“Most of its defects are due to the attempt to make a consistent story by piecing it together from the works of authors who wrote from different standpoints and in different times or ages, some of them cautious and discriminating, others credulous and uncritical.” J. F. McCurdy.
“The chief fault of the general treatment is that in the nomenclature no distinction is drawn between districts or countries or races and peoples.” J. F. McCurdy.
“On the whole, however, one not a specialist would get from this work an interesting and tolerably correct picture of the history and life of these ancient lands.” George A. Barton
“The method of compilation employed ... is its least desirable feature. The scale of the work is in the main well proportioned. It is no exaggeration to say that these volumes devoted to England and the United States represent the scholarship of half a century ago.” Edward Fuller.
Hobbs, Roe Raymond.Court of Pilate, a story of Jerusalem in the days of Christ. $1.50. Fenno.
The love of Cestus, the young centurion for the beautiful Jewess, Myra, and the intrigues of the unscrupulous Paulina, who is high in favor at the court of the Roman Procurator of Jerusalem, and who is determined to win Cestus at any cost, form the main plot of this story but into it are woven accounts of the licentious life at the court of the governor, stirring scenes or the clash of Jew and Roman, engendered by a fierce race hatred that led to the crucifixion of the Messiah, and detailed pictures of barracks, prison, cottage, and market place.
Hobbs, Roe Raymond.Gates of flame. $1.50. Neale.
An innocent man is accused and convicted of a crime thru a chain of circumstantial evidence. The problems that this sort of legal blunder gives rise to are met and handled for general enlightenment while the story interest is maintained in the prosecuting attorney’s conflict between his duties to the state and his love for the sister of the accused man.
Hobbs, Roe Raymond.Zaos: a novel. $1.50. Neale.
Reincarnation is the theme of this story. Hal Raolin, a Harvard student, recognizes himself as having lived in Egypt six thousand years ago as Phyros, commander of the king’s guards, and the lover of Zaos, “the beloved of Thebes.” In a trance state he lives over events that marked the tragic course of his life. His vision calls him to Egypt whither he goes and where strange adventures befall him.
Hobhouse, L. T.Democracy and reaction. $1.50. Putnam.
“We cannot speak too highly of this excellent piece of work. The present treatise will not suffer in comparison with the best writing done in England.” John Cummings.
Hobhouse, Leonard Trelawney, and Hammond, John Lawrence Le Breton.Lord Hobhouse: a memoir. *$4. Longmans.
The biography of a conscientious public servant who “was the incarnation of the intelligent Liberalism of 1850 to 1870.” (Nation.) His official career began with his appointment as a Charity commissioner in 1866, and ended with his retirement from the Judicial committee of the Privy council in 1901. For the remainder of his life municipal affairs occupied his attention. “There is scarcely a strokeof humor in the book from one end to the other, and scarcely a touch of pathos.” (Spec.) “But it has value for those who care for the kind of work in which Lord Hobhouse was engaged.” (Sat. R.)
Reviewed by George M. Wrong.
“Compact and eloquent memoir.”
“It proves substantial reading of a not very exciting kind.”
“We read the story of his life with respect, and even admiration, so steady and effective a worker was he, but with little sympathy or stirring of heart.”
Hobson, Robert L.Porcelain, Oriental, Continental and British. **$3.50. Dutton.
A book whose object is “to give in inexpensive form all the facts a collector needs, with as many practical hints as can be compressed in a general work of portable size.” He deals with the porcelains of all countries showing that paste, glaze and decoration are surer guides in classification than the manufacturer’s mark. The work is handsomely illustrated.
“The chapters on Oriental porcelain will be of special service to the amateur, and the illustrations are to be commended, because they are chosen, not as supurb specimens, but as typical pieces.”
“Notwithstanding the great dimensions which ceramic literature has now assumed, there is, so far as we are aware, no published work which quite answers the purpose which this ‘handy book of reference for collectors’ is intended to serve.”
“There is a loss of practical usefulness in the failure to study wares of recent design and manufacture. What is given in the book is generally admirable.”
“His book accomplishes a great deal in a small space for the education of the unlearned and untutored.”
“If there are a few points open to criticism in the pages under review, notably in connexion with the early employment of bone-ash in English soft porcelain, still the ceramic collector and connoisseur who desires to possess a trustworthy guide in a single volume of moderate dimensions and price, ought to be thankful to Mr. Hobson.”
Hodges, George.Happy family. **75c. Crowell.
The very chapter headings of Dean Hodges’ book suggest the practical manner of treatment; “The business of being a wife,” “The business of being a mother,” and “The business of being a father.” The essential qualities and characteristics to be fostered in the home are enumerated so humorously that even the reader “hard hit” will smile and resolve to reform.
