Reviewed by Ellis P. Oberholtzer.
“Hereafter anyone who wishes to know anything on this subject will refer to this monograph.” Theodore Clarke Smith.
“Abundant footnotes, with references and appendices, attest the scholarly investigation, the authoritativeness, and the excellence of this study of the early press in Massachusetts.”
“A real contribution to the study of the evolution of liberty in America.”
“The development of a free press in the United States has never before been traced so adequately or so authoritatively.”
“He comes nearer than any other writer to being the historian of the free press in the Anglo-Saxon world.”
“Is in all respects scholarly, authoritative, and interesting.”
“Mr. Duniway’s narrative is ... excellent.”
“In Professor Duniway’s excellent monograph a subject requiring exhaustive research is developed with thoroughness, with logical and historic continuity, and flanked by a large array of authorities, personal and documentary.” C. Deming.
Dunn, Martha Baker.Cicero in Maine, and other essays. **$1.25. Houghton.
“Rather too self-consciously light and airy in tone.”
Dunne, Finley Peter (Martin Dooley).Dissertations by Mr. Dooley. †$1.50. Harper.
Mr. Dooley’s observations here recorded deal with such thoroly modern topics as short marriage contracts, automobiles, the Irish question, oats as food, the Carnegie-Homer controversy, gambling, oratory and the comforts of travel. He is at his best and Hennesy as ever a willing foil.
“His present series of dissertations deserves a place with its forerunners.”
“He shows no diminution in wisdom or the power to express himself, and his dissertations are all up to date.”
“Shrewd and whimsically humorous as ever in many of his recent remarks on questions and sensations of the day, in others Mr. Dooley seems rather heavy-handed, and the old-time Archery road machinery creaks a little here and there.”
Dunning, Harry Westbrook.To-day on the Nile. *$2.50. Pott.
This book was “written primarily for the benefit of prospective tourists.... The Boston Transcript concisely sums it up, in saying: ‘The volume is at once a history and description of the country, and a guide-book, valuable and interesting in each of these respects.’... When the traveler starts he would be well advised to drop a copy of Dr. Dunning’s book into his steamer-trunk.”—Lit. D.
“Contains not a little substantial information, and affords a graphic view of modern Egypt.”
“Popular but scholarly chapters on Egyptian history and mythology.”
Dunning, William Archibald.History of political theories from Luther to Montesquieu. **$2.50. Macmillan.
“The history of political theories has exceptional interest, and the recent English literature devoted to it, already comprising a considerable number of volumes, includes no work more noteworthy than that of Professor Dunning.” Alfred H. Lloyd.
“If I were to venture to name the distinguishing excellence of this volume, I should say that it is the fine sense of proportion that guides the author in the distribution and arrangement of his ponderous material.” I. A. Loos.
“For one who desires a general survey of the ideas of political writers of the period, the book will fill a long-felt want, but there is a decided lack of critical analysis, which, to the student of political institutions, leaves much to be desired.” Ward W. Pierson.
“For a bird’s-eye view of the subject it could scarcely be surpassed.”
“Professor Dunning’s volume covers ground which has often been before traversed, and sometimes with much greater attention to detail, and, it must be admitted, with greater learning.”
“This second volume on the ‘History of political theory,’ like the first by the same author, is a credit to American scholarship.” Isaac Althaus Loos.
Dunton, Theodore Watts-.Coming of love, Rhona Boswell’s story and other poems. *$2. Lane.
The seventh and enlarged edition of Mr. Watts-Dunton’s “Coming of love” includes in addition to the poems of previous editions those that had been “lent to friends in manuscript and mislaid” among them, “Haymaking song,” and “The haunted girl.”
“The freshness of this poem is amazing, almost as amazing as its audacity and simplicity. This poem is a triumph of artistry.” J. S.
“It is in structure, as well as imaginative quality, one of the most original poems written during the past century.”
“As interesting as the story itself, is the prefatory explanation by the author as to the growth and final evolution of ‘The coming of love’ as it now stands.” Edith M. Thomas.
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.
Durham, M. Edith.Burden of the Balkans. $4. Longmans.
Durstan, Mrs. Georgia Roberts.Candle light; il. by Katharine H. Greenland. $1.25. Saalfield.
The imaginative child and his dreams, the active child and his busy work and play are portrayed in rhyme and color for little people.
“A series of child verse with agreeable qualities.”
Dyer, G. W.Democracy in the South before the Civil war. $1. Pub. house of the M. E. ch. So.
