O., A. V.“Jack” by a religious of the Society of the Holy Child. 45c. Benziger.
A true story of how Jack, in the course of a mischievous and adventurous boyhood, changed in the estimation of his friends from an addition to the family which they could not decide whether “to deplore or be proud of,” to “a Christian, a hero, and a gentleman.”
Ober, Frederick Albion.Columbus, the discoverer. **$1. Harper.
In sketching the life of Columbus for the “Heroes of American history” series, special effort has been made to accentuate the well verified facts in the great discoverer’s career. Meagre facts only are recorded of his youth, but from his arrival at the “hospitable portal of La Rabida” the narrative proceeds on surer authority. The author shows the character of Columbus in public and private relations, and possesses him with the attributes which render him a worthy hero for sane worship.
“A life of the great discoverer well calculated to interest young people in his personality.”
“Mr. Ober’s book has one great charm, however, which bursts out occasionally in a way that whets the appetite for more. He has apparently followed in the footsteps of Columbus.”
Ober, Frederick Albion.Ferdinand De Soto, and the invasion of Florida. **$1. Harper.
Uniform with the “Heroes of American history” series. A vivid portrayal of the varying fortunes of De Soto and his band which lends the charm of romance to the historical facts of the memorable expedition. The book is illustrated with reproductions of old pictures and a map showing the course of De Soto’s journeys thru Mexico, Florida and Cuba.
“A capital account of the life of this particular hero, but with it there may seem to the fastidious reader to be rather too much of the fanciful.”
Ober, Frederick Albion.Hernando Cortés, conqueror of Mexico. **$1. Harper.
“A readable biography.”
Ober, Frederick Albion.Pizarro and the conquest of Peru. **$1. Harper.
The latest volume in the “Heroes of American history” series. The account is a full one of the man, who with a mere handful of soldiers invaded and made conquest of the Inca’s stronghold in Peru. The volume of less than three hundred pages condenses a great deal of material which has heretofore existed only in a bulky unabridged form.
“Mr. Ober has condensed, edited, and presented in attractive form the essentials of history, and, having given himself to the study of early Spanish America, seems a competent guide.”
“A good deal of information hitherto only accessible in bulky histories has been condensed and made entertaining in this volume.”
Ober, Frederick Albion.Vasco Nunez de Balboa.**$1. Harper.
In continuation of the “heroes of American history” series. Mr. Ober offers a sketch of Balboa whose valorous exploits are tinged with fascinating romance. The various stages of his career show him a penniless adventurer, self-elected governor of Darien, savior of the settlement when on the point of dissolution, subjugator of the caciques, discoverer of the Pacific, servant of the king, and builder of the first brigantines that ploughed the waters of the Southern ocean. Finally as traitor to his sovereign he is executed in the town he had unwearyingly helped to found.
O’Brien, William.Recollections. **$3.50. Macmillan.
“It is a charming and finely touched descriptionof the career of a young Irishman of genius in a time of stress and storm.”
“He tells his tale modestly and sincerely, without striving to put his best foot foremost and without any trace of bitterness towards opponents.”
“Mr. O’Brien’s book takes rank with Mr. Justin McCarthy’s politico-autobiographical reminiscences. While its scope is narrower, its vividness is more intense. The author at times writes, as it were, with his very heart’s blood; and thus writing he cannot fail to command a reading.” Percy F. Bicknell.
“Lacks the historic value which attaches to Mr. Michael Davitt’s ‘Fall of feudalism.’”
“They constitute in fact a human document wherein may be read not merely the personal characteristics of their author, but the predominating traits of his countrymen.”
“Unfortunately, too. Mr. O’Brien is throughout careless about dates, and the index is little help to anybody who wishes to follow in a serious spirit a rambling and disjointed story.”
“The book will be read with interest by all who have lived through those days and who are interested in Irish affairs.”
“So long as Mr. O’Brien keeps to personal touches, and to his delightful Irish humor and sentiment, we find him a very pleasant storyteller.”
