“A work of laborious and admirable scholarship which should prove of interest both to professional students of history and ethnology and to the curious reader of travellers’ tales.”
“We have nothing but praise for this interesting and learned work.”
Pigou, Arthur Cecil.Principles and methods of industrial peace. *$1.10. Macmillan.
“Mr. Pigou has given us a study that will command admiration for the closeness of his reasoning no less than for the power with which a vast mass of material has been used.” C. J. Hamilton.
Pittman, Captain Philip.Present state of the European settlements on the Mississippi, with a geographical description of that river illustrated by plans and draughts; ed. by Frank H. Hodder. *$3. Clark, A. H.
An exact reprint of the original edition, London, 1770, with facsimiles of the original maps and plans. An introduction, notes, and index have been furnished by the editor, making the volume valuable to historical students. “It is a comprehensive account of the Illinois country and its inhabitants, with sketches in detail of the several French posts and villages situated therein, as personally viewed by him in 1766–67.... It contains, in a compact form, much useful and reliable information (nowhere else to be found) concerning the Mississippi valley and its people at that transition period.”
“The notes made for this edition while not voluminous are of decided value.” Edwin E. Sparks.
Plantz, Samuel.Church and the social problem: a study in applied Christianity. *$1.25. Meth. bk.
With the aim of assisting in bringing Christian ideals into the domain of our social and industrial life, this discussion presents the present situation of social reconstruction, considers whether the church has a special mission to society as well as to the individual, and brings forward some things the church can and ought to do in order to meet the obligations which the problems of the hour impose upon her.
Plato.Myths of Plato; text and translation; with introductory and other observations by J. A. Stewart. *$4.50. Macmillan.
“This book is likely to prove more stirring, and more lasting, in its appeal, than many a piece of scholar’s work, no less learned, perhaps. but with less of the whole man in it.” R. R. Marett.
“The whole book is certainly full of suggestion: even if we must add—as I think we must—that the view of Plato’s attitude here taken is a little unhistorical, and that the metaphysical doctrines here suggested are a little crude.” J. S. Mackenzie.
“A useful book. The translation is excellently executed in the pseudo-archaic Biblical ‘Morte d’Arthur’ style, which is distasteful to many critics, but which on the whole is better suited to the myths than is the easy colloquialism of Jowett. It is substantially correct.” Paul Shorey.
Platt, Isaac Hull.Bacon cryptograms in Shakespeare and other studies. **$1. Small.
The author says: “I wish distinctly to deny that what I am about to present proves Bacon’s authorship of the plays. What I do claim, and I think in reason, is that they seem to constitute grounds for a very strong suspicion that he was in some manner concerned in their production or associated with them.” “The book consists of eight more or less connected papers, the most important of which are The Bacon cryptograms in Love’s labour’s lost, which deals with the Latin of Act. V., Scene I., The Bacon cryptograms in the Shakespeare quartos, and The testimony of the first folio.” (Dial.)
“Sundry old fooleries in the ‘cipher’ line, with a few new ones of the same sort set forth in better typography than such stuff deserves.”
“The Shakespearians may breathe a sigh of relief, and resume their immemorial repose. Mr. Platt, at any rate, cannot break their sleep.” Charles H. A. Wager.
Plummer, Alfred.English church history from the death of King Henry VII to the death of Archbishop Parker. *$1. Scribner.
“These lectures are not intended for experts, and, in the first instance, were not intended for publication. They were written for popular audiences in connection with the Exeter Diocesan church reading society; and their object was, and is, to stimulate interest in the fortunes of the Church of England at a very critical period of its history.” “The main interest of Dr. Plummer’s lecture lies, naturally, in their account of the fortunes of the Church of England in the period under review, and it is as a succinct epitome of that story that the little sketch is chiefly valuable, though the author’s judgment of political events and the men of action in them is often very happily expressed.” (Yale R.)
“We regret that he is so swayed by ecclesiastical prepossessions as to descend to the arts of special pleader.” Eri B. Hulbert.
“Many will dissent from Professor Plummer’s judgments, and regret the scant courtesy shown to all opponents of the Establishment. But for all that, he has given in these lectures a suggestive and thorough-going treatment of the period under review.” J. F. Vichert.
