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JACKSON, ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS. Early Persian poetry. il *$2.25 Macmillan 891.5
20–7452
“From the beginnings down to the time of Firdausi” (Sub-title) is the ground covered by this book, which aims “to give succinctly the main outlines of the several early periods, ... and to illustrate, by translations made from the original Persian, the characteristics of the various authors.... Many of the citations are only small fragments of verse from Persian poets so long dead that they have been evoked almost as shades from the far-distant past.... Some of the reliques of their works, however, are longer and have a fuller metrical tale to tell. The episode of Suhrab and Rustam, moreover, is a well-known classic in literature.” (Preface) Contents: Persian poetry of ancient days; The new awakening of Persian song after the Muhammadan conquest; the Tahirid and Saffarid periods; Rays from lost minor stars: earlier Samanid period; Rudagi, a herald of the dawn; Snatches of minstrel song; from the later Samanid period to the era of Mahmud of Ghaznah; Dakiki; The round table of Mahmud of Ghaznah: court poetry; Firdausi, and the great Persian epic; The Shah-namah; some selections translated; Epilogue. There are illustrations, a list of works of reference, a list of abbreviations, an alphabetical list of poets, a note on Persian pronunciation and an index.
+ Booklist 17:61 N ’20
“Much as we must admire Professor Jackson’s zeal and fervor ... yet one can not but feel a sense of disappointment at the amateurishness of some of his versions, with their often clumsy use of ‘did’ and their woodeny structure.” N. H. D.
+ − Boston Transcript p7 Jl 10 ’20 650w
“Professor Jackson has added immeasurable value to his book by a large number of original translations that are skillfully done and still retain poetry in their phraseology. The author’s hope of carrying on his work is commendable, and it is to be desired that circumstances make it possible.”
+ N Y Times 25:16 Je 27 ’20 200w
JACKSON, BENNETT BARRON, and others, comps. Thrift and success. il *$1.25 Century 331.84
19–12737
A compilation arranged by the superintendent and two teachers of the Minneapolis public schools. “Several selections are devoted to the general aspects of thrift, but the editors have wisely included a considerable number of selections describing such thrift agencies as savings banks, farm mortgages, postal savings banks, life insurance, and government bonds. The opportunities for wise investment, as well as the necessity for saving, are thus brought clearly to the reader’s attention. The book includes several little plays which teach a thrift lesson. There are, too, inspiring talks intended to stimulate children to make a success of themselves. A number of biographical sketches of prominent Americans of the past and present are included.” (Survey)
“A valuable occasional reader or teacher’s manual.”
+ Booklist 16:151 F ’20
“All the selections teach definite, crisp lessons, and teachers interested in thrift instruction will find the book extremely suggestive.” G: F. Zook
+ Survey 42:760 Ag 23 ’19 140w
JACOBS, EDWIN ELMORE.[[2]] Study of the physical vigor of American women; pref. by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. $1.50 Jones, Marshall 612
The author presents the results of some statistical studies made among college women. The outcome of the study is to show “that there is no real evidence of the decline in the physical vigor of the women of America.” And arguing that “the male half of the population of a country can neither be very far ahead or behind the female part in its general health,” he holds that his conclusions may apply to the population as a whole. The investigation was carried out along four lines: fertility, longevity, anthropological measurements and women’s athletics. There is a five-page list of references.
Booklist 17:99 D ’20
JACOBSEN, JENS PETER. Niels Lyhne; tr. from the Danish by Hanna Astrup Larsen. (Scandinavian classics) $2 (2½c) Am.-Scandinavian foundation
20–1700
A novel by the author of “Marie Grubbe.” It has been called a spiritual autobiography and in her introduction the translator sketches the relation of the novel to Jacobsen’s own life. It is the story of a dreamer who always falls short in his contacts with reality. Niels Lyhne’s mother spends her life in one long day dream, broken by disillusionments from which she hastens to take refuge in still further dreams. The infusion of this temperament in her son, though mixed with his father’s sterner stuff, renders all his efforts futile. The story opens with a beautiful account of Niels’s childhood with its friendship for two boy companions, and is carried through two love episodes, and a short period of happy marriage to his death in the war of 1864.
“The novel has the quality of a late autumn afternoon, a windless, tranquil hour of waiting, when both strong desire and strong regret are absent, and when in a mood of reverie and forgiveness we let the world glide from us. A sense of something honey-sweet, faded, and delicate pervades it. How deeply Jacobsen was the literary artist the Larsen translation unfortunately little reveals. Though it is more faithful to the original than the general run of translations to which we here in America have become accustomed, its prosiness and stiffness, its air of being all too patently the translation, prevent it from representing Jacobsen quite fairly.” Paul Rosenfeld
+ − Dial 68:644 My ’20 2150w
“The account of Niels Lyhne’s boyhood has a depth of insight even in matters of sex that is rare in the romance writers. Later the narrative seems a little hurried and huddled as though vitality to exhaust his subject had gradually failed the author. But this uncommonly sensitive translation of a memorable book is cordially to be welcomed.” L. L.
+ Nation 110:sup488 Ap 10 ’20 200w
JAMES, GEORGE WHARTON. New Mexico; the land of the delight makers. (See America first ser.) il *$5 Page 917.89
20–6434
This is the third book about the southwest, a land he knows intimately, that Mr James has contributed to this series. California and Arizona were the subjects of the first books and he has found in New Mexico a theme of equal interest. As set forth in the long subtitle the aspects of New Mexico covered include “the history of its ancient cliff dwellings and pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Franciscan missions; personal accounts of the ceremonies, games, social life, and industries of its Indians; a description of its climate, geology, flora and birds, its rivers and forests; a review of its rapid development, land reclamation projects and educational system; with full and accurate accounts of its progressive counties, cities and towns.” Two interesting chapters deal with literature and art and among the illustrations are a number from paintings by artists of the Taos colony. There is a bibliography and the book is indexed.
“Like others of the series, a beautiful picture book.”
+ Booklist 16:309 Je ’20
JAMES, HENRY. Letters of Henry James. 2v il *$10 Scribner
20–6773
In editing these volumes of letters, Mr Percy Lubbock has had a wide field for selection. For, as he says of Henry James, “He was at all times a copious letter-writer, overflowing into swift and easy improvisation to his family and to the many friends with whom he corresponded regularly. His letters have been widely preserved, and several thousands of them have passed through my hands, ranging from his twenty-fifth year until within a few days of his last illness.” (Introd.) In addition to the introduction which opens volume 1, the editor has contributed brief illuminating prefaces to the sections into which the volumes are divided. These divisions, for volume 1, are: First European years: 1869–1874; Paris and London: 1875–1881; The middle years: 1882–1888; Later London years: 1889–1897; and Rye, 1898–1903. Volume 2 comprises: Rye: 1904–1909; Rye and Chelsea: 1910–1914; and The war: 1914–1916. Notes are often provided for individual letters and an index adds to the value of the admirably edited work.
Reviewed by Sydney Waterlow
+ − Ath p537 Ap 23 ’20 2350w
“The portrait they paint of the novelist and his surroundings is so clear that the editor has needed merely to add here and there a prefatory note. These and the introduction are finely appreciative and adequate.”
+ Booklist 16:279 My ’20
“The editor, Mr Lubbock, has compassed a dangerous undertaking in his selection and, while he offers many letters which illustrate the social side of his hero, he justly lays stress on the inclusion of literary themes. These letters bid fair to become a classic in English literature.” J. G. Huneker
+ Bookm 51:364 My ’20 2700w
“Throughout them we find an abundance of literary comment upon his fellow writers which is pungent and vigorous, even if not always convincing.” E. F. E.
+ Boston Transcript p10 Ap 10 ’20 1500w
Reviewed by Gilbert Seldes
+ Dial 69:83 Jl ’20 3700w
“Mr Lubbock tells us that James left behind him scarcely a document that revealed any trace of the origins of his work. Of the origins of his spirit, his point of view, he yields us scarcely more in the way of documentary evidence. One apprehends him here indeed in certain aspects of intimacy as the son, as the brother, as, if not the friend, at least the fellow-artist, as, perhaps most warmly, the uncle. It is only—only—as the man that he foils our question.” V. W. B.
+ − Freeman 1:164 Ap 28 ’20 1700w Lit D p89 Jl 10 ’20 3450w
“All the more, however, finding him thus restricted as to race and sympathies and images, do we find ourselves admiring the magnificent passion with which he worked at his art. His famous prefaces to his novels and tales are accepted as an indispensable handbook to the art of fiction. No less may his letters be considered indispensable to those serious students and fellow-artists who wish to observe a genius massively revolving and tirelessly experimenting.” C. V. D.
