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Gallatin, A. E. Whistler’s art dicta and other essays. $3.50. Goodspeed.
A collection of five essays which originally appeared in the International studio, the Lamp, the Critic, the Weekly critical review of Paris, and the Literary collector. The title essay deals with Whistler’s “Gentle art of making enemies,” “Aubrey Beardsley: man of letters,” contains a review of his last writings as found in “Under the hill, and other essays in prose and verse,” (John Lane). “Notes on three hitherto unpublished drawings by Beardsley,” describes three unfinished sketches here reproduced, a border design for Mallory’s “Le morte d’Arthur.” The closing papers are “Whistler’s realism” and “Whistler’s memorial exhibition,” in Boston, February and March, 1904.
“The volume has little interest but for those already much interested in Whistler and his work.”
| + | Critic. 46: 380. Ap. ‘05. 50w. | |
| Dial. 38: 327. My. 1, ‘05. 50w. | ||
| + | Int. Studio. 24: sup. 100. F. ‘05. 300w. (Reviews each essay.) |
“The title of this little volume is somewhat misleading, and its price out of proportion to its value.”
| — | Int. Studio. 25: 366. Je. ‘05. 120w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 16. Ja. 7, ‘05. 290w. |
“This exquisite volume will be a valuable keepsake to those who admire Whistler. It is remarkable, first, because of its superb print, secondly, because of some remarkable facsimiles, and, thirdly, because of a criticism which may well be a vade mecum to those who would better understand Whistler—to those who have thought him an impressionist, for instance.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 400. F. 11, ‘05. 110w. |
Gallizier, Nathan. Castel del Monte; a romance of the fall of the Hohenstaufen dynasty in Italy. [†]$1.50. Page.
A novel with a most involved and exciting plot which concerns a wicked duke and ex-monk, his lovely kinswoman, Lady Helena, and the beautiful Francesca whom he has taken from a nunnery. There are witches and sorcerers, plots and counterplots, murders and battles. A young nobleman, who loves Lady Helena, is again and again entangled by the wicked duke and dies in her arms at the tragic close of the story.
| — | N. Y. Times. 10: 180. Mr. 25, ‘05. 230w. |
[*] Ganz, Henry F. W. Practical hints on painting, composition, landscape, and etching. [*]$1. Lippincott.
This volume “supplies the advice and suggestion, hung on the frame work of graded lessons in drawing and painting, that are ordinarily to be had only in class.... In twelve preliminary lessons the author sets the beginner various tasks in drawing and in painting, with representative illustrations.”—Int. Studio.
[*] “While perhaps a trifle categorical to the reader, this book should prove a convenient walking stick to many who start along the road of painting alone.”
| + | Int. Studio. 28: sup. 22. N. ‘05. 120w. | |
| * | + | N. Y. Times. 10: 571. S. 2, ‘05. 250w. |
Ganz, Hugo. The land of riddles. $2. Harper.
This book is translated from the German and edited by Herman Rosenthal. The author, a German journalist of Vienna, sent his work originally to the Austrian newspapers in the form of letters. It gives in detail his visit to Russia, the land of riddles, early in 1904, and his conversations with men of all classes of social and official life. He treats of the war; the political situation; the universities, which are “only political camps awaiting the call to arms, and nothing more”; the Jewish question, which there seems no hope of solving, and the unsteady financial standing of Russia, whose foreign credit is a mere bubble. There is a chapter on Ryepin, the great Russian painter, the sale of whose paintings is forbidden abroad, and an account of a visit to Tolstoy. The book as a whole gives a vivid and unpleasing picture of corruption and riddles to which there is at present no answer.
“After reading the introduction, one is apt to get the impression that Mr. Ganz went to Russia with a mind receptive, to say the least, to ‘horrors,’ and that quite naturally he was horrified. The volume has the defects usually inherent to a collection of letters written for popular consumption—prolixity. The writer assumes that his readers are ignorant of everything east of the Vistula.”
| + — | Boston Evening Transcript. F. 8, ‘05. 1130w. |
“Toward solving the ‘riddles,’ the author’s guesses imply only average insight or acumen, but the book is readable, and the style is pleasing.”
| + | Critic. 46: 564. Je. ‘05. 170w. |
“There is little in the book that adds to the recent knowledge poured forth so profusely concerning that unhappy land. The translation, by Mr. Herman Rosenthal, is into excellent English.” Wallace Rice.
| + | Dial. 38: 89. F. 1, ‘05. 220w. | |
| + + | Ind. 58: 1073. My. 11, ‘05. 420w. | |
| + | Nation. 80: 180. Mr. 2, ‘05. 530w. |
“In its present English dress the book contains, however, much additional matter, and some of it valuable. He states throughout the truth boldly, as he sees it, and in most cases gives his authority, or authorities, for his facts and conclusions.” Wolf von Schierbrand.
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 36. Ja. 21, ‘05. 1800w. |
“Mr. Rosenthal’s translation is excellently well done. The style is smooth and interesting.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 30: 757. D. ‘04. 310w. |
Gardenhire, Samuel M. Silence of Mrs. Harrold. $1.50. Harper.
The author is a New York lawyer and has chosen his home town as the setting for his novel. The plot hinges upon a marriage in which both a man and a woman promise to ask no questions relative to their respective pasts. The compact is kept, but the husband’s jealousy is aroused, and finally it develops that “Mrs. Harrold” in her youth had eloped with a member of a circus troupe. Her father, following them to the man’s home in Austria, kills her husband, whose own father suffers imprisonment for the crime, the real murderer being shielded by his daughter. There are many complications but the book ends with the complete vindication of the silent wife.
“Had it been half as long, ‘The silence of Mrs. Harrold’ might have been twice as good.”
| + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 746. Je. 17, 260w. |
“A novel of strong and complex interest.” W. M. Payne.
| + | Dial. 38: 391. Je. 1. ‘05. 280w. |
“I am firmly inclined to believe that the new novel of intricate plot which Mr. Gardenhire has given us in ‘The silence of Mrs. Harold’ will be warmly welcomed and meet with as wide an appreciation as its merit deserves. Mr. Gardenhire possesses remarkable constructive ability. He knows how to tell a story. The author has handled this question with a dignity and justice and fine feeling that will make the book appeal strongly to women.” James MacArthur.
| + + | Harpers Weekly. 49: 131. Ja. 28, ‘05. 1340w. |
“He knows much that is behind the scenes to the general, and yet his novel lacks atmosphere. One looks on at a carefully constructed Coney Islandish reproduction of New York; one does not feel the throb of ‘the mighty heart’ of the living city. The chief defect of the book is the one most surely fatal to fiction—it is tedious. The author is fluent, ingenious, inventive; but the long and stilted conversations ‘get on to our nerves.’ Now and again we applaud, but before the last page is reached we are exceedingly weary. In short, the novel is not the work of an artist, and so fails to take the reader with it.”
| — — + | N. Y. Times. 10: 92. F. 11, ‘05. 260w. |
“It has rarely been our fate to read more prolix, tiresome, and unnatural dialogue than that in this book, while in substance and plot the story is valueless.”
| — — | Outlook. 79: 605. Mr. 4, ‘05. 40w. |
“The book is carefully and easily written.”
| + | Pub. Opin. 38: 215. F. 11, ‘05. 290w. |
“The discovery of relationships, the linking together of scattered and seemingly unrelated facts, the many ramifications, show constructive skill of a high order. As a study—thorough, logical and strong—of some complex, sophisticated aspects of New York life the book will rank high.”
| + + | Reader. 5: 620. Ap. ‘05. 520w. |
Gardiner, Ruth Kimball. Heart of a girl. [†]$1.50. Barnes.
A book about a child, but one whose contemplative phase belongs to grown-ups. The story traces the workings of a silent, lonely, albeit resourceful girl’s heart from childhood thru her High School days. “We follow Margery to Margaret, and know we are always with a real girl, independent, faulty, sensitive, and generous, imperious among her fellows, yet a favorite and a born leader.” (Outlook.)
“Mrs. Gardiner’s story represents a phase in the psychology of childhood to the study of which such writers as Kenneth Grahame, George Madden Martin, and Marion Hill have contributed.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 492. Jl. 22, ‘05. 270w. |
“The book is well written, with much sympathy for the little joys and sorrows that loom so large in childhood, and for the intense loves, ambitions, disappointments, triumphs of the older schoolgirl.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 620. S. 23, ‘05. 650w. |
“The strength of this little story lies in the frequent responses it calls up in the mind of the reader, if that reader knows girls.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 279. S. 30, ‘05. 190w. |
Gardner, Percy. Grammar of Greek art. [**]$1.75. Macmillan.
This volume “presents an attempt to set forth the underlying conventions of Greek art, and the changes which ... they gradually underwent. The mental fashions of the Greek mind in building and sculpture and in painting, are presented with a discussion of the relation between epic, lyric and dramatic poetry to painting and vase decoration. An informing chapter is devoted to the subject of dress and drapery.... Such sculptural problems as the decoration of pediments are carefully analyzed. Interesting light is thrown upon the formation of sculptural types and the Greek tendency to impressionalism.... Illustrations in outline and half tone are sufficiently plentiful to point in every case the discussion and argument.”—Int. Studio.
“Dr. Gardner’s book, though brief, covers a wide range, and is rich in illustration; but we could wish that the beauty of the originals had been better rendered, even at a sacrifice of number.”
| + | Acad. 68: 660. Je. 24, ‘05. 540w. | |
| Am. Hist. R. 10:938. Jl. ‘05. 70w. |
“In all his treatment is suggestive, not exhaustive. Information he supplies, but his aim is rather to teach how to understand. The English style leaves something to be desired.”
| + + — | Ath. 1905, 2: 184. Ag. 5. 1080w. |
“A valuable volume whose only fault is that it fails as an attempt to provide an elementary study of the subject, and presupposes considerable classical training on the part of the reader.”
| + + — | Dial. 39: 92. Ag. 16, ‘05. 330w. | |
| Ind. 58: 1424. Je. 22, ‘05. 320w. |
“Dr. Gardner’s book is one which should be helpful and attractive to all who are familiar with its general subject, and who go to it for illumination and suggestion, with the proper equipment of familiarity with forms not to be had in a mere perusal or study of books.”
| + + | Int. Studio. 25: sup. 88. Je. ‘05. 260w. |
[*] “A handbook that will probably be found very useful by teachers in schools.”
| + | Int. Studio, 27: 184. D. ‘05. 180w. |
“Simplicity is one of the most marked characteristics of the style of the whole book. The principle underlying the treatment is sound.”
| + + + | Nation. 80: 416. My. 25, ‘05. 1710w. |
“It offers an intelligent and practically unerring method for the judgment of the art of Hellas.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 431. Jl. 1, ‘05. 230w. | |
| + + | Spec. 95: 324. S. 2, ‘05. 330w. |
[*] Gardner, William. [Life of Stephen A. Douglas.] $1.50. Eastern pub.
A brief biography compiled mainly from original sources and intended by the author as a dispassionate study. It is a history of the career of Douglas rather than an intimate life story. A detailed account of his work presents him as lawyer, judge, and politician, but while what the man has done is faithfully given there is little of the man himself. The author announces in his preface that he has “not attempted to pronounce judgment on Douglas and his contemporaries but to submit the evidence,” this and this only has he done. The volume has no index.
[*] “Mr. Gardner has done something toward solving the Douglas riddle.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 891. D. 16, ‘05. 460w. |
Garis, Howard R. Isle of black fire. $1.50. Lippincott.
This is a boy’s book of adventure. A New York merchant sends out an expedition to an uncharted island where a great lump of radium supposedly worth fifty-five million dollars, is guarded by priests in asbestos robes, who worship it and offer up passing strangers in sacrifice to the “black fire.” There are stirring scenes in which two thousand savages are mowed down by the ship’s guns, and barbaric games and combats, which celebrate the coming of an office boy, George the Fat, as king of the savage kingdom. A comic Irishman relieves the tense situations.
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 69. F. 4, ‘05. 310w. (Gives plot.) |
Garland, Hamlin. [Tyranny of the dark.] [†]$1.50. Harper.
A western girl, beautiful and endowed with uncanny psychic powers, struggles between love and hypnotism; the first, represented by a young chemist and biologist, the second, by a clergyman. The story passes thru death and excitement to a happy ending.
“Pleasing and interesting as is the romance considered merely as a novel, its supreme excellence lies in its detailed presentation of certain psychical phenomena.”
| + + | Arena. 34: 206. Ag. ‘05. 8100w. |
“It is a good and interesting tale.”
| + + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 685. Je. 3. 330w. |
“It is very delicate and exacting material that Mr. Garland has chosen for his latest novel, and very crudely has he handled it.”
| — | Critic. 47: 284. S. ‘05. 70w. |
“With all his exposition, Mr. Garland does not make clear his own view of spiritualism, and, by closing the story where he does, he evades the most difficult of the problems which he raises.” Herbert W. Horwill.
| + — | Forum. 37: 113. Jl. ‘05. 310w. | |
| — | Ind. 59: 575. S. 7, ‘05. 200w. |
“The scientific portions of the book are the finest and the most absorbing.”
| + | Nation. 81: 122. Ag. 10, ‘05. 470w. |
“Regarded as fiction simply ‘The tyranny of the dark’ is too much encumbered with laborious arguments and citations. Has told his story well.”
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 343. My. 27, ‘05. 530w. |
“Four characters outlined with vigor. A book of more than ordinary power to hold the reader.”
| + + | Outlook. 80: 248. My. 27, ‘05. 60w. |
“The story is an interesting one; in places it grips you. But, compared to some of Mr. Garland’s earlier writings, it must be said regretfully that the book is a disappointing piece of work.”
| + — | Pub. Opin. 39: 26. Jl. 1, ‘05. 330w. | |
| Reader. 6: 105. Je. ‘05. 280w. |
“It is based on a theme of absorbing interest and it is exceedingly well written.”
| + + | Reader. 6: 357. Ag. ‘05. 290w. |
“That the story ... lacks genuine literary attractiveness or convincingness on its supernatural side, it would be absurd to deny.”
| + — | R. of Rs. 31: 763. Je. ‘05. 130w. |
Garnett, Richard. William Shakespeare, pedagogue and poacher: a drama. $1.25. Lane.
This play, written apparently for study and not dramatic presentation, deals with Shakespeare’s traditional roles of school teacher and poacher. It is necessarily unsatisfactory to Shakespeare lovers and students, who find that his character as here portrayed falls short of the man as shown to us in his works, and the words which Mr. Garnett puts into his mouth, while perhaps Shakespearean, are obviously not Shakespeare.
| — | Critic. 46: 192. F. ‘05. 310w. |
“Among the most ingenious and successful experiments upon this baffling theme [attempt to portray Shakespeare as he lived and moved among his fellows] must surely be reckoned the little two-act drama of Dr. Garnett.”
| + + | Dial. 38: 46. Ja. 16, ‘05. 880w. |
“While Dr. Garnett’s play is equally open to the charge of being a subject dressed in poetry, rather than poetry incarnate in a fit subject, it is a remarkably readable and pleasant little book.”
| — + | Nation. 80: 73. Ja. 26, ‘05. 380w. |
“Dr. Garnett’s respect for the great Elizabethan is not to be doubted, but his drama lends to it no emphasis. It contains agreeable lines, but it is not interesting in development, nor is there any reality in the general effect. Moreover, the figure of Shakespeare is trivial and his speech frequently is elaborate and dull. In no respect is he realized with the distinction and art demanded by a subject so far from the ordinary.”