“He knows how to be severe to both sides when they deserve it, is unfavorable in his estimation of Wolsey, and not too hard on Henry VIII.”
“A little volume of decided merit.” Williston Walker.
Plunkett, Sir Horace Curzon.Ireland in the new century.*60c. Dutton.
“The appreciative student of social and economic problems will welcome this very readable and inciting book.” J. Dorum.
Plympton, Almira George.Old home day at Hazeltown. $1.25. Little.
The trials of Roxy, a brave hearted little maid, and her grandmother who are looked uponas encumbrances in a cross daughter-in-law’s household furnish the first part of this story. The second part tells how Roxy’s long absent father returns during “old home day,” buys grandmother’s old estate, and heaps coals of fire upon the head of the relative who had grudgingly housed the two.
Pocock, Roger.Curly, a tale of the Arizona desert.†$1.50. Little.
“The fact that the story is told in a vivid and spirited manner and that it is crowded with exciting and melodramatic incidents only makes its potential influence for harm all the greater.”
Poincare (Jules) Henri.Science and hypothesis: with a preface by J. Larmor. *$1.50. Science press.
“Professor Poincaré is one of the most brilliant and original thinkers of our day.... And withal, being a Frenchman, he is able to write in a vivacious style.... The secrets of the trade of the man of science have never before been exposed so frankly. He shows how the progress of science has been at times impeded by too much knowledge.... A false hypothesis is often of more service than a true one, because it leads to new discoveries.... And Professor Poincaré’s main object is to show how hypotheses are useful and why they are justifiably held to have more value and precision than the experiments which served to demonstrate them.”—Ind.
“It is a book which ought to be much more widely read than it is likely to be.”
“We really cannot recommend this translation. But every one who is interested in these subjects should read M. Poincaré in the original.”
“There is certainly no one with the same intimate knowledge of mathematical and physical science who could have written with the same authority and produced a volume in which so much charm and originality are condensed. The wealth of his store of illustration is boundless, and the stringency of his logic leaves us without answer. Even in cases where our instincts rebel, we are carried away by the fascination of the language, which in each subdivision of the subject takes us with dramatic power to its artistic dénouement. The English translation errs, perhaps, on the side of following too literally every sentence, and sometimes even every word in the sentence, of the French original.” Arthur Schuster.
“Certain defects in his equipment are, however, quite prominent. In the first place, he lacks psychological training. M. Poincaré is handicapped by the lack of a general logical theory upon which to base his special logical investigations. Our author has no general theory of knowledge; and he passes by the most obvious epistemological considerations without so much as a nod of recognition. I fear that the reader has been given but a slight notion of the exceeding interest and suggestiveness of this work. If there is much that should awaken caution, there is also a fund of wise and penetrating observations. Those who are least attracted by the author’s conclusions may well be repaid for the reading by the impressive survey which he gives of the present state of mathematical and physical science.” Theodore de Laguna.
Pollard, Albert Frederick.Henry VIII.*$2.60. Longmans.
The magnificent Goupil-Scribner edition of 1902 makes its re-appearance in a modest two-volume reprint shorn of its glory and portraits save for the frontispiece, Holbein’s chalk drawing of King Henry.
“The new edition, which is neat, serviceable and well printed, will enable the ordinary reader to make acquaintance with a most valuable contribution to the historical study of a vexed time and a disputed character.”
“There can be no doubt that the present compact volume will prove far more useful for purposes of historical study than its bulkier and far more expensive predecessor. As far as the present reviewer is able to discover the volume is entirely free from misprints and minor errors.” Roger Bigelow Merriman.
“A model biography of its kind. It is well proportioned throughout, and its literary style is excellent.” Edward Fuller.
“Perhaps the strangest part of Professor Pollard’s work is his account of the origin and progress of the movement that separated England from Rome. It seems that the author’s view of Henry’s character as man and monarch is entirely too favorable.” Laurence M. Larson.
“For the use of the student the present form is decidedly preferable, and it does better justice to the author himself, as we know now exactly the evidences on which each particular statement rests. The book certainly is the result of great industry and very high ability.” James Gairdner.
