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Sabatier, Paul.Disestablishment in France; with preface by the translator Robert Dell, and the French-English text of the Separation law, with notes. *$1.25. Scribner.

This work “is partly an examination of the deep-seated causes (as distinguished from the accidental circumstances) which led to the denunciation of the Concordat, and partly an attempt to forecast the religious consequences of that extreme anti-clerical measure. In his treatment of the first half of his subject ... the author seems to us both lucid and just.... The second half of his volume is of a more speculative character. He fancies that he foresees ‘the advent of a new Catholicism’ and ‘the rising of new sap in the old religious trunk.’”—Lond. Times.

“Not an important contribution to the literature of the ecclesiastical controversy in France. The tone of the author is as polemical as the style of the translator is journalistic.”

“The translation of the pamphlet is well done by Mr. Robert Dell, who also contributes an interesting explanatory preface.”

“Its chief defect, for those who are not among the admirers of the writer’s earliest work is, as might be anticipated, its complete failure to attain an historical point of view.”

Reviewed by Walter Littlefield.

Sabin, Edwin Legrand.When you were a boy.†$1.50. Baker.

Saddle and song; a collection of verses made at Warrenton, Va., during the winter of 1904–1905. **$1.50. Lippincott.

Sadlier, Anna Theresa.Mystery of Hornby hall. 85c. Benziger.

A book for young people which contains the chivalric unearthing of a mystery guarded by a human tigress and one involving the happiness of a long wronged child.

Sage, William.District attorney. †$1.50 Little.

A son who dares to array his intellect, his honor and his ideals against his father, a trust magnate with an iron hand, fights a creditable battle for political, financial and domestic liberty. Impersonal right is his might even tho it make useless the tools without which his father is helpless. It is an interesting character study backed by sound principle.

“Not since Robert Herrick’s ‘The common lot’ has there appeared a finer study of present-day American life than ‘The district attorney.’” Amy C. Rich.

“A book that not only shows careful workmanship, but is apt to set the reader thinking rather seriously.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

“We are inclined to think that the note of didacticism is at times a little too effusively sounded: but to the book as a whole sincere praise may be accorded.” Wm. M. Payne.

“Barring a touch of ‘preciousness,’ a proneness to euphuistic smartness not quite foreign to more sincere artists, the style of Mr. Sage would lend itself well enough to building up a story that might touch the reader as a page out of life. But instead of this, it has been employed to provide verisimilitude for a conventionally sensational tale about conventionally unreal people.”

“The author tells his story in a straightforward, manly fashion. His book deserves a wide reading.”

St. John, J. Allen.Face in the pool. **$1.50. McClurg.

Saint Maur, Kate V.Self-supporting home. **$1.75. Macmillan.

An interesting book which records an experiment made by an ambitious, energetic woman. From city flat life she transplants her family to the country, and shows how she makes a farm of twelve acres pay for itself and provide comfortably for all needs. She gives the stages in her farm development, with specific directions for each point gained, so that the book is of value to every amateur farmer and gardener.

“She writes with that tempered enthusiasm that is apt to be convincing; and although she takes her subject seriously, she allows herself occasional touches of humor.”

“Full of sound sense and practical advice.”

“The style of the author is simple and unaffected.”

“The book is no theoretical treatise or dream, but the earnest work of a woman of charming personality, which she modestly strives to conceal, who in sharing the fruits of her success with a public that has need of the information given, does it a greater service than a score of learned writers on social and political economy.” Mabel Osgood Wright.

Reviewed by Louise Collier Willcox.

“It has particular value for the beginner in that the author was a city woman who had to learn by experience, so that she knows how to help others to avoid the mistakes which she made.”

“The author convinces us that she is intelligently at home in her environment, and that what she says is the result of discrimination and practical sense.”

“A simple, straightforward, delightfully written account.”

“There is much instruction to be found in the book.”

Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin.Portraits of the eighteenth century, historic and literary; tr. by Katharine P. Wormeley, with a critical introd. by Edmond Scherer. 2v. ea. **$2.50. Putnam.