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 83. F. 11, ‘05. 480w. |
“It is all work at a high level, and the way in which the characters are made to speak in lines which are echoes of the later Shakespeare is extremely skilful. There is a humour, too, in many of the scenes, and much accomplished verse. But it is rather a chapter of Mr. Sidney Lee’s Life turned into dialogue than a substantive drama.”
| + + — | Spec. 94: 114. Ja. 28, ‘05. 60w. |
Garrison, William Lloyd. Words of Garrison. [**]$1.25. Houghton.
The hundredth anniversary of the birth of William Lloyd Garrison occurs in December, and to commemorate it there appears a small volume of characteristic sentiments from his writings dedicated “to all who hate cruelty, oppression, and war, and believe in the equal rights and perfectibility of mankind.”
| * | + | Ath. 1905, 2: 797. D. 9. 560w. |
[*] “Interesting and really valuable little volume.”
| + | Critic. 47: 575. D. ‘05. 60w. | |
| * | + | Dial. 39: 391. D. 1, ‘05. 70w. |
| + + | Nation. 81: 240. S. 21, ‘05. 200w. | |
| * | R. of Rs. 32: 756. D. ‘05. 50w. |
Gaspe, Philippe Aubert de. [Cameron of Lochiel]; tr. by Charles G. D. Roberts. [†]$1.50. Page.
What Gaspé did in his Canadian narrative of the early sixties was “to gather up,” says Mr. Roberts, “and preserve in lasting form the songs and legends, the characteristic customs, the phases of thought and feeling, the very local and personal aroma of the rapidly changing civilization.” The story turns to the days of the last struggle of the English and the French, and tells the life history of two young men, a Scot and a Frenchman, both of whom were educated at the Jesuits’ college in Quebec, and later fought against each other on the plains of Abraham.
“He makes on the whole a very satisfactory translator.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 482. Jl. 22, ‘05. 590w. |
Gasquet, Rt. Rev. Francis A. Henry the third and the church. [*]$4. Macmillan.
“A careful study of the relations between England and Rome, from the submission of John to the Papal see on Ascension day, 1213, to the close of his son’s reign. It is written with no desire to defend the Papacy from the charges which were made even by the faithful at the time, and it may fairly claim to represent an unbiased survey of the evidence. The author’s principle has been to let the original documents speak for themselves.” Lond. Times.
“A trustworthy contribution to the story of this long reign on the very points upon which most historians are either silent or provokingly brief.”
| + + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 102. Jl. 22. 2590w. |
“It is somewhat dull and colorless. His conclusions, as it seems to us, are sound, if not novel. His book will be indispensable to the student of the reign of Henry III.”
| + + — | Lond. Times. 4: 243. Jl. 28, ‘05. 640w. |
[*] “The high literary merit and abundant learning of this investigation into the relationship between Rome and England in the thirteenth century are all that we might expect.”
| + + — | Spec. 95: sup. 787. N. 18, ‘05. 2020w. |
Gass, Patrick. Gass’s journal of the Lewis and Clark expedition, ed. by Jas. K. Hosmer. [*]$3.50. McClurg.
Dr. Hosmer, who contributed to the centennial interest in the Lewis and Clark expedition thru his “Story of the Louisiana purchase,” has added further to the commemoration in the present work. The original jottings of Patrick Gass being no longer extant, nothing of them could be included in Thwaites’ recent “Original journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition,” but the chronicles trimmed and shaped by David McKeehan, under the supervision of Gass, are of so great importance that the re-issue after sixty years is well warranted. A full introduction leads up to the records, and a time-saving analytical key follows the text. The volume is uniform in style with other volumes of McClurg’s “Americana,” with reproductions of the original illustrations.
“Dr. Hosmer has confined his editorial work to supplying an introduction. The volume contains no new contribution, nor does it make the journal of Gass much more valuable as a source. The introduction, in an easy though sometimes rather personal style, always with a view to the picturesque, is a convenient summary of the results of recent research.”
| + + — | Am. Hist. R. 10: 450. Ja. ‘05. 510w. |
“This excellent reprint.”
| + + | Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 131. Ja. ‘05. 90w. | |
| + | Critic. 46: 191. F. ‘05. 80w. |
[*] Gates, Errett. Disciples of Christ, [**]$1. Baker.
As one of “The story of the churches” series, this volume takes up the origin, development, and history of the denomination called The disciples of Christ, beginning with the withdrawal of Thomas Campbell from the Seceder Presbyterian church in Western Pennsylvania 1809, thru the time of union with the Baptists, the later separation of the Reformers from the Baptists, the union of the Reformers as Disciples of Christ, their growth and organization down to the present time. There are chapters upon Evangelism, journalism, education and church growth, and Recent tendencies and problems; there is also a bibliography and an index.
[*] Gates, Josephine Scribner. Story of the three dolls. $1.25. Bobbs.
A group of stories for little people including the story of the gold beads which were lost and found on the dog’s neck, the story of the candy heart, which was devoured “lick by lick” by two little girls, and various anecdotes of dogs, birds, horses and fish, “which are absolutely true,” says the author.
| * | + | Dial. 39: 450. D. 16, ‘05. 50w. |
Gautier, Theophile. Russia, by Theophile Gautier, and by other distinguished French travelers and writers of note; tr. from the French, with an additional chapter upon the struggle for supremacy in the Far East, by Florence MacIntyre Tyson. 2v. [**]$5. Winston.
The entire first volume and one-fourth of the second, treating of the empire of the czars from the beginning to the most recent times, are by Gautier, while separate papers by other well known French writers complete the work. These include: The mir, by Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu; The press and censorship, by Gustave Lejeal; The Russian army and navy, by Désiré Lacroix; Religion and sects, by Gustave Lejeal; Literature, by L. Lejar; Russian art, by Marius Vachon; Siberia, by Jules Legras; and others. Fifty photogravures illustrate the volumes.
[*] “As literature, and as a mine of information, these volumes call for special notice.”
| + + | Arena. 34: 659. D. ‘05. 360w. |
[*] “There is much interesting information and picturesque writing in these volumes.”
| + | Critic. 47: 580. D. ‘05. 20w. |
[*] “The translation ... is mechanical, but on the whole fairly satisfactory.”
| + | Dial. 39: 447. D. 16, ‘05. 170w. | |
| * | Ind. 59: 1380. D. 14, ‘05. 40w. |
Gavit, Helen E. Etiquette of correspondence. [*]50c. Wessels.
A thoroly modern compendium, being, as the sub-title states, illustrations and suggestions as to the proper forms in present usage of social, club, diplomatic, military, and business letters, with information on heraldic devices, monograms, and engraved addresses.
“Is the best of its kind.”
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 157. Mr. 11, ‘05. 960w. |
“An excellent compendium, covering everything that pertains to the subject.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 652. Mr. 11, ‘05. 30w. |
Gaye, R. K. Platonic conception of immortality and its connection with the theory of ideas. [*]$1.50. Macmillan.
“Mr. Gaye’s object in this book is to investigate the connection between the theory of ideas and the theory of the immortality of the soul as held by Plato, and in this way to make clear the nature of Plato’s conception of immortality and to determine in what sense he believed in the continued existence of the individual soul: this subject has involved the consideration of the Platonic conception of the soul and of the relation of soul and body.”—Int. J. Ethics.
“Yet, whatever we may think of his assumptions, Mr. Gaye’s essay shows decided ability, and is written in a good, clear style.”
| + + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 429. Ap. 8. 600w. | |
| Bookm. 21: 519. Jl. ‘05. 580w. |
“The main criticism of the book, however, is that though it makes its points clearly and is for that reason of considerable value for all students of Plato, it has failed to establish satisfactorily that the interpretation of Plato which it adopts is the only possible interpretation or that Plato was really influenced by the difficulties and arguments by which Mr. Gaye assumes him to have been influenced.” A. R. Ainsworth.
| + — | Int. J. Ethics. 15: 381. Ap. ‘05. 1500w. |
“It is lucidly written and scholarly, but not remarkable for novelty and originality.”
| + + — | Nation. 81: 106. Ag. 3, ‘05. 310w. |
Reviewed by Paul Shorey.
| + — | Philos. R. 14: 590. S. ‘05. 1950w. |
“Deals in a clear and diligent manner with points in Plato’s doctrine of immortality, and reflects ... with somewhat over-exclusiveness the views of the great gods of Trinity.”
| + + | Sat. R. 99: 742. Je. 3, ‘05. 40w. |
Gayley, Charles Mills, and Young, Clement C. Principles and progress of English poetry. $1.10. Macmillan.
“Profs. Charles Mills Gayley and Clement C. Young, in their volume on ‘The principles and progress of English poetry, with representative masterpieces and notes,’ have attempted to show through extracts and by a scientific study of rhythm, melody and movement as well as by historical analysis, how English poetry has developed, and how it has been touched by external and internal influences since the days of Chaucer down to those of Tennyson. Each chapter has a separate introduction descriptive of the school to which the poems included in it are supposed to belong.”—N. Y. Times.
“Merits the attention both of the studious reader of poetry, and of the mechanician in verse—particularly of the youthful apprentice in the art of poesy.”
| + + | Critic. 47: 187. Ag. ‘05. 150w. |
“With Professor Gayley’s artistic theory we cannot always agree. It has the great advantage of putting a large amount of poetic phenomena into shape for the student’s use.”
| + + — | Ind. 59: 260. Ag. 3, ‘05. 200w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 41. Ja. 21, ‘05. 310w. (Outlines scope.) |
“There is a preface ... devoted to the principles of poetry—a valuable book in itself.”
| + + | School R. 13: 274*. Mr. ‘05. 140w. |
Geddie, John. Romantic Edinburgh. $2.50. Dutton.
A reissue, without revisions, of a suggestive guide to the study of the landmarks of Old Edinburgh.
| Nation. 81: 198. S. 7, ‘05. 60w. |
“A map is needed—a map or plan, such as Baedeker prints in his guide books. That, and either no photographs or better ones, would make Mr. Geddie’s a well-nigh perfect hand book to Auld Reekie.”
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 576. S. 2, ‘05. 1120w. |
Geere, H. Valentine. By Nile and Euphrates. $3.50. Scribner.
A book of both discovery and adventure. The author, at Professor Flinders Petrie’s request, was given an appointment on the staff of the expedition which was sent out to Mesapotamia by the University of Pennsylvania in 1895 to continue the excavation of the ruins of Nippur. He writes of “unsettled, poverty-stricken and neglected Mesapotamia, and well-ordered, flourishing Egypt,” and gives detailed accounts of the work of investigation carried on at Behnesch, Nippur and Babylon.
“So far as we know, there is no other book which paints so vividly the camp of the excavator, or sketches the scenery and life of the Nile and Euphrates valleys, as the one before us.” George L. Robinson.
| + + | Bib. World. 26: 235. S. ‘05. 950w. |
Reviewed by Wallace Rice.
| Dial. 38: 90. F. 1, ‘05. 310w. | ||
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 38. Ja. 21, ‘05. 450w. |
“Mr. Geere writes in a pleasant, lucid style, which rises almost into eloquence when he describes the evening at Mohammerah when the charms of the East first stole upon him.”
| + | Spec. 94: 119. Ja. 28. ‘05. 430w. |
Geffroy, Gustave. National gallery (London); with an introd. by Sir Walter Armstrong. ¼ vel. [*]$10. Warne.
“The author has treated his subject by subdivision into schools corresponding to the arrangement of the pictures on the walls (an arrangement quite unsurpassed in excellence in any public gallery). The English, Italian, Flemish, Dutch, German, Spanish, and French schools are all covered both in the charmingly written text, and the profuse illustrations.”—Int. Studio.
[*] “One of the most elaborate, as well as one of the most authoritative, art books of the season. His style is often brilliant, and always clear and definite.”
| + + + | Dial. 39: 442. D. 16, ‘05. 420w. |
“M. Gustave Geffroy’s essays are one and all marked by the keen insight into peculiarities of the style that distinguish him; and they have about them a freshness and originality that is, alas, daily becoming more rare.”
| + + — | Int. Studio. 25: 81. Mr. ‘05. 120w. |
“The work is a magnificent one—one which makes us feel grateful to author and publisher.”
| + + — | Int. Studio. 25: sup. 14. Mr. ‘05. 450w. |
[*] “Great pains have been taken with the mechanical perfection of the reproductions, and the work ranks well.”
| + + | Int. Studio. 27: sup. 31. D. ‘05. 70w. |
[*] “Unfortunately, many of the photogravures are but mediocre, and most of the process cuts are wretched, so that what should have been a feast of art is little more than an aid to memory.”
| — + | Nation. 81: 449. N. 30, ‘05. 150w. |
[*] “The text is discriminating as well as informative.”
| + + | Outlook. 81: 836. D. 2, ‘05. 130w. | |
| + + | Spec. 94: 115. Ja. 28, ‘05. 200w. |
Geikie, Sir Archibald. Landscape in history, and other essays. [*]$2.75. Macmillan.
“Ten essays and addresses.... Half of them deal with scenery in its geological relations and in its influence on human progress.... They are entitled ‘Landscape in history,’ ‘Landscape and the imagination,’ ‘Landscape and literature,’ ‘The origin of the scenery of the British islands,’ and ‘The centenary of Hutton’s Theory of the earth.’ The others discuss the problem of the age of the earth, ‘Geological time’; two are biographical, ‘The life and letters of Charles Darwin’ and ‘Hugh Miller: his work and influence’; one deals with the place of science in modern education, and the book closes with a paper on the Roman campagna.”—N. Y. Times.
“Sir Archibald Geikie in those thoughtful essays has done something toward elucidating the dependence of man’s intellectual achievement on his physical environment.”
| + | Acad. 68: 193. Mr. 4, ‘05. 1450w. |
“A charming contribution to the literature of his favorite science.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 504. Ap. 15. 980w. |
“These essays are very charming, written with great clearness and distinction.”
| + | Ind. 59: 989. O. 26, ‘05. 270w. |
[*] “The essays are popular, rather than technical; and there is very little in them beyond the reach of the average educated man.”
| + + | Nation. 81: 167. Ag. 24, ‘05. 3030w. |
“A most readable book, the several parts of which hang well together.”
| + + | Nature. 71: 577. Ap. 20, ‘05. 1560w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 164. Mr. 18, ‘05. 160w. (Outline of contents). |
“Charming style in which this volume of varied essays is written. Altogether this volume is stimulating and enlightening, a distinct contribution to the literature of science.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 857. Ap. 1, ‘05. 290w. |
“It is the interweaving of history, mythology, and imagination with the dry light of scientific fact that constitutes the particular fascination of this book.”
| + + | Sat. R. 100: 312. S. 2, ‘05. 1010w. |
“This is a very entertaining and useful field of research, in which we could desire no better guide than Sir Archibald Geikie.”
| + + | Spec. 94: 677. My. 6, ‘05. 650w. |
Geikie, James. Structural and field geology for students of pure and applied science. [*]$4. Van Nostrand.
Addressed primarily to beginners in field geology, this handbook is intended also for students preparing to be mining or civil engineers, architects, agriculturists, or public health officers, to whom some knowledge of structural geology is important. It covers the course gone over in the summer course of geology in the University of Edinburgh, a course instituted to give students a further knowledge of practical geology than could be presented in the winter courses. There are numerous illustrations and full-page plates.
