| + + | Outlook. 80: 143. My. 13, ‘05. 110w. |
[*] Wallis, Louis. Egoism: a study in the social premises of religion, $1. Univ. of Chicago press.
The author discusses the proposition that “egoism is the only ‘force’ propelling the social machine,” which thesis he demonstrates by evidence drawn from biblical history; he further maintains that the historical criticism of the Bible must be made in the light of sociology; finally, he shows the practical bearing of this on the present social problems.
Walpole, Horace. [Letters chronologically arranged and ed. with notes and indices], by Mrs. Paget Toynbee. 16v. ea. [*]$2; set, [*]$32. Oxford.
Twelve of these sixteen volumes have been published to date. They contain the letters in as complete form as possible, giving four hundred letters not included in the “Latest edition of collected letters,” and which have never before been printed. There is additional annotation and an exhaustive index. The edition is illustrated by fifty portraits in photogravure, and three facsimiles of original letters.
| Acad. 68: 195. Mr. 4, ‘05. 1210w. (Review of v. 9-12.) |
“It is sufficient to say that there is no indication that the editor has become weary in her work, for the foot-notes still contain ample information and represent much labor.”
| + + | Am. Hist. R. 10: 708. Ap. ‘05. 110w. (Review of vols. IX-XII.) |
“The value of Mrs. Toynbee’s work ... does not lie in fresh discoveries so much as in the patient devotion with which she has sifted and sorted the whole correspondence. The notes ... are unobtrusive, and admirable in clarity and conciseness, and, as editing goes, this collection of letters could not be bettered.”
| + + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 40. Ja. 14. 1440w. (Reviews vols. IX.-XII.) |