Reviewed by P. H. Frye.
Knowles, Frederick Milton.Cheerful year book for engagements and other serious matters. **$1.50. Holt.
“Accompanied by philosophic and moral aphorisms for the instruction of youth the inspirationof maturity and the solace of age, the same being illustrated by tasteful and illuminating pictures by C. F. Lester and the whole being introduced and concluded with profound and edifying remarks by Carolyn Wells.”
“It is not too much to say that anyone with a sense of humor will enjoy the ‘Cheerful yearbook;’ its jests are merry without being in the least vulgar.”
Knowles, Robert Edward.St. Cuthbert’s: a novel. †$1.50. Revell.
“Greater skill in the handling and selection of materials would have made this an interesting—as it is undoubtedly a conscientious—piece of work.”
“There is displayed very little skill in story telling, and a ruthless use of the pruning knife among the exuberant growths of rhetoric and sentimentality would have helped the book to a stronger and more fruitful vitality.”
Knowles, Robert E.Undertow: a tale of both sides of the sea. †$1.50. Revell.
Caught in the undertow of selfishness a young theologian breasts its fury and wins a hard fought victory in the end. He battles his arch enemy among the self-sacrificing father and mother of the fine old Scotch school, and faithful brother Reuben, he fights it in the midst of graduate studies no less than in London in the church to which he is called. The bitterness of an enemy which leads to a misunderstanding with his wife furnishes the annealing process which his nature needs.
“This is one of the innumerable novels based on a sentimental perception of right and wrong.”
Knowling, Rev. Richard John.Testimony of St. Paul to Christ: as viewed in some of its aspects. *$3 Scribner.
“This important work is divided into three parts: I, The documents and the grounds upon which their use is justified; II, Paul’s testimony in relation to ‘The life’ of the gospels; III. Paul’s testimony in relation to the life of the church. The concluding chapter deals with the literature on the subject published in 1903–5.”—Bib. World.
“Of Dr. Knowling’s learning and ability there can be no question; he is moreover, thoroughly well up in the latest results of criticism, and although he apparently regards critics who are nothing but critics as opponents of Christianity, he usually states their opinions fairly. It is in the second and third parts that Dr. Knowling is revealed as the apologist with a very thin veneer of criticism.”
Reviewed by George H. Gilbert.
“His weight of learning presses heavily on the reader, if not on the writer.”
“It must be admitted that the book has the fault of its virtue. It reveals the processes of an able and learned mind defending what is held to be the truth, rather than seeking the truth.” William H. Ryder.
“As a summary and an appreciation of the present fruits of scholarly work on a fourth part of the new Testament such a work is of uncommon value.”
“If one were to criticise Dr. Knowling’s book, it would be not for lack of learning, but for lack of proportion. The impression remains that in all these five hundred pages the real essence of the problem is hardly touched upon.”
Knox, George H.Thoughts that inspire. 2v. *$1.70. Personal help.
An anthology under classified headings of bits of wisdom, advice and admonition culled from the writings of men and women of all ages.
Knox, George William.Spirit of the Orient. *$1.50. Crowell.
In the face of the great changes that are confronting an awakening East, these well illustrated studies by Professor Knox will be welcomed as gratifying additions to the many studies of the Orient which have recently appeared. Beginning with an introductory chapter upon America and the East, Professor Knox takes up first the American point of view, then the Asiatic point of view, and then passes on to a discussion of India, China, and Japan dividing the discussion of each into, Its people and customs, and, Its spirit and problems, and closing with a chapter upon, The new world. The whole forms a fund of Occidental entertainment and enlightenment.
“Scholarly philosophical work.”
“No abler book on the mind of Asia has yet appeared.”
“In writing about India, China, and Japan he approaches the subjective attitude more closely than is usual with Occidental writers.”
Knuth, Paul.Handbook of flower pollination; based upon Hermann Müller’s work, The fertilization of flowers by insects; tr. by J. R. Ainsworth Davis, v. I. Introduction and literature. *$5.75. Oxford.
“This is a text-book not for students, but for professors.... The original first volume consisted entirely of an introduction and bibliography; the introduction, however, is complete in itself, and gives a mass of ordered detail about the highly complex relations between insects and flowers.... In the translation ... the bibliography of flower pollination forms one useful list, of which the references have been specially revised by Dr. Fritsch to ensure accuracy. To the text the editor has added several useful notes indicating matters of importance that have arisen since Knuth’s work was completed. In the arrangement of the text as well as the many text figures the original is followed.”—Ath.
