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Sabatier, Paul. Disestablishment in France; with preface by the translator Robert Dell, and the French-English text of the Separation law, with notes. *$1.25. Scribner.
This work “is partly an examination of the deep-seated causes (as distinguished from the accidental circumstances) which led to the denunciation of the Concordat, and partly an attempt to forecast the religious consequences of that extreme anti-clerical measure. In his treatment of the first half of his subject ... the author seems to us both lucid and just.... The second half of his volume is of a more speculative character. He fancies that he foresees ‘the advent of a new Catholicism’ and ‘the rising of new sap in the old religious trunk.’”—Lond. Times.
Acad. 71: 56. Jl. 21, ’06. 1820w.
“Not an important contribution to the literature of the ecclesiastical controversy in France. The tone of the author is as polemical as the style of the translator is journalistic.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 1: 512. Ap. 28. 1180w.
“The translation of the pamphlet is well done by Mr. Robert Dell, who also contributes an interesting explanatory preface.”
+ Lond. Times. 5: 146. Ap. 27, ’06. 740w.
“Its chief defect, for those who are not among the admirers of the writer’s earliest work is, as might be anticipated, its complete failure to attain an historical point of view.”
+ – Nation. 82: 489. Je. 14, ’06. 140w.
Reviewed by Walter Littlefield.
N. Y. Times. 11: 596. S. 8, ’06. 1350w. + Outlook. 83: 813. Ag. 4. ’06. 320w.
Sabin, Edwin Legrand. [When you were a boy.] †$1.50. Baker.
+ + Critic. 48: 479. My. ’06. 130w.
Saddle and song; a collection of verses made at Warrenton, Va., during the winter of 1904–1905. **$1.50. Lippincott.
+ R. of Rs. 33: 122. Ja. ’06. 40w.
Sadlier, Anna Theresa. Mystery of Hornby hall. 85c. Benziger.
A book for young people which contains the chivalric unearthing of a mystery guarded by a human tigress and one involving the happiness of a long wronged child.
Sage, William. District attorney. †$1.50 Little.
A son who dares to array his intellect, his honor and his ideals against his father, a trust magnate with an iron hand, fights a creditable battle for political, financial and domestic liberty. Impersonal right is his might even tho it make useless the tools without which his father is helpless. It is an interesting character study backed by sound principle.
“Not since Robert Herrick’s ‘The common lot’ has there appeared a finer study of present-day American life than ‘The district attorney.’” Amy C. Rich.
+ + Arena. 36: 570. N. ’06. 390w.
“A book that not only shows careful workmanship, but is apt to set the reader thinking rather seriously.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ Bookm. 24: 52. S. ’06. 460w. Critic. 49: 287. S. ’06. 120w.
“We are inclined to think that the note of didacticism is at times a little too effusively sounded: but to the book as a whole sincere praise may be accorded.” Wm. M. Payne.
– + Dial. 41: 38. Jl. 16, ’06. 330w. Ind. 61: 214. Jl. 26, ’06. 70w.
“Barring a touch of ‘preciousness,’ a proneness to euphuistic smartness not quite foreign to more sincere artists, the style of Mr. Sage would lend itself well enough to building up a story that might touch the reader as a page out of life. But instead of this, it has been employed to provide verisimilitude for a conventionally sensational tale about conventionally unreal people.”
– + Nation. 83: 39. Jl. 12, ’06. 340w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 385. Je. 16, ’06. 140w.
“The author tells his story in a straightforward, manly fashion. His book deserves a wide reading.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 431. Jl. 7, ’06. 400w.
St. John, J. Allen. Face in the pool. **$1.50. McClurg.
+ Critic. 48: 92. Ja. ’06. 50w.
Saint Maur, Kate V. Self-supporting home. **$1.75. Macmillan.
An interesting book which records an experiment made by an ambitious, energetic woman. From city flat life she transplants her family to the country, and shows how she makes a farm of twelve acres pay for itself and provide comfortably for all needs. She gives the stages in her farm development, with specific directions for each point gained, so that the book is of value to every amateur farmer and gardener.
+ Critic. 48: 479. My. ’06. 80w.
“She writes with that tempered enthusiasm that is apt to be convincing; and although she takes her subject seriously, she allows herself occasional touches of humor.”
+ Dial. 40: 130. F. 16, ’06. 380w.
“Full of sound sense and practical advice.”
+ Ind. 60: 225. Ja. 25, ’06. 350w.
“The style of the author is simple and unaffected.”
+ Nation. 82: 105. F. 1, ’06. 460w.
“The book is no theoretical treatise or dream, but the earnest work of a woman of charming personality, which she modestly strives to conceal, who in sharing the fruits of her success with a public that has need of the information given, does it a greater service than a score of learned writers on social and political economy.” Mabel Osgood Wright.
+ + – N. Y. Times. 10: 872. D. 9, ’05. 800w.
Reviewed by Louise Collier Willcox.
+ North American. 183: 121. Jl. ’06. 240w.
“It has particular value for the beginner in that the author was a city woman who had to learn by experience, so that she knows how to help others to avoid the mistakes which she made.”
+ Outlook. 81: 1038. D. 23, ’05. 160w.
“The author convinces us that she is intelligently at home in her environment, and that what she says is the result of discrimination and practical sense.”
+ Pub. Opin. 40: 93. Ja. 20, ’06. 140w.
“A simple, straightforward, delightfully written account.”
+ R. of Rs. 33: 511. Ap. ’06. 70w.
“There is much instruction to be found in the book.”
+ Spec. 96: 229. F. 10, ’06. 140w.
Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin. Portraits of the eighteenth century, historic and literary; tr. by Katharine P. Wormeley, with a critical introd. by Edmond Scherer. 2v. ea. **$2.50. Putnam.
Miss Wormeley has not only translated but edited these Sainte-Beuve essays in a manner to insure their popularity. There are portraits of such historic and literary personages as the Duchess du Maine, Le Sage, Montesquieu, Voltaire, the Earl of Chesterfield, Louis XV, Marie Antoinette, Frederic the Great, Necker, Mme. de Lambert, Grimm, Rousseau, Goethe, Prevost, Beaumarchais, Adrienne Lecouvreur and others.
“It would certainly be impossible to mistake them for anything but translations, and translations of a rather literal order.”
+ Ath. 1906, 1: 223. F. 24. 250w. + Critic. 47: 574. D. ’05. 60w. Critic. 48: 379. Ap. ’06. 130w. Critic. 49: 282. S. ’06. 90w.
“For delicacy, good taste, profundity of research, and brilliancy of finish, his work remains unique, and well deserves the tribute of adequate translation and sumptuous publication now being rendered it.”
+ + Dial. 40: 130. F. 16, ’06. 280w. + Ind. 60: 49. Ja. 4, ’06. 100w.
“For the most part accurately rendered, and disposed in such fashion as to convey a general impression of the interesting pre-Revolutionary epoch.”
+ + – Nation. 82: 10. Ja. 4, ’06. 110w. + N. Y. Times. 10: 836. D. 2, ’05. 220w.
“The translation by Katharine P. Wormeley is all that could be asked in sympathy, exactness and choice of phrase.”
+ + Reader. 7: 449. Mr. ’06. 510w. R. of Rs. 33: 117. Ja. ’06. 130w. – Sat. R. 102: 554. N. 3, ’06. 180w. + + Spec. 96: 948. Je. 16, ’06. 2240w.
Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman. History of English prosody, from the twelfth century to the present day. v. 1, From the origins to Spenser. *$2.50. Macmillan.
The first of a three volume work whose aim is to examine “through at least 700 years of verse what the prosodic characteristics of English have actually been, and what goodness or badness of poetry has accompanied the expression of these characteristics.” Mr. Saintsbury’s examination is based upon facts which he presents chronologically, showing the simultaneous development of language and versification. He says “In this book we do not rope-dance, but keep to the solid paths, and where the paths are not solid we do not care to walk.”
“When the three volumes of which the work is to consist are published, a blank in the history of our literature will have been filled. Few people more competent than Professor Saintsbury could have been found for the task.”
+ + + Acad. 70: 522. Je. 2, ’06. 1290w. (Review of v. 1.)
“One of the main qualities of Prof. Saintsbury’s book is what may be called its practicalness. The main value of the book is that it is a firm denial and, as it seems to us, complete disproof, of ‘the error that the prosody of English is a fixed syllabic prosody.’”
+ + Ath. 1906. 1: 629. My. 26. 2910w. (Review of v. 1.)
“What saves him from pedantry is his fund of humor, of a peculiarly literary quality, which is so closely allied, as all humor is, with common sense.”
+ + Ind. 61: 394. Ag. 16, ’06. 580w. (Review of v. 1.)
“There are many passages in Professor Saintsbury’s book which only experts will be able to understand. He calls it a history, and he has tried to make it one; but no one ever had a style less suited to the telling of a plain story. Yet, anyone interested in the subject will make a great mistake if he refuses to read the book because of the way in which it is written; for it has one merit great enough to atone for a thousand minor faults.”
+ + – Lond. Times. 5: 229. Je. 29, ’06. 2710w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The most extraordinary thing about this volume is that, unintentionally as it would appear, the author has produced the one English book now existing which is likely to be of real use to those who wish to perfect themselves in the formal side of verse composition.”
+ + – Nation. 83: 189. Ag. 30, ’06. 1560w. (Review of v. 1.)
“He writes in a breezy, somewhat pugnacious, frequently erratic style, ... and he manages to make even the dryer linguistic parts of his subject interesting.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 360. Je. 2, ’06. 740w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Freshness of style and illustration makes It much more delightful than most technical works.”
+ + Outlook. 83: 526. Je. 30, ’06. 150w. (Review of v. 1.) + + R. of Rs. 34: 254. Ag. ’06. 100w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Needless to say, the great erudition we have come to expect from all Professor Saintsbury’s work is apparent on every page.”
+ + Spec. 97: sup. 473. O. 6, ’06. 160w. (Review of v. 1.)
Saintsbury, George, ed. [Minor poets of the Caroline period.] 2v. v. 1, *$3.40. Oxford.
“The volume possesses so many points of interest that it is easy to forget the portentous mediocrity which is really its dominant feature.”
+ Spec. 96: sup. 115. Ja. 27, ’06. 1780w.
Sakolski, A. M. Finances of American trades unions. 75c. Johns Hopkins press.
Under the divisions, Revenue, Expenditure, and Administration, this volume in the “Johns Hopkins university studies in historical and political science,” gives the results of much careful investigation of the financial phase of the leading American, national and international trade unions.
Saleeby, Caleb Williams. Evolution the master key. *$2. Harper.
Instead of reducing “the many and ponderous volumes of the synthetic philosophy to brief and popular form,” the author attempts to justify his conviction “that the philosophy of universal and ordered change is far more easily demonstratable to-day than ever before,” and he proceeds with his demonstration “in the light of human knowledge in the first lustrum of the twentieth century.” His discussion falls into seven parts: General, Inorganic evolution, Organic evolution, Suborganic evolution, Evolution and optimism, Dissolution, and Evolution and the religion of the future.
“The work it is true exhibits certain defects perhaps unavoidable in so comprehensive a scheme. Some of the chapters are too brief to do anything like justice to the vast topics of which they treat.”
+ + – Acad. 70: 304. Mr. 31, ’06. 860w. + Harper’s Weekly. 50: 417. Mr. 24, ’06. 350w. Lit. D. 32: 519. Ap. 7, ’06. 1090w.
“The grand range and sweep of his reasoning is remarkable. He deals, and generally very ably though very briefly, with most of the profoundest problems of science and philosophy.” F. W. H.
+ + Nature. 74: 122. Je. 7, ’06. 750w.
“Dr. Saleeby has mastered his subject and knows what he wants to explain. He has a style lucid, incisive, exact, and boldly individual, and, considering his scientific enthusiasm, a sense of humor remarkably sane.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 193. Mr. 31, ’06. 1160w.
“Beyond his exposition of his great master, ‘an immortal,’ it does not appear that Dr. Saleeby has contributed anything of importance upon the subject of evolution.”
+ – Outlook. 82: 617. Mr. 17, ’06. 240w.
“Latest masterpiece of philosophy. Such recognition [of predecessors] does not grate, but rather makes an agreeable impression—and this, together with the use of the highest scientific ability and the purest English, makes this work invaluable in every way.”
+ + Pub. Opin. 40: 274. Mr. 3, ’06. 790w. R. of Rs. 33: 510. Ap. ’06. 130w.
Salter, Emma Gurney. Franciscan legends in Italian art: pictures in Italian churches and galleries. *$1.50. Dutton.
“A very valuable manual.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 1: 335. Mr. 17. 350w. + Cath. World. 82: 847. Mr. ’06. 210w.
“Pictures of the saint began to be made as early as the thirteenth century, and are usually to be found in rather out-of-the-way places, such as Greccio, Subiaco, Pescia, etc. Not the least valuable portions of Miss Salter’s book are the few pages of ‘Practical hints’ for the traveler, showing him how to reach these places.”
+ + Dial. 40: 199. Mr. 16, ’06. 250w.
“The author does not suffer from the modern disease—the fussiness of expert knowledge; and the little book disarms criticism because it is so unpretending.”
+ Lond. Times. 5: 11. Ja. 12, ’06. 150w. + Outlook. 82: 569. Mr. 10, ’06. 110w.
“An entirely sound, useful, practical, much-needed work, which it would be difficult adequately to praise, and impossible almost to overestimate.”
+ + – Sat. R. 100: 849. D. 30, ’05. 1010w.
Salter, William. Iowa: the first free state in the Louisiana purchase. **$1.20. McClurg.
“The little book seems quite free from errors.” E. E. Sparks.
+ + Am. Hist. R. 11: 442. Ja. ’06. 510w.
Saltus, Edgar Evertson. [Perfume of Eros; a Fifth avenue incident.] †$1.25. Wessels.
“The book’s superficial smartnesses fail to conceal its lack of serious intention.”
– + Critic. 48: 574. Je. ’06. 30w.
Saltus, Edgar Evertson. Vanity Square. †$1.25. Lippincott.
This “story of Fifth avenue life” written in the author’s clever vein is the unpleasant account of a man satiated with all the joys that wealth can buy, who has lost active interest in all things including his charming wife and child. A woman of rare beauty comes into his home to nurse his little girl, and then developes a most heinous plot in which this beautiful viper tries to murder the wife by means of a subtle poison, so that she may win the husband and his wealth. In the excitement of this discovery and the events which follow, in their selfish joy at their re-union and their re-found happiness, they allow her to go unchallenged, and discover too late that she has made another woman and another home her prey.
“Mr. Saltus has a strange taste in adjectives, and invents words that are new to our dictionaries.”
– Ath. 1906, 1: 792. Je. 30. 220w.
“Is a smart and interesting story; no better, ethically, perhaps than the ordinary ‘society novel’ but immeasurably better than most of that kind in its literary graces.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 365. Je. 9, ’06. 860w. N. Y. Times. 11: 382. Je. 16, ’06. 140w.
Sanborn, Katherine Abbott (Kate Sanborn). [Old time wall papers.] $5. Literary collector press, Greenwich, Conn.
An account of the pictorial papers of our forefathers’ walls, which includes, also, a study of the historical development of wall-paper making and decoration. Her treatment covers the following subjects: From mud walls and canvas tents to decorative papers, Progress and improvement in the art, Earliest wall papers in America, Wall papers in historic homes, Notes from here and there, and Revival and restoration of old wall papers.
“Should make a strong appeal to collectors of antiques as well as those interested in primitive house decoration.”
+ + Bookm. 24: 177. O. ’06. 330w.
“Miss Sanborn has had a most interesting subject in old time wall papers and she has treated it in a delightful manner.”
+ + Critic. 48: 383. Ap. ’06. 140w.
“Her book is likely to become a standard, and people who care for antiques will wish to own it.”
+ + Dial. 41: 41. Jl. 16, ’06. 350w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 160. Mr. 17, ’06. 740w.
Sanborn, Mary Farley. Lynette and the congressman. †$1.50. Little.
“Just a love story—and a particularly nice one.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ Dial. 40: 16. Ja. 1, ’06. 190w.
Sanday, Rev. William. Criticism of the fourth Gospel. **$1.75. Scribner.
Eight lectures on the Morse foundation delivered in the Union seminary, New York, in October and November, 1904. Stress is laid upon the internal argument for the authenticity of the fourth Gospel.
“The present volume bears the familiar marks that are characteristic of all Canon Sanday’s work: learning, clearness, fairness to opponents, judiciousness in judgment, conservatism.” Ernest D. Burton.
+ + – Am. J. Theol. 10: 115. Ja. ’06. 840w.
Reviewed by James Lindsay.
+ + + Bibliotheca Sacra. 63: 372. Ap. ’06. 630w.
Reviewed by James Drummond.
Hibbert J. 4: 442. Ja. ’06. 1880w.
“It seems a little strange that one so openminded as Professor Sanday should be unable to distinguish between intentional fraud and innocent pseudonymity, yet it is this inability which holds him to the traditional opinion on the question under discussion.”
+ – Ind. 59: 987. O. 26, ’05. 720w. + Ind. 59: 1160. N. 16, ’05. 40w. + Lond. Times. 4: 314. S. 29, ’05. 1690w. Spec. 96: 306, F. 24, ’06. 160w.
Sanday, Rev. William. Outlines of the life of Christ **$1.25. Scribner.
“The work is done with all the author’s painstaking care, scholarly balance and fairness of mind; a mind ever open to new light, but instinctively leaning to conservative positions.” W. Jones-Davies.
+ + Hibbert J. 4: 933. Jl. ’06. 1260w.
Sandys, Edwyn. Sporting sketches. **$1.75. Macmillan.
+ Ind. 60: 226. Ja. 25, ’06. 50w.
“As a sample of the better class of sporting literature Mr. Sandys’s work would be difficult to beat.” R. L.
+ + Nature. 73: 149. D. 14, ’05. 390w.
Sandys, John Edwin. Harvard lectures on the revival of learning. **$1.50. Macmillan.
“As a book they are pleasing but slight, though there is enough that is new and interesting to give the reader confidence in the future.” P. S. A.
+ Eng. Hist. R. 21: 200. Ja. ’06. 340w.
Sangster, Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth (Munson). Fairest girlhood. **$1.50. Revell.
With a heart full of affection for them, Mrs. Sangster has written once more a book for girls, for all sorts and conditions of girls, and it contains helpful little talks upon; The new Penelope, The old-fashioned schoolgirl, A liberal education, Health and beauty, The dreamy girl, Our restless girls, Love’s dawn, Home-keeping hearts, Heroines, Days of illness, The motherless girl, Friends and comrades, Christian service, and kindred subjects.
“Mrs. Sangster is a modern woman, and therefore has a strong sympathy for the modern girl and a real understanding of her needs and aspirations as well as of her possible limitations.”
+ Dial. 41: 398. D. 1, ’06. 160w.
“While it is throughout sane and practical, every one of its two dozen short essays is full of the spirit of that aspiration toward ideal femininity which was always the dominating characteristic of Mrs. Sangster’s literary work.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 808. D. 1, ’06. 90w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 868. D. 15, ’06. 80w.
“It deals with almost every phase of the life of girls, and is full of helpful suggestions.”
+ Outlook. 84: 793. N. 24, ’06. 120w.
Sangster, Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth (Munson). Radiant motherhood. **$1. Bobbs.
“The book as a whole is rich in matter of vital interest and worth to home-builders.”
+ + – Arena. 35: 106. Ja. ’06. 310w. N. Y. Times. 10: 808. N. 25, ’05. 130w.
Sangster, Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth (Munson). Story Bible. **$2. Moffat.
A group of sixty-two stories, forty-eight of which are from the Old Testament, and fourteen, from the New. They are intended for children as an introduction to the Bible itself.
“Like all of Mrs. Sangster’s writings, this book for children is pervaded with the beautiful and gentle spirit of her personality. To the more modern students of the Bible the book may seem inadequate. The author has revealed no unusual insight in finding the central theme of the stories told. Also from the point of view of present educational thought the book is faulty.” Sophia Lyon Fahs.
+ – Bib. World. 28: 349. N. ’06. 300w. Critic. 47: 577. D. ’05. 80w. + Ind. 59: 1387. D. 14, ’05. 30w.
Sankey, Ira David. Sankey’s story of the gospel hymns and of sacred songs and solos. *75c. S. S. times co.
The life story of Mr. Sankey followed by the words and music of four of his most popular hymns forms the first part of the little volume while the larger portion “is devoted to brief narratives of the circumstances occasioning the compositions and the incidents connected with the use of the very many of the ‘Gospel hymns’ so effective in Mr. Sankey’s ‘singing the Gospel’ which Mr. Moody preached.” (Outlook.)
+ Bib. World. 27: 480. Je. ’06. 20w.
“The book is of interest.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 289. My. 5, ’06. 250w. + Outlook. 82: 571. Mr. 10, ’06. 140w.
“The book is packed full of human interest.”
+ R. of Rs. 33: 511. Ap. ’06. 150w.
Santayana, George. [Life of reason; or, The phases of human progress.] 5v. ea. **$1.25. Scribner.
“Those who seek an abode for an abundant and varied life will find in his five volumes plans and elevations, together with many admirable suggestions for beautiful features or details very suitable for such a necessarily palatial residence as a developed modern mind requires.” T. Sturge Moore.
+ + Acad. 69: 1313. D. 16, ’05. 650w. (Review of v. 1–5.)
“One cannot take leave of Professor Santayana without grateful recognition of the excellencies of his style and marvelous lucidity and untechnical character of his language.”
+ + Am. J. Theol. 10: 161. Ja. ’06. 1490w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) + + Ath. 1906, 2: 128. Ag. 4. 1230w. (Review of v. 5.)
“The volumes on Art and Society are excellent. But his discussion of Religion calls to mind the theory that no heretic has ever been condemned for heresy.” George Hodges.
+ + – Atlan. 97: 416. Mr. ’06. 320w. (Review of v. 1–5.)
“Few readers will turn from its pages without consciousness of some mental renovation, without a whetting of some blunted perception.” H. B. Alexander.
+ + Bookm. 22: 527. Ja. ’06. 370w. (Review of v. 1–4.) Current Literature. 40: 411. Ap. ’06. 1450w.
Reviewed by A. K. Rogers.
+ + Dial. 40: 87. F. 1, ’06. 2330w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“For the combination of fertility, sanity, and keenness of insight in the criticism of life and human ideals, with a high degree of literary charm, it would be difficult to point its equal in modern philosophical literature.”
+ + + Dial. 40: 301. My. 1, ’06. 360w. (Review of v. 1–5.)
Reviewed by F. C. S. Schiller.
+ + – Hibbert J. 4: 462. Ja. ’06. 1410w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“He has well earned, therefore, the sustained interest which his readers continue to take in his ideas and in his style from first to last. And he has succeeded also in conveying a distinct impression of his individual soul which cannot but charm and instruct even those who differ widely from his views and dissent from the philosophic solutions which he favors.” F. C. S. Schiller.
+ + Hibbert J. 4: 936. Jl. ’06. 1320w. (Review of v. 3–5.) + + + Ind. 61: 334. Ag. 9, ’06. 1140w. (Review of v. 1–5.)
“Brilliantly written and stimulating exposition of his philosophy of life.”
+ + Ind. 61: 1171. N. 15, ’06. 50w. (Review of v. 1–5.)
“It was to be expected that Professor Santayana’s volume on art would be authoritative; and in the main this expectation is not disappointed.” A. W. Moore.
+ + – J. Philos. 3: 211. Ap. 12, ’06. 6300w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
“Despite the discordant note of finalism, it still remains that nowhere has the essentially vital character of reason been more clearly, forcefully and gracefully stated than in these volumes. Moreover, the distinctive thing in Professor Santayana’s important contribution is that this character of reason has been exhibited, not in formal and dialectic fashion, but by scholarly appeal to the various continual ‘fields’ of experience.” A. W. Moore.
+ + – J. Philos. 3: 469. Ag. 16, ’06. 1060w. (Review of v. 5.) Lit. D. 32: 362. Mr. 10, 06. 950w.
“Its philosophy may be admirable, but it is unintelligible to one not a trained metaphysician, and its style seems constantly on the verge of a lucidity which as constantly proves elusive.”
+ – Nation. 81: 508. D. 21, ’05. 120w. (Review of v. 4.)
“His work remains of high interest as a human document, and abounds in memorable sayings and incitements to quotations.”
+ + – Nation. 82: 81. Ja. 25, ’06. 850w. (Review of v. 3.)
“If it fails wholly to please us it must be because we are too weak to care for the truth, or too lazy to follow it. One can hardly fancy a work on natural science more clear or more logical.” Bliss Carman.
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 45. Ja. 27, ’06. 3870w.
“The fundamental misconceptions that have been noticed in the former volumes stand out in this. Professor Santayana’s skeptical criticism of scientific method and progress has the advantage of a charming literary style.”
+ – Outlook. 82: 717. Mr. 24, ’06. 310w. (Review of v. 5.)
“It is a work nobly conceived and adequately executed.” John Dewey.
+ + – Science, n.s. 23: 223. F. 9, ’06. 1290w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) + – Yale R. 15: 338. N. ’06. 170w. (Review of v. 5.)
Sargent, Dudley Allen. Physical education. *$1.50. Ginn.
Believing that the training of the body should be placed upon the same educational basis as the training of the intellect, Dr. Sargent has published these papers as pioneer efforts toward the realization of his ideals. The earlier physical condition of the American people is described, and the urgent necessity for some form of physical training is shown, then follow chapters which contain “the principle theories which the author has employed in evolving a comprehensive system of physical training.” The table of contents includes; Physical education in colleges, The individual system of physical training, Athletes in secondary schools, Military drill in the public schools, and Physical training in the school and college curriculum.
Satchell, William. Toll of the bush. $1.50. Macmillan.
“Owes its undeniable charm partly to the skill with which the author has utilised an unfamiliar and impressive background, and partly to qualities of sympathy and humour together with breadth and freshness of view.”
+ Acad. 70: 16. Ja. 6, ’06. 380w.
Saunders, Margaret Baillie-.Saints in society. †$1.50. Putnam.
The author’s first work accepted by Mr. Fisher Unwin for his “First novel library.” “A poor young couple become suddenly rich and experience all the debilitating effects of great wealth and a high social position in consequence. The husband forsakes the noble ideas of his younger days and finally dies unhappily. The widow founds a baby farm, where she lives quietly until it is decent for her to receive the lover whom she acquired, but held virtuously at bay, during her husband’s lifetime.” (Ind.)
“Her story is interesting, and it is written with a kind of rough power, but it does not come within a thousand miles of being literature, while considered as a picture of modern English life it appears to us to be frankly farcical.”
– + Acad. 69: 1105. O. 21, ’05. 550w.
“Mrs. Baillie-Saunders’s style is much the best thing about her novel. It is picturesque and clear, and has vivacity.”
– Ath. 1905, 2: 642. N. 11. 320w.
“The author may be a little arbitrary—but the book interests and half convinces.”
+ – Critic. 48: 510. Je. ’06. 330w.
“Was intended to be a good book.... But it is simply another case of people being led into temptation instead of out of it.” Mrs. L. H. Harris.
– Ind. 60: 1043. My. 3, ’06. 280w.
“A well conceived, but far too cursorily executed book.”
– + Lond. Times. 4: 350. O. 20, ’05. 450w.
“Here we have one more thesis novel, but despite the numbers of such this bears itself with a distinction quite its own.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 226. Ap. 7, ’06. 380w.
“The author writes with superficial smartness, but fails to impress her readers with the reality of her convictions or the artistic command of her material.”
– Outlook. 82: 858. Ap. 14, ’06. 100w. + R. of Rs. 33: 755. Je. ’06. 300w.
“Her work is an odd mixture of cleverness and absurdity, of improbability and realism, or knowledge and ignorance.”
– + Sat. R. 100: 725. D. 2, ’05. 160w.
“It is to be hoped that if Mrs. Baillie-Saunders continues to write she will acquire her experience at first hand, and will take rather more pains in the construction of her story.”
– Spec. 96: 63. Ja. 13, ’06. 240w.
Sauter, Edwin. Faithless favorite, a mixed tragedy. Edwin Sauter, 1331 N. 7th St., St. Louis.
A play founded on old Saxon chronicles in which such historical personages as King Edgar, Athelstane, Athelwold, Elfrida and Dunstan figure. “It contains a deal of frank language and some bitterness.” (N. Y. Times.)
N. Y. Times. 10: 898. D. 16, ’05. 70w.
Savage, Charles Woodcock. Lady in waiting; being extracts from the diary of Julie de Chesnil, sometime lady in waiting to her majesty Queen Marie Antoinette. †$1.50. Appleton.
“The romance of a little French countess in the court of Marie Antoinette.... Escaping ‘paying the debt’ that all her family paid with their lives, the lady fled to America, where she won the republican court at Washington as she had the aristocratic court of France. We are gratified to know that her sweetness and beauty were rewarded by happy love and a home in her own country at last.”—Outlook.
“Much familiar historical material is worked into the plot, but the style is good.”
+ Critic. 49: 94. Jl. ’06. 70w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 322. My. 19, ’06. 480w.
“Is interesting, though not novel either in plot or style.”
+ Outlook. 82: 717. Mr. 24, ’06. 90w.
Savage, Minot Judson. America to England, and other poems. **$1.35. Putnam.
“There are some notably good poems in the new volume.”
+ + Reader. 7: 563. Ap. ’06. 260w.
Savage, Minot Judson. Life’s dark problems; or, Is this a good world? **$1.35 Putnam.
“A distinct and powerful spiritual impulse is inevitable to the Christian who will read these luminous pages.” Edward Braislin.
+ Am. J. Theol. 10: 571. Jl. ’06. 230w.
“The title of his book and the subjects considered suggest help and comfort to the sorrowful and perplexed: but if that be the author’s purpose, he has marred his work by slashing doctrinal controversy.”
+ – Ind. 59: 1541. D. 28. ’05. 190w.
Scarritt, Winthrop Eugene. Three men in a motor car. **$1.25. Dutton.
Mr. Scarritt, a former president of the Automobile club of America, tells the story of a tour which three enthusiastic automobilists made first thru England, thence to Paris, next to Lucerne by way of Basle, Switzerland, to Geneva, and back to Paris thru Aix-les-Bains. The illustrations show roads that an American only dreams of—the too-good-to-be-true variety.
“The intrinsic value of the book lies in the specific information that he gives to other automobilists as to how to ‘do’ Europe in a motor car.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ Dial. 40: 363. Je. 1, ’06. 320w. + Ind. 60: 1379. Je. 7, ’06. 60w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 385. Je. 16, ’06. 100w. + Outlook. 83: 336. Je. 9, ’06. 60w.