“Written with the knowledge and authority of a professor of wide experience, the work is likely to be of much use far beyond the range of University classes. Perhaps the most valuable part of Prof. Geikie’s work is that devoted to geological surveying.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 183. Ag. 5. 430w. |
[*] “The work is excellent in plan, in presentation. It will be very helpful, not only to beginners, but to those who have been well trained in the science of geology.” N. S. Shaler.
| + + — | Engin. N. 54: 529. N. 16, ‘05. 1250w. |
“A very useful handbook, admirable in the freshness and terseness of its descriptions, and the clearness and abundance of its illustrations.”
| + + | Nature. 72: 223. Jl. 6, ‘05. 1620w. |
[*] “A full and well-considered hand-book for use in the sober work of geological surveying or economic investigation, in a country like Scotland, where there are no active volcanoes, earthquakes or glaciers.” B. K. Emerson.
| + + — | Science, n.s. 22: 628. N. 17, ‘05. 970w. |
Genealogical records, $1. W. G. DeWitt, 201 E. 12th St., N. Y.
A book of blanks for those who wish to record their family history in systematic form. The spaces for names, notes, dates, and index are indicated, and when filled out will constitute a neat and handy volume for genealogical reference.
Genung, John Franklin. Ecclesiastes. [**]$1.25. Houghton.
A philosophical rather than a critical study. “The author, together with most modern students of the book, rightly discards the word ‘Ecclesiastes,’ the Greek translation of ‘Koheleth,’ in the first place because it is almost certainly an incorrect translation, and, in the second place, as the author appropriately observes, because it ‘entitles what is of all Scripture books the least ecclesiastical.’” (Bib. World.) “He dwells but slightly on the historical background, and then introduces us to the theory that Koheleth was a reaction against the immortality doctrine, recently adopted from the Greeks and pushed into prominence by the Pharisees. The preacher contends against living for a vague futurity, and insists upon living this present life to its utmost.” (Cath. World).
“Genung’s thesis is admirably set forth and strongly buttressed by references to modern literature. But the impression remains that he has rather read into Koheleth a view which one would like to discover there, than revealed the actual nature of the book itself.”
| + — | Am. J. of Theol. 9: 168. Ja. ‘05. 530w. | |
| + + | Atlan. 95: 703. My. ‘05. 480w. |
“To a full two hundred pages of discussion the author has added a new translation and a running commentary. Both are excellent, but the latter especially ripples along in clear, crisp sentences that show how much a deft literary touch may do even for a commentary. In fact, the book as a whole exhibits in language and treatment the author’s nice literary taste. In the opinion of the present writer, Professor Genung is not at his best when he discusses, or rather makes fun of, Siegfried’s analysis of Koheleth. Satire is not convincing. The reviewer also feels impelled to enter a non liquet against Professor Genung’s contention that Koheleth represents a reaction against contemporary views of immortality. The solid merit of the serious and painstaking work that has gone into the book will win for it an honored place on many shelves.” William Frederic Badé.
| + + — | Bib. World. 25: 311. Ap. ‘05. 940w. |
“Mr. Genung would have done far better to have examined the book without a philosophical theory as to its nature, but with a critical openness of mind for straightforward evidence. Still, in the introductory portion of the volume, and in the exegetical notes accompanying the translation, there are useful suggestions.”
| + — | Cath. World. 80: 546. Ja. ‘05. 390w. |
“His discussion reveals a well-balanced sense of the literary and spiritual values that are to be found in Koheleth.” Ira M. Price.
| + + | Dial 38: 45. Ja. 16, ‘05. 230w. | |
| Ind. 58: 1368. Je. 15, ‘05. 120w. | ||
| + + — | Outlook. 79: 190. Ja. 21, ‘05. 710w. |
George, Hereford B., ed. See Thiers, Adolphe.
Gerard, Dorothea (Mme. Longard de Longarde). Sawdust: a Polish romance of the Carpathian timberlands. $1. Winston.
Self made, a lover of work for work’s sake, Josef Mayer, has at last achieved success and erected a saw-mill in the Polish Carpathians, having beggared Count Rutkowski and secured his timber lands in a shrewd business deal. Then comes a pretty romance between the count’s daughter and Meyer’s son, which is opposed more strenuously by the peasant than by the nobleman, but which ends satisfactorily in the loss of the Meyer fortune. Royalty, the village folk and the disaffected Jews figure in the story.
“There is also a certain delicacy in the treatment of the love scenes and fidelity to truth in the descriptions of natural scenery that give the story a charm not present in most present-day novels.”
| + + | Arena. 34: 552. N. ‘05. 160w. |
“There is, moreover, much skill displayed in the delineation of character and situations alike, and the writer is thoroughly familiar with her material.” Wm. M. Payne.
| + + | Dial. 39: 207. O. 1, ‘05. 320w. |
“The story is told naturally and carefully.”
| + | Nation. 81: 101. Ag. 3, ‘05. 370w. |
“It is full of freshness and originality.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 455. Jl. 8, ‘05. 480w. |
“A charming combination of capital and labor, with an absorbing love-plot, is ‘Sawdust’.”
| + | Pub. Opin. 39: 383. S. 16, ‘05. 190w. |
Gerson, Virginia. More adventures of the happy Heart family. $1. Fox.
Another book for the very young in which little mother Heart, papa Goodheart, and the little Hearties all appear, also the Jolly-jumpers and the Valentines, who were “a very elegant family because their grandfather was a saint, so Mrs. Fancy Valentine always wore white lace.” Quaint drawings illustrate the volume.
[*] “Another one of those delightful children’s books which the grown-ups like as much as the little people.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 795. N. 25, ‘05. 290w. | |
| * | + | R. of Rs. 32: 767. D. ‘05. 60w. |
Gettemy, Charles Ferris. True story of Paul Revere. [**]$1.50. Little.
A short biography of the American patriot whom Longfellow’s poem saved from historical oblivion. His midnight ride is told in his own words, and he appears as a patriotic engraver and dentist as well as public messenger, soldier, and juror. Both Revere and the historical events in which he played a part lose in romance but gain much in reality by this accurate account. Original documents are quoted and Revere’s copper-plate engravings are fully described.
| * | + | Critic. 47: 573. D. ‘05. 90w. |
“The book shows scholarly work, and is of value historically apart from its narrative of Paul Revere.”
| + + | Outlook. 81: 580. N. 4, ‘05. 70w. |
[*] “The real value of the book lies in the light which it throws on local Revolutionary history, and especially on the alliance with France and the adoption of the Constitution.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 32: 756. D. ‘05. 80w. |
Ghent, W. J. Mass and class. $1.25. Macmillan.
“Mr. W. J. Ghent, author of ‘Our benevolent feudalism,’ has written ‘Mass and class: a survey of social divisions.’ In his present work, Mr. Ghent seeks to analyze the social mass into its component classes; to describe these classes, not as they may be imagined in some projected benevolent feudalism, but as they are to be found here and now in the industrial life of the nation; and to indicate the current of social progress which, in spite of the blindness of the workers, the rapacity of the masters, and the subservience of the retainers, makes ever for an ultimate of social justice.”—R. of Rs.
“Brilliant arraignment of modern society.”
| + + | Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 129. Ja. ‘05. 120w. |
Reviewed by Owen R. Lovejoy.
| Current Literature. 38: 309. Ap. ‘05. 2180w. (Abstract of book.) |
Reviewed by Charles Richmond Henderson.
| + — | Dial. 38: 155. Mr. 1, ‘05. 140w. |
“The one criticism offered concerns a fundamental point—Mr. Ghent’s failure to grasp the full meaning of the doctrine of economic interpretation on which he professes to base his whole discussion.” Wesley C. Mitchell.
| — + + | J. Pol. Econ. 13: 281. Mr. ‘05. 2290w. |
[*] “Probably most psychologists would attach more importance to the part played by ideals than the author does, but in tracing back our present conditions of war between labor and capital to a play of motives that were the direct result of the rapid economic development of our country, he is fundamentally correct. The book is to be criticised in this respect as being too schematic, as not going sufficiently into detail to be at all satisfactory to one’s historical sense.” Amy E. Tanner.
| + — | Psychol. Bull. 2: 413. D. 15, ‘05. 790w. | |
| R. of Rs. 30: 760. D. ‘04. 100w. | ||
| + + | Yale R. 14: 106. My. ‘05. 270w. |
Ghosh, Sarath Kumar. Verdict of the gods. [†]$1.50. Dodd.
“With prologue, epilogue, and interludes between the great king, sick unto death, and his faithful chronicler beguiling the painful hours, this Oriental romance details the ordeals—a horrid half-dozen, including burial alive, exposure to wild beasts, and the poison cup—to which Navayan Lal was put for daring to love the Princess Devala. Great bravery and a canny knowledge of hypnotism and other mysteries occult carry him through in safety.”—Outlook.
“Its lucid English style and its fascinating plot. For all these trifling cavils, ‘The verdict of the gods’ must rank as a novel of unusual interest.” Louis H. Gray.
| + | Bookm. 21: 310. My. ‘05. 1530w. | |
| Ind. 59: 575. S. 7, ‘05. 110w. |
“Can be recommended as an antidote for ennui in several of its forms.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 570. S. 2, ‘05. 740w. | |
| Outlook. 79: 910. Ap. 8. ‘05. 110w. |
“Here are more ‘Arabian nights,’ murmurous, beguiling, enchanting in their beauty and strangeness.”
| + | Reader. 6: 595. O. ‘05. 220w. |
Gibbons, Alfred St. Hill. Africa from south to north through Marotseland. [**]$7.50. Lane.
The account of a thoro exploration of Marotseland, made in 1898 by an experienced African traveler. The objects of the expedition were to fix a British boundary line; to determine the Congo-Zambesi watershed; to discover the real source of the Zambesi; and to make such surveys and general investigations as should determine the best place for the Rhodesian railway company to push its line across the river. The account is interesting and valuable, the more so because the Cape to Cairo railway, soon to be completed, will make it possible for the tourist to cover this same ground. Native life and conditions, present government and economic possibilities are treated in detail.
“Is written in a charming style, simple, direct and convincing. Quite apart from its interest and special worth to the Englishman, is its value on account of the new and interesting geographical information it contains. Is one of the most important works of travel of recent years.”
| + + + | Arena. 33: 561. My. ‘05. 790w. |
“There are at least half a dozen reasons why it should be welcome and why it will take a permanent place among the standard books on African exploration. The best authority in print today concerning the country. There is much detail in the book. Still it is all very readable.”
| + + | Ind. 58: 499. Mr. 2, ‘05. 670w. |
Gibbons, Hughes Oliphant. History of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. Winston.
“Pine Street church in Philadelphia, the third Presbyterian church founded in that city, is the only one dating from colonial times still on its original site. In the churchyard some three thousand lie interred, including many Revolutionary officers and soldiers. It has been served by a succession of remarkably able ministers.... Originally in a fashionable center, now in a slum neighborhood ... it remains there, consecrated by its history and pledged by its endowment to a perpetuity of service in its changed environment. This handsome and finely illustrated volume is a worthy memorial of seven generations to many more to come.”—Outlook.
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 587. S. 9, ‘05. 520w. | |
| + + | Outlook. 81: 135. S. 16, ‘05. 170w. |
Gibbs, Philip. Facts and ideas. $1.25. Longmans.
Short studies of life and literature, which have appeared in various weekly newspapers. There is a brief treatment of a great many subjects, including the French revolution, and the Transvaal war.
“The book aspires to be a sort of elementary substitute for liberal education—a university extension course on things one should know.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 333. My. 20, ‘05. 270w. |
“We think that occasionally, in his desire to point a moral, Mr. Gibbs exaggerates. The writer does not go to the heart of his subject.”
| — | Spec. 94: 293. F. 25, ‘05. 340w. |
[*] Gibson, Charles. Among French inns: the story of a pilgrimage to characteristic spots of rural France. [**]$1.60. Page.
“Most daintily attired, all gray and silvery and splendidly pictured, comes ‘Among French inns’ ... with ... an automobile, an indulgent American papa, a managing American mamma, a double love match, and an enviable collection of French, English, and Italian types. Moreover, there is real information about the inns, their table d’hotes, their relative expensiveness and inexpensiveness, and a plenty of historical data.”—N. Y. Times.
[*] “He defaces almost every page of his book by his badly chosen vocabulary, or his disregard for the rules of English syntax.”
| + — | Dial. 39: 444. D. 16, ‘05. 240w. |
[*] “This new book may well deserve that quaintly descriptive old word ‘fetching.’”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 460. D. 2, ‘05. 500w. |
[*] Gibson, Charles Dana. Our neighbors. [**]$4.20. Scribner.
The present collection, which it is announced, contains Mr. Gibson’s last work in black and white, “is uniform in size, shape, and binding with the nine volumes which have preceded it. It is entitled ‘Our neighbors,’ a phrase generally interpreted to mean all sorts and conditions of men and women. The Gibson Girl is charmingly portrayed, as well as the Gibson Man, the Gibson Dowager, and the Gibson Old Gentleman. There are also the street types ... and cartoons.” (Dial.)
[*] “Perhaps Mr. Gibson has done his best in black-and-white; at least he will have to do something very good indeed to surpass the general level of ‘Our neighbors.’”
| + + | Dial. 39: 382. D. 1, ‘05. 260w. |
[*] “Whatever else may be said of Gibson and his work, certain it is that he makes you see what he sets out to show you, and he does it pleasantly and with a deal of humor.”
| + + | Ind. 59: 1379. D. 14, ‘05. 170w. |
[*] “He leaves us quite at his best, and his humor has never been keener or his technical ability more astonishing than in the present collection.”
| + + | Nation. 81: 449. N. 30, ‘05. 150w. | |
| * | N. Y. Times. 10: 835. D. 2, ‘05. 200w. | |
| * | R. of Rs. 32: 751. D. ‘05. 50w. |
[*] “The artist is as fresh and interesting as ever.”
| + + | Spec. 95: sup. 793. N. 18, ‘05. 110w. |
Gibson, William Hamilton. Our native orchids. [**]$1.35. Doubleday.
Mr. Gibson had only begun to record his observations on orchids of the Northwestern United States at the time of his death. Mrs. Jelliffe has supplemented his portfolio of sketches and scattering notes with her own results of study, and has produced an orchid handbook of particular value to the amateur botanist, which practically includes all the sixty species of our native orchids, giving keys, descriptions, illustrations and notes.
“This is a book which supplies a want long felt by the amateur botanist, and we give it a cordial welcome.”
| + + | Dial. 39: 46. Jl. 16, ‘05. 60w. |
“A volume, unassuming though it is, of substantial value and interest.” Edith Granger.
| + + + | Dial. 39: 109. S. 1, ‘05. 440w. | |
| + + | Ind. 59: 271. Ag. 3, ‘05. 50w. |
“Satisfactory and intelligible volume.” Mabel Osgood Wright.
| + + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 477. Jl. 22, ‘05. 1680w. |
Gide, Charles. Principles of political economy; second American ed.; tr. by C. Wm. A. Veditz. $2. Heath.
