“It is one of the best of Anna Katharine Green’s detective novels and displays all the remarkable ingenuity that marks the best work of the famous author of ‘The Leavenworth case.’”
“One does not look for character drawing or social analysis in such books, but it requires no small skill to write them as acceptably as does Mrs. Green, who pleases her large constituency well.”
“Anna Katharine Green’s hand has assuredly lost its cunning if ‘The woman in the alcove’ is to be accepted as the criterion of her present workmanship.”
“One of the most fascinating books of its kind, superior in content, it seems to us, to either ‘The filigree ball’ or ‘The millionaire baby,’ andas absorbing in the reading as those or any of their predecessors.”
“This is a fairly good detective story, but not the best.”
Green, Evelyn Everett-.Secret of Wold Hall. †$1. McClurg.
“It belongs to the innocuous class of respectable mediocrities, and is not bad to rest one’s mind upon.”
Greene, Charles Ezra.Structural mechanics, comprising the strength and resistance of materials and elements of structural design; with examples and problems. *$2.50. Wiley.
“Published in 1897, this book has become well known. It stands intermediate between the ordinary textbook on Mechanics of materials and such books as Johnson’s Framed structures.... The book is evidently framed for use; and one who has studied mechanics and has the general fundamentals fixed in his mind will, in the shortest time, find out what to do, or the information necessary for action.... The new edition, now under review, contains 240 pages, whereas the 1897 (first) edition contained 268 pages; this, too, notwithstanding the insertion of explanatory and introductory sentences in various parts of the text.”—Engin. N.
“The chief feature of the book is compactness of treatment without sacrifice of clearness of statement.” W. Kendrick Hatt.
Greene, Cordelia Agnes.Art of keeping well; with a biography by Elizabeth P. Gordon. **$1.25. Dodd.
A memorial volume by virtue of the sketch of Dr. Greene’s life to which the last half of the book is devoted. “The part contributed by Dr. Greene contains some eighteen articles on subjects connected rather with hygiene than with medicine, all of them supporting the title given to the book.” (N. Y. Times.)
“A sensible book of advice.”
Greene, Frances N., and Kirk, Dolly Williams.With spurs of gold. †$1.50. Little.
Greene, Maria Louise.Development of religious liberty in Connecticut. **$2. Houghton.
“A welcome and creditable addition to the small list of valuable works on American ecclesiastical history.... The chief bones of contention in Connecticut were, of course, the Halfway Covenant and the Saybrook Platform; and to the development of these great statements, and of the controversies which centered round them, Miss Greene pays detailed and patient attention.... The bibliography lists the principal authorities, including much contemporary material hitherto little used.”—Nation.
“Careful and scholarly treatise.”
Reviewed by Eri B. Hulbert.
“With much learning and insight into the meaning of events, with a lucid style and without prejudice, Dr. Greene has written a valuable religious history of Connecticut.” George Hodges.
“The treatment of this subject is admirable, and is a distinct contribution to the history of our national development. The placing of the references to authorities in the appendix seems to us an objectionable arrangement.”
“Miss Greene is neither partial nor hostile, and her work, if it errs somewhat in feeling, is well stored with facts.”
“The volume as a whole is one to be welcomed by students of Connecticut history.” Williston Walker.
Greene, Robert.Plays and poems; ed. by J. Churton Collins. 2v. *$6. Oxford.
Prof. Collins says, “I determined to spare no pains to make this edition, so far at least as the text was concerned, a final one.” “It preserves the original spelling not even removing the confusion of i and j, of u and v. Such indications of scene and stage business as the editor contributes himself, or as he takes over from Dyce, he sets apart in brackets. He transcribes in full from the Alleyn treasures at Dulwich, the manuscript part from which the actor studied Orlando in Greene’s ‘Orlando Furioso,’ a most interesting fragment, which sheds light on the customs of the Elizabethan playhouses. He collects all the songs out of Greene’s novels. He discusses in detail, with full knowledge and with robust common sense, all the many uncertainties connected with the biography and with the bibliography of his author.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Although, the value and interest of this research is unquestionable, we must yet take exception to Dr. Churton Collin’s arrangement of the actual text of the plays. The general introduction is long and learned; but it is in many respects disappointing. The special introductions are, however, of marked importance.”
“Prof. Collins cannot be charged with an excess of enthusiasm in this venture. There are signs of weariness in the attempt to correct and improve upon his predecessors.”
“In fulness and accuracy it is, as it should be, up to the level which has long been required in the case of the Greek and Latin classics, and, we might add also, in the case of writers of the mediaeval period. The notes especially are replete with learning.”
“It is pleasant to be able to welcome the ‘Greene’ of Prof. Churton Collins as a worthy companion to the ‘Kyd’ of Prof. Boas.” Brander Matthews.
“What we are glad of is the opportunity of reading him at large in so delightful a text.”
