“It is a serious and convincing argument that Mr. Bryan advances—rather more serious, perhaps, than was called for by so evident a satire as the first production.”
Bryant, Sara Cone.How to tell stories to children.*$1. Houghton.
Helpful instruction to mothers and teachers on the psychology of story-telling is followed by a group of stories prepared for use. “It is pleasant to realize that the author places more store by the imaginative force of the legend than its educative value, that she realizes the first requisite of the story is to give joy rather than to carry primarily useful information.”—Ind.
“Suggestive to mothers and teachers.”
Buck, Gertrude, and Morris, Elizabeth Woodbridge.Course in narrative writing. *80c. Holt.
A course is here provided with an aim to definite practical results for the student of composition. The author discusses the structure of the story, finding the story, the point of view, the beginning and the end of the story, scenes and transitions, character drawing, and the setting, names and titles.
“It appears to us, that granting the propriety of the fundamental conceptions, as we do not, the development of the subject is in the right order, and the exercises, as is usual in the text-books of these authors, ingenious and good.” E. E. Hale, jr.
“Contains some interesting comment on the construction of the novel and might be useful in connection with the study of literature.”
Budge, Ernest Alfred Wallis.Egyptian heaven and hell. 3v. *$5. Open ct.
“The first two of his three volumes are given to the transcription and interpretation of the two great books in which the ‘Learning of the Egyptians.’ as it is related to the life after death, was expressed; the third is a history and explanation of the two. These may be defined as rival theories of eschatology, or they might be described in more popular language as illustrated guides to the abodes of the dead. They represent respectively the popular and the educated view of the other world.”—Spec.
“Dr. Budge’s rendering of the very difficult texts with which he here has to deal is in every way adequate, and his third volume, in which he discusses their bearing, contains matter which it is incumbent upon every student of such matters to read.”
“It is impossible to do full justice to this work in the space at our disposal, but it will certainly long form the standard work on the subject of Egyptian eschatology.”
“The conceptions of the rewards and punishments of the dead in the next world as given in these two books are also well worth the attention of the anthropologist.”
“None of the material has escaped Dr. Budge’s unwearied industry. The English reader now has before him all that can be known at present about the ‘Book Am-Duat’ and the ‘Book of gates.’”
Buell, Augustus C.Paul Jones: founder of the American navy. 2v. $3. Scribner.
Mr. Buell’s work on Paul Jones published six years ago appears in new edition form, with supplementary chapter by General Horace Porter of sixty-five pages devoted to a detailed account of the recent discovery and identification of the remains of this revolutionary hero.
“Unfortunately, the publishers have not taken advantage of the opportunity afforded by a new edition to correct the many inaccuracies of the first imprint.”
“His book is quite good enough to deserve its splendid new setting.”
“Will probably take place as the authentic narrative relating to this early officer under the American flag.”
Buff: a tale for the thoughtful by a physiopath. $1. Little.
Buff, a frail wisp of humanity, passes thru interesting stages of development as thought, reason and observation bring him into harmony with the restorative power of nature. The aim of the sketch is to teach the beneficial results of co-operating with nature in developing useful lives.
“In the form of a biography, written in an unconventional but attractive manner.”
Buley, E. C.Australian life in town and country. **$1.20. Putnam.
“Australia is no longer a colony, but a nation. This is the keynote of Mr. Buley’s book on Australia.... It is a vivid picture that Mr. Buley presents of newly made cities humming with industry and business and filled with comfortable homes; great cattle and horse ranches, where every proprietor is a little lord of the manor; sheep farms in the back blocks fifty miles from a neighbor; gold fields where fortunes are made in a day and lost the same night; and wide, dreary stretches of the Never-Never land still awaiting irrigation and the consequent inrush of settlers.”—Pub. Opin.
“The book deals most entertainingly with Australian life, and is well illustrated.”
“The especial virtue of the book is its elementariness.”
“We have not, however, often read a volume in which solid information was conveyed in a more pleasing style.”
“This is an interestingly written volume, with a particularly absorbing chapter on the ‘Never never’ country.”
Bullock, Charles Jesse, ed. Selected readings in public finance. *$2.25. Ginn.