Hodges, Rev. George, and Reichert, John.Administration of an institutional church: a detailed account of the operation of St. George’s parish, in the city of New York; with introds. by President Roosevelt, Bishop Potter, and Dr. Rainsford. *$3. Harper.
In outlining the management and methods of the parish of St. George’s church, the authors make record of a great sociological as well as spiritual movement. The institutional church of which Dr. Rainsford has been the chief organizer and promulgator has been brought to the busy working life of the city of New York. The organization and the elements that vitalize it stand for the best things in human progress.
Hodgson, Rev. Abraham Percival.Thoughts for the King’s children. *75c. Meth. bk.
Fifty-two short talks to children on scriptural texts. It is designed as a help to all workers among children, leaders in young people’s societies and Sabbath school teachers.
Hodgson, Geraldine.Primitive Christian education. *$1.50. Scribner.
Miss Hodgson’s “main purpose is to prove the falseness of the statement, often made in exaggerated language, that the Christian fathers were enemies of education, and to show, by illustrative extracts from the writings of representative teachers of the early church, what were really their methods and the character of their educational work. A sketch of Graeco-Roman education, as given in the schools of the Roman empire, is followed by an account of the catechetical system of the fathers. Separate chapters are devoted to St. Cyril of Jerusalem, St. Clement of Alexandria, and St. Jerome. The attitude of the Christian teachers to pagan learning is examined, and their methods are set forth and justified.” Lond. Times.
“She has searched the sources diligently, but not always used them critically, nor constructed from her mass of material a consistent and orderly edifice of fact.”
“Miss Hodgson has brought together some interesting and suggestive passages, which any student of teaching would gain by reading, and she has given pleasant glimpses by the way of the human side of the early Christian society.”
“Miss Hodgson has shed light on a subject imperfectly known.”
“On account of its polemical spirit, the book is not very conclusive in its argument, and the material, of which there is an abundance, is not well organized.”
Hodgson, John Evan, and Eaton, Frederick A.Royal academy and its members, 1768–1830. *$5. Scribner
Reviewed by Royal Cortissoz.
Hoffding, Harald.Philosophy of religion. *$3. Macmillan.
The main thesis of Dr. Höffding’s work is that the essence of religion consists in a belief in the “conservatism of value.” The subject is divided into three parts—epistemological, psychological, and ethical. His aim is to treat all of the essential aspects of the religious problem “not only with the intellectual interest which cannot fail to be excited by so great and comprehensive a subject-matter, but also in the frame of mind evoked by the consciousness that he has here before him a form of spiritual life in which, forcenturies long, the human race has stored up its deepest and innermost experiences.”
“As compared with the highly concentrated ‘Problems of philosophy,’ where we never for a moment lose sight of the main issue, this book presents a tangled skein. It needs not merely a bold man, but also a wise one, to grasp as Prof. Höffding grasps, at the sense of the whole and of the parts together—to do justice as he seeks to do, and does at once to religion and to the religions.”
“There is a personal note which lifts the book above the level of professional treatises on philosophy. He speaks as a man to men, and his book claims the respectful attention of all who are prepared to discuss seriously and without prejudice the ultimate questions of human thought.”
“A comparison of the translation with a considerable portion of the German text shows the rendering to be reasonably correct. As is apt to be the case, however, the style does not escape the influence of the original. The index which the translator has supplied is a valuable addition to the book.” F. C. French.
Hoffding, Harald.Problems of philosophy; tr. by Galen M. Fisher; with preface by W. James. *$1. Macmillan.
“The work contains but four chapters, and they deal, respectively, with the problems of consciousness, knowledge, being and values—the ethical and religious problems being comprised in the latter. The author seeks to resolve these four into one, the problem of continuity, and in so doing to show their fundamental interdependence. At the same time, the various continuities are defined not as absolutes of existence, but as ideals; they are not philosophical fact, but philosophical aim.”—Bookm.
“Since it is so compact and profound, will be of more service as a résumé of philosophic theory for advanced students than as an introduction for beginners.” George B. Foster.
“‘Small and precious’ ... is the verdict which every lover of philosophy will pass on this book.”
“The book is brief, clear, and concise.” H. B. Alexander.
“An abstract discussion of abstract principles, his style carries him beyond the possibility of accompaniment by the layman.”
“The most general criticism, however ... will be that the compass of the work is so restricted. The translation ... is well done.” A. C. Armstrong.
“This little book ... is strong meat for beginners, and needs the expository preface supplied by Professor James. To digest its condensed thought, conveyed in abstract and technical form, this will be serviceable as pepsin even to some who are not babes in the philosophy.”
