Miles, Eustace Hamilton. Boy’s control of self expression. [*]$2. Dutton.
“The introductory chapters are written chiefly for those who have the care of boys.... These are followed by chapters on ‘Physical and external helps’ toward self-control, mental helps; and the book closes with some general remarks, the ‘opinion of a mother,’ a letter to a boy, ‘A defense of Latin—rightly taught,’ and ‘A theory about excessive blood pressure.’ The volume has illustrations and diagrams.”—N. Y. Times.
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| N. Y. Times. 10: 297. My. 6, ‘05. 230w. | ||
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“There are valuable ideas and suggestions in this book on the training of boys, but the author attempts to cover so much ground, and does it in so haphazard a way, that it is almost impossible to separate the wheat from the chaff.”
| + — | Outlook. 80: 244. My. 27, ‘05. 40w. | |
| + — | Spec. 94: 788. My. 27, ‘05. 280w. |
Millar, A. H. Mary, Queen of Scots. [*]$1. Scribner.
In establishing the reasons for difficulty in understanding Queen Mary’s character, the author says: “Any natural determination toward tolerance which Mary’s character may have originally possessed was warped and distorted by her early education; and her disposition, once gentle and confiding, may have been changed by her experience of the faithlessness of mankind into that form of stolid distrust which suspects the truest friend and questions the least interested motives.” His biography is based on this view of things. “Mr. Millar believes and most readers will believe, that the errors committed by Mary Stuart were more of the heart than of the head.” (Outlook.)
“Mr. Millar’s book is a careful presentation of facts, with a due regard for the bearing of the political questions of the time. It is, in truth, a well-written piece of history. He is not her partisan through thick and thin.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 633. S. 30, ‘05. 1140w. |
“Well written volume.”