A book which supplies the collateral reading needed to supplement the text-book and lectures in a general course in finance. It aims to introduce students to standard authors on subjects of finance, to draw upon modern monographic or periodical literature not easily accessible, to present other material of a statistical, historical and descriptive nature that is necessary to amplify a knowledge of the subject.
“Ought to prove of great value to teachers in small colleges.”
“The chief criticism to be passed upon what is in other respects a most useful work is the comparatively slight attention paid to specifically American problems.”
“It is not often that a volume is found where the evils of such multiple authorship are so well overcome.” H. C. E.
Bumpus, T. Francis.Cathedrals of England and Wales. **$4. Pott.
“Mr. Bumpus’s book is a valuable guide in the case of these buildings not only describing them very fully, but also pointing out what parts of them are original, and what new.”
“His book should be carefully read before any of the churches he describes are visited.”
“It is no mere dressing-up of old material and hackneyed views.”
“Mr. Bumpus has only one real fault in writing about our cathedrals. He is convinced that all the restorations of English cathedrals, since, say, 1840 have been justified.”
“Not merely a useful handbook, but a piece of real literature.”
“We are not much struck by the illustrations, which are reproductions from very ordinary photographs such as any amateur might take, but the letterpress shows painstaking work, and the author is clearly well studied in architecture.”
“Mr. Bumpus writes, for the most part, with moderation and good sense. It is a pleasure to follow a guide so well informed and so enthusiastic.”
Bunyan, John.Pilgrim’s progress: with notes and a sketch of Bunyan’s life. *25c. Ginn.
Uniform with the “Standard English classics” this “Pilgrim’s progress” has been carefully edited and abridged for school use.
Burdick, Lewis Dayton.Hand. $1.50. Irving co.
A survey of facts, legends, and beliefs pertaining to manual ceremonies, covenants and symbols. The chapters include a historical study of the hand as “Executant of the brain,” “A symbol of life,” “A symbol of authority,” “An indicator of fortune,” “Trial by the hand,” “Laying on hands,” “Lifting the hand,” “Taking an oath,” “The social hand,” “The healing hand,” “The hand of evil,” and others related in idea.
“An unusually interesting little monograph, prepared in a scholarly manner.”
Burgess, (Frank) Gelett.Are you a bromide? or, The sulphitic theory expounded and exemplifiedaccording to the most recent researches into the psychology of boredom, including many well-known bromidioms now in use. *50c. Huebsch.
In his satiric essay the sulphitic author raises a question without an answer, furnishing a classification by which the bores may be separated from the apostles of the unexpected which the few will apply and the many will indignantly condemn. But his theory is expounded with such conviction that if hereach a wide enough audience the stock phrases of the bromides here listed are doomed to become obsolete.
Burgess, (Frank) Gelett.Little sister of destiny. †$1.50. Houghton.
Margaret Million is a wealthy young heiress who plays the rôle of chorus girl, cashier, manicure, artist’s model, and serving maid in order to befriend and help less fortunate girls. Her Lady Bountiful methods demand that her beneficiaries never know the source of their good fortune—the idea of mystery enhancing the fairy-tale aspect of the book.
“The stories of her experiences are entertaining in spite of their unlikeliness.”
“Is one of the most lovable books that have come to our table for many a long day.”
“Everybody should read ‘The little sister of destiny.’”
“They vary in merit, but as a whole will not enhance the author’s reputation as a whimsical humorist.”
“After Mr. Burgess’s usual manner he mixes a good deal of sense with considerable whimsical nonsense.”
Burgess, William Watson.Life sentence; or, Duty in dealing with crime. $1.50. Badger, R. G.
The scene of this story is Carson City. In commuting the life sentence of a woman who had murdered a villainous man there is opportunity for the author’s arguments of justification. He would reform the world by preventing instead of punishing crime.
Burke, John Butler.Origin of life: its physical basis and definition. *$3. Stokes.
This bulky volume is based upon the “experiments of J. Butler Burke of Cambridge, England, upon the effect of radium salts upon sterile solutions of bouillon and other organic media. Under the influence of the radiations, small bodies (termed ‘radiobes’) appear in the medium which appear strikingly like micro-organisms in that they grow in size and later exhibit nuclei and then divide. It is held that they are not bacteria nor even protoplasm, but that they are really alive, and represent transitional and evanescent forms of matter and energy lying between the common inorganic types of matter and stable living aggregates.”—Nation.
