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Jabez, Brother, pseud. See Koons, U. S.
Jackson, Charles Ross. Tucker Dan. [†]$1.25. Dillingham.
Tucker Dan and his chum, Mickey, indulge in a series of pranks and practical jokes thru-out these pages. Good old Uncle Binny is the usual victim altho the village doctor and a rival for the affections of the pretty Martin twins also suffer.
“The style is simple, with here and there little bits of homely humor and philosophy, though the latter is well-nigh lost and soon forgotten.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 496. Jl. 29, ‘05. 160w, |
“It is one continual laugh from beginning to end.”
| + + | Pub. Opin. 39: 869. Je. 3, ‘05. 100w. |
[*] Jackson, Charles Tenney. Loser’s luck. [†]$1.50. Holt.
A Central American princess, the last of the line of Montezuma, leads what would have been a farce comedy revolution had not the brave lads who believed in her and her dream, died fighting for her. A young American millionaire, his yacht, and a college professor who chances to be his guest are all stolen by this daring young woman, whose personal charm wins these prisoners to champion her forlorn cause. The story is pathetically humorous, but it is also most unreal.
[*] “On the whole, a readable and briskly moving, if far from natural story.”
| + | Critic. 47: 578. D. ‘05. 100w. |
[*] “An unusually readable tale.” H. I. Brock.
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 776. N. 18, ‘05. 900w. |
[*] “A lively romance of whim and adventure.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 824. D. 2, ‘05. 200w. |
[*] Jackson, E. L. St. Helena, the historic island from its discovery to the present time. [*]$3. Whittaker.
“We naturally expect that Napoleon’s sojourn at St. Helena would be made much of; instead, we have an orderly description of the island and a chronological account of the events which have happened there.” (Outlook.) “The photographic illustrations have a curious worth. Some of these were taken shortly after the Boer war, and show the Boers yet interned in the island.” (Nation.)
[*] “For a book of reference, in spite of its lack of an index, it has its utility.”
| + — | Nation. 81: 445. N. 30, ‘05. 70w. |
[*] “This volume is strangely matter-of-fact, but on that very account has a certain restful charm.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 90w. |
[*] Jackson, Edward Oscar. Love sonnets to Ermingarde. $1. Badger, R: G.
These love sonnets “are exactly one hundred in number, and their recipient has reason to be proud of the imagery and emotion which she evokes in the soul of her poet. It is the Shakespearean model that Mr. Jackson follows, both as to form and to diction.”—Dial.
Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.
| * | + | Dial. 39: 67. Ag. 1, ‘05. 200w. |
[*] “They are refined in form, rich in feeling, and swarm with suggestions that appeal to the bookish mind.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 133. Mr. 4, ‘05. 170w. |
Jackson, Mrs. Gabrielle Emilie Snow. Mother and daughter. [**]$1.25. Harper.
Twenty short chapters for mothers upon the management and training of their daughters.
“The style of the essay is simple and straightforward, and the matter itself bears favorable comparison with any other book of its kind.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 214. Ap. 8, ‘05. 120w. | |
| Outlook. 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 60w. | ||
| Pub. Opin. 38: 634. Ap. 22, ‘05. 80w. |
Jackson, Mrs. Gabrielle Emilie Snow. Tommy Postoffice: the true story of a cat. [*]75c. McClurg.
The adventures of Tommy Postoffice were many and all cat-lovers will read with interest how Tommy came to the Hartford postoffice in a mail sack, how he aided Cupid, what he did at the cat and poultry show, and what an important place he filled in the postoffice where all the gray-coated men were his fast friends and defenders.
[*] “It is brightly told, and will interest children, and their elders who like cats.”
| + | Nation. 81: 450. N. 30, ‘05. 80w. |
[*] Jackson, Mrs. Gabrielle Emilie Snow. Wee Winkles and Wideawake, [†]$1.25. Harper.
“One of the nicest stories possible about a nice little girl and her brother, whose real names are not Winkles and Wideawake at all. They are six and eight years at the time of the story, which tells about the nice times they have together playing house, playing that papa is a whale in the water and taking a swim on his back; having birthday parties, and doing other interesting things. Mary Theresa Hart has made the pictures.”—N. Y. Times.
| * | + | N. Y. Times. 10: 744. N. 4, ‘05. 90w. |
[*] “To the little folks of six to nine, the stories being plainly told, will appeal more directly.”
| + | R. of Rs. 32: 766. D. ‘05. 70w. |
Jackson, Helen Hunt. [Ramona.] $2. Little.
A new edition of this picturesque story of American life, with an introduction by Susan Coolidge and illustrations by Henry Sandham.
[*] “A popular but not in any sense a cheap edition.”
| + | Dial. 39: 387. D. 1, ‘05. 130w. | |
| + + | N.Y. Times. 10: 658. O. 7, ‘05. 280w. |
[*] “A very satisfactory edition.”
| + + | Outlook. 81: 683. N. 18, ‘05. 100w. |
Jackson, Mrs. Margaret Doyle. When love is king. [†]$1.50. Dillingham.
Todhunter Payson, who as a child philosophizes over his homely face thus:—“I was born that way.... You know nothing makes the way you’re born. It just happens an’ then you have to stay that way all your life,” and Luke Lyttle “gentleman to his small finger tips” are chums in boyhood, rivals in love, friends all the way. The development of the sturdy Tod from a homeless waif into a man who sways his world is not overdrawn but is true to the principles of a self-made career.
“The book is well worth reading. The people are natural and consistent, the story is well told and interesting.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 215. Ap. 8, ‘05. 200w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 394. Je. 17, ‘05. 170w. |
“A well-written, excellently constructed novel.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 910. Ap. 8, ‘05. 110w. |
“It is real, vivid, and compelling.”
| + | Pub. Opin. 39: 60. Jl. 8, ‘05. 120w. |
Jackson, Wilfrid Scarborough. Helen of Troy, N. Y. $1.50. Lane.
“The story concerns two young men of London, who have been engaged in a duel with a German, arising from a quarrel caused by their mutual love for a young American heiress. The plot turns on the efforts which the Englishmen and the hero of the tale, a chance passerby, who has been induced to be a second, make to flee from the consequences of a supposedly serious wound sustained by the German. The disordered state of affairs existing during the recovery of the wounded man furnish amusement to the story.”—Bookm.
“It is a rollicking farce. He has style, observation and a pretty gift of dialogue, so that his characters talk with a naturalness which immensely heightens for the moment the plausibility of his widely impossible plot. Mr. Jackson appears to have entrusted the reading of his proofs to unskilled hands.”
| + + — | Acad. 68: 150. F. 18, ‘05. 260w. |
“It is a pity that Mr. Jackson, whose style is otherwise good and virile, should help to mar the English language by certain small mannerisms.”
| + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 237. F. 25, ‘05. 310w. |
“Mr. Jackson has deft wit and an unforced originality.”
| + | Critic. 46: 478. My. ‘05 80w. |
“This very lively and entertaining book. The thing has a sort of tang of ‘The new Arabian nights’ of Mr. Stevenson, a prankish irresponsible air, combined with a style decidedly precious and deliberate.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 23. Ja. 14, ‘05. 490w. (Outline of plot). | |
| + — | Spec. 94: 557. Ap. 15, ‘05. 260w. |
Jacob, Violet (Mrs. Arthur Jacob). Golden heart and other fairy stories, [**]$1.25. Doubleday.
All who love good old-fashioned fairy tales will enjoy these eight new stories, and will be eager to know how, in Golden heart, the ugly prince rescued a bewitched princess from a rock in the sea; how Grimaçon, the dwarf, helped the Princess Moonflower, and how Ella wished for the peacock’s tail and got it. Other stories are: The sorcerer’s sons and the two princesses of Japan; The dovecote; The pelican; The cherry trees; and, Jack Frost—a story for very little children. The volume is illustrated with drawings by May Sandheim.
[*] “The tales by no means conform to the modern insipid and bloodless standard for juvenile fairy stories and ought to make a direct and lively appeal to the eager imagination of any healthy child.”
| + | Critic. 47: 576. D. ‘05. 60w. | |
| * | + | Ind. 59: 1386. D. 14, ‘05. 40w. |
| * | + | N. Y. Times. 10: 780. N. 18, ‘05. 160w. |
Jacob, Violet (Mrs. Arthur Jacob). Interloper. $1.50. Doubleday.
Mrs. Arthur Jacob, who made a sudden reputation in her former novel, “The sheep stealers,” now writes a story of country life in Scotland. The interloper is a young man who returns to his mother’s old home from a sojourn in Spain with the man who has always passed as his father,—all unconscious of the blot on his birth, the suspicions of the neighbors, and the presence of his real father in the vicinity. The situation is well handled and the social tragedy skilfully averted. There are many well-drawn characters in the book, the loyal heroine, the grand dame, the villainous family lawyer and many interesting villagers.