“Both in tone and style the book is a pleasant one, and every one who wishes to form a clear idea of the Nationalist case against the British Government from 1865 to 1883 should make a point of studying it though unquestionably it requires careful checking from other sources.”
Ogden, Horatio Nelson.Child in the church. 25c. Meth. bk.
The order for the administration of baptism to infants according to the discipline and usage of the Methodist Episcopal church, together with the duties of parents, the apostles’ creed, and the catechism, make up this booklet, which has as a frontispiece a blank certificate of baptism. The volume forms a dainty baptismal gift.
O’Higgins, Harvey Jerrold.Don-a-dreams: a story of love and youth. †$1.50. Century.
The practical, everyday world seems a very sordid thing to one who follows the story of this dreamer of dreams, who from nursery make-believes and childish day dreams passes into a youth of ideals and is left in his early manhood still a visionary but with many dreams come true. With a skilful touch Don is put before us; misunderstood by a commonplace father, an acknowledged failure at a practical college course, a failure in New York where he tries to make a living as a super at a second class theatre or at anything else, he suddenly blossoms into a recognized genius as a writer of plays. And through years of struggle, from earliest childhood, his love for Margaret, his ideal, burns like a white flame, and in return she loves him, marries him and makes him happy, altho like the rest of the world, she may not always understand him.
“All the earlier part of the book is shadowy, and hardly prepares us for the vivid, admirable picture of life in New York that comes later.”
“It is a book of fine fibre in purpose and execution, romantic, touching, amusing.”
“‘Don-a-dreams’ is his first novel, but Mr. O’Higgins has made no mistake in his new departure.” Otis Notman.
“It is all very tenderly and charmingly told, and we like it better because our dreamer is not of those who think wallowing in the mire synonymous with ‘knowing life.’”
“Its consistent literary quality lifts it far above the level of ordinary fiction.”
O’Higgins, Harvey Jerrold.Smoke-eaters. $1.50. Century.
Reviewed by Mary Moss.
Okakura-Kakuzo.Book of tea. **$1.50. Duffield.
These essays relate to tea, not as a beverage but as an aesthetic symbol. “Within the pages of this volume is condensed the whole philosophy of tea, together with its history, poetry, symbolism and a synopsis of its relation to religion and art as they exist in Japan. The author writes with sympathy ... and with a graceful felicity of expression.” (Ind.)
“Charming group of essays.” Frederick W. Gookin.
“What ‘Sartor resartus’ is to the realm of the utilitarian ‘The book of tea’ is to the realm of the esthetic.”
Okey, Thomas.Story of Paris.$2. Macmillan.
“The greater part of the 400–odd pages of this volume are taken up with the story of the city from its beginnings as a Gallo-Roman camp to its expansive latter days. The last pages contain generous descriptions of the landmarks, museums, galleries, churches, and theatres of the present.” (N. Y. Times.) “It is not too much praise to say that the book supplements the information contained in Baedeker, and supplies as well a background for the greater enjoyment of such volumes as Theodore Child’s ‘The praise of Paris,’ Richard Whiteing’s ‘Paris of to-day,’ of Amicis’s ‘Ricordi di Parigi.’” (Outlook.)
“The guide is a curious cross between a Baedeker and a Hare, without the satisfying definiteness of the former or the charm of the latter.”
“The intending visitor to Paris could hardly have a more valuable vade mecum than Mr. Okey’s little volume.”
“We are glad to be able to commend highly this little book which fully maintains the high standard which the volumes in this series nearly always attain.”
“The historical, literary, and artistic aspects of the city are worthily treated.”
Oliver, Frederick Scott.Alexander Hamilton: an essay on American union. *$3.75. Putnam.
The work of an Englishman which gives an estimate of Alexander Hamilton’s character and presents a record of political and historical conditions in the United States in Hamilton’s day. “Mr. Oliver calls his work an essay on American union; but it is far more than that. At bottom it is a grave and singularly eloquent plea for the great union of a close and lofty and disinterested Imperialism. And it is an immense compliment to Mr. Oliver to say that his conclusions and his exhortations are worthy of having been directly inspired by such a figure as Alexander Hamilton.” (Lond. Times.)