“We are indeed no nearer the solution of the problem of the origin of life than before this book was written.” W. P. Pycraft.
“He possesses neither the learning nor the clarity of mind which give value to Dr. Bastian’s treatment of the same topics, irrespective of his personal views.” E. T. Brewster.
“It is to be hoped that he is more skillful with the test-tube than with the pen. His style is extraordinarily loose and awkward.”
“While biologists generally will regard this presentation, like the earlier one, as failing to prove the author’s main thesis ... nevertheless, the volume will serve a valuable purpose as an excellent exposé of both old and new theories of the origin of life, and of a philosophy of nature which is growing in popularity.”
“An interesting book on a perennially interesting theme.” J. A. T.
“Mr. Burke may not have proved his points, but he is not dogmatical, and he certainly seems a very wholesome philosopher.” Charles Loomis Dana.
“It is amazing that a man should dare to publish such a record of experiment, so slipshod, so uncritical, so destitute of scientific method; great must be his trust in the abundant and unfailing beneficence of popular ignorance.”
Burland, Harris.Black motor car. †$1.50. Dillingham.
“The volume, contains indications of a gift for narrative, and some respectable powers of description; it is compact of energy and enthusiasm.”
Burland, Harris.Financier. †$1.50. Dillingham.
A new story by the author of “The black motor car.” “Briefly set down, the plot involves an African region, a promoter who is also an unscrupulous British patriot, a contest with Germany, a little war with heaps of slain, an impossible young actress, an equally impossible young civil engineer, a peer or two, a panic, gold mines, and members of the kaiser’s secret service—especially a lady spy, picturesquely named Mrs. Wooddevil. Mr. Burland has by the way, a curious taste in names.” (N. Y. Times.)
“His ‘Financier’ like his other stories, is readable in spite of the glaring inexpertness of the diction, the wretched quality of the puppets, and the exposed condition of the wires that pull them about to do the showman’s will.”
“A crude story.”
“Is an honest piece of sensationalism free from the most glaring vices of its class.”
Burnett, Frances Hodgson (Mrs. Stephen Townsend).Dawn of a to-morrow.†$1. Scribner.
A book which embodies the spirit of Christian science without the letter seems to be a sermon with the unannounced text “I if I be lifted up ... will draw all men unto me.” A king of finance just ready to “shuffle off this mortal coil” by act of suicide withdraws to the slum section of London to hide his deed in a pauper’s seclusion. Here he is found by a “little rat of the gutter,” an ugly girl of twelve years, with astonishing insight into human hearts. This child with her sure faith in God as a present unfeared reality; Jenny Montaubyn who had taught her this hope; Polly, a girl of the streets; and a hungry thief form a group who make a great capitalist take hope and desire to work out his own salvation.
“Is a simple, old-fashioned miracle-play, set forth in modern London with the sure, swift touch of a practised story-teller.” Mary Moss.
“The little story is tenderly told, leaving the reader with a softened heart and broader sympathies.”
“It is an unusual little tale, written powerfully and dramatically.”
“There is a decidedly tense air about the short story, which detracts from its intended effect.”
Burnett, Frances Hodgson (Mrs. Stephen Townsend).Little princess: being the whole story of Sarah Crewe now told for the first time. †$2. Scribner.
“It is unusual to tell a story three times over, but all three versions are charming, and we accept them with gratitude.”
“Is written in that fascinating style which has won for the gifted author of ‘The little Lord Fauntleroy’ so many admirers.”
Burnett, Frances Hodgson (Mrs. Stephen Townsend).Queen Silver-Bell. [+]60c. Century.
Silver-Bell, queen of the fairies, grieves because people have grown so stupid that they no longer believe in fairies. She is so agitated that her temper flies out of its golden cage, and the Dormouse, to whom she goes for advice, assures her that the only way she can atone for her loss is to encourage the writing of fairy stories. Into the ears of her amanuensis, apprenticed for life, she whispers these stories, which so far are three in number. “Queen Silver-Bell” and “How Winnie hatched the little rooks” are found in this first volume of the series.
“The little story will be warmly received.”