“When you lay down ‘The interloper’ you feel that you know intimately a half-dozen interesting people whom you did not know before. Mrs. Jacob is rich in the supreme gift of the novelist—character depiction. A melodramatic ending, trite in conception, and ill-fitting. Mrs. Jacob did not set out to tell an emotional story. She set out to reflect life in a small, old-fashioned Scotch town and its environs, and she has succeeded in masterly fashion. She has given us a delightful comedy of manners written in a style remarkable for power, simplicity and grasp. Out of the ruck of cheap fiction this book rises to real, permanent value. It is not only worth reading, it is worth a place on the book-shelf.”
| + + — | Reader. 5: 383. F. ‘05. 370w. |
Jacobi, Charles Thomas. Printing: a practical treatise on the art of typography as applied more particularly to the printing of books, [*]$2.50. Macmillan.
“A third revised and enlarged edition.... The completeness of the book will be apparent from a brief list of its chapters, which number thirty-five. They are in seven divisions, and deal with typefounding, composition (thirteen chapters), proofreading, hand-press work (six chapters), illustrated and color work, motive power, machine printing (six chapters), and warehouse work (four chapters).”—N. Y. Times.
| + | Nation. 81: 203. S. 7, ‘05. 260w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 316. My. 13, ‘05. 410w. |
[*] Jacobs, William Wymark. [Captains all.] [†]$1.50. Scribner.
This new collection contains “half a score of the tales this author has taught laughter-loving English readers to expect from his pen. This brand is well-known and well-liked.” (Ath.) They include amusing stories of sailormen, longshoremen, and the people of a little English village.
[*] “The book is thoroughly enjoyable.”
| + | Ath. 1905, 2: 608. N. 4. 170w. |
[*] “Adds notably to the world’s stock of humorous enjoyment.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 833. D. 2, ‘05. 50w. |
[*] “The stories are not all as good as the earlier ones, the humor often growing out of situations that are forced, and the characters lack their old delightful naïveté.”
| + — | Pub. Opin. 39: 829. D. 23, ‘05. 160w. |
[*] “The book is merely a collection of magazine stories, and their cumulative effect is a little disappointing.”
| + — | Sat. R. 100: 725. D. 2, ‘05. 160w. |
[*] “Mr. Jacobs is an artist with a literary conscience as well as a most engaging humourist, and, to borrow the familiar saying, though his genre is not great, he is great in his genre.”
| + | Spec. 95: 613. O. 21, ‘05. 740w. |
Jacobus, Melancthon Williams, ed. Roman Catholic and Protestant Bibles compared; the Gould prize essays. 50c. Bible teachers’ training school, N. Y.
“In 1903 Miss Helen Gould offered three prizes for popular, brief essays on ‘The origin and history of the Bible approved by the Roman Catholic church’ and ‘of the American revised version.’ Two hundred and sixty-five essays were presented. The prizes were won by Rev. William Whitely, L.L.M., LL.D., Rev. Gerald Hamilton Beard, B.D., Ph.D., and Charles B. Dalton, Esq. These three essays are published in this volume. Of course, they cover much the same ground. The limits of space imposed were such that the authors could give only a somewhat bare and crowded statement of facts.”—Am. J. Theol.
“The first two essays are very full, accurate, and well proportioned. The third leaves something to be desired in accuracy, especially regarding the exactness of the present biblical text (p. 140). The chief value of the third essay lies in certain quotations from contemporary Catholic sources.” Irving F. Wood.
| + + — | Am. J. Theol. 9: 743. O. ‘05. 300w. |
“These three constitute what must now be regarded as the standard work on a theme of controversy that greatly needed enlightenment.”
| + + + | Outlook. 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 90w. |
James, Bartlett Burleigh. History of North America, Vol. V. $6. Barrie.
The fifth volume of the series edited by Professor Guy Carleton Lee, treats of the colonization of New England and was written by Professor James of Western Maryland university. The chronological table begins with the sailing of the Mayflower and is brought down to the passage of the Stamp act. There is a careful examination of the motives of the Puritans in coming to New England, and the founding of the settlements of Connecticut and Rhode Island is given in detail. The closing chapter is devoted to the causes which led to the Revolution. There are many excellent illustrations.
“The work is of the most comprehensive character. The treatment of an extended topic is carefully and philosophically worked out.”
| + + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 101. F. 18, ‘05. 970w. |
[*] James, George Wharton. In and out of the old missions of California: an historical and pictorial account of the Franciscan missions. [*]$3. Little.
This interesting volume covers a broad field successfully. It begins with the founding of the California missions, then gives a chapter upon Junipero Serra and his coadjutors, followed by a discussion of the Indians at the coming of the padres and at the present time. An especially noteworthy chapter deals with the secularization of the missions, and in twenty-one chapters is given an account of as many individual missions, followed by a chapter upon nine mission chapels or Aristencias. Perhaps the most distinctive feature of the volume is its treatment of mission architecture and interior decoration. A careful survey of the mural decorations of the missions is followed by a pictorial account of the furniture, pulpits, doors, and other woodwork, crosses, candlesticks, and other silver and brass ware, and of the various figures of the saints found at the missions. The illustrations are reproduced from photographs made expressly for this book.
[*] “An interesting and adequate treatment of a fascinating theme.”
| + + | Dial. 39: 444. D. 16, ‘05. 340w. | |
| * | + | Outlook. 81: 1040. D. 23, ‘05. 130w. |
[*] James, Henry. English hours. [*]$5. Houghton.
“This reprint of some of Mr. James’ essays descriptive of England is happily illustrated by the drawings of Mr. Joseph Pennell. The essays include London; Browning in Westminster abbey; Chester; Lichfield and Warwick; North Devon; Wells and Salisbury; An English Easter; London at midsummer; Two excursions; In Warwickshire; Abbeys and castles; English vignettes; An English New Year; An English watering-place; Winchelsea, Rye and ‘Denis Duval;’ Old Suffolk.”
| * | + | Acad. 68: 1225. N. 25, ‘05. 800w. |
[*] “Mr. James is like his simple original self in this charming book.”
| + + | Critic. 47: 572. D. ‘05. 40w. |
[*] “These interpretations of English life carry the reader with them by their quality of tonic freshness, which takes the place of the bewildering curiosity about everything and nothing characteristic of the late novels.”
| + | Dial. 39: 381. D. 1, ‘05. 260w. | |
| * | + | N. Y. Times. 10: 836. D. 8, ‘05. 220w. |
[*] “But these lapses though apparent are rare—more apparent, indeed, on account of their rarity—and it is impossible to resist the engaging enthusiasm, the fine freshness of mind which he brings to bear on the variety of topics and places about which he chatters in the fugitive papers bound up in this volume.”
| + + — | Sat. R. 100: sup. 5. D. 9, ‘05. 730w. |
James, Henry. [Golden bowl.] $2.50. Scribner.
“Four principals and two particularly diverting subordinates make up the role of characters” in this story whose action centers about the marriage of an American girl to an impoverished foreigner. “The four are Adam Verver, widower, and his daughter, Maggie, Americans,—the husband of Maggie, an Italian prince, and Charlotte Stant, a young woman of exquisite intelligence, and paramount charm, American by birth, cosmopolitan by nature.” The elements of tragedy are fostered thru the prince’s yielding to his former love for Charlotte Stant, the princess’ friend, and now Adam Verver’s wife. The strength of the story is embodied in the princess’ determination to win back the love of her husband, “which she vows must be as complete and perfect as the original crystal of the broken bowl, that picturesque property of the story that takes so unique a part in the development of the plot.” (Reader).
“The intellectuality overpowers the sensuous and objective traits proper to a novel, until one has the impression of reading an abstruse treatise of psychology rather than a tale. Despite exasperations of detail, the novel in the main is masterly. The three leading women are differentiated with the nicest skill: each is living and persuasive. But it fairly ranks as a master-work—if a master-work flawed by some of his obscurest later mannerisms.”
| + + + | Acad. 68: 128. F. 11, ‘05. 1020w. |
“The book is clear to those who think Mr. James worth a little trouble. The method, in spite of its inwardness, is detached, cold, and, if the word is possible, a little cruel. But its mental agility, its likeliness, its atmosphere, are perfect.”
| + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 332. Mr. 18. 530w. | |
| Atlan. 95: 696. My. ‘05. 190w. |
“Another two volumes of abstruseness, another long discussion of a situation that only scandal mongers are supposed to discuss; again the same old heavy respectability where nothing is bad because it is not named; again the heroic sweetness of two characters, that is always his saving grace, that makes us read him.”
| + — | Ind. 58: 153. Ja. 19, ‘05. 700w. |
“In the end you have your reward—a story, a situation, which, as you think about it, pierces the obscurities and strikes you in the eyes, like the low red autumn sun pushing out of a mass of black clouds.”
| + + — | Nation. 80: 74. Ja. 26, ‘05. 1380w. |
“A book of mixed ugly and charming aspects. Never has the art of description been brought nearer to that of painting.”
| + + — | Reader. 5: 380. F. ‘05. 1290w. |
“A book so pregnant with fundamental brainwork, so rich in suggestiveness, and so accomplished in execution. The book is clearer, and, for that very reason, more vital, than the works of what one may call his middle period.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 31: 116. Ja. ‘05. 80w. |
[*] James, Henry. Question of our speech: The lesson of Balzac; two lectures, [**]$1. Houghton.