“Acquaintance with the subject is necessary to appreciate its argument, which is often in technical form. The translation is apparently ‘faithful, if not elegant,’ as the preface says. An occasional roughness in its style may be pardoned for the sake of its conciseness.” Edmund H. Hollands.
Holbrook, Richard Thayer, tr. Farce of Master Pierre Patelin, composed by an unknown author about 1469 A. D. **$2. Houghton.
“The first English version of a curious English drama, written about 1469, and made from the editor’s manuscript copy of the only extant exemplar of the Lyons edition, printed about 1486. There is also but one copy known of an edition of about 1489, and the present version is illustrated with fac-similes of the quaint woodcuts in that edition. No earlier samples of these old farces have come down to our day. This play was wonderfully popular, and attained a fame unparallelled in the history of the early stage and seldom equalled since. All students of the drama will be interested in it.”—Critic.
“His book is a fine specimen of the scholarship of his country. The translation is, like the original, idiomatic and rollicking. Its author catches the lights and shades; he sees and renders all the humour. He is, at times, it is true a little stilted.”
“The translator has well accomplished a difficult task.”
Holbrooke, George O.Verses. $1. Broadway pub.
The humanitarian note is strong in these poems, which give to life at its worst hope, altho there is a touch of fatalism, and give to the reader picturesque visions of the New York poor. There are also verses which tell of a pretty deed done by Lafayette; of the dazed return of Knickerbocker to his old haunts; and there are songs of other times and other places.
Holder, Charles Frederick.Life in the open; sport with rod, gun, horse and hound in southern California. **$3.50. Putnam.
“A spirited account of the hunt for hare, wolf, lynx, and fox in the foothills of the Sierra Madre, and of the deer, bighorn, and mountain lion amid the crags and precipices of the Southern Sierras.... A number of pages are devoted to the varied sport which the angler finds with tuna, black sea-bass, and yellowtail, with deep-sea trolling and still-angling off the shores of Southern California and its adjacent islands, and with the trout of the clear mountain streams of the Coast range and of the high Sierras. The work is superbly illustrated with many reproductions from photographs of scenery, the old missions of California, and fishing scenes about Avalo and the famous Santa Catalina island.”—Dial.
“The weak points of the book, at any rate for a European reader, are that too minute topographical detail is tacked on to some of the chapters, which consequently have rather the effect of a guide book without maps; and the use of local terms which are not generally understood.”
“The charm of the work lies in its spirited and enthusiastic appreciation of out-of-door life, of the possibilities of the enjoyment of nature, even though one go a-hunting or a-fishing.” Charles Atwood Kofoid.
“Among the books of the season on open air sports, Holder’s ‘Life in the open’ is foremost on account of its typographical beauty, comprehensiveness and practicality.”
“Will take hold of the book-lover at once, regardless of contents; but it would be a prettyexacting reader who could feel any material disappointment after its perusal.”
“We have never read anything that gave so attractive a description of any country.”
Holder, Charles Frederick.Log of a sea angler; sport and adventures in many seas with spear and rod. **$1.50. Houghton.
One portion of Mr. Holder’s book is devoted to angling adventures along the Florida keys, the other portion relates to experiences in the waters of Lower California, Texas and the New England coasts, while the catch ranges from “turtle to shark, from tarpon to gentler and lesser spoil.”
“In the main, keen observation of nature’s secrets, and wide experience with the sea and its life, are revealed in these anglers’ tales, and there is an occasional bit of spirited writing as well.” Charles Atwood Kofoid.
“All in all we shall be surprised if the present season brings forth any comparable offerings in the way of outdoor literature.”
“One man in a thousand is a fishing enthusiast. But the lay brother enjoyed the reading immensely, so, in all probability, will the nine hundred and ninety-nine.” Stephen Chalmers.
Hollams, Sir John.Jottings of an old solicitor. **$3. Dutton.
Reminiscences which are a record “of a full, prosperous, happy, and honourable life, of strenuous years rewarded by success. But it is much more. It is a history, unpretentious, truthful, and vivid, of the inner working of English law during more than a half a century. The first pages introduce one to a state of things, legal and social, which has long passed away; to a London with only one railway open, that to Greenwich; to days before the penny post, when letters from Kent cost seven-pence, with double postage if there was an enclosure; when the invariable price of the best oysters was sixpence a dozen and the maximum price for a cigar was threepence.” (Lond. Times.)
“His book is full of interest.”
“There is much that will appeal to American lawyers and law students who are interested in law as a science, particularly as regards changes in law procedure and law reform during the last sixty years.”
“In the main the book is written in a cheerful, hopeful spirit, with ungrudging recognition of the fact that the great changes which the author has witnessed have been improvements, though he sees room for many amendments. It is a book for solicitors to study. The oldest may profit by it, and the youngest draw from it hope and encouragement.”