“While Mrs. Burnett’s style is so pure that it makes easy reading, there is not in her subject matter in these books any very striking motive to make an impression on the child’s mind.”
Burnett, Frances Hodgson (Mrs. Stephen Townsend).Racketty-Packetty house.[+]60c. Century.
The second volume of fairy tales dictated by Queen Silver-Bell to her amanuensis.
Burney, Frances (Madame D’Arblay).Diary and letters of Madame D’Arblay; ed. by her niece, Charlotte Barrett. 6v. ea. *$2.50. Macmillan.
Reviewed by J. C. Bailey.
Reviewed by J. C. Bailey.
Burns, Robert.Poems; with biographical sketch by Nathan H. Dole. $1.25. Crowell.
One of the eight volumes in the “Thin paper poets” series. The book contains a biographical sketch and a glossary, and as a frontispiece reproduces the Peter Taylor painting of Burns in 1786.
Burr, Agnes Rush.Russell H. Conwell, founder of the institutional church in America: the work and the man. **$1. Winston.
This is the sketch of a philanthropist still living, still doing active work for church, college, and hospital, in all of which three lines “he has blazed new paths ... has not only proven their need, demonstrated their worth, but he has shown how it is possible to accomplish such results from small beginnings, with no large gifts of money, with only the hands and hearts of willing workers.”
Burrage, Henry Sweetser.Gettysburg and Lincoln: the battle, the cemetery, and the National park. **$1.50. Putnam.
“His book is divided into three parts, the first dealing with the battle, the second detailing the circumstances connected with the inception, dedication, and completion of the cemetery and the third giving a record of the work of the park commission.” (Outlook.) “Of special interest are the chapters on Lincoln’s address, and the slightly different versions of it printed. He shows that many persons who heard the address were deeply impressed by it.... Mr. Burrage, with greater fulness than Nicolay or Hay, has gone into the circumstances in which Lincoln wrote the speech. He presents facts which are as new as they are interesting.” (Lit. D.)
“The sketch is well written and to the point.” Edwin Erle Sparks.
“Mr. Burrage’s monograph was worth the doing, and he has performed this task fairly well.”
“A useful volume by Major Henry S. Burrage, himself a war veteran and imbued with obvious enthusiasm for his theme.”
Burrell, Joseph Dunn.New appraisal of Christian science. 50c. Funk.
An estimate of Christian science made according to the standard of mental science resulting in an adverse summary characterized by such expressions as “infantile logic, offensive pretentiousness, and slippery casuistry.”
Burroughs, John.Bird and bough. **$1. Houghton.
This collection of the nature verses which have been published in various periodicals is happily dedicated “To the kinglet that sang in my evergreens in October and made me think it was May.” “The freshness and precision of Mr. Burrough’s observation need no comment. He is a master of clean-drawn phrase, and ... has a good gift of short-lined metre. So far as his work is poetry rather than versified nature study, it is so by virtue of a certain single-minded affectionateness of interest in nature.” (Nation.)
Reviewed by Edith M. Thomas.
Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.
“Quite free from such introspection, without a trace of the haunting melancholy that pervades ‘The Shropshire lad,’ John Burroughs makes his songs of ‘Bird and bough.’”
Burroughs, John.Ways of nature.**$1.10. Houghton.
“In his latest book his observations are new and described with freshness and point.”
“Burroughs evidently proves his case to his own convincing, if not to a legion of his hearty friends and admirers.” Mabel Osgood Wright.
“He has thought out the subject, and what he writes is fairly interesting.”
Burry, B. Pullen-.Ethiopia in exile: Jamaica revisited. †$1.50. Wessels.
“It is a valuable contribution to the great racial problem which demands the serious attention of American statesmen. The author draws an instructive parallel between the condition of the negroes of Jamaica and those of the United States.” (Ath.) “The black man in republican America is vastly worse off than in monarchist Britain, she says; and no American has a right to gainsay her. The Jamaican is out of work because, owing to changed conditions, there is no work in Jamaica for him to do; the American negro is deliberately prevented from working by the whites, both North and South; they won’t have him.” (Nation.) “Miss Pullen-Burry sees the most hopeful sign in the work done by Dr. Booker T. Washington and his colleagues for the education and racial elevation of the negro, and gives a full and interesting account of this work.” (Ath.)