“Will be most thoroughly appreciated and enjoyed by traveled Americans.”
+ R. of Rs. 33: 764. Je. ’06. 90w.
Schafer, Joseph. History of the Pacific northwest. **$1.25. Macmillan.
“Except for this neglect of the national point of view, Professor Schafer’s book could scarcely be improved.” F. H. Hodder.
+ + – Am. Hist. R. 11: 949. Jl. ’06. 480w.
“The author’s tone and treatment are admirable, and we can highly commend this most lucid history of the Pacific North-West.”
+ + Spec. 96: sup. 123. Ja. 27, ’06. 260w.
Schauffler, Robert Haven. Where speech ends. $1.50. Moffat.
In this music makers’ romance “all the persons concerned are members of the great Herr Wolfgang’s symphony orchestra.... Franz, who is introduced as a boy violinist, sick with desire to be a real boy instead of a musical prodigy, grows up to be a very noble and serious sort of a genius. The other boy, who had the passion for the flute, also grows up, to play Jonathan to Franz’s David. And there is a girl. The girl plays the harp and writes poems, and she is very lovely and very good.... The other leading characters are a first violin, who is a villain, and the conductor, the famous Herr Wolfgang. The remainder of the orchestra is cast for comic parts.”—N. Y. Times.
“Nor can it honestly be said that Mr. Schauffler has given us a very satisfactory analysis of the musical temperament.”
– Critic. 49: 93. Jl. ’06. 120w.
“The story is essentially one of incidents, loosely strung together, charming in their freshness, and intimate in their revelation of the musician’s everyday life. It makes reading of an altogether wholesome and delightful sort.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ Dial. 41: 242. O. 6, ’06. 480w.
“It has an unhackneyed theme ... worked out in a convincing, if unskilful, way, and it tells an exceedingly pretty love story.”
– + Lit. D. 33: 138. Ag. 4, ’06. 100w.
“There is no story except in a mechanical sense. The author is like his own young flutist—more absorbed than inspired.”
– N. Y. Times. 11: 358. Je. 2, ’06. 430w.
“A book not to be read very critically; its shortcomings are too obvious.”
– Outlook. 83: 818. Ag. 4, ’06. 130w.
Scherer, James Augustine Brown. Holy Grail. **$1.25. Lippincott.
“The Holy Grail” is the “binding theme that unites this sheaf of essays and addresses.” The first bears the title subject; the two following sketch the work of Henry Timrod and Sidney Lanier respectively, than whom “no men since the days of Galahad and Percivale have more utterly lost themselves in the knightly quest;” and the last three essays are “The crusaders,” “Liberty and law” and “The century in literature.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 354. Je. 2, ’06. 530w. Putnam’s. 1: 253. N. ’06. 110w.
Schiaparelli, Giovanni Virginio. Astronomy in the Old Testament. *$1.15. Oxford.
A scientific treatment of the scattered astronomical data of the Old Testament by the director of the Brere observatory in Milan. “The introduction discusses Israel’s learned men and its so-called scientific knowledge; and its general view of the physical world as seen in the book of Job. The firmament, the earth, and the abysses are sketched in a figure, which seems to represent as nearly as can be done, the Hebrew idea of the world. Indeed, it greatly aids the reader in understanding many hitherto obscure passages regarding the abyss, the depths of sheol, etc. With a master’s skill he treats stars and constellations—dependent, however, in many places on the results of Hebrew scholars for his word-meanings. The days, months, and the year of the Jewish calendar are particularly instructive after his discussion. While he recognizes some value in the Babylonian astronomical data, he is distinctly conservative in his use of them.” (Am. J. Theol.)
“We are disappointed to find that the Clarendon press should allow a book of such intrinsic value to leave its presses without an index of subjects and scripture texts. Such omission discounts its value in these times.” Ira Maurice Price and John M. P. Smith.
+ – Am. J. Theol. 10: 326. Ap. ’06. 210w.
“It is impossible to read this interesting little work without admiring the wealth of learning with which the author has discussed astronomical and chronological allusions in the Old Testament; and. for the reasons given above, the English edition will be of value even to those who have read the Italian.”
+ + Ath. 1905, 2: 650. N. 11. 260w.
“Has been turned into very good English. The book with all its discursiveness or rather by reason of it, is quite entertaining.”
+ Nation. 82: 246. Mr. 22, ’06. 1160w.
“All is most interestingly expressed, and the archæological and historical references are most valuable.”
+ + – Nature. 74: 410. Ag. 23, ’06. 410w.
“Dr. Schiaparelli’s little book has been excellently translated, and is likely to be accepted as the final authority on questions relating to Hebrew astronomy.”
+ + Spec. 97: 23. Jl. 7, ’06. 470w.
Schillings, C. G. Flashlights in the jungle; tr. by F: Whyte from the Germ. with co-operation of the author. **$3.80. Doubleday.
Same; with title With flashlight and rifle; photographing by flashlight at night the wild animal world of equatorial Africa; tr. and abridged from the Germ. by Henry Zick. **$2. Harper.
A naturalist’s reproduction of the intimate life of animals “which no human eye had ever before witnessed.” “The lion, elephant, giraffe, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, zebra, and hyena, monkeys, antelope, jackals, leopards, and many kinds of birds are the subjects. All of them Mr. Schillings has hunted, photographed, studied, and killed, often at the greatest risk.” (Outlook.)
+ Ath. 1906, 1: 476. Ap. 21. 460w.
“His pluck, endurance, sincerity and enthusiasm are as real as his pictures.”
+ + Critic. 48: 383. Ap. ’06. 350w.
“It is probably no exaggeration to say that this is the most remarkable book of wild animal photography that has ever been printed, but there our praise is inclined to stop. We can commend the laborious efforts of Mr. Schillings in gathering his elaborate scientific data, but we can hardly praise his narrative or descriptive skill.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ + – Dial. 40: 232. Ap. 1, ’06. 780w.
“The translation [by F: Whyte] is a good one and appears to follow the text closely. It is a portrait gallery of wild life for Africa, such as is Wallihan’s ‘Camera shots at big game’ for the Rocky mountains.”
+ + Ind. 60: 221. Ja. 25, ’06. 720w. Ind. 61: 1172. N. 15, ’06. 16w.
“The book ... is not a unified whole so much as a series of detached monographs in which a great deal too much is taken for granted. The work has obviously suffered in translation.”
+ – Lit. D. 32: 733. My. 12, ’06. 760w.
“His observations of their habits, full of careful insight as they are, add a large number of substantial stones to the cairn of human knowledge.”
+ + Lond. Times. 5: 36. F. 2, ’06. 520w.
“The finest series of reproduction of photographs from life of the various animals encountered which have ever been produced.”
+ + Nation. 82: 183. Mr. 1, ’06. 1660w.
“Neither he nor his translator, Frederick Whyte, excels in narrative or descriptive skill. The work ... is packed with information and suggestion.”
+ + – N. Y. Times. 11: 31. Ja. 20, ’06. 1300w.
“The volume contains what is probably the most remarkable series of photographs ever made of wild animals in their native haunts.”
+ + Outlook. 81: 717. N. 25, ’05. 80w.
“Aside from his photographs, Herr Schillings’s book is a valuable account of exploration and of hunting big game; it is a sturdy narrative, the dramatic value of which one does not have to be a hunter to appreciate.”
+ + Pub. Opin. 39: 602. N. 4, ’05. 140w.
“The translation seems to be well done, and the text is extremely interesting from end to end.” Francis H. Herrick.
+ + Science, n.s. 23: 540. Ap. 6, ’06. 2480w.
“His book is a real contribution to our knowledge of wild beasts.”
+ + – Spec. 96: 343. Mr. 3, ’06. 900w.
Schmidt, Ferdinand. [Gudran], tr. from the German by George P. Upton. *60c. McClurg.
Uniform with the other volumes of the “Life stories for young people” series, this old German epic, which traces its origin to the thirteenth century, is put into a simple prose form which brings the romance of Gudran the courageous maiden of long ago, within the reach of the less venturesome little maids of today.
Schmidt, Ferdinand. Nibelungs, tr. from the German by George P. Upton. *60c. McClurg.
The translator has used the old form of English expression in this version of the Nibelungen Lied which gives it a quaintness in keeping with the story of Siedfried, Kriemhild, Brunhild, Hagen and the rest. The story has been slightly softened and some parts have been omitted to make it conform in both size and style to the other volumes of the “Life stories for young people” series.
Schmidt, Nathaniel. Prophet of Nazareth. **$2.50. Macmillan.
“It is Professor Schmidt’s aim in these chapters to show how the creeds pictured Christ, how the mind of the modern world has moved away from these dogmatic positions, that there was no Old Testament anticipation of the appearance of such a person as Jesus of Nazareth, that the term ‘Son of Man’ was not a Messianic title, that Jesus never claimed to be the Messiah ... that his life as it can be reconstructed was noble and simple, that his teaching was characterized by marvelous insight into ethical and religious conditions and equally marvelous ability to point to a sure remedy for many individual and social ills, that ... the influence of Jesus has been the mightiest force for good during all these centuries, that in our present problems with all their variety and perplexity we need the leadership of Jesus.”—Int. J. Ethics.
“Scholars may say that Schmidt leaves his proper subject in order to deliver a sermon on modern life. But many a one, on whom lies heavy the weight of the problems of the present age, will be grateful to him for his burning words, and will feel that not for nothing has the author sat so long at the feet of the prophet of Nazareth and heard His word.” R. T. Herford.
+ – Hibbert J. 5: 221. O. ’06. 2020w.
“No American scholar has made a greater contribution to the understanding of the creative days of the Christian religion.”
+ + Ind. 61: 1165. N. 15, ’06. 110w.
“Broad and accurate as the scholarship is in the main, and much as one admires the mastery which it displays, of many and varied fields of learning, it nevertheless goes astray at the most crucial point, the analysis and exegesis of the Synoptic Gospels.” George A. Barton.
+ – Int. J. Ethics. 17: 110. O. ’06. 5400w. + – Spec. 97: 87. Jl. 21, ’06. 2020w.
Schnabel, Clark. Handbook of metallurgy, tr. by Henry Louis. 2v. *$6.50. Macmillan.
“It is the best book of its kind, and that is the best that can be said of it.”
+ + + Nation. 82: 11. Ja. 4, ’06. 440w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The translation, as well as the original, bears the impress of authority and direct knowledge.”
+ + Sat. R. 101: 500. Ap. 21, ’06. 300w. (Review of v. 1.)
“As a whole, the book is reliable. The material is sufficiently comprehensive to give a thorough review of present metallurgical practices and the history of their development from early times.” Joseph Struthers.
+ + Science, n.s. 23: 66. Ja. 12, ’06. 610w. (Review of v. 1.)
Schoonmaker, Edwin Davies. [Saxons: a drama of Christianity in the North.] $1.50. Hammersmark.
“‘The Saxons’ is one of the best reading dramas that has appeared in years. The thought is elevated and it is presented with the dignity that such a theme requires.”
+ + Arena. 35: 555. My. ’06. 580w.
Schouler, James. Americans of 1776. **$2. Dodd.
“‘An original study of life and manners, social, industrial, and political, for the revolutionary period.’ It comprises in substance occasional lectures given at Johns Hopkins university during the years 1901–1905.”—Am. Hist. R.
Am. Hist. R. 11: 746. Ap. ’06. 40w.
“The author of a standard history of the United States has here supplemented his larger canvases with what one might be tempted to call literary picture postals of colonial scenes.” Woodbridge Riley.
+ Bookm. 23: 627. Ag. ’06. 1260w.
“Other writers have in recent times attempted with varying success to give us glimpses of the environment of our forefathers,—their homes, their furniture, and their customs; but no one has approached the task with the scholarly experience of Mr. Schouler.”
+ + Dial. 40: 299. My. 1, ’06. 500w.
“Not deterred by the ‘dignity of history,’ the author has seized the straws floating upon the currents of colonial life and arranged them in an entertaining way.”
+ Ind. 61: 221. Jl. 26, ’06. 450w.
“A most entertaining and distinctly valuable volume. Hardly a detail escapes his eager scrutiny.”
+ + Lit. D. 32: 770. My. 19, ’06. 720w.
“The author, indeed, makes no claim to originality of treatment, and if there is from first to last no observations of a profound or illuminating character, we have observed few misleading or erroneous statements.”
+ + Nation. 82: 347. Ap. 26. ’06. 340w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 319. My. 19, ’06. 110w.
“A novel monograph which should find a place in the working library of every student of American history and a wide circulation among the educated public generally.”
+ + Outlook. 83: 904. Ag. 16, ’06. 1040w.
Schuen, Rev. Joseph. Outlines of sermons for young men and young women; ed. by Rev. Edmund J. Werth. *$2. Benziger.
“Building materials,” “simple sketches,” “outlines,” are the author’s words for a series of chapters which he hopes will help the preacher to build finished addresses for young men and women in Roman Catholic leagues and sodalities. The young man’s aim, and amusements, the path of iniquity, drunkenness, impurity, The Christian young woman’s crown, the virtue of modesty, wolves in sheep’s clothing and kindred subjects are treated.
Schultz, Hermann. Outlines of Christian apologetics for use in lectures: tr. from 2d enl. ed. by Alfred Bull Nichols. **$1.75. Macmillan.
Am. J. Theol. 10: 372. Ap. ’06. 280w. + Ath. 1906, 1: 696. Je. 9. 640w.
Schupp, Ottokar. William of Orange, tr. from the German by George P. Upton. *60c. McClurg.
This volume in the “Life stories for young people” series, furnishes an elevating study for youth in the life of William the Silent and the noble part he played in the history of the Netherlands. The whole story of cruelty and bloodshed is given in a such way that the moral is not lost.
Schuyler, Livingston Rowe. Liberty of the press in American colonies before the revolutionary war; with particular reference to conditions in the royal colony of New York. **$1. Whittaker.
“The very first amendment adopted for the Constitution of the United States was that which forbids congress making any law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press. What existed in this country before that time in regard to the freedom of the press is told in a most interesting and curious way in this monograph. The several chapters take up the question as it existed in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and the Southern colonies, while the conclusions reached in the final chapter show that at the close of the period under discussion there was really no liberty of the press as we now understand the term.”—Outlook.
“Authorities in print have mainly been consulted; dates are lacking in places where they ought to appear, and where they could have been given with a little further research; and the index is inadequate.”
+ – Nation. 83: 267. S. 27, ’06. 520w. + Outlook. 82: 763. Mr. 31, ’06. 180w.
Schuyler, William. Under Pontius Pilate. †$1.50. Funk.
With a setting true to historical fact, and in the spirit of reverence the author has traced the important events of the closing years of Jesus’ mission. The story is in the form of letters written by a nephew of Pontius Pilate to a friend in Athens. There are near-by views of the disciples, of Mary Magdalene, of people whom Jesus healed, of the Roman officials and of the mob. The book has the atmosphere of dramatic intensity thruout.
“Aside from the intrinsic value of the narrative ... the interest of the book lies in its unusual point of view and in the vraisemblance which the author has contrived to impart to a contemporary account of the momentous epoch.”
+ Lit. D. 33: 646. N. 3, ’06. 300w. + Lit. D. 33: 858. D. 8, ’06. 90w. N. Y. Times. 11: 799. D. 1, ’06. 120w.
Schwartz, Julia Augusta. Elinor’s college career. †$1.50. Little.
The girl who came to college for fun, the one who was sent, the daughter of wealth who came for the sake of atmosphere, and the “shabby girl” whom the other three call a genius are roommates and chums during their four years at college—presumably Vassar. Their frolics and study make anything but tame pastime for the young reader bent upon wholesome entertainment.
+ Nation. 83: 514. D. 13, ’06. 20w.
“There is very little of the story element in the book, but the author is skillful and vivid in her portrayal of student life and of the characters of the young women, and the young girls who are looking forward to a college career will find the book very readable.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 760. O. 27, ’06. 100w.
Scollard, Clinton. Odes and elegies. *$1.35. G. W. Browning, Clinton, N. Y.
“His rhythms are raised above mediocrity only by their almost unvaried pomp. His style is in keeping; it is lacking in precision as much as in restraint.”
– Acad. 70: 59. Ja. 20, ’06. 480w.
Scott, Duncan Campbell. New world lyrics and ballads. 60c. Morang.
“Mr. Scott has taken imaginative possession of the cool, pinegrown, history-haunted Canadian country, and has sung of it in spare athletic verse. His poetic background is not of the broadest, his ‘criticism of life’ not perhaps of the deepest, but he rarely fails to give his reader that delicious shock of surprise of strange and vivid beauty that is the final test of Poetry as distinguished from poetry.”—Nation.
“Includes several pieces in somewhat ruder measures than are acceptable to a sensitive ear, but contains also a few poems as good as any that the author has previously published.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ – Dial. 40: 127. F. 16, ’06. 370w.
“Are pieces of a keen poetic tang.”
+ Nation. 82: 326. Ap. 19, ’06. 80w. N. Y. Times. 11: 434. Jl. 7, ’06. 100w.
Scott, Eva. King in exile: the wanderings of Charles II. from June, 1646 to July, 1654. *$3.50. Dutton.
“A thoroughly workmanlike piece of writing.” V.
+ + + Eng. Hist. R. 21: 828. O. ’06. 150w.
Scott, John Reed. [Colonel of the Red huzzars.] †$1.50. Lippincott.
The mythical kingdom of Valeria becomes very real to the reader who follows the fortunes of the young American army officer who becomes a grand duke and a suitor for the hand of his new found cousin, the beautiful princess royal. The story is full of love and intrigue, of court life, masques and duels and one meets a king, a villain, an adventuress, a dashing prince, a very human princess and many other people both brave and clever in the course of the well devised plot.
“While the book is not without exaggeration and incongruity it at least keeps above the level of the ‘opera bouffe.’” Frederic Taber Cooper.
– + Bookm. 24: 51. S. ’06. 510w.
“The story is a capital one of its kind.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ Dial. 41: 116. S. 1, ’06. 310w. Lit. D. 33: 284. S. 1, ’06. 240w.
“Those with a taste for love, sword, and mystery in liberal mixture will find this volume a pleasant toothful.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 386. Je. 16, ’06. 110w.
Scott, Robert H. Voyage of the Discovery. 2v. **$10. Scribner.
“Captain Scott’s account of the voyage of the ‘Discovery’ is the most important narrative of adventure and investigation in the Antarctic regions that has been produced in the last half century.” Albert White Vorse.
+ + Bookm. 23: 292. My. ’06. 1780w.
“Despite blemishes, this story of effort will long endure as a standard of high endeavor and heroic accomplishment.” General A. W. Greely.
+ + – Ind. 60: 33. Ja. 4, ’06. 2590w.
“An intensely interesting story of the adventures of his party.”
+ + Lit. D. 32: 140. Ja. 27, ’06. 1110w.
“The narrative of Captain Scott easily takes rank among the foremost books of travel and discovery which a half-century has brought out, and it will be read with the same pleasure that both old and young like to associate with the reading of Livingstone and Kane.”
+ + + Nation. 82: 13. Ja. 4, ’06. 1710w.
“Is a most valuable contribution to the knowledge of what will probably always be one of the most interesting parts of the Antarctic continent. It is written in a charmingly easy and fluent style; the narrative is modest and frank: and the story is always pleasant reading.” J. W. Gregory.
+ + Nature. 73: 297. Ja. 25, ’06. 2610w.
“Probably the most complete account of the antarctic regions ever published in English.”
+ + R. of Rs. 33: 125. Ja. ’06. 100w.
Scott, Sir Walter. Complete poetical works; with introd. by Charles Eliot Norton. $1.25. Crowell.
Uniform with the “Thin paper poets,” this pocket edition of Scott contains besides the complete text full editorial helps.
Seaman, Louis Livingston. Real triumph of Japan; conquest of the silent foe. **$1.50. Appleton.
“Major Seaman expatiates further in this volume upon the same theme exploited by him in his former account of his experiences with the Japanese army—the success of the Japanese officials in preventing and curing disease. The reasons for this remarkable record are the simple, non-irritating food of the Japanese soldier, the obedience to orders of the surgeons invariably displayed, and the thorough preparation and constant vigilance of those in charge of the health of the army. Major Seaman considers this a greater victory than that won on the field of battle, and makes an earnest plea for similar measures in the American army.”—Critic.
+ + Ath. 1906, 1: 703. Je. 9. 360w.
“The book is deserving of more careful consideration than ‘From Tokio through Manchuria with the Japanese,’ as it enlarges upon the reasons for the statements made in that readable volume.”
+ Critic. 48: 480. My. ’06. 140w.
“The American patriot, the soldier in the ranks and his relative at home, as well as the book-critic, can gladly commend this well-written work and be thankful for it. It is a trumpet-blast of prophecy.” William Elliot Griffis.
+ + Dial. 40: 388. Je. 16, ’06. 1130w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 132. Mr. 3, ’06. 650w.
“Is perhaps a rather more seasoned and mature judgment than the other books.”
+ R. of Rs. 33: 507. Ap. ’06. 150w.
“Dr. Seaman’s book is worth reading from end to end.”
+ Spec. 96: sup. 1017. Je. 30, ’06. 330w.
Seawell, Molly Elliot. Chateau of Montplaisir: 4 full-page il. by Gordon Grant. †$1.25. Appleton.
A poor Frenchman, Louis Victor de Latour inherits with no income the dilapidated Chateau of Montplaisir. He is the object of interest to one Victor Louis de Latour, a soap-boiler who offers 300,000 francs for the privilege of sharing the glory of the name and placing the family crest on his carriage. Among the gay group who are responsible for a series of surprising situations is “the antique Comtesse de Beauregard, with a predilection for youthful habiliments and abhorrence for piety in men.” (N. Y. Times.)
“This trivial tale is quite unworthy of the author of ‘Children of destiny.’”
– Critic. 48: 574. Je. ’06. 80w.
“It is sparkling with humor and is full of amusing situations.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 255. Ap. 21, ’06. 190w.
“Pure merriment, absurd combinations, delicious impertinence, sparkle throughout these pages.”
+ Outlook. 82: 1004. Ap. 26, ’06. 90w.
Seawell, Molly Elliot. Loves of the Lady Arabella. †$1.50. Bobbs.
A midshipman upon one of his English majesty’s ships of the line who takes part in a successful engagement with the French and thereby wins promotion, tells the story of the beautiful Lady Arabella, ward of his uncle Sir Philip Hawkshaw, whom he at first loves and then comes to despise. A joy to the eye, Lady Arabella is a menace to the morals. A lover of cards and a trifler with men, she throws her heart at the feet of a man who will not have it, and all but swears away the life of an impetuous youth whose love she has spurned and who tried to elope with her, then later, to spite them both, she marries the head of their house and thru her first-born succeeds in cutting them both off from a fortune. Other characters, however, share the honors with Arabella and there is a truly true love story which is not hers.
Seawell, Molly Elliot. The victory. †$1.50. Appleton.
“The scenes of the story are laid at the time of the Civil war. The adopted daughter of a Virginia family is married to a son of the house, who goes over to the union lines. She is very young and does not know what real love is, although her husband adores her. While he is away fighting, a French family moves into the neighborhood, and their son and the girl learn to love each other. Both, however, respect her marriage vows, and neither tells the other of the attachment. The girl’s husband is killed in battle.”—N. Y. Times.
“While there is nothing particularly original in theme or style, the story is well told and the characters are lifelike and interesting.”
+ Lit. D. 33: 686. N. 10, ’06. 160w.
“There is no fault to find with the real ‘atmosphere’ that Mrs. Seawell succeeds in diffusing through her story or in the pictures which she draws, one after another ... but the love story of the book strikes us as of a very inferior and unattractive quality.”
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 700. O. 27, ’06. 650w.
“The book is full of humorous touches.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 797. D. 1, ’06. 190w.
“Makes a strong appeal to the lover of a good tale.”
+ Outlook. 84: 683. N. 17, ’06. 160w.
[Secret life: being the book of a heretic.] **$1.50. Lane.
“In every life, says the author of this volume, there is some secret garden where one ‘unbinds the girdle of conventions and breathes to a sympathetic listener opinions one would repudiate on the house tops.’ Lacking a proper sympathetic soul a diary might serve. Upon this theory the book is constructed. It is in the form of a diary, and actually consists of a number of short essays on a number of subjects such as The modern woman and marriage, The ideal husband, Amateur saints, The fourth dimension, The beauty of cruelty, Are American parents selfish? The pleasures of pessimism, The value of a soul etc.”—N. Y. Times.
“Ostensibly, it is a diary in which a married woman, of middle age, moving in a cultivated circle of American society, sets down the wild, original, heretical ideas which she has elaborated during her travels in Europe. Actually, it is a story of the spiritual adventures of a commonplace mind of a chameleon nature vagrant among unrealised worlds of thought.”
– Acad. 71: 394. O. 20, ’06. 1020w.
“However much we may differ from her expressions of opinion, their frankness and sincerity combined with the author’s genuine culture and love for literature and art in all forms make them worth reading.”
+ Critic. 49: 90. Jl. ’06. 140w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 386. Je. 16, ’06. 180w.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Banks.
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 420. Je. 30, ’06. 1630w.
“The excellent style, quaint humor, and shrewd philosophy certainly deserve to have their author known.”
+ R. of Rs. 34: 384. S. ’06. 50w.
Sedgwick, Anne Douglas. [Shadow of life.] †$1.50. Century.
If indeed it is in the shadow of things that this story pursues its way, it is such a shadow as Ruskin attributes to disappointment, the Titian twilight in which one sees the “real color of things with deeper truth than in the most dazzling sunshine.” Gavin and Eppie are two lonely children, hungering for happiness, who during a brief summer in a Scottish country home exchange their weird confidences. During sixteen years, Gavin is absent, then returns to find Eppie a splendid young woman of such strength, sweetness and daring that she seemed a “Flying victory” done by Velasquez. The romance that is quickened to the point of vows is blighted by temperamental differences. Gavin forces Eppie who loved life and battle to see that he would suffocate her, that he was the negation of everything that she believed in. The tragedy is one of helplessness.
“The book is an achievement, and an achievement on a high and unusual plane.”
+ + Acad. 70: 454. My. 12, ’06. 310w.
“Even more compelling in its hold over the imagination of the reader and in its searching analysis of the hidden springs of human action than her previous work.” Amy C. Rich.
+ Arena. 36: 106. Jl. ’06. 200w.
“Withal, the thing has been done really well.”
+ Ath. 1906, 1: 417. Ap. 7, 260w.
“Has written ‘an impossible love-story’ with immense skill, delicacy and grace.”
+ – Critic. 48: 464. My. ’06. 550w.
“The story is interesting, the scenery is charming, and the author leads her characters thru it according to her despair, a despair which she spreads over the reader’s mind with astonishing wisdom of words.” Mrs. L. H. Harris.
+ – Ind. 60: 1041. My. 3, ’06. 650w.
“The author has employed a seductive, pseudo-mystical manner of expression and made a deliberate effort to destroy every reason for the hopes and affections which fill life with interest.”
– Ind. 61: 1159. N. 15, ’06. 30w.
“Mrs. Sedgwick works on a high plane, and many who care little for the metaphysics of the book will value it for its graces of style and grasp of character.”
+ Lond. Times. 5: 104. Mr. 23, ’06. 420w.
“It is a book of great power and significance. The author’s grasp of her material and her instinct for what is vital have kept her characters thoroughly alive—even Gavin, in spite of himself—but the novel would have gained in every way had not the drama been so often obscured under the study of a soul.”
+ + – N. Y. Times. 11: 178. Mr. 24, ’06. 1490w.
Reviewed by Louise Collier Willcox.
+ – North American. 182: 929. Je. ’06. 220w. + Outlook. 82: 757. Mr. 31, ’06. 460w. + Pub. Opin. 40: 378. Mr. 24, ’06. 390w.
“Is unreal and unconvincing”
– Spec. 96: 624. Ap. 21, ’06. 280w.
Sedgwick, Henry Dwight, jr. [Short history of Italy.] **$2. Houghton.
A short history of Italy which covers a wide range of years—from 476 to the end of the nineteenth century. It “makes no pretense to original investigation,” but aims to give a bird’s-eye view of Italian history as a whole.
“Mere differences of view as to relative emphasis will keep no fair-minded person from doing full justice to the author’s grasp, his sober judgment, and his charm of manner.” Ferdinand Schwill.
+ + – Am. Hist. R. 11: 877. Jl. ’06. 740w.
“He shows good judgment in selecting the points of greatest interest, and putting the emphasis there.” J. W. Moncrief.
+ Am. J. Theol. 10: 348. Ap. ’06. 260w.
“Mr. Sedgwick has done an exceedingly difficult thing better than it was ever done—in English, at least—before, and about as well, one may venture to affirm, as it ever can be done.”
+ + + Atlan. 97: 554. Ap. ’06. 490w.
“For the reading public rather than the scholarly world, the volume combines brevity, conciseness and a grasp of essentials with accuracy of fact and a pleasing narrative style.”
+ + – Bookm. 22: 645. F. ’06. 240w.
“It is hard to determine for what class of readers this book was written.”
+ – Critic. 48: 382. Ap. ’06. 80w.
“It is not childish enough for children, it does not show sufficient research to give it value to the student, and is far too casual in its descriptions of many events ... to be useful to persons of little knowledge, but much desire to learn history.”
– Critic. 49: 284. S. ’06. 70w.
“He has a good sense of proportion, and good ideas of historical perspective; he writes in a vivid style, and possesses a keen sense of humor which contributes not a little to the entertaining quality of his book.”
+ + Dial. 40: 156. Mr. 1, ’06. 140w.
“Nevertheless, after making all necessary deductions, we conclude by recommending the book to the public for which it was written. It has no competitors in English.”
+ + – Ind. 60: 166. Ja. 18, ’06. 820w. + + – Ind. 61: 1168. N. 15, ’06. 20w.
“It is a mine of condensed information, imparted brilliantly and trenchantly, and abounds in philosophic generalizations which at once visualize and explain.”
+ + Lit. D. 32: 171. F. 3, ’06. 380w.
“Mr. Sedgwick has little to fear from the abstract of Sismond’s ‘Italian republics’ (1832). good but antiquated, or from the Rev. William Hunt’s ‘History of Italy’ (1875), a dry textbook.”
+ + – Nation. 82: 391. My. 10, ’06. 740w.
“It is a lively and interesting narrative that he has written.”
