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[*] Zacher, Albert. Rome as an art city. [*]$1. Scribner.
A volume in “The Langham series of art monographs.” “This little book gives a rapid but comprehensive survey of the art of Rome, piloting the reader with considerable skill through the successive phases—classical, Christian, renaissance—down to the present day, and leaving him at last in a position ‘to distinguish the characteristic note in her art, and to divine the secret of its world-wide reputation.’ ... The scheme of the book is suitably assisted by a few photographs of typical buildings and pictures.”—Ath.
[*] “The general tone is modest.”
| + | Ath. 1905, 2: 730. N. 25. 160w. |
[*] “It is surprising to find the amount of information he has got into this narrow space.”
| + | Nation. 81: 408. N. 16, ‘05. 430w. |
Zangwill, Israel. Celibates’ club, being the united stories of the bachelors’ club and the old maids’ club. [†]$1.50. Macmillan.
Genial stories of how the old maids’ and bachelors’ clubs came to be united. A dramatic critic married in order to have some one handy to make use of the second complimentary ticket, and then the theatres began to send but one ticket. An epicure married his bad cook that he might be free “to hire a good one.” Young Dickray married the daughter of his father’s ghost in a spirit of atonement; this is not as weird as it sounds. There are many other stories in the same vein.
Reviewed by G. W. Adams.
| + — | Bookm. 21: 312. My. ‘05. 520w. |
“‘The celibates’ is not to be stolidly masticated—it is tabasco rather than oatmeal porridge, and should be used accordingly.”
| + | Critic. 47: 452. N. ‘05. 780w. |
“The author’s humor is not all British any more than that of George Bernard Shaw.”
| + — | Lit. D. 31: 498. O. 7. ‘05. 340w. |
“Is a collection of extravagant tales and character sketches. But the book is no better than an exhibition of the journalistic talent for writing up exhaustively from the slightest foundation of facts or fancy.”
| + | Nation. 80: 441. Je. 1, ‘05. 570w. |
“It is clever—only too clever, witty, lively, cynical, even sentimental. Yet, after its fashion, human also. Above all, it is Mr. Zangwill’s own.”
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 194. Ap. 1, ‘05. 650w. |
“Whimsicality too elaborate and often forced is made to take the place of humor, with the result that the reader is often puzzled and sometimes wearied.”
| + — | Outlook. 79: 960. Ap. 15, ‘05. 80w. | |
| + | Pub. Opin. 38: 716. My. 6, ‘05. 500w. |
“All the stories abound in wit and humor in detail, and ... some of the verses are brilliant.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 31: 758. Je. ‘05. 220w. |
Ziémssen, Ludwig. Johann Sebastian Bach; tr. from the German by George P. Upton. [**]60c. McClurg.
The life of Bach, contrary to most artists’ careers, manifests no repression of spontaneous, all-around development. “He was an affectionate father, laboring manfully and incessantly to support a large family; a good citizen ... a musician without an equal in the profundity of his knowledge and the richness of his productions; the founder of modern music, the master of the organ, a composer of the highest forms of sacred music; a plain humble man.” This view of the man fills the volume which belongs to “Life stories for young people.”
[*] “The story is well told, with commendable fidelity to fact, and the translation is exceedingly good.”
| + + | Nation. 81: 407. N. 16, ‘05. 100w. |
Zilliacus, Konni. Russian revolutionary movement: a history of the various uprisings from the beginning. [*]$2.50. Dutton.
“M. Zilliacus writes primarily for Finlanders, who have no à priori sympathy with Russian democracy, and require to be convinced that the cause of their nation is bound up with the larger cause of reform. He therefore gives a summary of recent history, showing the steps in the development of the autocracy, the consequent misgovernment, and the elements in the state which have now been arrayed against it.”—Spec.