“The cheaper edition may challenge the costlier on the scholarly plane.”
“Is a careful and able narrative of one of the most vital periods of English history.”
“Has been reissued in a less expensive and more convenient form and with revisions and additions that greatly increase its value.”
Pollard, Albert Frederick.Thomas Cranmer and the English reformation, 1489–1556. *$1.35. Putnam.
“Pollard’s biography is fuller than that of Canon Mason, and it is very fortunately, for the ordinary reader, free from the high church prejudices of Jenkyns and Dixon.” John McLaughlan.
Pollock, Frank Lillie.Treasure trail. $1.25. Page.
An exciting narrative of the efforts of two rival search parties to locate certain gold bullion stolen from a Boer government and stored in a steamer sunk somewhere in the Mozambique channel. It is a tale of chance, of daring, with adventure no whit below the spirit of its eager gold hunters.
Poole, Ernest.Voice of the street; a story of temptation. †$1.50. Barnes.
“The story of a young street Arab, Jim, possessed of a splendid voice, who emancipates himself from all those deteriorating influences which Mr. Poole calls the ‘street,’ and finally becomes a great singer. At the same time it is the story of self-sacrificing love on the part of a young girl who in order to support ‘Lucky Jim’ and her father turns thief. The book is not intended for mere entertainment. It is the portrayal of the better and the lower influences at work among the poor of the East End of New York. Mr. Poole knows these peoplewell and he has spoken for them as their interpreter.”—World To-Day.
“While admitting the book’s uncommon quality, one may question whether the ending is, in the truest sense, a happy one.”
“Ought to have been a fine novel. But somehow it is not.”
“In short, the thing which pleases and satisfies the critical sense in this book is the approach it makes toward interpretation and presentation of the life of the poor according to the modern conscience, while at the same time giving it the form and dignity of real literature.”
“Poole is too much influenced by the hysterical manner for his story to endure.”
“Here the situations depicted are so poignant and yet natural, the characters are so lifelike that we almost forget the crudities in the manner of telling and the general commonplaceness in the make-up of this very human little story.”
“Though there is never relief from movement, there is often a drag in the process of the tale. Vigor, directness, and the absence of mock sentimentality, however, weigh heavily on the other side.”
“He has dramatic insight, an unsensational realism and a downright sympathy for those who struggle for the better.”
Pope, Jesse Eliphalet.Clothing industry in New York. $1.25. Univ. of Mo.
“This book is Volume I of the ‘Social science series’ of the University of Missouri.... The study was made at first hand in New York City and is restricted to men’s and children’s outside wearing apparel and to women’s cloaks. The history of the clothing industry is traced, showing how the change was gradually made from custom to ready-made work, the development of the sweating and factory systems. The questions of wages, hours of employment, systems of production and of payment are described at length. Then the author turns to the conditions of employment at home, sanitation, income and expenditures, passing to regulation by law, trade unions, etc.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
“The work has been well done, and the result is not merely a good history of a special trade, but it teems with social facts of great value.”
“Much research has evidently gone to the making of this bulky volume and its results are summed up with great clearness.”
“Throughout the volume, however, there is lacking the scientific accuracy of the trained statistician and the scholarly background of the student well read in economic history.” Edith Abbott.
“The slenderness of the author’s acquaintance with the actual conditions obtaining in the clothing industry in New York, is indicated by the omission of all reference to the decision of the Court of Appeals, in the case in re Jacobs, promulgated in 1885.” Florence Kelley.
Porter, General Horace.Campaigning with Grant. *$1.80. Century.
An intimate record of Grant’s movements during the Civil war, made up from General Porter’s careful and elaborate notes taken on the scene of action. The aim has been to “recount the daily acts of General Grant in the field, to describe minutely his personal traits and habits, and to explain the motives which actuated him in important crises by giving his criticisms upon events in the language employed by him at the time they took place.” There are numerous illustrations, maps and a facsimile of the letter containing the oft quoted “I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.”
“The book is undeniably entertaining, and in its present attractive dress should have a new lease of life.”
“Will long maintain its place as one of the best books about the Civil war, not only because it is authoritative, but more especially because it is full of human and personal interest, and it is written with animation and with compelling descriptive power.”