The eight editions through which the original French “Principes d’economie politique” has gone, mark a succession of changes in certain sections of the book, but leave the fundamental purpose the same,—that of giving to the reader “a plain statement of the accepted principles of economics, a summary of the unsettled problems of the science, and a clear, brief, and impartial outline of the various solutions that have been proposed. The author is almost as felicitous in presenting a subject that in the hands of most scholars is extremely dull as was Henry George. This work has been brought down to the latest date and evidently no pains have been spared, within certain limits, to present the subject in a broad, up-to-date and comprehensive manner. A third excellence is found in its concrete presentation of the subject.” (Arena).
“Perhaps much of the popularity of the book is due to its catholicity. The arrangement of the material is open to criticism as unnatural and liable to interrupt and confuse the thought. This is not true as regards the general plan of the book, but only as regards topics under the chief heads. Professor Veditz must be given credit and congratulation for the vitality and the up-to-dateness of this book.” Walter E. Kruesi.
| + + — | Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 347. Mr. ‘05. 380w. |
“It is written in a charmingly lucid manner. By the author’s method of presentation the interest in the subject and its intelligibility have gained rather than lost by the concise and direct treatment. The division and arrangement of the work are also admirable and with the fairly good index enable the reader to find anything he desires with little loss of time. This work, though far less open to criticism than many conventional political economies, falls, in our judgment, far short of meeting the demands of an up-to-date political economy that claims to present impartially the various present-day theories of government. The claim of the publishers, that the book is impartial, is not borne out by the facts.”
| + — | Arena. 33: 107. Ja. ‘05. 820w. |
Gilder, Jeannette Leonard. Tom-boy at work. [†]$1.25. Doubleday.
In this sequel to her “Autobiography of a tom-boy,” Miss Gilder tells of her heroine’s varied career as a bread-winner. At sixteen she was employed as a copyist by a historian, later she worked in the Philadelphia mint, then became in turn a tinter of photographs, an auditor’s clerk, a proofreader, and, finally, a successful newspaper woman. She gives her impressions of New York thirty years ago; and many distinguished literary men, singers and actors of that day enter into her story.
“She has interpreted the whole situation with that shrewd, honest, impersonal intelligence which is founded upon humor and common sense rather than upon the usual sentimental pose of such a writer to her theme.”
| + + | Ind. 58: 786. Ap. 6, ‘05. 370w. |
“Miss Gilder writes in a breezy and unconventional style, suitable to the pace at which her tomboy lived and changed professions. Nothing could be more American than the atmosphere and point of view of this book.”
| + + | Nation. 80: 100. F. 2, ‘05. 750w. |
Gilder, Richard Watson. In the heights. [*]$1. Century.
A little volume of verses containing elegiac poems, poems suggested by music, songs of experience, impromptus, etc. The book closes with The white tsar’s people, reprinted, with additional stanzas suggested by recent events.
“Into almost all of his verse the poet has woven high, fine thoughts that will appeal to the artistic, the intellectual or the conscience sides of life. This is one of the few volumes of verse that we can heartily recommend to our readers.”
| + + | Arena. 34: 550. N. ‘05. 650w. | |
| * | Critic. 47: 583. D. ‘05. 30w. | |
| * | + | Nation. 81: 507. D. 21, ‘05. 270w. |
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 748. N. 4, ‘05. 450w. |
[*] “Mr. Gilder’s limpidity and chastity of style are a constant delight, and the turn of his fancy is pleasing.”
| + | Pub. Opin. 39: 699. N. 25, ‘05. 120w. |
Gilfillan, Joseph Alexander. Ojibway; a novel of Indian life of the period of the early advance of civilization in the great Northwest. $1.50. Neale.
The Ojibway in relation to his own kindred and tribe is pictured in this narrative so humane that were it not for his wilderness surroundings, his crude equipments, his superstitious fear, one might count him the owner of some developed instincts. But the recital of the horrible and bloodthirsty relations with the Sioux tribe reveals such abject savagery that the reader fairly recoils from it. The book is made up of these two phases, with many incidental allusions to traits and customs.
“To call the book a novel was a misnomer. It is rather a series of moving pictures in which we see real people doing real things. In spite of careless proofreading, conspicuous faults of diction and unfortunate lack of experienced editing, the story is told with ... simplicity and vividness.”
| + + — | Ind. 58: 960. Ap. 27, ‘05. 260w. |
[*] Gillette, Halbert Powers. Handbook of cost data for contractors and engineers: a reference book giving methods of construction and actual costs of materials and labor on numerous engineering works. [*]$4. Clark, M. C.
“The reviewer believes this to be the first handbook on the cost of engineering work that has been published.... The book is divided into fourteen sections, under heads that facilitate quick reference ... preparing estimates, cost keeping, and its corollary, the organization of forces ... earth and rock excavation ... cost of roads, pavements and walks ... stone masonry ... the cost of concrete construction of all kinds ... the cost of water-works, sewers, vitrified conduits and tile drains ... structures in which timber dominates ... steam and electric railways ... the erection and painting of steel bridges ... the cost of railway and topographic surveys ... and the cost of many miscellaneous structures.... The book is illustrated with cuts wherever they add to the text.”—Engin. N.
[*] “The subject is presented in an attractive manner. Although much information is given, yet the users of the book will desire more. Its usefulness will only be limited by its sale.”
| + + + | Engin. N. 54: 527. N. 16, ‘05. 1550w. |
Gilman, Lawrence. Phases of modern music. [**]$1.25. Harper.
“A study of the more important phases of music to-day, grouped about appreciative chapters on Richard Strauss, Edward McDowell, Grieg, Wagner, Verdi, Edward Elgar, and Charles Martin Loeffler, with vigorous essays on ‘Parsifal and its significance’ and ‘Women and modern music.’ Mr. Gilman has been the musical critic of Harper’s Weekly since 1901.”—R. of Rs.
“Mr. Gilman writes with penetration and a more than common sympathy, and has a distinctive and charming mode of expression. His work is unusual in appealing both to the technical and the lay reader, and its judgments and illuminations will be valued by students.”
| + + | Critic. 46: 287. Mr. ‘05. 150w. |
“The author is endowed with grace of style, and he knows how to bring into relief the interesting features of unattractive subjects.” Ingram A. Pyle.
| + | Dial. 38: 238. Ap. 1, ‘05. 240w. |
“It is not often possible to follow him in all his ways; for they are sometimes oversubtle and elusive. He has not yet the weight of reason and the authority of judgment that will no doubt come to one who reflects and thinks seriously as he does.” Richard Aldrich.
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 308. My. 13, ‘05. 330w. |
“He writes with vividness and sympathy.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 30: 761. D. ‘04. 80w. |
Gilman, N. P. Methods of industrial peace. [**]$1.60. Houghton.
This book will be gladly received by the student of social movements, as there is increasing demand for new works upon the “labor question,” due to the rapid growth of knowledge thru investigation, and the steady change in facts and phases of the question itself. “The book takes an Anglo-Saxon point of view, since it draws almost as much upon English as upon American experience, besides making considerable reference to Australian and New Zealand developments. It undertakes a good deal more than a discussion of the special machinery designed to further industrial peace, giving a brief but concise statement of the chief facts incidental to the history and present position of trade unionism. [Then the author shows the necessity for the efficient organization of both employers and employed, discusses the “sliding scale,” raises the question of the legal constitution and liability of trade unions.] ... The ensuing chapters deal at some length with the aims and methods of unions, their conduct of strikes and boycotts, and the place borne by the public in relation to their actions. The remainder of the book is given to a general account of trade boards of conciliation, state boards of arbitration, and the methods of legal regulation in force in New Zealand.” (Int. J. Ethics).
“The treatment is characterized by insight, sobriety, and accurate learning.” C. R. Henderson.
| + + | Am. J. Soc. 10: 557. Ja. ‘05. 280w. |
“If a general criticism might be ventured on the whole book, it would be that too much ground has been covered and that in consequence too little intensity of treatment is shown. On the other hand, the author exhibits an admirable breadth of view and impartiality which must appeal to all readers.” James T. Young.
| + + — | Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 602. My. ‘05. 550w. |
“The chief value of the book will be the statement, dispassionate, and in clear form, of the main facts of the case and of the principles in accordance with which industrial organization would appear to be moving. Mr. Gilman has traveled over so much ground that he has at times become a little sketchy in his treatment. Description rather than economic analysis is the strong point of the book. In a subject so far reaching, however, it is perhaps unfair to expect more than a broad presentation of the material which will enable others to formulate particular problems and to attempt independent judgments. This Mr. Gilman has done in a manner so interesting as to command the gratitude of all interested in current labor problems.” C. J. Hamilton.
| + + — | Int. J. Ethics. 15: 237. Ja. ‘05. 1400w. |
“Upon the whole, however, the book is of value. In spite of its inaccuracies and occasional unfairness, it contains much information presented in a readable way, with many references to secondary and some to primary sources. It must also be said that he has generalized too broadly on insufficient evidence, and has been influenced too much by his prepossession for state regulation to give an unbiased interpretation of the strivings of the leaders of employers and of employes towards satisfactory methods of industrial peace.”
| + + — | Nation. 80: 178. Mr. 2, ‘05. 1420w. |
“He writes with skill and precision. The data on which his conclusions are based are abundant and have been carefully sifted.” Frederick Stanley Root.
| + + + | Yale R. 14: 84. My. ‘05. 1110w. |
Gissing, Algernon. Broadway, village of middle England, [*]50c. Dutton.
A topographical description of one of the villages of the Cotswolds, which dates from the time of Shakespeare, and is the home of some of the distinguished folk of to-day. The little volume is illustrated by Mr. Edmund New.
| Nation. 80: 247. Mr. 30, ‘05. 280w. | ||
| N. Y. Times. 10: 137. Mr. 4, ‘05. 270w. |
“The present volume should appeal to the lover of England by its clear description of topography and by its apt references to history. In some pages it also reflects the peculiar atmosphere and poetic charm of a typical English village.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 398. F. 11, ‘05. 60w. |
Gissing, George Robert. [By the Ionian sea; notes of a ramble in Southern Italy.] [*]$1.75 Scribner.
“It was a short journey the writer took, from Naples to Reggio, miserably punctuated by an illness in the most depressing inn on the route. The author, deeply moved by such traces of ancient life as he could find, refreshed his mind by study and memoirs of the great men of classic time who dwelt in or wrote of Calabrian hills and streams.”—Outlook.
“His narrative is the expression of a highly cultivated intelligence, but it does not enchant; and its lighter touches are particularly unsuccessful.”
| + — | Critic. 47: 190. Ag. ‘05. 80w. |
Reviewed by Wallace Rice.
| + + | Dial. 38: 385. Je. 1, ‘05. 320w. |
“The book is worth reading from beginning to end.”
| + + | Nation. 80: 464. Je. 8, ‘05. 1720w. |
“Full of the marked personal touch. A veil of slight melancholy hangs over the whole picture, which in a way adds to its charm.”
| + | Outlook. 80: 137. My. 13, ‘05. 110w. |
Gissing. George. [Veranilda.] [†]$1.50. Dutton.
As the posthumous historical novel of one who was essentially a modern realist, this unfinished work has called forth much comment and speculation upon the author’s change of style. It is a romance of Rome in the sixth century, and deals with the historical persons and events of the time of Justinian and Belisarius. Mr. Frederic Harrison, who writes the introduction, considers it the author’s most important work, showing, “his poetical gift for local color, his subtle insight into spiritual mysticism, and ... his really fine scholarship and classical learning.”
“Throughout the style is stilted, the conversations absurd, the action tiresomely slow, and the story destitute of a single throb of real humanity.”
| — — | Critic. 46: 478. My. ‘05. 180w. |
“Besides being cold and formal, ‘Veranilda’ is a rather incoherent tale.”
| — + | Nation. 80: 441. Je. 1, ‘05. 470w. |
“A more complete or less welcome metamorphosis in style, subject matter, purpose—everything for which the name of George Gissing has always stood in the minds of those who counted him among the strongest of the latter day novelists—than is to be found in his posthumous historical novel, ‘Veranilda,’ it would be as hard to imagine. What is published is in no sense a fragment or preliminary sketch, but is finished and polished in Mr. Gissing’s best manner.”
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 118. F. 25, ‘05. 1260w. |
“In manner the narrative is dignified and careful. The human and story interests are strong and well maintained. The book is easily one of the best of modern attempts at classical romance.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 606. Mr. 4, ‘05. 220w. | |
| + — | R. of Rs. 31: 762. Je. ‘05. 60w. |
Gissing, George. [Will Warburton: a romance of real life.] [†]$1.50. Dutton.
In this story of self sacrifice in every-day life Will Warburton, when his extensive sugar business fails because of the extravagances of his incompetent partner, supports his mother and sister by secretly becoming a shopkeeper. When his friends at last discover that he has degenerated into a mere grocer, a girl whom he thought he loved, an artist whom he had befriended, and others turn against him, but he finds, when they are gone, that his true friends and his true love still remain.
“‘Will Warburton’ is a monument of ‘art for art’s sake.’ Its arrangement is not quite flawless; we would not quarrel with some of the sequences of chapters: but on the whole, it is a thing of noble shape.”
| + + — | Acad. 68: 710. Jl. 8, ‘05. 860w. |
“A gain in power, in grasp, and in sympathy. But apart from this important development there is no change observable in the style.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 41. Jl. 8. 500w. |
“Where he fails, it is for lack of the supreme touch of art, not of the high and ardent intention.”
| + | Critic. 47: 284. S. ‘05. 450w. |
“It is characteristic Gissing, but not good Gissing. His familiar effects are reproduced in a fainter form than of old, and there are no new effects indicating how, with further experiences of life, his talents would have developed.”
| + — | Lond. Times. 4: 209. Je. 30, ‘05. 660w. |
“Each character, however lightly touched, is true, true to a hair, stepping forth from the page a rounded, breathing figure. It is excellent in workmanship and large of vision.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 487. Jl. 22, ‘05. 590w. |
“Certainly it leaves one with a warmer personal feeling toward the author than did some of his earlier and abler books.”
| + | Outlook. 80: 644. Jl. 8, ‘05. 110w. |
“Although not by any means the best of his books, shows no failure in power.”
| + | Sat. R. 100: 251. Ag. 19, ‘05. 600w. | |
| + | Spec. 95: 19. Jl. 1, ‘05. 750w. |
Given, Charles Stewart. [Fleece of gold.] [*]35c. Meth. bk.
Five lessons derived from Jason’s quest of the Golden fleece are the contents of this work added to the “Modern messages” series. They are The ruling element, The golden quality, The messenger of fate, The active hand, and Ethics of activity.
[*] Gladden, Rev. Washington. Christianity and socialism. [*]$1. Meth. bk.
“The subjects of these lectures, which were delivered before the students of the Drew theological seminary, are as follows: The Sermon on the Mount as a basis of social reconstruction, labor wars, the programme of socialism, and lights and shadows of municipal reform. Dr. Gladden’s attitude on most of these topics has been made known in earlier works. It has been his endeavor ... to bring Christianity and socialism into ‘more intelligible and more friendly relations.’”—R. of Rs.
[*] “His volume may be characterized in a word as one of wise counsels.”
| + + | Outlook. 81: 680. N. 18, ‘05. 130w. | |
| * | + | R. of Rs. 32: 752. D. ‘05. 120w. |
Gladden, Washington. Where does the sky begin? [**]$1.25. Houghton.