[*] “We are able for this and other reasons to commend this volume.”
| + | Ath. 1905, 2: 142. Jl. 29. 560w. |
“The account is of absorbing interest, and may well be read by all who desire to obtain an inside view of the underlying causes of present conditions in Russia.”
| + + | Dial. 39: 313. N. 16, ‘05. 400w. |
[*] “He claims to have misrepresented no facts, and to have verified them, so far as possible, by reference to other than revolutionary sources, a claim which appears to us to be thoroughly well-founded.”
| + | Lond. Times. 4: 243. Jl. 28, ‘05. 580w. |
“He frankly sympathizes with the revolutionists. But his general statements are abundantly supported by specific facts.”
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 728. O. ‘05. 400w. |
“A word of praise is due the unnamed translator, whose version is smooth, flowing, and altogether readable.”
| + + — | Outlook. 81: 630. N. 11, ‘05. 220w. |
“The book is conspicuous by a rare moderation of tone.”
| + + + | Spec. 95: 152. Jl. 29, ‘05. 230w. |
Zimmer, George Frederick. Mechanical handling of material. [*]$10. Van Nostrand.
This is the first book written in English devoted to the subject of mechanical loading and transportation of materials. It treats of elevators and conveyors of various kinds, of ropeways and cableways, grab buckets, dump cars, unloading by coal tips, automatic weighing machines, floor and silo warehouses for grain, cantilever cranes, etc. There are 542 illustrations.
“The scarcity of data and the apparent unreliability of some of the data given form the most disappointing feature of this volume. There are many otherwise good illustrations whose value is greatly reduced by the absence of dimensions.”
| + — | Engin. N. 53: 637. Je. 15, ‘05. 1240w. |
“The book will be indispensable to all engineering firms, consulting engineers, and architects who have to deal with this important question.” T. H. B.
| + + + | Nature. 72: 290. Jl. 27, ‘05. 810w. |
Ziwet, Alexander. Elements of theoretical mechanics. [*]$4. Macmillan.
This is a revised edition of “An elementary treatise on theoretical mechanics,” by the junior professor of mathematics in the University of Michigan, and is intended especially for students of engineering. Kinemetics, statics, and kinetics are the main divisions of the book, which states in its preface: “This work is not a treatise on applied mechanics, the application being merely used to illustrate the general principles and to give the student an idea of the uses to which mechanics can be put.”
“Is an excellent introduction to the science of analytical mechanics. His exposition is in general sound and logical.” L. M. Hoskins.
| + + + | Science, n. s. 21: 302. F. 24, ‘05. 1120w. |
Zola, Emile. Selections; ed. by A. G. Cameron. [*]80c. Holt.
In choosing these selections the editor has endeavored to illustrate Zola’s “patriotic, sociological, and descriptive sides, expressed in the mastery of his style and literary workmanship.” The text includes L’Attaque du Moulin, Le grand Michu, Le paradis des chats, Les Halles, L’Ile du diable, and nine other selections. An English introduction, notes and bibliography fits the book for student use.
| + + | Critic. 47: 475. N. ‘05. 90w. |
“It would have been better if Mr. Cameron had given the source from which he took each of the pieces he has chosen.”
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 396. Je. 17, ‘05. 290w. |
Zollinger, Gulielma, pseud. (William Zachary Gladwin). [Widow O’Callaghan’s boys.] $1.50. McClurg.
Widow O’Callaghan’s boys have lost not a whit of their popularity during the seven years since their first appearance. The brave cheerful struggle of the mother in launching seven boys upon useful careers is as refreshing and helpful as ever. Mrs. O’Callaghan brought her boys up on the teaching that “The Lord niver puts little b’ys and big jobs together. He gives the little b’y a chance at the little jobs, and them as does the little jobs faithful gets to be able to be the men that does big jobs easy.”
| * | + | Critic. 47: 577. D. ‘05. 30w. |
[*] “Quite inimitable in Mrs. O’Callahan’s Irish way of putting things, which furnishes the salt to the solid nutriment of the story.”
| + | Nation. 81: 407. N. 16, ‘05. 150w. |