“It is difficult to see how this work can be of material value to the practicing engineer.” D. W. Taylor.
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King, Charles. Medal of honor: a story of peace and war. [*]$1.25. Hobart.
This is not one of General King’s garrison stories, altho it is of course a story of the army. Its hero, Ronald Fane, who wins the medal of honor and the girl he loves, is first an instructor at West Point, and after active service against the Apaches becomes instructor in military tactics at a western university. There are many complications and the plot is skilfully tangled and skilfully straightened out again.
| N. Y. Times. 10: 409. Je. 17, ‘05. 380w. |
[*] King, Charles Francis. [Soldier’s trial.] $1.50. Hobart.
A sub-title declares that this novel is, “an episode in the canteen crusade,” and it does set forth the army sentiment against the well meaning outsiders who defeated the ends of temperance by abolishing the canteen; but the book is largely concerned with a garrison scandal caused by a beautiful Spanish girl with two husbands and many lovers. There are several unsavory episodes and the book draws, perhaps, a less pleasing picture of army life than any of General King’s army stories.
King, Henry Churchill. Personal and ideal elements in education. [**]$1.50. Macmillan.
“President King writes for the scholar a conservative interpretation of the results gained by men like Coe, Starbuck, and Leuba in their researches concerning psychology of conversion and allied themes.... The chapters were first delivered as papers before religious conventions.... The volume contains President King’s inaugural address, another plea for the retention of the old-time college course.”—Dial.
Reviewed by Henry D. Sheldon.