“A very thoughtful and clever essay on the life and work of Alexander Hamilton.”
“Tho the book has some marked blemishes, it is so filled with deep and original thinking that it is worthy the careful attention of every student of Hamilton and our early political history. It is written in an interesting, cultured style, which at times becomes brilliant.”
“He has depicted Hamilton with force and clearness, with humour, with sympathy and charm. He has treated a big subject in a large and masterly way. No book has appeared lately which conveys a more valuable lesson or one more tactfully and skilfully unfolded.”
“To our minds, his narrative is by far the most interesting and vivid account that has yet been published; but, being neither a publicist nor an economist ... he is positively disqualified from the task of estimating Hamilton’s work.”
“There are some errors of fact, due perhaps to faulty proof reading, but the worst fault is the author’s bias and distortion of facts, which frequently make his conclusions valueless.” R. L. Schuyler.
“As a portrait of Hamilton the work exhibits most of the defects inherent in all admittedly partisan productions, and it further suffers from the animus apparent in the treatment of those within as well as without the Federalist party who placed themselves in opposition to ‘the little lion.’ But his is a singularly fresh and in many respects a singularly charming study, distinctive alike in point of view, in method, and in style.”
“Mr. Oliver’s book seems to us the most brilliant piece of political biography which has appeared in England for many years. A clear and vigorous style, wit, urbanity, a high sense of the picturesque, and a remarkable power of character-drawing raise much of it to the rank of a literary masterpiece.”
Olmsted, Stanley,Nonchalante. †$1.25. Holt.
Student life, especially the life of two American students in a German university town, is cleverly handled in this story, and the nonchalant heroine, with musical aspirations, is well suited to her surroundings. The book presents a phase, a passing episode, interesting and amusing, but superficial in that it deals with that frivolous side of things which is so typical of student days. The cafés, the theatres, the bleak boarding houses are well drawn, and poor Fraulein Mittelini’s tragic struggle for fame is really worthy of sympathy.
“The author has succeeded ... in giving [the heroine] some genuine fascination. The style is too obviously imitative of that of Mr. James.”
“The grip of the book is the grip of Miss Bilton—but it is entertaining even when she is off the stage.”
Oman, Charles William Chadwick.Inaugural lecture on the study of history delivered on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1906. *35c. Oxford.
In this lecture on the teaching and study of history the Chichele professor “perceives the great virtues of the tutorial system. He recognizes a fact which is often overlooked by zealous reformers, that no system of teaching can flourish which does not meet the wants of the learners; and this general truth is in a particular sense applicable to the universities of England.... The fact ‘that must be faced is, that Oxford is a place of education as well as a place of research,’—these words strike the real keynote of Professor Oman’s inaugural address.” (Nation.)
“It is remarkable for several characteristics and for a good deal of courage. From start to finish it is lively; the writing, while it is occasionally of great dignity is sometimes brilliant and even humorous.”
Omar Khayyam.Rubaiyat: a new metrical version; rendered into English from various Persian sources, by George Roe, with introd. and notes. **$1.50. McClurg.
The translation adopts a middle course between the versions of Omar which sacrifice the letter to the requirements of good verse and those which in order to be literal, sacrifice the spirit to the letter.
Omond, George William Thomson.Bruges and West Flanders; painted by Amedee Forestier; described by G. W. T. Omond. *$3. Macmillan.
In the main Mr. Omond treats his subject historically, but even from this point of view, he catches the spirit of sentiment and romance. “Each one of these quaint, often-despoiled towns has remaining some romantic relics and picturesque buildings—belfry, market-place, Hotel de Ville—old gateways, or churches enriched with paintings.” (Outlook.) “And what Mr. Omond so successfully does for Bruge-LaMorte, he also does for the other towns of West Flanders—Ypres, Furnes, Nieuport—revivifying them with the story of a glorious past.” (N. Y. Times.)
“He has been deeply touched by the ruined greatness that surrounds prosperous Ostend and would show others how they may come under the spell.”
