it cannot do.” (Foreword) The contents, after an
introduction by Viscount Northcliffe, are: First considerations
(Essence of the problem—length of stages—loads—speed—risk—etc.);
Progress—immediate and future; “The air express”; Speeding up the
business letter; Meteorology in commercial flying; Some general
conclusions, with special reference to airships; Some questions of L.
S. D.; Flying and the law; Aerial transport in remote places, with
some notes as to passenger-carrying; Aerial photography and patrol.
The book is profusely illustrated, has an appendix, an index, and four
infolded maps.

* * * * *

“Mr Holt Thomas is an enthusiast, but a reasonable and restrained
enthusiast. As the book is somewhat discursive and contains many
repetitions, it is a pity he did not see that a proper index was
provided.”

+ − =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p150 Mr 4 ’20 930w

=THOMAS, SHIPLEY.= History of the A. E. F. il *$6 Doran 940.373

20–19161

In the foreword to the volume, Brigadier General U. G. McAlexander
says of the author that he “has taken great pains to present
historical facts in an attractive, readable form and to show to the
mind a realistic picture of the whole scene of operations.” After
giving the history of events, from the arrival of Pershing in France
to the armistice, he devotes four chapters to: Auxiliary arms; The
services of supply; Division histories; A visitor’s guide. The book
has illustrations, maps and an index.

* * * * *

=Booklist= 17:109 D ’20

“Amid the great multiplicity of books on the war in its various phases
which have appeared since the armistice there is none which, in the
present or the future, is of more intensive value than this.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 N 24 ’20 620w

“It is written with unflagging energy and interest, is thoroughly
readable, and its author is the very embodiment of the type and spirit
of the thousands of young officers from civil life who made such
admirable leaders of our troops in action.” F. V. Greene

+ =N Y Times= p3 O 24 ’20 3950w

“It is the opinion of those most competent to judge that his story of
America’s participation in the war is as accurate and complete as it
can be made at this time.”

+ =R of Rs= 62:671 D ’20 80w

=THOMPSON, CHARLES THADDEUS.= Peace conference day by day; a presidential pilgrimage leading to the discovery of Europe. *$2.50 Brentano’s 940.314

20–9820

“Mr Thompson is the superintendent of the Associated press foreign
service. He acted as special correspondent in reporting the
proceedings of the Peace conference, and Colonel House has vouched for
his accuracy. This book gives a circumstantial account of the writing
of the peace treaty and the League of nations covenant.”—R of Rs

* * * * *

+ =Booklist= 17:16 O ’20

=Boston Transcript= p6 Jl 31 ’20 190w

“This is by far the most interesting and valuable of the contributions
to our post-war literature. Mr Thompson’s work seems to be an honest,
unbiased effort to present the reader with the facts as he saw them.
His training enabled him to get at the inside of many situations that
were decidedly complex. All this wealth he gives most liberally to his
readers in a vivid, chatty way that entertains and enlightens.”

+ =Cath World= 112:248 N ’20 450w

Reviewed by W: MacDonald

=Nation= 111:246 Ag 28 ’20 230w

Reviewed by M. F. Egan

=N Y Times= 25:6 Jl 18 ’20 3300w

“Such a useful volume as this should assuredly have had an index. The
work is not only extraordinarily informative but equally
entertaining.”

+ − =Outlook= 127:32 Ja 5 ’21 200w

=R of Rs= 62:112 Jl ’20 50w

=THOMPSON, FRANK VICTOR.= Schooling of the immigrant. *$2 Harper 371.9

20–18396