+ N. Y. Times. 10: 794. N. 25, ’05. 780w.
“The present volume has suffered from the necessity of over-condensation.”
+ – Outlook. 81: 942. D. 16, ’05. 130w. R. of Rs. 33: 120. Ja. ’06. 90w. + – Spec. 96: 589. Ap. 14, ’06. 110w.
Seeley, Levi. Elementary pedagogy. *$1.25. Hinds.
“The main purpose of the school is to furnish instruction,” says Dr. Seeley, and he gives valuable information and advice to young teachers along the lines of elementary processes.
“Adds one more to the list of educational works, already too numerous, which are chiefly compendiums of the ideas of others with a modicum of the writer’s own thought. In plan of organisation and continuity of development, the book is distinctly weak.”
– – + Bookm. 24: 296. N. ’06. 160w.
“Dr. Seeley’s ideas are always sane and practical, and no one need hesitate to follow him, always of course with intelligent choice and adaptation.”
+ – Dial. 41: 90. Ag. 16, ’06. 470w.
“Dr. Seeley writes for young teachers what every parent may read with profit. It is a well-digested manual of practical wisdom, well assorted and packed.”
+ + Outlook. 83: 526. Je. 30, ’06. 180w.
Seligman, Edwin Robert Anderson. Principles of economics; with special reference to American conditions. *$2.25. Longmans.
Professor Seligman’s work is divided into four parts: Introduction; Elements of economic life; Structure and process of economic life; Conclusion.
“The author, like Adam Smith, possesses a cosmopolitan mind which enables him in many cases to present more than one view and explanation of the same matter. This cosmopolitan spirit which runs through the work will commend it to a larger circle of readers. The book deserves and will no doubt receive a wide circulation as a supplementary college text.” Enoch Marvin Banks.
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 27: 256. Ja. ’06. 1220w.
“The generic adverse criticism to be passed on the book is that the author has not succeeded in dominating the almost perplexing variety and richness of the material on which he has drawn.” Winthrop More Daniels.
+ – Atlan. 97: 850. Je. ’06. 690w.
“So great are the solid merits of the new book, however, that there can be no doubt of its ultimate success and wide adoption. Professor Seligman’s clearness and conciseness of style has enabled him to handle his great store of materials with conspicuous success.” R. C. V.
+ + Bookm. 22: 531. Ja. ’06. 530w.
“After all this litigiousness of disposition on the part of the reviewer—this overzeal in the discovery of material for dispute—it is equally a pleasure and a duty to express hearty commendation and cordial appreciation of this new treatise in its quiet, scholarly, effortless dignity and grace of style, its surpassing felicity of statement, its clarity and effectiveness of exposition, and, above all, its winning catholicity of temper and sympathy.” H. J. Davenport.
+ + – J. Pol. Econ. 14: 143. Mr. ’06. 13420w.
“With all its merits, therefore, professor Seligman’s ‘Principles’ has, upon its theoretical side, serious shortcomings. As a book of reference it should prove highly valuable—more so, in fact, than any other recent work.”
+ + – Nation. 82: 390. My. 10, ’06. 1210w.
“His style is remarkably clear, easy, logical, and candid.” Edward Cary.
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 1. Ja. 6, ’06. 1040w.
“We commend this volume heartily to any thoughtful layman who desires to get from a responsible authority some grounding in the essential principles of industrial laws.”
+ + Outlook. 82: 274. F. 3, ’06. 300w.
“There are passages in Professor Seligman’s book where either the reasoning is at fault or else the exposition so brief that it is impossible to make out just what the reasoning is. Sometimes, too, there is positive carelessness. The book is an encyclopedic plan, and, as a textbook, suffers from covering so much ground.” Frank W: Taussig.
+ – Quarterly Journal of Economics. 20: 622. Ag. ’06. 4100w.
“This book is interesting both as a restatement of economic theory, and particularly as an exposition of actual conditions in this country.”
+ R. of Rs. 33: 124. Ja. ’06. 90w.
“A thorough, well-balanced treatment of the subject which he handles.” G. W. Flux.
+ + – Yale R. 15: 93. My. ’06. 840w.
Selincourt, Basil de. Giotto. *$2. Scribner.
“Surveys the painter’s works with thoroughgoing system, and it is rational in criticism.” Royal Cortissoz.
+ Atlan. 97: 280. F. ’06. 70w.
“His arguments are not always the soundest, nor is his criticism as discriminating as it might be. Moreover, his treatment of the whole subject lacks thoroughness. Should prove of much value to beginners in the study of art, and may serve them better than would many a more scientific but less enthusiastic work.”
+ – Dial. 40: 158. Mr. 1, ’06. 400w.
Selkirk, Emily. Stigma. †$1.50. Turner, H. B.
A Southern girl teaching in Arkansas and the Southern principal of the school appear on the stage of this drama as champions of the negro race. One of the chief actors is a mulatto girl whose “stigma” of blood makes life unbearable, so she ends it. “Equal educational and political advantages for black and white are urged, and from the text furnished in ‘a crimson-backed novel by a Baptist preacher’ the unequal standards obtaining in the South and all over the country are strongly arraigned. There is unquestioned truth in the representation, and it may be well to meet an appeal to public opinion in fiction by fiction.” (Outlook.)
N. Y. Times. 11: 290. My. 5, ’06. 290w.
“The story is extremely painful, and as a story is simple almost to baldness.”
– Outlook. 83: 287. Je. 2, ’06. 100w.
“Miss Selkirk states one side of the question but ignores the other.”
– Putnam’s. 1: 127. O. ’06. 90w.
Selous, Edmund. [Bird watcher in the Shetlands.] **$3.50. Dutton.
A journal of observations minutely kept and presented with all their whimsical digressions in an unclassified state. The “watcher” from his “tiny sentry-box on a Shetland cliff” is alert but “many of the items jotted down in the first part of the book are really big errors. But he has thought fit to leave these mistakes, because they will prove a help rather than a hindrance to the student, in whose mind the correct observation will remain.” (N. Y. Times.)
“There is a distinct development, in the present volume, of Mr. Selous’s characteristic manner, as displayed in his two former books on the same subject. But this time the observations are less copious, though not less thorough, and the digressions more plentiful and luxuriant.”
+ Acad. 70: 113. F. 3, ’06. 840w. + – Ath. 1906, 1: 611. My. 19. 430w.
“The only real fault of the book—unless account is taken of some obvious inaccuracies of style—lies in the illustrations, which are taken from drawings altogether too much ‘made up,’ instead of from photographs, as any American is bound to think they should have been.”
+ + – Dial. 40: 198. Mr. 16, ’06. 470w.
“It deserves its place alongside with the investigations and vaticinations of Thoreau. In fact, it is one of the best books of its class that we have happened upon these many months.”
+ + Ind. 61: 399. Ag. 16, ’06. 600w.
“Altogether, the book commends itself for unusual suggestiveness and interest.”
+ Nation. 82: 55. Ja. 18, ’06. 310w.
“He discourses, with digressions, delightfully upon his experiences.”
+ + – Nature. 73: 414. Mr. 1, ’06. 730w.
“You read his notes as he writes them, and begin presently to catch his enthusiasm, and sharing in imagination his physical point of view to share his mental attitude also—in part, at least.”
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 2. Ja. 6, ’06. 720w.
“With this somewhat whimsical humor the book abounds—but more substantial and certainly of great value to the student are the detailed records of observations, both birds and seals having been minutely and most patiently studied.”
+ Outlook. 81: 1085. D. 30, ’05. 300w.
“A sadly disappointing book.”
– Spec. 95: 1128. D. 30, ’05. 270w.
Semple, Rev. H. C. Anglican ordinations; theology of Rome and of Canterbury in a nutshell. 35c. Benziger.
A little book which addresses Catholics directly.
“A short, clear, temperately written essay from which anybody, in an hour, may get up the facts and arguments of the case.”
+ Cath. World. 84: 399. D. ’06. 180w.
Serao, Mathilde. In the country of Jesus; tr. from the Italian by Richard Davey. **$2. Dutton.
“As the translator says in his brief note, Signora Serao writes from the point of view of a very orthodox and fervent Catholic, who unhesitatingly accepts not only the Gospels, but also the ancient traditions of her church. She sails along the Nile, goes through Cairo, sees the Pyramids, and goes on to Syria. She then takes in Jerusalem, visiting all the places of interest, Galilee, and other places visited by Christ or connected with his life and works.”—N. Y. Times.
“The evident enthusiasm of the writer enlivens the whole story.”
+ Dial. 41: 211. O. 1, ’06. 90w. + Ind. 60: 1226. My. 24, ’06. 200w.
“It is not quite perfect. There are florid passages which we regret, chiefly, perhaps, because the translator has not exercised a wise discretion. There are also slight mistakes.”
+ – Lond. Times. 4: 454. D. 22, ’05. 1750w. N. Y. Times. 10: 824. D. 2, ’05. 260w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 111. F. 24, ’06. 190w.
“Mr. Davey’s translation is admirable for Anglo-Saxon readers, for he admits that in his work he has lopped off certain extravagant expressions. Extravagant or not, Mathilde Serao is seldom uninteresting.”
+ + – Outlook. 81: 1039. D. 23, ’05. 100w.
“There is much in this book to charm the reader. But it is impossible not to be struck by her curious ignorance of what one would suppose every visitor to the Holy Land would be sure to know.”
+ – Spec. 96: 64. Ja. 13, ’06. 390w.
Sergeant, Philip Walsingham. Burlesque Napoleon: being the story of the life and the kingship of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte. *$3. Brentano’s.
“An account of the flashy Jerome Bonaparte in court and camp and at home. It is one of many books on members of the Bonaparte family published of late years which are chiefly read with interest for the sidelights that they may throw on Napoleon, and a good specimen of its class.”—Sat. R.
“The book adds nothing to the sum of our knowledge of the period.”
+ – Acad. 69: 1183. N. 11, ’05. 310w.
“The narrative is well put together, and the style is not without merit, though occasionally it is disfigured by slipshod expressions.”
+ Ath. 1906, 1: 262. Mr. 3. 740w.
“There is no lack of incident ... but it is poorly and thinly written, and throughout the author seems to be in an attitude of apology for having written it at all.”
+ – Lond. Times. 5: 62. F. 23, ’06. 330w.
“His literary powers are not sufficient to impart freshness or interest to such a personage.”
– Nation. 82: 428. My. 24, ’06. 60w.
“It cannot be said that Mr. Sergeant is a lively raconteur.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 337. My. 26, ’06. 1450w. Sat. R. 101: 117. Ja. 27, ’06. 120w.
Seton, Ernest Thompson. [Animal heroes]: being the histories of a cat, a dog, pigeon, a lynx, two wolves and a reindeer. $2. Scribner.
Reviewed by George Gladden.
Bookm. 23: 90. Mr. ’06. 450w.
“Except for the reindeer story, Mr. Seton has made certain advances here even over his first work. He shows greater variety of treatment, more flexibility of style, and less strain.”
+ + Critic. 48: 122. F. ’06. 140w.
“Read with a mind closed to doubt, however, they are hugely entertaining and no better book could be asked for an evening’s diversion.”
+ – Lit. D. 32: 532. Ap. 7, ’06. 90w.
“His methods are not sensational, his literary art is excellent, his knowledge is wide.”
+ Nation. 82: 53. Ja. 18, ’06. 230w.
“Alike to young and old the book may be heartily commended as an excellent example of the best style of animal biography.”
+ + Nature. 74: 295. Jl. 26, ’06. 200w. Spec. 97: 158. Ag. 4, ’06. 1770w.
Severy, Melvin Linwood. Mystery of June 13th. †$1.50. Dodd.
“Admirers of Sir Conan Doyle will find this detective story replete with the inductive reasoning of Sherlock Holmes, while missing the highest artistic finish of their favorite.”
+ – Ind. 59: 1543. D. 28, ’05. 280w.
Sewell, Cornelius V. V. Common-sense gardens. **$2. Grafton press.
A veritable spur to people who neglect the garden possibilities of their bit of earth. “Two points in this excellent and amply illustrated book are worthy of special notice,—the author’s praises of box, and his pictures of enclosed gardens.” (Dial.) “The instructive volume is illustrated by good reproductions of photographs, and decorated in excellent taste at the beginnings of the chapters.” (Nation.)
Reviewed by Sara Andrew Shafer.
+ Dial. 40: 360. Je. 1, ’06. 280w. + + Nation. 82: 435. My. 24, ’06. 1020w.
“The hints are such as may be followed, as a rule, by people of ordinary means, and it is to the credit of the work that it always prefers the sensible and practical thing to that which is a fad of the day or which leans toward ostentation.”
+ + Outlook. 83: 139. My. 19, ’06. 120w.
Shadwell, Arthur. Industrial efficiency: a comparative study of industrial life in England, Germany and America. 2 v. *$7. Longmans.
Dr. Shadwell’s investigations are the result “of laborious inquiries to which the authors of comparisons between the industrial conditions of different countries rarely condescend—inquiries conducted in England, Germany and the United States, and with ‘the help of hundreds of people, from the British ambassadors in Berlin and Washington to ordinary workmen,’ inquiries not merely in books and documents, but in many factories and workshops.... Rarely do chief conclusions emerge in such distinctness and due proportion from a crowd of individual facts. Some of the chapters ... are models of economical investigation.”
“The style is excellent for its subject: even lucid, simple, carrying the reader insensibly forward through nearly a thousand pages without any sense of fatigue.”
+ Ath. 1906, 1: 660. Je. 2. 1450w.
“Two volumes of clear, interesting, forcible writing that are worthy to stand on our shelves alongside the classical works of Bryce and De Tocqueville.”
+ + Ind. 61: 751. S. 27, ’06. 1180w.
“To have written an original book upon a somewhat trite subject; to have set in a new light many facts which have been treated recently by a score of writers, some of them of no mean ability; to have made a narrative of dry facts readable as well as instructive, is a considerable achievement. It is not too much to say that Dr. Shadwell has accomplished all this.”
+ + Lond. Times. 5: 69. Mr. 2, ’06. 1750w.
“A shrewd observer of men and affairs, who has cared more to gather facts than to spin theories about them.”
+ Nation. 83: 84. Jl. 26, ’06. 840w.
“These volumes discuss [the topics] instructively and with scientific love of truth and lack of prejudice. The author is no faddist or theorist.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 272. Ap. 28, ’06. 2270w.
“Throughout, these chapters are full of acute criticism and while it is a personal view which is put forward it is a view based not only on reading and travel but on countless interviews with all sorts and conditions of men.” Henry W. Macrosty.
+ + Pol. Sci. Q. 21: 550. S. ’06. 1360w. + + Spec. 97: 493. O. 6, ’06. 1610w.
Shakespeare, William. [Hamlet], ed. by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke. **75c; limp. lea. **$1. Crowell.
“The editors are exceptionally well fitted for their work. Indeed, we doubt whether there are in America two persons better fitted for the task. Far and away the best popular set of Shakespeare that has appeared in America.”
+ + + Arena. 35: 446. Ap. ’06. 340w.
Shakespeare, William. Poems and Pericles: being reproductions in facsimile of the original editions; with introds. and bibliographies by Sidney Lee. 5v. *$30. Oxford.
This work supplements the Clarendon press edition of the facsimile reproduction of the Shakespeare first folio, and contains besides, “Pericles” the four volumes of poems, “Venus and Adonis,” “Lucrece,” the “Sonnets,” and “The passionate pilgrim.” A great wealth of critical and historical matter is provided for each volume.
“We have met with few books more thoroughly satisfactory than this Shakespeare facsimile. The book, as it stands, is a treasure that ought to be in every library.”
+ + + Acad. 69: 1282. D. 9, ’05. 1470w. + + + Ath. 1905, 2: 838. D. 16. 2040w.
“The five introductions transcend in interest even Mr. Lee’s introduction of 1902.”
+ + + Lond. Times. 4: 437. D. 15, ’05. 2050W. + + + Nation. 82: 264. Mr. 29, ’06. 3020w.
“The Introductions and Bibliographies ... leave little or nothing to be desired. All that unwearied industry and research can acquire he has made his own.”
+ + – Sat. R. 101: 80. Ja. 20, ’06. 1290w. Spec. 96: 29. Ja. 6, ’06. 140w.
Shakespeare, William. Tragedie of [King Lear]; ed. by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke. 75c. Crowell.
“For the general reader who is interested in the history of the texts, it is a cheap and satisfactory substitute for the costly facsimiles of the Folio of 1623.”
+ Critic. 48: 286. Mr. ’06. 100w. + Outlook. 82: 327. F. 10, ’06. 70w.
Shakespeare, William. [Twelfe night], edited by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke. 75c. Crowell.
The famous first folio text of 1623 with its original Shakespearean spelling and punctuation is here reproduced in handy form and at a popular price, with notes which indicate the editorial changes of three centuries, an introduction, glossary, lists of variorum readings, and selected criticism.
+ Ind. 61: 700. S. 20, ’06. 130w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 450. Jl. 14, ’06. 530w. + + Outlook. 83: 1007. Ag. 25, ’06. 80w.
Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate. Man and the earth. **$1.50. Duffield.
“He has written an interesting little book, which will repay reading.”
+ + Dial. 40: 132. F. 16, ’06. 240w. + + + Engin. N. 55: 315. Mr. 15, ’06. 240w.
“It would be difficult to match this little book with another so simple, so strong, so informed with material knowledge and so inspired with loving reverence for our common mother, the young old Earth.”
+ + Ind. 60: 1283. My. 31, ’06, 500w. + + Nation. 82: 285. Ap. 5, ’06. 1670w.
“Written by an eminent geologist who has command of a fascinating English style.”
+ + R. of Rs. 33: 255. F. ’06. 100w.
Shaler, Mrs. Sophia Penn Page. Masters of fate; the power of the will. **$1.50. Duffield.
Self-mastery over various kinds of disadvantages of life is the keynote of Mrs. Shaler’s study. In it are recorded “the achievements of noted persons who, under the stress of grave difficulties, have shown skill in marshalling their physical and spiritual forces to play the part of men.”
“Mrs. Shaler’s book should give chronic invalids renewed courage, and should help them to resist the disheartening down-pull of bodily weakness and decay.”
+ Dial. 41: 329. N. 16, ’06. 270w. + Lit. D. 33: 430. S. 29, ’06. 70w.
“A heroic spirit pulsates thru this book. It is an inspiring story, or rather a series of such stories, briefly told, and told for a purpose.”
+ Outlook. 84: 286. S. 29, ’06. 200w.
“Mrs. Shaler has chosen her examples happily. The book breathes precisely that spirit of high endeavor that is most bracing, and its admonition is for the sound as well as the feeble, for if the sorely hampered can do these works, what ought not to be done by the whole?”
+ Putnam’s. 1: 317. D. ’06. 220w.
Shand, Alexander Innes. Days of the past: a medley of memories. **$3. Dutton.
“Not a mere bookman, but also a general amateur of life—a sportsman, a gastronomer, even a taker of ‘fliers,’ or, as he calls them, ‘flutters,’ on the stock exchange.” (N. Y. Times.) Mr. Shand records with a sure and steady touch the interesting phases of sixty-five years of memories. “Mr. Shand’s recollections of old Edinburg and the almost forgotten ecclesiastical Scotland in which Guthrie and Tulloch played their not unimportant parts shows him at his best. Next to these are his portraits of hosts of men of letters and journalists whom he has come across in his time, such as Blackwood, Delane, Laurence Oliphant, Laurence Lockhart, Kinglake, Hayward, and even Mr. George Meredith.” (Spec.)
“Mr. Shand’s memories, however, might with advantage have been less of a ‘medley.’ His tendency to hop from topic to topic produces a blurred impression, and he is provokingly chary of dates.”
+ – Ath. 1905, 2: 644. N. 11. 460w.
“Written in vivacious and free-and-easy style not unmixed with slang.”
+ – Critic. 48: 380. Ap. ’06. 80w.
“The author writes in a rapid, readable style and draws on an ample store of personal experience in many lands, although his adventures never approach the thrilling, or even the extraordinary.”
+ – Dial. 40: 237. Ap. 1, ’06. 330w.
“Is not merely an amusing book, but also something far more valuable. It is an account unconscious, perhaps, but none the worse for that, of the philosophy of a happy life.”
+ + Lond. Times. 4: 328. O. 6, ’05. 920w.
“Mr. Shand’s peculiar weakness is gastronomic. He delights to record his various experiences in eating and drinking. On the other hand, his chapters on the changes in London and on Old Edinburgh, and his literary recollections, are both interesting and valuable.”
+ + – Nation. 82: 177. Mr. 1, ’06. 230w.
“If he knows how to write, how can he help writing a delightful book out of his reminiscences of such an enjoying and enjoyed life? At any rate, Mr. Shand has not been able to help writing such a book.” Montgomery Schuyler.
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 101. F. 17, ’06. 1160w.
“The book is discursive and agreeable rather than important.”
+ Outlook. 82: 476. F. 24, ’06. 60w.
“This is one of the most delightful books of the reminiscences’ order that has been published for a long time.”
+ + Spec. 95: sup. 795. N. 18, ’05. 540w.
Sharp, Evelyn. Micky. $1.50. Macmillan.
An entertaining story of a sturdy little English boy and his brother who are left at home with their father and the servants while their mother is absent in Australia. “The book is designed to inculcate manners and morals in the young, and if it accomplishes this end there is little doubt that it will be worth while.” (N. Y. Times.)
“The author has both an excellent grasp of the childish mind, and a capital way of putting on paper its humors, limitations, and sincerity.”
+ Ath. 1905, 2: 796. D. 9. 50w.
“Reminds us of that clever and charming story, ‘Helen’s babies.’”
+ Lond. Times. 4: 448. D. 15, ’05. 70w.
“An engaging little story, with an improbable plot, but very probable characters.”
+ Nation. 81: 490. D. 14, ’05. 110w.
“Is designed for older as well as young readers. The result is that it is hardly likely to absolutely hold the attention of either.”
+ – N. Y. Times. 10: 915. D. 23, ’05. 180w.
“It seems, however, more likely to interest older people who like to read about children than the children themselves.”
+ Outlook. 81: 890. D. 9, ’05. 30w.
“Miss Evelyn Sharp’s picture of a sensitive, imaginative child is most delicately and tenderly drawn.”
+ Sat. R. 100: sup. 10. D. 9, ’05. 40w.
Sharpless, Isaac. Quakerism and politics: essays. $1.25. Ferris.
In his collection of essays and addresses, President Sharpless of Haverford college treats chiefly the political conditions of Pennsylvania, past and present, and the part played by members of the Society of Friends in the state politics.
“There are a few instances of careless proofreading in this volume.” Herman V. Ames.
+ – Am. Hist. R. 12: 148. O. ’06. 570w. Ind. 61: 220. Jl. 26, ’06. 270w.
“A book which in general gives wholesome and needful counsel to Pennsylvania Quakerism as to its political duties and responsibilities.”
+ Nation. 82: 224. Mr. 15, ’06. 300w.
“Written from the Quaker point of view, they are valuable to non-Quakers as an exposition of the principles underlying Quaker conduct, and to Quakers as a stimulus to definite action in the direction of insuring political reforms.”
+ Outlook. 82: 376. F. 17, ’06. 250w.
Shattuck, George Burbank, ed. Bahama islands. **$10. Macmillan.
“It is the most complete and authoritative work that has ever been published on these islands.”
+ + + Ind. 60: 875. Ap. 12, ’06. 220w.
Shaw, George Bernard. Dramatic opinions and essays; containing as well A word on the Dramatic opinions and essays of G. Bernard Shaw, by James Huneker. 2v. **$2.50. Brentano’s.
Selections collected from the dramatic criticisms of Bernard Shaw during 1895–1898 when he sat with the “critical mighty and filled his eyes and ears with bad, mad, and mediocre plays.” So says Mr. James Huneker in his prefatory “Word.” Also, “Here is a plethora of riches. Remember, too, that when Shaw wrote the criticisms in this volume he was virginal to fame. It is his best work, the very best of the man. It contains his most buoyant prose, the quintessence of Shaw. His valedictory is incomparable. He found that after taking laughing gas he had many sub-conscious selves. He describes them.”
“The drama in America is about ten years behind that of England, and we are passing thru a transition period similar to that when these ‘Opinions’ were written, so they are especially pertinent.”
+ Ind. 61: 1498. D. 20, ’06. 470w.
“Contains a large amount of entertaining matter. It is doubtful, however, whether the collection will prove beneficial to his reputation.”
+ – Nation. 83: 490. D. 6, ’06. 460w.
“A more or less patent examination of these essays has convinced at least one reader that they show flippancy, verbosity, unbounded egotism, and that they fail to rise above the pretentious mediocrity.”
– N. Y. Times. 11: 898. D. 22, ’06. 290w.
Shaw, George Bernard. Irrational knot. $1.50. Brentano’s.
“In brief, it is the raw, inexperienced venture of an immensely witty person, formless in a way, full of pith, full of promise.” Mary Moss.
+ – Atlan. 97: 56. Ja. ’06. 440w. + Critic. 48: 476. My. ’06. 120w.
Reviewed by Mrs. L. H. Harris.
– Ind. 60: 1042. My. 3, ’06. 120w.
“He leaves us just where he finds us, as far as any serious discussion of the question goes. The display of pyrotechnics in the story is not bad, though of course these be but pale and ineffectual fires beside the author’s later work.”
+ Reader. 7: 452. Mr. ’06. 560w.
“Its cleverness is beyond question; so too is the frigidity of its characterisation. We can cordially recommend the first twenty-five out of the four hundred odd pages which the book contains.”
+ – Spec. 95: 1040. D. 16, ’05. 270w.
Shaw, George Bernard. Plays: pleasant and unpleasant. 2v. **$2.50. Brentano’s.
The first of the two volumes contains the “unpleasant plays,” “Widowers’ houses,” “The philanderer,” and “Mrs. Warren’s profession.” They are so called because “their dramatic power is used to force the spectator to face unpleasant facts,” and in “dealing with economics social and moral relations, Shaw has delivered the most direct blow yet levelled by the stage against the cowardice of social compromise.” The “pleasant plays” are “Arms and the man,” “Candida,” “The man of destiny,” and “You never can tell.” They “deal less with the crime of society and more with its romantic follies.”
Ind. 61: 396. Ag. 16, ’06. 210w.
“Mr. Shaw is not only entertaining in his plays, as are some other men, but he is also immensely entertaining in his prefaces.”
+ Outlook. 82: 1005. Ap. 28, ’06. 130w. R. of Rs. 33: 767. Je. ’06. 80w.
Shaw, George Bernard. [Three plays for Puritans]; being the third volume of his collected plays. **$1.25. Brentano’s.
A reprint of the 1900 edition of the three plays, The devil’s disciple, Caesar and Cleopatra, and Captain Brassbound’s conversion. The volume contains the author’s characteristic preface to the 1900 edition and a note—the only new matter included in the issue—in which the following statement appears: “Now that the turmoil has abated, the platformer, ever ready to seize upon the public’s passing whim, has told all he does not know about Shaw, the dust settled, one gets a clear perspective, and finds him standing pretty firmly after all.”
Shaw, Judson Wade. Uncle Sam and his children. **$1.20. Barnes.
“In prosecuting the work of his organization Mr. Shaw found everywhere a demand for a book that should not simply outline the machinery of the government, but should emphasize its special advantages and the duty of citizens in the use of their privileges. He has accordingly, embodied in the present volume an account of the struggles through which the founders of the country passed, a statement of the principles that actuated them, an outline of our territory and its resources, and some discussion of the perils that threaten us and how to meet and escape them.”—R. of Rs.
+ Bookm. 22: 536. Ja. ’06. 110w. + Ind. 59: 1390. D. 14, ’05. 40w. N. Y. Times. 10: 408. Je. 17, ’05. 170w.
“His book is a sort of elementary manual of American good-citizenship.”
+ R. of Rs. 32: 638. N. ’05. 150w.
Shaw, L. H. De Visme. Wild-fowl; with chapters on Shooting the duck and the goose, by W. H. Pope; Cookery by Alex. Innes Shand. $1.75. Longmans.
+ Ath. 1906, 1: 395. Mr. 31. 570w.
Sheedy, Rev. Morgan M. Briefs for our times. *$1. Whittaker.
Some three dozen brief but strong pleas for Christian living under such headings as: The value of self control, The duty of service, Socialism true and false, Money mad, Choosing a life work, Begin at home, The gospel of wealth, The gospel of pain, “The house of mirth.”
“Mr. Sheedy seems to be a fearless, straightforward preacher, with a turn for the moral and practical, and with ability to couch his thought in vigorous English.”
+ Nation. 83: 392. N. 8, ’06. 140w.