+ Nation 110:690 My 22 ’20 2000w * Nation [London] 27:178 My 8 ’20 1550w
“I am brash enough to venture the prediction that the best book of Henry James’s, the one with the widest appeal, the one with the most permanent interest, the one most easily read, is not to be found among those which he wrote for publication, but is this collection of his correspondence. What these letters bring before us vividly is a warm-hearted James, devoted to his family and dowered with the gift of friendship.” Brander Matthews
+ N Y Times 25:151 Ap 4 ’20 2750w
“Whatever has been deleted does not harm that which gives pleasure and delight, surprising us by the clarity and directness of its style and by the warm sentiment of its friendship.”
+ N Y Times 25:191 Ap 18 ’20 380w
“For half a century Henry James poured himself out to his friends in letters that are matchless for their prodigal and eager flow of sympathy, their inexhaustible kindliness, their ample and exquisite tenderness, their beautiful generosity. These letters are priceless.” Lawrence Gilman
+ No Am 211:682 My ’20 3000w
“We have joked so long about the obscurity of his style as a novelist that this conception of him has become a habit with us. But now that his letters are published, we must alter our portrait.” M. J. Moses
+ Outlook 125:167 My 26 ’20 2200w
“He has been fortunate in an editor who understands and relishes the peculiarities of the case. There is one general criticism to be made of the exhibition. The letters seem to have been edited, perhaps unconsciously, to emphasize the completeness of James’s English adoption.” S. P. Sherman
+ − Review 3:706 Jl 7 ’20 2350w
“We can only warn the reader who takes up these remarkable volumes that he will not find in them pretty anecdotes or gossip about notabilities: but he will find much excellent criticism and psychology, and he will find copiously and minutely displayed an intellect massive and yet subtle, and a character as nobly dignified as it was humanly attractive.”
+ Spec 124:691 My 22 ’20 1500w
“One of the many rich interests of these volumes is to discern the reflection of the person written to, in the letter written.”
+ Springf’d Republican p11a Je 6 ’20 1400w
JAMES, HENRY. Master Eustace. *$2 (3½c) Seltzer
“The five stories in this volume, together with the four included in ‘A landscape painter,’ appeared originally in American periodicals, but for some unknown reason were never issued by Henry James in book form in this country. The present volume, along with ‘A landscape painter,’ makes accessible to the American public the nine short stories of Henry James which hitherto have been accessible only in English editions of his works.” (Preface) The five stories, all written later than “A landscape painter” are: Master Eustace; Longstaff’s marriage; Théodolinde; A light man; and Benvolio.
“It is not to be imagined that because the stories in this collection are primarily concerned with the interplay of character they are slow-moving narratives, with a tendency to be diffuse. On the contrary, they are well-knit and direct in conception, and executed with richness, deftness in phrase and mood, and a quiet but keen wit.” Lisle Bell
+ Freeman 2:381 D 29 ’20 540w
“No one need look for masterpieces among tales that Henry James declined to put between covers. The poorest inclusion in the book, and one of James’s very poorest bits of writing, is ‘Theodolinde.’ The book is valuable but not invaluable.”
+ − N Y Evening Post p17 D 4 ’20 320w
“They are written in a style transparently clear and straightforward, and are decidedly romantic in substance and form. Nothing in this book is equal to the stories in the preceding volume.” W: L. Phelps
+ N Y Times p2 D 12 ’20 160w
JAMES, HENRY DUVALL. Controllers for electric motors. il *$3 Van Nostrand 621.317
20–174
“A treatise on the modern industrial controller, together with typical applications to the industries.” (Sub-title) The volume consists of articles originally published in the Electric Journal, with the addition of some new material. Partial list of contents: Introduction; Historical; Design details: How to read controller diagrams; Methods of accelerating motors; Starting characteristics of motors with different methods of control; Methods of speed control and dynamic braking; Direct current magnetic contactor controllers; Alternating current controllers; Resistors; Protective devices. There are 259 illustrations and an index.
Booklist 17:99 D ’20
JAMES, WILLIAM. Letters. 2v il *$10 Atlantic monthly press
20–23198
“It is, naturally enough, less the scientist and thinker than the man which is revealed in ‘The letters of William James,’ now edited, with all the necessary explanatory material by his son Henry James. This is as everybody should wish. For he was one of the greatest Americans in personal qualities as well as in powers of mind and these letters reveal him as he was. The energy and range of his mind and the prodigious richness of his personality are truly revealed in these two volumes. There are not a few valuable critical comments—such as his estimate of Santayana’s ‘Life of reason’—which are not otherwise accessible to the public, and there are no end of vivid impressions brilliantly or tenderly phrased.”—Springf’d Republican
+ Booklist 17:152 Ja ’21
“These letters—arranged in two comely volumes by the sure and skilful hand of William James’s son—are full of wise and occasionally profound little annotations upon contemporary American life and manners. They will be treasured for the simple and delightful bits of self-revelation that they afford.” H: H. Lappin
+ Bookm 52:557 F ’21 1150w
“Letters rarely disclose so much of a man in his entirety as do these. They are eloquent in manner and equally eloquent in their self-revelation. They are not merely ‘The letters of William James’; they are the record of an epoch in the history of philosophy and the chronicle of a notable family.”
+ Boston Transcript p10 D 8 ’20 2150w
“Although the correspondence with his colleagues all over the world will be perhaps most eagerly read, the family letters are the most beautiful. But there are some letters which should never have been printed. In moments of heat and irritation James said things about persons he met and even about his colleagues at Harvard, which should not have been preserved in cold type.” W: L. Phelps
+ − N Y Times p2 D 12 ’20 1650w
“Whether we are seeking enjoyment or mental and spiritual uplift, we may approach these letters with assurance.” Joseph Mosher
+ Pub W 98:1894 D 18 ’20 470w
“As there has been no other American, and indeed, no other man, like William James, so there can never be another collection of letters like his, full of a unique and precious personality. All who care for genius in its most human and most winning manifestations will find the book a treasure-house.”
+ Springf’d Republican p7a D 12 ’20 2600w
JASTROW, MORRIS, jr. Book of Job; its origin, growth and interpretation. *$4 Lippincott 223
20–27474
The author regards the Book of Job as the most celebrated of the books of the Bible and the literary masterpiece of the Old Testament, and the object of the present volume is to aid in the better understanding and appreciation of the original, which has hitherto been blocked by defective translations and insufficient consideration of its composite authorship. The contents of Part 1, The origin, growth and interpretation of the Book of Job, are: The folktale of Job and the Book of Job; The three strata in the Book of Job; Changes and additions within the original Book of Job; How a skeptical book was transformed into a bulwark of orthodoxy; The Book of Job as philosophy and literature. Part 2 is then devoted to a new translation of the Book of Job, with plentiful annotations.
+ Booklist 17:138 Ja ’21
“The work shows wide scholarship and in many passages the new version is impressive and beautiful. Yet, after all is said, in spite of the incorrectness of the King James version, in which, according to Dr Jastrow, one line in ten is wrong, one cannot help liking its style better than that of the new version.” N. H. D.
+ − Boston Transcript p3 D 8 ’20 1150w
“Professor Jastrow’s view will have to overcome not only traditional prejudice but also strong emotional attachment to the older view. But his volume is one which students of the Bible cannot ignore.”
+ − Outlook 126:767 D 29 ’20 380w
“This is a vastly interesting and important book, and it isn’t a book for preachers only, but for everybody who makes any pretence at all to an interest in good literature.” R. S. Lynd
+ Pub W 98:1892 D 18 ’20 330w
JASTROW, MORRIS, jr. Eastern question and its solution. *$1.50 (6c) Lippincott 327
20–7859
The author holds that the problems of the Near East will continue to be a menace to the peace of the world until they are properly settled; that they cannot be properly settled without the cooperation of America, that America can only help by avoiding two contingencies—political complications and the dispatching of a large army across the sea—that mandatories involve both these contingencies and that the only satisfactory solution lies in the creation of international commissions. The last chapter is devoted entirely to a discussion of this solution. Contents: The failure of European diplomacy in the Near East; The present situation; Mandates not a solution of the eastern question; Internationalism as a solution of the eastern question; Insert map of Europe after the great war.
Booklist 16:299 Je ’20
“The fact that Professor Jastrow’s scheme has not been adopted does not in the least detract from its merits, in these days of flux and change; and a book like his is well worth while, if it helps to educate public opinion in this country on a question that involves us all, whether we like it or not.” C. R. H.
+ Freeman 2:282 D 29 ’20 210w
“Optimism breeds optimism. Idealism is contagious. Such noble faith as Dr Jastrow’s is a real world asset.”
+ N Y Times p4 Ag 15 ’20 600w Outlook 125:507 Jl 14 ’20 50w
Reviewed by M. H. Anderson
Pub W 97:1293 Ap 17 ’20 250w The Times [London] Lit Sup p406 Je 24 ’20 170w
JAY, WILLIAM. War and peace. *$1 Oxford 341.6
20–3783
As one of its publications the Carnegie endowment for international peace has issued a reprint of “War and peace,” published in 1842, with an introduction by James Brown Scott. William Jay, the author, was the son of John Jay, who helped frame the first peace treaty with Great Britain. Of his plan for maintaining peace, Mr Scott says, “Starting from the premise that we are free agents, that war is an evil, William Jay maintains that the extinction of other evils shows that war itself may be eliminated by the gradual growth of a public opinion against it and by the creation of agencies which nations can create and use just as individuals have created and used them.” The plan he outlines involves the creation of an international tribunal with power to arbitrate.