“His volume of reminiscences cannot be called important but contains many personal anecdotes of an amusing kind.”
“The greater part of this volume is too technical in its criticism of the system of judicial procedure to appeal to any but members of the profession.”
Holland, Clive.Warwickshire, painted by Frederick Whitehead, described by Clive Holland. *$6. Macmillan.
“Kenilworth, Coventry, Stratford-on-Avon, Rugby, Warwick Castle, Birmingham—these are some of the names that catch the eye as one glances at the sketch-map of the large, handsome volume on ‘Warwickshire,’ and suggest to the most casual reader the wealth of historical, literary and architectural material at the disposal of the author and artist. Good use has been made of it and ... there are 75 full-page color-type prints from water-color sketches.”—Ind.
“Mr. Whitehead ... is at his best in his broader sketches, where his vigorous colour touches atone for the weakness of his draughtsmanship, and atmosphere is not lost by the over-elaboration of unimportant details. Mr. Clive Holland says a great deal about Warwickshire, though very little that has not been said sufficiently before.”
“The book is full of errors which a little more pains would have avoided. We cannot help regretting that the text was not entrusted to Mr. Sidney Lee or some other writer who had more first-hand knowledge of our central shire.”
“On the whole the ‘Warwickshire’ can be heartily commended as both beautiful and entertaining.”
“Water-color paintings by Mr. F. Whitehead, may be cordially praised, with a special word of commendation for the artist’s restraint in color-effects. Mr. Holland knows and loves his subject, and deals with both its historic and romantic sides thoroughly and agreeably.”
“Mr. Holland has packed his chapters so full of historical dates and names of men and things—some of which are not by the way unchallengeable—that he has left himself little scope for style or reflection.”
“The letterpress is in its way as pleasing as the pictures.”
Holland, Clive.Wessex; painted by Walter Tyndale; described by Clive Holland. *$6. Macmillan.
The Wessex of Mr. Hardy’s novels furnishes the material for Mr. Tyndale’s reproduced paintings. “His paintings are landscapes—glimpses of green spring with apple blossoms on the hills; golden summer meadows, with the willows and rushes and the quiet winding stream; autumn on the moors all red and purple; vistas of country roads with thatched cottages; sweeps of the shore, with the brown shingle and the blue-shadowed sea. Or they are views of sleepy old towns, with the church tower dominating or rolling hills with the sky beyond and a ruin in the middle distance.... The text treats Wessex historically and descriptively by towns and hamlets, and landmarks.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Mr. Holland has a very thorough grip of his subject, regarded from every point of view.”
“At first view Mr. Clive Holland’s book seems to be of the progeny of Hutchins. In the main it is a slight and agreeable infusion of local history made for sojourners and passers-by. Mr. Tyndale’s pictures merit special mention.”
“The author conjures you with all the gloriesof the country and weaves in the glamour of all its poets and heroes.”
“It is not one of the type of offensive and tedious adulation, and it is easy to see that the author feels what he writes about Dorset. He knows the country and cares for it.”
Holland, Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3d lord.Further memoirs of the Whig party, 1807–1821; with some miscellaneous reminiscences; ed. by Lord Stavordale. *$5. Dutton.
Lord Holland’s fourth volume of recollections. “The four books or chapters under consideration deal with the period of English history between 1807 and 1827—years fraught with interest for the student and lover of history.... Lord Holland distinctly states that the aim and object of his labors were to record any incidents, anecdotes, or intrigues which were not generally known at the time, and which were unlikely to be found in the recognized histories, periodicals, or journals.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Though Lord Holland was inclined to take himself and his affairs a trifle seriously, his Memoirs are an interesting commentary upon the politics of a bygone age, and they may be read with pleasure, if seasoned with a pinch of critical salt.”
“[Lord Stavordale’s] introductions to the various chapters supply just the right kind of information that Lord Holland’s somewhat discursive and allusive style requires by way of commentary.”
“Lose much interest because they come after and not before the Creevy papers.”
“A historical work of uncommon interest.”
“It is written with thorough knowledge, and yet with a singular absence of vanity, egoism, or self-assertion.”
“Of new information it contains little or nothing; the topics with which it is filled can but slightly interest the readers of to-day.”
“Concise historical summaries ... invest the book with greater interest for the general reader, without impairing its value as a storehouse of information for the historian.”
“Lord Holland’s forte is in giving ‘characters’ of the great men he had known.”
“We lay down the book with a feeling of gratitude both to its author and its editor.”
Holland, Rupert Sargent.Count at Harvard: being an account of the adventures of a young gentleman of fashion at Harvard university. $1.50. Page.