“While the text of the book is not remarkable in any way, it is written in clear, simple style.”
Oppenheim, E. Phillips.Maker of history.†$1.50. Little.
The plot of Mr. Oppenheim’s new story with a mystery grows out of an episode in whichan English youth actually witnesses a meeting between the Czar of Russia and the Emperor of Germany, and turns up in Paris with a loose sheet of a treaty between the two, relative to an attack upon England. How this same Englishman is hidden away in Paris by spies, and why his sister is also abducted, and what sympathies stir one Sir George Duncombe to action in their behalf furnish motive power for a lively story.
“Is a capital story filled with mysterious and exciting happenings, but one regrets to see Mr. Oppenheim writing down to this level after he has shown that he is capable of such work as ‘A prince of sinners.’” Amy C. Rich.
“It is an amazing medley, highly characteristic of the author. Without trenching on politics, one may be permitted to doubt the wisdom just now of accentuating the jealousies of nations.”
“In substance, of course, it is merely a sort of exalted dime novel. But is written with such admirable restraint, such a matter-of-fact style, as though the events were being chronicled for the columns of a conservative daily newspaper, that you are cleverly led on from mild curiosity to a breathless sort of interest.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
“This stirring story is told with neatness and dispatch.” Wm. M. Payne.
“Mr. Oppenheim handles his material cleverly and makes of it a good story of adventure.”
“The story is told with the vim and dash characteristic of Mr. Oppenheim’s work, and is one of the best tales he has yet produced.”
“The story proceeds with cumulative interest to the end. The love interest of the story is secondary, but good, although the character drawing is occasionally exaggerated.” Stephen Chalmers.
“Altogether the romance is an exceptionally good specimen of sensational story-telling.”
“It is all nonsense, but it is not boring nonsense.”
Oppenheim, Edward Phillips.Man and his kingdom. †$1.50. Little.
Love, intrigue and revolution in a South American state make a riotous setting for Mr. Oppenheim’s story. The man of the hour is a wealthy young Englishman who sides neither with the revolutionists nor yet with the president’s party, but is a friend to both. His Beau Desir, a fertile valley near the town, with two hundred Englishmen to till it would fain express the temper of his neutrality, but the disquieting elements of the town creep into it. There are lively quarrels, attempted murders, and thrilling escapes, all of which have local color and atmosphere.
Oppenheim, E. Phillips.Master mummer.†$1.50. Little.
“Mr. Oppenheim has trodden a beaten path when, it would seem from his earlier success in invention, he might have struck out afresh for himself.”
Oppenheim, Edward Phillips.Millionaire of yesterday.†$1.50. Little.
A new illustrated edition of Mr. Oppenheim’s story that gives a vivid picture of two men, widely divergent types, one an invincible hero, the other a leaner, in the African bush making a grim fight for life and fortune.
Oppenheim, Lassa.International law.*$6.50. Longmans.
“The best and most important part of this system is his rule of giving his readers the law as it is, and not as it ought to be. This, combined with his natural impartiality, makes his book an extremely fair and rational one.”
“The arrangement is clear and logical, and the matter of the work is, so far as we have examined it, fully up to date, and presented with acumen and moderation.”
Orczy, Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara, baroness.I will repay.†$1.50. Lippincott.
The scenes of Baroness Orczy’s dramatic tale are enacted in the terrible days of the French revolution. Ten years before its reign of terror, Juliette Marny is compelled by her father to take a vow to bring about the ruin and death of Paul Déroulède, the man who, tho against his will, had killed her brother in a duel. So much for the prologue. When the story opens, the revolution is well under way. Déroulède is a popular leader. Juliette, housed with his mother for safety, loves him, yet is obedient to relentless Fate which is dragging her to the fulfillment of her vow. She denounces him to the terrorists, and in attempting to undo her treachery brings both herself and Déroulède under the Merlin suspect law. Their escape from France closes a chapter of thrilling incidents.