“The book still has its importance, and the plan proposed has in fact made its way into many treaties.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p243 Ap 15 ’20 120w
JEAN-AUBRY, G. French music of today; tr. by Edwin Evans. (Lib. of music and musicians) *$2 Dutton 780.9
(Eng ed 19–17080)
“The first two sections deal with French music and German music and The French foundations of present-day keyboard music. Among the composers touched on in two sections called Studies and physiognomies and Sketches for portraits are Massenet, Debussy, Roussel, Chabrier, D’Indy, Chausson, Duparc, Dukas, Ravel, and de Sévérac. A section on Music and poetry contains essays on Baudelaire and music and Verlaine and the musicians; the concluding section is on French music in England; and to this little volume M. Gabriel Fauré adds a preface.” (The Times [London] Lit Sup) “Only the first chapter of the book is new, the others ranging over various periods, and in some cases dating as far back as 1906 and 1907, when the modern French achievement was virtually an unknown quantity in England.” (Ath)
“Makes up in enthusiasm what it lacks in clarity.”
+ − Ath p114 Mr ’19 60w
“M. Jean-Aubry is one of those enthusiastic apologists who almost disarm criticism by their sheer ingenuousness. Were it a volume of recent production, and a serious attempt at criticism, one would indeed be compelled to call his judgments in question on almost every page. A pamphlet which was opportune in 1909 may be rather tiresome ten years later.” R. O. M.
− + Ath p757 Ag 15 ’19 550w
“The critical judgments of some of the older chapters and the propagandist tendency make the book somewhat untimely.”
+ − Booklist 16:231 Ap ’20 Brooklyn 12:13 O ’19 30w
“M. Jean-Aubry has given us the point of view of the modern French composer toward his art. The value of this contribution alone more than offsets any charge of propagandism that the book may bring forth, a charge that is partially refuted by the very fact that much of its contents was written long before the war.” Henrietta Straus
+ Nation 110:527 Ap 17 ’20 650w
Reviewed by C: H: Meltzer
Review 2:630 Je 16 ’20 1150w
“This is eminently a book for the layman, for M. Jean-Aubry avoids technicalities.”
+ Spec 122:264 Mr 1 ’19 1250w
“Mr Jean-Aubry is necessarily but not unfairly prejudiced in favor of his native music. Delightful and refreshing are the studies and sketches—for preserving whose charm, by the way, the reader is indebted to the translator, Edwin Evans—of contemporary modern French composers, which occupy the greater portion of the book.”
+ Springf’d Republican p8 Ag 24 ’20 480w The Times [London] Lit Sup p35 Ja 16 ’19 80w
“The merit of this book is that it is not afraid of pressing into the service of music everything that can be a symbol; its weakness is that positive statements about the music swim rather sparsely in a whirlpool of words.”
+ − The Times [London] Lit Sup p43 Ja 23 ’19 1450w
JEFFERY, GEORGE H. EVERETT. Brief description of the Holy sepulchre. il *$3.50 Putnam 726
20–9215
The complete title of this work, a reprint from the Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects for 1910, is “a brief description of the Holy sepulchre, Jerusalem, and other Christian churches in the Holy city, with some account of the mediæval copies of the Holy sepulchre surviving in Europe.” Part 1 is devoted to the history, part 2 to the description of the monument, part 3 to the lesser shrines, and part 4 to the reproductions in various parts of Europe. There are numerous illustrations and diagrams and the work closes with chronological tables and index.
“Mr Jeffery writes two particularly interesting chapters on the reproductions of the Holy sepulchre as a pilgrim shrine. The illustrations might have been improved, especially in the way of enlargement.”
+ − Ath p1386 D 19 ’19 100w
“We must be content to say that the book is of great interest and value, and that it should be read by intelligent tourists before they go to Jerusalem and after they return.”
+ Spec 123:778 D 6 ’19 160w
“It is careful and learned and very fully and well illustrated.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p676 N 20 ’19 20w The Times [London] Lit Sup p706 D 4 ’19 1150w
JEFFERY, JEFFERY E. Side issues. *$1.90 (3c) Seltzer
20–14708
A volume of short stories dealing with side issues of the war. With the exception of two which are reprinted from the Cornhill Magazine, they appear here for the first time. The titles are: Angèle, goddess of kindliness; A quiet evening; Services rendered; A lost soul; Noblesse oblige; The altar of drums; My lady of Hoxton; Equality of sacrifice; The heirloom; In token of gratitude; Generalities; The revellers; Dam’ good fellers; A tap at the door; Confessional—by way of epilogue.
“The best sketch from a literary point of view, is ‘Angèle, goddess of kindliness.’”
+ Ath p527 Ap 16 ’20 130w
“Beneath all the wounds of circumstance a deep sobriety of spirit curbs the author’s temptation to sacrifice truth to effectiveness and persuades him to set down only the permanent and permanently human.”
+ Nation 111:596 N 24 ’20 420w
“The book is quietly and earnestly written, and has an authentic ring of sincerity. It is, I fancy, a genuine human document, and like all such genuine documents, well worth attention.” W. P. Eaton
+ N Y Call p11 D 19 ’20 210w
“In these sketchily constructed stories, by an officer of the old army, the ugliness of war and the injustices that accompany demobilization are set out with considerable effect and an evident attempt at fairness, though with a tendency towards rhetoric.”
+ − The Times [London] Lit Sup p242 Ap 15 ’20 160w
JENKIN, A. M. N. End of a dream. *$1.75 (3c) Lane
20–7429
Shell shock and its terrible possibilities are the theme of this story. Before he went to war Arnold Cheyne had been deeply in love with Nadina, a beautiful dancing girl. When the latter, not yet ready to abandon her career, refused him, he entered into a loveless marriage with Sheila Maclaren. Under the influence of shell shock he no longer recognizes Sheila and thinks of Nadina as his wife. The doctor of the hospital, having been told Arnold’s history and his want of love for his real wife, advises Nadina to humor him in his hallucination. With a nervous patient’s cunning Arnold escapes from the hospital and flees with Nadina into Cornwall. There the end is a double murder, the first of the man who has followed the couple, intent on making trouble, and the second, under the influence of a dream taking him back into the horrors of trench warfare, of Nadina herself.
“The symptoms of the hero are well described; but Mr Jenkin lacks literary skill and seems to find it very difficult to cope with his plot.”
+ − Ath p1386 D 19 ’19 130w
“For a book with a live theme, the effect of shell shock and the social and legal problems arising from that effect. ‘The end of a dream’ is amazingly dull.” R. D. W.
− Boston Transcript p8 Je 19 ’20 400w
“In this vividly written story of the possible effects of shell shock the author has unfolded a dramatic story of intense interest and downright awful power.”
+ N Y Times 25:308 Je 13 ’20 700w
“The last scene is terrible in its realism. The book should certainly be kept out of the hands of sufferers from the milder forms of this affection.”
− Spec 124:53 Ja 10 ’20 40w
“Disappointing in effect. The author saddles a plot of undoubted interest and merit with principals of a featureless type.”
− + Springf’d Republican p11a S 26 ’20 320w
JENKINS, J. T.[[2]] Sea fisheries. il *$10 Dutton 639.2
“A copiously-illustrated volume, the author of which is professionally associated with the Lancashire and Western sea fisheries joint committee. Dr Jenkins describes from personal knowledge the mystery of the fishers’ craft. An account is given of the methods of fishing adopted in the North sea, and the narrative deals with the rise of the herring fisheries, as well as with the development of steam trawling. Public fisheries for shellfish are described: and an important chapter deals with individual fish, such as the sole, plaice, haddock, and herring. Foreign and colonial fisheries are considered in the last chapter.”—Ath
+ Ath p782 Je 11 ’20 100w
“This is rather a Gradgrindian book for a compatriot of Charles Dickens to have written. It is full of useful statistics and little else. His photographs carry more of the romance of the sea than his text.”
+ − N Y Evening Post p27 O 23 ’20 280w
“We strongly commend Dr Jenkins’s scientific and instructive book to the consideration of all who wish to understand the urgent problem of utilizing the harvest of the sea to the best advantage, though its more controversial parts are no doubt open to discussion.”
