Jackson, Abraham Valentine Williams.Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map. **$4. Macmillan.
Professor Jackson, the chief American authority on the Indo-Iraman language considers Persia from one central point of view, viz., the religion of Zoroaster, and the Magi. It gives an idea of the life of the people and their history, and also an account of Transcaspia and Turkestan, as the route of the author carried him on into the heart of Asia, Mero, Bokara and Samarkand.
“Is the best possible guide to Persia that anyone could desire.”
“There is little of importance in the shah’s domains in the field of scholarship and literature which Professor Jackson does not touch.” Wallace Rice.
“In all, he has given us one of the most instructive and equally one of the most interesting and unusual books of travel and research that have appeared of late years.”
“A masterpiece of its kind. It is one of the really notable books of the year.”
“The book is not very fully indexed, but is profusely and well illustrated, and provided with an excellent map. Some slight errors, perhaps inseparable from so short a sojourn, are observable.”
“Is of equal value to the student of present day politics, manners, and customs, and to the student of history archæology, and religion.”
“This exhaustive work ... combines in a happy manner, and in no less happy measure, the interests of the scholar with those of the traveller.”
Jackson, Charles Tenney.Loser’s luck. †$1.50. Holt.
“This lively book may be described as a blend of Bret Harte and Mr. Richard Harding Davis, and the mixture is commendable.” Wm. M. Payne.
Jackson, Mrs. Gabrielle Emilie Snow.By love’s sweet rule: a story for girls, [+]75c. Winston.
The life of a lonely girl of fourteen living with her “papa checa” and stern Aunt Mathilda undergoes a joyous transformation when Aunt Mathilda leaves and Margaret Drake full of youth and sunshine takes her place.
Jackson, Mrs. Gabrielle Emilie Snow.Wee Winkles and Snowball. †$1.25. Harper.
Wee Winkles, who is almost six and a half, Wideawake, who is more than two years older, and Snowball, who is a pet pony and does not have birthdays, are the really important characters in this story which teaches kindness and love toward animals and describes in detail how a pet pony should be cared for, harnessed and driven. Lest the book should seem too instructive there are picnics and plays, Christmas frolics and other things to hold the youthful interest.
Jacobs, William Wymark.Captains all.†$1.50. Scribner.
“Mr. Jacobs makes the sayings and the doings of a certain type of English low-life irresistibly funny in the telling.”
“Are thankful for it and chuckle delightedly as we read.”
“Each contains some new and unexpected twist of its own that makes it irresistible, and they are all tempting morsels of good cheer.”
“A series of short stories in Mr. Jacob’s best vein.”
James, George Wharton.In and out of the old missions of California: an historical and pictorial account of the Franciscan missions. *$3. Little.
“An extremely valuable work. The author has given us a clear and concise description of the different missions.” Amy C. Rich.
“Is a thoroughly satisfying book. The author’s historical account of the various discoveries, expeditions, and foundations is painstaking and accurate, his defense of the padres and their methods is generous, his love of the Indians whole-souled and his indignation at the past and present treatment by our government passionate but just.”
“The book is marred by over-much sentimental rhetoric.”
“This vivid and graphic description of the California missions is rendered particularly valuable by the presentation of several features in connection with them which have not been touched upon by previous writers.”
“His book is undoubtedly a notable addition to our historical literature, and viewed whether as history pure and simple, as an indictment of our Indian policy, or as a contribution to the study of American art, will be found of distinct value.”
“In view of the writer’s evident enthusiasm, it is to be regretted that his manner of presenting the subject has a certain quality of dryness.”
“The plan followed by Mr. James is excellent.”
“A fresh treatment of a theme about which much has been written.”
James, George Wharton.Story of Scraggles; il. from drawings by Sears Gallagher and from photographs. †$1. Little.
Scraggle’s autobiography is a record of sweet bird life. Mr. James befriended this little, weak, scraggly sparrow, made a pet of it, and finally interpreted its thoughts as he set them down in his “Story.”
“The book is written in the fascinating style of this wizard with words.”
“The three stories of individual animals—‘Scraggles,’ ‘Shaggycoat,’ and ‘White Fang’—are destined for popularity, with scarcely a choice as to which best deserves it.” May Estelle Cook.
James, Henry.English hours.*$5. Houghton.
“Even the most hardened reviewer will get genuine pleasure from its pages.”
“Reasons for liking ‘English hours’ are as plentiful as blackberries.”