Potter, Mrs. Frances B. (Squire).Ballingtons. †$1.50. Little.
“As a literary production the story deserves high praise. It is realistic in the best sense of that much-abused term, and the depressing effect of the story is at times counteracted by an underlying vein of humor which permeates much of the dialogue. Yet it is a book that we cannot find it in our heart to recommend, as it does not solve the problem and the general effect upon the reader’s mind is decidedly depressing.” Amy C. Rich.
“What gives the book its uncommon distinction is the sense that you get everywhere in it of the far-reaching effect of human passions; the sense of how love and sorrow, cruelty and unkindness, even such a negative quality as indifference, extend their silent influence to every hour of the day, every relation of life.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
“Perhaps in the very fullness of its pain, in the intensity of its message in the searching cry of the book, lie the value and significance of the story.”
“Presenting a climax of ethical and practical significance.”
Potter, Rt. Rev. Henry Codman.Reminiscences of bishops and archbishops. **$2. Putnam.
“The bishops and archbishops of whom Bishop Potter writes are thirteen in number, the bishops being all Americans; the archbishops of course, are Englishmen. The reminiscences embrace exactly forty years, beginning as they do in 1866, when the author was chosen secretary of the House of bishops. It is the personal note that the author aims to sound, rather than the professional or biographical.”—Lit. D.
“Fails to gratify the expectations created by its title or to fulfil the promises of its preface. Fully a third of the matter comprised in the ten biographies is quoted.”
“The net result of the book is to prove that ecclesiastics are like other men, in having a saving sense of humor, in regard for substance rather than for form in religion, and in emphasis upon character rather than on possessions.”
“The present volume contains many valuable and entertaining reminiscences.”
“Bishop Potter has an enviable reputation as a talker, and these pages will not diminish that reputation.” Cameron Mann.
“This is a book to interest laymen no less than the clergy.”
Potter, Margaret Horton (Mrs. J. D. Black).Genius.†$1.50. Harper.
This story is the first of the author’s proposed “Trilogy of destiny,” three stories of Russian life. It follows the career of a famous Russian composer who was destined by a cruel unscrupulous, iron-handed father for the army and intrigue. How he slips thru the clutches of what seemed inevitable fate and is saved to a life which develops the artist’s temperament in him is presented with a free stroke in keeping with the rapid action.
“The book is not without some strong pages. But as a picture of Russian life it is not to be taken seriously.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
“This is the best written and the sanest of any of Miss Potter’s books. It is impossible, however, to approve such liberties as she has taken with the lives of men so lately dead.”
Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.
“A book in certain qualities rather above the average, but its ambitiously cultivated style is a fair example of the way in which English should not be written.”
“The parts are greater than the whole.”
“There is an irresistible fascination about the great grey land which captivates the imagination and proves an endless treasure to both writer and reader alike.”
Potter, Mary Knight.Art of the Venice academy, containing a brief history of the building and its collection of paintings as well as descriptions and criticism of many of the principal pictures and their artists. **$2. Page.
“The work is appreciatively and sympathetically written.”
Pottinger, Sir Henry.Flood, fell and forest: a book of sport in Norway. 2v. $8.40. Longmans.
“We note some repetition and overlapping of matter, but all things considered, the tales are well told, if occasionally with some pardonable complacency.”
“Though we could have spared some digressions from his portly volumes, we have not found a page too long.”
“But there is little in Sir Henry’s two volumes to make them worth printing. We hardly think that even professionally inclined outdoor people will find much amusement in these books.”
“Every lover of Norwegian sport will be grateful to an author who can revive for him a host of pleasant memories.”
Powell, Edward Payson.Orchard and fruit garden. **$1.50. McClure.
“This book should be possessed by every farmer in the Republic and by all persons who have land for a few trees and berry bushes.”
Powell, Frances.Prisoner of Ornith farm. †$1.50. Scribner.
“The startling abduction of Hope Carmichael from her own wealthy family and luxurious surroundings to the mysterious farm in Connecticut where she is held a prisoner in a barred room on the plea of insanity, her numberless wild and futile attempts at escape and the power over every one with whom he comes in contact of the villainous counterfeiter Lannion—these things combine to make a more than thrilling narrative.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Is melodrama of the baldest sort.”