Sheldon, Anna R. Pistoja A “few pages of collated facts” gleaned from a variety of sources which throw light on “one of the most interesting cities in Tuscany, because of its charming situation, its long and varied history, its people—a hardy, vivacious, and well-favored race; as the birthplace of many illustrious men, patriots, jurists, and churchmen, scholars, poets, and artists, and finally, because of its valuable monuments of art.” “If only a few more pages were devoted to the history of the town—half a dozen written in the proper spirit would suffice—this little volume would be as welcome in the study as it undoubtedly will be in the pocket of the tourist.” + + – Nation. 82: 263. Mr. 29, ’06. 490w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 64. F. 3, ’06. 260w. “Supplies the lack of a convenient guide-book in English, handsomely illustrated. It was a happy thought and is well worked out.” + Outlook. 81: 1085. D. 30, ’05. 40w. Sheldon, Walter Lorenzo. Divine comedy of Dante: four lectures. 50c. S. Burns Weston, 1415 Locust St., Phil. Four lectures “intended especially for those who have never read the poem but would like to know something about it.” Critic. 48: 90. Ja. ’06. 20w. “The class of people for whom it is written may read it with both interest and profit.” + Dial. 39: 314. N. 16, ’05. 120w. R. of Rs. 33: 256. F. ’06. 70w. Shelley, Henry C. Literary by-paths in old England; il. **$3. Little. It is over the English footpaths that the reader is invited to journey in meditative mood with eye and ear eager for sights and sounds unfamiliar to the more frequented highway. The haunts of Spenser, Sir Philip Sidney, William Penn, Burns, Keats, Carlyle are all visited, also the birthplace of Gray’s “Elegy” and Goldsmith’s “Deserted Village.” The volume is generously illustrated with reprints from photographs. “The novelty of the work does not consist so much in new discoveries, for there are none of consequence, as in presenting his subjects in a light not usual.” Wallace Rice. + Dial. 41: 391. D. 1, ’06. 160w. “Mr. Shelley’s book is sympathetically written and gives evidence of individual research.” + Lit. D. 33: 728. N. 17, ’06. 70w. “The author has not failed to make researches that were worth while, and he has an agreeable style.” + Lit. D. 33: 856. D. 8, ’06. 70w. “Is a thoroughly readable book.” + Nation. 83: 413. N. 15, ’06. 230w. “The book should revive in many minds a longing to reread the English classics in the light thus shed in picture and text on some personalities which still inspire the finer things in letters.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 770. N. 24, ’06. 410w. “Rarely does one come upon so charming a literary sketch-book as this.” + + Outlook. 84: 678. N. 17, ’06. 150w. + Putnam’s. 1: 380. D. ’06. 140w. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Poems; with introduction and notes by Edward Dowden. $1.25. Crowell. A valuable feature of this “Shelley” which appears uniform with the “Thin paper poets” is the comprehensive sketch of the poet’s life by Edward Dowden. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. With Shelley in Italy, ed. by Anna Benneson McMahan. **$1.40. McClurg. + Atlan. 97: 557. Ap. ’06. 320w. + + Critic. 49: 95. Jl. ’06. 50w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 67. F. 3, ’06. 320w. + R. of Rs. 33: 120. Ja. ’06. 140w. Shelton, Louise. Seasons in a flower garden: a handbook of instruction and information for the amateur. **$1. Scribner. A manual arranged as a calendar “giving detailed instructions as to what to plant in each month of the open season, with many useful hints of a miscellaneous character.” (R. of Rs.) “The directions are clearly worded, well grouped, and reasonable. For a small garden and a young gardener, the book will render the real service for which it was written.” Sara Andrew Shafer. + + – Dial. 40: 360. Je. 1, ’06. 70w. “A very practical manual for the amateur.” + Ind. 60: 1379. Je. 7, ’06. 40w. “The book supplements, but cannot replace, the formal garden handbooks.” + + – Nation. 82: 846. Je. 7, ’06. 160w. “She does not realize that the brevity of her descriptions may be confusing and not carry to the novice the very idea that she is seeking to implant.” + + – N. Y. Times. 11: 422. Je. 30, ’06. 500w. Reviewed by Louise Collier Willcox. + + North American. 183: 121. Jl. ’06. 70w. + R. of Rs. 34: 127. Jl. ’06. 120w. Sherard, Robert Harborough. Life of Oscar Wilde. $4.50. Kennerley. “The life-story of the brilliant but erratic genius, Oscar Wilde, whose sun of promise rose so bright and had so dire a setting, is presented to us in a handsome and dignified volume.... Although the book is confessedly an apology or defense, and promises at the outset to refute many calumnies and to effect noteworthy results in clearing from the foul aspersions of malignity a name still dear to hundreds of faithful disciples, yet there is fortunately, a wise avoidance of unsavory details regarding the events that clouded Wilde’s closing years and led to his tragic end.... The volume ... is supplied with a good index; while the bibliography, showing a surprising number of titles in prose and verse, with translations into French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, and Polish, gives a new sense of the brilliancy of Wilde’s talents as a writer, mingled with regret and pity for his downfall as a man.”—Dial. “One cannot deny that it is interesting, even though parts of it be painful.” Richard W. Kemp. + – Bookm. 24: 365. D. ’06. 1860w. “Mr. Sherard’s account of this strange and broken life is full and interesting, although it suffers from the extravagant tone of eulogy and admiration which colors it throughout. It is to be taken as we have said, at the outset, as a defense and an apology; and taken thus, it well repays perusal.” + + – Dial. 41: 156. S. 16, ’06. 2960w. “This author has had access to abundant material, and writing with a full appreciation of the limitations of Wilde’s genius he has produced what may be called the most intimate biography that has yet appeared.” + Lit. D. 33: 394. S. 22, ’06. 240w. “Mr. Sherard’s tones are not quite clear; his moral philosophy is not quite robust and direct enough for the terrible problem of human responsibility and error with which he has to deal.” + – – Nation. 83: 124. Ag. 9, ’06. 1000w. “Little excuse for its existence. As for Mr. Sherard he certainly possesses qualities we like to see in a biographer. He can draw distinctions and take note of both sides of his subject. He writes fluently and well. But he has chosen a hopeless, pitiful subject.” + – N. Y. Times. 11: 545. S. 8, ’06. 820w. Sherard, Robert Harborough. Twenty years in Paris; being some recollections of a literary life; 2nd ed. il. *$4. Jacobs. Interesting are the different ranges at which Mr. Sherard, an Englishman in Paris, views a group of men prominent in French affairs. Motives of friendship, of admiration for statemanship and for literary genius operate in his reminiscences. Zola, Renan, Daudet, de Lesseps, Guy de Maupassant, Madame Adam, Victor Hugo, and Jules Verne are among the notables who figure in Mr. Sherard’s recollections. “The volume is full of good anecdotes which strike us as new.” + – Ath. 1905, 2: 795. D. 9. 970w. “The whole narrative moves so briskly, the dialogue is carried on by so many and so interesting actors, the stage is so crowded, and the scenes succeed one another so quickly, that it would be unhandsome to feel otherwise than friendly toward the purveyor of so much varied entertainment.” Percy F. Bicknell. + + – Dial. 41: 316. N. 16, ’06. 1640w. Sherman, Frank Dempster. Southern flight [poems by] Frank Dempster Sherman and Clinton Scollard. *$1.25. G. W. Browning, Clinton, N. Y. A volume of verse containing fifty-odd pieces with Southern themes. + Critic. 49: 287. S. ’06. 120w. “A small volume of tender and graceful lyrics.” Wm. M. Payne. + Dial. 40: 127. F. 16, ’06. 200w. “Contains no piece quite at the highest level of either of its authors. There is somewhat too much sweet in it, but it is full of melody and pretty imagery.” + – Nation. 81: 508. D. 21, ’05. 120w. “They are perilously slight in subject and treatment. Though the verses in ‘A Southern flight’ are metrically simple they demand more careful pruning than they have received.” + – N. Y. Times. 11: 7. Ja. 6, ’06. 440w. Sherman, Waldo Henry. Civics: studies in American citizenship. *90c. Macmillan. Ind. 60: 800. Ap. 5, ’06. 60w. “On the whole, the book would prove an unreliable text in the hands of students. It should be of some value to teachers by reason of the suggestions in the second part in regard to the method of study and the teaching of civics.” A. R. Hatton. – + School R. 14: 466. Je. ’06. 220w. “It is to be regretted that this new book on civil government was not written in a better style with more literary form and flavor, as to the average reader it is bound to be dull.” George L. Fox. + – Yale R. 14: 426. F. ’06. 370w. Sherring, Charles A. Western Tibet and the British border land. *$6. Longmans. Mr. Sherring’s book has grown out of a political mission for the Indian government upon which he was sent for the purpose of looking up this country and estimating its resources and commercial possibilities. “Unlike the many volumes dealing with Tibet and Lhassa that have been appearing the past two or three years, since the British expedition reached and entered the ‘heaven’ of Hindus and Buddhists, the present one treats popularly of the ‘holy lore’ most sacred to Tibetans, the legends and myths of Western Tibet, and the customs and manners of the people. The author writes from personal experience and study.” (N. Y. Times.) Numerous illustrations add to the interest of the book. + Ath. 1906, 2: 542. N. 3. 1890w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 801. D. 1, ’06. 220w. “The qualification of the author for his task is a long and close acquaintance with the tribes of British India upon the Tibetan borderland; but he labours under the double disadvantage of having no previous knowledge of Tibet, save that derived from books, and no acquaintance with the language. Moreover, Mr. Sherring is apt to be led astray by his own learning.” + – Spec. 97: sup. 763. N. 17, ’06. 690w. Sherwood, Margaret Pollock. Coming of the tide. †$1.50. Houghton. Miss Sherwood “tells the story of a summer on the Maine coast whither the heroine, a Southern girl, goes to forget a great sorrow. The plot, which is very simple, involves a study in heredity. The hero, a dreamy philosopher, is morbidly conscious of his inheritance of ancestral traits and ancestral quarrels. But the girl from Virginia makes him feel the joy of living, and understand the song of the tides.”—Dial. “There is, however, enough merit in the book to justify the belief that the author may write a much better novel when she has acquired more restraint.” + – Ath. 1906, 1: 72. Ja. 20. 150w. “The charm of the book lies largely in Miss Sherwood’s delicate humor, delightful fancy, and carefully finished, but never coldly classic, style.” + Dial. 40: 19. Ja. 1, ’06. 150w. “It is not quite so taking as her earlier romances probably because there is an intrusion of real things; and it is a little overloaded with description; but it is done with ... delicacy and refinement.” + – Outlook. 81: 709. N. 25, ’05. 140w. + – Pub. Opin. 40: 123. Ja. 27, ’06. 110w. Shirazi, J. K. M. Life of Omar Al-Khayyámi. **$1.50. McClurg. “Mr. Shirazi has made an interesting book out of a subject that at first sight seems to have been done to death.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 79. F. 10, ’06. 810w. “The biography is interestingly written, and is at variance in some minor points of western interpretation of the conditions under which Omar wrote. It cannot be regarded as a contribution of permanent value to the literature on this subject, but it is profitable reading.” + Outlook. 82: 325. F. 10, ’06. 230w. Shorter, Clement King. Charlotte Brontë and her sisters. **$1. Scribner. + Ind. 61: 157. Jl. 19, ’06. 170w. “It is disappointing to read a Brontë life that, however accurate and complete, is of cyclopediac aloofness and reserve.” + – Reader. 7: 564. Ap. ’06. 360w. R. of Rs. 33: 119. Ja. ’06. 80w. “Altogether, Mr. Shorter has produced such an excellently concise handbook of “Brontëism” that it is hardly possible to conceive of a better taking its place in popular favour.” + + Spec. 97: 443. S. 29, ’06. 310w. Shorter, Dora Sigerson (Mrs. Clement King Shorter). [Story and song of Black Roderick.] †$1. Harper. The Black Earl Roderick for policy’s sake weds the Little Bride, and she dies because of her failure to win his love. Such is the burden of the first part of a quaint story told in verse and prose in whose second part the Little Bride’s soul, by self-sacrifice, saves that of Roderick. “The whole story is mediaeval in tone, very daintily told, and full of tender grace.” + + Acad. 70: 454. My. 12, ’06. 70w. “A specimen of that somewhat difficult style of narrative, not altogether satisfactory.” – Ath. 1906. 1: 577. My. 11. 310w. “It is inspired by recollection and study, not by genuine faith and feeling; and whether we are right or wrong as to the model which Mrs. Shorter had in mind, the praise of her story must be limited to the praise of the clever imitation.” + – Lond. Times. 5: 202. Je. 1, ’06. 360w. “It is like her former books, and like most books of poetry, tenuous.” Percy Vincent Donovan. + – N. Y. Times. 11: 832. D. 1, ’06. 2340w. Shroy, John L. Be a good boy; good bye. J: L. Shroy, 1738 Diamond st., Phil. [Lippincott.] A book of poems dedicated to “Mother” whose charge, “Be a good boy; good-bye” has been the author’s motto thru life. The poems are mostly reminiscent with such themes as Fourth of July, the country circus, apple-blossom time, sugared bread and running barefoot. Shuckburgh, Evelyn Shirley. Greece from the coming of the Hellenes to A. D. 14. **$1.35. Putnam. The first of the two volumes on Grecian history which Dr. Shuckburgh has been asked to contribute to the “Story of the nations” series. “In accordance with better ideas of relative importance, the emphasis is thrown upon political, intellectual, and artistic development rather than the vicissitudes of military operations.” (Nation.) Am. Hist. R. 11: 729. Ap. ’06. 50w. “A work of some literary merit, but one pregnant with mischief through restating old misconceptions in graceful language. And yet there is an urgent need for somebody ... to animate a scholarly summary of recent work with the breath of a genial personality.” W. S. Ferguson. + – Am. Hist. R. 11: 870. Jl. ’06. 1020w. “The author’s learning is successfully devoted to enabling the reader to obtain a firm grasp of the events narrated rather than to perplexing him with discussion.” + Ath. 1906, 1: 43. Ja. 13. 220w. “The narrative is well written and in this respect is superior to several of the recent volumes of this series.” + Bookm. 23: 456. Je. ’06. 200w. “The remarkable feature of the book is its comprehensive brevity.” + + Critic. 49: 94. Jl. ’06. 180w. “While no more scholarly than Bury or Bristol, is more readable. There are several other minor slips which detract from the pleasant impression made by the book as a whole.” + + – Dial. 40: 332. My. 16, ’06. 330w. “The sketch of the history of Greek literature seems inaptly tacked on at the end of the book of which it is the least satisfactory part.” + – Ind. 61: 157. Jl. 19, ’06. 400w. + Lit. D. 32: 918. Je. 16, ’06. 130w. + Nation. 82: 240. Mr. 22, ’06. 100w. “The narrative reads easily, and has the merits of a consecutive and well-proportioned story.” + Outlook. 82: 718. Mr. 24, ’06. 120w. “Dr. Shuckburgh’s volume was needed to supplement Professor Harrison’s ‘Greece’ in the ‘Story of the nations’ series, because the latter volume covered so much ground that not any of it could be covered thoroughly.” + Pub. Opin. 40: 638. My. 19, ’06. 150w. “The book deserves a welcome on its own merits. It is an able and scholarly production, and provides us with a very interesting sketch of one of the most important periods of the world’s history.” + Sat. R. 101: 337. Mr. 17, ’06. 900w. Sichel, Edith. Catherine de’ Medici and the French reformation. *$3. Dutton. “The gifted writer ... presents, here, the results of much research in out-of-the-way paths, and much plodding through old memoirs, documents and books, which have received but little recognition from the historians who have aimed at a comprehensive narrative of the times. She has made good use of her materials.” + + Cath. World. 82: 846. Mr. ’06. 380w. “A book which will give great pleasure to a wide circle of readers.” E. Armstrong. + – Eng. Hist. R. 21: 375. Ap. ’06. 1350w. Sichel, Edith Helen. Life and letters of Alfred Ainger. *$3.50. Dutton. The chief interest of this work is derived from the correspondence of Canon Ainger with such men as Horace Smith, Du Maurier, Edmund Gosse, Sidney Lee, Swinburne and others. There are chapters on the different periods of his life, his literary work, his work as lecturer, preacher, critic, his canonical duties, his humor, and his friendships in literature. “A charming biography of one of the few wits of our time.” + + – Acad. 70: 469. My. 19, ’06. 1670w. “Miss Sichel has done her work well on the whole; in dealing with the correspondence, however she has not always shown discretion. The volume is furnished with a four-page ‘Index;’ from which the more important topics and names appear to have been carefully excluded.” + – Ath. 1906, 2: 325. S. 22. 1760w. “Miss Sichel has given a vivid delineation of a winsome personality. In evident sympathy with her subject, she writes in a way to enlist the reader’s sympathy also.” Percy F. Bicknell. + + Dial. 41: 83. Ag. 16, ’06. 1280w. Reviewed by Henry C. Beeching. + + + Living Age. 250: 242. Jl. 28, ’06. 2730w. “Miss Sichel has armed herself with so many documents, she has printed such masses of correspondence, and quotations, and confirmatory opinions, as almost to obscure the image she would evoke before us.” + – Lond. Times. 5: 178. My. 18, ’06. 2000w. + Nation. 83: 151. Ag. 16, ’06. 450w. “She might, too, have left a clearer-cut impression by more rigid exercise of her editorial prerogatives in the matter of the correspondence, not all of which seems worthy of preservation. Taken as a whole, her volume is not an unworthy memorial.” H. Addington Bruce. + – Outlook. 84: 835. D. 1, ’06. 2810w. + + Spec. 97: 332. S. 8, ’06. 370w. Sidgwick, Arthur, and Sidgwick, Eleanor Mildred (Mrs. Arthur Sidgwick). Henry Sidgwick—a memoir. *$4. Macmillan. “Henry Sidgwick represented the most modern type of University teacher, the type which is closely in touch with all sides of national life and exercises an influence far beyond the lecture-room. He was a distinguished professor, a successful administrator, a writer of good books, but above all things he was a personality from whom radiated a subtle attraction which many felt and few could wholly describe.... It is almost impossible to reproduce for those who did not know him the charm of his character and the peculiar distinction of his mind. His books do not show it, and the tributes of friends are mere evidence for what cannot be glibly summarized. On the whole, the editors of this Memoir seem to have chosen the wisest path, and made their books a series of extracts from his letters and journals, connected with the bare minimum of narrative.”—Spec. “This is a long and baffling life of an extremely interesting man. The impression produced by the whole [is] one of commonplace.” + – Acad. 70: 198. Mr. 3, ’06. 1370w. + + Ath. 1906, 1: 383. Mr. 31. 2860w. Reviewed by Wm. Everett. + + Atlan. 98: 93. Jl. ’06. 2330w. “Is of deep interest and value both to those who had the great privilege of knowing him, and to others. It is perhaps not too much to say that the book does not contain a page, or even a paragraph which is not interesting.” E. E. C. Jones. + + Hibbert J. 5: 208. O. ’06. 2360w. + Lond. Times. 5: 78. Mr. 9, ’06. 2020w. “Many of [the letters] are not greatly above the level of ordinary epistolary communications, and may disclose little of what was actually going on in their author’s life.” + – Nation. 82: 471. Je. 7, ’06. 2130w. N. Y. Times. 11: 188. Mr. 24, ’06. 320w. Reviewed by H. Addington Bruce. + + Outlook. 84: 332. O. 6, ’06. 2200w. “Our only complaint is that in the earlier chapters there are too many quotations so scrappy as to have little value, and too many examples of what is a common stage of development in young men at college. Throughout the book also there is a little too much University politics. But, taken as a whole, the book is one of high value, and absorbing interest.” + + – Spec. 96: 459. My. 24, ’06. 1930w. Sidgwick, Cecily (Ullman) (Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick). Professor’s legacy. †$1.50. Holt. “It is better than most of its kind, in being rather carefully done, the characters being drawn with a care that makes them seem real.” Frederic Taber Cooper. + – Bookm. 22: 494. Ja. ’06. 150w. “An agreeable composition of nicely-adjusted parts.” Wm. M. Payne. + Dial. 40: 18. Ja. 1, ’06. 180w. “A very German story.” + – Ind. 60: 458. F. 22, ’06. 260w. + Spec. 95: 1040. D. 16, ’05. 350w. Sidgwick, Henry. Miscellaneous essays and addresses. *$3.25. Macmillan. Reviewed by E. A. Taylor. + + Philos. R. 15: 91. Ja. ’06. 480w. “In fact so admirable is the form of these ‘Essays and addresses’ that it is scarcely too much to say that they merited republication as models of style quite apart from the undoubted timeliness of nearly every one of the discussions which they contain.” Henry R. Seager. + + Pol. Sci. Q. 21: 720. D. ’06. 970w. Sidgwick, Henry. Philosophy of Kant, and other philosophical lectures and essays. *$3.25. Macmillan. Acad. 70: 202. Mr. 3, ’06. 850w. “The lectures on Kant, Green and Spencer contain an unusually clear account of the most striking metaphysical doctrines of these philosophers.” G. E. Moore. + + Hibbert, J. 4: 686. Ap. ’06. 2460w. “He appears to be too apt to emphasize apparent contradictions, without considering how far the changes in expression are due to the development of the writer’s thought. Notwithstanding this defect, however, there can be no doubt that the criticisms are extremely valuable.” J. S. Mackenzie. + + – Int. J. Ethics. 16: 261. Ja. ’06. 270w. “Personally, I should, I think, be inclined to regard the lectures which deal with the ‘analytic’ as the best, and those which discuss the ‘antinomies’ as the weakest part of the course.” A. E. Taylor. + + Philos. R. 15: 214. Mr. ’06. 470w. “From beginning to end his attitude is critical and destructive.” + Sat. R. 100: 848. D. 30, ’05. 990w. Sienkiewicz, Henryk. [On the field of glory: a historical novel of the time of King John Sobieski]; tr. from the Polish original by Jeremiah Curtin. †$1.50. Little. The scenes of Mr. Sienkiewicz’s latest story are laid in Poland during the reign of King John Sobieski, just before the Turkish invasion in 1682 to 1683. It concerns the romance of Panna Anulka and Pan Yotsek, an impecunious scion of a noble house. The guardian of the heroine, a strong-headed Polish nobleman determines to marry his ward, but dies on the eve of their betrothal. The fibre of the story is woven amid brawls and duels, lawlessness, riot and drunkenness: yet on the plane of this early barbarity are expressed fine notions of honor, loyalty and patriotism which are elements in Poland’s spiritual harvest. Reviewed by Amy C. Rich. Arena. 35: 558. My. ’06. 290w. “The translation lacks ease, and must be called indifferent.” – Ath. 1906, 2: 153. Ag. 11. 240w. + Cath. World. 83: 263. My. ’06. 150w. + Critic. 48: 574. Je. ’06. 240w. “Although the story has this background of patriotic expectancy, it is in reality a story of private interest, a love-story of freshness and charm, a story of strange manners and exciting adventures.” Wm. M. Payne. + Dial. 40: 153. Mr. 1, ’06. 190w. + Ind. 60: 456. F. 22, ’06. 250w. + Lit. D. 32: 808. My. 26, ’06. 590w. “Whoever has read and liked Sienkiewicz’s trilogy of historical romance is advised to read ‘On the field of glory.’ There is the family likeness of authorship. The translation is made with Mr. Curtin’s accustomed brilliancy, flecked by an occasional blur.” + + Nation. 82: 183. Mr. 1, ’06. 600w. “M. Sienkiewicz, unlike some lesser writers, does not find his great powers trammeled by the telling of a thoroughly pure, healthful tale.” M. Gordon Pryor Rice. + + N. Y. Times. 11: 94. F. 17, ’06. 580w. “Mr. Jeremiah Curtin has translated the book with his usual faithfulness and sympathy with the author’s genius.” + Outlook. 82: 376. F. 17, ’06. 170w. + Outlook. 82: 759. Mr. 31, ’06. 30w. “The action is rapid and the pictures veracious.” + Pub. Opin. 40: 187. F. 10, ’06. 220w. + R. of Rs. 33: 758. Je. ’06. 130w. “We cannot altogether concur in the eulogy of this historical novel offered in the ‘Publisher’s preface.’ The translation runs easily.” – + Sat. R. 102: 274. S. 1, ’06. 200w. “The book is full of adventures related with all the author’s picturesqueness of detail and vigour of outline; but the plot has no very great coherence, and the story cannot be called very pleasant reading.” + – Spec. 97: 336. S. 8, ’06. 20w. Silberrad, Una Lucy. Curayl. †$1.50. Doubleday. “Beatrice Curayl has married Sir William Goyte for his money and her father’s convenience. She longs to break the bargain between herself and her despised and despicable husband, but is restrained by the advice of a stranger, Anthony Luttrell, who reminds her that ‘it is not gentlemanly for either party to cry off.’ Then comes the epidemic, and Sir William’s refusal to help the tenants drives Beatrice to offer her personal assistance to the little band of volunteers who are fighting the fever. She finds Luttrell in command, adored and obeyed by all.... The developments of the finer side of Beatrice’s nature, from the moment she realises that sordid motives alone prompted her to marry Sir William to the end of her purgation show that Miss Silberrad is capable of doing strong and skillful work, as wholesome as it is clever.”—Acad. “Here, as in former novels, the author gives us pleasant proof of her duality as a storyteller; but construction is not one of her strong points.” + – Acad. 70: 287. Mr. 24, ’06. 310w. “This cannot, in the common acceptation of the term, be called a ‘good story,’ because it has not the requirements—plentiful incident and growing excitement.” – Ath. 1906, 1: 388. Mr. 31. 180w. Reviewed by Frederic Taber Cooper. + + – Bookm. 23: 417. Je. ’06. 450w. “The worst fault lies in the excess of brutality—as far as artistic effect is concerned—with which the unspeakable Sir William Goyt and the equally detestable Delmar are endowed.” + – Critic. 48: 574. Je. ’06. 100w. “Were the character drawing more subtle we should not so much resent the book’s stuffiness but it is for the most part superficial and conventional.” – Lond. Times. 5: 93. Mr. 16, ’06. 240w. “Is a very good little novel of the minor order, and throughout holds the interest.” + – Nation. 82: 390. My. 10, ’06. 320w. “‘Curayl’ the reader is inclined to believe, is a very superior novel, but one which requires the most careful and thoughtful reading to be appreciated fully.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 294. My. 5, ’06. 400w. “An ill-constructed plot.” – Sat. R. 101: 433. Ap. 7, ’06. 110w. “The story is successful in as far as it engages the attention of the reader, though, perhaps, a doubt may be permitted as to whether it is quite up to the literary standard which Miss Silberrad has set for herself in her previous work.” + – Spec. 96: 588. Ap. 14, ’06. 230w. Sill, Edward Rowland. Poetical works. $1.50. Houghton. This complete edition of Mr. Sill’s poems, chronologically arranged, makes its appearance in the “Household series” of standard English and American poets. Lit. D. 33: 596. O. 27, ’06. 100w. “An edition of Edward Rowland Sill’s poems in a single inexpensive volume has long been a desideratum. There may be some question about the additions, for in case of a minor poet the half is commonly better than the whole; there certainly can be no intelligent question about the illustrations which were far better omitted.” + – Nation. 83: 328. O. 18, ’06. 370w. “In his desire to give us much of the as yet unpublished work the editor has doubtless had in mind an edition for the student rather than the lover of Sill. This is perhaps a mistake, for Sill will have many lovers, but few students. His brief introductory note is a model of sane criticism, written with becoming sympathy and regard.” Christian Gauss. + – N. Y. Times. 11: 820. D. 1, ’06. 2070w. Sill, Louise Morgan. In sun or shade. **$1.50. Harper. The thought of infinite and invincible energy gives character to Mrs. Sill’s poetry, whether it be the buoyancy of responsibility, the faith of hero worship, the lessons of bird and flower, or the perfection of love in its great limitless reaches. Whether in “sun or shade” she urges mankind to live, to act. “There is not a morally unwholesome line in her whole work. The book, therefore, is one which the author may well feel proud of having produced and the reader thankful to possess.” + Cath. World. 83: 266. My. ’06. 730w. “We are indebted to her for much that is lovely, tender, and charming,—and, often, for a wise note of womanly wisdom.” Edith M. Thomas. + Critic. 49: 218. S. ’06. 240w. Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne. Dial. 41: 67. Ag. 1, ’06. 170w. “Although there is much in her book that is rather dull, occasionally ... she strikes a fairly searching chord.” + – Nation. 83: 145. Ag. 16, ’06. 230w. “Few have written anything very much better in serious poetry than Louise Morgan Sill, and the poems are well arranged.” + + Pub. Opin. 40: 736. Je. 16, ’06. 70w. R. of Rs. 33: 768. Je. ’06. 40w. Simpson, Evelyn Blantyre. Robert Louis Stevenson. *75c. Luce, J: W. “A ten minute life of the novelist,” the second volume in the “Spirit of the age series.” The illustrations are four portraits of Stevenson, including the one painted by Count Nerli in Samoa. Critic. 48: 570. Je. ’06. 20w. “There is little new in Miss Simpson’s book.” + – N. Y. Times. 11: 343. My. 26, ’06. 210w. Simpson, Frederick Moore. History of architectural development. 3v. *$4. Longmans. “Professor Simpson’s book ... is the first of three volumes destined to treat of all the historic styles from Egyptian to the Renaissance, and they are intended to form part of a new series of books on architecture.... He deals exclusively with the great historic styles, wisely leaving aside the mazes of Hindoo, Chinese, and other exotic art. His work is an excellent example of the modern method of regarding architectural history as a continuous whole.”—Spec. “Having studied all the authorities and weighed all the evidence, he gives a well-reasoned and balanced opinion on each disputed point. The book is therefore pre-eminently a safe guide for the beginner.” + + – Ath. 1906, 2: 220. Ag. 25. 930w. (Review of v. 1.) + Int. Studio. 27: 373. F. ’06. 240w. (Review of v. 1.) “For the most part we have sound criticism, forcibly set forth. Slips are rare.” + + – Lond. Times. 5: 159. My. 4, ’06. 1200w. (Review of v. 1.) “For reasonably mature beginners, who intend to make a serious study of architecture, we know of no work which seems so well fitted to give them a general view of the development of the subject without undue time being spent on the aesthetical phases which can readily be supplied by teachers or more fanciful books.” + + N. Y. Times. 11: 83. F. 10, ’06. 610w. (Review of v. 1.) “His writing is lucid and concise.” + Spec. 96: 150. Ja. 27, ’06. 30w. (Review of v. 1.) Simpson, W. J. Treatise on plague. *$5. Macmillan. “He has not the pen of a vigorous and interesting writer, but, on the whole, he has performed the task with judgment and skill; and his book may be taken as a compendious statement of all that is known or reasonably surmised about plague up to the present time.” + Lond. Times. 5: 54. F. 16, ’06. 660w. Sinclair, May. [Audrey Craven.] †$1.50. Holt. “The story of the moral havoc wrought in the lives of men by a woman without a heart.... An early novel in a new edition.” (Lit. D.) “Audrey herself is a distinct creation, dominating the story even more than is the wont of heroines. Beside her, her lovers are shadowy.... Having yielded her heart in rapid succession to the child of nature, to the painter, to the writer, to the austere divine, she ends as the wife of the dullard.” (N. Y. Times.) “The author is not without the defects of her qualities; and while these do not seriously mar the beauty of her work as a whole, they are not unapparent to critical admirers of an author whose novels may be said to make waste paper of most of the fiction of a season.” + – Lit. D. 33: 394. S. 22, ’06. 