“With all respect to the critics, somehow we find Mr. James at his best in these impressionistic sketches rather than in some of his much more lauded novels.”
“Mr. James seldom praises without some qualifying, and more than qualifying, blame. And somehow his blame is much more pungently and intelligibly expressed than his praise.”
James, Henry.Question of our speech: The lesson of Balzac; two lectures. **$1. Houghton.
Jane, Frederick T.Heresies of sea power. *$4. Longmans.
A book which preaches the doctrine of hatred and declares “a crude desire to kill the enemy seems ever to have been a most valuable asset.” Part 1, contains much ancient naval history. In Part 2, Problems that sea-power does not solve, are discussed and there are chapters upon theguerre de course, commerce, defence, bases, secrecy and press law, the colonies, etc. Part 3, sets forth the trend of naval evolution as regards ships and men, and examines the qualities which go to constitute fitness to win.
“A book which is interesting, but does not exactly correspond to the promise of the title. The book has at least the merit that, whether sound or not, it will make the sailors who may read it apply thought to certain important points.”
“We have no doubt but that Mr. Jane could write a good book if he chose, but in this case we are constrained to say that he has not chosen to do so.”
Janssen, Johannes.History of the German people at the close of the middle ages; tr. from the German by A. M. Christie, v. 7–8. *$6.25; v. 9–10, *$6.25. Herder.
Volumes seven and eight cover the period between the years 1550 and 1580, recording such events as the religious conference at Worms in 1557, the Diet of Augsburg in 1559, the Grumbach-Gotha conspiracy for a Lutheran empire, the effects in Germany of the religious wars in France and the Netherlands, the war against the Turks, the establishment and progress of the Jesuits in Germany and the final sessions and general effect of the Council of Trent. Volumes nine and ten “cover the comparatively brief period from 1580, the year of the proclamation of the famous Formula of Concord, to the beginning of the Thirty years’ war—a period that included the Cologne catastrophe, the introduction of the Gregorian calendar, the rise and fall of the Calvinist Chancellor Krell. The four convents’ dispute, the regrettable incident of Donauwörth and the great Julich Cleves wrangle.” (Sat. R.)
“As in the previous volumes, Dr. Janssen’s method of treating the events just touched upon is to allow the contemporary documents and records as far as possible to tell their own story in their own words. The system is an excellent one in many ways. It gives a vividness, a reality to the narrative that are invaluable. The author has too little of the dramatic instinct which no great historian has wholly lacked.”
Janvier, Margaret Thompson (Margaret Vandegrift, pseud.).Umbrellas to mend. $1.50. Badger.
This fantastic little story is really an airy satire in which King Arthur, in order that he may annex a neighbor kingdom and acquire a sufficient range to fire his birthday cannon, urges the marriage of his daughter to the heir apparent. The princess, however, is a leader in the Current events club and strongminded; she leaves the court and wanders about in disguise for two years accompanied by her aunt. Meanwhile the prince goes in search of her in the guise of an umbrella mender, and in the end the princess accepts the prince but not the kingdom.
Jastrow, Joseph.Subconscious. **$2.50. Houghton.
“The plan upon which the volume is organized is simple and natural. An opening series of chapters describes certain of the principles of normal psychology which are most pertinent to the understanding of the operations of the subconscious. This is followed by a group of chapters upon the abnormal variants of conscious process in so far as these are relevant to the main subject of the book and in so far as they fall short of actual insanity. The final portion of the book is devoted to an exposition of the theoretical deductions which the author advances on the basis of the preceding parts of his work.”—Dial.
“The style is pleasant, and, save in a few passages of philosophizing, lucid. The index is satisfactory. What we do not find satisfactory is this: there exists a large body of evidence, confessedly well recorded, which cannot be paid for in the currency of official psychology, while that currency defrays the expenses of other familiar experiences.”
“He is always a practical westerner the teacher of college classes, for whom the abnormal and the uncanny serve but to explain the commonplace.” E. T. Brewster.
“For the psychologist the main value of the work will be in the compendious account which it furnishes of a large and significant group of related phenomena and its able exposition of a definite and frank attitude toward these phenomena. This attitude may be designated as that of impersonal empirical science. His pages are always picturesque and interesting, but the psychologist sometimes wishes that he would speak the language more technically. We must be sincerely grateful for an admirable achievement in a field calling loudly for such a piece of work.” James R. Angell.
“The book ... can hardly be accorded unreserved commendation. It is far too diffuse and consequently far too long. And on the theoretic side also the work is not remarkable for any great lucidity, strength, and insight.”