Twenty sermons by the present moderator of the national council of Congregational churches. “They are concerned with the difficulties and needs of the religious life of the individual, rather than with the social problems to which Dr. Gladden hitherto has been more inclined.” (Ind.)
“Those who are fortunate enough to read ‘Where does the sky begin?’ will be convinced that he is a preacher of marked spirituality.”
| + + | Am. J. of Theol. 9: 600. Jl. ‘05. 120w. | |
| Atlan. 95: 706. My. ‘05. 180w. |
“He treats large and serious themes in a large and serious way, with a simple, direct and grave diction.”
| + + | Bib. World. 26: 154. Ag. ‘05. 100w. |
“They are good sermons from the points of view of easy style and sincere moral enthusiasm; but very saddening sermons from their feeble content of doctrine.”
| + | Cath. World. 80: 547. Ja. ‘05. 200w. |
“The twenty sermons here published are earnest, original and thoughtful, with forceful religious appeal and in excellent literary style.”
| + + | Ind. 58: 500. Mr. 2, ‘05. 80w. |
Gladys, Evelyn, pseud. Thoughts of a fool. $1.50. Rosenthal.
Twenty-six chapters “of virile iconoclasm ... of challenge to all the schools, with unfailing good humor to temper its plain speaking.” “A message to the inner life of man. In keen words the book endeavors to lay bare the heart and mind of the world. Satire, irony, and derision in all their forms are used to expose human nature to its own gaze.” (Bookm.)
“A new writer of vigor and point.”
| + | R. of Rs. 31: 384. Mr. ‘05. 100w. |
Glasfurd, A. I. R. Rifle and romance in the Indian jungle: being the record of thirteen years of Indian jungle life. [*]$5. Lane.
The author has aimed “to present an old, though still engrossing subject in what is perhaps a novel manner: to carry the reader into more direct contact with the surroundings of the Indian sportsman and naturalist, and, while avoiding as much as possible the recital of personal experience with its stereotyped accompaniments, to lead him into the jungle, with all its fascinating variety of scene and season, hill and plain, where in spirit he may make acquaintance or renew an intimacy with its shy denizens and their habits.” The illustrations are taken from photographs or from sketches by the author.
“Has succeeded in preparing a most cunning and admirable blend of fact, romance, weird mystery and sound advice. Search where one will through this entertaining book, one happens always upon sound literature, fine descriptions, good natural history and lively adventure.”
| + + + | Acad. 68: 632. Je. 17, ‘05. 890w. |
“As sound and readable a book of its class as we have seen for many a day. The book generally, though occasionally a little slack in its phrasing, may be commended to young sportsmen as a guide, and to old as recalling pleasant reminiscences.”
| + + — | Ath. 1905, 2: 45. Jl. 8. 530w. |
Reviewed by H. E. Coblentz.
| * | + | Dial. 39: 377. D. 1. ‘05. 290w. |
“That out of such materials Capt. Glasfurd has succeeded in composing so excellent a book is greatly to his credit.”
| + | Nation. 81: 206. S. 7, ‘05. 840w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 399. Je. 17, ‘05. 260w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 527. Ag. 12, ‘05. 960w. |
“He is an observer and a naturalist, as well as a sportsman, and he imports at times into his narrative an air of mystery and of romance which adds greatly to the charm of his work.”
| + + + | Sat. R. 99: 848. Je. 24, ‘05. 260w. |
Glover, T. R. Studies in Virgil. $3. Longmans.
“It falls naturally into four parts. The first is a chapter on the age and the man, and in it we are shown how Virgil, himself the child of a darker period, had a vision of a brighter day to come, and taught his countrymen to look forward hopefully to the age which was opening before them. The next consists of three chapters of literary studies: the first treats of the literary influences to which Virgil was subject, the second of his contemporaries, and the third about the growth of the myths about Aeneas. The third portion of the book deals, in three chapters, with the land and the nation, the three topics being Italy, Rome, and Augustus. The last part of the book is on Virgil’s interpretation of life, and here we have chapters on Dido, Aeneas, Hades, and Olympus, and a final summary.”—Nation.
“In the long list of writings on Virgil and his poetry, Mr. Glover’s new book deserves a high place. The chapter about Dido is perhaps the best in the book, and certainly it is one of the most interesting and sensible essays on that famous episode of the Aeneid which we have ever read. The chapter on Aeneas is unconvincing, and almost a failure. Neither do we care much for the last chapter. But as a whole the book ought to be of great assistance to all who wish to get a true conception of the powers and the weaknesses of the greatest of the Roman poets.”
| + + — | Nation. 80: 160. F. 23, ‘05. 760w. | |
| Spec. 94: 367. Mr. 11, ‘05. 1220w. |
Glyn, Elinor. [Vicissitudes of Evangeline.] [†]$1.50. Harper.
The autobiography of a distracting and unconventional red-haired girl. She is the granddaughter of an earl, but her grand parents “forgot to marry,” and she is brought up by a rich old lady who leaves her to the bachelor heir as a part of his estate. Then come the vicissitudes. There are many characters, a handsome guardsman, a Scotch family, a lovely selfish married woman, and many others. The story is cleverly told and ends happily.
| + | Acad. 68: 241. Mr. 11, ‘05. 360w. | |
| — + | Ath. 1905, 1: 395. Ap. 1. 420w. |
“It has the whipped-cream consistency of its predecessors. It is mildly amusing.” William Morton Payne.
| + | Dial. 38: 389. Je. 1, ‘05. 110w. |
“This Evangeline, though not without the serene egotism of lovely youth, is mighty good company. The men are not half bad, and the book is full of cleverness.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 156. Mr. 11, ‘05. 690w. | |
| + — | Outlook. 79: 762. Mr. 25, ‘05. 40w. | |
| Pub. Opin. 38: 943. Je. 17, ‘05. 190w. |
“The intention of the book seems to be to present a ‘naughty’ heroine. Evangeline is ‘not nice’.”
| — | Reader. 6: 476. S. ‘05. 220w. |
“The story is witty, fluent, and amusing.”
| + | R. of Rs. 31: 758. Je. ‘05. 60w. |
Gocher, W. H. Wadsworth; or, The charter oak. $2. W: H: Gocher, Hartford, Conn.
“It purports to give all that is ascertainable relating to the hiding of the colonial charter, in 1687, in the famous oak tree at Hartford,—an incident of which Captain Joseph Wadsworth, according to doubtful tradition, was the hero. Wadsworth himself, is made to tell the story of the charter and its hiding, in language that is undisguisedly hodiernal, and with many interpolations of matter remotely or not at all connected with the main theme. The chapters on the Royal oak, on Cromwell, and on the regicides, are of this irrelevant nature. The wording, and still more the spelling, of Joseph Wadsworth’s will, which is printed in full, are so strikingly in contrast with the modernity of his supposed narrative, that not the faintest touch of illusion can cling to the latter. Mr. Gocher’s work is lavishly illustrated from old prints, old portraits, and modern photographs, and is provided with numerous footnotes bearing evidence of painstaking research.”—Dial.
“A mingling of fiction and somewhat delusive fact gives the text ... a doubtful historic value.”
| + — | Am. Hist. R. 10: 720. Ap. ‘05. 50w. |
“Mr. Gocher has shown commendable antiquarian zeal in prosecuting his researches; yet his readers will probably wish he had not chosen to weave fact and fiction into the same web in a book that professes to be history rather than a novel.”
| + — | Dial. 38: 130. F. 16, ‘05. 410w. |
“A book showing long and careful historical research, this volume will add much to the lore of the Connecticut colony, for the author treats of the story of the regicides, of the New Haven and other colonies, and includes interesting memoirs of Roger Ludlow, John Hooker, John Winthrop, and others who worked so effectively for the establishment of the first pure democracy in the New World.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 32. Ja. 14, ‘05. 1690w. |
Goddard, Pliny Earle. Morphology of the Hupa language. $3.50. Univ. of Cal. press.
Volume III. of the “American archæology and ethnology” series issued by the University of California. An extended examination of the Hupa language in which the various words and forms have been studied, analyzed and assembled into classes “that an adequate conception of the language as a whole might be obtained.”
Goff, Clarissa (Mrs. Robert Goff). Florence and some Tuscan cities. [*]$6. Macmillan.
“‘The purpose of Colonel and Mrs. Goff in this handsome volume is to describe the most characteristic monuments of Tuscany and to introduce into the account, legends and stories which are not always within reach of the traveler.... On a basis of historical narrative ... Mrs. Goff has given her readers a vivid picture of a city with a passion for politics, a passion for war, and a passion for art. Large attention is given to the churches of Florence.... The volume is richly illustrated in colors by Colonel Goff and issued with a decorative cover.”—Outlook.
“To this charming series of pictures Mrs. Goff has provided an agreeable and easily-written commentary. Too easily written, we fear, to be quite exact in all its information. Mrs. Goff is at her best when she leaves the town for the country, and when she turns from history to describing the life of the Tuscan people of to-day, their festivals, quaint observances and ancient superstitions. The last chapter of the book is devoted entirely to such subjects, and it is one of the most enjoyable.”
| + + — | Acad. 68: 235. Mr. 11, ‘05. 430w. |
“Mrs. Goff is an excellent guide round Florence, and supplies just the right sort of gossipy commentary for a book of this sort.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 312. S. 2. 120w. |
| Ind. 58: 1069. My. 11, ‘05. 130w. |
“Altogether the book is a charming one, likely to be of real value to the traveller, as well as a pleasing memento of some of the fairest scenes in Italy.”
| + + | Int. Studio. 25: 273. My. ‘05. 520w. |
“The book seems the most satisfactory of the series.”
| + + | Nation. 80: 381. My. 11, ‘05. 410w. | |
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 166. Mr. 18, ‘05. 960w. | |
| + + | Outlook. 79: 856. Ap. 1, ‘05. 140w. |
“Mrs. Goff’s text is the pleasantest reading. Her touch is light, her knowledge wide, her style entirely natural, her sympathy and insight vivid and kindly. Slips in the book are more numerous than they should be.”
| + + — | Sat. R. 99: 777. Je. 10, ‘05. 1030w. |
“The letterpress is written by Mrs. Goff, and contains much disconnected information. It is not quite safe to assume that it is all accurate.”
| + — | Spec. 95: 261. Ag. 19, ‘05. 120w. |
Goldenberg, Samuel L. [Lace; its origin and history.] [*]$1.50. Brentano’s.
The different kinds of lace are arranged alphabetically, with particulars as to their characteristics, their various subdivisions, and the manner in which they are made. The illustrations are especially clear and useful for purposes of lace study. The book contains much valuable information on machine-made laces, with diagrams and explanations of the lace and embroidery machines now in use. It tells also of the nets made for the foundations of certain kinds of lace. The opening article treats of the origin and history of lace.
“The book is well adapted for its purpose, the enlightenment of ‘the busy man of affairs,’ but it is evident our author is hampered by having to express his meaning in English, and sometimes fails to convey what he intends.”
| + — | Nation. 80: 158. F. 23, ‘05. 330w. |
Goldring, W. Book of the lily. [*]$1. Lane.
“The author gives a clear general statement in regard to the cultivable species, hybrids, and varieties, and illustrates the handy treatise by exquisite pictures of a few of the best kinds and their most artistic setting.”—Nation.
“It is written for those who delight in flowers and who love their gardens rather than for the connoisseur.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 85. Jl. 15. 500w. | |
| + + | Nation. 80: 290. Ap. 13, ‘05. 160w. |
“The introductory chapter on the geography and history of the lily is particularly interesting, as well as the treatise upon diseases and insect pests—that closes the book.” Mabel Osgood Wright.
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 369. Je. 10. ‘05. 290w. |
“The great value of the book, however, is that it enables one without much trouble to get a conspectus of the whole lily-group. A much too ambitious title.”
| + + — | Sat. R. 100: 156. Jl. 29, ‘05. 150w. |
Gomperz, Theodor. Greek thinkers: a history of ancient philosophy. v. 2 and 3. ea. [*]$4. Scribner.
Volume I covered the period of Greek philosophy previous to Socrates, volumes II. and III. contain a discussion of Socrates, his life, his followers, and the great philosophical movement which he fathered; also an account of Plato and his philosophy. 13 chapters are given wholly to a critical analysis of the course and structure of Plato’s works.
“It will admirably serve the purpose of the general reader who is interested in philosophy as an element in the history of human culture. And for the technical student who has mastered some of the more rigorous treatises, it will be useful in completing and vivifying his picture of the great thinkers of Greece.” Walter G. Everett.
| + + | Am. Hist. R. 11: 123. O. ‘05. 560 w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.) |
“It may be said with confidence that Prof. Gomperz has succeeded admirably in accomplishing his design of composing ‘a comprehensive picture’ of the development of Greek thought, in which the historical setting of the narrative, the background of the picture, is ‘not unduly contracted.’ It is written in a vigorous, lively style.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 520. Ap. 29. 2690w. (Review of v. 1-3.) |
“It offers not merely a cold technical enumeration of the tenets of the Greek philosophers, but a broad and rational discussion of the permanent significance of each great thought as it presents itself in historical sequence.” Paul Shorey.
| + + | Dial. 39: 31. Jl. 16, ‘05. 3110w. |
“Mr. Berry, like Mr. Magnus, has managed to give his translation the air of real English, and his version is on the whole a great improvement on the curiously abrupt and disjointed style of the original German. It is his moderation, his avoidance of extreme views, that makes Professor Gomperz so satisfactory a critic. The proof-reading of the English translation is far from perfect.”
| + + — | Nation. 80: 442. Je. 1, ‘05. 1550w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.) |
“The arguments are concisely stated. A rich subject, it is richly treated by this veteran scholar.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 759. Mr. 25, ‘05. (Review of Vols. II. and III.) |
“In his last two volumes Professor Gomperz proves himself to be a thinker and a writer of distinction.”
| + + | Sat. R. 99: 596. My. 6, ‘05. 1940w. |
Goodhart, Simon P. See Sidis, Boris, jt. auth.
Goodhue, Isabel. Good things and graces. [**]50c. Elder.
The following recipe shows the character of the group: Hygienic bread, Mix together the flour of love, made from the whole kernel (giving the all-inclusive flavor and quality); the leaven of spirit; the salt of common sense; the water of life appreciated. Let this rise in the encouraging atmosphere of patience. Knead and mold in the silence. Butter with cheerfulness, and serve to the entire family.
[*] “In both form and spirit it is a thorough-going holiday booklet.”
| + | Dial. 39: 385. D. 1, ‘05. 130w. |
[*] “The book is better than its outward appearance suggests, and is not one to be thrown aside after a single reading.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 797. N. 25, ‘05. 130w. |
[*] “The idea is cleverly carried out, and the directions for breakfast food, game pie, deviled tongue, and so on, are often witty as well as admonitory.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 835. D. 2, ‘05. 110w. |
Goodloe, Carter. At the foot of the Rockies. [†]$1.50. Scribner.
“Capital short stories of Canadian military and social life in the Northwest, with Indian customs and superstitions as the background.”—Outlook.
“While lacking in individuality, are yet pleasantly readable.”
| + — | Bookm. 22: 87. S. ‘05. 330w. |
“In her treatment, as well as in her situations, Miss Goodloe is rather too markedly Kiplingesque.”