+ Spec 124:796 Je 12 ’20 870w The Times [London] Lit Sup p249 Ap 22 ’20 1700w
JENNINGS, ARTHUR SEYMOUR. Paints and varnishes. il $1 Pitman 667
20–18167
The book comes under the Pitman’s common commodities and industries series and deals with the properties and uses of paints and varnishes from a purely commercial and professional point of view. Their quality, the quantity required to cover given surfaces and the determination of probable durability are dealt with at some length. The process of manufacture is only described when it becomes necessary to differentiate between grades or qualities of the same material. Contents: The characteristics of a good paint; The principal pigments used in paint making; The thinners used in paint; Paint-mixing—the application of paints, etc.: Whitewashes and distempers; Service tests of paints and varnishes; Machinery used in paint-making; Varnishes and enamels; Tables, etc.; Index and illustrations.
JENSEN, ALBRECHT. Massage and exercises combined. il $4 The author, box 73 G. P.O., N.Y. 613.7
20–19054
“A new system of the characteristic essentials of gymnastic and Indian Yogis concentration exercises combined with scientific massage movements.” (Sub-title) The author lays stress upon the therapeutic effectiveness of the combination of massage and exercises. The system is intended chiefly for home use and requires no gymnastic equipment and no expenditure. The contents in part are: Resultant bad effects from the use of heavy apparatus, weights and too strenuous exercises; Special benefit to women from the use of these exercises; The construction and characteristics of the combined massage exercises; General and detailed description of the combined massage exercises with their analyses and effects; Proper breathing: How the number of exercises for one performance can best be decreased; How the exercises may be utilized in some diseased and disordered conditions of the body. There are eighty-six illustrations.
+ N Y Evening Post p26 O 23 ’20 70w + N Y Times p26 Ja 16 ’21 270w R of Rs 62:448 O ’20 60w Survey 45:103 O 16 ’20 160w
JEPSON, EDGAR. Loudwater mystery. *$2 (3c) Knopf
20–22232
When Lord Loudwater is stabbed to death and investigations are begun, it is discovered that there is a quite disconcerting wealth of possible suspects. Lord Loudwater was of such a nature that his actions might supply the motive for murder to any one of his family or household or even remoter connections. For instance, on the day of his murder, he had threatened to divorce his wife, he had quarreled violently with Colonel Grey, who had been seen paying attentions to Lady Loudwater, he had discharged his butler in a fit of anger, and he had halved the allowance of a mysterious woman who had sued him for breach of promise. So the doings of these various people at the time of the murder are thoroughly combed over. When these clues lead to nothing but a blank wall, with the story almost at an end, the suspense is finally ended by the discovery of one forged check which gives the actual murderer away.
“We close the book with a genuine regret that a gift so real as Mr Jepson’s cannot be more economically used.”
+ − Ath p1210 N 14 ’19 140w
“The action never lags, and the ending is rather out of the ordinary.”
+ Booklist 17:158 Ja ’21 Boston Transcript p6 O 16 ’20 520w
“Mr Jepson has not been entirely successful in keeping up the tension of the mystery. There are lapses of several months each in the narrative, which break the emotional flow. But the large number of readers who seek to qualify as amateur Holmeses, Craig Kennedies, and Dupins, by vicarious solutions of murder mysteries, will find plenty of opportunities here.”
+ − N Y Times p25 S 5 ’20 420w
“If some of the devices are familiar, most of the characters have—what is rare in novels of the kind—an unmistakable touch of life, and much of the dialogue has—what is still more uncommon—a sprightly turn.”
+ Sat R 128:590 D 20 ’19 200w Spec 123:819 D 13 ’19 60w
“A detective story of exceptional merit.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p677 N 20 ’19 170w
JEPSON, EDGAR. Pollyooly dances. *$1.25 (2c) Duffield
20–3191
Mr Jepson’s young heroine has grown up and in this novel appears as a successful dancer. She is on her way to New York when the story opens and her guardian, the Honourable John Ruffin, is traveling by the same boat on business of his own. He has successfully evaded military service and is an object of scorn to all patriotic Britons on board. But of course, as the reader well knows, he is in government service and his business has to do with German spies. Indeed, throughout, the story is more concerned with German spy plots than with Pollyooly’s dancing.
“It has always been our opinion that Mr Edgar Jepson’s best period was that of ‘No. 19’ and ‘The mystery of the myrtles,’ and we regret that he should have bartered his heritage of fantasy touched with horror for machine-made private detectives and angel children who blossom into popular ballerinas.”
− + Ath p475 O 8 ’20 130w Booklist 16:282 My ’20
“A more than ordinarily entertaining detective story.”
+ Ind 103:322 S 11 ’20 60w The Times [London] Lit Sup p602 S 16 ’20 70w
JESSE, FRYNIWYD TENNYSON. Happy bride. *$2 Doran 821
20–20439
The first poem of this collection is based on an old Cornish custom: “In Cornwall, when an unmarried girl dies, she is borne through the streets followed by her girl friends dressed in white and singing a hymn of which the refrain is ‘O happy bride.’” Cornish legend also furnishes the motive for St Ludgvan’s well, The forbidden vision, The droll-teller, and Jennifer, Jennifer. Other titles are: Towers of healing; A little dirge for any soul; Youth renascent; Where beauty stays her foot; Lover’s cry.
“Of contemporaries, Miss Tennyson Jesse is closely related to Mr Bridges. She approaches him in the purity of her verse, the felicity of her phrase, in her rhythm and her descriptive quality. At no point, perhaps, does she attempt or achieve sublimity, but for evenness of accomplishment few living poets surpass her work.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p299 My 13 ’20 680w
JESSUP, ALEXANDER, ed. Best American humorous short stories. (Modern lib. of the world’s best books.) *85c Boni & Liveright
20–12376
“To the Modern library has been added ‘Best American humorous short stories,’ a selection from the writings of Poe, Curtis, Hale, O. W. Holmes, Mark Twain, Bunner, Stockton, Bret Harte, O. Henry and others, including several whose names are still familiar in the magazines. The editor is Alexander Jessup.”—Springf’d Republican
“The compiler steers a safe, somewhat academic course, and there are inevitably some inclusions of historical rather than hilarious interest.”
+ − Dial 69:103 Jl ’20 50w
“The book is both valuable and interesting. The tired business man will revel in it.” H. S. Gorman
+ N Y Times p8 Ag 1 ’20 220w
“The editor shows that mingled understanding of past and present which alone gives value to critical pronouncements or editorial work involving critical selection.”
+ Springf’d Republican p10 My 20 ’20 120w
JOAD, CYRIL EDWIN MITCHINSON. Essays in common sense philosophy. *$2 Harcourt 192
(Eng ed 20–6885)
“In ‘Essays in common sense philosophy’ C. E. M. Joad of Balliol college, Oxford, gives us a rethinking of contemporary metaphysics, in which his titular claim rests on the views that we do actually perceive things as they are, that apparent differences and discontinuities in experience are real and that the Hegelian theory of the state is essentially wrong, inasmuch as the state is only a subordinate institution within the larger whole of human society. The first point is made out on the basis of Meinong’s Gegendstandstheorie, which, even if it be accepted, is not obviously the reasoning of common sense. Similarly, the defense of pluralism, based on Russell’s treatment of relations, comes indeed to the plain man’s conclusion, but by a tortuous path. Two other important essays in this book are those on truth, and on universals.”—Springf’d Republican
“As with all books of this kind, the author’s treatment can be considered adequate only by those who agree with him. To others it will appear that the points neglected by the author are more important than those noticed by him.”
+ − Ath p539 Je 27 ’19 80w
“Mr Joad’s book is readable, interesting, and quite remarkably intelligible. There is an avoidance of technical jargon, and an admirable lucidity. It is a book which can be read with much profit by all who are interested in philosophy without being professional philosophers.” B. R.
+ Ath p652 Jl 25 ’19 1800w Booklist 17:7 O ’20 + Boston Transcript p6 Jl 31 ’20 170w Brooklyn 12:28 N ’19 50w New Repub 24:150 O 6 ’20 430w
“His book, though unsatisfactory to any student of philosophy who possesses a philological conscience and a critical historic sense, does in some sort canvass a number of the problems that we can escape only by refusing to speculate at all. It will serve as well as another to satisfy the commonplace metaphysical instinct. And the student who takes it up for this purpose will receive from it a fair measure of initiation into the study of philosophy, and of orientation and stimulus of his own reflections.”— Paul Shorey
− + Review 3:232 S 15 ’20 1100w
“This book should be widely read. It deserves close and careful study as an indication of the best lines of the metaphysical thought of today.”
+ − Springf’d Republican p10 Jl 1 ’20 300w
“His book is a real stimulus to thought.”
+ − The Times [London] Lit Sup p492 S 18 ’19 1000w
JOHNSEN, JULIA E.,[[2]] comp. Selected articles on national defense. v 3 (Debaters’ handbook ser.) $1.80 Wilson, H. W. 355.7
This volume, consisting of brief, bibliography and reprints, covers the subjects. The army, The navy, Military training, Military service, Disarmament and peace. Volume 1, by Corinne Bacon, was published in 1916; volume 2, by Agnes Van Valkenburgh, in 1917.