“His work is a valuable contribution to the subject. Occasionally the treatment is a little prolix.”
“The ‘excursions into the abnormal field’ are not only the most interesting but the most valuable portions of his work.” L. C.
“Very readable and sane book.”
Jaures, Jean Leon.Studies in socialism; tr. with an introd. by Mildred Minturn. **$1. Putnam.
“The growing strength of socialism on both continents gives even its internal discussions of theory and tactics a general interest.... These ‘studies in socialism,’ present a well-rounded exposition of the French leader’s views.... The four papers in the first section ‘Socialism and life,’ show us the aggressive and fundamentally revolutionary Collectivist.... Those in the second and longer section, entitled ‘Revolutionary evolution,’ deal with questions of Socialist method. Some of them have now only a historical interest; others, especially those in which the writer combats the semi-Anarchistic ideals of the anti-Parliamentary socialists, the advocates of the general strike, are as timely now as when they were written in 1901.”—Ind.
“The whole making probably the best work that has appeared for general readers in search of a brief yet thoroughly intelligible presentation of the Socialistic philosophy.”
“The chief value of the volume lies not in the introduction named upon the title-page, but in Mr. Macdonald’s short ‘Editorial note,’ the five pages of which contain an interesting personal pronouncement upon the future of the labour party in this country.”
Reviewed by Edward A. Bradford.
“The radical defect of this volume as literature is that it is composed of essays and addresses put forth at different times and for different specific purposes. A common spirit animates them; a common philosophy underlies them. But such a collection of fragments cannot adequately give what the American student of social problems wants, a clear and coherent statement of modern constructive socialism.”
“One of the greatest merits of this book is its freedom from the intolerant spirit which even the greatest socialistic writers display toward fellow socialists who disagree with them on matters of practical policy.”
Jefferson, Charles Edward.World’s Christmas tree. **75c. Crowell.
A plea to those who, in celebrating Christmas, remember their friends and all those near and dear to them but forget humanity, and the one for whom Christmas day is named. By gifts the author means not only material things but offerings of time, of kindness, of a happy face and a joyous spirit, such benefactions to society such gifts hung on the world’s Christmas tree, will truly celebrate the birthday of Jesus.
Jefferson, Thomas.Letters and addresses of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by William B. Parker and Jonas Viles. 56c. Unit bk.
An edition based largely upon the complete works of Thomas Jefferson published under the auspices of the Jefferson memorial society.
“These books are a positive boon for teachers of history in our schools.”
Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple.Citizenship and the schools. $1.25. Holt.
A volume of addresses and essays which aim to give “our teachers the viewpoint of social and political betterment as their chief aim in teaching.” The essays, which are all upon the nature of public life and public duty and the best methods of training children to become useful citizens, are entitled: Training for citizenship, The social basis of education, The making of citizens, Relation of the public schools to business, Education for commerce: the far East, Free speech in American universities, Critique of educational values, Policy of the state toward education, and Schoolbook legislation.
“The book is somewhat marred by repetition ... but the ideas it presents are so vital, and yet so generally neglected, that they deserve repetition in many volumes such as the one Prof. Jenks has given us.” R. C. B.
“Sane and readable essays.”
“The subjects treated are peculiarly adapted to the present period and would seem to embrace a wider field than that inferred in the title.”
“The book is so good and has in it so much that is intelligent and helpful as to the exceedingly important subject of which it treats, that it seems a pity that it has not been more thoroughly worked out and presented in a more orderly and symmetrical manner.” Edward Cary.
“The reader may not agree with all of Professor Jenks’s conclusions, but he cannot fail to be inspired by the spirit of these addresses and essays.” Edward E. Hill.
Jenks, Tudor.In the days of Milton. **$1. Barnes.
“The book is well adapted to promote the study of Milton, and the author has appended an excellent bibliography for that purpose.”
Jepson, Edgar.Lady Noggs, peeress. †$1.50. McClure.
“These stories are amusing.”
“Mr. Jepson has done much better.”
“It is excellent trifling, and the most stolid reader must surely succumb to the fascinations of the gracious little figure who carries all before her in Mr. Jepson’s story.”
“The spectacle of the highest officer of State reduced to helplessness by an imp of twelve years old might seem essentially farcical, but Mr. Jepson contrives to invest it with charm as well as humour.”
Jespersen, (Jens) Otto (Harry).Growth and structure of the English language. *$1. Stechert.