“In the first essay, delivered as a commencement address at Bryn Mawr, Mr. James has well emphasized the overlooked needs in America of ‘a virtual consensus of educated people to impart to our speech a coherent culture.’ ... The second essay in the volume, ‘The lesson of Balzac,’ is a notable piece of literary criticism in its concentrated vigor, its elucidation of the novelist’s art, and its nicety of phrase. Recognizing in Balzac the master-artist of modern fiction.”—Dial.
[*] “These essays will raise a divergence of opinion, as does all of Mr. James’s literary work; but however widely readers may differ from his point of view, all will recognize the stimulating intellectual quality.”
| + | Dial. 39: 311. N. 16, ‘05. 620w. | |
| * | + | Pub. Opin. 39: 764. D. 9, ‘05. 200w. |
James, Montague Rhodes. [Ghost stories of an antiquary.] $1.50. Longmans.
Eight old fashioned ghost stories with all the gruesome and hair-raising qualities which a story of their kind could possess. The eight are Canon Alberic’s scrap-book, Lost hearts, The mezzotint, The ash tree, Number 13, Count Magnus, “Oh, whistle, and I’ll come to you, my lad,” and The treasure of Abbot Thomas.
“Mr. James manages at times to give you a pretty well-defined creepy feeling—but his ghost stories are not quite the real thing in spite of the pains he takes to pile up detail in the setting and leave the horror itself as undefined, shapeless, and elusive as may be.”
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 483. Jl. 22, ‘05. 580w. |
“There can be no question about the literary merit of these eight stories, and of the ingenuity which Dr. James has shown in their construction.”
| + + — | Spec. 94: 925. Je. 24, ‘05. 170w. |
Jamison, Cecilia Viets (Mrs. Samuel Jamison). Penhallow family; a story. [†]$1.50. Wilde.
A little wanderer, back from India to her father’s old home, is dropped into an uncle’s family where three self-centered, noisy youngsters ruled by a hard task-mistress, “Aunt Gordon,” make life miserable for the new-comer. Her brave helpfulness in bringing happiness out of the confused and warring forces of the household frames a lesson for every young reader to profit by.
Jane, L. Cecil. Coming of Parliament, 1350-1660. (Story of the nations, no. 73.) [**]$1.35. Putnam.
“The general scheme of this volume is indicated by its title. It deals more especially with the development of the Constitution within the three centuries with which it is concerned, and it is an attempt to trace the steps by which Parliament attained to a permanently important share in the government of England. While stress is laid upon this theme, other sides of the national life have not been ignored.” (N. Y. Times.) There are many illustrations, a map of England, and a chronology.
“What Mr. Jane has really written is an English history of a period. But, while its accuracy it notable, it has other merits which are astonishing. The events of the period, particularly towards the close, were many and complex and stirring; yet, although this book is almost as compact as an encyclopaedia, it is so fluent and fascinating that one reads it with the delight which is given by great romance. Mr. Jane, it is true, is not without predilections. His imagination is attracted by the navy. In all other respects, though invariably he arrests attention, he is coldly judicial. Besides being exceptionally well-informed, our historian brought to his task a fresh, independent and penetrating intellect.” W. Earl Hodgson.
| + + + | Acad. 68: 78. Ja. 28, ‘05. 840w. |
“As a book professedly concerned with ‘the coming of parliament’ and the place of parliament in national life, it cannot be said to have any particular merit or value, or to render of less service any of the accepted histories of English constitutional development.” Edward Porritt.
| — — + | Am. Hist. R. 10: 917. Jl. ‘05. 230w. |
“We have failed to find in the latest issue of this well-known series any general connexion with the subject of parliamentary government or the least pretension to originality of thought or vigour of delineation; whilst research is wanting.”
| — — | Ath. 1905, 2: 76. Jl. 15. 200w. |
Reviewed by Edward Fuller.
| + — — | Bookm. 21: 525. Jl. ‘05. 1260w. | |
| + + | Critic. 47: 95. Jl. ‘05. 60w. |
“It is obvious from the text that Mr. Jane has broken no new ground in the research for the Parliamentary side of his book.”
| + — | Ind. 59: 212. Jl. 27, ‘05. 420w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 185. Mr. 25, ‘05. 350w. |
“Mr. Jane’s book is interesting reading, even if he sometimes tangles the thread of his story of Parliament.”
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 293. My. 6, ‘05. 1190w. |
“Adds little or nothing to the history of Parliament which cannot be found in any of the accepted works on the English constitution. There is nothing, moreover, that is attractive about Mr. Jane’s literary style.”
| — — | Outlook. 79: 1057. Ap. 29. ‘05. 710w. |
“Mr. Jane’s book is not always ‘easy reading,’ but is reliable, a quality which will conceal many literary sins.”
| + + — | Pub. Opin. 39: 318. S. 2, ‘05. 200w. |
“The volume will have its uses, but we should have preferred something more to the purpose.”
| + — | Spec. 95: 324. S. 2, ‘05. 200w. |
Janssen, Johannes. History of the German people at the close of the middle ages; tr. from the Germ, by A. M. Christie. v. 7-8. [*]$6.25. Herder.
“These two volumes cover the period between the years 1550-1580.... Within those thirty years fell such events as: The religious conference at Worms in 1557, the Diet of Augsburg in 1559, the Grumbach-Gotha conspiracy for a Lutheran empire, the effects in Germany of the religious wars in France and the Netherlands, the war against the Turks, the establishment and progress of the Jesuits in Germany, and the concluding sessions and general effect of the Council of Trent. These great events and many others of similar moment are treated with Janssen’s well-known fulness of detail, abundance of scholarship, and sturdy Catholic spirit.”—Cath. World.
| + + + | Cath. World. 81: 117. Ap. ‘05. 610w. (Review of vols. VII. and VIII.) |
Japp, Alexander H. [Robert Louis Stevenson; a record, an estimate, and a memorial.] [*]$1.50. Scribner.
The author who, thru a common interest in Thoreau, came to know Stevenson well in his early Edinburgh days, gives a critical discussion of his life and works, with some new facts and some newly published letters.
“It contains a good deal of valuable matter presented in the most scrappy and disjointed way; as well as some matter which is not valuable at all.” H. W. Boynton.
| + — | Atlan. 96: 280. Ag. ‘05. 200w. | |
| + + | Dial. 38: 358. My. 16, ‘05. 480w. |
“The criticism on Stevenson’s various styles in his varied work is often acute and just. Altogether the book in parts has a strong interest for the Stevenson enthusiast, but will hardly attract the general reading public.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 708. Mr. 18, ‘05. 120w. |
“This is a very informing book, a contribution of distinct value to our knowledge of R. L. Stevenson.”
| + + | Spec. 94: 146. Ja. 28, ‘05. 330w. |
Javal, Emile. On becoming blind: advice for the use of persons losing their sight; tr. by Carroll E. Edson. [**]$1.25. Macmillan.
Dr. Javal, who lost his sight at the age of 62, writes to the families of those who are blind or in danger of becoming so. He gives advice as to their treatment, suggestions on amusement, and there are chapters upon memory, marriage, the psychology of the blind and the sixth sense.
“The style of the book is simple, direct and scholarly.”
| + + | Ind. 58: 1483. Je. 29, ‘05. 220w. | |
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 137. Mr. 4, ‘05. 260w. |
“The book is a pleasure to read even on the part of those whose interest is not immediately claimed by the subject.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 225. My. 20, ‘05. 710w. |
Jeans, James Hopwood. Dynamical theory of gases, [*]$4.50. Macmillan.
“Mr. Jeans ... in the first seven chapters, follows fairly closely on conventional lines, and deduces the Boltzmann-Maxwell law of distribution, the minimum theorem, the law of partition of energy, and the isothermal equations according to the Boyle-Mariotte and van der Waals’s laws. In chapter VIII the author throws over the principle of conservation of energy and assumes that his gas is a dissipative system in which loss of energy occurs by radiation.... In chapters IX and X, Mr. Jeans considers application of the theory of a non-conservative gas, particularly in connection with rates of dissipation of energy and ratios of specific heats. We thus have a definite attempt to break away from traditional methods and boldly introduce the notion of dissipation into the kinetic theory.... In the remaining chapters Mr. Jeans deals with ‘free path phenomena’ such as diffusion, conduction of heat, viscosity, and the escape of gases from planetary atmospheres. In this work he is more on the ordinary lines.”—Nature.
“Misprints and minor errors are delightfully few. The book is a piece of conscientious work by one who has already made valuable contributions to this subject. It belongs rather with the classical work of Burbury and of Boltzmann than with any of the attempts at a simple or more popular presentation.” W. P. Boynton.
| + + + | Astrophys. J. 22: 224. O. ‘05. 780w. |
Reviewed by G. H. Bryan.
| Nature. 71: 601. Ap. 27, ‘05. 870w. |
Jebb, Richard. Studies in colonial nationalism. [*]$3.50. Longmans.