“There are not so many characters to stage in this book as in a former success of the same author’s, dealing, like this with revolutionary Paris, and we find less variety of scene, less incident: but the same dramatic power is abundantly demonstrated.”
“It is, in truth, a very fair story of its semihistoric wholly respectable sort.”
“The story is full of exciting situations and thrilling moments.”
Orczy, Baroness.Scarlet pimpernel.†$1.50. Putnam.
“A brilliantly vivid story abounding in dramatic incident.”
Orczy, Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara, baroness.Son of the people: a romance of the Hungarian plains. †$1.50. Putnam.
The old story of the rich and handsome peasant who wins the hand of an impoverished nobleman’s daughter against her will and later, by proving his nobility of soul, turns her scorn to love, is given a charming Hungarian setting in this romance of the plains. The peasant life and character are strongly contrasted with the traditional pride of the nobility; the lines of caste are well portrayed, the priest, the Jew, the aristocrat, and the son of the soil, the thrift of the peasant, the prodigality of the lord are all interwoven with the love story.
“It is sentimental and of a conventional type, but the setting is new, and so it takes on a novel air.”
“It is a strong and attractive piece of work, vivid in description and characterization, dramatic in action.” Wm. M. Payne.
“The story is well told, and as interesting as any other thrice told tale.”
“This really interesting book is hurt by wordiness and repetitions of good effects, yet not unto destruction.”
“Judicious condensation and elimination would have greatly improved and strengthened ‘A son of the people,’ but it has decided merits as it is.”
“The book interests and attracts despite the poverty of the plot.”
Orr, Rev. James.God’s image in man and its defacement in the light of modern ideals. **$1.75. Armstrong.
Professor Orr discusses “the conflict between the Biblical and the modern view of man—his nature, origin, and primitive condition, his sinfulness and the divine redemption from it. The difference between the so-called Biblical and the modern views is that the former regards God’s image in man as aboriginal, the latter regards it as ultimate. Man’s redemption from sin, therefore, the former regards as a reconstructive work, the latter as constructive or evolutionary.”—Outlook.
“There can be no question of Professor Orr’s deep religious interest, his courage, his marvelous grasp of the material of present-day learning, and his perception of the seriousness of the questions now pressing for solution; but I do not think that the work under review can give much help to a man who is seized of the significance of the great intellectual and religious movements of the present and feels a sympathetic interest in them.” George Cross.
“What seems hardly fair in Professor Orr’s argument is the prominence given to Haeckel as the representative of the modern view.”
“Dr. Orr conducts his argument with a creditable moderation of language, and states the problems which he discusses fairly.”
Orr, Rev. James.Problem of the Old Testament considered with reference to recent criticism. **$1.50. Scribner.
“A volume of lectures given at Lake Forest college by Dr. James Orr, of Glasgow. Dr. Orr represents the conservative view in his attitude toward modern criticism. The present volume is largely devoted to the repetition of the Graf-Wellhausen hypothesis.”—R. of Rs.
“The temper of the book is admirable. Dr. Orr’s disposition of his material appears to be excellent. We think it is safe to say that nowhere will the student find in so compact a form an abler arraignment of the Graf-Wellhausen hypothesis, which is Dr. Orr’s immediate object of attack, than in the present work.” Kemper Fullerton.
“A comprehensive survey of the chief problems of the Old Testament from the conservative point of view, but considered with fairness and candor.”
“There is no book in English that presents with such fulness and strength, from the conservative point of view, the problem of the Old Testament.”
“Professor Orr is astute, a keen logician, and he has made himself a thoro master of his material.”
“The problem of old Testament is twofold—religious and literary. So far as the principles of the religious aspect of the problem are concerned, we agree with him; but so far as the literary aspect of the problem is concerned, we take leave to doubt.”
“The multitudinous points taken by Dr. Orr against the prevailing critical opinions present to the unlearned reader a formidable array.”
“We may say that Dr. Orr is a strong conservative, though fifty years ago he would have been regarded as a dangerous radical, that he has stated his subject thoroughly, though not we cannot but think, with an open mind; and that he always expresses himself with courtesy and good taste.”