JOHNSON, ARTHUR. Under the rose. *$1.75 (2½c) Harper
20–15533
The titles of these stories are: The princess of Tork; Riders in the dark; The one hundred eightieth meridian; Mr Eberdeen’s house; The two lovers; The visit of the master; The little family; His new mortal coil; How the ship came in. The stories are reprinted from Harper’s and other magazines. The visit of the master appeared in the 1918 volume of Mr O’Brien’s “Best short stories.”
“‘Under the rose’ contains some charming tales. The happy whimsicality of expression in a number brings to mind similar happy whimsicalities of Henry James.” C. K. H.
+ Boston Transcript p6 O 2 ’20 400w
“This is a bewildering collection of stories, effective and yet at the same time not wholly satisfying. The themes treated are many, the transition from story to story sometimes marking a leap of mood difficult to achieve. Almost every story is successful by itself; and this, after all, is a great deal to demand of fiction.”
+ − N Y Times p27 Ja 2 ’21 420w
JOHNSON, CLIFTON. What to see in America. (American highways and byways ser.) il *$3 Macmillan 917.3
19–19488
“The book is concerned with the human interest of our country in nature, history, industry, literature, legend, and biography. It is intended for travelers who visit the places of interest in person, and also for those other travelers whom chance or necessity keeps at home, but who travel far and wide on the wings of fancy.... Under each state is included such things as the first settlement, the capital, the largest city, the highest point, and facts of general interest concerning its past and present that add to the traveler’s zest in visiting it.” (Introductory note) Each state in the Union has a chapter and there are 500 illustrations including several maps.
“Rather too brief for the intensive sightseer. No index, but full contents by states with mention of attractions.”
+ − Booklist 16:200 Mr ’20
“Mr Johnson has an observant eye, and he knows what he wants to say, but he is frequently unable to express himself in straightforward English.”
+ − Boston Transcript p7 Ja 7 ’20 400w
“Somewhere between a guide book and travel essays. Useful for reference.”
+ Cleveland p43 Ap ’20 40w
“The pictures are better than the history, and the history is better than the opinions, but there are few opinions and only enough history to add the right tincture of romance.”
+ Nation 111:163 Ag 7 ’20 190w
“His 500 illustrations are well chosen, well engraved and well printed; and they are frequently alluring. Probably there are few of those who read Mr Johnson’s book who will not feel a desire to let their own eyes gaze upon the wonderful spots which are here photographed.” Brander Matthews
+ N Y Times 25:53 F 1 ’20 1000w
“The numerous pictures are well selected. The traveled reader is sure to find new things as well as old in the volume, and the ‘stay-at-home’ will find here new zest for fireside travels.”
+ Outlook 124:203 F 4 ’20 80w
“Travelers may make good use of this volume, and it may be commended to public-school geography classes.”
+ R of Rs 61:221 F ’20 140w The Times [London] Lit Sup p244 Ap 15 ’20 70w
JOHNSON, ROBERT UNDERWOOD. Collected poems, 1881–1919. *$4 Yale univ. press 811
20–1009
The collection comprises the poet’s former volumes together with some new material. The contents are: The winter hour, and other poems; Songs of liberty, and other poems; Italian rhapsody, and other poems; Moments of Italy, and other poems; Saint-Gaudens: an ode; Later poems of occasion; Poems of war and peace; Poems of the great war; Poems chiefly of friendship or admiration; Later poems of the great war; Miscellaneous poems; Poems of Italy in war-time; Latest war-time poems.
“Many of his poems are occasional in character, and in these he displays his happiest inspiration. He has the professional after-dinner speaker’s talent for saying the right, the tactful thing about any person or event. Mr Johnson would make an excellent laureate.”
+ Ath p622 My 7 ’20 120w
“There is much sweetness—which never descends to mere prettiness—much grace and a good deal of fine thought finely expressed in melodious verse. Mr Johnson has long and deservedly enjoyed a special place of distinction in modern American poetry of the conservative tradition.” H: A. Lappin
+ Bookm 51:214 Ap ’20 60w
“To enjoy this volume you do not need to belong to any ‘school,’ nor to hold any poetic theory. All you need is to love poetry as the interpreter of the best things in nature and life.” H: Van Dyke
+ Boston Transcript p6 F 14 ’20 1900w
“All the poems are not of equal value. But the omnipresent dignity of Dr Johnson’s muse, his understanding love for Italy, and his unfailing respect both for his medium and his reader, bespeak alike the scholar and the citizen of the world.”
+ − Cath World 111:700 Ag ’20 150w The Times [London] Lit Sup p215 Ap 1 ’20 60w
JOHNSON, STANLEY CURRIE. Medal collector. (Collector’s ser.) il *$2.50 Dodd 737
The book furnishes a guide to naval, military, air-force and civil medals and ribbons in the following order: The pioneer medals of England; Early medals of the Hon. East India Co.; Peninsular awards; Waterloo awards; The naval general service medal; Campaign medals; British orders and their insignia; The Victoria cross; Service medals for bravery, etc.; Commemorative medals; Medals for long service, good conduct, etc.; Regimental medals; Civil medals; Medals of the United States; Foreign awards. The book contains eight plates in color and numerous other illustrations and has appendices, a bibliography and index.
JOHNSON, STANLEY CURRIE. Stamp collector; a guide to the world’s postage stamps. (Collector’s ser.) il *$2.50 (3½c) Dodd 383
The author rates the hobby of stamp collecting highly from an intellectual, an economic and a commercial point of view, but first and foremost as a pastime full of charm and fascination. Since there is so much that can be collected and so much that ought not to be collected he offers this guide which equally satisfies the beginner and the more advanced collector. The first few chapters deal with philately on general terms. They are: Planning and arranging the collection; Specialised collections; Technical matters; Stamps, desirable and otherwise; Forged and faked stamps; Sir Rowland Hill and other pioneers. Then a number of chapters are devoted to a description of stamps of definite areas and the last four are: The stamps of war; Rare stamps; Philately for the young; A glossary of philatelic terms with a bibliography and an index.
“If the author’s line of demarcation between stamps desirable and otherwise is rather arbitrary, his advice as to the best method of forming and continuing a stamp collection is at least accurate.”
+ − The Times [London] Lit Sup p10 Ja 1 ’20 550w
JOHNSON, THOMAS COSTELLO. Irish tangle and a way out. *$1.50 Gorham 941.5
20–5597
“Mr Johnson is an American clergyman (Church of the Holy Spirit, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, N.Y.) who went to Ireland in 1918 to give lectures about America’s part in the great war. The larger part of the book is historical—from early times to recent developments. Mr Johnson’s own solution is—with educational reform and the development of resources—federal government with parliaments for England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, and a central parliament at Westminster.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup
Reviewed by Preserved Smith
Nation 110:556 Ap 24 ’20 280w The Times [London] Lit Sup p191 Mr 18 ’20 100w
JOHNSON, WILLIS FLETCHER. History of Cuba. 5v il $45 B. F. Buck & co., inc., 156 5th av., N.Y. 972.91
20–10078
“Taking San Salvador as his point of departure, the writer follows the narrative of the discoverer, in which he traces his course from one island to another, and by this means identifies the place of landing of Columbus on the shores of Cuba. Thus is begun the history of the island. With the fourth chapter, Dr Johnson abandons travel for science, and enters upon geological and topographical history of the great island. Dr Johnson traces the history of the early years of Spanish settlement in Cuba, with great particularity down to the close of the sixteenth century.... Subsequent passages relate the military operations of an expedition under Admiral Vernon and the British plans for the conquest of Spanish America, the attack upon Havana and its capture; and finally, the negotiations which resulted in the return of the island to Spain. The story follows of the American war for independence and the rise of the Republic of the United States and its influence upon Cuban affairs.... The fifth and final volume of the series is concerned with the natural resources of Cuba today. This volume has been compiled under the auspices of the Cuban department of agriculture, commerce and labor.”—Boston Transcript
“There seems to be no feature in Cuban history and character left untouched in this scholarly and comprehensive presentation of a subject until now neglected.” E. J. C.
+ Boston Transcript p6 Jl 14 ’20 1750w
“It is on the whole well proportioned. If this history were condensed into a single volume it might serve a useful purpose. Its faults would appear less glaring. But for the general reader it is too long and costly, and as an accurately conceived and scholarly account of Cuba it is simply a waste of good paper such as the trade at this moment can ill afford.” C. H. Haring
− + N Y Evening Post p5 O 30 ’20 1550w
“Dr Johnson has looked at the facts, it may be said, from a Cuban point of view, and at the same time with a sense of proportion that is continental and international. He has produced not merely a manifesto of Cuban patriotism, nor on the other hand, a coldly detached compilation of facts, but a true national record. His work is not only a valuable archive or work of reference, but also a treatise of vital interest and importance to the people of this country.”
+ No Am 212:279 Ag ’20 2800w
“A well-written history.”
