+ + J. Pol. Econ. 14: 56. Ja. ’06. 1340w. Nation. 81: 504. D. 21, ’05. 250w.
“Neither as radical nor as original as it was in 1834. Professor Mixter ought not to have given to the public such a volume as this without adding an index.”
+ – Outlook. 82: 274. F. 3, ’06. 320w.
Raine, Allen, pseud. (Mrs. Beynon Puddicombe). Queen of the rushes, a romance of the Welsh country. †$1.50. Jacobs.
The drowning of Jonathan Rees of Scethryg and his band of reapers forms the tragic opening of this story of the Welsh country and the Welsh country people. Little Gwenifer, watching for her mother on the shore, sees her go down when the boat is overturned and is struck dumb by the shock. Gildas, the young son of the old mishteer, takes his father’s place on the estate, and cares for the little dumb girl who is known thruout the neighborhood as queen of the rushes. She loves Gildas with a mute devotion, and on the night when his wife leaves him, pleads dumbly with her to return, is thrown upon the rocks, and, in the shock of it, recovers her speech. This of course, opens the way for her happiness and that of her benefactor.
Ramanathan, Ponnambalam. Culture of the soul among western nations. **$1.25. Putnam.
“The author of this book is Solicitor General for Ceylon. His recent visit to this country will be recalled in many cultured centers—in colleges, churches, and the better class of clubs. His aim here is to show that, in the Western countries, people have wandered far away from the early conceptions of Christianity when chief importance was attached to oral teachings of the faith by men who had reached perfection or sanctification, through the development of perfect love in the soul.”—Lit. D.
Lit. D. 33: 394. S. 22, ’06. 100w.
“The little book may be recommended to those who wish to become acquainted with the higher religious life of present-day India. They will find little to surprise or repel them; a good deal to attract.”