“An attempt ... to present a modern view of imperial evolution, ... the result of three years’ travel and study among the self-governing states of the empire ... which should be studied by all who wish to understand the trend of colonial aspirations, whether they agree with them or not.”—Acad.
| + + | Acad. 68: 469. Ap. 29, ‘05. 570w. | |
| Am. Hist. R. 10: 942. Jl. ‘05. 170w. |
“His observations on America, though justly calling attention to many undoubted and serious faults indicate on the whole an exaggerated and distorted view of our public life.” Willard E. Hotchkiss.
| + — | Ann. Am. Acad. 26: 607. S. ‘05. 640w. | |
| Ath. 1905. 1: 494. Ap. 15. 730w. |
“Mr. Jebb’s book has no small originality. His book contains not a few inconsistencies. Almost every page of it is instructive.”
| + + — | Lond. Times. 4: 166. My. 26, ‘05. 940w. |
“Everything he says is stated with a confidence that dreams not of the possibility of contradiction. This makes the book attractive.” Charles W. Thompson.
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 432. Jl. 1, ‘05. 2880w. |
“It is essentially a work that will be welcomed, not derided in Canada and Australasia. And that is to say no small thing of its merits, and of the success with which its author has achieved his object.”
| + + + | Spec. 94: 897. Je. 17, ‘05. 1720w. |
Jefferies, (John) Richard. [Bevis; the story of a boy.] $1.50. Button.
A new edition of a book for boys written many years ago and founded upon Mr. Jefferies’ own boy-hood idealized. Mr. E. V. Lucas states in his introduction that it is “a long and eloquent, and, I think, successful argument in favor of the wisdom of leaving boys to themselves, and allowing independence and self-reliance to oust for the time being school books and tutors.”
“‘Bevis’ is a wholesome and delightful book.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 376. Je. 10, ‘05. 530w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 391. Je. 17, ‘05. 220w. |
“Full of his intimate knowledge of nature, and full also of sympathy with and knowledge of the interests and characteristics of boys.”
| + + | Outlook. 80: 642. Jl. 8, ‘05. 40w. |
Jefferson, Charles Edward. Faith and life. [**]30c. Crowell.
Under the text “Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen” (Heb. xi. 1), Dr. Jefferson discusses the relation which faith bears to life. The booklet is attractively bound in white, with gold lettering and a holly design in green and belongs to the “What is worth while series.”
Jefferson, Charles Edward. Minister as prophet, [**]90c. Crowell.
Originally given as a series of lectures before the Bangor theological seminary, these talks are “clear, luminous, pithy, cogent, full of practical suggestions” for ministers, students and the general public. The following chapters show the minister’s present position in general affairs; The dimension of the work, The three men involved (the physical man, the mental man, the spiritual man). The growing of sermons, Form and manner, The place of dogma in preaching.
“There are many books on the Christian ministry, and few are smaller than this and few more valuable.”
| + + + | Ind. 59: 331. Ag. 10, ‘05. 90w. |
“The general tone and spirit of these lectures is uplifting, clarifying, and stimulating to high endeavor.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 1014. Ap. 22, ‘05. 300w. |
Jelliffe, Smith Ely. Introduction to pharmacognosy. [*]$2.50. Saunders.
This is the first adequate English treatment of pharmacognosy, and will be welcomed by the special student. “The work falls into three divisions, animal drugs, vegetable drugs without organic structure, and vegetable drugs with organic structure. The first division is appropriately small, and the last constitutes the major portion of the work. A goodly treatise on each drug is found, embracing references to its origin; discussions of its gross structure, microscopic structure and features recognizable in its powder; and mention of constituent substances present.... Excellent original illustrations accompany a large number of the descriptions.” (Science.)
“The discussions are in the main botanically correct and the style is fairly clear. Imperfections aside, however, it is well within the truth to say that this volume is the nearest approach which has yet appeared towards filling the need of the day in this country.” Charles H. Shaw.
| + + — | Science, n. s. 21: 625. Ap. 21, ‘05. 290w. |
Jenks, Tudor. Captain Myles Standish. [*]$1.20. Century.
A biography of Myles Standish, the Pilgrim’s captain, which tells the story of the people of the Mayflower and of their captain’s service to them as leader, lawgiver, trader, and physician. The account is accurate to the sacrifice of many romantic traditions.
| * | + | Critic. 47: 574. D. ‘05. 60w. |
“It is intended, perhaps, more for youthful than for mature readers, although we imagine it will interest these as well. Is practically a history of the Plymouth settlement.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 649. O. 7, ‘05. 490w. |
“Mr. Jenks’s account gives an impression of accuracy and care, but it lacks picturesqueness and any romantic quality.”
| + — | Outlook. 81: 524. O. 28, ‘05. 70w. | |
| * | + | R. of Rs. 32: 756. D. ‘05. 210w. |
Jenks, Tudor. In the days of Milton, [**]$1. Barnes.
Uniform with “The lives of great writers” series this volume contains a popular description of the conditions in England during the reigns of Elizabeth, James, and Charles, of Puritan and Cavalier, and of the life of the blind poet himself and his relation to these surroundings. There is a frontispiece portrait of Milton, a bibliography and a chronological table.
| * | + | Critic. 47: 574. D. ‘05. 80w. |
“The author is luminous rather than critical, gives a touch of imagination to the accuracy of facts, and inspires with fresh human interest a national movement commonly thought of as only bitter and austere.”
| + + | Dial. 39: 313. N. 16, ‘05. 230w. | |
| * | + + | Ind. 59: 1389. D. 14, ‘05. 70w. |
“The book is both instructive and readable.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 715. O. 21, ‘05. 270w. | |
| * | + | Outlook. 81: 835. D. 2, ‘05. 210w. |
[*] “It will be found extremely helpful to an understanding of the Puritan period in English history.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 32: 639. N. ‘05. 140w. |
Jenks, Tudor. In the days of Shakespeare; with introd. by Hamilton W. Mabie. [**]$1. Barnes.
“One of the series of ‘Lives of great writers.’ ... This little volume consists of a personal picture of the Stratford boy, and the London actor and man of affairs. There is also a helpful explanation of some of the principal plays, with suggestive comments.”—R. of Rs.
“For the purpose for which it is intended—that is, as a literary substitute for the textual and verbal approach to the subject which has hitherto prevailed—it is to be commended.”
| + + | Ind. 58: 840. Ap. 13, ‘05. 50w. |
“The book is readable and will likely give the ordinary reader a much better idea of what the playwriting business was in Elizabeth’s reign, what the work Shakespeare actually did was, than many much more pretentious volumes can do.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 134. Mr. 4, ‘05. 460w. |
“Proceeds, as an open-minded student, to unroll a fascinating panorama.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 349. F. 4, ‘05. 260w. |
“Mr. Jenks has handled his material well.”
| + + + | Pub. Opin. 38: 58. Ja. 12, ‘05. 670w. |
“A new and ‘worth while’ Shakespeare book.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 31: 381. Mr. ‘05. 70w. |
Jephson, Lady. Letters to a debutante. [*]$1.25. Lippincott.
These letters are addressed to Violet, who is gently told how to be sweet and happy in chapters upon The art of happiness, The need for controlling the tongue, The ethics of dress, On country house visiting, The choice of literature, Are elopements justifiable? Concerning wit, The advisability of friendships with men, and other subjects of interest to the young girl who longs to be a social success.
| * | + | Critic. 47: 582. D. ‘05. 20w. |
“On the whole, however, the lady gives wholesome enough advice—albeit most of it has been given to other debutantes many times before.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 620. S. 23, ‘05. 450w. |
“While Lady Jephson’s form is throughout aphoristic, she lacks the gift of saying the inwardly true thing in memorable words, and that is the particular gift one looks for in a book of this sort.”
| + — | Spec. 95: 502. O. 7, ‘05. 740w. |
Jepson, Edgar. Lady Noggs, peeress. [†]$1.50. McClure.
“Lady Noggs, properly called Lady Felicia Grandison, is the small niece and ward of a prime minister, whose peace of mind is continually disturbed by pranks and escapades of the most extraordinary nature.... A background romance between the governess and the secretary is engaging and real by way of contrast.”—Outlook.
“The object of these few remarks is to cordially commend Felicia, within her suitable literary bounds, as a pleasant holiday companion.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 328. My. 20, ‘05. 560w. | |
| + | Outlook. 80: 246. My. 27, ‘05. 130w. |
Jernigan, Thomas R. China in law and commerce. [*]$2. Macmillan.
From these pages “one may glean not merely knowledge of the political and commercial life of the country, but a better understanding of the Oriental mind. The physical features, the resources, the people of China; the state, provincial, district, town, and family organization, the anomalies between legal theory and business customs, the native banking system, the weights, measures, and currency employed, the Empire’s transportation facilities” (Outlook) are all fully treated.