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 365. Je. 3, ‘05. 220w. |
“The tales have originality and force, with the added element of quiet humor.”
| + | Outlook. 80: 244. My. 27, ‘05. 40w. |
Goodnow, Frank Johnson. City government in the United States. [*]$1.25. Century.
Professor Goodnow of Columbia university contributes this volume to “The American state series.” He is known for his authoritative works on “Municipal home rule,” and “Municipal problems.” “In the present work, the author confines himself almost exclusively to a study of American conditions, and at the same time broadens the scope of the inquiry so as to embrace the entire field of city government, so far as that is regarded from the viewpoint of organization and structure.” (R. of Rs.)
“Professor Goodnow’s book will be found eminently readable and useful as a text.” James T. Young.
| + + | Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 348. Mr. ‘05. 670w. |
Reviewed by Winthrop More Daniels.
| Atlan. 95: 554. Ap. ‘05. 420w. | ||
| R. of Rs. 31: 128. Ja. ‘05. 100w. |
[*] Goodnow, Frank Johnson. Principles of administrative law of the United States. [*]$3. Putnam.
“In his ‘Comparative administrative law,’ published twelve years ago, Professor Goodnow gave an analysis of the administrative system, national and local, of the United States, England, France, and Germany. The rapid growth of the public interest in our system was thought by Professor Goodnow a sufficient justification for a new book giving a fuller account of American conditions, with special emphasis upon the legal side.”—Dial.
[*] “The volume is a notable contribution to the literature of public law, and will prove of great use, not only to students, but also to officials in the actual work of administration. But to the writer there appears to be a few omissions of importance, some of which would probably indicate a defect in our constitutional law.” David Y. Thomas.
| + + — | Dial. 39: 304. N. 16, ‘05. 1410w. |
[*] “By his masterly grasp of the subject and his power of lucid exposition Prof. Goodnow has rendered great service to students and administrative officers. He has also made a distinct contribution to political science.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 776. N. 18, ‘05. 330w. |
Goodwin, Maud Wilder. Claims and counterclaims. [†]$1.50. Doubleday.
A young physician, the hero of Mrs. Goodwin’s story, has been rescued from death by a young man for whom he conceives a strong dislike. The situation becomes complicated by the fact that both men love the same girl, and Dr. Dilke is called upon by the father of the girl to endorse the character of a dishonest rival. “How to adjust the heroic savior of one’s life with the counterclaim of truth and of loyalty to a woman beloved is the problem Mrs. Goodwin’s hero has to solve.” (N. Y. Times.).
“One can hardly help feeling that in ‘Claims and counterclaims’ Mrs. Maud Wilder Goodwin has not done justice to a motif and scheme which were very good. Mrs. Goodwin botches her climaxes by improbability or cumbrous narration.”
| — + | Lit. D. 31: 666. N. 4, ‘05. 620w. |
“Its unique plot, its life-like characters, its brilliant execution in both dialogue and movement, are all crowned by a novel’s raison d’etre—its absorbing interest.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 542. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1260w. |
Gordon, Armistead C. Gift of the morning star. $1.50. Funk.
“He that overcometh ... I will give him the morning star.” The blood of a French mother flowing warm in the veins of her Dunker son sends him out in the world at the age of forty to seek his fortune, his whole being crying out against the repressed life of silent labor on the farm with which his older brother and sister are content. He wins his fortune as a boomer, he loses it in a single night, and in the end comes home again self conquered and content with his Dunker life and his Dunker sweetheart.
“Mr. Gordon has made his book of somewhat incongruous material.”
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 450. Jl. 8, ‘05. 550w. |
“A truly original story of Dunkard character. His pictures have all the vividness of reality.”
| + — | Outlook. 80: 192. My. 20, ‘05. 100w. |
“A forcible and an original tale.”
| + + | Pub. Opin. 39: 93. Jl. 15, ‘05. 150w. |
Gordon, John Brown. Reminiscences of the civil war. $1.50. Scribner.
“A new and moderate-priced edition of one of the very best of Southern books of reminiscences, written by a famous Southern soldier.”—Outlook.
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 717. O. 21, ‘05. 140w. | |
| + | Outlook. 81: 282. S. 30, ‘05. 20w. |
Goss, Charles Frederick. Husband, wife and home. [**]$1. Vir.
A collection of forty-six sketches from life. “Such titles as True wife or married mistress, Curing your partner’s faults, Observing conventionalities, A good word for the ‘bad boy,’ Ability of parents to see a joke, Humanizing the beast, Nerve strain, indicate the extent of the field, and it is well dotted with pithy anecdotes and amusing stories. The whole is pervaded by strong and pure moral feeling.” (Pub. Opin.)
“A book of good advice to husbands and wives, easy to read, not so easy to follow, but worth reading and worthy to be followed.”
| + | Bib. World. 26: 400. N. ‘05. 20w. |
“Wide experience and keen observation of real life yield material which is treated with plain common sense, good wit, and no lack of humor.”
| + | Outlook. 80: 790. Jl. 22, ‘05. 180w. |
Gosse, Edmund William. Coventry Patmore. [**]$1. Scribner.
This fourth volume of the “Literary lives series,” contains a sketch of the poet’s life by one who knew him well in his later years. There is an account of his childhood, his life in London, and his later years, with a description of his personality, his work, and an estimate of his place in the world of letters.
| Acad. 68: 265. Mr. 18, ‘05. 1190w. |
“His volume is not without its limitations. But it is, on the whole, able, at times brilliant. Among Mr. Gosse’s faults dulness has no place. His book shows discriminating taste.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 389. Ap. 1. 3560w. |
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.
| Atlan. 96: 278. Ag. ‘05. 420w. |
“Mr. Gosse’s biography is highly interesting; explaining much that is mysterious in Patmore’s poetry through the strange personality of the poet, the biographer adds something of distinct value to the critical estimate. But his conclusions are at least open to debate.”
| + + — | Dial. 38: 272. Ap. 16, ‘05. 360w. |
“Though he says too little about Patmore’s prose essays, which have singular merits of style, his attractive little volume, with its excellent illustrations, can be recommended to all to whom the more exhaustive Life by Mr. Champneys is not accessible.”
| + + — | Nation. 80: 399. My. 18, ‘05. 2210w. |
“A delightful little book.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 134. Mr. 4, ‘05. 1780w. |
“A well-balanced and interesting biography. There is a careful, sympathetic, but entirely clear-sighted estimate of Patmore’s poetic gifts and of the value of his work.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 652. Mr. 11, ‘05. 220w. |
“Having the helpfulness neither of hostility nor of enthusiasm, and being needlessly apologetic both for Patmore’s domesticity and his mysticism.”
| — | Sat. R. 99: 597. My. 6, ‘05. 1050w. |
Gosse, Edmund William. French profiles. [*]$1.60. Dodd.
Sketches of French writers nearly all of whom are still living or only lately dead. They are given “in profile” not “from the front” or “from a direct and complete point of view,” and are chiefly “snap-shots, as it were, at authors in the course of their progress.”
“Biography and criticism are deftly blended into an intermediate something and the last thing that the reader need apprehend is to be bored.” Richard Garnett.
| + + | Acad. 68: 78. Ja. 28, ‘05. 700w. |
[*] “Mr. Gosse owed it to his readers to rewrite and revise more diligently. But his book is an agreeable and profitable one.” Edward Fuller.
| + + — | Critic. 47: 568. D. ‘05. 530w. |
“It is far from being an indispensable book, but it is decidedly a useful one.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 624. S. 23, ‘05. 700w. |
“A successful book, very agreeable to read, and more likely than any we have lately seen on the subject to attract that difficult creature, the general reader. If not infallible the book is full of interest. Any one who cares at all for French literature, and does not mind a little intellectual irritation, will read it both with pleasure and advantage.”
| + + — | Spec. 94: 676. My. 6, ‘05. 1480w. |
[*] Gosse, Edmund William. Sir Thomas Browne. [**]75c. Macmillan.
This volume in the “English men of letters” series, a monograph on Sir Thomas Browne, “bears every sign of care and of minute and skillful investigation. Browne himself is set before us with fullness of detail, his work is analysed with scholarly patience.... Browne was that rare favorite of the gods, a happy man of genius. His serene and serious mind was ever preoccupied with high, impersonal, ‘un-mating things.’ His daily life was that of a fond husband and father; a perfect friend; an alert citizen; a busy and successful doctor. But ... no man of letters ever tasted more deeply the lonely and exquisite gratifications known to the vividly inquiring, experimentalizing mind.” (Lond. Times.)
[*] “Mr. Gosse has made a careful study of the materials at his disposal and in a comparatively short space embodies all that is known of the famous writer and physician. The faults of the book lie on the surface and may be briefly dismissed.”
| + + — | Acad. 68: 1070. O. 14, ‘05. 1500w. |
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.
| * | + | Atlan. 96: 842. D. ‘05. 310w. |
[*] “To put it crudely, what we miss in Mr. Gosse’s estimate of Browne is a feeling of pleasure. This is a very skilful biography; very intelligent criticism; but it is not the fine, the suggestive, the liberal, and illuminating criticism which we expected from a writer of Mr. Edmund Gosse’s accomplishments.”
| + + — | Lond. Times. 4: 333. O. 13, ‘05. 3250w. | |
| * | + — | Nation. 81: 486. D. 14, ‘05. 3140w. |
| * | + | Sat. R. 100: sup. 4. N. 18, ‘05. 890w. |
Gould, George Milbry. Biographic clinics. v. 3. Essays concerning the influence of visual function pathologic and physiologic upon the health of patients. [*]$1. Blakiston.
These essays fully cover the ground indicated by the subject, and in them numerous common ailments are unhesitatingly traced to defective eyesight, and much good advice is given for school children and men engaged in literary or clerical work, all of which is borne out by illustrations from life. The technical terms used in the table of contents need not alarm the casual reader, who will find the text clear and easily understood.
Gower, Edward Frederick Leveson. Bygone years. [*]$3.50. Dutton.
Memoirs written by the Honorable F. Leveson-Gower in his 86th year. As he never kept a diary, he chats merrily from memory of well-known people and things he has met with in the course of his long life.
| + + | Acad. 68: 706. Jl. 8, ‘05. 1030w. |
“The author’s style is pleasant, though singularly familiar.”
| + | Ath. 1905, 1: 710. Je. 10. 1110w. |
Reviewed by Jeannette L. Gilder.
| + + | Critic. 47: 346. O. ‘05. 1180w. |
“Good humor, good sense, good birth and breeding, an entire absence of airs and pretensions, these are among the qualities that commend him to the reader.”
| + + | Dial. 39: 211. O. 1, ‘05. 390w. |
“The volume is worth the attention of those who delight in the pleasant gossip of a genial and generous-hearted man of vast experience and wide information.”
| + | Ind. 59: 988. O. 26, ‘05. 240w. |
“His book is like him, and it will therefore attract and give pleasure to a large number of readers.”
| + + | Lond. Times. 4: 192. Je. 16, ‘05. 1130w. | |
| + | Nation. 81: 220. S. 14, ‘05. 620w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 481. Jl. 22, ‘05. 660w. |
“It is never dull: it is never absorbing.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 568. Ag. 26, ‘05. 470w. |
“The book is characterized by good sense and wit and an agreeable conversational style.”
| + + | Outlook. 81: 43. S. 2, ‘05. 260w. | |
| + + | Spec. 95: 18. Jl. 1, ‘05. 1070w. |
Grafton, Rt. Rev. Charles Chapman. Christian and Catholic. [*]$1.50. Longmans.
“The aim of the good bishop ... is ‘not controversial’ but to help souls who are in honest doubt to come into closer union with Christ ... The mass of Christians ... he designates as ‘the sects’ in distinction from ‘the church’ ... To secede from the Anglican church to the Roman is pronounced to be ‘the most terrible sin we believe a Christian man can commit.’”—Outlook.
| + + | Ind. 59: 330. Ag. 10, ‘05. 70w. | |
| Outlook. 79: 855. Ap. 1, ‘05. 150w. |
Grant, Mrs. Colquhoun. Mother of czars. [*]$3.50. ([*]12s.) Dutton.
“This ‘Mother of czars’ was the princess Dorothea of Würtemberg who married the Czarevitch Paul, son of Catherine II.... The czar’s two sons were Alexander I. and Nicholas I.... Mrs. Grant’s book consists largely of details of a tour made by the Grand Duke Paul and his wife during the years 1780-81. The most enjoyable time was spent in France.”—Spec.
“A very innocuous sketch of the wife of Paul I. of Russia.”
| + | Critic. 47: 95. Jl. ‘05. 70w. |
“Neither as a study of personality nor as an historical monograph can this volume be praised with much heartiness.”
| + | Nation. 81: 166. Ag. 24, ‘05. 480w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 329. My. 20, ‘05. 270w. |
“Here related in an agreeable, sympathetic, unpretentious way.”
| + | Outlook. 80: 393. Je. 10, ‘05. 110w. |
“With merits as an entertainment this book is marred as an authoritative portrayal of local colour by certain inaccuracies.”
| + — | Sat. R. 100: 309. S. 2, ‘05. 1130w. | |
| + | Spec. 94: 719. My. 13. ‘05. 250w. |
Grant, Robert. Orchid. [†]$1.25. Scribner.
The orchid is a society belle in a set where money counts for everything. She marries a wealthy man whom she does not love, then comes to care for a poor man, secures a divorce and the custody of her child, which she later relinquishes to the father in return for two million dollars, and is thereby established once more upon a secure social foundation.
“Clever as it is in its scenes, its dialogues, its enjoyable diversity of types, the real merit of the little volume lies not so much in what it actually gives as in what it suggests. ‘The orchid’ is an interesting example of a psychological problem, worked out along lines almost purely realistic.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
| + + — | Bookm. 21: 365. Je. ‘05. 480w. |
“The novel is as empty of psychological content as a headline. In this novel his style seems to be even more hard and colorless than formerly, his phrasing even more stereotyped and inaccurate.” O. H. D.
| — — | Critic. 47: 90. Jl. ‘05. 750w. |
“Judge Grant’s characters are like chessmen: they are well defined and they move in a straightforward and logical manner. This simile does not imply that his characters are wooden, or that the situation lacks complexity.”
| + | Ind. 58: 1008. My. 4, ‘05. 220w. |
“Told ... in this accomplished writer’s crispest and most interesting style.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 356. Je. 3, ‘05. 800w. |
“It is a story which not only makes one think, but holds the interest as well.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 390. Je. 17, ‘05. 190w. |
“A more thoroughgoing study of feminine selfishness and lawlessness is not to be found in American fiction.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 772. Ap. 1, ‘05. 90w. | |
| + — | Pub. Opin. 38: 796. My. 20, ‘05. 170w. |
“Judge Grant’s sure touch and craftmanship are here, but ‘The orchid’ is hardly a worthy successor to ‘The undercurrent.’”
| + — | R. of Rs. 31: 758. Je. ‘05. 120w. |
Grant, Robert. Undercurrent. $1.50. Scribner.
“His theme is the very modern problem of the divorce evil, and he shows us how the undercurrent of emotion eventually triumphs over reason, and sweeps away the intellectual objections which stand in the path of a woman’s happiness. The situation is subtly handled, and one of the oldest of stories thereby acquires new distinction. It is the familiar story of marriage without much thought, the husband’s rapid development into a vulgar brute, and his final desertion of wife and children. Then the right man appears upon the scene, and the deserted wife is torn by the conflict between desire and duty. The plea of duty is voiced by the representatives of church and society, and their argument convinces her intellect, yet it takes only a slight mishap to the man whom she loves to bring about her surrender.”—Dial.