“A strong protest against the theory usually advocated by our historians, that affairs in the South in ante-bellum times were largely controlled by an oligarchy of slave-holders, who kept down the average white man, who made labor disdained, who kept the South agricultural, while the great mass of the people were idle, illiterate, and lazy.”—Am. J. Soc.
“While its substance is of very uneven value, the style and thought are vigorous, and the book deserves attention as a product of its time.” Ulrich B. Phillips.
“The syllabus suggests a most interesting line of work, which, if carried out without prejudice or passion, of which unfortunately there are traces, ought to yield results of great value to the student of American social and economic history.” J. W. Shepardson.
“Some of his statements are, to say the least, open to question, and more of his conclusions. Nevertheless, its general thesis is sound.”
Dyer, Henry.Dai Nippon: a study in national evolution. *$3.50. Scribner.
“The book is interesting, modern, and very thoughtful; having the outlook of a man of scientific training, who is yet conscious of the deeper currents of individual and racial life.”
Dyer, Thomas Finninger Thiselton-.Folklore of women, as illustrated by legendary and traditionary tales, folk-rhymes, proverbial sayings, superstitions, etc. **$1.50. McClurg.
An anthology, concise and classified, of the proverbial sayings, folk-rhymes, superstitions, and traditionary lore associated with women.
“He displays as usual a great industry and a minute knowledge. But his work would be more illuminating if he had chosen fewer facts, and written of each one with more suggestion and fancy.”
E
Eastman, Henry Parker.Negro, his origin, history and destiny. $2. Roxburgh pub.
“The intention of the author in writing this book has been to reveal and demonstrate beyond all question the origin of the negro; to trace his history from the beginning to the present, and to state what he believes to be the true solution of the race problem.” The work contains a reply to “The negro, a beast.”
Easton, H. T.Money, exchange, and banking, in their practical, theoretical, and legal aspects. $1.75. Pitman.
A complete manual for bank officials, business men and students of commerce. “The nature and use of money, the mechanism of exchange, and the development of banking in various parts of the world—but with special reference to England and the money market—are fully explained. But, in addition, the organization of a bank, the duties of its various officials, and the manner in which the books of a bank are kept and the balance sheet prepared are dealt with.” The legal side of banking and the most important points in connection with bills of exchange, cheques, and the relationship between banker and customer are carefully considered.
“Mr. Easton’s book appeals neither to the theorist nor to the accomplished banker, but to the average student of such matters, and it will serve his purpose well.”
Easton, M. G.House by the bridge. †$1.50. Lane.
Transplanted from sunshiny regiment life in India to a gloomy English home steeped in a skilfully guarded mystery, the sensitive heroine of this tale grows wise among people who “appear either to have mated with the wrong person or suffered troubles of the heart.” The tragic element of the story is fully offset by a romantic interest that grows up about Joan and guides her interests into pleasanter ways.
“The book shows great promise of better things to come. Like many modern novels it has far too much plot.”
“The ’prentice hand betrays itself in an exuberance of incident and coincidence which gives a sense of overcrowding. The plot is, however, well constructed, and the mystery successfully sustained.”
“Here is a story done all in gray and brown and black, with scarcely a gleam of sunshine.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
Eckel, Edwin C.Cements, limes and plasters: their materials, manufacture, and properties. *$6. Wiley.
“It is probably one of the most complete treatises which has been published up to the present day on this subject.”
Edgar, Madalen G.Stories from Scottish history. 60c. Crowell.
Uniform with the “Children’s favorite classics.” A bright series of narratives based on Scott’s “Tales of a grandfather,” running continuously from the struggle for freedom under Wallace and Bruce to the union of the crowns.
“It is well, however, for the reader to bear in mind the fact that Sir Walter Scott was a Tory and his historical tales are sometimes strongly tinged with the deep reactionary prejudices he entertained.”
Edghill, E. A.Inquiry into the evidential value of prophecy: being the Hulsean prize essay for 1904; with preface by Rt. Rev. H. E. Ryle. $2. Macmillan.
“An accomplished scholar, at present a young Anglican curate, presents in this volume both the maximum and the minimum estimate of the validity of the prophecies relating to the Messiah of the Hebrew hope, which conservatively applied criticism may be well considered to justify.”—Outlook.
“His book is not only a conscientious and well-reasoned presentation of his own point of view; it will also assure his readers, whatever their own prepossessions, of the adherence of the best instructed among the younger clergy to the ancient lines of the faith.”
Edwards, A. Harbage.Kakemono: Japanese sketches. *$1.75. McClurg.