The publishers claim that this book is “the most natural and the most truthful exposition of average student life yet written.” “Mr. Hall relates the count’s doings with sufficient gusto and vividness to make the count a living person: we see him playing tennis, playing golf, playing base-ball (this game we found a little hard to follow); we are with him in the editorial den of the Lampoon; with him as he conducts the rehearsal of his opera; in the examination-room, where he behaves shamefully; at his late breakfasts and his early morning suppers—and his company is always or nearly always pleasant, for he is amusing and irresponsible.” (Acad.)
“The book is written in good English, and with a careful avoidance of Americanisms. The author’s constant efforts at brilliancy of conversation occasionally become tiresome.”
Hollander, Jacob H., and Barnett, George E., eds. Studies in American trade unionism. *$2.75. Holt.
This collection of essays is the result of the detailed study and investigation of certain aspects of the trade-union undertaken by members of the Economic Seminary of the Johns Hopkins University. The eleven essays represent the work of nine investigators and Dr. Hollander has provided an excellent introduction. The subjects treated are: The government of the typographical union; The structure of the cigar makers’ union; The finances of the molders’ union; The minimum wage in the machinists’ union; Collective bargaining in the typographical union; Employers’ associations in the union; Apprenticeship in the building trades; The beneficiary features of the railway unions; and the knights of labor and the American federation of labor.
“Without exception the writers show painstaking research and fairness of judgment.” R. C. B.
“These tasks were faithfully performed and the product is a careful and concise presentation of various phases of the labor problem.”
“An examination of the essays amply justifies the editors in their conclusion to publish, and it is sincerely hoped that their plans of further work will be fulfilled.” John Cummings.
“It really consists of material gathered with much industry, but without any attempt at digestion or co-ordination.”
“Excellent studies brought together in this volume.”
“The book may be recommended to both employers and employes who are interested in the topics indicated above, as the treatment is impartial and thorough.”
“The present volume is essentially in the nature of a preliminary inquest. But the scope of its contents is so broad, and its writers have explored their respective topics with such assiduity, that it may unquestioningly be accepted as suggesting a graphic and accurate picture of the constitution and activities of typical American labor organizations.”
“While the chapters give promise of excellent work and fully justify the pedagogical plan, we must look for the real contributions to economic science and labor problems in the further inquiries of the investigators.” John R. Commons.
Holley, Marietta (Josiah Allen’s wife, pseud.).Samantha vs. Josiah: being the story of a borrowed automobile and what came of it. †$1.50. Funk.
The cautious Josiah begins by hitching his old mare to the borrowed auto, thus combining to his satisfaction “fashion and safety,” but later he becomes more reckless and he and his wife meet with many characteristic adventures. A large part of the book is taken up with lively argument in which Josiah by powerful and amazing reasoning, wholly masculine, attempts to refute certain instances of spiritual manifestationbrought forward by his wife, who has developed a sudden and alarming belief in ghosts.
“In these latest controversies with Josiah the humor is genuine, and, as usual, there is much good sense mingled with it.”
Holmes, Samuel Jackson.Biology of the frog. $1.60. Macmillan.
This book “aims to introduce college students to all phases of zoölogical study by means of a careful examination of all aspects of the structure and life of the common frog, ‘the martyr of zoölogical science.’ The plan of the book is similar to the now classical ‘Crayfish: the study of zoölogy,’ by Huxley. It is a text book intended to supplement suitable laboratory work. In addition to its place in colleges, it will be a useful reference work for the biological laboratory in high schools.”—Ind.
“Brought together from reliable sources a large amount of useful information. As in most works of the kind, there is too little recognition of the fact that, in many respects, the frog like man, is a morphologic monstrosity.”
“The book is one that will prove useful to every teacher of elementary biology, and its usefulness would have been enhanced by a thorough-going biological treatment and simplification of the anatomical details.” F. W. G.
“A most useful addition to our textbooks on the frog.” E. A. A.
Holt, Hamilton, ed. Life stories of undistinguished Americans as told by themselves; with an introd. by Edwin E. Slosson. †$1.50. Pott.
Sketches of sixteen men and women including “a representative of each of the races that go to make up our nationality and of as many different industries as possible.” The aim of the book is to show how well America’s immigration policy has succeeded, how incomes have been used, how the opportunities offered to earn bread and happiness in this broad land have been embraced.
“The stories are simply told, with evident sincerity, are most fascinating reading, and afford the American an excellent opportunity to see himself as others see him.” W. I. Thomas.
“These stories are as interesting as any novel with the additional advantage that they are stories of actual life.”
“This volume is a book of rare interest, but it is far more than that. Many chapters are in reality sermons of real value for our people, rich in lessons that should be of peculiar worth to young men and women.”
“The book is not less entertaining than curious.”