200w. “While remarkable in quality, is immature. The interest of the story never flags, but it has its thin places. The writer’s powers are well in evidence, but not yet held firmly in hand.” + – N. Y. Times. 11: 543. S. 1, ’06. 580w. “While ‘Audrey Craven’ is not well rounded out and lacks breadth of treatment and firm grasp on the reader’s attention, it shows very clearly the intelligent quality and the subtle knowledge of character that are applied in ‘The divine fire’ to a more complex play of motive and action, and to a far more striking situation.” + – Outlook. 84: 43. S. 1, ’06. 120w. “Lacks dramatic power and real human interest.” + – World To-Day. 11: 1221. N. ’06. 130w. Sinclair, May. [Divine fire.] $1.50. Holt. Edinburgh R. 203: 72. Ja. ’06. 610w. Living Age. 248: 730. Mr. 24, ’06. 610w. (Reprinted from Edinburgh R.) Sinclair, May. [Superseded.] $1.25. Holt. Little Miss Quincey, the pathetic old-maid teacher of mathematics, who has withered away under her daily drudgery and has never known youth or life, is the real heroine of this sad little story altho the personality of Rhoda, beautiful and brilliant, overshadows and eclipses her, and altho happiness, love and her beloved Mr. Cautley all pass her by. For “Nature has made up for any little extra outlay in one direction by cruel pinching in another.... Nature had indulged in Rhoda Vivian and she was making Miss Quincey pay.” “Is one of the books which ought not to be missed.” Frederic Taber Cooper. + Bookm. 24: 53. S. ’06. 290w. + Critic. 49: 207. S. ’06. 230w. “There are real pathos in the book and considerable underlying humor.” + Lit. D. 33: 157. Ag. 4. ’06. 190w. “She may be trusted at all events to be at once penetrating and human.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 372. Je. 16, ’06. 200w. “As a character study and in point of workmanship it is quite on a level, however with ‘Divine fire,’ although it has neither the range, substance, nor imaginative power of that story. A pathetic little tale told with the most delicate feeling.” + Outlook. 83: 818. Ag. 4, ’06. 250w. Sinclair, May. [Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson.).] $1.50. Dodge, B. W. “There is novelty in the conception of Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson, as strangely assorted a pair as ever foregathered between the covers of a novel.... Nevill Tyson ... is a man of plebeian birth and cosmopolitan education, a sentimental brute with a veneer of cleverness and polish.... Thrust by accident into the position of an English country gentleman, he commits the fatal error of marrying a pretty girl who is universally regarded as a fool.... She loves her husband with a devotion so complete as to blind him and others to its true nature. For him she sacrifices first her child and finally her life. His return for her devotion is to desert her, to accuse her of infidelity, and to leave her again to die heart-broken while he finds a hero’s death in Africa.”—Bookm. “It is a clever, original, distinctive first novel.” Edward Clark Marsh. + – Bookm. 23: 535. Jl. ’06. 900w. “The sketch makes a vivid impression upon the reader’s mind, despite its faults.” – + Critic. 49: 287. S. ’06. 80w. “The story, powerful as it is, is too ‘unpleasant’ to commend itself to the wider reading public.” – + N. Y. Times. 11: 302. My. 12, ’06. 600w. Sinclair, Upton Beall, jr. [Jungle.] †$1.50. Doubleday. Chicago in its worst industrial phases is the scene of Mr. Sinclair’s story. His hero is a sturdy Lithuanian who, with a little colony of fellow countrymen, including the frail Ona whom he would wed, settles in the Packingtown district. It is first as a wage-earner—the victim of foremen’s immoral practices and of real estate sharks’ trickery—that Jurgis Rudkus struggles; worsted in his battle, and yielding to exhaustion and hopelessness, he becomes a tramp, a common thief, a highwayman, a beggar. Temporary respite comes with the protection offered by a corrupt political machine whose bosses secure him work. He looked out on “a world in which nothing counted but brutal might, an order devised by those who possessed it for the subjugation of those who did not.” Finally the “saving grace” of socialism is balm for his industrial grievances, and here the author expatiates upon the salutary virtues of socialism. “Is one of the strongest and most powerful voices of protest against a great wrong that has appeared in America.” + + Arena. 35: 651. Je. ’06. 5780w. “It is a book that holds the attention by its vividness, earnestness, and simplicity.” + – Ath. 1906, 1: 446. Ap. 14. 240w. “It is impossible to withhold admiration of Mr. Sinclair’s enthusiasm; and yet many socialists will regret his mistaken advocacy of their cause. His reasoning is so false, his disregard of human nature so naive, his statement of facts so biased, his conclusions so perverted, that the effect can be only to disgust many honest, sensible folk with the very terms he uses so glibly.” Edward Clark Marsh. – + Bookm. 23: 195. Ap. ’06. 990w. – Critic. 48: 476. My. ’06. 110w. “Mr. Sinclair’s horrors are not typical, and his indecencies of speech are not tolerable in any book that has claims to consideration as literature. In all the essential qualities of good fiction this book is conspicuously lacking.” Wm. M. Payne. – – Dial. 40: 262. Ap. 16, ’06. 510w. “Tho overdrawn from a literary standpoint and almost surely exaggerated as to facts, is a powerful and harrowing narrative. ‘The jungle’ may do some harm; also it will surely do much good.” + – Ind. 60: 740. Mr. 24, ’06. 1070w. + – Ind. 61: 1158. N. 15, ’06. 120w. Lit. D. 32: 679. My. 5, ’06. 2030w. Lit. D. 33: 595. O. 27, ’06. 120w. Lond. Times. 5: 201. Je. 1, ’06. 820w. “We are afraid Mr. Sinclair has not been divinely appointed to be a deliverer of Labor lying prostrate. Somehow, in his tones the ear continuously catches the false note. He has been at pains to ‘get up’ his facts thoroughly, and his realism is often striking. But he seems to write not from the heart but from the head.” + – N. Y. Times. 11: 128. Mr. 3, ’06. 3020w. “Upton Sinclair’s style is probably the best expression of Zolaesque that we have in English fiction.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 384. Je. 16, ’06. 90w. Reviewed by Louise Collier Willcox. + – North American. 182: 925. Je. ’06. 230w. “Mr. Sinclair’s indictment of the employing classes would have been more convincing if it were less hysterical.” – Outlook. 82: 758. Mr. 31, ’06. 300w. “Mr. Sinclair’s bias ... has led him to indiscretions of the head rather than of the heart.” – Pub. Opin. 40: 476. Ap. 14, ’06. 870w. “When a story reveals so much of artistic penetration and power as does ‘The jungle’ one keenly regrets what seems like unfairness in point of view. The very brutality of the book is likely to cause it to be talked about.” + – Reader. 7: 564. Ap. ’06. 200w. + R. of Rs. 33: 759. Je. ’06. 700w. + Sat. R. 101: 661. My. 26, ’06. 330w. “We are inclined to believe that more enlightenment is to be gained from ‘The jungle’ than from Mr. Lawson’s ‘Frenzied finance.’” + Spec. 96: 793. My. 19, ’06. 950w. Sinclair, William A. Aftermath of slavery: a study of the condition and environment of the American negro; with an introd. by T: Wentworth Higginson. **$1.50. Small. “The over-zealous critic might point out many faults in the work. It is not well-digested, there are some overstatements, and much padding in the way of poetry and quotations from easily-accessible sources. And yet the book is of great value. It is alive. It is throbbing.” W. E. Burghardt Du Bois. + – Dial. 40: 294. My. 1, ’06. 520w. “To the student of social problems the book is of great value, not as a repository of facts, for the facts in it are badly warped, but simply as a ‘human document.’ As voicing the sentiments, then, of the class of influential negro radicals that book has a distinct value.” Walter L. Fleming. – + Pol. Sci. Q. 21: 344. Je. ’06. 540w. Singer, Hans W. Dante Gabriel Rossetti. *$1. Scribner. The life and art of Rossetti receive enthusiastic treatment in this volume which also contains an account of Pre-Raphaelitism and a list of Rossetti’s principal works in both public and private collections. Reproductions of a dozen of his best pictures are given with a portrait of the artist-poet. “The sketch, in the main, contains several interesting observations and some facts, but little that is new. It merely attempts to popularize knowledge.” Wm. T. Brewster. + – Forum. 38: 104. Jl. ’06. 330w. “In Dr. Hans Singer he has at last found a sympathetic German critic.” + Int. Studio. 27: 182. D. ’05. 70w. Int. Studio. 29: sup. 83. S. ’06. 230w. “The little book is distinctly below the standard of the series.” – Nation. 82: 468. Je. 7, ’06. 100w. Sat. R. 102: 553. N. 3, ’06. 200w. Singer, Hans W. James McNeill Whistler. *$1. Scribner. “This volume in the “Langham series of art monographs” treats of the absence of reverence in the American painter’s disputes with Ruskin, Taylor, Oscar Wilde, Eden, and others; his ‘Gentle art of making enemies,’ his ‘art,’ his principal paintings, etchings, lithographs, etc.; Whistler’s Thames, Venice, and Dutch sets; his hostility to critics and theory of criticism; ‘Ten o’clock,’ and Whistler’s theory of art. Mr. Singer shows the artist’s ‘unpleasant traits’ in order to enable the reader to better understand Whistler’s work as a painter of pictures.... The half-tone illustrations are sixteen in number and present the most familiar of Whistler’s paintings and sketches.” (N. Y. Times.) “Is rather an inconsequent little book, for which not a great deal of praise is to be said.” + – Nation. 82: 159. F. 22, ’06. 290w. N. Y. Times. 11: 148. Mr. 10, ’06. 280w. Singleton, Esther, comp. Holland as seen and described by famous writers. **$1.60. Dodd. Miss Singleton’s “Holland” is a book of extracts compiled upon the plan of her books on London, Paris, etc.—excerpts being taken from prominent writers’ works. The book is divided into six parts, as follows: The country and race, History, Descriptions, Manners and customs, Painting and statistics. “It gives us expert description and criticism.... is therefore an admirable supplement to all the guide-books.” + + Critic. 49: 96. Jl. ’06. 130w. Dial. 40: 302. My. 1, ’06. 40w. + Outlook. 82: 810. Ap. 7, ’06. 70w. Pub. Opin. 40: 543. Ap. 28, ’06. 100w. Skae, Hilda T. Life of Mary, Queen of Scots. *$1.25. Lippincott. “So many and so elaborately controversial have been most of the numerous works recently published upon Mary Stuart, that it is hardly possible not to welcome as a relief a little volume like this, which takes a very great deal—including Mary’s essential goodness—for granted, and tells the familiar old story in the spirit and language of romance.”—Spec. Critic. 48: 91. Ja. ’06. 40w. “A narrative bringing out into strong relief the sentimental and pathetic features is what she provides.” + – N. Y. Times. 10: 633. S. 30, ’05. 390w. “She has constructed a pleasant readable book which even Mariolaters may find useful for reference purposes.” + Spec. 95: 697. N. 4, ’05. 200w. Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton. Sicilian marriage. †$1.50. Pott. “Mr. Sladen says: ‘To make my story exciting I have crowded it with melodramatic events which really only come like angels’ visits.’ This quotation is an adequate description of ‘A Sicilian marriage’ and a characteristic example of Mr. Sladen’s style. His book is a fair specimen of the guide-book novel, which sandwiches history with love-scenes, and art-criticism with adventure.”—Sat. R. “The characters are like the incidents, stereotyped and familiar.” – Acad. 70: 16. Ja. 6, ’06. 260w. N. Y. Times. 11: 288. My. 5, ’06. 300w. “A love story of much interest.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 385. Je. 16, ’06. 90w. “Mr. Sladen evidently knows a great deal about Sicily, but has not a very fortunate manner of imparting his information.” – + Sat. R. 101: 84. Ja. 20, ’06. 100w. “The story proper is not interesting, and the descriptions of the antiquities of Sicily would be really much more readable without the personages who move, rather stiffly, among the temples and museums.” – Spec. 96: 305. F. 24, ’06. 130w. Slater, John Herbert. How to collect books. $2. Macmillan. “This volume will be found to contain a feast of good things for every book collector.” + Dial. 40: 24. Ja. 1, ’06. 100w. + Sat. R. 100: 820. D. 23, ’05. 30w. Slater, John Rothwell. Sources of Tyndale’s version of the Pentateuch. *50c. Univ. of Chicago press. A monograph which discusses the circumstances under which Tyndale gained his knowledge of Hebrew, the sources he used in his version of the Pentateuch and to what extent his work was original, and the influence his version exerted upon later translations and upon English literature. Dial. 11: 169. S. 16, ’06. 80w. Slattery, Margaret. Talks with the training class; with introd. by Patterson Du Bois. 60c. Pilgrim press. These talks designed for the teacher-training department in the Sunday-school are based upon the study of what the great teachers of the ages have given us, upon personal influence in actual teaching, and upon careful observation of the work for others. “It contains nothing novel in interpretation, or even in statement, but is brief, concise, and suggestive.” + Bookm. 24: 74. S. ’06. 50w. “The best manual for a training class we have seen.” + + + Ind. 61: 936. O. 18, ’06. 190w. “The best modern psychology is brought to bear on religious instruction, with as much thoroness, coupled with good sense, as characterizes the best text-books on pedagogy.” – – Ind. 61: 1167. N. 15, ’06. 80w. Slocum, Stephen Elmer and Hancock, Edward Lee. Text-book on the strength of materials. *$2. Ginn. Both the theoretical and experimental phases of the subject are here presented making the work elementary enough for the use of students of a junior grade in technical and engineering schools. Slosson, Margaret. How ferns grow. **$3. Holt. Following a chapter in the “Development of the fern leaf” the author treats of eighteen individual fern species, and devotes a double-page illustration to each. The papers deal chiefly with the subject of cell-growth and kindred phenomena. “They scarcely touch upon the development of the form and venation of the leaf in each species, and in its individual aspects only, without reference to its relation to such development in other fern species.” “We may confidently recommend the book to fern students.” + + Ath. 1906, 2: 306. S. 15. 480w. “The book is more of a contribution than its elaborate form would suggest.” J. M. C. + + Bot. Gaz. 42: 496. D. ’06. 160w. “Miss Slosson has conscientiously followed her subject, and some of her discoveries no doubt throw light upon the phytology of the group.” + + Dial. 41: 168. S. 16, ’06. 230w. “While valuable particularly to technical botanists, the work will be helpful to others.” + + – Ind. 61: 397. Ag. 16, ’06. 290w. “It is to be regretted that through no fault of her own the nomenclature is open to criticism, but aside from the matter of names, the book can be heartily recommended.” + + – Nation. 83: 86. Jl. 26, ’06. 50w. “This volume does not come within the popular scope but should have a place on the shelves of the botanist’s working library.” Mabel Osgood Wright. + + N. Y. Times. 11: 530. S. 1, ’06. 320w. Small, Albion Woodbury. General sociology: an exposition of the main development in sociological theory from Spencer to Ratzenhofer. *$4. Univ. of Chicago press. “He has no system of his own to project, and therefore does not assail the work of other men with a devastating criticism. The book may be recommended to all who are not afraid to trust their today’s thinking as against their yesterday’s thought.” Edward Alsworth Ross. + + Am. J. Theol. 10: 382. Ap. ’06. 860w. “Viewed by individual sections or chapters, the volume contains much of great value, particularly to the advanced student. Viewed as the whole, the volume is less satisfactory. It will be of little service to the beginner, for the style is involved and at times confusing.” Carl Kelsey. + – Ann. Am. Acad. 27: 444. Mr. ’06. 750w. “The dejected feeling that Prof. Small’s book produces is mainly because of one’s inability to convince one’s self that the author believes that, there is any real truth or importance in this wordy farrago.” Winthrop More Daniels. – Atlan. 97: 852. Je. ’06. 1040w. “As a book on general sociology this is a valuable contribution to the literature on the subject. While the interpretation of human experience is sufficiently emphasized, sufficient stress is not laid upon the evolution of human society as a means of arriving at a correct estimate of the present structure and activities.” Frank W. Blackmar. + + – Dial. 40: 146. Mr. 1, ’06. 1960w. “His volume is rather for the student, perhaps we might say the advanced student, than for the interested but not especially prepared thinker on sociological problems.” + Outlook. 82: 273. F. 3, ’06. 420w. Reviewed by Edward Alsworth Ross. + + Pol. Sci. Q. 21: 140. Mr. ’06. 980w. Smet, Pierre-Jean de. Life, letters and travels of Father Pierre-Jean de Smet, S. J.; ed. by Hiram Martin Chittenden and Alfred Talbot Richardson. $15. Harper, F. P. “The new matter alone is nearly equal in volume to everything heretofore published. [Major Chittenden’s] research work has been thoro and fruitful.” + + + Ind. 60: 513. Mr. 1. ’06. 590w. Smiles, Samuel. Autobiography. *$4. Dutton. “This last word from one whose writings have had a world-wide influence contains the features that gained instant popularity for its predecessors and invested them with such weight—the homely and sound philosophy, the appreciation of the possibilities of human nature, the unfailing sympathy for all seeking to better their condition by honest means, and the thorough readability.”—Outlook. “Judiciously edited.” + – Ath. 1905, 2: 684. N. 18. 420w. + Ind. 40: 931. Ap. 19, ’06. 340w. “He tells it very well, with a practised pen guided by a sane and balanced judgment. It is an excellent autobiography, characteristically vigorous, cheerful, encouraging and wholesome.” + + Lond. Times. 5: 28. Ja. 26, ’06. 1270w. “His autobiography is a decidedly dull book. As an account of the man Smiles, except in this matter of vanity, the book is quite valueless.” – Nation. 82: 83. Ja. 25, ’06. 410w. N. Y. Times. 10: 772. N. 11, ’05. 250w. “His autobiography is, in fine, a delightful and significant human document.” + + Outlook. 81: 938. D. 16, ’05. 330w. Sat. R. 100: 551. O. 28, ’05. 1360w. + Spec. 96: 386. Mr. 10, ’06. 410w. Smith, Alexander. Introduction to general inorganic chemistry. *$2.25. Century. The work of one who understands the psychology of teaching. The first four chapters deal in an introductory manner with the general characteristics of chemical phenomena. The remainder of the text treats elements and their compounds. “These chapters deal largely with the simpler physical properties of matter and include a brief and clear exposition of the utility of scientific method; following closely are the usual methods of determining equivalents, use of symbols and various simple calculations.”—Bookm. “He has certainly earned the gratitude of all teachers of chemistry in the clear and masterly manner in which he has presented his subject.” + + Bookm. 23: 568. Jl. ’06. 580w. + + Nation. 83: 204. S. 6, ’06. 180w. “The book is doubtless the very best of its kind and will be found to be particularly strong on explanations in connection with the hypothesis of ions.” W. O. Walker. + + School R. 14: 612. O. ’06. 650w. “Is certainly a good book for good students, and as such is to be heartily welcomed.” H. L. Wells. + + Science, n. s. 24: 398. S. 28, ’06. 230w. Smith, Anna Harris, ed. Longfellow calendar. **50c. Crowell. A quotation from Longfellow for every day of the year. Smith, Charlotte Curtis. Girls of Pineridge. †$1.50. Little. All about an active band of girls, fast friends and loyal. Their flower hunts, patch-work parties, cooking bees, etc. show what child energy wholesomely directed can accomplish. “The parrot ... that dovetails his remarks into the conversation so that they are perfectly relevant spoils an otherwise natural story of four wholesome little girls who are fond of nature and appreciate life in the woods.” – + R. of Rs. 34: 764. D. ’06. 60w. Smith, Rev. David. Days of His flesh: the earthly life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. **$2.50. Armstrong. “This book is intended to do for this generation what Farrar’s ‘Life of Christ’ did for the generation preceding.” + Bib. World. 27: 80. Ja. ’06. 40w. “It is clear, well-written, and not too much burdened by learned digression.” + Spec. 95: 1086. D. 23, ’05. 320w. Smith, Francis Hopkinson. [Tides of Barnegat.] †$1.50. Harper. A strange commingling of irresponsibility and duty operates in Mr. Smith’s new story with its artistic and dramatic touches. The loyal, fine-spirited Jane Cobden gives up her doctor and with him her hope of happiness to guard her will o’ the wisp sister’s sin and to mother the child born out of wedlock. The sacrifice becomes a thing of splendid heroism, and furnishes the motif of a story which reflects in its characters the sturdy traits of shore folk, and in its out-of-door atmosphere the freshness and varying moods of the sea. “A painstaking study of feminine character.” Ath. 1906, 2: 578. N. 10. 130w. “The story is very readable, the descriptions of the life of fifty years ago in the little New Jersey town being full of charm.” Mary K. Ford. + Bookm. 24: 55. S. ’06. 970w. “Strikes a deeper note and is altogether of more serious quality than most of his productions.” Wm. M. Payne. + + Dial. 41: 243. O. 16, ’06. 140w. “Mr. Smith is nothing if not emphatic in delineating the characters of his new story; indeed so emphatic is he that readers quite lose the pleasure of discovering for themselves what the book people stand for. The author’s best work is in suggesting the atmosphere of the narrative.” + – Ind. 61: 882. O. 11, ’06. 590w. Lit. D. 33: 594. O. 27, ’06. 300w. “His craftmanship, perhaps, is even better shown in this work than in most of his other novels.” + + Lit. D. 33: 858. D. 8, ’06. 70w. “The story goes wider and deeper than any of its predecessors; if with less perfection of construction than the short stories, it is the most ripe of the novels.” + + – Nation. 83: 188. Ag. 30, ’06. 350w. “Mr. Hopkinson Smith has never done better work than in his delineation of Lucy’s character. The master’s hand is to be discerned in every stroke.” M. Gordon Pryor Rice. + + – N. Y. Times. 11: 507. Ag. 18, ’06. 1520w. Outlook. 84: 709. N. 24, ’06. 300w. “Is unpleasant from beginning to end.” – Putnam’s. 1: 109. O. ’06. 290w. Smith, Francis Hopkinson. [Wood fire in no. 3.] †$1.50. Scribner. “It is an entertaining collection, and has been put together in a creditable manner.” + + Ath. 1906, 2: 545. N. 3. 270w. “Mr. Hopkinson Smith is as good a storyteller as ever, and as loyal an adherent of the old school that told a story for the story’s sake.” + Critic. 48: 476. My. ’06. 90w. + + Ind. 60: 225. Ja. 25, ’06. 170w. “Whether in jocund or in serious mood, the recital is always dramatic, always brought home with a touch of tenderness and comprehension It is the quality of brotherliness in the book that makes its greatest charm; the stories are not hewn out of the brain, but caught out of the heart.” + + + Lit. D. 32: 254. F. 17, ’06. 410w. “A highly creditable piece of work, a book for an hour’s light reading, with a day’s extent of deeper meanings and shades for those who care to seek for them.” + + Pub. Opin. 40: 59. Ja. 13, ’06. 300w. “These winter’s tales ... make a very comfortable sort of book for a meditative hour.” + + Reader. 7: 567. Ap. ’06. 420w. Smith, Frank Berkeley. In London town. **$1.50. Funk. “A passing glance in the crowd—the impressions which might have been gained by any traveller who crossed the Channel, hired a hansom at Charing Cross, and lost himself in the throng.” Mr. Smith’s observations are of the impressionistic order, and they flash from his pen and brush in gay procession; a peep into the hotels, theatres and music halls, Piccadilly by night and day—in truth all phases of life in the great British maelstrom make up the rapidly flitting panoramic view. “Just as breathless, sparkling, superficial, and amusing as his Parisian sketches.” + Dial. 41: 453. D. 16, ’06. 200w. + Lit. D. 33: 686. N. 10, ’06. 130w. “A book notable for sprightliness.” + Lit. D. 33: 857. D. 8, ’06. 70w. “The total effect of the book is flashy and un-English.” – Nation. 83: 370. N. 1, ’06. 220w. “We cannot say that his book on London quite equals his Paris books either in smartness or in verity.” + – N. Y. Times. 11: 627. O. 6, ’06. 560w. + R. of Rs. 34: 639. N. ’06. 140w. Smith, Frederick Edwin, and Sibley, N. W. International law as interpreted during the Russo-Japanese war. *$5. Boston bk. “It is not well written; it is padded with irrelevant matter, and it is everywhere wordy. On the other hand, the authors follow Prof. Holland, a good guide, display research, and when they strike out a line for themselves occasionally carry the reader with them.” + – Ath. 1905, 2: 329. S. 9. 890w. “Can hardly be regarded as a work of authority, as it is hastily and loosely written.” + – Nation. 82: 352. Ap. 26, ’06. 720w. “Here, as elsewhere, Messrs. Smith and Sibley, while not always freeing themselves from the innate bias of national allegiance, show a thorough acquaintance with their subject and the ability to treat it in a more than usually interesting way.” + + – Outlook. 81: 1080. D. 30, ’05. 1090w. Smith, Gertrude. Beautiful story of Doris and Julie. **$1.30. Harper. Very young folks are told in this story all about Doris and Julie who lived in the tiny red house, how their father lost his money and had to go away from them to earn more and how Miss Alice, who lived in the big house next door, took them home with her to be her little girls and made their lives one beautiful fairy-story. “Is quite as pretty and delightful as its title indicates, and as are the previous stories of this author of children’s books.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 752. N. 17, ’06. 50w. “Is written in the author’s best style, a style that is the perfection of story telling for little folks of from five to ten.” + + R. of Rs. 34: 768. D. ’06. 40w. Smith, Goldwin. In quest of light. **$1. Macmillan. Mr. Smith has gathered together in this volume his past few years’ contributions to the New York Sun on religious and philosophical subjects. He “discusses frankly what remains of our traditional belief and how much science has taken from us—to return it to us, he believes, in another form.” (R. of Rs.) Cath. World. 84: 105. O. ’06. 400w. + Critic. 49: 91. Jl. ’06. 70w. “In spite of its brevity and informality, the work is weighty.” + Dial. 41: 85. Ag. 16, ’06. 60w. Nation. 82: 494. Je. 14, ’06. 1480w. Outlook. 83: 264. Je. 2, ’06. 700w. + Pub. Opin. 40: 633. My. 1, ’06. 630w. R. of Rs. 33: 765. Je. ’06. 60w. + Spec. 96: 898. Je. 9, ’06. 1940w. + World To-Day. 11: 764. Jl. ’06. 130w. Smith, Goldwin. [Irish history and the Irish question.] **$1.50. McClure. “An attempt to trace the general course of the history as it leads up to the present situation.” He gives an account of the relations from the earliest times, politically and historically of England and Ireland, and suggests means for bettering Ireland’s present-day conditions. Am. Hist. R. 11: 466. Ja. ’06. 30w. “As a sketch of Irish history this book is, on the whole, excellent. It will find a natural and worthy place on the shelf by the side of the author’s ‘United States’ and ‘United Kingdom;’ its general characteristics are much the same as those of the two earlier books, but it ought to be more serviceable because there is less that is good in brief compass on Ireland than on England or the United States.” Sidney B. Fay. + + – Am. Hist. R. 12: 117. O. ’06. 1120w. Ath. 1906, 1: 48. Ja. 13. 150w. “The theme offers exceptional opportunities to Goldwin Smith, and in his brilliantly-written essay he does it full justice.” + Critic. 48: 383. Ap. ’06. 360w. Dial. 40: 330. My. 16, ’06. 480w. “Unjust he may at times be, unjust alike to the Englishman and the Irishman, but if only for his summing up, his little treatise must be accounted a notable contribution to the literature on the Irish question.” + + – Lit. D. 32: 331. Mr. 3, ’06. 760w. “The defects of Mr. Goldwin Smith’s new work as a serious historical study or as a thorough-going political analysis of the Irish question lie on the surface. There is no index; there are practically no quotations from or references to authorities, ancient or modern. The concluding chapter ... is not his own, but from the pen of an Irish barrister. It is enough to say of it that it would not be out of place in the columns of the most extreme and partisan of Nationalist newspapers.” + – Lond. Times. 4: 454. D. 22, ’05. 1310w. “Professor Smith’s account is concise to a degree that is actually misleading. Excessive compression may account for his very positive statements of facts not clearly known. The story is throughout strongly tinged with Mr. Smith’s own views, which are markedly anti-Irish and anti-Catholic.” + – Nation. 82: 163. F. 22, ’06. 1320w. N. Y. Times. 10: 905. D. 16, ’05. 420w. “Dr. Goldwin Smith has given us what is probably the most brilliant exposition of the Irish question in all its phases which has ever been written.” + + + R. of Rs. 33: 254. F. ’08. 90w. + Spec. 96: sup. 1014. Je. 30. ’06. 400w. Smith. Hannah Whitall (Mrs. Robert Pearsall Smith). Living in the sunshine. **$1. Revell. Mrs. Smith would be a message bearer to people who “carry their religion as a man carries a headache. He does not want to get rid of his head, but at the same time it is very uncomfortable to have it.” And her message is one that shows “what grounds there are in the religion of the Lord Jesus Christ for that deep and lasting peace and comfort of soul which nothing earthly can disturb, and which is declared to be the position of those who embrace it.” “This is an excellent book so far as it goes.” + – Outlook. 83: 93. My. 12, ’06. 160w. Smith, Lewis Worthington. In the furrow. Baker-Trisler co., 420 Walnut st., Des Moines, la. A score of musical verses upon a score of subjects such as: Gypsying, Southern stars, Italy, New England, Summer, The Japanese, The white czar, The violin. “Altogether, this little book seems to be worth while.” Wm. M. Payne. + Dial. 41: 207. O. 1, ’06. 350w. Smith, Marion Couthouy. Electric spirit, and other poems. $1.25. Badger, R. G. There is something truly pleasing in these verses which sing of the conventional subjects of minor poetry; love, and life in the abstract. “There is altogether a refreshing promise and performance in the little volume.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 774. N. 24, ’06. 440w. Smith, Richard. Tour of four great rivers: the Hudson, Mohawk, Susquehanna, and Delaware in 1769. **$5. Scribner. “The purpose of the tour, Francis W. Halsey tells the reader in his historical introduction to the work, was to make a survey of that tract of land now known as the Otega patent, in which Smith and some others were interested. The journey was made in company with Richard Wells of Philadelphia and several surveyors.” (N. Y. Times.) “He gives a careful account of what he saw and learned on the route, including much of Indian life, and the narrative is of great interest as a contribution to the geography and history of the time. Mr. Halsey’s introduction of sixty pages is a concise account of the pioneers of the four rivers, with maps, views, and other illustrations.” (Putnam’s.) + N. Y. Times. 11: 574. S. 15, ’06. 430w. + Putnam’s. 1: 380. D. ’06. 190w. + R. of Rs. 34: 511. O. ’06. 100w. Smith, Ruel Perley. [Rival campers afloat; or, The prize yacht Viking.] $1.50. Page. A continuation of the adventures of “The rival campers,” of the prize yacht Viking. Henry Burns and his companions have an exciting round of sea sport and adventure which terminates in the theft of their “Viking” and its recapture after an anxious chase. + N. Y. Times. 11: 735. N. 10, ’06. 90w. Smith, Sydney Armitage-. John of Gaunt, king of Castile and Leon, duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, earl of Derby, Lincoln and Leicester, seneschal of England. *$4.50. Scribner. Reviewed by Benjamin Terry. + + – Am. Hist. R. 11: 645. Ap. ’06. 