Reviewed by W. M. Payne.
| + + | Dial. 38: 15. Ja. 1, ‘05. 440w. (Statement of theme.) |
“The opposing claims of church and state to the regulation of marriage have never been more interestingly presented than in the debate between the rector and the lawyer in this book.”
| + | Ind. 58: 1008. My. 4, ‘05. 190w. |
“As a carefully considered, well-rounded, unimpassioned treatment, this book deserves attentive reading and deep pondering. The legal clearness with which Judge Grant has analyzed the question, and the thoroughness and skill with which he has embodied all its aspects in the individual characters and the action of the story, make ‘The undercurrent’ a constructive master-piece. Its interest is timely, therefore, rather than literary, and its value practical and ethical, not artistic. Neither of these facts, nevertheless, derogates from its literary importance. A notable literary expression of conviction among the books of its day.”
| + + | Reader. 5: 254. Ja. ‘05. 550w. |
“Deals with two insistent problems of American society—the problem of enormous wealth and the problem of divorce. Judge Grant treats both with calmness and sanity. The characters and the story by means of which Judge Grant illustrates his views are thoroughly attractive from the point of view of literature. ‘The undercurrent’ is first of all a novel, and an excellent one, and only secondarily a book of purpose.”
| + + + | R. of Rs. 31: 118. Ja. ‘05. 210w. |
“A sane and two-sided view of this problem. The author is master of many of the secret traits of woman’s nature, he rises with dramatic force to a crisis, and his method is always wholesome. But one must regret his excessive use of monologue, as though he could not let his characters interpret themselves.” J. R. Ormond.
| + + — | South Atlantic Quarterly. 4: 96. Ja. ‘05. 140w. |
Granville, W. A. Elements of differential and integral calculus. $2.50. Ginn.
To meet the need of a modern text-book on calculus which is at once rigorous and elementary, is the rather difficult task of the author. “On the one hand it is necessary to avoid the worthless and even vicious forms of reasoning which mar so many elementary treatises and which are simply intolerable to one educated according to modern standards of rigor. On the other hand, the author must not introduce subtleties of reasoning and logical refinements beyond the needs and comprehension of those who are to use the book. The volume under review is an attempt to solve this problem.” (Science).
“Its first quality is clearness; its second, judicious accentuation. The ground notions are admirably handled, and throughout, the nature and limitations of important theorems are conscientiously indicated.” C. J. Keyser.
| + + + | Educ. R. 29: 208. F. ‘05. 250w. |
“This is a book the main object of which seems to be to enable the student to acquire a knowledge of the subject with little or no assistance from a teacher; and, after a very careful study of it, we are enabled to say that the work is admirably constructed for the purpose.” George M. Minchin.
| + + — | Nature. 72: 26. My. 11, ‘05. 670w. |
“In perusing Dr. Granville’s book one feels throughout that the author has in mind the requirements of modern rigor. We believe the present volume is eminently a safe book to put in the hands of the beginner. He will get no false notions which afterwards will have to be eradicated, with much difficulty; he will, on the other hand, acquire a considerable acquaintance with the principles of the calculus and a good working knowledge of its methods. The relatively few blemishes in this work, the reviewer is glad to state, will be removed in the next edition.” James Pierpont.
| + + — | Science, n.s. 21: 64. Ja. 13, ‘05. 1180w. |
“As well in its scope as in its spirit, the work is distinctly more than its author modestly styles it ‘essentially a drill book.’” Cassius J. Keyser.
| + + + | Science, n.s. 22: 115. Jl. 28, ‘05. 150w. |
Gratacap, Lewis Pope. World as intention: a contribution to teleology, [*]$1.25. Eaton.
“Under this title the author exhibits the movement which the world shows towards a purposed end. His aim is to help perplexed thinkers out of a state of mind which can neither get on without religion, nor get on with much that is claimed in the name of religion.”—Outlook.
| N. Y. Times. 10: 336. My. 20, ‘05. 360w. |
“Mr. Gratacap is certainly an independent and vigorous thinker; though his reading has evidently been more thorough in scientific lines than in philosophical. For lack of proportionate equipment in the latter his contribution to the problems of modern thought is hardly equal to the need.”
| + — | Outlook. 79: 762. Mr. 25, ‘05. 400w. |
Graves, Algernon, comp. Royal academy of arts. v. I. [*]$11. Macmillan.
This “complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904,” is compiled with the sanction of the president and council of the Royal academy. The artists’ names are arranged alphabetically and their works are listed under their names. Volume I. now issued, covers Abbayne to Carrington.
| Acad. 68: 623. Je. 10, ‘05. 110w. (Review of v. 1.) | ||
| + + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 87. Jl. 15. 2560w. (Review of v. 1.) | |
| + + + | Nation. 81: 38. Jl. 13, ‘05. 770w. (Review of v. 1.) | |
| + + + | Sat. R. 99: 671. My. 20, ‘05. 470w. (Review of v. 1.) |
Gray, Charles H. Lodowick Carliell. [*]$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
Lodowick Carliell was a courtier dramatist of the reigns of Charles I and II. The name of Carliell is a conspicuous one in English literature, having as a later representative Thomas Carlyle. The present work includes a sketch of Carliell’s life, a discussion of his plays, and “The deserving favorite.”
“He has shown a German thoroughness of work.”
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 574. S. 2, ‘05. 540w. |
“This is an interesting contribution to the history of the English drama.”
| + + | Outlook. 80: 983. Ag. 19, ‘05. 90w. |
Green, Anna Katharine. [Amethyst box.] [†]75c. Bobbs.
The spiriting away of an amethyst box in which was hidden a tiny vial containing a drop of deadly poison is followed by a sudden death. This furnishes the plot for one of Mrs. Green’s characteristic mystery stories into which is woven a double romance. The volume is uniform with the “Pocket book” series.
[*] “This American writer ... builds better puzzles and controls her surprises more skilfully than any living sensation writer we can call to mind.”
| + + | Acad. 68: 1155. N. 4, ‘05. 350w. |
“It is an absorbing story.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 324. My. 20, ‘05. 220w. |
[*] “They are utterly improbable, and full of extravagances and absurdities.”
| — | Sat. R. 100: 600. N. 4, ‘05. 70w. |
Green, Anna Katharine. [House in the mist.] [†]75c. Bobbs.
The first of these stories, “The house in the mist,” is the tale of vengeance which a wealthy testator wreaks upon his debauched heirs. According to the will they assemble, are apportioned their shares, and then trapped to their death. The harrowing succession of events is relieved only by the escape of the one worthy heir. The other story, “The ruby and the caldron,” shows the steps taken along the wrong scent in recovering a lost ruby.
| N. Y. Times. 10: 386. Je. 17, ‘05. 210w. | ||
| + — | Outlook. 80: 140. My. 13, ‘05. 70w. | |
| Pub. Opin. 39: 61. Jl. 8, ‘05. 30w. |
Green, Anna Katharine (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs). [Millionaire baby.] $1.50. Bobbs.
The spiriting away of a baby, the heiress to three fortunes, furnishes a plot for a unique detective story. The detective himself, in the race with others for the fifty thousand dollar reward, narrates the steps that lead up to the mystery-solving stroke,—this latter involving a surprise even for the wily disciple of Sherlock Holmes. The book is illustrated by Arthur I. Keller.
| + — | Acad. 68: 568. My. 27, ‘05. 340w. | |
“She is, we think, the best American author of detective tales of the present, and in ‘The millionaire baby’ we have one of her very best books. It is clever in conception and treatment, it holds the interest.”
| + + | Arena. 33: 340. Mr. ‘05. 260w. |
“Granted its fundamental improbability, the plot is skilfully constructed, and the interest of the story is successfully maintained.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 714. Je. 10. 150w. |
“As a detective story, ‘The millionaire baby,’ is as clever as anything Anna Katharine Green has written. You will not lay it aside until you know the whole story.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 40. Ja. 21, ‘05. 550w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 393. Je. 17, ‘05. 160w. |
“As a detective story it is ingenious; as fiction in any other sense it is worthless.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 246. Ja. 28, ‘05. 40w. |
“A good story of compelling and sustained interest. Is quite the equal of any of the long line of stories which she has created.”
| + + — | Pub. Opin. 38: 95. Ja. 15, ‘05. 450w. | |
| + — | R. of Rs. 31: 762. Je. ‘05. 60w. |
Green, Evelyn Everett-. Secret of Wold Hall. [†]$1. McClurg.
The marriage between Marcus Drummond and Lady Marcia Defresne was for the one the fulfillment of a ten-years’ dream—dating back to a moment when a bronzed traveler boy of sixteen rescued a child from her fall over a precipice—for the other, a release for herself and family from pecuniary predicaments. The man loves his wife, and the course of events which awakens her love for him is strongly associated with a mystery. The story has a strong dramatic interest.
Greene, Frances N., and Kirk, Dolly Williams. With spurs of gold. [†]$1.50. Little.
The boy and girl whose galaxy of heroes for special worship includes many knights of chivalry will find some absorbing details given here. The work is authentic, based on histories, chronicles and legends, and sets forth such characters as Roland and Oliver, Richard Coeur-de-Lion, the Chevalier Bayard, and Sir Philip Sidney.
“A number of famous poems accompany the excellent prose in which these tales are set.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 580. N. 4, ‘05. 60w. |
Greenidge, Abel Henry Jones. History of Rome during the later republic and early principate. 6 vols. v. I, [*]$3.50. Dutton.
“The first volume of the six volumes in which Dr. Greenidge plans to compress his history covers some twenty-nine years, from the time of Tiberius Gracchus to the consulship of Marius, B. C. 133 to 104.... In that short period occurred the two agrarian movements, led by Tiberius Gracchus, and, ten years later, by Caius Gracchus, and the Jugurthine war.”—N. Y. Times.
“It will appeal strongly to the general reader ... but it is addressed also to the scholar, as based on the original sources and presenting the results in accordance with the most advanced ideals of history writing.” Joseph H. Drake.
| + + + | Am. Hist. R. 10: 849. Jl. ‘05. 1310w. |
“Both the specialist, who looks for laborious research and painstaking erudition, and the ordinary reader, who sets the main value on perspicuity and brilliancy of narrative, will alike be gratified.” W. A. Goligher.
| + + + | Eng. Hist. R. 20: 545. Jl. ‘05. 860w. |
“The present volume sustains his reputation for accuracy and penetration, while proving him to possess gifts of a different order. It discloses a large grasp of facts and a weighty style.”
| + + + | Nation. 81: 14. Jl. 6, ‘05. 3200w. |
“It may be said at once that Dr. Greenidge revivifies Rome, which had been reduced to the deadness of classicality. He creates the Eternal city in the sixth century of its existence, and with exactness and grace shows us its life, its politics, the causes of its troubles, how it met them, and what the final issue was.”
| + + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 319. My. 13, ‘05. 1330w. |
[*] Greenslet, Ferris. James Russell Lowell, his life and work. [**]$1.50. Houghton.
“A concise view of the life of Lowell, which the author frankly admits to be mainly based on printed sources, chief among which has naturally been the collection of his letters edited by Charles Eliot Norton; but the work was nevertheless worth doing and is very well done.... The book is illustrated with portraits, local views, etc.”—Critic.
[*] “The author has made judicious use of his abundant and rich material, his personal additions to which have been considerable and valuable.”
| + + | Critic. 47: 573. D. ‘05. 80w. |
[*] “A little difference of emphasis here and there may suggest itself as possible; but in substance the narrative is exactly what it should be. He writes from a firm critical theory, and knows how to back his own opinions. Yet his speech lacks something of firmness and consistency.” H. W. Boynton.
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 773. N. 18, ‘05. 1670w. |
[*] “Conspicuously free from provincialism of standards and of feeling, conspicuously competent, dispassionate, and, therefore, authoritative.” Hamilton W. Mabie.
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 827. D. 2, ‘05. 210w. |
[*] “Beyond any other biography recently written among us, this book gives, by its execution, the impression of a distinct addition to the literary resources of our younger authors.” Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
| + + — | Outlook. 81: 625. N. 11, ‘05. 1520w. |
Gregg, David; Goodrich, William W., and Carney, Sidney Howard, jr. Makers of the American republic: a series of patriotic lectures. $2. Treat.
Sixteen historical lectures on the early colonists; The Virginians, Pilgrims, Puritans, Hollanders, Scotch, Huguenots, Quakers, and the old-time doctors, lawyers, and ministers. Columbus, Washington, our patriotic dead, and the black forefathers are also treated.
“Characterized for the most part by a degree of intellectual hospitality and breadth of thought rarely found in similar discussions by trinitarian clergymen.”
| + + + | Arena. 34: 220. Ag. ‘05. 370w. | |
| + + | Critic. 47: 190. Jl. ‘05. 30w. |
Gregory, J. C. Short introduction to the theory of electrolytic dissociation, [*]50c. Longmans.
“This is a useful little book for those students who, after taking a course of systematic chemistry, wish to know something of the behaviour of electrolytic solutions.” (Nature.) Its four chapters are entitled The condition of dissolved substances; Ions and precipitation; Hydrogen and hydroxyl ions; Electrolytic and general considerations.
“The language and mode of presentation are simple, and although one might take exception to many points of detail, the book, on the whole, should prove a trustworthy guide.”
| + + | Nature. 71: 606. Ap. 27, ‘05. 100w. |
Grenfell, Bernard Pyne; Drexel, Lucy Wharton; and Hunt, Arthur Surridge, eds. New sayings of Jesus, and fragments of a lost gospel, from Oxyrhynchus, Part IV. [*]40c. Oxford.
“The present volume contains for the most part papyri found in the second excavations at Oxyrhynchus in 1903. It will not be as amusing to the general reader as certain of the previous volumes, since it includes but few of the non-legal and non-literary, but excessively human, documents that gave in them such a sparkle of life to the pages of a very dead subject.... The volume contains a goodly number of interesting legal documents, which increase our knowledge of details of Egyptian administration and Graeco-Egyptian law. The number of personal letters is, as we have indicated, very few.”—Nation.
| Nation. 80: 139. F. 16, ‘05. 990w. |
Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason. Harvest of the sea: a tale of both sides of the Atlantic. [**]$1. Revell.
Dr. Grenfell, who for twenty years has worked among the deep sea fishermen on both sides of the Atlantic, gives a picture of these men, their lives, and the revolution, social and religious, wrought by the coming of the mission ship among the fishing fleets.
| + | Bookm. 21: 651. Ag. ‘05, 210w. | |
| + | Critic. 46: 471. My. ‘05. 350w. |
“Dr. Grenfell’s narrative of the North Sea fishers especially—considered quite without reference to its value as a record of evangelization—is stirring, full of the life and tragedy of the sea. The account of the Labrador men is briefer and less picturesque.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 243. Ap. 15, ‘05. 320w. | |
| + — | Outlook. 79: 705. Mr. 18, ‘05. 170w. | |
| + | Pub. Opin. 38: 508. Ap. 1, ‘05. 360w. | |
| + + | Reader. 6: 473. S. ‘05. 300w. | |
| R. of Rs. 31: 508. Ap. ‘05. 70w. |
Griffith, J. Quintin. Helps and hints in nursing. [*]$1.50. Winston.