“Mr. Jernigan is not an inspiring writer. But there is a great deal that is valuable in his book, and his statements are accurate and apposite.”
| + + — | Ath. 1905, 2: 398. S. 23. 820w. |
“A volume which will be indispensable to every student of the civilization of the Far East.”
| + + — | Ind. 59: 694. S. 21, ‘05. 550w. |
“The thing essential in compiling a book of this kind is sympathetic perception, and Mr. Jernigan has evidently cultivated this faculty, during his residence in China, with no little success.”
| + + — | Lond. Times. 4: 262. Ag. 18, ‘05. 800w. |
“Here in one handy book is choice and exact information, carefully sifted, tested, and arranged concisely and in an orderly manner. There is a good index to this noteworthy book.”
| + + + | Nation. 81: 84. Jl. 27, ‘05. 780w. | |
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 377. Je. 10, ‘05. 280w. |
“The subjects ... find exhaustive discussion, and ... are treated carefully and intelligently.”
| + + + | Outlook. 80: 590. Jl. 1, ‘05. 190w. | |
| + + | Pub. Opin. 38: 382. S. 16, ‘05. 220w. |
“A scholarly volume.”
| + | R. of Rs. 32: 510. O. ‘05. 100w. |
[*] “An unpretentious book, containing a large amount of well-selected and well arranged information.”
| + | Spec. 95: sup. 795. N. 18, ‘05. 270w. |
Jernigan, Thomas R. China’s business methods and policy, [*]$3.60. Wessels.
The author, ex-consul general of the United States at Shanghai, prefaces his book with the statement that he has sought to find “some of the elementary principles which base and influence business and social China and to present them without unnecessary detail.” His papers give a clear and accurate treatment of China’s administrative system, land tenure, sources of revenue, law courts, finances, social regulations, commercial trend, educational and consular systems, and foreign relations.
“There is a want of cohesion about this work; it seems more a collection of papers than a treatise. The work will be found useful when any important event takes place in China in connection either with its foreign or with its internal policy, as a sort of reference-book.”
| + + — | Spec. 94: 121. Ja. 28, ‘05. 220w. |
Jervey, Theodore D. Elder brother. $1.50. Neale.
“A novel in which are presented the vital questions confronting the South growing out of the Reconstruction, and in which the author defines the true relations now existing between the races in the South.” Specifically, it presents the political, social, and economic history of a southern city during this period. There are many characters of all classes but interest centers about two brothers who become social and political leaders.
“The book, if it is not a novel to carry the reader along—it is not that—is an exceedingly valuable, truthful, and interesting study. There is certainly no other picture of the period which approaches it in these vital points.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 528. Ag. 12, ‘05. 730w. |
“It is a good picture of conditions—and perhaps, after all, its solution of the problems confronting the South is the only practical one.”
| + | Pub. Opin. 38: 911. Je. 10, ‘05. 240w. |
Jessel, Frederick. comp. Bibliography of works in English on playing cards and gaming. [*]$4.40. Longmans.
“Gaming in this sense includes dominoes, conjuring, card-tricks and so forth. Mr. Jessel has described the title of every work he has found, however slight, on cards or gaming; and he has included all books which contain allusions of sufficient importance to be recorded, even works of fiction which depend on gaming for their plots or contain scenes which illustrate the mode of playing some particular game. Periodicals have not been forgotten.... The bibliography is in alphabetical order of the names of authors, but the index at the end enables subjects to be searched for without difficulty.”—Acad.
| + + | Acad. 68: 646. Je. 17, ‘05. 130w. |
[*] “We can recommend it not only to libraries, but also to clubs for card-room reference, and to all who wish for a ready means of finding out what has been written in our language about cards and gaming.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 683. N. 18. 630w. | |
| Dial. 39: 212. O. 1, ‘05. 40w. | ||
| N. Y. Times. 10: 313. My. 13, ‘05. 240w. |
[*] “Probably as complete as any other in English.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 786. N. 18, ‘05. 290w. |
Jevons, William Stanley. Principles of economics: a fragment of a treatise on the industrial mechanism of society and other papers. [*]$3.25. Macmillan.
“The fragment in a mere outline, but it comes from a master hand and is doubly welcome at a time when the need for restatement of definitions is particularly evident.”—Acad.
“The volume is one that we cordially welcome, and it is bound to meet with the high appreciation of a discriminating public.”
| + + | Acad. 68: 609. Je. 10, ‘05. 1290w. |
“Probably much that is already printed would have been greatly revised before it appeared, and yet, imperfect as it is, the careful student of economics will lose a great deal if he does not master this volume.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 362. S. 16. 1470w. |
“The book may be said to be well justified, even though it be equally clear that the form and title and bulk of it fall somewhere between the questionable and the indefensible.” H. J. Davenport.
| + — | J. Pol. Econ. 13: 600. S. ‘05. 1180w. |
“A word of gratitude is due to the editor, who has spared no pains to elucidate what the author left unfinished and obscure.”
| + + | Lond. Times. 4: 243. Jl. 28, ‘05. 780w. |
“It cannot be said that the fragments now published offer anything of great value. Mr. Higgs has performed his editorial labors in an admirable manner.”
| + + | Nation. 81: 245. S. 21, ‘05. 1330w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 377. Je. 10, ‘05. 350w. |
[*] Jewett, John Howard (Hannah Warner, pseud.). Con the wizard, [†]50c. Stokes.
This little volume in the Christmas stocking series, tells how the wizard-bird, Con, changed Teddy Mann and the pets of Mistress May into the form of the man or beast they envied most, and how they were glad, after a time, to be changed back and become themselves again. There are eight illustrations in color by Edward R. Little, and numerous illustrations in black and white by Oliver Herford.
| * | + | N. Y. Times. 10: 824. D. 16, ‘05. 140w. |
Jewish encyclopaedia; ed. by Isidore Singer. 12v. per v. $6. Funk.
Everything which in any way concerns the ancient or modern life of the Jewish people and which has either historical or literary value can be found in this “Descriptive record of the history, religion, literature and customs of the Jewish people from the earliest time to the present day.” Prepared by more than four hundred scholars and specialists under the direction of Cyrus Adler, I. K. Funk, F. H. Vizeletly and others. There are twelve massive volumes and two thousand illustrations.
“In spite of some minor defects, should prove a valuable work of reference to all interested in Jewish history.”
| + + — | Acad. 68: 170. F. 25, ‘05. 880w. (Outlines scope of Vol. VIII.). |
“Has much the same merits and defects as its predecessor.”
| + + — | Acad. 68: 473. Ap. 29, ‘05. 370w. (Review of Vol. IX.) | |
| + + + | Acad. 68: 791. Jl. 29, ‘05. 280w. (Review of v. 10.) |
“The enterprise has now gone far enough to leave no doubt that the high standard of excellence set up by the editors will be reached.”
| + + + | Am. J. Theol. 9: 523. Jl. ‘05, 580w. (Review of v. 1-10.) | |
| + + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 140. Jl. 29. 610w. (Review of v. 9.) | |
| + + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 239. Ag. 19. 310w. (Review of v. 10.) | |
| + | Bib. World. 26: 159. Ag. ‘05. 70w. (Review of v. 10.) | |
| + + + | Ind. 59: 577. S. 7, ‘05. 620w. (Review of v. 9 and 10.) | |
| + + + | Ind. 59: 1160. N. 16, ‘05. 30w. (Review of v. 9-11.) |
[*] “This encyclopaedia will be essential in any well equipped library.”
| + + + | Ind. 59: 1484. D. 21, ‘05. 100w. (Review of v. 11.) |
“The standard cannot be said to be rising. Still, if only for its wealth of biography, especially English and American, the book is indispensable for reference.”
| + + | Nation. 80: 290. Ap. 13, ‘05. 110w. (Review of Vol. IX.) | |
| + + + | Nation. 81: 382. N. 9, ‘05. 290w. (Review of v. 10.) |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 180. Mr. 25, ‘05. 1730w. (Survey of contents of Vol. IX.) |
“The tenth volume is as valuable as any of its predecessors.”
| + + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 463. Jl. 15, ‘05. 480w. (Review of v. 10.) |
“As a work of world-wide comprehensiveness this is one to enrich any library.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 605. Mr. 4, ‘05. 190w. (Outlines scope of volume IX). | |
| + + + | Outlook. 80: 693. Jl. 15, ‘05. 290w. (Review of v. 10.) |
[*] “This great work, the joint product of Jewish and Christian writers, fully sustains its early promise as it nears its completion.”
| + + + | Outlook. 81: 890. D. 9, ‘05. 230w. (Review of v. 11.) |
“Nearly all subjects mentioned [in volume IX] are treated at great length, in good spirit, with thorough scholarship.”
| + + | Pub. Opin. 38: 389. Mr. 11, ‘05. 550w. | |
| + + + | Pub. Opin. 39: 188. Ag. 5, ‘05. 260w. (Review of v. 10.) |
[*] “Volume XI. is exceptionally rich in politico-economic material.”
| + + + | Pub. Opin. 39: 730. D. 2, ‘05. 320w. (Review of v. 11.) | |
| + + | R. of Rs. 31: 256. F. ‘05. 270w. (Outlines scope of volumes VII and VIII). |
[*] “It can be affirmed without hesitation that, taken as a whole, the work is a contribution to general knowledge which, for the future, will be nothing less than indispensable.”
| + + + | Spec. 95: sup. 790. N. 18, ‘05. 1240w. (Review of v. 8-10.) |
Job, Herbert Keightley. Wild wings: adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of America on land and sea. [**]$3. Houghton.