Reverently and simply the author sets before us these dainty sketches of Japan and her people, her faith, her art, her gods, and the heart of her. They are dedicated “To my teachers, the people of Japan,” and they breathe the spirit of the cherry blossoms and whisper to our modern commercialism of a something we have lost, or never gained. “‘What is the soul of Japan?’ asked the poet. ‘It is the mountain cherry-tree in the morning sun.’ But a soul so simple, the civilized nations, of course, disdain.”
“Written with reverence and without adulation.”
“Pleasantly written sketches. These pictures are drawn with restraint of colour and line and display no little insight into Japanese life.”
“His is a book of tender meditations, of sympathetic insight. He has made a mosaic out of his many brief chapters which glistens with beauty and has a peculiar charm.”
“While he sees temple and landscape with something of a painter’s vision, his style is too self-conscious and aesthetic to be a source of pleasure.”
Edwards, Tryon.Our country; historic and picturesque. $4. Perrien-Keydel co., Detroit, Mich.
A complete story of our country’s development and progress from the first discovery by the Northmen to the present time, embellished by many hundreds of engravings illustrative of war and historic incidents and the grandeur of American scenery.
Egan, Maurice Francis.Ghost in Hamlet, and other essays in comparative literature. **$1. McClurg.
There are ten essays in this volume. The ghost in Hamlet, Some phases of Shakespearian Interpretation, Some pedagogical uses of Shakespeare, Lyrism in Shakespeare’s comedies, The puzzle of Hamlet, The greatest of Shakespeare’s contemporaries, Imitators of Shakespeare, The comparative method in literature, A definition of literature, and The ebb and flow of romance.
“He has a felicitous knack of presenting in an original manner, established judgments of first-class criticism. And he has the gift of the born teacher, which is to know how to present his ideas luminously to his readers and his audience. This excellent little volume is replete with suggestion and information for those who, without some commentator, are not always equipped to extract a full share of profit and pleasure from the mines of literature.”
“Is a book of real vitality. Dr. Egan’s style ... is not quite worthy of his theme.”
“If the book is not strongly original, it is interesting, and not without its importance to current literary discussion.”
“He is never dull or commonplace. With his criticism as a whole most readers will be in sympathy, because it is founded on common sense, largely free from vagaries, and based on knowledge of life rather than on theories of life.”
Eggleston, George Cary.Blind alleys. $1.50. Lothrop.
The characters who find themselves groping in the “blind alleys” of modern New York life as they strive honestly to be helpful to those less fortunate are a young newspaper man who has become separated from the wife he loves, a young doctor who received funds for his education from some mysterious source and knows not his own parentage, a fabulously wealthy spinster and the girl who passes as her ward, and others who are hedged about by circumstances more or less unusual. The story of their various complications and how they are finally straightened out is given in great detail.
“No doubt the book will appeal to those who are interested in settlement work and in civic philanthropy in general.”
“The characters of the story are lifelike and typical.”
“Mr. Eggleston’s story has not the smallest relation to life. Two merits, however, it has: It is readable, and many of the opinions expressed in the conversations ... are striking and suggestive.”
“It tells a good story with a wholesome love interest, and it is full of situations and incidents that suggest and stimulate thought.”
Eggleston, George Cary.Life in the eighteenth century. **$1.20. Barnes.
“In this companion volume to ‘Our first century,’ Mr. Eggleston carries his story through the eighteenth century. The plan pursued is essentially the same as in the first book, the author seeking to give his narrative as human a meaning as possible, and merely touching upon the events which are treated at length in the conventional school history.”—Pub. Opin.
“The author has dealt too largely in generalities, included too much vain repetition of the matter contained in the very volumes to which this one should be auxiliary, and omitted too many of the picturesque minor details which more than anything else reveal what the life of any past epoch really was.”
“The new road, which Mr. Eggleston seeks to break, is interesting, and there can be no doubt that as a preparation for more serious work ‘Life in the eighteenth century’ is of value.”
Eichendorff, Joseph Karl Benedikt, freiherr von.Happy-go-lucky; or leaves from the life of a good for nothing; tr. from the German by Mrs. A. L. Wister; il. in color. $2. Lippincott.
A merry youth with the “Wanderlust” upon him follows woodland trails, scales mountains, dreams of his Lady fair and plays his beloved fiddle. The sketch is of his tramps and chance acquaintances.
“Many readers will enjoy these ‘leaves from the life of a good-for-nothing’ in their new garb.”
“Mrs. A. L. Wister has made an excellent translation of this charming German story of irresponsibility and genius.”
Elbé, Louis.Future life in the light of ancient wisdom and modern science. **$1.20. McClurg.