“The aim of the author is to characterise the chief peculiarities of the English language. He attempts to connect the teachings of linguistic history with the chief events in the general history of the English people, and to show the relation of language to national character. His plan is to first give a rapid sketch of the language of our own days, especially as it strikes a foreigner. Then he enters upon the history of the language, describes its connection with the other languages of the Indo-Germanic family, and traces the various foreign influences it has undergone. Last, he gives an account of its own internal development.”—Acad.
“This is a good book. It would form an excellent introduction to the historical study of the English language. The writer is not merely a swallower of other men’s formulas. There is an independent play of thought in Professor Jespersen’s exposition which is not so very common in the work of philologists.” A. L. Mayhew.
“The style of this excellent work displays a correctness and ease which would be highly creditable to a native scholar, and are marvelous in the case of a foreigner, while the matter and method evince adequate mastery of the intricate subject.”
“It is the work of a competent scholar, widely familiar with English and American literature, and written in the light of most modern linguistic science.”
“Careful and scholarly history.”
Reviewed by O. F. Emerson.
Jevons, Herbert Stanley.Essays on economics. *$1.60. Macmillan.
“The author assumes that nothing is known regarding utility, labor, exchange and capital, rent and production and endeavors to arrive at the laws, regulating them by reason rather than by experience or authority. Especially novel is the attempt to treat these topics by the diagrammatic method like Euclidian problems.”—N.Y. Times.
“Mr. Jevons fortunately possesses a bright and attractive style.”
“Novelty of treatment rather than of matter is the attraction of this book. The book is of high quality.”
“However little one may be disposed to accept many of the author’s views, one must recognize in this little book a quality of vigorous thought and of definite expression which is unfortunately rare in much of current economic writing.”
Jevons, William Stanley.Principles of economics: a fragment of a treatise on the industrial mechanism of society and other papers. *$3.25. Macmillan.
“Altogether, these fragments are good to read, for their vigour, their justice, their sanity and their humour.”
Jewish encyclopaedia; ed. by Isidore Singer. 12v. $84. Funk.
“It would not be difficult to point out shortcomings of various kinds; but the work as a whole is very creditable and scholarly.”
“We gladly recommend the ‘Encyclopedia’ to the reading public. It should be found on the shelves of all great libraries, and it should also be purchased by all those who aim at the collection of a good representative private library.”
“Too much cannot be said in its praise. The work is accurate, and despite the twelve volumes, concise.”
“A work of high value, it is highly creditable to all who have shared in its production, together with its publishers.”
“It should not be inferred, however, that the material embraced in this encyclopedia is merely of a narrow, racial interest. On the contrary, there is hardly an article in any of the volumes which does not contain valuable and important information for the general reader.”
“These volumes contain some work which is of first-rate quality, while the rest may be described as sufficient for the purpose.”
“The work has already attained the rank of a standard authority upon everything connected with the Jewish race and religion.”
“‘Saul’ ... is an article to which one naturally turns. Our chief complaint is that Dr. Kohler takes as generally accepted conclusions many critical statements which are scarcely worth considering.”
Joachim, Harold H.Nature of truth: an essay. *$2. Oxford.
Mr. Joachim says in his preface, “The following essay does not pretend to establish a new theory. Its object is to examine certain typical notions of truth, one or other of which—whether in the form of a vague assumption or raised to the level of an explicit theory—has hitherto served as the basis of philosophical speculation. If I am not mistaken, every one of these typical notions and accredited theories of truthfails sooner or later to maintain itself against critical investigation. And I have tried ... to indicate in what direction (if in any) there appears some prospect of more successful construction.”
“Mr. Joachim’s essay is an examination of three typical notions as to what truth is, and will be found most direct of all recent attempts to answer Pilate’s question.”
“In view of the fundamental value of Mr. Joachim’s work it seems ungracious to allude to secondary blemishes. But it is not easy reading, and the author has provided no analysis of argument and only a scanty index.” F. C. S. Schiller.
“His book as a whole shows the possession of the philosophic temper in a high degree, and its conclusions are the more valuable because they are so carefully and moderately expressed.”
“Up to a point. Mr. Joachim’s work fulfills our expectations. The trouble is that, at the end of it all, Mr. Joachim has to confess himself beaten. His notion of truth will not work out, and leaves him with only negative results, hoping against hope to escape from skepticism.”