Osborn, Albert.John Fletcher Hurst: a biography. *$2. Meth. bk.
A biography which is autobiographic in nature so successfully has the compiler eliminated himself in producing what the Bishop said or what has been said about him. The sketch touches upon his boyhood, education, European experiences, ministerial work, and duties as president of the Drew theological seminary.
Reviewed by Erl B. Hulbert.
“The task has been performed with equal loyalty and ability, and the book is every way a fitting memorial of a man of great gifts, high character, and broad influence.”
“Mr. Osborn’s biography, in a word, is a worthy memorial of a great Christian and a great American, and a book which should enlarge the horizon and stimulate to a higher life all into whose hands it falls.”
“The only criticism to be brought against this biography is that the index is extravagant in its dimensions.”
Osbourne, Lloyd.Motormaniacs.[+]75c. Bobbs.
“Pretty little stories they are too, when we are permitted to pause and enjoy them, and the motormaniacs are always entertaining and capital company to the end of the run.”
“The dialogue is comic, and the narrative runs with a swing and zest which are valuable aids to easy reading.”
“The book is full of humour and energy.”
Osbourne, Lloyd.Wild justice.†$1.50. Appleton.
Nine stories of life in the South sea islands which take their title from the first tale. The author spent a number of years among crude Pacific natives with his step-father Robert Louis Stevenson. His characters are drawn from these inhabitants “well-meaning but generally inefficient missionaries, unscrupulous traders,and refugees and adventurers in search of victims. It is not an edifying life, and the manly virtues seem to be conspicuously absent.” (Outlook.)
“They are all good, but of no one of them can it be said that it is strikingly and exceptionally good.”
“The tales all have a swing in the telling and show that the author is in his own field.”
“The fascination of the unusual pervades its pages.”
“There is a certain bizarre humor, however, in these tales which somewhat redeems the sordidness of their subject matter.”
Osgood, Herbert Levi.American colonies in the 17th century. 2v. **$5. Macmillan.
“As a whole the work is the first adequate account of the origin, character, and development of the American colonies as institutions of government and as parts of a great colonial system; and it displays, on the part of the author wide and deep knowledge of the documentary evidence for colonial history and rare powers of analysis and interpretation. In a style remarkably clear, forcible and accurate the reader will regret the presence of so many cleft infinitives.” Charles M. Andrews.
O’Shea, Michael Vincent.Dynamic factors in education. *$1.25. Macmillan.
“It has been the author’s object to show that in the early years of a child’s school life, ‘motor expression’ in his teaching is ‘essential to all learning.’ He has endeavored to indicate mainly in outline, ‘how the requirements of dynamic education can be provided for in all departments of school work.’ Further, he says in his preface, ‘I have sought to point out that there is a definite order in which the motor powers develop, and that in our instruction we will achieve the highest success only as we conform quite closely to this order.’”—N. Y. Times.
“It is clear and, if one is not annoyed by its diffuseness, interesting.”
“The book seems poorly suited for the use of the practical teacher for whom it is announced, or the professional student. In spite of the author’s resolution to the contrary, it is burdened with methods of investigation, where results alone should be given.” Edward O. Sisson.
“A fair and comprehensive book. It is sound psychology sensibly applied.”
“The whole volume is what the subject is, dynamic, and is as important for parents as for teachers.”
“It is admirably suited to be a handbook for advanced classes who desire to pursue special topics exhaustively, by first reading a guidebook and then following up the literature of the subject. The style is so clear and the treatment so concrete and inductive that the general reader will understand most of it. One of Professor O’Shea’s chief contributions is in selecting those laws and phenomena that have an educational application and clearly showing the application.” Frederick E. Bolton.
“Is not epoch marking; it is in part what has been said before by other writers, but it has two virtues—it is reasonably complete, and it is of great importance.”
“On the whole, we know of no more satisfactory discussion of what is thus far known of the evolution of motor control, its relation to education, and of the place of the manual arts in education.”