“Miss Powell has the story teller’s art of awakening interest in plot and characters, which is unsatisfied until the denouement is reached.”
“There is no doubt this is sensationalism of a successful sort. It is exciting enough to make one forget even the toothache.”
“[Has] vividness and suspense and [shows] considerable ingenuity in sustaining the reader’s attention in the main situation by the dramatic way in which the successive incidents are managed ... weak as to the motive for action.”
Powell, Mary Elizabeth.Dying musician. $1.50. Badger, R: G.
A poem filled with pathos and longing which is the anguish of unrealized happiness. For the musician has loved and suffered:
“Then should thy judgment moveTo censure harsh, for having dared to love(E’en as great Tasso) one above me farAnd hopeless of attainment as a star—My one defense,—even as his—must beBecause I loved, what not to love and seeWas more or less than mortal and than me.”
“Then should thy judgment moveTo censure harsh, for having dared to love(E’en as great Tasso) one above me farAnd hopeless of attainment as a star—My one defense,—even as his—must beBecause I loved, what not to love and seeWas more or less than mortal and than me.”
“Then should thy judgment moveTo censure harsh, for having dared to love(E’en as great Tasso) one above me farAnd hopeless of attainment as a star—My one defense,—even as his—must beBecause I loved, what not to love and seeWas more or less than mortal and than me.”
“Then should thy judgment move
To censure harsh, for having dared to love
(E’en as great Tasso) one above me far
And hopeless of attainment as a star—
My one defense,—even as his—must be
Because I loved, what not to love and see
Was more or less than mortal and than me.”
Power, John O’Connor.Making of an orator. **$1.35. Putnam.
In his suggestions to young orators. Mr. Power emphasizes the value of individuality. While obeying certain structural principles he advises the student to encourage his natural freedom of speech and to learn that rhetoric “was designed as an aid to speakers and writers, and not as a means of bettering their natural ability.”
“The book has many valuable suggestions, and will repay all who are ambitious to excel in any branch of oratory.”
“It contains a number of excellent hints and suggestions to the public speaker of any sort, conceived and presented in a simple and unpretentious fashion.”
“This book is undoubtedly interesting and valuable; yet it is not entirely obvious who will most appreciate its interest and value.”
“A book that is not only useful, but entertaining.”
“This is an interesting book.”
Powers, Harry Huntington.Art of travel: the laboratory study of civilization. 2d ed. 50c. Bureau of University travel, Trinity place, Boston.
Some of the topics discussed by way of valuable suggestion to the prospective traveller are the art, purpose, method and means of travel, university travel, outfit and travel in different countries.
Powers, Harry Huntington, and Powe, Louise M.Outlines for the study of art. v. 2. $1.50. Bureau of university travel, Trinity place, Boston.
An outline for the later period of Italian art beginning with Leonardo and ending with the decadence. The text furnishes a guide for the laboratory study of the period and is written to accompany a collection of reproductions.
Powles, H. H. P.Steam boilers, their history and development. *$6.50. Lippincott.
About one-third of the work is devoted to the work of old-time engineers in boiler design beginning with the spherical boiler made by Hero of Alexandria in 150 B. C. Then follow chapters in plain, cylindrical, Cornish and Lancashire boilers, water-tube boilers, and motor-car boilers. His closing chapters compare various types of boilers, and discuss boiler development in general.
“We do not see that the book will be of any particular use to an engineer familiar with boiler design and construction; but it may possibly find a useful place on the shelves of public libraries, where there is a constant demand for popular information on technical subjects. Its chief value is as a history, but it is far from complete.”
Pratt, Agnes Louise.Aunt Sarah, a mother of New England. $1.50. Badger, R: G.
Sarah Marsh, dubbed Aunt Sarah by her friends, is a typical example of an undemonstrative, stoical, but, withal, motherly New England woman of the Civil war times. She has two sons. Francis, the younger, leaves home to study. While away he discovers that his pledge of love to Hope Hamilton was a mistake. Hope, with true heroism, releases the student, to the relief of Philip, the elder son, a serious-minded manly young fellow who silently cherished a love for Hope. When the war summons comes the mother bravely speeds her sons on their way to the front, both of whom return; one to die, the other to find his happiness.
