“Mr. James seldom praises without some qualifying, and more than qualifying, blame. And somehow his blame is much more pungently and intelligibly expressed than his praise.”
+ – Spec. 95: 933. D. 2, ’05. 250w.
James, Henry. Question of our speech: The lesson of Balzac; two lectures. **$1. Houghton.
+ Critic. 48: 90. Ja. ’06. 190w. + Ind. 60: 44. Ja. 4, ’06. 1040w. R. of Rs. 33: 121. Ja. ’06. 100w.
Jane, Frederick T. Heresies of sea power. *$4. Longmans.
A book which preaches the doctrine of hatred and declares “a crude desire to kill the enemy seems ever to have been a most valuable asset.” Part 1, contains much ancient naval history. In Part 2, Problems that sea-power does not solve, are discussed and there are chapters upon the guerre de course, commerce, defence, bases, secrecy and press law, the colonies, etc. Part 3, sets forth the trend of naval evolution as regards ships and men, and examines the qualities which go to constitute fitness to win.
“A book which is interesting, but does not exactly correspond to the promise of the title. The book has at least the merit that, whether sound or not, it will make the sailors who may read it apply thought to certain important points.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 1: 698. Je. 9. 1130w.
“We have no doubt but that Mr. Jane could write a good book if he chose, but in this case we are constrained to say that he has not chosen to do so.”