“As far as I know, Mr Hamilton Holt, in compiling his book, has struck an absolutely untrodden oath in the field of literature. I have not seen anything so interesting or suggestive for years as it is.” Rebecca Harding Davis.
“These are surely ‘human documents’ in the real sense of that term, and they have the fascination of such documents.”
Holyoake, George Jacob.Bygones worth remembering.2 vols. *$5. Dutton.
Holyoake, George Jacob.History of cooperation; rev. and completed. 2v. *$5. Dutton.
“The preface to this revised and complete edition ... is dated January, 1906, and before the end of that month the aged author passed away.... It consists of the two volumes previously published, the first in 1875, the second in 1879, with an addition carrying the story down to the present time. Mr. Holyoake has saved the historian all trouble with regard to co-operation.”—Lond. Times.
“We cannot praise too highly this record, interesting alike to those studying the special subject treated and to the general reader.”
“What co-operation has accomplished and what it stands for is brought out in the fullest detail in Mr. Holyoake’s history.”
“His book is a permanent record, the value of which will only be increased by time. No one else could have written it with the same intimate knowledge and fullness of detail or with the same grasp of principle and personal vivacity. The history is indispensable to students of sociological questions.”
“Had it not been for Mr. Holyoake, many of the most interesting phases of its early progress would, in all probability, have fallen into oblivion.”
“Co-operation has been tried. Mr. Holyoake’s two volumes give what is unquestionably the authoritative history of these experiments.”
Home, Andrew.Boys of Badminster. †$1.50. Lippincott.
“A thrilling story of boyish escapades.”
Home, Gordon Cochrane.Evolution of an English town.*$3.50. Dutton.
“It should have been entitled ‘The topography and antiquities of Pickering.’”
Home, Gordon.Normandy: The scenery and romance of its ancient towns.*$3.50. Dutton.
Hooper, Charles Edward.Country house: a practical manual of the planning and construction of the American country home and its surroundings; il. by E. E Soderholtz and others. **$3. Doubleday.
“The book is an attempt to save the would-be builder from such expensive and annoying preliminaries by giving him a clear idea both of the difficulties he should avoid and the beauties he may attain to.” (Dial.) It gives helpful suggestions concerning the site, plans of construction, inside and outside finish, the style of doors, windows, fireplaces, stairways, plumbing, heating lighting, ventilation, water supply, anddrainage. Hints are also given for interior and exterior beautifying which are aided materially by numerous illustrations.
“To people who are not looking forward to building a country home, Mr. Hooper’s book will be interesting as showing what has been done in that direction in America. Intending builders cannot fail to profit by reading the book.”
“Here is a perfect iconographic encyclopedia of house-building and decorating.”
Hope, Laurence. (Mrs. Violet Nicholson).Last poems: translations from the book of Indian love. **$1.50. Lane.
“The poems are all concerned with elementary passions. The lament of Yasmini, the dancinggirl, for the lover who was unlike all the others; the playing of Khristna on his flute; the laments of a young bride who is sold to an old King, and of the Queen who is displaced in the zenana by a younger rival: the song of the Camping-ground, which is the heart of India; the story of how Sher Afzul revenged himself on the mistress who had slain his friend; the plaint of the dying Prince who must leave his great possessions.... The finest, to our mind, is ‘Yasin Khan,’ the story of the yearning which overtakes a King who has found his kingdom for the fierce hunted days when he was still in pursuit of it.”—Spec.
“The stamp of her individuality is on all her work, so indelibly that whether it be translated or direct becomes a matter of small importance. Something of the spontaneity and music of the earlier books is missing, and neither her theme nor its expression was of the kind to gain by a more ordered and deliberate method.”
“These poems are of a piece with the former work of the author of ‘The garden of Kama’ and ‘Stars of the Desert.’ In this last book the passion is beginning to seem forced, the colour is fading.”
“Here, we may claim, if anywhere in our modern day, was the true inheritor of the Sapphic fervor, of the Sapphic song,—and, shall we not add, of the Sapphic catastrophe?” Edith M. Thomas.
“Here is character and force enough, of surprise something, of beauty nothing, of suggestion, or (shall we say?) of the suggestive too much. It is force misapplied, character muddied at the source.”
“Likely to stand rather as a slightly dubious ‘human document’ than as an addition to the true poetry of passion. Nevertheless, there are in it many pieces of unalloyed poetry.”
“All are done with a depth of passion and a haunting music which in their kind it would be hard to match. The work has nothing of the depth and calm of the great masters, but it has none the less the living force of poetry.”
Hopekirk, Helen, ed. Seventy Scottish songs. $2.50. Ditson.