1710w. Smith, Vincent A. Early history of India. *$4.75. Oxford. “Those who are the most intimately connected with these studies will be the first to congratulate him on the success with which he has accomplished a task of no ordinary difficulty, and the most ready to excuse such shortcomings as are inevitable in the work of a pioneer.” E. J. Rapson. + + – Eng. Hist. R. 21: 136. Ja. ’06. 590w. Smith, William Benjamin. [Color line.] **$1.50. McClure. “To sum up: I would say that the book is all right as a plea for the continuance of the social separation between the races in the South, and would recommend those to read it who think there is no ground for maintaining a social and moral quarantine against the negro even where he exists in large numbers; but as an argument of the unimprovability of the negro race, the ultimate futility of negro education, and the early or remote extinction of the negro element in our population, it is weak, built upon fallacious reasoning, and unsound scientific theories.” Charles A. Ellwood. + – Am. J. Soc. 11: 570. Ja. ’06. 1790w. “To indicate the gaps in the author’s argument—for, strangely, this impassioned appeal is addressed to the reason—would be a long task.” – Outlook. 83: 87. My. 12, ’06. 430w. Smyth, H. Warington. Mast and sail in Europe and Asia. **$6. Dutton. An authoritative book about boats “and while ‘Mast and sail’ is the title, scantling and planking, model and lines, come in for a good share of description and discussion.” (Nation.) “It is refreshing to come across a book like this, breathing throughout an intimate knowledge of sailing-ships and sailors, displaying insight into, and sympathy with, the nature of the men who follow the sea on the coasts of many countries, and showing in every page powers of quick observation and ready understanding of all that makes for the efficiency of sailing craft.” (Nature.) “Comprehensive and delightful book, over which all yachtsmen will linger, comparing and contrasting.” + + Lond. Times. 5: 146. Ap. 27, ’66. 1170w. “‘Mast and sail’ will repay the study of the boat sailor and yacht designer; it gives a broader view of the art and craft than more technical works, and yet is accurate and instructive to the initiated.” + + Nation. 82: 393. My. 10, ’06. 480w. “A book which is a perfect treasury of information on the subject treated, is well arranged, brightly written, and beautifully illustrated.” W. H. White. + + + Nature. 73: 536. Ap. 5, ’06. 1030w. “In its way is thoroughly notable, that is too technical perhaps to appeal to the general reader, but which carries for the follower of the sea, especially to the devotee of the sail, a burden of interest unsurpassed.” + + N. Y. Times. 11: 304. My. 12, ’06. 1520w. “This is the most charming book of its kind we have seen.” + + Sat. R. 101: 530. Ap. 28, ’06. 30Ow. + Spec. 96: 718. My. 5, ’06. 360w. Smythe, William Ellsworth. Conquest of arid America. **$1.50. Macmillan. The text of the first edition has been revised and a section added outlining the progress made during the five years since the book appeared. There is a four-part treatment: In the first the author discusses colonization and irrigation in a general way; in the second, some of the earlier irrigation ventures; in the third, the several arid and semi-arid states which remain to a greater or less extent undeveloped, and in the fourth, the genesis and evolution of the movement which has led to the intervention of the United States government in the task of reclaiming the desert parts of our country. “The book is eminently readable, both in content, style and physical makeup.” + + Engin. N. 55: 316. Mr. 15, ’06. 290w. “Mr. Smythe writes as an enthusiastic Westerner, but supports his extremely optimistic declarations by an abundance of statistics, so handled, however, as to make his narrative easy reading from first to last.” + Lit. D. 32: 259. F. 17, ’06. 100w. + – Nation. 82: 453. My. 31, ’06. 1740w. “As it stands, his book is invaluable to all who would make themselves fully acquainted with the internal territorial expansion of the past few years.” + + Outlook. 82: 92. Ja. 13, ’06. 280w. Pub. Opin. 40: 510. Ap. 21, ’06. 80w. + R. of Rs. 33: 255. F. ’06. 110w. Smythe, William Ellsworth. Constructive democracy: the economics of a square deal. **$1.50. Macmillan. “No adequate notion of its many excellent qualities can be given in this brief space. It is enough to say that its style, vivified by a peculiar aptness of illustration, is attractive, and that it reveals a clear understanding of the problems with which it deals.” + + Ind. 60: 516. Mr. 1, ’06. 280w. Snaith, John Collis. Henry Northcote. †$1.50. Turner, H. B. Northcote is a starving young advocate whose very conviction of the justice of power summons to him a genie in the shape of a solicitor who briefs him in a sensational murder case. The guilt of the woman whom he defends is beyond question but his hypnotic oratory secures her acquittal, when follows a reactionary period in which the sense of debasement at having sacrificed right to personal ambition makes him an easy prey to the woman’s wiles. He kills her in self defense, and sets fire to his garret to cover the deed. His composed confession is passed by for a “gruesome pleasantry,” and the reader is confident that this panoplied hero will sooner see the judge’s bench than the prison cell. “It has no art—no architecture, we may say. But it has some striking scenes, is studded with admirable points of observation, and gives great hope of what might come from the author’s mind if he cared to exert it.” + – Acad. 70: 480. My. 19, ’06. 420w. “Compared to ‘Broke of Covenden,’ ‘Henry Northcote’ is more of a piece in general execution, more uniform, more confined to one violent minor key.” Charlotte Caxton. + – Bookm. 24: 272. N. ’06. 1600w. “The book is Henry Northcote, and in so far as it bodies forth that strange modern mind, so strong and so weak, so pitiful and so arrogant, it is a very considerable and fine thing.” + – Lond. Times. 5: 170. My. 11, ’06. 660w. “However reluctantly one must yield to such a book the admiration due to a thing of crude force.” + Nation. 83: 418. N. 15, ’06. 680w. “A grim and gruesome tale, to be read to the finish if one once begins, because of its grip and its strangeness; always, however, with a shuddering protest.” + – N. Y. Times. 11: 751. N. 17, ’06. 320w. “It will furnish a number of first-class thrills, though it cannot be ranked with the author’s earlier book.” + – N. Y. Times. 11: 799. D. 1, ’06. 140w. “Has all the faults and none of the merits of its predecessor.” – Outlook. 84: 531. O. 27, ’06. 40w. Snell, Frederick John. Age of transition, 1400–1580. 2v. *$1. Macmillan. The last volume in the “Handbooks of English literature” covers the period from Chaucer to Spenser: the first volume dealing with the poets; the second, with the dramatists and prose-writers. “We find nothing—or very little—to quarrel with in Mr. Snell’s judgment, and the young students for whom the book is intended can take no harm from accepting his opinions.” + Acad. 69: 1271. D. 2, ’05. 260w. “From Mr. Snell’s careful accounts of books and writers one may correct many errors in the more enlivening work of less minutely exact historians.” + – Ath. 1905, 2: 722. N. 25. 310w. “A clear, reliable record of the details by one who has taken pains to study them first hand and has brought them into fair order for the reader or student desirous of orientating himself with respect to what is perhaps the least known epoch of our literature.” + Ind. 61: 522. Ag. 30, ’06. 170w. “In this as in his former work he shows himself, in nearly all instances, thoroughly abreast of the most recent research, and has managed to prevent the dullness of the period from communicating itself to his treatment of it. On the whole, however, Mr. Snell’s ‘Age of transition’ is a reliable handbook, and may be recommended as a guide for the period that it treats.” + + – Nation. 82: 20. Ja. 4, ’06. 740w. N. Y. Times. 10: 728. O. 28. ’05. 260w. “Mr. Snell does his work carefully. His comment is not always fortunate.” + – Sat. R. 101: 468. Ap. 14, ’06. 130w. (Review of v. 2.) “Mr. Snell has done a piece of work which, useful, and indeed indispensable, as it is, has no great attractions for either author or reader.” + – Spec. 95: 1130. D. 30. ’05. 350w. Snyder, Harry. Dairy chemistry. *$1. Macmillan. “It is a text-book of dairying, but there is no rule-of-thumb; an appeal is made to reason; processes are advocated because found by experiment to be sound; the impression left on the student’s mind is, ‘This is the best to-day; there may be a better to-morrow.’”—Nature. “There are unfortunately, a few misprints and inaccuracies, together with curious repetitions of the same statements, suggesting that the book has been edited from lecture notes compiled in card-catalogue form.” + + – Nature. 74: 243. Jl. ’06. 540w. Reviewed by Mabel Osgood Wright. + + N. Y. Times. 11: 448. Jl. 14, ’06. 180w. Sociological papers, by Francis Galton and others. *$3.60. Macmillan. “It is to be regretted that a book which in so many respects is praiseworthy should suffer for an unnecessary lack of coherence in the arrangement of its contents and from careless proof-reading.” R. F. Hoxie. + – Philos. R. 15: 668. N. ’06. 590w. Review by Michael S. Davis, jr. + Pol. Sci. Q. 21: 143. Mr. ’06. 940w. Sociological society, London. Sociological papers, v. 2, by Francis Galton and others. $3. Macmillan. “Among these papers are to be found one by Mr. Francis Galton on ‘Restrictions in marriage,’ a subject which evidently excited a great amount of interest, the contributions to the discussion, verbal and written, being far more numerous than we find anywhere else; ‘The school in some of its relations to social organisation and to national life,’ by Professor M. E. Sadler; and ‘The influence of magic on social relationships,’ by Dr. E. Westermarck, a most remarkable collection of facts on one aspect of primitive and savage life.”—Spec. Am. J. Soc. 12: 426. N. 06. 280w. Reviewed by H. Stanley Jevons. Int. J. Ethics. 17: 131. O. ’06. 1850w. (Review of v. 2.) “Though hardly equal in interest to its precursor, the present volume contains some valuable contributions to sociology.” F. W. H. + Nature. 74: 29. My. 10, ’06. 320w. (Review of v. 2.) “The contributors to this volume cannot indeed be charged with narrowmindedness; but in some rather ponderous pages there are syntheses which appear to prove nothing, and world-wide generalisations which attempt to prove too much. Dr. Galton, at any rate, is always practical.” + – Sat. R. 102: 210. Ag. 18, ’06. 760w. (Review of v. 2.) Spec. 96: 837. My. 26, ’06. 300w. (Review of v. 2.) Soden, Hermann, baron von. History of the early Christian literature: the writings of the New Testament; tr. by Rev. J. R. Wilkinson; ed. by Rev. W. D. Morrison. *$1.50. Putnam. “As one follows his pages he finds himself tracing the growth of a spiritual life of great interest and power, and his attention is held to the character and worth of that life rather than to technical questions concerning the literature in which it is embodied.”—Ind. “There is much in von Soden’s book that is stimulating and suggestive, but oftentimes it is difficult to recognize the reasonableness or advantage of his hypotheses.” Warren J. Moulton. + – Am. J. Theol. 10: 720. O. ’06. 910w. “Written with sympathy and insight and in most attractive style.” + Bib. World. 28: 160. Ag. ’06. 120w. + Ind. 61: 1166. N. 15, ’06. 70w. “Has eminent and substantial merits. It is free, and at the same time well balanced. It is lucid, and sufficiently untechnical to be helpful to the average Bible student.” + + Outlook. 82: 324. F. 10, ’06. 150w. Sollas, William Johnson. Age of the earth, and other geological studies. *$3. Dutton. A series of ten essays and addresses by the Professor of geology at Oxford. “In sufficiently popular form they present the latest hypotheses, researches and conclusions of the science on points of primary importance, together with some of secondary interest.” (Outlook.) “The Professor discourses pleasantly and well, writing with command of much scientific learning, yet always readably, sometimes with brilliancy of diction, and occasionally with a touch of humor. Even the most abstruse subject fails to make him altogether dull.” + + Ath. 1905, 2: 473. O. 7. 1220w. + Dial. 40: 300. My. 1, ’06. 390w. + Nation. 82: 529. Je. 28, ’06. 250w. “The book is entirely readable, and will serve to bring workers in all manner of fields the views of one who holds that nothing terrestrial is foreign to the subject of geology.” + Nature. 73: 513. Mr. 29, ’06. 1060w. + Outlook. 82: 519. Mr. 3, ’06. 150w. R. of Rs. 33: 383. Mr. ’06. 40w. + Spec. 96: 424. Mr. 17, ’06. 1130w. Somerset, Lady Isabella Caroline (Somers-Cocks). Under the arch. †$1.50. Doubleday. “There is plenty of incident in this story. There are farewells at Waterloo to soldiers bound for South Africa, there is a battle with the Boers, there are passages in fashionable drawing-rooms where titled ladies, lovely as the dawn, prattle of husbands and lovers at the front.... Lady Henry’s personages pass through harrowing experiences, but we read and are not harrowed.... Only in the slums, strange to say do we breathe an air that is not exhausted. Lady Henry’s little ragamuffins speak and act naturally: it is to be regretted that they do not occupy a larger portion of her canvas.”—Sat. R. + Critic. 48: 510. Je. ’06. 350w. “An absorbing narrative, throbbing with the life of to-day.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 219. Ap. 7, ’06. 630w. “Lady Henry Somerset has a keener eye for situations than for character. It is all desperately artificial and conventional.” + – Sat. R. 101: 529. Ap. 28, ’06. 200w. “It is carefully and cleverly written, and the character-drawing is also well done.” + Spec. 96: 624. Ap. 21, ’06. 330w. Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore. Francis Hopkinson, the first American poet-composer, and James Lyon, patriot, preacher, psalmodist: two studies in early American music. *$5. O. G: T. Sonneck, Lib. of Congress, Wash., D. C. “A very important contribution to the history of American music and will undoubtedly have much influence on future works on this topic.” Louis C. Elson. + + Am. Hist. R. 11: 419. Ja. ’06. 550w. Soto, Hernando or Fernando de. Narratives of the career of Hernando de Soto in the conquest of Florida; ed. by E. G. Bourne. **$2. Barnes. + Ath. 1905, 2: 183. Ag. 5. 180w. “It comes nearer than any previously published book to furnishing a complete collection of ‘sources’ for the first great expedition into the Southern United States.” E. H. + + Eng. Hist. R. 20: 825. O. ’05. 690w. Spalding, Rt. Rev. John Lancaster. Spalding year book; comp. by Minnie R. Cowan. **75c. McClurg. + Cath. World. 82: 849. Mr. ’06. 60w. Spargo, John. [Bitter cry of the children.] **$1.50. Macmillan. “A plain, unvarnished statement of the manner of life of the children of the poor, and of the results of such living on their health and their morals, and a carefully planned series of remedial suggestions.... Mr. Spargo’s book is in five sections, dealing, respectively, with the poor baby, the school child, the working child, remedies, and the transplanting to the country of tenement children. The first of these is entitled ‘The blighting of the babies,’ a study of the very little children of the poor.... Mr. Spargo’s chapter on ‘The school child’ is practically a continuation of his first chapter; it discusses the subject of starvation among the school children.... Chapter III of the book deals with ‘The working child.’ It is probably the most awful in the book.... The mill children, the glass factory boys, the mine boys, are studied.... Mr. Spargo’s remedies are many. As regards the babies, they include State or Federal supervision of infant food manufacture; meals for school children, medical inspection of schools, a minimum standard for working children established by Federal law.”—N. Y. Times. “School teachers need this book, social workers, librarians, pastors, editors, all who want to understand the problem of poverty or education. It is not only readable, it contains illustrations and facts that are matters of record, absolutely proved.” + + Ann. Am. Acad. 28: 196. Jl. ’06. 720w. “Far inferior to the ‘Long day.’” Winthrop. More Daniels. + – Atlan. 97: 842. Je. ’06. 270w. “Rather painfully interesting study.” + Critic. 48: 480. My. ’06. 180w. Reviewed by Charles Richmond Henderson. + Dial. 40: 298. My. 1, ’06. 200w. “No one fit to be called human can read it without the stirring of pulses that have never stirred before.” + Ind. 60: 868. Ap. 12, ’06. 1080w. “Mr. Spargo’s book ought to be epoch-making; it ought to mark the turning of the tide in the treatment of children. We can think of no one who, of full age, would not be benefited by reading the book.” + + N. Y. Times. 11: 127. Mr. 3, ’06. 1400w. N. Y. Times. 11: 382. Je. 16, ’06. 100w. + Outlook. 82: 805. Ap. 7, ’06. 340w. Pub. Opin. 40: 271. Mr. 3. ’06. 1090w. R. of Rs. 33: 509. Ap. ’06. 160w. Spargo, John. [Socialism; a summary and interpretation of socialist principles.] **$1.25. Macmillan. “A summary and interpretation of Socialist principles.... Mr. Spargo offers no apology for the faith that is in him, but attempts merely to state in popular language what socialism really means and what it does not mean. In short the man in the street will find in this little volume an up-to-date exposition of the socialism that is alive in the world to-day.”—R. of Rs. “Until now there has not been any one book from which the inquirer could get any clear idea of the subject as a whole. This want Mr. Spargo has well supplied. His book is enjoyable as well as instructive, being comparatively free from the peculiar terminology which makes many Socialistic works unpalatable to the average reader, yet not sacrificing accuracy to popularity of expression.” + + Ind. 61: 693. S. 20, ’06. 540w. Lit. D. 33: 358. S. 15, ’06. 160w. “The historical survey is both fragmentary and slight.” + – Nation. 83: 76. Jl. 26, ’06. 320w. Reviewed by Edward A. Bradford. N. Y. Times. 11: 628. O. 6, ’06. 2150w. “Mr. Spargo’s book is less critical and more constructive than most treatises on socialism. It is a useful but a temporary contribution to current discussion.” + + – Outlook. 84: 92. S. 8, ’06. 540w. “Written frankly from the point of view of a convinced socialist.” + R. of Rs. 34: 253. Ag. ’06. 90w. Spearman, Frank Hamilton. [Whispering Smith.] †$1.50. Scribner. A railroad wreck forms the beginning of this story of adventure in the northwest, and also the beginning of a feud between Sinclair, foreman of the bridges, and McCloud, division superintendent. Sinclair, dismissed from his position, joins a band of outlaws who rob and pillage the railroad until Whispering Smith with his posse of men, after many wild and desperate encounters, finally captures them. It is essentially a story of action, but there is also a double love interest. “The characters are railroad men and cattle-ranchers, and the action rapid and adventurous in a way that holds the attention from start to finish.” Mary K. Ford. + Bookm. 24: 160. O. ’06. 1040w. “It is extremely well done. It is even to be suspected that there is much to be learned from the book.” N. Y. Times. 11: 568. S. 15, ’06. 880w. “It is full of action and not without originality.” + Putnam’s. 1: 127. O. ’06. 20w. “We all have a sneaking fondness for gunplay and bad men in our reading-matter, but we cannot always procure them with the approval of our literary consciences. Mr. Spearman’s new novel, ‘Whispering Smith.’ is going to be a great success because it satisfies both consciences and tastes in this matter.” + Putnam’s. 1: 224. N. ’06. 260w. Spears, John Randolph. David G. Farragut. **$1.25. Jacobs. “In its entirety, the biography of four hundred pages may be classed among the best books of its kind.” + + Dial. 40: 51. Ja. 6, ’06. 230w. Spelling, Thomas Carl. Bossism and monopoly. **$1.50. Appleton. From the training of ultra-conservatism Mr. Spelling emerges with a “conviction of the need of the radical reforms which he advocates in his book. It is a sorry tale of graft, fraud, and oppression by big business, co-operating with political bosses, which he relates. He has looked over the whole ground and has found chicanery and robbery wherever this unholy alliance has been made. In the face of conditions, the seeming apathy of the people not unnaturally affects him with wonder. But he sees signs of a revolt and he expects remedial action. Municipal, State and Government ownership are the indicated remedies.” (Ind.) “Tho desultory and disjointed in parts, it is well worth the serious consideration of all citizens interested in the welfare of their country.” + – Ind. 60: 687. Mr. 22, ’06. 240w. “A book quite well worth reading, but not at all easy reading.” Edward Cary. + – N. Y. Times. 11: 61. F. 3, ’06. 870w. Spender, R. E. S. Display: a tale of newspaper life. †$1.50. Lane. “Mr. Spender imagines an editor at a loss for a sensation, arranging that his special correspondent should discover in the heart of Africa a survival or imitation of More’s ‘Utopia.’ An expedition of learned men is sent off to investigate, and their experiences seem to be suggested by the recent adventures of the British association in Africa.” (Sat. R.) “In point of fact the adventures do not amount to much. The author is merely spending his high spirits on the way in satire, criticism, and conversational sallies. He is evidently young and interested in life and thought—points very much in his favor.” (Ath.) + – Acad. 69: 1230. N. 25, ’05. 250w. “On the whole his book is enlivening, but a trifle too elaborate.” + – Ath. 1906, 1: 12. Ja. 6. 190w. N. Y. Times. 11: 178. Mr. 24, ’06. 210w. + – Sat. R. 100: sup. 5. D. 9, ’05. 360w. Spenser, Edmund. [Faery queen]: first book rewritten in simple language by Calvin Dill Wilson; decorated by Ralph Fletcher Seymour. $1. McClurg. A handsomely decorated book in the series of “Old tales retold for young readers.” “Mr. Wilson has performed the task creditably and has kept the spirit of the poem.” + Outlook. 84: 793. N. 24, ’06. 70w. Spenser, Edmund. Una and the red cross knight and other tales from Spenser’s Faerie queene, by N. G. Royde-Smith; 50 il. and col. front, by F. H. Robinson. $2.50. Dutton. The story of Spenser’s poem told in prose with occasional interspersions of the verses. “Well written, and illustrated in an imaginative style that will interest old and young readers equally.” + Dial. 39: 450. D. 16, ’05. 50w. N. Y. Times. 10: 894. D. 16, ’05. 290w. “A commendable and on the whole fairly successful attempt to retell some of the more spirited incidents in Spenser’s ‘Faerie Queene’ for children’s reading.” + Outlook. 81: 1040. D. 23, ’05. 70w. Spielmann, Marion Henry, and Layard, George Somes. [Kate Greenaway.] *$6.50. Putnam. “These facts are presented by the authors of the monograph clearly, sympathetically, and with just sufficient detail to impart the requisite vitality, and this is further enhanced by the fact that Mr. Spielmann’s share of the work is the tribute of a personal friendship.” + + Ath. 1906, 1: 23. Ja. 6. 1270w. Reviewed by Royal Cortissoz. + Atlan. 97: 277. F. ’06. 430w. “On the whole Miss Greenaway’s present biographers have dealt tactfully with the vast mass of material placed at their disposal.” + Int. Studio. 28: 275. My. ’06. 220w. + Lit. D. 32: 119. Ja. 27, ’06. 960w. + + Nation. 82: 15. Ja. 4, ’06. 2080w. “This is a sympathetic biography.” + Spec. 96: 305. F. 24, ’06. 390w. Spiers, R. Phene. Architecture east and west. *$4.50. Scribner. “There are too many slips of the pen allowed to pass.” + + – Lond. Times. 5: 71. Mr. 2, ’06. 820w. Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott (Mrs. Richard S. Spofford). Old Washington. †$1.50. Little. Washington in the days following the close of the civil war furnishes the setting for five delightful stories. They are “A Thanksgiving breakfast,” “A guardian angel,” “In a conspiracy,” “A little old woman,” and “The colonel’s Christmas.” The variations from the lavender-and-old-lace atmosphere to that of the stuffy hall-room sheltering impecunious gentle-folk, and that of the splendid reception halls, and even the senate chamber itself, suggest the characters which include Southern women, loyal mammies, struggling department clerks and politicians. “Five stories, good as such, but better as pictures of life and society at the capital as it was after the Civil war, forty or more years ago.” + Critic. 48: 477. My. ’06. 70w. “As usual, the author draws too much upon the tears of her imagination; but she has done the best she could with the kind of material she selects.” Mrs. L. H. Harris. + – Ind. 60: 1219. My. 24, ’06. 60w. “There is a dewdrop quality about Harriet Prescott Spofford’s style that gives it a gentle sparkle and makes the reading of one of her stories pleasant diversion indeed.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 228. Ap. 7, ’06. 380w. “Humor, tenderness, and an intimate acquaintance with the time characterize these tales.” + Outlook. 82: 909. Ap. 21, ’06. 60w. “Mrs. Spofford has caught and fixed this fragrant, rose-leaf odor as surely as have F. Hopkinson Smith or Thomas Nelson Page.” + Pub. Opin. 40: 542. Ap. 28, ’06. 190w. Sprague, John Francis. Sebastian Ralé. $1. Heintzmann press, Boston. A monograph on the environment, work and character of Father Ralé who devoted thirty years of his life to a little band of Indians on the banks of the Kennebec and who was slain in an attack upon his mission. Am. Hist. R. 11: 749. Ap. ’06. 80w. “We may sincerely congratulate Mr. Sprague, from the literary point of view, on having produced a monograph which is an excellent piece of historical work. We congratulate him still more warmly on the possession of the broadminded spirit, and the courage to manifest it.” + + + Cath. World. 84: 112. O. ’06. 490w. Outlook. 83: 674. Jl. 21, ’06. 130w. Spurgeon, Rev. Charles Haddon. Spurgeon’s illustrative anecdotes; arranged under subjects and topics by Rev. Louis Albert Banks. **$1.20. Funk. For the benefit of preachers and teachers who have need of anecdotes with which to illustrate their sermons and religious talks the compiler has selected and classified some 500 of the stories which Spurgeon used so successfully. Their arrangement under such headings as Affliction, Ambition, Blessings, Christ, Conscience, Conversion, Duty, Faith, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Hope, Joy etc., etc. render them easy of access. “The work is admirably classified and arranged so that any special subject can be readily found.” + Arena. 36: 334. S. ’06. 80w. “No doubt ministers of religion will find good use for the ammunition under each head, which has already been proved and found not wanting by the man from whose writings Dr. Banks has culled his material.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 483. Ag. 4, ’06. 230w. Spyri, Johanna. [Moni the goat boy, and other stories] tr. from the German by Edith F. Kunz. *40c. Ginn. There is a delightful simplicity about the three little stories which make up this volume; they breathe the love of children, of animals, and of mountain air. Moni, the goat boy, was happy when his conscience was wholly clear, he tended his goats, and sang to them, and did not want to become an egg boy because eggs could not love you or come when you called. Without a friend, tells of how stupid Rudi ceased to be stupid when friendship came to him, and The little runaway, is the story of the marvelous reformation of a saucy little boy. Squire, Charles. [Mythology of the British islands: an introduction to Celtic myth, legend, poetry, and romance.] *$3.50 Scribner. “It is well written and lucid, and leaves us with a clear idea of the scope of Celtic mythology. It is true that the author is inclined to assume too much, to treat as fact what the scholars he is following have merely conjectured.” + + – Ath. 1906, 1: 9. Ja. 6. 1010w. “It aims in short, to impart some such knowledge of Celtic mythology as most persons of cultivation are supposed to possess of the mythology of Greece and Rome, and so far as the substance of the ancient tales is concerned it accomplishes this purpose satisfactorily.” + Nation. 83: 184. Ag. 30, ’06. 430w. Staley, Edgcumbe. Fra Angelico; with memoir by Edgcumbe Staley, and 64 full-page reproductions of his works in half-tone. $1.25. Warne. A “Newnes art library” volume. “In five brief chapters Mr. Staley depicts as many phases and periods in the development of an altogether lovable artist—the son of the Mugello, the novice of Cortona, the monk of Fiesole, the theologian of Florence and the saint of Rome.” (N. Y. Times.) “Both the text and the illustrations are of such an excellent duality that the volume should have a firmly established place on the shelves of the student desiring a general view of the period.” + + Critic. 48: 470. My. ’06. 70w. “A valuable addition to the ‘Newnes art library.’” + N. Y. Times. 11: 313. My. 12, ’06. 200w. Outlook. 83: 331. Je. 9, ’06. 50w. Staley, Edgcumbe. Guilds of Florence. **$5. McClurg. The author says of this work “The cumulated energies of the Florentines had their focus in the corporate life of the trade-associations, and in no other community was the guild-system so thoroughly developed as it was in Florence. A complete and connected history of the guild has never been compiled. The present work is put forth, perhaps rather tentatively than exhaustively, to supply the omissions.” Beginning with chapters on Florentine commerce and industry, and, General history of the guilds, the guilds themselves are taken up under the sub-divisions of, The seven greater guilds, The five intermediate guilds, and The nine minor guilds, after which the life and work in the markets, the religion of the guilds, their patronage and their charity, are fully discussed. A bibliography, chronology, and index are provided and the volume is profusely illustrated after miniatures in illuminated manuscripts and Florentine woodcuts. “It is with real regret that we find a work of so much intrinsic worth defaced by the inclusion of so much which is unnecessary and irritating to read.” + – Acad. 71: 155. Ag. 18, ’06. 1520w. + Am. Hist. R. 12: 201. O. ’06. 40w. “It is the commonplace book of an industrious worker. The history of the Florentine guilds has yet to be written.” – Ath. 1906. 2: 555. N. 3. 1450w. “In it one finds, conveniently, the answer to so many questions that arise through a morning’s wanderings in narrow and alluring byways. Even its dry statistics of revenues and taxes help you to repeople the dead centuries by the sense of activity and enterprise which the mere figures convey.” Frederic Taber Cooper. + + Bookm. 24: 371. D. ’06. 1420w. “In treating of the minor corporations such as those of inn-keepers, saddlers, bakers, etc., this indefatigable author enters into the very life of the people, so that his book is not only to a great extent a history of art, of literature, of science, and of commerce, but of social manners and customs.” + + Int. Studio. 30: 91. N. ’06. 500w. “When he is bestowing information, which he does both copiously and clearly, his style is concise and business like, and he says well what he has to say. 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Junction of laughter and tears. $1.25. Badger, R: G. Half a hundred little poems which the author has dedicated to his wife and babe, and which picture the home and its interests in both sunshine and shadow. Stamey, De Keller. Land of Schuyli Jing. $1.25. Broadway pub. Fourscore little stories and poems which treat daintily of love, home, children, patriotism, religion, death, nature and other things. Standing, Percy Cross. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. *$1.50. Cassell. This biography has been written under the sanction and practical co-operation of Alma-Tadema himself, a fact which establishes his career in an authoritative light. The sketch of his life emphasises the very tendencies that step by step produced the artist. The forces from within and without and the intrinsic idealism into which they have resolved themselves make a unity well worth careful analysis and study. The illustrations aim to show the gradual development of the power of expression, several of which have not been reproduced before. “He has not succeeded in conveying any real idea of the personality of Sir Lawrence, or of the characteristics of his style.” – + Int. Studio. 26: 88. Mr. ’06. 80w. “Is especially valuable as being the story which the artist himself would have the world know.” + + N. Y. Times. 11: 229. Ap. 7, ’06. 