“It claims no positive result, but is an acute, though rather involved and at times scholastic criticism of three current conceptions of
“This short essay of under two hundred pages seems to us the most important contribution to English philosophy—with the exception of Mr. Haldane’s last book—since the appearance of Mr. F. H. Bradley’s ‘Appearance and reality.’ In his candour, his freshness, and his power of clean-cut definition he has many points of resemblance to the latter writer.”
Job, Herbert Keightley.Wild wings: adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger birds of No. America on sea and land. **$3. Houghton.
“This is emphatically a book to be bought; the ornithologist must have it; the lover of nature should have it.”
“Attractive book.”
Johnson, Burges.Beastly rhymes; with pictures to correspond by E. Warde Blaisdell. **$1. Crowell.
Familiar beasts are put thru clever performances in rhyme as well as pictures taxing both their acrobatic skill and animal mentality. “The aim of the little book is rather the instruction of Youth than the edification of Age.”
“Mr. Johnson’s animal verses are as amusing in their way as his ‘Rhymes of little boys’ Were in another fashion.”
Johnson, Claude Ellsworth.Training of boys’ voices. 75c. Ditson.
All who are interested in the training of children’s voices in school, Sunday school, or choir, will find this little text-book useful. The chapter headings will suggest its scope: Children’s natural voices, Beginning tone production, Voice training, Vocal exercises, Music in schools, Boys in church choirs, The selection of music for boys’ voices.
“His remarks on voice training are commendable.”
Johnson, Clifton.Birch-tree fairy book. †$1.75. Little.
This companion volume to “The oak-tree fairy book” contains a wide variety of stories ranging from simple folk-tales to fairy romances, but all have been carefully edited for home reading and while the charm remains the savagery and distressing details have been omitted. The stories given are; Tom Thumb, The giant with the golden hair, Three feathers, Jack the Giant-killer, The ugly duckling, The forty robbers, The wizard and the beggar, and a score more old favorites.
“Timid parents need not fear to place these stories in the hands of the most sensitive child. Savagery, excessive pathos, undue thrills are all glossed over or dispensed with.”
“A collection that will suit the ideas of most parents as to children’s reading much better than the old versions.”
Johnson, Emory Richard.Ocean and inland water transportation. **$1.50. Appleton.
The general scope of this work is suggested by the chapter headings: The measurements of vessels and traffic, The history of the ocean carrier, Ways and terminals of ocean transportation, The ocean freight service, The ocean mail service, The International express service, Rate and traffic agreements, pools, and consolidation of ocean carriers, Marine insurance, Aid and regulation by the national government, The mercantile marine policy of the United States.
“It is at once historical, analytical, and descriptive, and it is thus of value alike for general reading, as a text-book, and as a work of reference.”
“Topics, which are only imperfectly understood by the average landsman, are presented by Mr. Johnson in a clear and interesting way.”
Johnson, Joseph French.Money and currency in relation to industry, prices and the rate of interest. *$1.75. Ginn.
Of his work the author says: “While it is intended to be a complete exposition of the science of money ... its unique characteristics, if it possess any will be found in the deep practical significance it discovers in the phenomena of price, in its analysis of the demand for money, in its exposition of credit as related to prices and the rate of interest, and in the clearness it gives to the concepts of commodity money, fiat money, and credit money. This book deals with money as an independent economic entity, and seeks to bring out the fact that ‘price’ in the world of business is a more important word than ‘value’.”
“He has slurred over certain controverted topics, in order to avoid snags which he regards as needless difficulties. Without presuming to pass judgment upon these disputed technicalities, it is safe to say that the book will be of use as an account of the actual phenomena of money and currency.” A. W. S.
“Professor Johnson has rendered a valuable service in his scholarly, and at the same time practical, discussion of the money problem. He has made a book which is simple in language and readable.” Charles A. Conant.
“Aside from his novel classification of the forms of money, the author contributes no additional material of any importance to the general subject of money.”
“What should prove the best text in its field. Particularly to be commended are the careful analysis of the demand for money, the discussion of ‘fiat’ money and the treatment of the difficult subject of credit.”
“Few or none which will better repay study by the serious merchant who wishes help by which to forecast the future and protect himself against reverses which come to many unawares and not understood.” Edward A. Bradford.
“Professor Johnson’s book is a welcome addition to the voluminous literature of money, and, with its errors of detail eliminated, it will, without doubt, take rank among the best of the general works upon the subject.” A. Piatt Andrew.
Johnson, Owen, Max Fargus.†$1.50. Baker.