“The editor has had a difficult task and has performed it well. The introduction she has written to this volume is a sympathetic interpretation of Scottish music.”
Hopkins, Herbert Müller.Mayor of Warwick.†$1.50. Houghton.
The college town of Warwick with its campus atmosphere forms the setting of this story of a young college professor, of the bishop’s daughter and of the Mayor of Warwick, an ex-base ball player and street car conductor, who strives to live up to the ideal set for him by the wife who has stooped to a secret marriage with him but refuses to acknowledge it until he rises to her level. His partial success and partial failure form the burden of this story in which his strength and weakness are contrasted, and when in the end he gives the young professor and the bishop’s daughter their happiness one cannot but be sorry for him and for the girl he lost—the bishop’s pretty house-maid.
“Mr. Hopkins may draw strongly individualised portraits of professors and ecclesiastics, but when it comes to the street-car conductors and ward politicians he also suggests comparison to the composite photograph.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
“The chief defect will be found, we think, in the character of the bishop’s daughter.”
Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.
“There are even touches of satire and moments of insight, but it is best to call it as a whole a pedestrian reflective novel built of melodramatic material.”
“The manner of the book in spite of the drift of the matter to politics and the leaping of social barriers, is dignified to the point of being academic.”
“This story has not sufficient charm or brilliancy in the telling to make the plot and characters seem probable.”
Hopkins, Nevil Monroe.Experimental electro-chemistry. *$3. Van Nostrand.
An introductory chapter discusses the important researches and discoveries which bear upon the theories and laws of electro-chemistry, then follows the text that aims to provide a lecture room and laboratory guide to the subject. There are ample experimental evidences for the theories advanced including exercises in preparing electrolytic compounds and in isolating metals.
“We note that much care has been taken over the illustrations of which there are a hundred and thirty. It is disappointing to find that this standard of excellence has not been maintained in the text.”
“We advise those interested in electro-chemistry and also those who do not believe in it—and there are a goodly few—to read this book.” F. M. P.
“The author has endeavored ‘to produce a book that will prove useful both in the lecture room and in the laboratory,’ and the reviewer thinks that he has succeeded.” Edgar F. Smith.
Hopkins, William John.The clammer.†$1.25. Houghton.
“Only an uneventful love story, with a man of solitary habits, who digs clams because it amuses him and makes a garden, and keeps clear of his neighbors, a charmingly drawn girl, a rich father who is not spoiled, and a proud mother who is humanized by the birth of a grandchild. There is a good deal of landscape and sky and sea in the narrative, which depends for its charm largely on atmosphere and sentiment.”—Outlook.
“His is a diction which, one is tempted to believe, is born of William John Hopkins, Robert Louis Stevenson, and the various authors of the Bible. It is correct without being prim,well-bred but not distant, and injected with the whimsical humor which never laughs, but has eyes that twinkle.” Stephen Chalmers.
Reviewed by Louise Collier Willcox.
“Much might be said in praise of its quiet rather old-fashioned style—leisurely, meditative, and well-bred. There is no plot.”
“In spite of its verbal facility it must be admitted that there is little evidence in Mr. Hopkins’ book of an ability to produce real fiction.”
Hopper, James.Caybigan.†$1.50. McClure.
Out of Mr. Hopper’s experience while teaching in the Philippines with an imagination riotously at work he has woven an impressionist’s group of tales. Among them are the “Failure,” “the story of a human derelict, whom alcohol and the physical and moral miasma of the tropics have done their best to destroy.” (Bookm.); and “A jest of the gods,” a story of a man who, at the height of his manhood strength, is stricken by a baffling disease which leaves him bald, and without brows and lashes.
“There is a strange, exotic, almost morbid strength in these stories. In vividness and tensity they are on a par with the shorter stories of Joseph Conrad, whose style his own often suggests; a few of them have almost the quality of some of Kipling’s. ‘Plain tales from the hills.’” Frederic Taber Cooper.
“These tales, which Mr. Hopper has frankly offered for hasty perusal, endure very well a second reading.”
“It seems likely that the ‘Caybigan’ stories will serve two excellent purposes. They will entertain and they will promote a better understanding among stay-at-home citizens of the real nature of the insular Oriental.”
“They vary greatly as to merit, but they are all marked by crispness and vitality, and they are extremely tender where the writer trusts to his own vein.”
Hoppin, James Mason.Reading of Shakespeare. **$1.25. Houghton.
There are studies of Shakespeare’s life and learning, nature and style, following which each play is considered separately.
“Under Mr. Hoppin’s title a really good and useful book might have been written. On a preliminary glance we light upon suggestions that are very encouraging, but not followed up.”
“The book is remarkably well written and easy to read and may be recommended as a good introduction to the study of Shakespeare. That there are wiser and better books of the same sort goes without saying.”