+ R of Rs 62:446 O ’20 20w
JOHNSTON, SIR HARRY HAMILTON. Mrs Warren’s daughter; a story of the woman’s movement. *$2 Macmillan
20–7923
“In his first novel, ‘The Gay-Dombeys,’ Sir Harry Johnston undertook to show us the second generation, the descendants of Walter Gay and Florence Dombey. Now he comes forward with ‘Mrs Warren’s daughter,’ taking up the history of Vivie Warren and of her mother at the point where George Bernard Shaw left it. When the novel begins, Vivie and her friend Honoria Fraser compose the firm of ‘Fraser & Warren, consultant actuaries and accountants.’ They are doing very well, but find themselves perpetually hampered by the regulations and laws forbidding women admission to various professions. In a spirit of revolt against these man-made restrictions, Vivie decides to cut her hair, don masculine apparel and become David Vavasour Williams.... In 1910 she finally drops Mr David Vavasour Williams and begins to take an extremely active part in the militant suffragist movement.... Mrs Warren had taken up her residence in Brussels, and that was how it came about that when Vivie was released from prison during the first days of the world war she went straight to Belgium to join her mother. The description of the experiences of these two women especially during the months of von Bissing’s ‘terror’ is very interesting and well done.”—N Y Times
“Whimsical, entertaining and clever. Readers who liked ‘The Gay Dombeys’ will like this.”
+ Booklist 16:348 Jl ’20
“The incidents of the masculine masquerade partake more or less of the nature of a fairy tale, but even though they are not credible, they are delightful in their humor and their vigorous views of passing phases of this world of English art, science and society. Nothing human is alien to Sir Harry Johnston.” E. F. E.
+ Boston Transcript p8 My 29 ’20 2100w
“The single compelling section of the book is the middle one, in which the effects of the Pankhurst leadership are given with circumstantiality; but this is brief, and the rest falls away from it both in matter and tone. It seems curious that Sir Harry could have found so rich a pocket of ore and not have tried to mine it to the rock. ‘Mrs Warren’s daughter’ is a too-simple sketch of a notable subject, and it is nothing more.” C. M. R.
− + Freeman 1:597 S 1 ’20 280w + − Lit D p97 O 9 ’20 1700w
“In ‘The Gay-Dombeys’ there was the high gusto and boyish delight of a gifted man’s successful experiment in a new form of activity. His second book is notably less fresh and engaging.”
+ − Nation 110:950 Je 26 ’20 550w
“Those who knew the zoological, geographical, anthropological, and other learned London societies some thirty or forty years ago will read these books with a double interest, for they will find that Sir Harry’s characters resuscitate past chapters in the history of scientific life in London. The author, it is needless to say, uses a light and nimble pen to draw word-pictures seen from a highly individualistic Harry Johnstonian angle.”
+ Nature 106:339 N 11 ’20 360w
“Judged as a work of art the book fails. The structure is stumbling and plodding: the style second-rate journalism. The characterization, with the admirable exception of the redoubtable Mrs Warren herself (she shows Sir Harry’s loving study of Dickens), is singularly superficial and conventional.” S. C. C.
− + New Repub 23:157 Je 30 ’20 800w
“Unfortunately, it puts not its best but its worst foot foremost, the poorest part of it being the first, in which occurs Vivie’s preposterous masquerade. It is not until the last third of the book and its sixteenth chapter are reached that the novel really begins to be distinctly interesting. This sixteenth chapter is headed ‘Brussels and the war: 1914.’”
+ − N Y Times 25:280 My 30 ’20 1200w
“The interest is of a queer nature, but it certainly exists.”
+ Outlook 125:431 Je 30 ’20 140w
“‘Mrs Warren’s daughter’ by contrast [with ‘The Gay-Dombeys’] is a laborious invention.” H. W. Boynton
− Review 3:709 Jl 7 ’20 300w
“We move in an atmosphere of sentimental romance, by no means disagreeable, but miles apart from everything which we associate with the initials G. B. S.”
+ − Sat R 129:456 My 15 ’20 450w
“On many matters of social interest he is fluent and furious, and those who like this style of thing will doubtless be thrilled. We, unfortunately, were unable to find anything like so many nice and amusing people here as there were in ‘The Gay-Dombeys,’ and must absolutely refuse to swallow Miss Warren.”
− + The Times [London] Lit Sup p200 Mr 25 ’20 580w
JOHNSTON, MARY. Sweet Rocket. *$1.65 (4c) Harper
20–18509
The strain of mysticism revealed in Miss Johnston’s previous novel is very evident in this book. Of story in the conventional sense there is none. Richard Linden has returned to Sweet Rocket, the home of his family before the war. Richard is blind, and Marget Land, who had been born on the place as the overseer’s daughter, acts as his secretary. There is a curious bond of unity between the two which has no relation to earthly love and both are bound to Sweet Rocket by deep spiritual ties. The spirit of the place is such that all who come to it, friends or strangers, fall under its spell. There are beautiful descriptions of the country alternating with discussions of a psychic and spiritual nature.
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton
Bookm 52:342 Ja ’21 470w
“Miss Johnston has revealed with keen perception the idea of individual growth and expansion toward Godhood, and the setting of her book is of idyllic beauty.” F. M. W.
+ Boston Transcript p5 D 4 ’20 520w
“Though some of Miss Johnston’s readers may be pleased that ‘Sweet Rocket’ is written in the same mystical vein and in furtherance of the same spiritual quest as ‘Foes’ and ‘Michael Forth,’ the majority will, at this third blow, relinquish with regrets the hope that she may ever again give us a novel in the manner of ‘To have and to hold.’”
− + N Y Evening Post p10 N 20 ’20 270w N Y Times p21 N 21 ’20 400w
“It is not enough to be sensitive to the beautiful—one must have a sense of relativity, of proportion. Miss Johnston here makes a too conscious effort at poetic expression.”
− Springf’d Republican p8 D 10 ’20 250w
JOHNSTON, ROBERT MATTESON. First reflections on the campaign of 1918. *$1.50 (11c) Holt 940.373
20–5656
The author, who was attached to the general staff at General Pershing’s headquarters in France for twelve months, where he had every opportunity of observing the working of our war machine, offers his reflections as a “constructive criticism of our combat army.” He points out the flaws, due to our neglect of national preparedness, and how they can be avoided in the future. As he foresees that the competition of highly organized industrial communities, for markets and for raw material, is about to produce a series of wars over the whole surface of the globe, he pleads for the highest possible efficiency and combination of naval and military power. Contents: The U.S. army before the war; Leavenworth; The conduct of war; The rank and file; The regular officers; The national army officer; The National guard officer; The general staff; General Pershing; Tactics; The replacement system; Our army of the future.
Booklist 16:300 Je ’20 N Y Times p27 O 10 ’20 400w R of Rs 61:558 My ’20 50w
JOHNSTON, WILLIAM ANDREW. Mystery in the Ritsmore. il *$1.75 (3c) Little
20–10309
The murder of a beautiful girl in the hotel apartment of a newly married couple takes place on the third day of their honeymoon. A young guest at the hotel, Anne Blair, is drawn into the case by her love of excitement. The mystery is apparently quickly solved by the police, and they let the matter drop. But Anne is not convinced it is so simple and, aided by John Rush, secretary to the millionaire, Harrison Hardy, keeps up independent investigations of her own. Her quest leads her into a maze of clues, which broaden out into a plot of international significance, in which great sums of money are involved. Although the plotters are clever, Anne Blair proves cleverer in the end, when she foils their schemes.
+ Booklist 17:34 O ’20
“It is an excellent mystery tale. As is often true of detective stories, the finale is something of a disappointment.”
+ − Boston Transcript p6 Jl 14 ’20 180w
“‘The mystery in the Ritsmore’ is an entertaining, ingenious and well-told yarn, which holds its secret up to the very end.”
+ N Y Times 25:23 Jl 18 ’20 350w
“The story is episodical, but is well enough knit to interest.”
+ Springf’d Republican p11a Jl 18 ’20 130w
JONES, ELIAS HENRY. Road to En-Dor. il $2 (2c) Lane 940.47
20–7946
This book, “being an account of how two prisoners of war at Yozgad in Turkey won their way to freedom,” (Sub-title), is incidentally an exposé of spiritualism. The author, in conjunction with a brother officer and prisoner, Lieutenant Hill, began his experiments in spiritualism in good faith, but soon saw a possibility of escape through skillful manipulations. They came to the conclusion that spiritualism has a most deplorable effect even on people whose mental powers one admires, causing them to lose hold of the criteria of sane conclusions. “The messages we received from ‘the world beyond’ and ‘from other minds in this sphere’ were in every case, and from beginning to end, of our own invention.” Yet through them it was possible “to convert intelligent, scientific, and otherwise highly educated men to spiritualism, by means of the arts and methods employed by ‘mediums’ in general.” Although the incidents described in the book may seem preposterous, the author vows for their truthfulness. The book is illustrated by Lieutenant Hill and has a postscript and appendices.