“The style is not so overburdened with ‘educational jargon’ as to interfere with the enjoyment and edification of the general reader.”
Osler, William.Counsels and ideals; from the writings of William Osler. **$1.25. Houghton.
In culling selections from his less technical lectures and addresses, Dr. Osler aims to offer “individual influence” and “inspiration” to the student or general reader. “Wise counsels abound in this volume—counsels inspired by high ideals and wide experience. The real man whom they present is no more like the individual whose words were so travestied by the press on a recent occasion as to threaten the dictionary-makers with a new word, ‘oslerize,’ than the caricature of the political cartoonist is like its original.” (Outlook.)
“A book which may be read with pleasure and lasting profit, not only by every member of the medical profession, but also by the general public. Dr. Camac has made his selection with judgment.”
“What most impresses one on examining this selection from forty-seven of the author’s fugitive pieces is not only the professional and practical wisdom displayed, and the breadth of view revealed, but also the wide reading in writers not commonly held to be a necessary part of a doctor’s library.”
“They afford very interesting reading.”
“What he writes, however, is of household, individual interest, and it is presented in a manner which causes facts to breathe eloquence and conviction.”
“To dip into these pages anywhere is to meet with a thoughtful, strong, and sagacious man.”
Ostwald, Wilhelm.Conversations on chemistry. Pt. 1, General chemistry; authorized tr. by Elizabeth Catherine Ramsay, $1.50; Pt. 2, Chemistry of the most important elements and compounds; authorized tr. by Stuart K. Turnbull, $2. Wiley.
The authorized translation of Ostwald’s “Die schule der chemie.” Addressed distinctly to elementary pupils, the subject is presented in dialogue, the conversations taking place between master and pupil. Such subjects are treated as substance, properties, solution, melting and freezing, density, compounds, elements, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, air, etc.
“Miss Ramsay has done her work with much skill, and has made the dialogue not less natural and vivacious than it is in the original.”
“Most points are worked out with great ingenuity and address to an entirely logical conclusion. The allusion to things and phenomena of real human interest and the suppression ofpedantry are also to be warmly commended. The actual work of translation has, on the whole, been well done.” A. S.
“The chief value of the book, must lie, therefore, in showing something of the spirit and the methods best adapted for arousing the interest of the young pupils in elementary science.” William McPherson.
Ostwald, Wilhelm.Individuality and immortality: the Ingersoll lectures, 1906. **75c. Houghton.
Professor Ostwald, professor of chemistry at the university of Leipzig, treats the question scientifically. “At the very outset, the lecturer calls attention to the fact that our knowledge ‘is an incomplete piece of patchwork;’” but, he adds, “each one is bound to make the best possible use of it, such as it is, never forgetting that it may at any time be superseded by new discoveries or ideas. In this truly scientific spirit, very remote from the dogmatism of the churches, Professor Ostwald proceeds to consider what immortality may be supposed to be, and what reasons we have for believing it.” (Dial.)
“The chief value of this work is in showing the attitude which the scientifically trained mind tends to take to those problems where the clear principles and positive methods of the physical sciences do not obtain.” W. C. Keirstead.
“The discussion is an interesting one, both from its statement of scientific views and from the glimpse it affords of the mind of the author. It is, nevertheless, strangely incomplete, almost ignoring the deeper questions at issue.” T. D. A. Cockerell.
“It is an exceedingly interesting discourse, and quite up to date, scientifically speaking; it is full of fine moral thoughts, but it contains very little Christian consolation.”
Ottley, Rev. Robert Lawrence.Religion of Israel: a historical sketch. *$1. Macmillan.
“It is a readable outline of the history from a modern point of view, chiefly at second-hand.” George F. Moore.
Outram, James.In the heart of the Canadian Rockies. **$3. Macmillan.
“His counsel is sound, and his knowledge reaches far. The volume was well worth writing.”
“He has succeeded in producing a useful piece of work, which brings together an account of all that has been accomplished in the Canadian Rockies by himself and by other kindred spirits.” G. W. L.
“The book is written by a man who has his soul in the story.”