Greene, Sarah P. McLean.Power Lot. †$1.50. Baker.
Power Lot, God Help Us is the full name of this bleak little Nova Scotia hamlet, and the story of its people as Captain Jim, a sailor on the Bay of Fundy, tells it, is quaint and very human. The main plot, concerns Robert Hilton, a dissolute youth who has been wasting his inherited wealth in New York and who is marooned by the family doctor upon these windswept cliffs, and Mary, the girl whom Captain Jim himself loved but could not win. The regeneration of Robert thru work and right living finally brings out his real character and makes him worthy of both Mary and his greatwealth, and to show how this is accomplished the rugged life of the coast inhabitants and their constant fight against poverty is pictured with sympathy and humor.
“So much of the psychology of ‘Power lot’ is true, and not without interest, whether the reformation of the hero be credible or otherwise.”
“Whole chapters might be omitted with advantage, but the story itself is a real story, full of quaint turns of humor and sentiment, and told with a peculiar eloquence and a strong feeling for dramatic effect.”
Greenidge, Abel Hendy Jones.History of Rome during the later republic and early principate.6 vols. v. I, *$3.50. Dutton.
“The work is disappointing as a whole from its lack of directness, proportion, and continuity.”
Greenshields, E. B.Landscape painting and modern Dutch artists. **$2. Baker.
A history of landscape painting from the awakening of art in the thirteenth century to the recent French impressionists and the modern revival in Holland. The author’s object is to lead the art student to separate the “thought and the personal vision” of the master from the great technical skill which is the servant that makes possible its expression on canvas. This detachment leads to the subjective study that interprets individuality.
“The text is concise and to the point.”
“Mr. Greenshields, who has established himself as an authority on the artists under discussion, has approached his task with ardor, and has assembled his material with an eye keen both to the true and the interesting.”
“This is largely composed of somewhat imperfectly fused essays, neither profound nor novel, but agreeably written and giving information that will be helpful to many in teaching them how to see pictures.”
“A pleasing typographical as well as convenient feature of the book will be found in its marginal notes.”
“Without adding anything fresh to our knowledge, the writer gives an excellent summary of the rise and development of landscape painting from early Renaissance times to the present day.”
Greenslet, Ferris.James Russell Lowell, his life and work. **$1.50. Houghton.
“It is the more surprising therefore, that a man who is steeped in Lowell should on occasion himself write so vilely.”
“There is a manifest danger that some of the merits of substance may be hidden by the tricks of manner. The genuine merits are so many and so positive that it would be the greatest of pities for the apprehensive reader too quickly to take alarm and lose the benefits of Mr. Greenslet’s searching study of Lowell the man and the writer.” M. A. De Wolfe Howe.
“A compact record of this many-sided life and a really judicial discussion of the poet’s place in literature—the first essentially critical biography of Lowell yet attempted.” W. E. Simonds.
“The book as a whole is well done, the smaller details being handled with fondness for such details, and the critical notes touching all the sensitive points.”
“A very painstaking and creditable, but uninspired, monograph.”
“It is hardly possible to speak too highly of Mr. Greenslet’s performance. In addition to an unusually ample literary outfit, he possesses the critic’s instinct and insight, and his almost unfailing touchstone.”
“Mr. Greenslet’s book is an excellent performance. A better portrait of the man one could not wish to see.”
Greenwood, James Mickleborough, ed. Successful teaching: fifteen studies by practical teachers; prize winners in the national educational contest of 1905; with an introd. by J. M. Greenwood. *$1. Funk.
Fifteen essays which “are intended to help teachers in their daily work; to give them broader views of teaching certain subjects, better methods of presentation, and deeper insight into the thoughts, feelings, emotions, desires, passions, and aspirations of a developing human soul.”
“The book will prove valuable as an additional book of reference to teachers who have available the more systematic and exhaustive treatises.”
“The contributions are of varying merit, tho on the whole excellent.”
Grey, Edward C. W.St. Giles’s of the lepers. $1.50. Longmans.
This large London parish took its name from the hospital for lepers founded by the queen of Henry I. The author who labored here for thirty years sketches the history and describes the recent attempts to uplift the people who are sheltered within its limits. Among the most interesting chapters are those which tell of the author’s experiences as a Guardian of the poor, and his account of the founding of the Boys’ institute.
“Had [Mr. Grey’s] life been spared, the few errors we have come across would doubtless have been corrected, and his work, as a book of reference, rendered more valuable by the addition of an index.”
“His reminiscences are not so valuable as his history, but they round out a book unpretending, but very interesting.”
Griffiths, Arthur George Frederick.Passenger from Calais.†$1.25. Page.