Pratt, Antwerp Edgar.Two years among New Guinea cannibals: a naturalist’s sojourn among the aborigines of unexplored New Guinea; with notes and observations by his son, Henry Pratt, and appendices on the scientific results of the expedition. *$4. Lippincott.
The title would suggest that the explorer of the volume went armed for such frays as Rider Haggard’s “She” depicts. On the contrary he is occupied with the inoffensive pursuit of birds and plants, butterflies and moths. The bower bird, the blue bird of paradise, a new variety of orchid, a magnificent scarlet creeper, spider’s webs and wonderful butterflies are of vastly more interest to Mr. Pratt and hence to his readers than the surrounding cannibals. “The scientific results of the expedition were a new reptile, a new fish, and a number of new lepidoptera.” (Lond. Times.)
“The reader who cares for chronicles of forest life will find many pleasant pages.”
Reviewed by Wallace Rice.
“His anthropological notes are meagre, and if he had observed the natives more closely he would not have called them ‘cannibals’ even to provide himself with a grim and awe-inspiring title.”
Reviewed by Cyrus C. Adams.
“Mr. Pratt is, however, a naturalist, and it is in this capacity he should be mainly judged. But on the whole the book is somewhat disappointing from this point of view as well.”
“We cannot here follow Mr. Pratt’s wanderings in search of his prey, but we can assure our readers that he makes a very entertaining narrative out of them.”
Pratt, Edwin A.Railways and their rates. Dutton.
“Although partisan in its character, the book contains much valuable information conveniently arranged.” William Hill.
“Mr. Pratt’s book is not exactly light literature, but his style commends itself to serious readers. Especially we commend his serenity of temper. We commend Mr. Pratt’s book to those who prefer to follow their judgments rather than their feelings in a complex situation.” Edward A. Bradford.
Preissig, Edward.Notes on the history and political institutions of the old world. **$2.50. Putnam.
“A series of notes on the history of the countries of the old world from the earliest times, supplemented by notes on their institutions, religions, literature, art, and geographical features, and by a number of maps.”—Outlook.
“A text book of rather unusual scope which promises to be of considerable value.”
“A convenient students’ manual of general history.”
“Is a history on the lines of Myers, tho fuller and not so convenient.”
“As there is little promise of a short cut in this portly octavo we fear it will be avoided by the retarded freshman or sophomore. Unfortunately it is not well adapted for the use of other readers.”
“For advanced study the work is of little value, but it is distinctly meritorious as a compact presentation of salient facts, dates, etc., and should prove popular both as an aid to the beginner and as a handy reference work for the library, the study, and the newspaper office. For purposes of consultation, however, it would have been improved by more exhaustive indexing.”
“A useful historical treatise.”
Prescott, William Hickling.Complete works. Lib. ed. 12v. $12. Crowell.
A complete library edition of Prescott’s works and in addition the authorized “Life of Prescott” by George Ticknor. It represents the best workmanship of the times, and contains illustrations which are the result of special research including reproductions of portraits, maps and paintings. Each volume is supplied with an index as well as a synoptical list of contents.
“In general the edition is a desirable one.”
“The present edition has been carefully edited as to text, is printed from new type, and has many well chosen illustrations. May be commended to all those who wish to have a complete library edition.”
Preston, Sydney Herman.On common ground. †$1.50. Holt.
The man who goes “Back to nature” to rejuvenate himself, succeeding “without either the morbid egotism or illusive susceptibility” of his teens, keeps a diary. It is this from-day-to-day record that tells of his farm occupations, of the shortcomings of Joseph, his man-of-all-work, and of the garrulity of Mrs. Biggles, his housekeeper. In tales of this kind the Ponce de Leon quest is never unaccompanied with a romance. Olivia Humphrey is near by, is engaging, is a musician. The wooing is natural even to the prosaic.
“A very ordinary sort of book, and highbrowed intellectuals have no right to find the slightest enjoyment in reading it. There is therefore a lurking sense of shame in the necessity I feel for confessing to a genuine enjoyment in its perusal.” Edward Clark Marsh.