A text-book for nurses, and a guide for the family which gives the ordinary details of nursing which the doctor wishes carried out in everyday maladies, tells what to do in cases of emergency, gives directions for caring for infants and children, and for preserving the health.
“A practical and sensible book which may be commended to use in families and by all who have to do with illness.”
| + + | Outlook. 81: 334. Ag. 7, ‘05. 20w. |
Griffiths, Arthur George Frederick. Fifty years of public service. [*]$5. Cassell.
Born in India and entering the English army at the time of the Crimean war, as a mere youth, the author saw military service in Crimea, Nova Scotia, Montreal, Gibraltar, and Abyssinia, and civil service in charge of prisons at Gibraltar, Chatham, and Milbank. This account of his career suggests that the material for his novels and detective stories was taken from life.
| Critic. 47: 188. Ag. ‘05. 120w. |
“The author’s style has the unstudied fluency of one who is used to writing with the din of the printing-press in his ears and the boy at his side waiting for copy. The book is a worthy addition to the major’s long list of works, grave and gay.”
| + | Dial. 38: 325. My. 1, ‘05. 330w. |
“You would say Major Griffiths had enjoyed his ‘Fifty years of service’ in the living at least as much as you enjoy it in reading.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 333. My. 20, ‘05. 1410w. |
Griggs, Edward Howard. Moral education. [*]$2. Huebsch.
Professor Griggs points out the aim and scope of his work in the following: “a study, as exhaustive as I could make it, of the whole problem of moral culture: its purpose in relation to our society, and all the means through which that purpose can be attained. My aim has been sanity and not novelty, ... to see ‘steadily and whole’ both human life and the process of moral culture that leads to it and make possible the happiest and most helpful living.”
“This volume should be carefully read by every parent and teacher in the land. It is a work at once eminently practical and yet nobly idealistic. He has considered his subject deeply and treats it as only a man of rare insight, a true philosopher and a practical teacher could present a theme.”
| + + + | Arena. 34: 330. S. ‘05. 290w. |
“He writes with beauty and almost invariably with marked clearness; he develops very instructively and applies to the work of ethical formation the leading results of modern educational investigation.”
| + + — | Cath. World. 81: 126. Ap. ‘05. 580w. |
“This book by Mr. Griggs is one of the significant indications of the trend of education in the present time, while in itself it is a decided contribution to the philosophy and method of education. Unlike much of current educational discussion, the parent is not here made subservient to the teacher or entirely ignored.” Leslie Willis Sprague.
| + + | Int. J. Ethics. 15: 379. Ap. ‘05. 940w. |
“The present volume seems to have reached the root of the difficulty which confronts modern educators, for it points out wherein they err by casting aside the old systems and giving entire precedent to new and untried methods. The book is written in a masterly style.”
| + + | Reader. 5: 499. Mr. ‘05. 400w. |
“The book addresses itself especially to the teacher, but will be found interesting and helpful to all who are concerned in any way with the rearing of children.”
| + | R. of Rs. 31: 254. F. ‘05. 120w. |
Gronau, Georg. Titian. $2. Scribner.
The monograph of the great painter not only tells a graphic story of the artist’s life, but describes the picturesque conditions under which he worked, the emperors, dukes and bishops who gave him commissions, forming a romantic background. The book gives the results of the most recent investigations of the authorship of disputed masterpieces, is copiously illustrated with fifty odd half-tones, has a fine bibliography, and a complete index.
“Is not so specialized a piece of work as is the standard biography by Crowe and Cavalcaselle. It is tersely and vividly written, precisely the book for the general reader.” Royal Cortissoz.
| + + | Atlan. 95: 276. F. ‘05. 320w. |
“It is quite up-to-date in its attributions. The side on which their usefulness does not seem to increase or greatly enlighten is that of a new word concerning the technical performances of great colourists, draughtsmen and virile painters. But this lapse Gronau has in common with others who write of artists and their work. Such books as these become, in a sense, a kind of superior guidebook to galleries, palaces and churches, but they are not quite what a student or a connoisseur would desire when wishing to be enlightened on the methods, ways, and practices of a master painter. Present book is excellent of its kind.” Frank Fowler.
| + | Bookm. 20: 556. F. ‘05. 870w. |
“Dr. Gronau’s volume, marked by cautious accuracy and disinterested love of truth, is a model for works of its class. It is a thing of high art in itself, and is certainly the best life of Titian that has appeared.” George Breed Zug.
| + + + | Dial. 38: 320. My. 1, ‘05. 1000w. |
Grout, Abel Joel. Mosses with hand-lens and microscope. 26. ed. $1.75 A. J. Grout, 306 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, N. Y.
This second edition “which follows the same general plan as the first edition, is expanded to include 169 of the ‘more common and more easily recognized mosses of the northeastern United States,’ as well as fifty-four of the hepaticæ of the same region.... The text contains something like 118 figures and 39 full-page plates.”—Science.
“In the matter of typography and illustrations, the work is so much of an improvement over its predecessor that it deserves special commendation.”
| + + | Science, n.s. 21: 816. My. 26, ‘05. 230w. |
Grove, Sir George, ed. Dictionary of music and musicians; new and thoroughly rev. ed.; ed. by J. A. Fuller Maitland. [**]$5. Macmillan.
In undertaking the revision of Sir George Grove’s dictionary which appeared twenty-five years ago, the editor aims mainly to bring the work down to date. Mr. Maitland, “a man of erudition, good taste and sound judgment, has critical acumen, and while he is inclined to a thoroughly safe conservatism, such critical remarks as have been admitted are for the most part such as are likely to give the reader a general idea of the special characteristics of the musicians dealt with.” (Ind.)
[*] “If the succeeding volumes contain as many valuable additions and amplifications as the first, the work will suffice for many years to come, and will remain for all time a monument to the learning, patience, and judgment of the editor.” W. J. Henderson.
| + + | Atlan. 96: 851. D. ‘05. 1100w. (Review of v. 1.) |
“At last we have an English musical dictionary not only worthy to be compared with the French and German dictionaries, but surpassing them all in the lateness of its information and in its comprehensive scope. Some of the portraits are unworthy of the general high standard.” George P. Upton.
| + + — | Dial. 38: 310. My. 1, ‘05. 2770w. (Review of v. 1.) | |
| + + — | Ind. 58: 671. Mr. 23, ‘05. 600w. (Review of vol. I.) |
[*] “Ably and judiciously edited, and it promises to be an indispensable compendium for those who are genuinely interested in music or in music-makers.”
| + + + | Ind. 59: 1161. N. 16, ‘05. 70w. (Review of v. 1.) |
“The editing has on the whole been admirably done, and ... Mr. Fuller Maitland has amply proved, not only his great ability in dealing with a difficult task, but the foresight of those responsible for his selections.”
| + + — | Lond. Times. 4: 226. Jl. 14, ‘05. 2020w. (Review of v. 1.) |
“Unquestionably the most valuable work of the kind in English, and at present superior to any other in any language, considering its encyclopaedic character and the substantial quality of its most important articles.”
| + + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 296. My. 6, ‘05. 1710w. (Review of v. 1.) |
Guiney, Louise Imogen. Hurrell Froude: memoranda and comments. [*]$3. Dutton.
This volume is in two parts, the first, a sketch of Hurrell Froude and his life, consisting mainly of letters and journals, the second, a collection of comments upon him and his connection with the Oxford movement. Outside of those interested in English religious movements, Hurrell Froude, brother of the historian, and John Henry Newman’s most intimate friend, is perhaps little known, and this book gives in detail the man’s influence upon his associates and the religious movements of his time, as well as his personality and character.
“The author’s style is not always unintelligible and precious, and by dint of a great deal of quotation we are brought fairly near to that strange inspirer of Newman.”
| + + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 656. My. 27. 230w. |
“It is a work of unusually distinguished merit. In the first place, Miss Guiney allows Hurrell Froude to tell his own story. And a second feature of this book which calls for praise is that in the pages which the biographer has written herself, the style is splendid.”
| + + + | Cath World. 80: 826. Mr. ‘05. 580w. |
“As a whole the book lacks literary unity, but it is initiative and gives an intimate glimpse into a circle of singularly real and fervent men. Valuable it is as being illustrative of a phase of the nineteenth century.”
| + + — | Critic. 47: 381. O. ‘05. 380w. |
“She has brought to her task abundant sympathy and much careful preparation. If her judgment is at fault, she has furnished us the means of correcting it in no halting fashion. Her collection of comments is no mere device for confirming her own views.”
| + + — | Nation. 80: 214. Mr. 16, ‘05. 2090w. |
“Miss Guiney’s book, which she does not call a biography, though in effect it is one, is a sympathetic account of his life, his character, and his work.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 602. S. 16, ‘05. 380w. |
“The editing has been done sympathetically, and, in spite of the opportunity offered for the exercise of a rich and rather over-refined literary style, with restraint.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 400. F. 11, ‘05. 390w. | |
| Spec. 94: 180. F. 4, ‘05. 320w. |
Gulick, Sidney Lewis. [Evolution of the Japanese.] [**]$2. Revell.
A fourth edition, revised and enlarged. “It contains a new preface and numerous changes in the text, which have been turned into notes and placed at the end of the chapters to which they belong.” (N. Y. Times.)
| N. Y. Times. 10: 310. My. 13, ‘05. 370w. |
Gulick, Sidney Lewis. White peril in the Far East. [**]$1. Revell.
The author, an American missionary who has lived long in Eastern Asia, discusses the significance of the Russo-Japanese war, which he considers a turning point in the world’s history. He holds that there is no cause to fear the yellow peril, that Japan is western in spirit and civilization, but that the white peril menaces the Orient to-day.
| + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 559. My. 6. 260w. |
“While in no way profound, it is rich in novel and suggestive points of view. It contains one of the best statements of the real causes of the war with Russia yet published, and gives an interpretation of the Japanese attitude toward the conflict that is agreeably clear, concise, and illuminating.”
| + + | Dial. 38: 356. My. 16, ‘05. 580w. |
“A concise, clear and comprehensive presentation of the national and international interests involved in present movements and tendencies, viewed as growing from the past.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 910. Ap. 8, ‘05. 120w. | |
| Pub. Opin. 38: 755. My. 13, ‘05. 280w. |
“Is a model of compactness and illumination.”
| + + + | Reader. 6: 591. O. ‘05. 280w. |
Gunsaulus, Frank W. Paths to power; Central church sermons. [*]$1.25. Revell.
The first group of Dr. Gunsaulus’ sermons to be published. They emphasize his right to be classed with such men as Beecher, Brooks and Spurgeon. “But to feel their power one must surrender for the time to the speaker’s wand and not dissolve the spell by a critical mood.” (Outlook.)
| + + | Outlook. 80: 839. Jl. 29, ‘05. 150w. |
Gwynn, Stephen. [Thomas Moore.] [**]75c. Macmillan.
The author, who is already known as a novelist and a critic of English-Irish literature, is also an Irishman and consequently found an unusually happy subject in Thomas Moore. The romantic rise of Moore from the Dublin grocery store to London’s rank and fashion is detailed. The critical estimate of his work is fully given, and his part in the last century’s remarkable advance in poetical technique is enlarged upon.
“His life is excellently set forth in this volume, the author having evidently put before him as the object of his task the painting of a faithful portrait. Mr. Gwynn has added considerably to his already very considerable repute by this capital little book, in which he does justice to his subject and to himself.” W. Teignmouth Shore.
| + + | Acad. 68: 79. Ja. 28, ‘05. 710w. |
“Mr. Gwynn had accomplished no easy task with tact and literary skill, if not with accuracy.”
| + + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 327. Mr. 18. 2340w. |
“A sympathetic treatment of the man and his works.”
| + + | Critic. 47: 188. Ag. ‘05. 20w. |
“Mr. Gwynn’s book is compact with information and well-balanced criticism.”
| + + + | Dial. 39: 70. Ag. 1, ‘05. 450w. |
“Delightful little volume.”
| + | Ind. 58: 1128. My. 18, ‘05. 330w. | |
| + | Nation. 80: 253. Mr. 30, ‘05. 610w. |
“Considered as a portrayal of Moore’s character, this book of Mr. Gwynn’s is adequate and satisfactory. It is not, however, eminently successful in evoking for the imagination the world in which the poet lived. As a literary estimate, while it neither observes its subject from a new angle, nor throws new light upon it, it is upon the whole a thoroughly competent and workmanlike performance—an orderly, trustworthy, and comprehensive statement of the established critical opinions regarding Moore’s poetry and prose. Mr. Gwynn has shown himself a safe, if neither a brilliant nor remarkably painstaking critic.” Horatio S. Krans.
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 97. F. 18. ‘05. 2580w. |
“Mr. Gwynn has given us an eminently readable book.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 251. F. 1, ‘05. 290w. |
“Mr. Gwynn’s estimate of Moore is the most noteworthy thing in the volume.”
| + | Pub. Opin. 38: 214. F. 11, ‘05. 370w. | |
| R. of Rs. 31: 381. Mr. ‘05. 70w. |
“We feel that Mr. Gwynn is making quite a nice and workmanlike book to fill a supposed cap in a respectable series; we admire his visible yet sober efforts to impart a tinge of enthusiasm.”
| + | Sat. R. 99: 740. Je. 3, ‘05. 2180w. |
“Mr. Gwynne, who has done his work with much skill and sympathy, has never allowed his judgment to be influenced.”
| + + | Spec. 94: 555. Ap. 15, ‘05. 1890w. |
Gwynne, Paul. Bandolero, [†]$1.50. Dodd.
A book which gives a vivid picture of Spanish peasant life. The story concerns the only son of the Marquis de Bazan who is kidnapped by his father’s enemy, a “bandolero,” and brought up on an Andalusian farm. The boy falls in love with his playmate, the bandit’s daughter, and altho her father violently opposes their marriage, he at last not only gives his consent but sacrifices his life for the son of his enemy. Altho the plot is melodramatic, the scenes of country life are homely and humorous.
“The romance is thoroughly interesting, and has a considerable degree of literary charm.” Wm. M. Payne.
| + | Dial. 39: 208. O. 1, ‘05. 290w. |
“A good melodramatic novel. The author must know his Spain far better than most men.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 191. Mr. 25. ‘05. 300w. |
“As has been said by some one, Mr. Gwynne knows the Spanish peasant as well as Miss Wilkins knows the New England farmer. It is this part of this book, as it was with his former story, which attracts us in Mr. Gwynne’s work. The plot of the story ... seems to us on the melodramatic order and less worthy of praise.”
| + — | Outlook. 79: 704. Mr. 18, ‘05. 180w. |
“A logical, well-atmosphered story whose interest is steadily sustained and whose denouement is satisfactory.”
| + | Reader. 6: 473. S. ‘05. 180w. |
“Mr. Gwynne has painted for us the large sun-lit landscape of the Andalusian plains and the slow comedy of village life with a certainty of touch and a depth of colour which are entirely admirable. But apart from merits of atmosphere and scenery, he has a very stirring story to tell and much excellent character-drawing. Mr. Gwynne, though he deals with the favourite constituents of melodrama, is always a serious novelist, and his characters are as carefully studied as his plot. Mr. Gwynne has found a field in which he need fear no rival, and we welcome a book so full of freshness and vitality.”
| + + + | Spec. 94: 90. Ja. 21, ‘05. 400w. |