A most unpleasing group of people are met with in the course of this story, which is interesting because the characters are well drawn, and the plot is well handled. Max Fargus, an old miser, rich thru the astute management of his oyster houses, meets in the park an impoverished actress who shrewdly leads him on and, posing as a country girl, actually wins his affections. He has her investigated, however, by a shyster lawyer before he marries her and the lawyer drives a crafty bargain with the girl, by which, in return for his favorable report, he is to receive half her gains. After marriage Fargus becomes suspicious and later works out a revenge which succeeds so well that all the leading characters are left either dead or miserable and the shyster’s partner, who has become his enemy, receives the Fargus money.
“There is something exceedingly refreshing in the very grimness of Mr. Johnson’s new story. It would be high praise—perhaps too high praise—to say that the characters are as well drawn as they are named.” Firmin Dredd.
“While in general the author has hardly risen to the literary possibilities of his theme, his book is not without merit.”
“The tale, though, in all its situations, wholly incredible, is told with spirit, and an occasional good bit of characterization.”
“It is a picture of depravity and simply that, clever enough in workmanship, but lacking in motive.”
Johnson, Samuel.Lives of English poets; ed. by George Birkbeck Hill, with brief memoir of Dr. Birkbeck Hill by his nephew, Harold Spencer Scott. 3 v. *$10.50. Oxford.
This three-volume edition of the “Lives of the poets” is the fulfillment of Dr. Birkbeck Hill’s promise made in the preface to this edition of Boswell’s “Life.” Mr. Harold Spencer Scott, Dr. Hill’s nephew, has prepared this edition for the press, preserving the main outlines of the work as they were left by the author. He has further contributed a memoir and bibliography of his uncle.
“Dr. Hill devoted many years of research to Johnson and Johnson’s period and we know no modern talent which can be ranked with his in its wonderful grasp of contemporary sidelights on his subject.”
“A reprint of special importance.” H. W. Boynton.
“One does not have to proceed far in one’s examination either of the notes or of the list of books quoted before one perceives that in this posthumous work Dr. Hill cast his nets almost as frequently and as widely as he did in his Boswell, and caught almost as many fish, large and small, common and strange, in the shape of apposite and illuminating quotations from all manner of books and writers.” W. P. Trent.
“A more thorough and accurate piece of revision and verification than is represented by the text, notes, and index of the present edition will rarely, we imagine, be found in editorial annals.”
“It was a happy idea of Dr. Birkbeck Hill to publish the “Lives” in what will probably be their final edition.”
Johnson, William Henry.French pathfinders in North America.$1.50. Little.
“Written in a style especially adapted for younger readers.”
“A useful book for school libraries.”
Johnson, William Henry.Sir Galahad of New France. †$1.50. Turner, H. B.
“It is a harmless little idyl, pleasantly told, a new version of ‘The forest lovers,’ plus a race problem, and minus Hewlett’s genius.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
Johnson, Wolcott.Old man’s idyl. **$1. McClurg.
Johnston, Alexander.American political history, 1763–1876; ed. and supplemented by James Albert Woodburn. 2v. ea. *$2. Putnam.
“This volume presents in book form the series of articles on ‘American political history’ contributed by the late Prof. Johnston of Princeton to Lalor’s ‘Cyclopedia of political science, political parties, and political history,’ in the period from 1763 to 1832. The next volume will come down to 1876. The editor’s task has been to arrange, connect, and supplement Prof. Johnston’s papers so as to present a compact and continuous narration. He has also written a brief introduction, and an able history and analysis of the Monroe doctrine, and some material has been added to bring the history down to date. The work, however, remains substantially Prof. Johnston’s.”—N. Y. Times.
“As it stands the book is hard to use, especially the second volume, and can scarcely be handled except by such as are already familiar with United States history. The narrowly political standpoint of the author gives the work an old-fashioned air. The strong point of the essays lies in the clearness and vigor with which political action and motives are analyzed, and for this reason the volumes, in spite of their chaotic character, will be of permanent value.” Theodore Clarke Smith.
“Of the worth of the articles themselves there is, of course, no question, and the work of the editor seems to have been, on the whole, skilfully performed.”
“It is valuable rather for its suggestions and conclusions than for the mere statement of facts.”
“His treatment of political parties in the middle third of the nineteenth century is especially illuminating and useful.”
Johnston, Annie Fellows.Little colonel’s Christmas vacation. †$1.50. Page.