1020w. Outlook. 83: 670. Jl. 21. ’06. 60w. Standish, Winn. Captain Jack Lorimer; il. $1.50. Page. Jack Lorimer who has become well known thru the pages of the Boston Sunday Herald now makes his bow as the hero of a lively football story published in book form. He is captain of the Melville high school eleven and his pluck, hard work and fair dealing win the day for him against the deep treachery that a “Told with much go and spirit. The book is intended for boys midway of their teens and a little older.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 683. O. 20, ’06. 90w. Stanley, Caroline Abbot (Mrs. Elisha Stanley). [Modern Madonna.] †$1.50. Century. Upon the law in force until recent years in the District of Columbia, which gave to the father, power to will away the custody of his unborn child hinges the story of a cruelly wronged young wife. Margaret, after the tragic death of her husband who has proved faithless, finds that she must give her all, her baby Philip, into the hands of her husband’s brother, who has become alienated from her. But after a brave fight, in which her character develops in strength and tenderness, she wins both her boy and his uncle, and sees the cruel law repealed. “An interesting and readable novel.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 672. O. 13, ’06. 330w. “A tragical and melodramatic story of real power although without much literary grace.” + – Outlook. 84: 583. N. 3, ’06. 110w. Stanwood, Edward. James Gillespie Blaine. **$1.25. Houghton. “Mr Stanwood was perhaps better equipped for the work than any other writer in the country He excels ... in the kind of fairness that consists in treating respectfully the men and views one opposes.” William Garrott Brown. + + Am. Hist. R. 11: 701. Ap. ’06. 1160w. “Even if Mr. Stanwood’s friendliness toward his theme carries him occasionally near to the limits of special pleading, he has in the large performed his task with marked success and skill.” M. A. De Wolfe Howe. + + – Atlan. 97: 113. Ja. ’06. 420w. “He has written a very admirable condensed account of Mr. Blaine, and one which will be read with keen interest for its impartiality, insight and instructiveness.” H. T. P. + + Bookm. 22: 513. Ja. ’06. 1570w. + Dial. 40: 49. Ja. 16, ’06. 540w. “Altho Mr. Stanwood has not the skill of a truly great biographer, yet the very logic of the events themselves, plainly and simply told, furnishes a stirring narrative.” + Ind. 60: 515. Mr. 1, ’06. 380w. “The reader feels that the author is rather an apologist than a biographer, and even that he has not done full justice to Mr. Blaine’s astuteness as a politician. Certainly the appeal is rather to those whose interests are not primarily economic.” J. C. – J. Pol. Econ. 14: 459. Jl. ’06. 170w. “We are forced to say that this book can hardly fail to harm the general series to which it belongs.” – + Nation. 82: 141. F. 15, ’06. 2620w. Starr, Louis. Hygiene of the nursery. $1. Blakiston. The seventh edition of a manual which includes the general regimen and feeding of infants and children, massage, and the domestic management of the ordinary emergencies of early life. Stauffer, David McNeely. Modern tunnel practice. *$5. Eng. news. The change that has been made in the practice of tunneling by the introduction of high explosives, by the use of machine drills, by special appliances for handling the debris or protecting the roof of the tunnel and by the employment of electric power and light has made the present hand-book a necessity. The work is illustrated by examples taken from actual recent work in the United States and in foreign countries. “The author of this book is to be congratulated both upon having produced what will prove to be a useful book of reference for engineers engaged in the arduous work of tunnelling, and also upon the fair and impartial manner in which he writes.” + + Nature. 74: 409. Ag. 23, ’06. 1420w. Stead, Alfred. Great Japan; a study of national efficiency. **$2.50. Lane. “The author possesses a pleasing style at once direct and lucid. The work is entitled to rank among the best books of the character that have appeared. It is a standard work worthy of a place in the libraries of all thoughtful people.” + + + Arena. 35: 285. Mr. ’06. 3950w. “Viewed as a manual of plausible and often valuable information, the book is a welcome addition to the library on Japan: but to take Mr. Stead’s statements on their face value is to accept a fabric of delusion.” + – Nation. 82: 496. Je. 14, ’06. 1210w. + – Westminster R. 164: 609. D. ’05. 1110w. Stealey, O. O. Twenty years in the press gallery. $5. O. O. Stealey, 1421 G St., Washington, D. C. A concise history of important legislation from the 48th to the 58th congress; the part played by the leading men of that period and the interesting and impressive incidents; impressions of official and political life in Washington. There is an introduction contributed by Mr. Henry Watterson in which he alludes to the seamy side of a Washington correspondent’s experiences and to the side that makes the life endurable. Am. Hist. R. 12: 211. O. ’06. 80w. “He has a sunny, gossipy, conversational way of writing that leaves no wounds. And it is evident that he suppresses the unkind things he might say. The chief defect of the book is the suppression of the author’s personality. He tells too little of what he himself has seen and known of public men.” + + – N. Y. Times. 11: 433. Jl. 7, ’06. 1060w. Steel, Mrs. Flora Annie Webster. Book of mortals: being a record of the good deeds and good qualities of what humanity is pleased to call the lower animals. $3. Macmillan. “Reproductions of great paintings of animals have been published in attractive typographical form with a story written around them.” (R. of Rs.) “The book is divided into three parts—‘What our fellow-mortals are,’ ‘What animals have done for man,’ and ‘What our fellow-mortals are doing.’ In the first part the author shows the similarity of the ways of the ‘beasts that perish’ and those of mortals; Part 2, is given over to a few animal legends and tales of animal symbolism which have been interwoven with the history of the human race, while the third division concerns itself with the ways in which, day by day, hour by hour, they (our ‘fellow mortals’) make the life of each of us pleasurable, profitable—nay, more! possible.” (N. Y. Times.) “The author’s is a hopelessly sentimental view, but she is very much in earnest, and pleads her case with eloquence and with the address of an advocate.” – Ath. 1906, 1: 263. Mr. 3. 440w. “There are both humor and kindliness in the writing of this book.” + Outlook. 82: 274. F. 17, ’06. 170w. R. of Rs. 33: 383. Mr. ’06. 70w. “Perhaps the secret of the unsatisfactory and somewhat mystifying effect of the work is due to the fact that she writes not like one but as two distinct persons.” – Sat. R. 101: 696. Je. 2, ’06. 1130w. Steffens, Joseph Lincoln. Struggle for self-government: being an attempt to trace American political corruption to its sources in six states of the United States, with a dedication to the czar. **$1.20. McClure. In this volume the author of “The shame of the cities,” “describes the government in six of our states in the direction of a return to the political cleanliness of former times. It is the general movement against bossism, of which the elections of 1905 gave many cheering indications. Mr. Steffens’ account of what has been accomplished in Ohio, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Missouri is full of encouragement to friends of popular government in other states.” (R. of Rs.) “It is unfortunate, however, that Mr. Steffens, with so commendable a purpose, should adopt in his writing a tone of arrogance and a disinclination to restraint in his use of the picturesque. It is difficult at times to overlook this fault, and to keep in mind that the author’s object is truth rather than sensationalism.” + – Dial. 41: 93. Ag. 16, ’06. 230w. “If there is any serious fault to be found with this book it is a fault of style rather than of substance.” + – Nation. 83: 19. Jl. 5, ’06. 600w. “A specimen of workmanlike journalism rather than literature. Its value is of the moment, for there is no trace of the learning and insight which distinguish and give permanent worth to treatises like Bryce’s or De Tocqueville’s.” Edward A. Bradford. + – N. Y. Times. 11: 487. Ag. 4, ’06. 850w. “We wish Mr. Steffens’s words were as sound and persuasive as they are courageous.” – + Outlook. 83: 287. Je. 2, ’06. 460w. + R. of Rs. 34: 126. Jl. ’06. 190w. Steindorff, Georg. Religion of the ancient Egyptians. **$1.50. Putnam. “The booklet gives about as good a picture of a complicated and wide subject as could be given in such limited space, and some further minor criticisms would not alter this judgment.” W. Max. Müller. + + – Am. Hist. R. 11: 868. Jl. ’06. 890w. “It would be impossible to gain anything like a clear idea of the individual Egyptian deities from Steindorff’s book, which is, perhaps necessarily, sketchy and some what superficial.” L. H. Gray. – + Bookm. 22: 359. D. ’05. 370w. “As to the value of what Professor Steindorff has given us, there can be but one judgment. It is interesting in manner, and constructed on the best plan of advanced scholarship.” + + Cath. World. 82: 120. Ap. ’06. 380w. “Prof. Steindorff’s lectures are comparatively comprehensive of all the light we have on Egyptian religion, set forth in popular and readable but distinctly scholarly terms.” Ira Maurice Pike. + + Dial. 41: 17. Jl. 1, ’06. 320w. + Ind. 61: 1166. N. 15, ’06. 30w. “The most reliable, readable, and sane treatment of the religion of Egypt which has appeared.” + + + Nation. 82: 105. F. 1, ’06. 290w. Steiner, Edward A. [On the trail of the immigrant.] **$1.50. Revell. Humanity and individual responsibility pulsate thru the pages of Mr. Steiner’s earnest statement of the immigrant problem. The work is offered as the result of careful study the author having been a steerage passenger himself, first out of necessity, and later, for the sake of a close range inquiry. He says that a new gigantic race is being born between the Atlantic and the Pacific, a race whose immigrant element is primitive, uncultured, untutored, with all the virtues and vices in the making. “They are the best material with which to build a nation materially; they are good stock to be used in replenishing physical depletion: and capable of taking on the highest intellectual and spiritual culture.” Yet he admits that they are a serious problem. “Dr. Steiner is a capital story-teller also, and enlivens his chapters with anecdote and incident. The book cannot fail to afford excellent material for the use of students of immigrant problems.” + + Outlook. 84: 795. N. 24, ’06. 270w. + R. of Rs. 34: 754. D. ’06. 90w. Step, Edward. Wild flowers month by month. 2v. *$4.50. Warne. “Mr. Step has a deep knowledge of British plants, and this work is full of interesting and instructive details as to how, when and where they grow.... The author has not attempted (and wisely we think in a book of this description which is intended for the general reader rather than the botanist) anything like a full enumeration of the flora of the British Isles.... We find that mention is made of some five hundred different plants only.... The book deals chiefly with plants whose flowers are conspicuous, as distinct from those with inconspicuous blossoms.... One of the most interesting classes, and the most fully described, is that of the British orchids.” (Acad.) The volumes are profusely illustrated from photographs. “While we have nothing but praise for the accurate and interesting descriptions and entertaining particulars of the plants mentioned it is impossible to say the same of the illustrations.” + – Acad. 69: 1196. N. 18, ’05. 1010w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) + Ath. 1905, 2: 435. S. 30. 150w. (Review of v. 2.) “The traveler, as well as the botanist, will welcome [it.]” + N. Y. Times. 11: 406. Je. 23, 06. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) “A book which contains much rather commonplace descriptive writing, with a slightly professorial style and rather strained humorous sallies.” + – Spec. 95: 471. S. 30, ’05. 340w. (Review of v. 1.) Stephen, Leslie. Hobbes. **75c. Macmillan. + Dial. 40: 157. Mr. 1, ’06. 330w. Stephens, Robert Neilson. [Flight of Georgiana.] †$1.50. Page. “A spirited and fairly-well written romantic love-story.” + Arena. 35: 111. Ja. ’06. 200w. + Ind. 60: 111. Ja. 11. ’06. 350w. + Reader. 7: 229. Ja. ’06. 210w. Stephens, Thomas, ed. Child and religion. *$1.50. Putnam. Reviewed by Robert R. Rusk. + Hibbert J. 4: 455. Ja. ’06. 1860w. “Offers much attractive and suggestive material.” M. Mackenzie. + Int. J. Ethics. 16: 254. Ja. ’06. 640w. Stephenson, Henry Thew. Shakespeare’s London. **$2. Holt. “Few volumes will do so much to supply the student of Shakespeare with what is necessary for visualizing not only the background of the life of the poet, but also the background present to the minds of him and his audience in many of his plays.” William Allen Neilson. + + – Atlan. 97: 702. My. ’06. 520w. “We could wish that Professor Stephenson’s book might commend itself as certainly to the lover of good letters as to the lover of history. Its style is hardly worthy of its theme.” Charles H. A. Wager. + + – Dial. 40: 89. F. 1, ’06. 1330w. “The curious matter is its own and best excuse for being, and the rarity of the forty odd illustrations adds, also, to the book’s value.” + Reader. 6: 719. N. ’05. 330w. Sterling, Sara Hawks. Shakespeare’s sweetheart. †$2. Jacobs. “The author has very much idealized the characters of both Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, but she has succeeded in writing a most delightful tale.” Amy C. Rich. + Arena. 35: 108. Ja. ’06. 130w. “The tale has been told in a quaint, old-fashioned atmosphere that cannot but be pleasing.” + Critic. 48: 93. Ja. ’06. 80w. “In many respects the story is a pleasing bit of fancy and can not but win the reader.” + Pub. Opin. 40: 91. Ja. 20, ’06. 120w. “The story is told in quaint literary style, and the author has fairly succeeded in doing what she set out to do—in suggesting the rhythm of Shakespeare’s own poetry.” + R. of Rs. 33: 256. F. ’06. 60w. Sterrett, James Macbride. Freedom of authority: essays in apologetics. **$2. Macmillan. “The author of these essays in apologetics is an impassioned pleader for religious conformity. Professor Sterrett is in greater sympathy with Loisy than with Protestant thinkers.” Nathaniel Schmidt. + Int. J. Ethics. 16: 373. Ap. ’06. 1770w. “If the book offers the technical philosopher little material and few view-points that are new, yet here much that is not new receives virile, suggestive, stimulating treatment. Its logic is robust, but to a comprehensive survey it does not always appear discriminating and convincing.” E. L. Norton. – – J. Philos. 3: 239. Ap. 26, ’06. 2160w. “It is not very well put together and sometimes declamation is offered as a substitute for patient criticism. There is a good deal of mere repetition. In my opinion, he propounds a much truer and sounder philosophical standpoint for the interpretation of Christianity than one finds in those whom he criticises.” J. A. Leighton. + + – Philos. R. 15: 338. My. ’06. 590w. Stevens, George Barker. Christian doctrine of salvation. **$2.50. Scribner. “The aim of this work is ‘to present a biblical, historical, and constructive discussion of the doctrine of salvation.’ It is therefore in the field of systematic theology, but approaches its problems distinctly from the historical side, through biblical theology, distinguishing between the different conceptions held by different biblical writers, and between the temporary and the permanent in their thought.”—Bib. World. “There are several points in the book which, did space permit, might furnish matter for criticism. But these do not seriously affect the main argument.” + – Acad. 71: 9. Jl. 7, ’06. 1210w. “This magnificent piece of work is entitled to a hearty reception, for it not only abounds in rich and suggestive ideas, but it is also full of religious inspiration.” George Cross. + + + Am. J. Theol. 10: 747. O. ’06. 2390w. “Prof. Stevens’s work is a notable addition to our modern theological literature. It is marked by lucidity in its historical presentations and acuteness in its criticisms; and there is evidence of the author’s acquaintance with recent books on his subject.” + + Ath. 1906, 1: 696. Je. 9. 660w. Bib. World. 27: 80. Ja. ’06. 60w. “The book is seen to be one of the best from Professor Stevens’s hand.” + + Ind. 61: 1167. N. 15, ’06. 70w. “That volume is not suffused with feeling. It is without sentiment. The problem of suffering culminating in the suffering of Jesus Christ is discussed as a purely intellectual problem. In this, to our thinking, is the chief defect of the volume.” + – Outlook. 82: 41. Ja. 6, ’06. 810w. Stevenson, Burton Egbert. [Affairs of state: being an account of certain surprising adventures which befell an American family in the land of windmills]; il. by F. Vaux Wilson. †$1.50. Holt. A Wall street capitalist and two daughters are established in a poorly patronized hotel at a Dutch watering place. The inaction of the sojourn palls upon the father and he assumes the proprietorship of the place for one month. His American business methods result in large patronage and among the guests are diplomats who are bent upon settling the question of succession to the duchy of Schloshold-Markheim. Love, intrigue and misunderstanding produce a continuation of dramatic situations. “The easy indifference of the early style and story may have been part of the author’s plan. Whether it was or not, it contributes in no small measure to the sudden surprise and delight of the big chapter at the end.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 727. N. 3, ’06. 440w. “Fails to hold the interest or stimulate the curiosity.” – Outlook. 84: 839. D. 1, ’06. 10w. Stevenson, Burton Egbert. Girl with the blue sailor. [+]1.50. Dodd. “A young newspaper man, going upon his first real vacation since he left college, gets involved with an old college chum and the college chum’s bride upon their honeymoon, and entangled also with an interesting family consisting of a pompous papa, and affected mamma, and four charming unmarried daughters. All of them are guests at the same mountain tavern. The girl in the blue sailor also comes there.... First are jests Inspired by the presence of the bride and groom, then matchmaking plots, picnics, boating expeditions, sparkling conversations with rather frequent quotations from Browning. In the very midst of it the young newspaper man gets sent to South Africa, where he makes an immense name as a war correspondent. After several years he comes back after his reward.”—N. Y. Times. – Critic. 49: 287. S. ’06. 100w. “A very college boyish and amateurish love story.” – N. Y. Times. 11: 361. Je. 2, ’06. 220w. “Slight but rather pretty summer romance.” + – Outlook. 83: 243. My. 26, ’06. 60w. Stevenson, Burton E., and Elizabeth B., comps. Days and deeds; a book of verse for children’s reading and speaking. **$1. Baker. Significant poetry relating to American holidays and to great Americans has been grouped in this volume for use in schools and in the family. To this have been added a short anthology of the seasons, and eight lyrics that every child should know, including “The chambered nautilus,” Kipling’s “L’envoi,” “Abou Ben Adhem,” etc. “This should prove a very useful book for schools.” + Dial. 41: 43. Jl. 16, ’06. 110w. Nation. 83: 508. D. 13, ’06. 30w. Stevenson, Mrs. Margaret Isabella (Balfour). Letters from Samoa, 1891–1895, ed. and arranged by Marie Clothilde Balfour. *$2. Scribner. “The second and last instalment of these letters written by the mother of Stevenson during her journeys to Samoa and her life in his household there up to her return home after his death. All lovers of the man will be interested in them from their connection with the last years of his life, and no less for their personal charm and wit combined with sterling commonsense. They show that mother and son were in many respects alike—in their patience and fortitude in suffering as well as in their intellectual qualities and tastes.”—Critic. “This last batch of letters is always interesting, although Vailima was but a little world and life there much of a muchness day after day. Nor is anything described in these letters that is new to us.” + Acad. 70: 426. My. 5, ’06. 790w. “Had the letters contained anything noteworthy, either for its own sake, or as illustrative of Stevenson’s character or genius, they would have been welcome.” – Ath. 1906, 1: 419. Ap. 7. 340w. + Critic. 49: 91. Jl. ’06. 90w. “Though the motive in publishing the book may have been the desire to preserve some record of Mrs. Stevenson, it is quite certain that the only motive in reading it will be the desire to press still further if that is possible into the intimacies of her son’s life.” + – Lond. Times. 5: 103. Mr. 23, ’06. 650w. “No more delightful book about Stevenson has been published since his death, and it is a moral tonic as well.” + + Spec. 97: 371. S. 15, ’06. 300w. Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour. [Child’s garden of verses.] $2.50. Scribner. “Stevenson’s delicate cameos of childhood have found a most apt interpreter who has a style of her own with a curious charm.” + + Ath. 1905, 2: 798. D. 9. 90w. “One of the most attractive forms in which this most delightful book about children has appeared.” + + Outlook. 82: 46. Ja. 6, ’06. 40w. Stickney, (Joseph) Trumbull. Poems. *$1.50. Houghton. A posthumous volume of verse which includes “all of Stickney’s work that is for any reason valuable.” There are six groups as follows: Dramatic verses, Fragments of a drama on the life of Emperor Julian, Later lyrics, A dramatic scene, Juvenilia, and Fragments. “Promise rather than fulfillment is a mark of this work as a whole.” Wm. M. Payne. + – Dial. 40: 125. F. 16, ’06. 370w. “The book is edited with a wealth of piety and a rather conspicuous poverty of taste. Had he lived and been able to attain to a mastery of form and of syntax, he would undoubtedly have been a poet to reckon with.” – Nation. 81: 507. D. 21, ’05. 250w. “We owe to the excellent judgment of his editors, no doubt that nothing commonplace or unworthy has crept into this posthumous book of his verse.” + + N. Y. Times. 11: 277. Ap. 28, ’06. 420w. R. of Rs. 33: 122. Ja. ’06. 40w. Stiefel, H. C. Slices from a long loaf; logbook of an eventful voyage by five Pittsburg tourists down the beautiful Allegheny river, from Oil City to Pittsburg. $1.25. Bissell block pub. “A minimum of information about some of the industries of the Pittsburg district is here combined with the story of a boating trip and with a retelling of some other stories, classical and otherwise. The author explains his title by saying that the book like a loaf, may be sliced into at either end or the middle, as fancy chooses.”—Engin. N. Engin. N. 54: 645. D. 14, ’05. 60w. Stimson, Frederic Jesup (J. S. of Dale, pseud.). In cure of her soul. †$1.50. Appleton. The complications created by a host of characters and a tangle of events make for this novel a much-involved plot in which the hero who married in haste, realizes his mistake, finds the woman whom he can love “as a star,” but renounces her and turns from the giddy world to sincere endeavor in the field of law and politics. The wife, meanwhile, develops from a selfish petulant girl who loves the admiration of other men and the ways of a flashy vulgar social set, into a wife and mother worthy of the husband to whom she is re-united on the eve of his greatest political victory. The whole is an argument against divorce. – Bookm. 23: 639. Ag. ’06. 510w. “With certain marked faults of style and some looseness of construction, Mr. Stimson’s new novel is none the less one of the few genuinely valuable contributions to fiction of the year. Would that its like were more common.” + + – Critic. 49: 287. S. ’06. 360w. “In failing to work out this problem psychologically, the author has missed a great opportunity, and to a certain extent disappointed us in the expectations which might reasonably be based upon the title he has chosen for his work.” Wm. M. Payne. – + Dial. 41: 37. Jl. 16. ’06. 480w. “Whether or not Mr. Stimson wrote his latest book keeping pace with a serial, it has faults which a serial form imposes. The lessons of the book are mainly noble ones developed with much generous interpretation of motive, much poetic breadth of vision.” + – Nation. 83: 59. Jl. 19, ’06. 490w. N. Y. Times. 11: 385. Je. 16, ’06. 110w. “Excision and compression would have added greatly to the value of a striking book.” – + N. Y. Times. 11: 441. Jl. 7, ’06. 720w. “It lacks a certain vitality which makes some stories popular, a certain brilliancy of touch or definiteness of characterization which carries other stories to great audiences; but it is a clean, clear, strong piece of work.” + Outlook. 83: 801. Je. 30, ’06. 320w. Stodola, Aurel. Steam turbines; with an appendix on gas turbines and the future of heat engines. *$4.50. Van Nostrand. + + Nature. 75: 50. N. 15, ’06. 100w. Stokely, Edith Keeley, and Hurd, Marian Kent. Miss Billy. †$1.50. Lothrop. “The story is pleasant and cheering, and it contains a lesson that we all need.” + Cath. World. 82: 122. Ap. ’06. 150w. Stoker, Bram (Abraham). Reminiscences of Sir Henry Irving. *$7.50. Macmillan. Mr. Stoker, for many years Mr. Irving’s business manager, writes from first-hand information. “Of Irving, as a man and manager—a personality potent, intellectual, indomitable, ambitious, honorable, tender, imperious, picturesque, and fascinating—he gives a most at- “Here, at last, the man lives for us in the pages of his friend; here, at last, we catch the sense of his greatness, which makes all the gossip and chatter seem dustier and dryer than before. Three things in the book are of importance: the account of Sir Henry’s views on his art; the financial history of his management and his attitude towards the contemporary dramatist.” + + – Acad. 71: 369. O. 13, ’06. 1090w. “Mr. Stoker has failed to endow his sketch with life. The outline is conventional where it is not vague, and the filling in shows a decided want of the sense of proportion.” – Blackwood’s M. 180: 613. N. ’06. 4360w. “This tribute of love and admiration which his sorrowful lieutenant lays upon his tomb is not the least of his honours.” I. Ranken Towse. + Bookm. 24: 367. D. ’06. 1120w. Current Literature. 41: 659. D. ’06. 880w. “His candid Reminiscences have opened the actor’s life and character to the public. The wit, the wisdom, the anecdote, the talk by famous men and about them, the strangeness and vivacity of many of the incidents and eminence of many of the characters, combine to render the work fascinating and instructive.” Ingram A. Pyle. + + + Dial. 41: 276. N. 1, ’06. 1540w. “The book may often enough provoke a good-humoured smile, but it is of first rate interest for the light it throws on one who was, in his line, a great man, and none the less welcome because it incidentally records the entirely honourable career of that man’s faithful friend.” + + Lond. Times. 5: 353. O. 19, ’06. 1310w. “‘For my own part the work which I have undertaken in this book is to show future minds something of Henry Irving as he was to me.’ So says Bram Stoker, in his preface to these two bulky volumes of personal reminiscences, and no one, after reading them, can deny that to this extent at least he has fully and ably accomplished his purpose.” + + – Nation. 83: 334. O. 18, ’06. 1820w. “It is not a biography at all, but it presents such a picture of Henry Irving from the beginning of his career to his last performance, as has not been hitherto accessible. As a gossip Mr. Stoker is always amiable.” + + N. Y. Times. 11: 674. O. 13. ’06. 1890w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 801. D. ’06. 130w. “Other shortcomings there are in these volumes besides the failure to make known to us the real Irving—Irving the man as distinguished from Irving the actor. But, after all is said, this is a book to be grateful for, a book that will be of deep interest to gentlemen of ‘the profession,’ and an important contribution to the history of the English stage.” + – Outlook. 84: 713. N. 24, ’06. 860w. “Within the limitations laid down for himself by the author, however, the work is brimful of interest as a contribution not only to the history of the technical advance of the stage during half a century, but to that of its social rise as well.” + Putnam’s. 1: 382. D. ’06. 320w. + R. of Rs. 34: 757. D. ’06. 280w. Stone, Gertrude Lincoln, and Fickett, Mary Grace. Days and deeds of a hundred years ago. *35c. Heath. Under the headings: Two heroes of a “Far old year” (1780), From Massachusetts to Ohio (1787), The inauguration of Washington (1789), The story of the cotton gin (1793), The Parkers’ moving and settling (1798), The success of Robert Fulton (1807), A canal journey (1826), Kindling a fire (1828), A railroad story (1830), The electric telegraph (1844), are told stories of a hundred years ago which will make those days seem real to the children of today. Stoner, Burton. Squeaks and squawks from far-away forests: a sequel to Jim Crow tales; il. by C: Livingston Bull. $1. Saalfield. All about the first, second and third floor dwellers in White oak castle—which, unshorn of its romance, is a plain old oak tree. The animals and birds that tenant it furnish bits of wisdom and entertainment for juveniles. Strang, Herbert. [Brown of Moukden: a story of the Russo-Japanese war]; il. by W. Rainey. †$1.50. Putnam. Mr. Strang’s story is “an exciting narrative reciting the adventures of an English youth—Jack Brown—the son of a British merchant doing business in Moukden at the outbreak of the recent war between Russia and Japan.” (N. Y. Times.) “Herbert Strang may be congratulated on another first-rate book.” + Ath. 1905, 2: 720. N. 25. 100w. + Critic. 48: 574. Je. ’06. 80w. “The fault of the story is that it is too long, and, to tell the truth, is sometimes tedious. Yet there is more good matter in it than in most of the kind.” + – Lond. Times. 4: 385. N. 10, ’05. 150w. “A good story for boys.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 197. Mr. 31, ’06. 510w. “An admirable piece of work.” + Outlook. 82: 761. Mr. 31, ’06. 110w. “Is certainly a success.” + Spec. 95: sup. 791. N. 18, ’05. 810w. Strasburger, Eduard. Rambles on the Riviera; tr. from the German by O. and B. Comerford Casey. *$5. Scribner. While in the main it is the botanist who studies his flowers for the reader’s benefit, yet in more than plants does he use his powers of observation. Descriptions of people, their surroundings, and the changes that the seasons make in both are to be found in the book, as well as intimate knowledge of the local flora. The illustrations reproduce almost every plant presented in the text. “One’s interest in his luxuriously printed and illustrated book is primarily scientific.” Wallace Rice. + Dial. 41: 392. D. 1, ’06. 120w. “As a writer, he is a true impressionist, making some times a single line or a touch of color tell a long story. This record then, is an attractive, as well as sound guide-book.” + + Nation. 83: 471. N. 29, ’06. 740w. “This luxurious—one might truly say luxuriant—book is pre-eminently the work of a scientific mind which would remove itself as far as possible from reposeless, useless, pleasure-seeking modern life and find rest and acquire knowledge in a contemplation of nature.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 770. N. 24, ’06. 670w. “Does for the Riviera something of the service that Mr. Thomas’s [‘Heart of England’] does for England.” + Outlook. 84: 704. N. 24, ’06. 170w. “Dr. Strasburger suggests a pursuit which would give novel zest to the walks of the dilettante sojourner.” + Sat. R. 102: 711. D. 8, ’06. 910w. Streamer, Col. D., pseud. (Harry Graham). [More misrepresentative men.] **$1. Fox. + Critic. 48: 384. Ap. ’06. 230w. + Ind. 60: 344. F. 8. ’06. 70w. Streatfeild, Richard A. Modern music and musicians. $2.75. Macmillan. In this volume the author has made studies of most of the greater composers from the time of Palestrina to the present day, attempting to trace the growth of the idea of a poetic basis in music. “Our author—somewhat impulsive, and ... not always charitable—may now and again irritate us, but there is more to be learnt from him than from one who follows custom, and therefore displays little or no individuality.” + – Ath. 1906, 2: 702. D. 1. 