This story which records a series of adventures that begin in a sleeping-car between Calais and Basle, and come to an end on the northAfrican shore as sprightly as one could wish. Briefly told, Lord Blackadder divorces his wife. She wishes to escape with her child whom the father also cares to possess. In order to facilitate her flight by confusing the confidential agents who might follow her, she and her twin sister gowned alike, and accompanied by maids closely resembling one another journey in different directions, the one with the child and the other with a dummy. The flight and the pursuit give rise to numerous exciting situations.
“The trouble with ‘The passenger from Calais’ ... is the lack of a certain magnetic something which in the story of mystery leads the reader onward more or less breathless, through a mass of details cunningly arranged to impede his progress and inflame his curiosity.”
Grinnell, William Morton.Social theories and social facts. **$1. Putnam.
A discussion of the subject of the economic and social conditions of to-day with the following chapter headings: Natural and artificial laws; Trusts; Competition; Socialism; Legislation; Labor; The Cost of living; Course of wages; Railway rates. “The chief value in Mr. Grinnell’s book is that it points out the difference between political and industrial socialism and in so doing emphasizes both the true function and the real value of the corporation as a contrivance for the distribution of wealth.” (Outlook.)
“Nowadays it is comparatively rare to find anyone holding so consistently a laissez faire policy as does the author in this little volume.”
“It is not a closely reasoned exposition, nor one characterized by breadth of view. The facts are not critically examined to determine their real meaning, and they are not always accurate. Occasionally sweeping statements are made as if the facts were well established.”
Reviewed by Charles Richmond Henderson.
“It is impossible to find in the book a central idea or a consistent standpoint.”
“It is unfortunate that the author of this book, by his assumptions, extravagances and inaccuracies, not to say errors, impairs the worth of a work which contains some very valuable suggestions.”
Grove, Sir George.Grove’s dictionary of music and musicians; new ed. thoroughly rev. and greatly enlarged; ed. by J. A. Fuller Maitland. 5v. ea. **$5. Macmillan.
“It is, of course, impossible for Mr. Maitland to verify every statement made in old articles and in those of new contributors.”
“No exception can be taken to the scholarly character both of the revised and the new matter.”
“Americans do not receive quite as full treatment as might have been asked for them legitimately in a book intended just as largely for the American as for the British market.”
“In dealing with matters of smaller importance the level reached and sustained is a high one. The work has been conspicuously well done, as regards both editing and production ... we have been hard put to discover flaws.”
“The shortcomings of the new ‘Grove’ are few compared with its many sterling qualities.”
“There is a table of corrections of errors in the first volume at the end of this, and there will doubtless be more corrections in the third volume.” Richard Aldrich.
Grundy, Mabel Barnes-.Hazel of Heatherland. †$1.50. Baker.
Hazel of Heatherland is a head-strong young heroine whose refractory doings are refreshing and forgivable. Her whims form a sort of froufrou of caprice against the background of Robert Underwick’s plain, sturdy qualities. The romance of these two is aided by clever Aunt Menelophe who is not so much a match-maker as a tactful student of “fluffy bits of inanity.” So she characterizes some women, and would be of service to them.
“The author evidently knows rural England as well as how to write a pleasing story.”
“Is freshly and amusingly written.”
Guerber, Helene Adeline.How to prepare for Europe. **$2. Dodd.
A popular handbook “How to prepare for Europe” is a “comprehensive work written in a popular vein. There are chapters on the history of each country, its literature and art, a vocabulary in six languages, bibliographies of history, art, travel, etc., and other material for the European traveler.” (N. Y. Times.)
“The tourist should by all means secure this book as a supplement to his indispensable Baedeker.”
“These bibliographies would have been more useful, if price, publisher, and some indication of their relative value had been given.”
“A useful little book that need not be depreciated as over-ambitious, since it is light in the hand and most compact and clearly printed.”
“A useful handbook, covering a different field from any single volume of which we know.”
Guerville, A. B. de.New Egypt. **$5. Dutton.
“A book of description combining history, geography, and travel.... M. de Guerville has found that there really is a new Egypt, and that, moreover, it is quite willing to be studied and analyzed.” (R. of Rs.) “For the most part the illustrations in the present work are portraits of well known natives, types, and scenes, as well as pictures of English and French personages connected with Egypt’s recent history.” (N. Y. Times.)
“If scandal is more amusing to his mind than politics, we do not blame him, for the scandal adds colour and merriment to his narrative. Nor should it be forgotten that his observation is as honest as it is quick.”
“A very entertaining book, which no one who concerns himself with things Egyptian can afford to pass by.”
“We commend the book for its valuable information, for its pungent style, and for its sprightly gossip about things Egyptian.” H. E. Coblentz.
“His account of the rapid advance of civilization into the Sudan will be as surprising as it is interesting to most readers.”
“A book as readable by reason of its style as by its intrinsic merit.”
“On the whole, the book is one of the best on its subject yet published.”