“The present volume is the first of the three comprising Knuth’s masterly work, which is by far the most comprehensive on its subject, and of world-wide renown. Not only is the text index omitted, but also the equally essential index of subjects appended to the bibliography in the original.”
“The compendious treatise entitled ‘Introduction’ in this first volume, is beyond question, the best presentation of the matter of flower-pollination by insects yet given in an English dress.”
“English readers will welcome the present work, incorporating as it does the great mass of research on floral biology which has been carried out in recent years. The translatorhas done his work well on the whole. We must, however, direct attention to a few instances of faulty rendering.” F. D.
Kobbe, Gustav.Famous American songs. il. **$1.50. Crowell.
Lovers of the sentiment and tradition, that enter into the making of our few timetested American songs will prize this book. Mr. Kobbé, musical critic and writer, tells how each song happened to be written, where it was first sung, and gives interesting incidents in careers of the writers. The songs of the group are: Home, sweet home, Old folks at home, Dixie, Ben Bolt, Star-spangled banner, Yankee Doodle, Hail Columbia and America.
“The book contains a wealth of curious information gathered from many recondite sources.”
Kobbé, Gustav.Famous actors and their homes. $1.50. Little.
“There is both new material in Mr. Kobbe’s book and old material adapted to new points of view.”
Kobbé, Gustav.Wagner and his Isolde. **$1. Dodd.
“The story is such a fascinating one that, in spite of Mr. Kobbe’s limitations in the direction of tact, good taste and good English, he who begins it will not lay the book aside until he has finished the last page.”
Konkle, Burton Alva.Life and speeches of Thomas Williams, orator, statesman and jurist, 1806–1872. 2v. $6. Campion & co.
“Mr. Williams, as is well known, was a founder of the Whig and Republican parties, and also a lawyer and jurist of eminence. His career and his speeches naturally and necessarily form no insignificant part of the national history, and they are ably and fully described and presented in these volumes, to which Senator Knox of Pennsylvania contributes an introduction.”—Critic.
Reviewed by David Miller DeWitt.
“This is one of the most important works on the momentous period before and during the Civil war.”
“The two volumes seem passably free from errata.” Edwin E. Sparks.
“A book that is neither very interesting nor very useful.”
Koopman, Harry Lyman.At the gates of the century. 75c. Everett press.
“The metrical diversions of a score of years—mostly bits of verse—are collected into a volume [in which] neatly epigrammatic couplets and quatrains abound.”—Dial.
Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.
“There is little in Mr. Koopman’s slender but pithy book to arouse any other sentiment than admiration for his gift of compact, suggestive phrase.”
Kramer, Harold M.Hearts and the cross. †$1.50. Lothrop.
A young minister of many creeds wanders into a Hoosier community, is befriended by a good old Indiana family, and assumes the double role of farm hand and minister. He becomes involved in political and neighborhood feuds and it develops that he is a pardoned convict and that long ago in Florida he bound an elder daughter of the house by what was supposed to be a mock marriage to the dissolute wretch who deserted her. However the untangled plot clears his character, the weakness of the past is forgotten in the strength of the present, and he wins the love of a younger daughter whom he has all along confused with the elder sister and wins also the respect of the community.
“‘Wholesome’ is the adjective that best expresses the quality of the book; and that quality is its chief charm. Talent it surely displays, but as yet it is the talent of the amateur, crude in spots, and more or less immature.”
“A dramatic story with a mystery in it which keeps the interest alive to the very last.”
“A thoroughly commonplace story.”
Kuhn, Franz.Barbarossa, tr. from the German, by George P. Upton. *60c. McClurg.
This little volume in the “Life stories for young people” series sketches the great events in the life of Frederick I in a simple but vigorous style that will appeal to all wide-awake children.
Kuhns, (Levi) Oscar.Saint Francis of Assisi. **50c. Crowell.
A picture of Saint Francis of Assisi which shows a “gentle spirit, humble and patient, yet kind and courteous, renouncing all earthly riches, knowledge, and glory filled with the triple love for God, for nature, and for man.”