This is a translation of a book which has been creating wide comment thruout France under the title “La vie future.” With great care and exactness M. Elbé has arranged a plain statement of the discoveries, theories, and ideas of the greatest investigators, together with his own views and comments, and a mass of authentic information regarding the beliefs of the primitive races. The two parts into which the treatment is divided are Ideas of the survival as considered by the primitive races, and Deductions drawn from the fundamental sciences.
“A noteworthy book.”
“A work of scientific importance and of reverent philosophical treatment.”
Elements of practical pedagogy, by the brothers of the Christian schools. La Salle bureau of supplies, N. Y.
This volume “treats as fully as may be done in a small book, every side of elementary education—the principles of which regulate the physical, the mental, and the moral development of the young; the school and its organization; the equipment, the duties, and the methods of the teacher; the special methods proper to the teaching of the various branches. The treatment of each topic is systematic, minute, and, above all, practical.”—Cath. World.
“All students of pedagogy will welcome the appearance of this little volume.” Thomas Edward Shields.
Eliot, Charles William.Great riches. **75c. Crowell.
President Eliot’s judicial mind with its eminent fairness is in evidence thruout this well organized discussion. He emphasizes the obligations as well as the powers and privileges of moneyed people, and believes that the only safeguard for the rich man against suspicion and adverse judgments is publicity for his methods and results.
“We sincerely thank Dr. Eliot for his brilliant essay, and shall be greatly pleased to meet him again, carrying on his earnest endeavor to maintain the standard of plain living and high thinking.”
Eliot, Charles William.Happy life. 75c. Crowell.
Eliot, George, pseud. (Mrs. Mary Ann Evans (Lewes) Cross).Romola; historically il. and ed., with introd. and notes, by Guido Biagi. 2v. *$3. McClurg.
The edition is made valuable by the hundred and sixty illustrations which make a historical background for the story. They have been carefully selected by Dr. Biagi, librarian of the Laurentian library at Florence, who also contributes an introduction on “The making of the romance.” He has found it interesting “to attempt an investigation, new, curious and engrossing, of the historical foundation upon which is based this work of art and fiction, to try to discover the hidden scaffolding which supports it, and see what materials have been employed in its making.”
Eliot, George.Silas Marner.$2. Dutton.
Charles E. Brock has made this “Silas Marner” especially attractive with his twenty-four pictures in color. “He has a most delicate way of setting off what is ‘old-fashioned’ through a rare combination of lavender, old rose, pea greens, and pale yellows superimposed on examples of most careful and suggestive draughtsmanship.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Annie Matheson’s introduction, we think, adds not much to the intellectual adornment.”
Elliott, Mrs. Maude Howe (Mrs. John Elliott).Two in Italy. *$2. Little.
“A delightful account of little visits and rambles by the author and her husband and chiefly distinguished for its vivid portraits of Italian life.”
“Whether the stories are true or not, the impressions evidently are”
Ellis, Clara Spalding.What’s next; or, Shall man live again? $1.50. Badger, R: G.
The great question is answered by two hundred living Americans of prominence in politics; in the army and navy; in science, art, music, and literature; in the mercantile world; in the professions; and in the chairs of universities. An expression from secular life only—the views of all clergyman being excluded.
Ellis, Edward Sylvester (Colonel H. R. Gordon, pseud.).Black Partridge, or, The fall of Fort Dearborn. †$1.50. Dutton.
Auric Kingdom, a Fort Wayne lad, his chum, Jethro Judd of Fort Dearborn, and Black Partridge, the Pottawatomie chief and friend of the white man, are the most prominent figures in this story which culminates in the destruction of Fort Dearborn. The book is full of adventure, of bad Indians, brave settlers, and the woodcraft dear to all boy hearts.
Ellis, Edward Sylvester.Deerfoot in the mountains.†$1. Winston.
“The special value of the tales, apart from their interest for the young, lies in their portrayal of the hardships and perils of the early pioneers who blazed the overland pathway to the Pacific.”
Ellis, Edward Sylvester.Deerfoot on the prairies.†$1. Winston.
Ellis, Edward Sylvester.Hunt on snowshoes. [+]75c. Winston.
The second of these volumes in the “Up and doing series.” It is an account of the adventures of two boys who spend the holidays with an old French Canadian trapper. The race for life with a pack of wolves at their heels, the escape from a huge bear, the moose hunt, the encounter with a panther, etc. all supply aliment for a brave imagination.
Ellis, Elizabeth.Barbara Winslow, rebel.†$1.50. Dodd.