This latest book in the “Little colonel” series tells the story of the little Colonel at school, of her breakdown and enforced stay at home, of her holiday good times, and of kind deeds she is able to render less fortunate ones.
Johnston, Mrs. Annie Fellows.Little colonel, maid of honor. $1.50. Page.
The little Kentucky “colonel,” so much of a favorite with young readers, has reached the age for interest in other people’s love affairs. The main action of this new page of happenings in the life of Lloyd Sherman centers about a southern wedding, so perfectly arranged as to give the impression that everything “bloomed into place.”
“Will be in large demand as a holiday gift.”
Joinville, Jean de.Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville; new Eng. version by Ethel Wedgwood. *$3. Dutton.
An old chronicle six hundred years old is reproduced here. It records the life and adventures of King Louis of France, known as the “Saint,” with special reference to the seventh crusade in Egypt. The book is fully illustrated.
“We can speak very highly of Miss Wedgwood’s powers of translation; she preserves the spirit of her author, and suggests many of the qualities of his style.”
“A new and pleasing translation of one of the most fascinating human documents of mediæval times.”
“Some omissions in the text have been made. One is apt to think that if the book is worth publishing at all, for the student’s use at least, it would have been better not to omit these parts of the text and to add some bibliographical notes.”
“The translator, if such a word can be applied to the author, has done a worthy piece of work, which will be more useful than popular; more lasting to the old than absorbing to the young.”
“The diction preserves excellently the general effect of the original. It is a very simple diction, by the way, not running too much to the archaic.”
“This is one of the most delightful books we have come across for a long time. The translation is spirited and excellent; the preface and notes are just what a reader wants; and no more than he wants, for intelligent enjoyment of one of the great stories of all time.”
Jones, Chester Lloyd.Consular service of the United States, its history and activities. $1.25. Pub. for the Univ. of Pa. by Winston.
A monograph dealing with the subject under the following headings: Legislative history, Organization, Rights and duties of consuls, Extra territoriality, Consular assistance to the foreign trade of the United States, European consular systems, and Suggestions for the improvement of the service.
“The work is a welcome addition to the too meagre literature concerning our foreign trade.” George M. Fisk.
“Mr. Jones has collected a large number of facts connected with his subject and has brought them together in convenient and readable form.”
“This is a rather more ambitious and comprehensive history of our ‘trade ambassadors’ abroad than has been published before.”
“An exhaustive, scholarly monograph.”
Jones, Harry Clary.Electrical nature of matter and radioactivity. $2. Van Nostrand.
The author has brought together here articles that were published as a series in the Electrical review. The treatment is more popular than technical, yet accurate scientifically.
“We think that he has produced a book which should prove useful to those whose mathematical attainments do not permit them to study the larger and more difficult works of Prof. J. J. Thomson and Prof. Rutherford.”
“His vigor carries one along at such a rate that, did one not know better, he would be convinced of certain statements often not proved, or forget that there is another side to the question.” Charles Baskerville.
“The facts are clearly stated and neatly summarized, but without any attempt at adventitious ornamentation to catch the attention of the casual reader.”
“Well adapted to bringing one’s physics up to date.”
“The book as a whole gives a comprehensive and interesting survey of the radio-activity of matter as it is interpreted by the disintegration hypothesis. Perhaps the best chapters are those dealing with the reproduction of radio-active matter and the theory arising therefrom.” F. S.
“The subject is recondite, yet its presentation is sufficiently simplified for easy comprehension.”
Jones, Samuel Milton.Letters of labor and love. **$1. Bobbs.
“No man or woman can read this book without being made purer, nobler and truer for its perusal. It is a volume that will make for civic righteousness, a nobler manhood and a juster social order.”
“As the most forcible and significant utterances of such a man, these letters should find ready welcome not only among his admirers but also among all who are interested in the deeper problems of society.”
“It is the real Jones as his friends knew him who appears in this book, and no one who wants a memorial of his life and teachings can well do without it.”
Jonson, Ben.Devil is an ass; ed. with introduction, notes and glossary by William Savage Johnson. $2. Holt.
“This seems to suffer from what may be called a lack of artistic restraint in annotation.”
Jordan, David Starr.Guide to the study of fishes.2v. **$12. Holt.
“Unfortunately the index is not so good as it might be. It may be said generally that it would be difficult to praise this fine work too highly.”
“Where the author has wandered from the narrower field of systematic ichthyology, with its attendant problems of distribution and external morphology, he has sometimes fallen into vagueness or error. Where, on the other hand, he has traversed his own familiar ground he has supplied a real need and supplied it admirably.” Jacob Reighard.