“Despite occasional blemishes, the book is worth reading.”
“Entertainingly written.”
Guinan, Rev. Joseph.Soggarth Aroon. $1.25. Benziger.
Chapters from the experiences of an Irish country curate, first appearing in the “Ave Maria” and now amended and enlarged.
Gull, Cyril Arthur Ranger (Guy Thorne, pseud.).Lost cause.†$1.50. Putnam.
Mr. Thorne’s preface states: “‘Protestantism’ within the church is a lost cause, it is dying, and for just this reason the clamor is loudest, the misrepresentation more furious and envenomed.... The author ... attacks those of the extreme ‘Protestants’ whom he believes to be insincere and who rebel against the truth for their own ends.... Finally, the noisiest ‘Protestants’ are hitting the Church as hard as they can. The author has endeavored to hit back as hard as he can.” The book treats this theme with dramatic intensity.
“Mr. Guy Thorne is not very skilful at handling even the small craft he has set sail in. His devices are of the easy and conventional order and his people lack vitality and breadth of human souls. His book is not one to be regarded except as a warning and example of the sacrifice of literature to opinion.”
“The venom of the book is, upon the whole, confined to its preface, and it portrays some exalted Christian characters, and at times a spirit truly catholic, in the accepted sense of the term.”
Gull, Cyril Arthur Ranger (Guy Thorne, pseud.).Made in His image. †$1.50. Jacobs.
How Charles Bosanquet, minister of industrial affairs, framed a measure which settled for a time the problem of the great army of the unemployable in London, and what came of it, is the burden of this story. First the starving masses are drawn, hideous, menacing, parasites upon the working poor; then comes the minister’s solution; those whom the courts deem unfit for society are to be made slaves for life. This is the beginning of that awful thing, the slave colony in the Cornish hinterland at which the Christian world stood aghast. Thru all this a love story is developed. Bosanquet and his old friend, John Hazel, now his political opponent, both love Muriel, an active worker in the anti-slavery league. And then the day comes when the slaves break loose!
“Strange though its theme and remarkable the treatment, this novel shows its greatest touch of genius in its ending.”
Gunne, Evelyn.Silver trail; poems. $1.25. Badger, R. G.
The author has followed her silver trail to learn its mystery. Her verse goes hither and yon for themes, sometimes beyond the mountain, to the sunset, more often far afield. The lines all breathe possibility, hope, buoyancy.
Gunsaulus, Frank W.Paths to power; Central church sermons. *$1.25. Revell.
Gwatkin, Henry Melville.Eye for spiritual things: and other sermons. *$1.50. Scribner.
“Some twenty-eight sermons.... English sermons of the best type.... The ... volume ranges over a wide class of subjects, though no theme is handled which is not of importance in the religious life. The point of view is indicated in the following sentence: ‘The knowledge of God is not to be learned by sacrificing reason to feeling, or feeling to reason, by ascetic observance or by orthodox belief; it is given freely to all that purify themselves with all the force of heart and soul and mind.’”—Nation.
“Strong and thoughtful sermons.”
“They are chaste and dignified, orderly and quiet, without screaming for oratorical effect, conveying a happy sensation of established faith and power held in reserve.”
“They have real originality and independence of thought, a fine power of description, and an eloquence which is free from mere rhetoric; on the other hand he drags in controversy sometimes when it is not necessary, and it is just when he denounces dogma and tradition and the Roman Church that he deteriorates and tends to become commonplace.”
Gwatkin, Henry Melville.Knowledge of God. 2v. *$3.75. Scribner.
“These volumes present in rearranged form the Gifford lectures at Edinburgh in 1904 and 1905 by the Professor of Ecclesiastical history in Cambridge, England. What man has discovered concerning God through God’s revelation of himself to man is the theme given by the title. The first series discusses the reality and character of such a revelation and discovery of God in the universe and in man. The second series is devoted to a historico-critical survey of its development from the stage of primitive religion to the present.”—Outlook.
“The book is studded with memorable phrases and incisive comments, and rises at times to serene and lofty eloquence. The value of the book is that it is a sort of philosophy of history by a man intimately acquainted with every detail of the subject, and entirely free from the bias of the ecclesiastic. We cannot help thinking that Prof. Gwatkin would have strengthened his book by a more sympathetic attitude. For all that it is stimulating, and by its very decision, useful, and above all things, interesting and brilliant.”
“With the work as a whole one must confess to disappointment. Dr. Gwatkin would appear to be most broad and tolerant in many respects, but his manner toward Roman Catholics is sometimes offensive.”
“Whatever defects may be attributed to his work, its philosophic thought and warmth of feeling make it a worthy continuation of the work of his predecessors in the Gifford lectureship.”
“It is a pity that the value of these lectures is seriously compromised by a singularinability to do justice to any form of Christian thought except the Evangelical.”