A simple story of the author’s conflicts and conquests as he hunted with his camera “the wild hardy birds of the sea, whose strong wings make them masters of the elements.” His search took him from the Magdalen islands to the Florida keys and he gives pictures of pelicans, kittiwakes and gannets, of laughing gulls, cormorants and auks, of plovers brooding their young, and of the great horned owl mothering her owlet. There are 160 of these photographs.
| + + | Critic. 47: 287. S. ‘05. 90w. |
“No such collection of ‘portraits’ can be found anywhere else.” May Estelle Cook.
| + + | Dial. 38: 387. Je. 1, ‘05. 440w. | |
| + + | Ind. 58: 1251. Je. 11, ‘05. 340w. |
“His book should appeal to a large circle of readers, especially the ornithologist, the sportsman, and the nature-lover, as well as the omnipresent camera fiend.”
| + + + | Nation. 81: 171. Ag. 24, ‘05. 620w. |
[*] “Despite its somewhat pedantic title, this book is much above the average of works of the same general nature.”
| + + | Nature. 73: 123. D. 7, ‘05. 500w. |
“‘Wild wings’ should not only appeal to nature and bird lovers, but there is much in its pages to interest sportsmen as well.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 389. Je. 17, ‘05. 150w. |
“Without doubt this book is a contribution to the world’s sanity, while at the same time its science is duly respected.” Mabel Osgood Wright.
| + + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 402. Je. 17, ‘05. 410w. | |
| Outlook. 80: 395. Je. 10, ‘05. 60w. |
“Quite as entertaining as most hunters’ stories.”
| + | R. of Rs. 31: 768. Je. ‘05. 180w. |
John Van Buren, politician, [†]$1.50. Harper.
“‘John Van Buren, politician,’ is a young up-state lawyer, who comes to New York, joins Tammany hall, wins the favor of Boss ‘Coulter,’ and is sent to the state legislature, where he is speedily made acquainted with the darker aspects of legislative life. The story of his adventure in politics and of his lovemaking ... is told in a volume that is a curious combination of novel and guide to the sights of New York.”—Outlook.
“The book has no style, and but slight interest considered as a story. Its implied ethics, moreover, are of a highly dubious character.” Wm. M. Payne.
| — | Dial. 39: 114. S. 1, ‘05. 120w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 166. Mr. 18, ‘05. 360w. |
“Were it not for its intimate portrayal of the methods whereby Tammany achieves political success, it would be of little value or interest.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 653. Mr. 11. ‘05. 140w. |
“The picture of the sessions of the general assembly at Albany is graphic and possibly true to the life, although the coloring is probably too strong and the lines too heavy.”
| + — | Pub. Opin. 38: 549. Ap. 8, ‘05. 150w. |
“The book does not preach anything, clean politics or foul; it simply reflects conditions as a keen observer would find them.”
| + | Reader. 6: 594. O. ‘05. 180w. |
[*] Johnson, Burges. Pleasant tragedies of childhood. [†]$1.50. Harper.
“Experiences more or less tragical to babies and children, but pleasantly told in Mr. Johnson’s verses and humorously depicted in Miss Cory’s sketches. Fathers and mothers will be amused by them, and the juvenile victims—some of them at least—will enjoy the pictures.”—Critic.
| * | + | Critic. 47: 584. D. ‘05. 70w. |
| * | + | Dial. 39: 384. D. 1, ‘05. 220w. |
| * | + | Ind. 59: 1389. D. 14, ‘05. 30w. |
| * | + | Nation. 81: 450. N. 30, ‘05. 50w. |
[*] “This is an exceedingly attractive picture book.”
| * | + | N. Y. Times. 10: 723. O. 28, ‘05. 90w. |
[*] “One of the really delightful books about children of the present season.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 90w. |
[*] “Some of the verses are very witty.”
| + | R. of Rs. 32: 767. D. ‘05. 90w. |
Johnson, Burges. Rhymes of little boys. [**]$1. Crowell.
A truly charming book of little boy verses, which little girls and grown-ups will enjoy also Goin’ barefoot, Bein’ sick; Gettin’ well; Cookin’ things; Makin’ things; Gettin’ washed; and two score others set forth little boy philosophy in little boy language, and following these are some verses to or about little boys, among them an exquisite tribute to Frank R. Stockton. The volume is bound in plaid gingham, with decorative title and end leaves by Mrs. John Carpenter.
[*] “The naïveté of small-boy egotisms, generosities, rivalries, has never been, and, it would seem to us, could never be, better done than in Mr. Johnson’s clever and sympathetic verses.”
| + + | Critic. 47: 576. D. ‘05. 150w. |
[*] “This volume is sure to win for its author a wider appreciation of his really unique work.”
| + + | Dial. 39: 389. D. 1, ‘05. 130w. | |
| * | + + | Ind. 59: 1389. D. 14, ‘05. 50w. |
“The introductory poems strike a note of tenderness and reverence of unusual purity and beauty.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 529. O. 28, ‘05. 120w. |
[*] “We like his verse for its insight, literal though it often is.”
| + | Pub. Opin. 39: 699. N. 25, ‘05. 60w. |
[*] Johnson, Clifton, ed. Oak-tree fairy book; il. by Willard Bonte. $1.75. Little.
Here are the old favorites reproduced in wholesome form with the savagery, harrowing details and abnormal pathos eliminated, and with the charm retained.
| * | + + | Ind. 59: 1385. D. 14, ‘05. 60w. |
| * | + | Nation. 81: 450. N. 30, ‘05. 60w. |
| * | + | N. Y. Times. 10: 481. Jl. 22, ‘05. 160w. |
| * | + | N. Y. Times. 10: 860. D. 2, ‘05. 210w. |
Johnson, Owen. [In the name of liberty.] $1.50. Century.
A story of the French revolution in which the personal struggles of the actors are silhouetted against the greater struggle of the nation in the background. Barabant, a young enthusiast, allies himself with the Girondins and falls with them, to be saved from the guillotine only by the sacrifice of Nicole, a flower-girl, whom he has made his wife in prison, and who gives up her life for his. The course of the story runs subjectively close to the people; their whims, their morbid curiosity, their unrestrained impulse and anger, and their hatred for the aristocrats distort their vision thru the bloody days of the terror which is followed in grewsome detail.
“Mr. Johnson has devised a fresh and unhackneyed story, with a heroine quite apart from the usual types.”
| + + | Critic. 46: 381. Ap. ‘05. 80w. |
“Owen Johnson has written a good story, with several unusual points about it that entitle it to notice.” Priscilla Leonard.
| + + | Current Literature. 38: 371. Ap. ‘05. 1440w. |
“A fresh and interesting view of a subject that would seem to have been exhausted of all novelty. One can but admire the cleverness with which he has made reality and fiction supplement and sustain each other while keeping the reader’s attention wholly engrossed by the very simple and pathetic love story of Nicole and Barabant. A vivid and vigorous handling of a subject that has been used to the point of threadbareness.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 133. Mr. 4, ‘05. 610w. |
“A rather unusually spirited tale. Mr. Johnson has created two or three flesh-and-blood characters, has put them into trying crises, and has made them work out their own moral salvation or ruin as they respond or fail to respond to the test. The book has life and energy.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 246. Ja. 28, ‘05. 90w. |
“The sure touch of the confident master is lacking. There is over-emphasis, a too great insistence on the individual when the mass should have been brought into the foreground. Viewed as a whole the book is an effective piece of word painting.”
| + — | Pub. Opin. 38: 135. Ja. 26, ‘05. 710w. |
“Mr. Johnson’s story has merits of its own unborrowed from Dickens or any one else. One of them is a saving sanity of expression.”
| + + | Reader. 5: 618. Ap. ‘05. 370w. |
“Well and swiftly told, and probably of breathless interest to the unsophisticated mind.”
| + | R. of Rs. 31: 762. Je. ‘05. 30w. |
Johnson, Sidona Viola. Short history of Oregon, [**]$1. McClurg.
This book covers the early discoveries, the Lewis and Clark explorations, settlement, government, Indian wars, and progress. In concise form it gives a full account of that interesting region. It is illustrated with numerous halftones.
“A short but comprehensive account of the state.”
| + | Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 131. Ja. ‘05. 60w. |
Johnson, William Henry. [French pathfinders in North America.] $1.50. Little.
The author has made his narrative suitable in every respect to young readers. He tells of the discoveries and adventures of such men as Cartier, Jean Ribaut, Rene de Laudonnière, Champlain, Nicollet, Joliet, La Salle, and Father Hennepin, in an interesting fashion, basing his story, upon standard authorities; he has provided notes upon Indian tribal connections and customs, and introductory chapters which deal with the origin and distribution of the Indian race and give a view of Indian society.
| * | Critic. 47: 580. D. ‘05. 20w. |
[*] “Mr. Johnson’s descriptions of the great French explorers are calculated to serve the purposes he had in view and to stimulate curiosity.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 781. N. 18, ‘05. 450w. | |
| + + | Outlook. 81: 681. N. 18, ‘05. 130w. |
Johnson, William Henry. Sir Galahad of New France, [†]$1.50. Turner, H. B.