“To have made such an exposure at the present time is to have done a real and lasting service.”
+ Ath p195 F 6 ’20 100w
“Interesting as a war narrative, though told somewhat too much in detail. Also interesting propaganda for anti-spiritualists.”
+ − Booklist 16:308 Je ’20
“The book abounds in excellent and vigorous writing.”
+ N Y Times 25:28 Jl 4 ’20 430w
“The reader who begins ‘The road to En-Dor’ after dinner will probably be found at one o’clock in the morning still reading.”
+ Spec 124:111 Ja 24 ’20 1700w + Springf’d Republican p11a Je 27 ’20 380w
JONES, SIR HENRY. Principles of citizenship. *$1.25 Macmillan 320
20–12226
“This little book is intended for the use of such men as attended the Y. M. C. A. lectures in the British army abroad. The purpose is to give a general view of the duties and rights of citizens; and the language is, therefore, simple and expressive. An initial distinction is drawn between two conceptions of the state. The non-moral idea is said to be German. Suggestions are then made as to the problem of individuality which are held to refute the pacifist.”—Int J Ethics
“The author of this book is amiable and high-minded, but seems out of place in the stern modern world, a belated Victorian.” B. R.
− + Ath p270 My 2 ’19 530w Int J Ethics 30:115 O ’19 160w
“Must irritate any reader who really looks for some kind of serious thought in Great Britain. Sir Henry Jones might quite decently have left Hegel in his grave instead of serving him up to the Y. M. C. A. by way of education for the British army. He ingeniously combines several fallacies in one. In the first place, what he calls the state is really the nation. In the second place, the ‘good life’ is no more the object of one nation than another, and when a league of nations is in being the ‘good life’ might be supposed to have an international flavour about it. In the third place, no nation is worth its salt if the forces of improvement do not originate with individuals but derive their origin and impulse from politicians and bureaucrats.”
− Sat R 127:507 My 24 ’19 300w
“Sir Henry Jones has a firm grasp of moral principles, sadly neglected or defied by many people nowadays, and his exposition of his argument is singularly clear.”
+ Spec 124:355 Mr 13 ’20 200w
JONES, HENRY ARTHUR. Patriotism and popular education. *$4 Dutton 370
20–10632
“‘Patriotism and popular education; with some thoughts upon English work and English play, our evening amusements, Shakespeare and the condition of our theatres, slang, children of the stage, the training of actors, English politics before the war, national training for national defence, war and design in nature, the league of nations, the future world policy of America, capital and labour, religion, reconstruction, the great commandments, social prophets and social prophecy, competition and co-operation, the biologist and the social reformer, hand labour and brain labour, school teachers and rag-pickers, internationalism, and many other interesting matters, in a letter to the Rt. Hon. H. A. L. Fisher, president of the board of education.’ (Sub-title) The eminent playwright fully describes his book on the title-page, and it remains only to add that he pleads for practical education which would turn out good carpenters and good citizens, and has no patience with modern ideas that, as he considers, have put the majority of working-men ‘in open rebellion against the plainest economic laws.’”—Ath
Ath p283 My 2 ’19 170w − Ath p589 Jl 11 ’19 1100w
“Seems rather an outburst of annoyance than a constructively thought out criticism.”
+ − Booklist 17:94 D ’20 Brooklyn 12:83 F ’20 40w
“As an experienced writer he can express himself vigorously in from two to a dozen ways, can produce many interesting, many wise, many suggestive, many amusing, and many provoking paragraphs. But if one is looking for help in dealing with either educational problems or the problems of state, he will find many smaller books much more helpful.”
+ Nation 111:252 Ag 28 ’20 190w
“Suggestive as are Mr Jones’s opinions and arguments, stimulating as they are and thought-provoking, they are calculated for the meridian of Greenwich and not for that of Washington—which may make them a little less useful to us, although none the less entertaining.”
+ − N Y Times 24:389 Ag 3 ’19 2100w
“Throughout the book there are passages that deserve a praise that cannot be accorded to the whole as a statement of first principles or as a treatise upon education.”
+ − No Am 212:428 S ’20 1850w
“He can not write either lifelessly or tediously. He can not write foolishly, either; and, although you may now and again disagree with him, you will hardly find him repellently unsympathetic. On the other hand, you may be apt to feel, he does not leave you much of anywhere.”
+ − Review 3:111 Ag 4 ’20 500w + St Louis 18:56 Ap ’20 40w
“Mr Jones is in the mood of a man who has had a bad piece of work palmed off on him and writes an indignant letter to the Times about it. His book is a whole collection of indignant letters. The truth is that Mr Jones has not thought out his arraignment.”
− Springf’d Republican p11a Jl 18 ’20 1100w The Times [London] Lit Sup p183 Ap 17 ’19 540w
JONES, HERBERT. Well of being. *$1.50 Lane 821
20–7866
A book of poems composed of two parts, the first a series of love sonnets, the second, “O mistress mine!” a long narrative poem telling a story of youth and love in Vienna in the old light-hearted days of that city.
Reviewed by R. M. Weaver
Bookm 52:63 S ’20 30w Boston Transcript p4 My 26 ’20 200w
“Mr Jones writes love sonnets with ease and skill; sometimes with a truly graceful aptness. Sometimes he drops to what is merely trifling, or strikes a false note. The same may be said of the long poem which fills the rest of the book.”
+ − The Times [London] Lit Sup p110 F 12 ’20 120w
JONES, JOSHUA HENRY, jr. Heart of the world. *$1.25 Stratford co. 811
19–16027
The title poem was inspired by the speech of President Wilson in Boston on his first return from Europe in 1919. Among the other titles are: The pine tree; The parting; With you away; In summer twilight; Easter chimes; They’ve lynched a man in Dixie; Gone west; The universe; A southern love song; The potter and his ware.
“Fortunately we are not compelled to judge Mr Jones poetically by such a piece [the title poem]. With many another subject he is happier in both conception and execution. He has a broad range of interest and sympathies; has a discerning eye for nature and a warm emotion for simple experiences and personal associations.” W. S. B.
+ − Boston Transcript p10 Ja 31 ’20 550w
JONES, RUFUS MATTHEW. Service of love in war time. *$2.50 Macmillan 940.47
20–10376
“Rufus Jones’s ‘A service of love in war time’ is, as he says, ‘something more than the story of an impressive piece of relief work; it is the interpretation of a way of life.’ It is the story of the Quakers who found opportunity to express their pacifist convictions in reconstruction service in France. Incidentally it is a record of our War department’s methods in dealing with the conscientious objectors. Indeed it is this record of the religious objectors in the draft camps which is the most vivid part of Rufus Jones’s book—for he was the chief representative of the Quakers in long and painful negotiations with the military authorities. His account is a necessary corollary to Captain Kellogg’s book on the conscientious objector.”—Nation
“We commend this book to anyone who desires to read a story of singular and effective devotion and courage.”
+ Bib World 54:649 N ’20 200w Booklist 17:138 Ja ’21 + Nation 111:277 S 4 ’20 280w
“Can be recommended as an earnest, straightforward, well-detailed account of a great work.”
+ Springf’d Republican p8 Ja 13 ’21 170w
“It is easier to sigh for the book which this might have been than to criticize Mr Jones’s book for what it is. I could wish less emphasis on the inner experience and more details as to the outward work; less emphasis on individual conscience and more on the general lessons to be drawn from great experiences corporately shared. I could wish, too, for a less sentimental title.” E: E. Hunt
+ − Survey 44:731 S 15 ’20 380w
“The account [of the conscientious objectors] is instructive in many ways; it is free from any disposition to exaggerate such abuses of authority as occurred, and shows on the author’s part an admirable perception of the intricacy of the various interests and principles at stake. Yet we cannot but regret that he did not treat his part of his story more summarily.”
+ − The Times [London] Lit Sup p690 O 28 ’20 1250w
JONES, RUFUS MATTHEW. Story of George Fox. *$1.50 Macmillan
19–1571
“A volume in the series of ‘Great leaders’ lives.’ It is the story of a hero who for more than two hundred years has figured in histories and religious works, but whose personality has never been clearly outlined in popular literature. In this instance, at least, his biographer has succeeded in giving his subject a fair degree of definition.”—R of Rs
“Good concrete example of the ideals of the Friends, well written.”
+ Booklist 16:202 Mr ’20 Boston Transcript p6 Ja 3 ’20 180w
“Narrow as is its scope and unpretentious the style of this short biography written for young people, it portrays the founder of the Society of Friends with masterly art.”
+ Nation 110:269 F 28 ’20 400w
“A compact and well-written volume.”