“Another historical romance with an English setting, its scene being laid just after the defeat of Monmouth at Sedgemoor. Here we have a fascinating heroine, arrested for harboring rebels, and a victim of Jeffreys and the Bloody Circuit. Sentenced to a brutal punishment, she is saved by one of the king’s officers, who thereby becomes himself a rebel, and the two take flight together.... Barbara is a young woman of the pert and proud type so dear to the romantic heart, and her soldier lover has the complementary virtues that the situation requires.” (Dial.)
“No complaint may be made of it for lack of interest or excitement.” Wm. M. Payne.
Ellis, John Breckenridge.Stork’s nest. †$1.50. Moffat.
“A tale of rough life in northern Missouri.... The process of molding Emmy, the woodland beauty, into a ‘Person’ suitable to be presented to her relatives in St. Louis, is confided to a youth who seeks health in the woods. He becomes one of a strange company, in which figure a ghost, a weak-minded boy, a brutal counterfeiter, and several tools of the last character. Floods and dangers of all sorts interfere with the progress of the romance, but love is triumphant over evil in the end—the bad people die, and the good live happy ever after.”—Outlook.
“We cannot help reading to a finish, but we have no desire to reread any part of it.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
“The plot is mysterious enough to arouse curiosity, yet not sufficiently well managed to prevent annoyance to the reader.”
Ellison, Mrs. Edith Nicholl.Childs recollections of Tennyson. *$1. Dutton.
These child-hood and girl-hood recollections of Tennyson and the life he lived at Farringford began when at the age of three the writer and the poet celebrated a birthday together. Many little incidents of Tennyson’s devotion to his invalid wife and his two sons are given, there are anecdotes of his friends and his friendships and the picture of this happily congenial household is a pleasing addition to our knowledge of the laureate.
“An interesting little book.”
“The book was worth writing, and no reader would be sorry to possess it.”
Elson, Henry William.School history of the United States. *90c. Macmillan.
A work whose “record of our national development neglects no phase of progress—social, industrial, political, or literary—and takes note of the underlying causes at work, as well as of the changes wrought. In subjects that have been hotly controverted its temper is eminently fair and judicial. Designed for young people in their teens, many of the elders will find it both interesting and instructive. Foot-notes are often skipped, but Mr. Elson’s are so full of anecdote as to escape neglect.”—Outlook.
“The book possesses two decided merits. The first of them is an effort at proportion in dealing with events.”
“Excellent text-book.”
“The style has charm, vigor and color, and the author’s patriotism is stimulating and communicative.”
“Mr. Elson has shown us how a history may be made interesting as well as instructive.”
Reviewed by Marcus W. Jernegan.
Elson, Louis Charles.Elson’s music dictionary. $1. Ditson.
A valuable book of reference for musicians, containing the definition and pronunciation of such terms and signs as are used in modern music, together with a list of foreign composers and artists, with pronunciation of their names, a list of popular errors in music, rules for pronouncing foreign words, and a short English-Italian vocabulary of musical words and expressions.
“For the most part, however, this handy dictionary deserves commendation.”
“We can cordially commend this book to students and teachers alike.”
“A marvel of lucid condensation.”
“Is rather more inclusive than most books of its class. We cannot quite understand why its list of composers and other musical artists should not include Americans.”
“This is one of the first successful attempts to classify and revise, in compact, accessible form, the musical terms which puzzle the layman, and which the teacher is constantly called upon to explain.”
Elton, Oliver.Michael Drayton. Constable & co., London.
This little volume by Professor Elton is “as an ‘avant-courier’ to the concerted attempt to restore Drayton to his place of eminence in English literature ... [and it tells] the prospective reader of the poetry all that is known, through the researches of modern scholarship of the man and his work.” (Dial.)
“Here, then, is the preparation one should need for the study and proper understanding of Drayton’s voluminous works.” W. A. Bradley.
“As regards the study of Drayton this volume should be more or less final. Professor Elton’s style is a trifle too figured for our own taste, but he writes well and has produced a book whose real critical value is considerably more extensive than one might have expected from the subject. There is evidence throughout of long research and indubitable scholarship.”
Eltzbacher, O.Modern Germany. **$2.50. Dutton.
“The author of this very instructive book defines its scope as a study of Germany’s political and economic problems, her policy, her ambitions, and the causes of her success.” (Sat. R.) The author has undertaken to answer the following questions in his discussion: “Will Germany eventually supplant Great Britain and take our place in the world? What is Germany’s policy towards this country, towards the United States, towards Austria-Hungary, and towards Russia? What are Germany’s aims, what are her ambitions, and, above all, what are the causes of her marvelous success?”