“This sort of writing is becoming too easy for the author, and too tedious for the long-suffering reader.”
Prichard, Kate O’Brien Hesketh, and Prichard, Hesketh Vernon Hesketh (E. and H. Heron, pseud.).Don Q. in the Sierra. †$1.50. Lippincott.
Don Q. has abstracted the qualities of his birthright chivalry and has employed them strangely enough in his fearless bandit adventures. Relentless and merciless with the unworthy wayfarer who happened to fall into his clutches, he was equally remarkable for “the splendour, of his generosities, his almost diabolic courage, his spirit of chivalry, and, perhaps most of all, his unswerving fidelity to the poorest who served him.” Here are more tales to delight the admirers of the invincible Don Q.
“In spite of the sameness, they are eminently readable. You sit down with the book and find yourself unable to put it aside until you have finished it.”
Prince, Morton.Dissociation of a personality: a biographical study in abnormal psychology. *$2.80. Longmans.
The subject described in this study is Miss Christina L. Beauchamp, a patient of Dr. Morton’s whose three personalities struggled with each other for the control of the body and brain. They were “the saint, the woman, and the devil. The Saint, the typical saint of literature ... may fairly be said, without exaggeration to personify those traits which expounders of various religions ... have held up as the ideals to be attained by human nature.... The Woman personifies the frailties of temper ... ambition.... Sally is the Devil, not an immoral devil ... but rather a mischievous imp.” (N. Y. Times.)
“It is not easy for the amateur to estimate the value of this work to the members of the healing profession, but every one must recognize that it is most conscientiously done.”
“Most excellent reading for the layman, the physiologist, and the student of psychology.”
“If ‘The dissociation of a personality’ were a work of the imagination, it would be a noteworthy production. That it is, instead, the latest work of science concerning the human soul shows how far we have traveled from the invisible Ego of our fathers.” E. T. Brewster.
“A distinctly notable contribution to our comprehension of the vicissitudes of personality.”
“This humorous, pathetic and tragic story is written with the vivacity of a romance and apparently without sacrificing scientific accuracy.”
“Well written, and, despite its length and some little repetition, of absorbing interest, even to such as usually confine their reading to lighter literature.”
“The facts of the case are told in a very direct and interesting way.” A. D. L.
“The specific value of the present work lies in the exhaustive circumstantial, and reliable account of the physical, social, moral, and intellectual habits, attainments, etc., of the various personalities assumed by the patient, in relation to her own proper selfhood and to the external society in which she moved.” Edgar C. Beall, M. D.
“As a scientific study in an obscure field of research now being actively explored, Dr. Prince’s work is one of interest.”
Prior, Edward S.Cathedral builders in England. *$2. Dutton.
Mr. Prior tells the story of mediaeval churches, monastic, secular, collegiate and parochial, whether built for monks, canons, or parish use, whether they were designed as cathedrals, or have now come to have a bishop’s chair. The author begins with the year 1066 and covers the time to the present century. Each of the nine periods into which the book is divided opens with a list of cathedrals discussed in the chapter devoted to that time. There are ample illustrations in black and white.
“It is satisfactory to find the subject approached after a masterly and in many respects an original fashion.”
“The book is full of vital interest, and should be put into the hands of all young students of the history of their native land.”
“A good account, with interesting illustration.”
Pritchett, Henry Smith.What is religion? and other student questions: talks to college students. **$1. Houghton.
President Pritchett’s sound advice to young men is along the lines of the science of religion, the significance of prayer, joining a church, etc. He answers the question “What is truth?” and “What is religion?” “in a practical manner far more likely to influence young men in the right direction than more eloquent addresses which depart more from the vital questions to be discussed.” (Critic.)
“Many persons more than students will find food for thought in the little volume.”
“He speaks as a scientist without dogmatic prejudices, and in a free, outspoken and brotherly manner.”
Proctor, Edna Dean.Songs of America and other poems. **$1.25. Houghton.
Aside from her patriotic numbers including poems for Flag day and Columbus day, and her Indian legends, Miss Proctor offers a group of memorial verses the best of which are those on Emerson and Whittier.