+ R of Rs 61:334 Mr ’20 60w
JONES, SUSAN CARLETON (S. CARLETON, pseud.). La Chance mine mystery. il *$1.75 (2c) Little
Nicky Stretton, in the midst of his rough life as a miner, holds the vision of the wonderful “dream girl” who will some day come into his life. At the end of a day of discouragement, he comes home to find her, as beautiful as he had pictured her, seated by his fireplace. But it must not be supposed that they at once settle down to a life of sweet domesticity. On the contrary there are grave obstacles in the way. In the first place it appears that she is engaged to Nicky’s partner, and secondly, there is some mystery about her identity and her past which project an enemy into her present. Nicky is a bit slow about grasping the situation, but when he and the enemy finally come to grips, there is plenty of excitement and a startling number of hairbreadth escapes before his “dream girl” becomes his in reality.
“The tale is well told, skilfully setting forth a highly improbable action without letting us acknowledge to ourselves, while it is going on, that it is absurd.” H. W. Boynton
+ Bookm 51:584 Jl ’20 170w
“This is a novel of excitement in which neither characters nor setting are neglected for the sake of mere plot.”
+ Boston Transcript p7 My 8 ’20 520w
“Full of tender, whimsical sentiment that will make its appeal to men and women alike.”
+ Cleveland p50 My ’20 50w
“For plot and swift action ‘The La Chance mine mystery,’ with its charming love romance, in the setting of frozen forests, with their howling wolf packs, is a story of the great out-of-doors that will satisfy the most blasé reader.”
+ N Y Times 25:230 My 2 ’20 300w
Reviewed by Joseph Mosher
Pub W 97:997 Mr 20 ’20 250w
JONESCU, TAKE. Some personal impressions. il *$3 (6¼c) Stokes 923
20–3876
The author of this volume was former prime minister of Roumania. Of this English version Viscount Bryce writes in the introduction: “the descriptions it contains are for the most part vigorous sketches rather than portraits. Some, however, may be called vignettes, more or less finished drawings, each consisting of few lines, but those lines sharply and firmly drawn. Intermingled with this score of personal sketches there are also a few brief essays or articles which set before us particular scenes, little fragments of history in which the author bore a part, all relating to the persons who either figured in the war, or were concerned with the intrigues from which it sprang.” Contents: Monsieur Poincaré; Prince Lichnowsky; Count Berchtold; The marquis Pallavicini; Count Goluchowsky; August 2, 1914; Kiderlen-Waechter; Count Aehrenthal; Count Czernin; Count Mensdorff; England’s antipathy to war; The responsibility for the war; King Charles of Roumania; Herr Riedl; Count Szeczen; Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace; Baron Banffy; Roumanian policy; Tragedy; Count Tisza; Talaat Pasha; Prince von Bülow; Taticheff; France and the Teuton; A cousin of Tisza; New Italy; Why four last Germans; Eleutherios Venizelos; The kaiser.
“Some light is thrown on the events immediately preceding the war, and although the book is almost diplomatically polite, we see once more of what poor quality these official great men usually are.”
+ Ath p1387 D 19 ’19 50w + Booklist 16:275 My ’20 Dial 68:665 My ’20 50w + Ind 104:68 O 9 ’20 80w
“Through all the back-stage chat which a diplomat loves we catch sharp flashes which throw into new relief many of the great events connected with the war.” H. F. Armstrong
+ Nation 110:658 My 15 ’20 520w + R of Rs 61:445 Ap ’20 180w + Springf’d Republican p12 Je 8 ’20 400w
“The book, being what it is, naturally does not contain or profess to contain the matured contribution to the history of the last decades which we hope some day to have from his pen; but none the less it will be useful to many and can be read with pleasure by all.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p704 D 4 ’19 1300w
JOSEPH, MRS HELEN (HAIMAN). Book of marionettes. il *$5 Huebsch 792
20–26461
“The puppet show has flourished among many races and in different ages; it is primarily an outgrowth of the taste of the common people, though it has also entranced courts and kings. The range of interest that it has evoked is well set forth in this book, which also goes into the methods of constructing the puppets and the manner of operating them.”—Outlook
“The author is evidently so in love with her subject that her style assumes something of the charm and lightness of the puppets themselves.”
+ Booklist 16:268 My ’20
Reviewed by Margaret Ashmun
+ Bookm 52:347 D ’20 60w
“Helen Haiman Joseph and B. W. Huebsch have made their ‘Book of marionettes’ a treasure and a keepsake for children of all ages.” Maurice Browne
+ Freeman 2:18 S 15 ’20 1600w
“The history and aspect of the puppets are both charmingly recorded by Mrs Joseph in her ‘Book of marionettes.’ She writes with a fantastic, airy touch that suits her subject, and her illustrations are chosen with admirable erudition and taste.” Ludwig Lewisohn
+ Nation 110:597 My 1 ’20 1300w
“Her book is a labor of love by an amateur who has the necessary affection for her subject, but who does not pretend to the indispensable erudition.”
+ − N Y Times 25:10 Jl 4 ’20 2500w
“Amusing and whimsical book.”
+ Outlook 125:28 My 5 ’20 330w
“As the first book in English on an important and neglected subject, it is surprisingly good and doubly welcome.”
+ Theatre Arts Magazine 4:256 Jl ’20 310w
JUDSON, CLARA (INGRAM) (MRS JAMES MCINTOSH JUDSON). Junior cook book. $1.25 Barse & Hopkins 641.5
20–10578
The book teaches children of twelve, or under, to cook good, plain, nourishing food without any other help than the directions given. Special attention is given to vegetables and inexpensive dishes that have meat value. It is the author’s opinion that the boy as well as the girl ought to learn how to cook as a part of good citizenship. Every other page of the book is left blank for additional recipes and the last pages are devoted to suggested menus for breakfast, luncheon and dinner. The contents are divided into: Meats and dishes that have food value of meat; Vegetables; Breads, muffins, wafers and cookies; Salads and salad dressings; Desserts; Sandwiches; Jams and conserves; Good things to drink; Breakfast food; Confections.
“The selection of recipes is a sensible one for a general cook book.”
+ Cleveland p108 D ’20 40w
JUDSON, JEANNE. Stars incline. *$1.75 (2c) Dodd
20–2647
Upon the death of her mother Ruth Mayfield is sent to New York city to live with an aunt whom she has never seen, who is a celebrated, emotional actress, and who has the unique distinction of having divorced three husbands. Ruth in her early teens, dabbled below the surface of mysterious, occult things; to her amazement she discovers an actively evil hypnotic influence among her aunt’s servants. George, the powerfully built, red-eyed Hindu, not only very nearly kills Gloria Mayfield’s first husband by his mystic power of thought and faith, but also comes close to wrecking Gloria’s future. Ruth, however, quietly intervenes, and after much anxiety, has the happiness of seeing Percy Pendragon, Gloria’s first husband, miraculously restored to health; Gloria restored to Percy, and George’s sinister power utterly broken. Ruth’s own love affair together with her frustrated ambition to be a great artist, offset the mystic atmosphere that hangs over Gloria and her household.
Booklist 16:244 Ap ’20
“An amusing improbable tale, with a quasi-psychic twist that should create for it a furor among the many followers of the various cults now in vogue.”
+ Boston Transcript p8 F 28 ’20 60w
JUTA, RÉNÉ. Cape Currey (Eng title, Tavern). *$1.75 (3c) Holt
20–13976
The story transpires in Cape Town, around 1820, and involves much political history in the telling. It contains the mysterious figure of Surgeon-Major James Barry, and a mysterious garden to whose secret gate Barry has a key. A beautiful Dutch girl of the colony, Aletta, discovers the garden and its captive, an extraordinarily beautiful young man. To break through the wall is now the one desire of both. At the moment of success, when they are about to rush into each other’s arms, a pistol shot from the ever watchful slave, Majuba, kills the young man, and Barry, arriving opportunely upon the scene, tells Aletta that his son (rather her son, for Barry turns out to be a woman) was a leper.
“To offer criticism of such a clever and at the same time, such an original book, is difficult, yet one wishes that Réné Juta’s narrative was a trifle more coherent, in its first chapters at least. Nevertheless, ‘Cape Currey’ is an extraordinarily well written book.” G. M. H.
+ − Boston Transcript p7 Ag 25 ’20 460w
“It is evident that she knows its history so well that she can write of life there a hundred years ago with as sure a touch and as vivid a pen as if she were writing about her own garden. There are still greater skill and knowledge and noteworthy insight in the portraying of the characters.”
+ N Y Times p26 Ag 22 ’20 650w Outlook 126:378 O 27 ’20 40w
“The style of the performance is a little overelaborate, somewhat early Hewlettian in manner, but with a flavor of its own.” H. W. Boynton
+ − Review 3:318 O 13 ’20 120w
“This story of Cape Town a hundred years ago has sufficient merit to make us wish that it had still more. The language and spirit of a bygone day are sometimes effectively suggested. But we are repelled by the general crudeness of style, and deficiencies in construction.”
+ − Sat R 130:122 Ag 7 ’20 100w Springf’d Republican p11a S 12 ’20 200w