“We can commend Miss Pullen-Burry’s book; it is an excellent account of Jamaica, it is a fair study of the chief problem before us Americans.”
Burton, Richard.Rahab: a drama in three acts. *$1.25. Holt.
A drama made out of the story of the “Woman of Jericho” whose house was on the city wall. Dr. Burton’s quick imagination has given life and a distinctive dramatic energy to a Bible story that of itself is meager. His Rahab who has seen the glory of God of Israel in a vision and has dreamed of the downfall of Jericho is drawn in flesh and blood characters, and thru her and her three rival lovers a strong human interest is maintained.
“Dr. Burton brings to his task the faculty of clearly perceiving his ‘dramatis personæ’ of determining the interaction of his characters, and a skilled workmanship in the management of the verse-vehicle.” Edith M. Thomas.
“Dr. Burton’s ‘Rahab’ is a pretty enough academic exercise. But it has about as much to do with existing conditions as has the megatherium.”
“If the play lacks sufficient vigor to foretell for it length of days it has some qualities that are uncommon in contemporary verse.”
“It is simply and fluently written, with many felicities of phrase, and with comparatively few passages to which the most super-sensitive critic might object.”
“It is not in any sense a great play, but it has movement, vivacity, color, and dramatic feeling.”
Bury, John B.Life of St. Patrick and his place in history. *$3.25. Macmillan.
“His method can without hesitation be said to be sound, and his mind singularly unbiased. His mastery of the evidence, both in Latin and in Irish, is also unquestionable. The style, too, though rather compact and severe, is lucid and readable.” F. N. Robinson.
“The arrangement of the book is admirable. We hope that in a second edition we may be supplied with a complete index.” F. E. Warren.
Reviewed by T. W. Rolleston.
“The text of Professor Bury’s book is clear, succinct, and well arranged chronologically.”
“We cannot part from Professor Bury’s work without expressing our unfeigned admiration for his complete control of the original authorities on which his narrative is based, and of the sound critical judgment he exhibits in dealing with sources which present unusual difficulties.”
Butler, Alford A.Churchman’s manual of methods: a practical Sunday school handbook for clerical and lay workers. $1. Young ch.
A practical handbook compiled wholly from the author’s experience as Sunday school teacher, superintendent, clergyman and professor of religious pedagogy.
Butler, Ellis Parker.Incubator baby.[+]75c. Funk.
The author of “Pigs is pigs” writes an incubator baby’s comments upon the change from her “paradise” to the big uncongenial world presided over by her indifferent father and mother.
“Here we have gentle satire at its best. It is a delightful story and will be enjoyed by old as well as young, though it will be especially pleasing to the little people.”
“The satire is relieved by an abundance of sentiment and common sense.”
Butler, Ellis Parker.Perkins of Portland; Perkins the Great.†$1. Turner, H. B.
Seven adventures of Perkins of Portland leave nothing to be desired in the way of advertising-finesse. He seizes the moment to launch a ware upon a gullible public, and whether it be porous plasters or guinea pigs his success is obvious.
“Sequels and second books in the wake of a popular success, while they may be measurably good themselves, are usually dangerous experiments. This little book is, unfortunately, no exception to the rule.”
Byrne, Mary Agnes.Fairy chaser and other stories. 60c. Saalfield.
Five charming fairy tales for young readers: The fairy chaser, Kitty’s ring, The magic mirror, The old gray shawl, and Cecelia’s gift.
Byron, George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th baron.Poetical works; new and rev. ed.; ed. with a memoir by Ernest Hartley Coleridge. *$1.50. Scribner.
A complete edition of Byron’s poetry, containing all the new poems included in the 1898–1904 edition. The reader will find “a lively and well-written memoir by the editor, and judicious notes to the various poems, which explain all that one needs to know.” (Ath.)
“The introductory memoir ... is all that could be desired; in every way this is a most satisfactory edition of Byron to have on the bookshelf, and we think it will continue for many a long day, to deserve a place there.”
“An admirable and probably final edition of the noble poet.”
“It contains the gist of the editorial matter in Mr. Coleridge’s definitive seven-volume edition.”
“The text is authoritative.”
“In every way it is an excellent addition to one’s book shelves.”
“This is an acceptable one-volume edition of Byron’s poems.”