This romantic story of a young Frenchman, who, lost and alone in the new world, is befriended by an Indian girl who leads him back to his people and in whom he awakens such intellect and religious fervor, that he comes to love her and takes her back to France and makes her his wife, is based upon the attempts of the French Huguenots to settle America in the sixteenth century. The historical element, however, is subordinated to the forest love story.
| * | + | Critic. 47: 580. D. ‘05. 10w. |
| * | + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 860. D. 2, ‘05. 300w. |
| * | + | Outlook. 81: 838. D. 2, ‘05. 130w. |
Johnson, Wolcott. An old man’s idyl. [*]$1. McClurg.
A homey story, an autobiography in scattered diary form, in which a husband and father tells of his late love, his happy marriage, his honeymoon in Europe, and the birth of his two little girls who grow up, are educated, and finally marry, leaving him to look back over a long life which they and their mother rounded out into a perfect idyl, and a prayer.
“This old man’s little ‘idyl’ has a peculiarly reminiscent, speculative flavor which now and then recalls Ik Marvel and George William Curtis and others of that school of amiable and dearly beloved dreamers.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 372. Je. 10. ‘05. 220w. |
“The story is not an intellectual one. It is not an intense one. Tenderness and sanity, good will and unaffected English make the progress of the recital agreeable and almost imperceptible. Mr. Johnson is to be congratulated upon the sincerity and simplicity of this unpretentious little volume.”
| + | Reader. 6: 106. Je. ‘05. 230w. |
Johnston, Charles, and Spencer, Carita. Ireland’s story; a short history of Ireland for schools, reading circles, and general readers. [**]$1.40; school ed. [*]$1.10. Houghton.
Beginning with the legendary past, this volume follows the history of Ireland down to modern times. In the discussions the authors touch upon the Irish church, home rule, land purchase, the Irish in America, on the continent, and in the British empire. The Irish literary revival is fully treated and there is a closing section on the derivation of Irish names. The book is illustrated with views, portraits and maps.
“Written in a quiet, almost gentle style, the narrative moves calmly forward and is easily followed. The treatment is sufficiently fair and charitable to satisfy any reader in whom the virtue of tolerance is properly developed.” Laurence M. Larson.
| + + — | Dial. 38: 411. Je. 16, ‘05. 590w. |
“The writers of the present work have managed to condense a vast amount of information into their sketch of some 400 pages.”
| + + | Nation. 81: 96. Ag. 3, ‘05. 250w. |
“The first five chapters ... absolutely worthless for any purpose whatever. The rest of the volume, however, appears to be of some value.”
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 354. Je. 3, ‘05. 590w. |
“A well-arranged outline history of Ireland. The authors, while frankly revealing both their political and their religious sympathies, write with moderation and fair-mindedness.”
| + + | Outlook. 79: 908. Ap. 8, ‘05. 90w. |
“All in all, this volume gives an excellent epitome of Irish history.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 32: 253. Ag. ‘05. 150w. |
“A book which ought to have a place in the libraries of our high schools.”
| + + | School R. 13: 440. My. ‘05. 70w. |
Johnston, Rev. John Octavius. Life and letters of Henry Parry Liddon, canon of St. Paul’s cathedral and sometime Ireland professor of exegesis in the University of Oxford. $5. Longmans.
A detailed and sympathetic account of the life and character of the late Dean Liddon, strict ritualist and devoted Puseyite who was almost constantly involved in controversy. It is a faithful record of unfaltering devotion to duty and his steady advancement to well-earned success; his friendly relations with Gladstone and Salisbury and his refusal to accept a bishopric from either; his success as a pulpit orator; his famous sermons; his pleasing personality, high scholarship and untiring energy.
“A worthy addition to the literature of biography.” Percy F. Bicknell.
| + + | Dial. 38: 234. Ap. 1, ‘05. 2020w. | |
| Spec. 94: 180. F. 4, ‘05. 400w. |
Jones, Amanda Theodosia. Rubáiyát of Solomon, and other poems. $1.25. Alden bros.
One-third of this new volume of poems “is given up to versification, in the familiar rubáiyát form, of certain of the sayings of Solomon and Koheleth.... It is elsewhere in Miss Jones’s volume that we must look for her most meritorious verse. We find it, for example, in the group of ‘Kansas bird songs,’ in the lyrics of childhood, the tender personal tributes, and the pieces that touch on contemporary history.” (Dial.)
“It can truly be said that she has looked upon the sun and has been undismayed; for, at intervals ... the clear voice of this fearless and fiery-hearted Deborah has been heard and heeded by those who may be reckoned as the jealous custodians of the gates of song.” Edith M. Thomas.
| + + | Critic. 47: 412. N. ‘05. 1650w. |
“There is in the book always a first-hand view of nature,—often a touch of mysticism. Some of the experiments are not fortunate, but now and again there is a narrative poem, or a lyric that clings to the memory.”
| + + — | Critic. 47: 414. N. ‘05. 290w. |
“After a long silence, Miss Jones has put forth a new volume of poems, which may perhaps secure for her work something of the appreciation which has long been its due.” Wm. M. Payne.
| + | Dial. 39: 275. N. 1, ‘05. 480w. |
[*] “The variety of achievement in this modest volume is in pleasing contrast to that offered in most collections of its size.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 802. N. 25, ‘05. 360w. |
[*] Jones, E. Griffith-. Economics of Jesus; or, Work and wages in the kingdom of God. [*]35c. Meth. bk.
A study of the money parables,—“a series of problems arising out of the deep-seated and manifold inequalities of life.” The little volume belongs to the “Freedom of faith” series.
Jones, Henry Arthur. Manoeuvres of Jane: an original comedy in four acts. [**]75c. Macmillan.
“Mr. Nangle, a wealthy widower, places his wilful daughter in charge of Mrs. Beechinor, retired matron of a young ladies’ boarding-school, in the hope that she will transfer her affections from a man who is in moderate circumstances to Lord Bapchild, a nephew of Mrs. Beechinor’s, Jane arranges matters to suit herself and marries the man whom she loves.”—Bookm.
“The situations are the work of an undoubted expert, and the dialog is skilfully written. Now that Oscar Wilde is dead, Mr. Jones has only one equal in England, the Ibsenized Pinero.”
| + | Ind. 58: 783. Ap. 6, ‘05. 140w. |
“It reads well, although the literary form emphasizes the fact that it is really more of a farce than a comedy.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 451. F. 18, ‘05. 30w. |
Jones, Henry Arthur. Mrs. Dane’s defence. [**]75c. Macmillan.
This four-act play was given in New York in the years 1901-1902. It concerns a woman with a past and a skilful lawyer who forces the truth from Mrs. Dane.
“Undeniably clever.”
| + — | Outlook. 79: 1060. Ap. 29, ‘05. 20w. |
Jones, Rev. J. D. Elims of life, and other sermons. [*]$1. Revell.
“These are discourses by a prominent Congregational pastor in England.... The spiritual and ethical element predominates, the form is plain and lucid, the aim is practical.”—Outlook.
| + | Outlook. 79: 960. Ap. 15, ‘05. 100w. |
Jones, Jenkin Lloyd. Dying message of Paracelsus. pa. 50c. Unity pub.
“Appropriate as an Easter gift, and dedicated as such by the [author] to his Browning classes, is this elegantly printed pamphlet, illustrated by Albrecht Dürer’s picture of ‘Melancholia.’ ... A few paragraphs of Mr. Jones’s lecture on Paracelsus accompany Browning’s text as introduction and commentary.”—Outlook.
| Outlook. 79: 856. Ap. 1, ‘05. 70w. |
Jones, Paul. Commercial power of Congress. $5. priv. ptd. C. S. Nathan, N. Y.
The object of this book “is to trace the history and show the present authoritative interpretation of that pregnant declaration of the constitution of the United States: ‘Congress shall have power ... to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.’” (N. Y. Times.) Present interest centers about the application of this provision to trusts and railway rates.
“It is carefully done, but lacks a table of cases.”
| + + — | Nation. 81: 258. S. 28, ‘05. 80w. |
“It bears evidence of a lot of painstaking work, is written in a style excellent for its purpose, and offers very few of those slips of the pen or the proofreader that are apt to invade in force the pages of the amateur.”
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 312. My. 13, ‘05. 900w. |
Jones, Rufus Matthew. Social law in the spiritual world, [**]$1.25. Winston.