Hornaday, William Temple.Camp fires in the Canadian Rockies. **$3. Scribner.
“This is the narrative of a hunting-expedition for game in the Canadian Rockies, told with literary appreciation of the marvels encountered, and appealing not only to the hunter and sportsman but to the general reader as well, by reason of the magnificence and novelty of the scenes described.”—Lit. D.
“He has written in a careless, happy, holiday vein, which makes inspiriting reading.”
“As was to be expected, the book abounds in vivid descriptions of wild animals; and it gives also many extremely interesting pictures made from photographs taken at ranges almost incredibly close.” Wallace Rice.
“The work is a notable contribution to the recent literature of hunting.”
“It is valuable as a contribution to knowledge of the country and its natural history.”
“Mr. Hornaday is in very close sympathy with nature, abounds in humor, writes well, and, best of all, he abhors the ruthless destruction of animal life.” Cyrus C. Adams.
“Not a scientific book, but a thoroughly readable account of outdoor enjoyment in mountain regions of British Columbia.”
Horne, Herman Harrell.Psychological principles of education: a study in the science of education. *$1.75. Macmillan.
A five part work dealing with the subject as follows: Part 1 is concerned with the general presuppositions of the science of education, being a revision of the author’s discussion of this topic at the World’s congress of arts and sciences at St. Louis; Part 2 treats of intellectual education; Part 3 is concerned exclusively with what pertains to ‘educating the mind to feel’; Part 4 deals with the function, importance, nature and development of the will; Part 5, the concluding division of the book, deals with the problem of the religious consciousness, and the legitimate and practical means for its development.
“The features which do most distinguish its subject matter from that of the earlier books are its emphasis upon emotional education and the inclusion of a separate section, Part 5, on Religious education, or Educating the spirit in man. In this latter the author has given the most helpful discussion of the topic within brief compass that has so far been written.”
“If his title is not taken too literally, if the reader is willing to admit the inclusion of ethical and religious considerations, not to be too insistent that the treatment indicate one consistent attitude, the book is likely to prove profitable and entertaining.” Charles Hughes Johnston.
“Among the various merits of this valuable ‘study in the science of education’ is to be reckoned that of literary as well as scientific finish.”
“The style is simple and is easily intelligible to junior and senior students in college classes and to advanced students in normal schools.” Frederic E. Bolton.
Hort, Fenton John Anthony.Village sermons. $1.75. Macmillan.
Horton, George.Edge of hazard; with pictures by C. M. Relyea. †$1.50. Bobbs.
An ex-member of Boston’s smart set finds it “hard to be philosophical when a man has just lost his girl, his friends and his money.” He accepts an appointment to go to Russia to take careof the American trading company’s stores at Stryetensk, Siberia. His adventures which include being arrested as a spy, and falling under the spell of women spies—Russian and Japanese—are chronicled during the days just preceding the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war.
“A novel written frankly with no other purpose than to entertain, and as such it can be heartily recommended.” Amy C. Rich.
“If Mr. Horton had intended to parody the style of Archibald Clavering Gunter, he would deserve to be congratulated on his success.” Frederick Taber Cooper.
“An excellent story—for people who merely wish to be amused.”
Hough, Emerson.Heart’s Desire.†$1.50. Macmillan.
“This is a weakly constructed story. The dialogue is occasionally amusing, but generally rather laboured; and the characterisation is inhuman and machine-made.”
“The author of ‘The girl at the half way house’ will probably not repeat with his present book the popular success of ‘The Mississippi bubble’ ... but in many ways I like ‘Heart’s Desire’ better.” Churchill Williams.
“Mr. Hough has surpassed his best previous efforts for our entertainment.” Wm. M. Payne.
Hough, Emerson.King of Gee-Whiz; with lyrics by Wilbur D. Nesbit; il. by Oscar E. Cesare. $1.25. Bobbs.
All about the adventures of Zuzu and Lulu, twins, in the island of Gee-Whiz. One has hair of malazite blue, and the other of corazine green,—the results of their father’s chemical experiments. Young readers will find their adventures in fairyland captivatingly funny.
Houghton, Mrs. Louise Seymour.Hebrew life and thought: being interpretative studies in the literature of Israel *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
“The purpose of these papers ... is not to give forth original ideas, but to bring the more or less cultured but unscientific Bible student into a hospitable attitude toward the new light that scholarship has shed upon the sacred page.” The studies include: The day-book of the Most High, Folklore in the Old Testament, The poetry of the Old Testament, Heroes and heroism, Eastern light on the story of Elisha, Love-stories of Israel, A parable of Divine love, Secular faith, The search for spiritual certainty, The Hebrew Utopia, and The law and modern society.