“An able and most interesting account of German politics and incidentally of German ambitions.”
“Taken together the two volumes present admirable general discussions, from a strictly British point of view, of the imperialisms of Britain and Germany respectively.” Robert C. Brooks.
“Is both instructive and opportune.”
“His speculations and asservations would, however, bear more weight if he were less prone to trace results to their causes along the lines that suit his thesis, and if he had less of a slap-dash way of drawing inferences from statistics.”
“There are many assertions and fancies set forth in Mr. Eltzbacher’s handy volume with which one must be allowed to differ. He appears to the reviewer to arrive at weighty conclusions, now and then, based on flimsy or at least insufficient premises. But of this there can be no doubt, his book is interesting and full of virile thought.” Wolf von Schierbrand.
“In view of the new tariff which is going into effect on the first of March, Mr. Eltzbacher’s book will receive a timely welcome. Mr. Eltzbacher writes as a protectionist, and his argument is of extreme interest; to the general student, however, his book might have been more valuable if he had devoted more space to the arguments of his opponents. We note his fairness, nevertheless.”
“A very keen and informing study of the German Empire. Mr. Eltzbacher writes in a clear, suggestive style, and has added an excellent index and bibliography to complete his text.”
“This survey of the German’s industrial life is extremely well done, and we do not know any book which within such moderate limits enables one to estimate the ability and energy which are devoted by the State to the purpose of furthering the material prosperity and power of the German people.”
“We would suggest that the latter half of the book, dealing with the financial and economic aspects of the German Empire, would have been better qualified to serve the requirements of the general public had the writer been content to minimise his tables and lists of figures, and so far as possible, to avoid such very thorny problems as that of the comparative wisdom of the fiscal policies of Germany and Great Britain.”
Elzas, Barnett Abraham.Jews of South Carolina. *$6. Press of J. B. Lippincott co.
“The author’s aim has been to show the part taken by the Jew in commercial, professional, political, and social activities. The volume includes chapters on the beginnings of the Jewish settlements in the colony, their religious organization and religious dissensions, the part taken by the Jews in the wars and in affairs of government, the expansion of the Jews over the State, and short biographies of the most prominent members of the race.”—Dial.
“He has materially added to our knowledge of South Carolina Jewish history, and he might safely have permitted historical students to discover this fact for themselves, without attempting to emphasize it by belittling all his predecessors.” Max J. Kohler.
“In spite of minor defects, the work has a great value as an account of one of the influential elements in Southern society.”
“His book is of the same order as hundreds of local and genealogical histories written about ‘towns’ and old families of New England, but appeals perhaps to a larger public.”
Emerson, Ralph Waldo.Friendship and character. $1. Century.
The value of this “Thumbnail” offering is increased by Emma Lazarus’s essay on Emerson’s personality which forms the introduction.
Emerson, Willis George.Builders. $1.50. Forbes.
A young New York newspaper man is sent out west by his managing editor to write a series of sane minded articles on the futility of western investments which will keep eastern money at home. He, however, catches the western fever, invests in lots in an unbuilt city, loses his position by his enthusiastic reports, and finally stakes his all upon a gold mine which to the surprise of everyone “strikes pay dirt.” There is of course, a western girl in the story and there are other characters chiefly prospectors, western in type and of mingled good and evil. The plot of the story is superior to its workmanship.
“Yet for all the crudeness of the story and the people there’s a sort of romantic quality about Mr. Emerson’s book which tempts the reader on from page to page.”
Empire and the century: a series of essays on imperial problems and possibilities, by various writers. **$6. Dutton.
“The present volume is intended to give, within the compass of a single book, the current views of representative men and women upon those special departments of imperial development with which they are severally qualified to deal. Its purpose is to give an authoritative account of the British Empire, as it appeared to contemporaries at this particular moment of its history.” There is an introduction by Mr. Charles Sydney Goldmann, and a poem by Rudyard Kipling, called “The heritage”; the other writers include J. St. Loe Strachey, J. L. Garvin, the Bishop of Stepney, Carolyn Bellairs, R. N.; George Peel, Sir Edward Hutton, Prof. J. W. Robertson, Benjamin Sulte, Sir Godfrey Lagden, Lady Lugard, Valentine Chirol, Sir Frederick Lugard, Col. Younghusband, and many others.
“The essays often contradict one another, and the whole is somewhat in the nature of a collection of magazine articles. On the other hand, some of the contributions are full of interest and well worthy of attentive consideration.”
“Admirable and extensive compendium.” Robert C. Brooks.
“It contains a great deal of political, geographical and commercial information hard to find elsewhere.”