Jordan, Louis Henry.Comparative religion: its genesis and growth. *$3.50. Scribner.
“Mr. Jordan’s book is of the nature of a work of reference, and must have involved great labor.” (Acad.) “It is mainly descriptive of the distinctive method, aim, and scope of the new science, its genesis, its prophets and pioneers, its founders and masters, its schools and auxiliary sciences, its mental emancipations, other achievements and growing bibliography.” (Outlook.)
“From its very nature it can hardly be said to make interesting reading; but it will be found invaluable as a manual.”
“The volume shows wide reading and great industry in bringing so many names together. Yet the chapter on auxiliary or subsidiary sciences might have been retrenched with advantage, and the illustrations of comparative sciences are too many. The value of the book will be found to consist in its full bibliography, which is made available by a copious index.” Henry Preserved Smith.
“A valuable handbook of great breadth of learning, written in an admirable spirit. It is a book for which we are profoundly thankful, notwithstanding the fact that it has some defects which are incidental to the manner of its composition.” George A. Barton.
“It must be admitted that so great a task, beyond the first-hand knowledge of any one man, is on the whole well done.”
“Whoever wishes to know ‘all about’ comparative religion at its present stage will find cyclopaedic information here in sufficient fullness, not merely in the text but also in appended charts, and all carefully indexed for ready reference.”
“Mr. Jordan’s book will probably interest even the casual reader, but it will be of special value to the student for the sake of its elaborate bibliography. So far as we have been able to apply a test, no important work, either in English or a foreign language, has been overlooked.”
“It contains too much, attempts too much, it is irritating; but on the other hand it is a very thorough and comprehensive work, especially to be recommended for reference to out-of-the-way information.” E. Washburn Hopkins.
Joseph, H. W. B.Introduction to logic. *$3.15. Oxford.
A restatement of the traditional doctrine “which is used at the universities as an instrument of intellectual discipline.” (Lond. Times.) “Mr. Joseph has interesting remarks to make on the relation between mathematics and logic, and a good statement of the doctrine that the principle of syllogistic inference cannot be made into the premise of a particular syllogism without begging the question. His chapter entitled ‘The presuppositions of inductive reasoning: the law of causation’ is a model of clear and forcible reasoning. Mill’s four methods, he finds, may be reduced to one ‘method of experimental inquiry.’” (Nature.)
“A thoughtful and scholarly treatise, conceived on the lines of a good text-book.”
“Useful as his book may prove to an advanced logician, it is almost the worst possible for a beginner’s introduction to the subject.”
“It is an excellent and very sound exposition of the traditional logic for which Oxford has been famous ever since the days of Chaucer’s Clerk. But if the matter is traditional, the manner of exposition is as fresh and independent as it could well be, and the author has entirely fulfilled the desire expressed in his preface not to teach anything to beginners which they should afterwards have merely to unlearn.”
Josephus, Flavius.Works; tr. by William Whiston, and edited by D. S. Margoliouth. $2. Dutton.
“The complete works of the learned and spirited writer, Flavius Josephus, compressed in one royal octavo volume.... The editor’s work ... includes an introductory essay, and a few notes, and a careful collation of the text with the critical edition of the original Greek of Niese and Von Destinon, and its division into sections after the plan of the learned German editors. Recent research has been intelligently summarized. All of Josephus is here, including, of course, the few disputed passages.”—N. Y. Times.
“The editor’s Introduction is decidedly piquant. He seems to treat his author in exactly the right vein, now genially discounting his marvelous exploits, now politely doubting his veracity while enjoying his romance.”
“The introduction is, of course, admirably written, and weighted with references to the learned literature of the subject; still more loaded with erudition are the notes.”
“Is admirably adapted to the chief use to which it is likely to be put, as a book of reference for library shelves.”
Joubert, Carl.Fall of tsardom. *$2. Lippincott.
“This volume consists of threatenings against the Russian government, and reminiscences of what has happened in the past after similar threats had been made.” (N. Y. Times.). “It cannot be said that in these pages the author gives an accurate picture of social and political conditions; his pen is distinctly that of an advocate. For example he criticises the secret societies for the purposeless crimes they commit, but at the same time he defends the ‘revolutionary committee’ for sanctioning assassination ‘in extreme cases.’ Purely constitutional reform is in his opinion hopeless; the tsardom is a deadly growth that must be plucked out by the roots.” (Critic.)