“Patriotic pieces conceived with an admirable seriousness of mood, and elaborated with a good command of poetic materials, but without any very fresh distinctions of inspiration.”
“Its spirit is purely American, and it is written in pure English.”
Prouty, Charles A. and others.President Roosevelt’s railroad policy. 50c. Ginn.
“The book has a certain ephemeral value, although the views of all four of the participants may be found more adequately expressed elsewhere.”
Prudden, Theodore Philander.Congregationalists: who they are and what they do. 40c. Pilgrim press.
“A little book whose aim is to make known the wide influence of the Congregational churches and their relation to national development and institutions.”
“He has made a comprehensive and convenient book of reference and instruction.”
Pryings among private papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, by the author of “A life of Sir Kenelm Digby.” *$2.50. Longmans.
The compiler has gleaned from the Reports of the Royal historical commission “anecdotes and odds and ends, carefully eschewing everything biographical, historical, political, or instructive.” The result is a pot-pourri which illustrates the social life of English ancestors from the “cradle to the grave.”
“Altogether this is a good book for an unoccupied hour, especially as it contains interesting allusions to famous individuals.”
“There is almost nothing new in the book.”
Puffer, Ethel D.Psychology of beauty. *$1.25. Houghton.
“The truth is, there is a prime defect in Miss Puffer’s theory—a somewhat zealous unwillingness to allow for ideal significance in beauty. Yet the book is not one with which the critic can dispense. The psycho-physical factors are justly apportioned, the main theory is at least a right account of important elements; and the concrete applications are a distinct advance on the road towards an efficient science.” H. B. Alexander.
Purchas, Samuel.Hakluytus posthumous; or Purchas his pilgrimes. *$3.25. Macmillan.
“Messrs. MacLehose are indeed to be congratulated on the successful issue, now arrived at its sixteenth volume, of this noble addition to the history of the conquest of the earth by modern commerce. We say addition, for Purchas is so rare a volume, that the work comes to most of us as new.”
“The record here given is delightfully full of surprising incidents, and it will be a queasy taste that will not find much in these two volumes to charm a leisure hour and stimulate thought.”
Putnam, James Jackson.Memoir of Dr. James Jackson; with sketches of his father, Hon. Jonathan Jackson, and his brothers, Robert, Henry, Charles, and Patrick Tracy Jackson; and some account of their ancestry. **$2.50. Houghton.
Dr. Jackson was a Boston physician of note in the first part of the last century, his brother was on the supreme bench of Massachusetts from 1813 to 1824, and his father, Jonathan Jackson, a Newburyport merchant, was a delegate to congress and held various state offices. The sketch reminds the present generation of its debt to Dr. Jackson “for the establishment on sound foundations of the medical learning still growing to more and more.” (Outlook.)
“Will be of general interest, as well as of moment to Bostonians.”
“The book will interest other than medical men.”
“Is in many respects an ideal biography, not only because it presents a most attractive character satisfactorily, but because it makes the background of people and places, from which that character emerged, just clear enough.”
“Dr. Putnam’s memoir is prepared with great good taste and modesty.”
Pyle, Edmund.Memoirs of a royal chaplain. *$4. Lane.
“The fullness and accuracy of Mr. Hartshorne’s dates and the excellent index add immensely to the value of this volume ... incidentally the letters throw considerable light on English manners and mode of life, and on the condition of medicine during the reign of George II.” A. G. Porritt.
“Every mention of a celebrity produces a small biography. Not content with this, he digresses, on the smallest provocation, into all sorts of matters which have no connection whatever with the text. But with all its faults students of the eighteenth century must feel grateful to Mr. Hartshorne for the publication of this volume.” H. M’N. Rushforth.
“These letters are not pleasant reading. As part of the history of the Church of England in what were perhaps its most degenerate days these letters have an obvious value.”
Pyle, Howard.Story of champions of the round table.**$2.50. Scribner.
“Mr. Pyle Writes as fascinatingly as he illustrates.”
Pyle, Katharine.Nancy Rutledge. †$1.25. Little.
All about the work and play of a group of children who attend a Quaker school.