“The work is a collection of expert opinion not a methodical treatise.”
“In every instance the writers are competent to treat of the themes allotted to them, and if their views are frequently colored by political preferences they are nevertheless informative and deserving of close attention.”
“This volume forms an extremely valuable contribution to our knowledge of Imperial problems.”
English essays, selected and edited by Walter Cochrane Bronson. *$1.25. Holt.
“While the volume is in no way designed as a text in the history of English literature, it would prove a most excellent companion piece to such a course.”
“The book is well suited to its special purpose, and should also be welcome to the general reader who is interested in this line of literature.”
Eno, Henry Lane.Baglioni: a play in five acts. **$1.25. Moffat.
A drama founded upon the story of the celebrated Baglioni family who ruled in Umbria for over fifty years. “Set in Perugia, in the Italy of the fifteenth century, with a plot which swims in a mist of blood and tears, it is cast in that antiquated literary style which is always so perilous to handle, and which betrays one so easily into turgidity and bombast.” (N. Y. Times.)
“The blank verse marches with tolerable, even correctness, but the rhetoric is often turgid and we should doubt if the play could be found to be actable, though possibly possessing some dramatic passages.”
“He has allowed himself to be distracted by dramatically irrelevant circumstances.”
“It is worth reading, if one has the time, as a vivacious portrayal of the renaissance mood.”
“The work, which ought to be biting, almost corrosive from its nature, tastes insipid.” Bliss Carman.
Erb, J. Lawrence.Brahms. $1.25. Dutton.
A useful and suggestive introduction to the life of Johannes Brahms which appears uniform with the “Master musicians” series. “There are no stirring events to recount, no revolution, or hurling of artistic thunderbolts; his life is but a record of work, unswervingly pursued, and of a homely, simple life of quiet friendships, with rambles through Italy or Switzerland in holiday times, though these holidays were the opportunities for some of his best work, as is ever the case with a true artist.” (Acad.)
“Mr. Erb’s book is not a bad book; he has gathered his materials conscientiously and he has not tortured truth in their presentation—only he has missed the opportunity to create a fine piece of work.”
“The most useful of these, [biographies of Brahms] for the general reader, is Erb’s.”
“His biography is not marked by originality, either of research or of critical views; but it will fill a place that has not been exactly filled in English.” Richard Aldrich.
“Although it is written without any great distinction of style, it is decidedly readable.”
“Though not on the same level of excellence as Mr. Duncan’s work, is a useful and unpretending little book.”
Eva Mary, Sister.Community life for women; with introd. by Boyd Vincent. 75c. Young ch.
A little book which advocates the sisterhood idea and organization as an authorized part of church order. The subject is treated in nine chapters, as follows: The need of religious communities, Vocation, Probation, The regular life, The vow, The common life, The temptations of the community life, Popular objections to the community life, and Helps and hindrances.
Evans, Florence Adele.Woodland elf. 60c. Saalfield.
The stories which the woodland elf reads from the leaves of his library bush to comfort Maidie, who is lost in the woods, will interest other little people who are not lost for they tell all about the chameleon’s color, why snakes shed their skins, why Indian pipes grow, why the wild-cat has no tail, why seals wear furs, why wishes no longer come true and explain the whys and wherefores of many other wonderful things.
Evans, Henry Ridgely.Old and new magic; introd. by Dr. Paul Carus. *$1.50. Open ct.
“This book begins with the ancient Egyptian magic and comes down to such modern prestidigitateurs as Kellar and Herrmann. Scores of conjurers’ tricks are explained, with abundant illustration. In its introduction Dr. Paul Carus discourses in a readable way about the relations between magic, illusion, and miracle from the point of view of one to whom the miraculous is the impossible.”—Outlook.
“A discursive and unpolished but hugely entertaining account of necromancy and conjuring.”
“No reader need fear to take up this book because of its moral or ethical purpose. It contains fascinating reading for everybody.”
Evans, Herbert Arthur.Highways and byways in Oxford and the Cotswolds. $2. Macmillan.
In this new volume in the “Highways and byways” series the author “takes Oxford as a starting-place, and wisely devotes far the larger part of the book to less well-known places.... Upper and lower Slaughter, Temple Guiting, Chipping Warden, Stow-on-the-Wold.... These are the samples of the many quaint names of scores of English villages through which the author takes his reader in a leisurely pedestrian trip. Everywhere he finds ancient hills, ruined abbeys, picturesque cottages, or old-fashioned inns, and his narrative abounds in local traditions, legends, and the drift of the side-eddies of history. The drawings are by Frederick L. Griggs.” (Outlook.)