“While the title at once suggests the famous work of the late Henry Drummond, and the book is in a way an attempt to deal with the same problems as those discussed in his Natural law in the spiritual world,’ Professor Jones is concerned rather with the psychological aspects of the subject than with the biological. In his view, there is a greater stress to-day in the psychological than in the so-called natural sciences.”—R. of Rs.
| N. Y. Times. 10: 134. Mr. 4, ‘05. 120w. (Outlines scope). |
“Professor Jones very tersely sums up the present-day meaning of personality and social relationship. His discussion of the modern religious problem is from a somewhat novel point of view.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 31: 253. F. ‘05. 180w. |
Jones, Samuel Milton. Letters of labor and love. [**]$1. Bobbs.
Thirty-eight letters originally dictated by Mayor Jones, Golden Rule Jones, to his stenographer and delivered to his women with their wages. Each letter begins, Dear Friends, and closes, Very faithfully yours, and in each the master and man meet on common ground as brothers. Equality, coöperation, harmony, fellowship, patriotism and even picnics and vacations are advocated in these letters, and many other subjects of general interest are discussed.
Jonson, Ben. Plays and poems, [*]$1.25. imp. Scribner.
“This latest addition to the irresistible ‘Caxton’ series is the representative work of Jonson as a dramatist and as a poet.... The frontispieces and the title-pages in this series ... are often as in the case of this volume, admirable pieces of typographical and illustrative work.”—Outlook.
| + + | Outlook. 79: 858. Ap. 1, ‘05. 70w. |
Jonson, Ben. [Devil is an ass]; ed. with introduction, notes and glossary by William Savage Johnson. $2. Holt.
A contribution to the “Yale studies in English.”
Jonson, Ben. [Poetaster]; a thesis presented to the faculty of the graduate school of Yale univ. in candidacy for the degree of Dr. of philosophy; ed. by Herbert S. Mallory. $2.50; pa. $2. Holt.
This 27th volume in the “Yale studies of English” series, contains the text of the play, a long critical introduction, notes, glossary, bibliography, and index.
Jonson, Ben. Staple of news: a thesis presented to the faculty of the Graduate school of Yale univ. in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of philosophy; ed. by Dr. De Winter. $2.50; pa. $2. Holt.
This twenty-eighth volume in the “Yale studies of English” series contains the critical text of Jonson’s play, with elaborate notes, a glossary, and an introduction.
| Dial. 38: 276. Ap. 16, ‘05. 150w. |
“The least satisfactory part of the work is that devoted to bibliography, which contains, as usual, a number of inaccuracies.”
| + + — | Spec. 94: 922. Je. 24, ‘05. 300w. |
Jonson, G. C. Ashton. Handbook to Chopin’s works, [**]$1.50. Doubleday.
“A sort of a ‘musical Baedeker.’ ... It has been the author’s aim to make his book equally useful and helpful to concert-goers, for whom it forms a permanent analytical programme, to pianists, and to those amateurs of music who can now, owing to the pianola, pursue for the first time a systematic and co-ordinated study of Chopin’s works.... A brief account is given of each composition.... The volume opens with a brief sketch of Chopin’s life, which is followed by short preliminary chapters on various aspects of his work.”—Dial.
Reviewed by Ingram A. Pyle.
| + + | Dial. 38: 238. Ap. 1, ‘05. 350w. |
“An exceptionally valuable book, which every devotee of pianoforte music should have at hand for daily reference.”
| + + + | Nation. 80: 380. My. 11, ‘05. 290w. |
“It is likely to be a useful compilation for hurried reference.” Richard Aldrich.
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 309. My. 13, ‘05. 110w. |
Jordan, David Starr. [Guide to the study of fishes.] 2v. [**]$12. Holt.
Dr. Jordan’s work is encyclopedic in its scope, and “treats of the fish from all the varied points of view of the different branches of ichthyology. In general, all the traits of the fish are discussed, those which the fish shares with other animals most briefly, those which relate to the evolution of the group, and the divergence of its various classes and orders most fully. The extinct forms are restored to their place in the series and discussed along with those still extant.” (Dial.)
“The most comprehensive treatise on American ichthyology.” Charles Atwood Kofoid.
| + + + | Dial. 39: 84. Ag. 16, ‘05. 1680w. |
“There is no thorough classification or system. The table of contents of the chapters make matters only worse. A single page with an outline of the arrangement would be a boon.” H. C.
| + + — | Nature. 72: 625. O. 26, ‘05. 1600w. |
Jordan, Kate (Mrs. F. M. Vermilye). Time the comedian. [†]$1.50. Appleton.
A man who was about to elope with a woman who is to desert for him her husband and child is shocked on the eve of their departure by the suicide of the husband with one of his wife’s guilty letters in his hand. He will not marry her now, but gives her a liberal allowance, and years later when he has come to love her daughter, his old letters to her mother keep them forever apart.
[*] “The characters are well drawn and the plot worked out logically ... and the story is written with a sureness of touch and a briskness that keeps the interest unflagging throughout.”
| + | Critic. 47: 578. D. ‘05. 90w. |
“A bright, entertaining society novel, not without a moral for light, frivolous, and selfish people of both sexes.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 579. N. 4, ‘05. 60w. |
Jubilee gems of the Visitation order. Sisters of the visitation of Holy Mary. [*]$1. Christian press.
“The present publication aims successfully at giving, in clear and simple language, an authentic account of the foundation of the order, and a picture of the ideals which have obtained in the community and borne fruit in the saintly lives of its members.... It will help to fill the lamentable lack of books suitable for Catholic school premiums.”—Cath. World.
“The volume is well gotten up and attractively written.”
| + + | Cath. World. 81: 406. Je. ‘05. 350w. |
Judd, Sylvester. History of Hadley, including the early history of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, Mass. [*]$6. H. R. Huntting & co., Springfield, Mass.
This work was originally published in 1863. It is now reprinted with an introduction by Geo. Sheldon and family genealogies by Lucius M. Boltwood.
“Introduction is, by the way, decidedly more interesting than Mr. Judd’s ‘History.’”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 399. S. 23. 320w. |
“His compilation is replete with authentic information as to manners and customs, and is highly browsable.”
| + + | Nation. 81: 198. S. 7, ‘05. 330w. |
“The new edition will find a wider field than the first met, and should create and fill a demand for itself.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 541. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1010w. |
Judith: an old English epic fragment, ed. by Albert S. Cook. 40c. Heath.
This volume is section I of the “Belles-lettres” series contains the text of Judith, passages from the Vulgate Judith, an introduction, bibliography, and glossary.
[*] Judson, Frederick Newton. Law of interstate commerce and its federal regulation. [*]$5. Flood, T. H.
“The volume is divided into two parts, the first part, comprising about one-fourth of the book, deals briefly with the power of the federal government over interstate commerce and with the statutes that have been enacted in the exercise of that power. Part two discusses in more detail the interstate commerce act of 1887, the anti-trust law of 1890, the safety appliance legislation of 1893 and 1896, and various other minor acts of legislation regarding interstate commerce. The latter part of the book is devoted to the presentation of information regarding ‘procedure before the Interstate commerce commission.’” (Ann. Am. Acad.)
[*] “The volume is systematically arranged, it is well proportioned and carefully written. It is both a good treatise and a valuable book of reference. Neither the lawyer nor the economist interested in transportation can afford to neglect part two of Mr. Judson’s book.” Emory R. Johnson.
| + + + | Ann. Am. Acad. 26: 756. N. ‘05. 310w. |
[*] “Mr. Judson has a good power of statement, and his volume is a valuable addition to the literature of the subject.”
| + + | Nation. 81: 247. S. 21, ‘05. 230w. |
Juliana, ed. by William Strunk. 40c. Heath.
A volume in section I of the “Belles-lettres” series, English literature from its beginning to the year 1100. The original text of the Exeter manuscript is given, all deviations being indicated in the variants. An introduction discusses the text, the author, and the legend, and complete notes, bibliography, and glossary are provided.
“The notes have been most carefully edited, the type is clear, and the notes and glossary are adequate.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 529. Ap. 29. 340w. |
Jungman, Beatrice. Norway: text by Beatrice Jungman; with 75 il. in col. by Nico Jungman. [*]$6. Macmillan.
“Mrs. Jungman does not concern herself ... with the past history of Norway, except with a few of its legends; nor does she allude to the present unsettled state of its politics. But the fact of Norwegian unrest ... makes ... an interesting background to her brilliant series of passing impressions.... Mr. Jungman is a charming artist, ... and he has done nothing more attractive than these portraits of Norwegian girls and children.... His sketches of Norwegian landscape are also most characteristic.”—Spec.
“She is always readable,—partly, no doubt, because she is so absolutely unpretentious; and the book is a welcome addition to an interesting and valuable series.”
| + | Acad. 68: 645. Je. 17, ‘05. 430w. |
“The limited scope of his work suffers considerably by comparison with the comprehensive title of the book.”
| + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 791. Je. 24. 660w. |
“The ‘text’ is friendly gossip about a trip in Norway, quite natural, with no straining after effect. The colour of the pictures is gay; it is too vivid for our liking.”
| + — | Sat. R. 99: 748. Je. 3, ‘05. 110w. |
“Mrs. Jungman’s ‘text’ is quite as interesting, in its way as her husband’s pictures.”
| + + | Spec. 94: 922. Je. 24, ‘05. 270w. |