850w. “On the whole, his criticisms are temperate and judicial, albeit at times the bias of an English point of view is discoverable. His style, though not polished, is especially easy, flowing and serviceable.” Lewis M. Isaacs. – – Bookm. 24: 271. N. ’06. 840w. “The whole volume seems to want a great deal of revision. It shows much reading and some research, it is well presented, with good illustrations and a good index, but it deals too lightly with a set of problems which, after all, are the most difficult in all musical criticism.” – + Lond. Times. 5: 359. O. 26, ’06. 800w. “There is a good deal that is insular in Mr. Streatfeild.” + – Nation. 83: 399. N. 8, ’06. 660w. “It is unfortunate that theories and prepossessions have taken so firm a hold of a writer who presents himself so authoritatively to the musical public as Mr. Streatfeild.” Richard Aldrich. – + N. Y. Times. 11: 762. N. 17, ’06. 930w. Putnam’s. 1: 382. D. ’06. 200w. “It Is a volume which may well be entitled to occupy an honoured place on the shelf of the book-lover, and which will make its appeal, as the reflection of a cultivated and catholic mind, far beyond the limited circle of English musicians.” Harold E. Gorst. + + Sat. R. 102: 392. S. 29, ’06. 1680w. Street, George Edward. Mount Desert: a history; ed. by S: A. Eliot; with a memorial introd. by Wilbert L. Anderson. **$2.50. Houghton. “The whole history is simply and interestingly told.” + Dial. 40: 268. Ap. 16, ’06. 210w. “It is of specific value as a local history, but it includes much that is beyond the range of its title.” + Nation. 82: 352. Ap. 26, ’06. 520w. Stringer, Arthur John Arbuthnott. Wire tappers. †$1.50. Little. A story of greed end craft and a goodly amount of implied electrical information. Two people, an electrical inventor, and an English girl, by force of unusual circumstances play in a game of chance side by side under the direction of a bookmaker ogre who attempts by wiretapping to beat a pool-room in New York City. “Yet there is in it a plot, or the suggestion of a plot, that might have served Ibsen. In its earlier chapters it develops a posture of events on which a ‘psychological’ novelist or dramatist could have builded a powerful work.” (N. Y. Times.) “As a whole this novel is one of the most original, interesting and suggestive romances of the year.” + + Arena. 36: 217. Ag. ’06. 790w. “Quite as clever in its way as Mr. Hornung’s ‘Raffles’ stories.” + + Bookm. 23: 642. Ag. ’06. 420w. “The story is exciting, but the morale is unqualifiedly bad.” – + Critic. 49: 288. S. ’06. 80w. “Although this story is about as immoral in its tendencies as any that we have ever read the crimes which it deals with are so ingeniously contrived as to prove remarkably interesting.” Wm. M. Payne. – + Dial. 41: 38. Jl. 16, ’06. 280w. “The book is at once action and life, virile and alluring. It grips, and remains a pleasant memory.” + + Lit. D. 32: 983. Je. 30, ’06. 690w. “We care much less for the characterization than for the incidents and the felicitous handling that gives them the semblance of reality.” + – N. Y. Times. 11: 308. My. 12, ’06. 620w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 382. Je. 16, ’06. 110w. “Ingenious story.” + Outlook. 83: 387. Je. 16. ’06. 90w. Strong, Mrs. Isobel (Osbourne). Girl from home: a story of Honolulu. †$1.50. McClure. “Mrs. Strong’s story is of the slightest, but it leaves you with a cheerful sense of having lately picnicked in some pleasant spot where a perpetual sun shone with pure benevolence.” Mary Moss. + Atlan. 97: 49. Ja. ’06. 60w. Strong, Josiah. Social progress: a year book and encyclopedia of economic, industrial, social and religious statistics, 1906. **$1. Baker. “Social progress” for this present year directly aids the Department of international social information of the American institute of social service in its aim to create an exchange of thought and knowledge between the workers and students in all departments of social activity around the world. It takes its place in statistical value with the statesman’s year book, the census abstract, and the metropolitan almanacs. Stuart, Charles Duff. Casa Grande. †$1.50. Holt. Casa Grande is the California ranch house of a young Southerner who, in the early fifties, was forced into a serious struggle to make good his title to an unconfirmed Mexican grant in the Sonoma valley. The eviction of the squatters, who would neither sell their improvements nor buy his land, brings him in contact with Belle, a spirited young girl of true frontier type, adored by the sheriff, her family and dogs. In the course of the events which follow, Belle is mellowed into a truly womanly woman and, laying aside gunpowder and an explosive temper becomes the mistress of Casa Grande. “Mr. Stuart goes quietly to work to draw a romantic environment and succeeds in placing in it a number of people who, like volcanoes smolder without exploding until the right time comes.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 705. O. 27, ’06. 320w. + Outlook. 84: 629. N. 10, ’06. 110w. Stubbs, Charles William. Christ of English poetry: being the Hulsean lectures delivered before the University of Cambridge, 1904–5. **$2. Dutton. Dr. Stubbs calls four poets representing four periods in English history to witness to the personality of Christ. They are Cynewulf, Langland, Shakespeare and Browning. Some of the poems of each man are analyzed and there have been added full explanatory notes to each lecture. “The Christianity of these lectures is a little too vague and indefinite to be either historically true or practically valuable. This is not to deny that the argument of the lecturer is often clever, and that contact with a spirit so tolerant, so hopeful, so appreciative of the best in English life, is refreshing and delightful.” + – Ind. 61: 1058. N. 1, ’06. 290w. “They exhibit the preacher’s inevitable limitations. The most serious of these is the determination to force an edifying conclusion out of matter which in fact refuses to provide one. Many interesting things are said and quoted, both in the lectures and in the notes: but the book as a whole must be admitted to be a disappointment.” – + Lond. Times. 5: 102. Mr. 23, ’06. 840w. “It is a keen intellectual pleasure to read these scholarly and most graceful discourses, stimulating as they are to our own thought.” + Outlook. 82: 807. Ap. 7, ’06. 320w. + Spec. 96: 449. Mr. 24, ’06. 1640w. Stubbs, Rev. Charles William. [Story of Cambridge]; il. by Herbert Railton. $2. Macmillan. The Dean of Ely’s work belongs to the “Mediaeval town series” and tells the reader “what Cambridge was in the past, how it grew materially and spiritually, and what it is now.” (Spec.) + Ath. 1906, 1: 544. My. 5. 70w. “The book is somewhat dry reading, rather a book of reference.” + – Ind. 61: 754. S. 27. ’06. 110w. “This little book is a handy guide to the university town.” + Nation. 82: 288. Ap. 5, ’06. 450w. “His style is not attractive; but everything he knows about town and university is placed at your service, you may help yourself.” + + – N. Y. Times. 11: 75. F. 3, ’06. 600w. “Dean Stubbs knows his Cambridge at first hand, and, what is as important, knows also how to write.” + Outlook. 82: 327. F. 10, ’06. 110w. “The Dean has made a lively and picturesque volume out of his superabundant materials.” + + Sat. R. 101: 136. F. 3, ’06. 1400w. “This volume ... is in every way attractive.” + Spec. 95: 986. D. 9, ’05. 220w. Stubbs, Rt. Rev. William, bishop of Oxford. Lectures on early English history; ed. by Arthur Hassall. *$4. Longmans. “The first half of the volume is, in some measure, a commentary upon the author’s ‘Select charters.’ ... The second half of the book is a series of lectures on an entirely different topic—a study of medieval constitutions in the light of nationality and religion. In these pages Bishop Stubbs is less restrained than in his treatment of the details of the English constitution, and they reveal, not, indeed, the humour of the companion volume, but some of the speaker’s fundamental positions and convictions.”—Lond. Times. “We may be grateful for the publication of Bishop Stubbs’s ‘Lectures on early English history’ ... for biographical reasons, if for no other, for the light they throw on the author’s methods of work. For those who can separate what is obsolete from what is still of value, they are worth much more than this.” + Am. Hist. R. 11: 933. Jl. ’06. 290w. “Their work was done in the hour of their delivery; they can never have been meant for publication, for Stubbs knew how fast and far knowledge had posted since they were written.” – Ath. 1906, 1: 384. Mr. 31. 1200w. “Mr. Hassall has taken his editorial duties much too lightly.” James Tait. + – Eng. Hist. R. 21: 763. O. ’06. 790w. “Students of early English history will find in these pages much that is useful and suggestive, and they will leave them with greater admiration than ever for the learning and the wisdom of the great Bishop of Oxford.” + + Lond. Times. 5: 99. Mr. 23, ’06. 670w. “Some of the discourses published by Mr. Hassall would hardly have left Stubbs’s own hand for the press in their present unrevised condition, but, as revealing his more spontaneous habits of thought, it is well to have them in their present form.” + – Nation. 82: 532. Je. 29, ’06. 210w. “It is doubtful whether he intended these lectures to be published; and he would have been the first to admit that some parts of them required further elaboration before their argument could be regarded as complete.” + – Sat. R. 101: 697. Je. 2, ’06. 880w. “Here for the first time he has placed in his hands full, and for the most part satisfactory, explanations and the technical terms used in the laws and charters of the Norman kings, and what is really a full commentary upon the texts of the ‘Select charters.’” + + – World To-Day. 11: 1219. N. ’06. 210w. Studies in philosophy and psychology: a commemorative volume by former students of Charles Edward Garman. *$2.50. Houghton. A volume presented to Professor Charles Edward Garman on the 20th of June, 1906, in commemoration of his twenty-five years of service as teacher in philosophy in Amherst college. There are thirteen papers on philosophical subjects, nine of whose contributors are professors in American colleges and universities, one a professor in a theological seminary; two are college instructors; and one is head of the South End house, Boston. “The present volume will serve as a permanent and worthy memorial of this service, upon which the outside world may be permitted to congratulate all concerned.” James Rowland Angell and A. W. Moore. + + J. Philos. 3: 631. N. 8, ’06. 6200w. “The ‘Outlook’ congratulates him on this well-deserved monument which they have reared to his memory.” + + Outlook. 83: 864. Ag. 11, ’06. 420w. Sturgis, Howard Overing. All that was possible. †$1.50. Putnam. A series of letters written by a woman who had sold her birthright for a mess of pottage. “The Earl of Medmenham was Sybil Croft’s first serious indiscretion; and when he took her from the stage and agreed to be responsible for her expenses, she justified herself by the belief that she really loved him. But when the Earl married, she realised that she was not in the least broken-hearted, philosophically accepted the modest settlement he offered her, and betook herself to a remote corner of Wales.” (Bookm.) Here Robert Henshaw finds her; “they fall in love,—she, uplifted by him, honourably; he, dragged down by her, dishonourably.” (Pub. Opin.). + Acad. 70: 590. Je. 23, ’06. 1020w. “The subtle understanding of mood and temperament stamps this book as a finer piece of art than many a more pretentious volume.” Frederic Taber Cooper. + Bookm. 23: 189. Ap. ’06. 470w. “The book is extremely interesting, although much shorter and slighter in construction than that brilliant study of London life, Belchamber.” M. K. Ford. + – Critic. 48: 432. My. ’06. 750w. “It is the most normally written, least emotional book of the season; and it may be a good one, but, if so, goodness may be regained, like the health by a change of scene, diet and climate.” Mrs. L. H. Harris. – + Ind. 60: 1042. My. 3, ’06. 320w. “The letters are brilliantly written.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 162. Mr. 17, ’06. 600w. “The man, Robert Henshaw, is wooden and unconvincing—the woman behind the letters is strange, but very true.” + – Pub. Opin. 40: 411. Mr. 31, ’06. 180w. “A successful psychologic study.” + R. of Rs. 33: 758. Je. ’06. 190w. Spec. 96: 1044. Je. 30, ’06. 80w. Sturgis, Howard Overing. Belchamber. †$1.50. Putnam. “Belongs among those books which are good enough not only to read, but to discuss.” Mary Moss. + Atlan. 97: 56. Ja. ’06. 190w. Sturgis, Russell. Appreciation of pictures. **$1.50. Baker. “Judging the book strictly on the standards thus set up by its author it is found to be of very uneven merit. We should like it better if the author had taken more pains with his verbal style, which is, barring the occasional technical jargon, a very ordinary journalese.” – + Ind. 60: 574. Mr. 8, ’06. 290w. + Lit. D. 32: 83. Ja. 20, ’06. 960w. “Mr. Sturgis strongly resembles Mr. Hamerton in the perverted diligence with which he forces the most unsuitable pairs of artists to work in harness under the same category for his own nefarious book-making ends.” – Sat. R. 101: 528. Ap. 28, ’06. 320w. “This is, on the whole, a wise and sensible book, full of wide-minded appreciation of art.” + Spec. 96: 101. Ja. 20, ’06. 200w. Sturgis, Russell. Study of the artist’s way of working in various handicrafts and arts of design. 2v. **$15. Dodd. Reviewed by John La Farge. + + Architectural Record. 19: 199. Mr. ’06. 4870w. “The subjects are multitudinous, indeed, which Mr. Sturgis treats, and it seems invidious almost to claim a superiority of handling of one over the other.” Frank Fowler. + + Bookm. 23: 106. Mr. ’06. 860w. “It is a form of notebook, but also of encyclopaedia, and one more offshoot of a habit of life constantly curious in everything connected with art.” + + Nation. 82: 121. F. 8, ’06. 2790w. Sturt, Henry. Idola theatri: a criticism of Oxford thought and thinkers from the standpoint of a personal idealism. *$3.25. Macmillan. “Under this Baconian title an Oxford scholar, Mr. Henry Sturt, rips up some current philosophic fallacies. Recent British philosophy (and American also) has been carried captive, as he views it, by a German invasion inculcating a one-sided idealism, in which the conative factor of thought is overshadowed by the speculative.... The general charge is that the ‘idols’ deceive by substituting a static for the dynamic conception of reality, with resulting damage to various interests, chiefly those of ethics, politics, and religion.”—Outlook. “Mr. Sturt is sincere, and his way independent: but the structure of the book is slight; and in closing it we are haunted by the suspicion that its author has failed to master the doctrines he attacks.” + – Acad. 71: 106. Ag. 4, ’06. 2070w. “Unfortunately, this is written from a very narrow outlook. It is history to suit a special interest. The attempt is made to convict Idealism of three great crimes—called Intellectualism, Absolutism, and Subjectivism.” – Ath. 1906, 2: 95. Jl. 25. 1230w. “The work lacks systematic thoroughness; the criticisms are often haphazard, and the positive views adopted are so various that the reconciliation and substantiation of them all prescribes a somewhat difficult task to that yet unwritten new system of philosophy to which the author looks for a complete proof of his ‘master principle.’” J. W. Scott. – Hibbert J. 5: 212. O. ’06. 2220w. “But altho the book is far from effective as a whole, the criticisms it contains of certain points in Green’s metaphysics and in Mr. Bradley’s doctrine of the Absolute are perfectly sound, and the protest on behalf of the importance of activity or conative experience may be accepted as substantially true.” – + Lond. Times. 5: 321. S. 21, ’06. 1340w. “Mr. Sturt’s work is worthy of all commendation. And in condensing so much and such crabbed material into so interesting a form he has achieved a considerable feat. His book deserves to be read, and doubtless will be.” + + Nation. 83: 85. Jl. 26, ’06. 1460w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 329. My. 19, ’06. 670w. “Mr. Sturt is keen, vigorous and clear.” + Outlook. 83: 334. Je. 9, ’06. 310w. “The main purpose of the book is critical, and ... we are prepared to admit that Mr. Sturt is, on the whole a ‘very respectable person’ in that field. Constructively the book is weak, and the weakness is a serious blemish.” + – Spec. 97: 266. Ag. 25, ’06. 1730w. Sudermann, Hermann. [Undying past]; tr. by Beatrice Marshall. †$1.50. Lane. “The scene of the story is East Prussia ... and the setting is agricultural. Two landed proprietors have grown up from childhood with the love of David and Jonathan.... Leo, having been detected in an intrigue with the wife of a nobleman of the neighborhood, is challenged by the injured husband to a duel, slays his opponent, is sentenced to a term of imprisonment, and, after his release, goes to South America, for a period of years. Ulrich, in the meanwhile, knowing nothing of his friend’s guilty relations with the widow of the slain, offers himself to her in marriage and is accepted. They have been united for some time, when Leo returns to his home, and at this point the story opens.... Leo is all the time conscious of the dark shadow of guilt that separates him from Ulrich. The latter, wholly unsuspecting, seeks to reknit the old relations, yet must defer to the stubborn fact that his wife had been made a widow by the deed of his friend.... Her old passion for her husband’s friend is revived upon his return, and ... the substance of the book is the struggle between these two characters-her struggle to bring him back into the old sinful relation, his to banish her from his thought, and purify his soul by repentance and expiation.”—Dial. “It cannot be said altogether that Miss Marshall has attained a very high standard. But at least it may be said that she has given us a readable and fairly literary rendering of the original.” + + – Acad. 70: 576. Je. 16, ’06. 520w. “This is a gloomy but powerful psychologic study which also gives a fine realistic picture of life on the great landed estates of Prussia.” Amy C. Rich. + Arena. 36: 571. N. ’06. 290w. “If from the artistic point of view it is hardly equal to some of the author’s other novels that appeared before it, it is none the less a fine and forcible romance, and contains some of his best writing.” + Ath. 1906, 1: 729. Je. 16. 480w. “The pages and chapters which are devoted to a portrayal of local customs and modes of thought, careful and vivid though they are, tend to obscure the real issue of the story rather than to elucidate it.” Frederic Taber Cooper. + – Bookm. 24: 117. O. ’06. 530w. “[This] English version is carelessly made.” Wm. M. Payne. – Dial. 41: 113. S. 1. ’06. 650w. + – Lond. Times. 5: 217. Je. 15, ’06. 600w. “That which is eminently unsatisfactory besides the title, however ... is the absence of any biographical introduction.” – Nation. 83: 141. Ag. 16, ’06. 360w. “A powerful drama of humanity.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 494. Ag. 11, ’06. 1120w. “There is a profound depression over the whole book, though the literary art which presents it is, as usual with Sudermann, full of force and of fine restraint.” + – Spec. 97: 173. Ag. 4, ’06. 170w. Suess, Eduard. Face of the earth (Das antlitz der erde); tr. by Hertha B. C. Sollas under the direction of W. J. Sollas. 5v. per v. *$8.35. Oxford. A work complete in five volumes. Volume one is divided into two parts. “The first consists of five chapters, in which are discussed the movements of the outer crust of the earth, diluvial, seismic, dislocatory and volcanic. In the second part the mountain systems of the world are examined in very varying detail, but sufficiently to bring out the main trend lines.” (Ath.) “The main purpose of [the second] volume is the statement of the evidence for Suess’s contention that continents are never uplifted in mass, and that the occurrence of raised shore lines and horizontal sheets of marine rocks is due to the lowering of sea level, and not to the raising of the land.” (Nature.) + + Nation. 83: 12. Jl. 5. ’06. 130w. (Review of v. 2.) + + Nature. 74: 629. O. 25. ’06. 1690w. (Review of v. 2.) Sutcliffe, Halliwell. Benedick in Arcady. †$1.50. Dutton. Really the sequel to “A bachelor in Arcady,” the book reveals a rather prosaic coloring. “The scene is the same, but it has lost some of its colour and breeziness. Cathy is not less fascinating as wife than as maid: the Wanderer is as courtly and buoyant as ever; but the Bachelor, by turning Benedick, has become a different being. His touch with nature is less intimate. Instead of the delightful notes on gardens, fields, animals, and birds in the earlier book, we have attractively written essays on such subjects as the Stuarts, superstition, the yeomanry, and old age.” (Ath.) “In fact, the book is an idyll, and much better written than such idylls are wont to be.” + Acad. 70: 530. Je. 2, ’06. 340w. “Is disappointing only because its predecessor was much better.” + Ath. 1906, 1: 97. Jl. 28. 150w. + Lond. Times. 5: 192. My. 25, ’06. 280w. “The wanderers with Mr. Sutcliffe into his Arcady will be rewarded for their stroll, and will come upon many a bye-the-bye bit, well worth tucking into their memories.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 480. Jl. 28, ’06. 440w. “Though hardly the equal of its predecessor, ‘A bachelor in Arcady,’ there are to be found both grace and charm in these chapters, which occupy a middle ground between the story and the essay.” + Outlook. 84: 43. S. 1, ’06. 60w. Sutphen, William Gilbert van Tassel. Doomsman. †$1.50. Harper. New York in the year 2015 A. D. forms the setting for a story of love and adventure in which the hero is supposed to rediscover the use of firearms and electricity, the knowledge of which has been lost in a great catastrophe which wiped out our modern civilization ninety years earlier. But for the gaunt and partially destroyed skyscrapers and other remains of our own day the tale, with all its primitive human nature, might well be one of the far past and not of the future. “In places the book is almost grotesque enough to be humourous; but if the author meant it for humour, he disguised his purpose too well. As it stands it is simply tedious and unprofitable.” – Bookm. 23: 643. Ag. ’06. 360w. N. Y. Times. 11: 419. Je. 30, ’06. 1240w. Suttner, Bertha, baroness von. “Ground arms:” “Die waffen nieder;” a romance of European war, tr. from the German by Alice Asbury Abbott. †$1.25. McClurg. —Same. With title “Lay down your arms: the autobiography of Martha Von Tilling: authorized tr. by T. Holmes.” 75c. Longmans. This book, which won the Nobel peace prize for 1905, is a powerful plea for universal disarmament. It is the autobiography of an Austrian countess born with true martial spirit, her only grief that she cannot win laurels on the field of battle. At seventeen she marries a dashing young lieutenant and one short year later, clasping her fatherless son to her heart she awakens to the real horrors of war. Her hatred of war and warfare is justified by the story of the thirty years that follow. She draws pictures of agony, disease and mutilation as seen in 1864, 1866, and again when she lost the love of her mature years at Paris, and she shows between these periods such happy years of peace that the reader shudders with her at the contrast. “Regarded merely as a novel, the book has fine qualities—the reader’s interest never flags, and the realism is so vigorous that one who does not know the facts will continually feel inclined to suspect that the autobiography is fictitious only as far as the names of the personages are concerned.” + + Cath. World. 82: 841. Mr. ’06. 1320w. “This version ... is both idiomatic and exact.” + Dial. 40: 161. Mr. 1, ’06. 50w. + Ind. 60: 1492. Je. 21. ’06. 150w. Lit. D. 32: 254. F. 17, ’06. 170w. “Constructively it shows no literary genius, and its war pictures fall far short of those in Tolstoy’s ‘War and peace.’” + – Nation. 82: 299. Ap. 12, ’06. 80w. “The supreme grace of simplicity has been given her, and an exquisite tenderness whereby she holds the heart of her reader in the hollow of her hand.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 144. Mr. 10, ’06. 1350w. “The story is thoroughly German, in remarkable good English.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 398. Je. 16, ’06. 250w. “The story itself is of keen interest, but the argument is stronger than the story.” + + Outlook. 82: 521. Mr. 3, ’06. 110w. “The greatest philanthropical novel of this generation.” + + R. of Rs. 33: 761. Je. ’06. 170w. Suyematsu, K., baron. Risen sun. **$3. Dutton. + Lond. Times. 4: 322. O. 6, ’05. 920w. “Why, in the days of ‘The risen sun,’ when concealment of facts is no longer possible, should so frank a scholar, refined gentleman, true patriot, and man of the world as Baron Suyematsu is, and with so noble a recorded service, seek to imitate the uncanny fashion of his old-time literary brethren?” + – Nation. 82: 288. Ap. 5, ’06. 1070w. Swayne, Christine Siebeneck (Mrs. Noah F. Swayne). Visionary and other poems. $1.25. Badger, R. G. Three score little verses which sing much of love and something of nature. + N. Y. Times. 11: 434. Jl. 7, ’06. 150w. Sweetser, Kate Dickinson. Boys and girls from George Eliot; pictures by George Alfred Williams. †$2. Fox. Really a happy thought contribution to child literature. Aside from the pleasure and value of the stories to young readers it is hoped that interest will extend to the books from which these pictures of child life are taken. The little people who are introduced are Tom and Maggie Tulliver, Eppie, Tottie Poyser, the Garths, Little Lizzie, Jacob Cohen, Tina, “The little black-eyed monkey,” Job Tudge and Harry Transome. “We question the advisability of such a volume, however; it gives a wrong impression of George Eliot, and adds a somber tone that will come later in life.” – Ind. 61: 1410. D. 13, ’06. 100w. “In these drawings Mr. Williams shows a mounting command and simplification.” + – Int. Studio. 30: sup. 56. D. ’06. 140w. “The work is very well done.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 718. N. 3, ’06. 150w. + R. of Rs. 34: 763. D. ’06. 230w. Swinburne, Algernon Charles. Love’s crosscurrents. $1.50. Harper. “For all its slightness, the book leaves an impression. You have a far clearer vision of every person than of the elaborately explained Lady Kitty, in ‘William Ashe.’” Mary Moss. + Atlan. 97: 58. Ja. ’06. 420w. Swinburne, Algernon Charles. Poems: selected and edited by Arthur Beatty. 35c. Crowell. Uniform with the “Handy volume classics.” The poems have been carefully selected and annotated, and the volume is supplied with a prefatory note and an introduction, the latter briefly sketching Swinburne’s life. Dial. 41: 330. N. 16, ’06. 50w. “Is worth having, for it contains some of the finest poems of the century and is mercifully free from some of the more luxuriant passages of the great poet.” + World To-Day. 11: 1221. N. ’06. 60w. Swinburne, Algernon Charles. Selected lyrical poems. $1.50. Harper. Swinburne’s first published volume, Poems and ballads, is included in this edition together with many later poems that are best representative of the poet’s genius. Swinburne, Algernon Charles. Tragedies. Collected lib. ed. 5 v. *$10. Harper. A five volume edition of Swinburne’s “Tragedies” which with the six-volume edition of his “Poems” makes available in collected form the “entire poetical product of the greatest of living poets.” (Dial.) Volume 1 contains “The Queen mother” and “Rosamund;” Volume 2 contains “Chastelard,” and the first two acts of “Bothwell,” the remaining three acts of which constitute Volume 3; Volume 4 includes the drama “Mary Stuart” and essays on her life and character; and Volume 5 contains “Locrine,” “The sisters,” “Marino Faliero,” and “Rosamund, queen of the Lombards.” + + Dial. 40: 330. My. 16, ’06. 520w. (Review of v. 1–5.) + Lond. Times. 4: 208. Je. 30, ’05. 1660w. (Review of v. 1.) + Lond. Times. 5: 33. F. 2, ’06. 1760w. (Review of v. 2–4.) + + Nation. 82: 382. My. 10, ’06. 50w. (Review of v. 1–5.) Reviewed by George S. Hellman. + + N. Y. Times. 11: 320. My. 19, ’06. 2950w. (Review of v. 1–5.) + Outlook. 83: 483. Je. 23, ’06. 110w. (Review of v. 1–5) + + Sat. R. 100: 54. Jl. 8, ’05. 1050w. (Review of v. 1.) + + Sat. R. 101: 238. F. 24, ’06. 1660w. (Review of v. 2–4.) Symonds, E. M. (George Paston, pseud.). B. R. Haydon and his friends. **$3. Dutton. “George Paston has admirably illustrated a fascinating subject.” + + Ath. 1905, 2: 873. D. 23. 830w. Reviewed by Royal Cortissoz. + Atlan. 97: 274. F. ’06. 440w. “Is, for all its sorrow and tragedy, brightened by the record of many joyous days and hours, and is altogether a fascinating biography.” + Dial. 41: 92. Ag. 16, ’06. 350w. Symons, Arthur. [Spiritual adventures.] **$2.50. Dutton. “These stories, each of which deals with a separate personality, are studies of decadence. They explore the relation between life and art.” (Ath.) In each of the eight studies the author “is intent on reproducing a distinct temperamental type, or, to put it in another way, in each case he has isolated a temperament and assigned it to a person.” (Outlook.) “‘Esther Kahn’ is perhaps the most wholesome of these haunting stories, having a definite culmination in the creation of the artist through suffering. But on the whole, ‘The death of Peter Waydelin’ is the achievement of the book, in the tragedy and realistic horror of its setting.” (Critic.) “They are all, as one would expect, stories of the better sort, not depending upon incident, but expounding some emotional situation. For the work of an author not accustomed to express himself in this medium, they are surprisingly well told, though they present some of the technical defects which the essayist who sets himself to write stories is seldom able to avoid.” + Acad. 69: 1148. N. 4, ’05. 1330w. Ath. 1906, 1: 161. F. 10. 1790w. “It is Mr. Symons’s simple and forceful style, with its delicate psychic touches, combined with his really great gift for the vital story, which disarms our criticism of his philosophy.” + Critic. 48: 189. F. ’06. 380w. “His very cleverness and facility make it more to be regretted that he has wasted his time in portraiture, brilliant but without significance, of subjects that are hardly worthy of such distinction.” + – Dial. 40: 201. Mr. 16, ’06. 380w. “Evocations, these tales, if tales you can call them, will prove attractive for some to whom English fiction has become too material, too much a thing of bricks and mortar.” James Huneker. + N. Y. Times. 11: 206. Ap. 7, ’06. 680w. “No matter how impersonal the reader tries to be, he will probably close this book with a sense of depression.” + – Outlook. 82: 94. Ja. 13, ’06. 250w. “The work of a literary artist with an extraordinarily engaging and subtly morbid personality, they sometimes fascinate and sometimes disgust but always awaken interest and rivet attention.” + – Sat. R. 101: 365. Mr. 24. ’06. 1310w. Syrett, Netta. Day’s journey. †$1.25. McClurg. The “day’s journey” of a novelist and his wife from a state of infatuation to one of quiet affection carries them thru many stages. The young writer tires of a quiet country life and seeks emotional inspiration and sympathy from a frowsy artist of Greek robes and sandals who poses as a true Bohemian. He neglects his wife and to cover his latest “friendship” thrusts upon her the society of an old lover. This old lover inspires her to self assertion and she develops into a woman of character and talent who wins literary honors for herself, and turns from an admiring social world to find her husband once more at her feet. + – Acad. 68: 639. Je. 17, ’05. 360w. “Miss Syrett has a charming style and a dramatic faculty for keeping what Besant called the ‘flat times’ of her characters out of the reader’s knowledge. Her limitations, so far at least as the present novel is concerned, are chiefly those of environment.” + – Ath. 1905, 2: 201. Ag. 12. 310w. “The whole story is told in a crisp style which never drags and which is always charming.” Wm. M. Payne. + Dial. 41: 242. O. 16, ’06. 230w. “The story is written with considerable sense of humor and charm of manner.” + N. Y. Times. 11: 617. O. 6. ’06. 470w. “Netta Syrett wields a clever pen and shows much wit in her society sketches.” + Outlook. 84: 629. N. 10, ’06. 190w. “The book is fairly written.” + – Spec. 95: 157. Jl. 29, ’06. 220w.