“Mr. Evans, except for an occasional touch of affectation, writes very well, and displays a knowledge alike of architecture, history, and botany.”
“The volume is a thoroly good one, and will be of service to the tourist who visits Oxford, for all necessary instructions for following the route are given.”
“The volume is fully up to the rest of this charming series.”
“It is not only attractive, but taking it as a whole it is accurate and valuable; between its covers is store both of pleasure and of profit.”
“Mr Evans writes in a discursive and agreeably rambling way.”
“Mr. Evans is fully equal to his task of guide and historian.”
Evans, Thomas Wiltberger.Memoirs of Dr. Thomas W. Evans: recollections of the second French empire. *$3. Appleton.
Dr. Evans, American dentist of the French court, had a particularly favorable viewpoint for first hand facts, and in becoming Napoleon III’s “eulogist and apologist” he finds “unusual opportunities of observing the evolution of political ideas and institutions in France and the conditions and causes that immediately preceded and determined the fall of the second empire as seen from within.” (Critic.) The first absolutely authentic account of Empress Eugénie’s flight from France at the time of the Commune is furnished by Dr. Evans, who himself aided in her escape.
“Dr Evans made no pretension to literary ability, but at the same time, if these ‘Memoirs’ are in his own words, he knew how to express himself in an interesting and picturesque manner.” Jeannette L. Gilder.
“It is evident that he could, did he choose, throw much light on the history of the Empire and its fall. The present volume, intelligently edited by his friend and executor, Dr. Crane, is ample evidence that he has so chosen. The last [part] is the most interesting, the first the least convincing.”
“His attempts at assuming political importance leave one unconvinced, his judgments on men and things reveal more a mixture of naiveté and self-importance than anything else, and yet there is a residium that has some claim to attention.”
“It is interesting—it ought to be conclusive, but it is not, for some reason.”
“The book is thoroughly readable and quotable.”
“The human personal interest in the notes and letters more than atones for the lack of literary form.”
“His Memoirs lack both authority and charm.”
“More ‘Memoirs’ of Dr. Evans may be published. It is to be hoped that they will be as interesting as these, but editorially better compressed.”
Evelyn, John.Diary and correspondence of John Evelyn, esq.; with the life of the author by Henry B. Wheatley. 4v. *$12. Scribner.
The bicentenary of the death of John Evelyn has renewed interest in the famous diarist who “by a prodigal accident” was a contemporary of Samuel Pepys. This four-volume importation contains the diary of John Evelyn, selections from his letters, a biographical sketch of the author and a new preface.
“Mr. Wheatley’s edition is second only to his famous edition of Pepys.”
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.
“We may welcome an old favorite in its new dress, although we might wish that the volumes were a trifle less bulky—and expensive.”
“The extreme dryness of the memoir, one may almost say, is a guarantee of its authenticity, and in truth it is chiefly, as it almost had to be, a summary of the diary itself.” Montgomery Schuyler.
“This is undoubtedly the definitive edition of Evelyn’s ‘Diary’.”
Everett, Grace W.Hymn treasures. $1.25. Meth. bk.
It is the aim of this book to bring to light some of the hidden treasures of hymnody and to show their worth. From the Magnificat and the Benedictus sung by Mary and Zacharias, respectively, to the very modern songs, the author writes interestingly about the makers of hymns and their contributions.
Ewald, Carl.My little boy; tr. from the Danish by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. **$1. Scribner.
“Not often does the father of a little boy write his biography so humorously, tenderly and sympathetically as does Carl Ewald, in telling the story of his little son. The two are comrades, bound together by many common interests and pursuits.... The little boy ... teaches his father a few lessons, altho the wise man needs fewer than most parents; and the little lad learns many lessons, as all boys and girls must.... He must be taught strict honesty, and respect for the rights of others. The father teaches these things as well as many others, truthfulness, fidelity to a trust or to a promise, the cruelty of race prejudice, in a way of his own, which is always sympathetic and respectful of a child’s feelings.”—Ind.
“It is the sweetest biography we remember.”
Eyre, Archibald.Girl in waiting. $1.50. Luce.
“This story belongs to a class now prevalent in fiction, the short extravaganza.” (Ath.) “This is an unpretentious tale of a rich girl masquerading as a poor one and coming under suspicion as a dangerous character. There is a young man in the case, of course, and circumstances shape themselves, equally of course, to bring the two together.” (Critic.)
“It does not lack the modern essentials of the genus—liveliness and flippancy. As a whole its tone is not quite equal, as the airs of comedy and farce are intermingled a little too crudely.”