Miss Wormeley has not only translated but edited these Sainte-Beuve essays in a manner to insure their popularity. There are portraits of such historic and literary personages as the Duchess du Maine, Le Sage, Montesquieu, Voltaire, the Earl of Chesterfield, Louis XV, Marie Antoinette, Frederic the Great, Necker, Mme. de Lambert, Grimm, Rousseau, Goethe, Prevost, Beaumarchais, Adrienne Lecouvreur and others.

“It would certainly be impossible to mistake them for anything but translations, and translations of a rather literal order.”

“For delicacy, good taste, profundity of research, and brilliancy of finish, his work remains unique, and well deserves the tribute of adequate translation and sumptuous publication now being rendered it.”

“For the most part accurately rendered, and disposed in such fashion as to convey a general impression of the interesting pre-Revolutionary epoch.”

“The translation by Katharine P. Wormeley is all that could be asked in sympathy, exactness and choice of phrase.”

Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman.History of English prosody, from the twelfth century to the present day. v. 1, From the origins to Spenser. *$2.50. Macmillan.

The first of a three volume work whose aim is to examine “through at least 700 years of verse what the prosodic characteristics of English have actually been, and what goodness or badness of poetry has accompanied the expression of these characteristics.” Mr. Saintsbury’s examination is based upon facts which he presents chronologically, showing the simultaneous development of language and versification. He says “In this book we do not rope-dance, but keep to the solid paths, and where the paths are not solid we do not care to walk.”

“When the three volumes of which the work is to consist are published, a blank in the history of our literature will have been filled. Few people more competent than Professor Saintsbury could have been found for the task.”

“One of the main qualities of Prof. Saintsbury’s book is what may be called its practicalness. The main value of the book is that it is a firm denial and, as it seems to us, complete disproof, of ‘the error that the prosody of English is a fixed syllabic prosody.’”

“What saves him from pedantry is his fund of humor, of a peculiarly literary quality,which is so closely allied, as all humor is, with common sense.”

“There are many passages in Professor Saintsbury’s book which only experts will be able to understand. He calls it a history, and he has tried to make it one; but no one ever had a style less suited to the telling of a plain story. Yet, anyone interested in the subject will make a great mistake if he refuses to read the book because of the way in which it is written; for it has one merit great enough to atone for a thousand minor faults.”

“The most extraordinary thing about this volume is that, unintentionally as it would appear, the author has produced the one English book now existing which is likely to be of real use to those who wish to perfect themselves in the formal side of verse composition.”

“He writes in a breezy, somewhat pugnacious, frequently erratic style, ... and he manages to make even the dryer linguistic parts of his subject interesting.”

“Freshness of style and illustration makes It much more delightful than most technical works.”

“Needless to say, the great erudition we have come to expect from all Professor Saintsbury’s work is apparent on every page.”

Saintsbury, George, ed.Minor poets of the Caroline period.2v. v. 1, *$3.40. Oxford.

“The volume possesses so many points of interest that it is easy to forget the portentous mediocrity which is really its dominant feature.”

Sakolski, A. M.Finances of American trades unions. 75c. Johns Hopkins press.

Under the divisions, Revenue, Expenditure, and Administration, this volume in the “Johns Hopkins university studies in historical and political science,” gives the results of much careful investigation of the financial phase of the leading American, national and international trade unions.

Saleeby, Caleb Williams.Evolution the master key. *$2. Harper.

Instead of reducing “the many and ponderous volumes of the synthetic philosophy to brief and popular form,” the author attempts to justify his conviction “that the philosophy of universal and ordered change is far more easily demonstratable to-day than ever before,” and he proceeds with his demonstration “in the light of human knowledge in the first lustrum of the twentieth century.” His discussion falls into seven parts: General, Inorganic evolution, Organic evolution, Suborganic evolution, Evolution and optimism, Dissolution, and Evolution and the religion of the future.

“The work it is true exhibits certain defects perhaps unavoidable in so comprehensive a scheme. Some of the chapters are too brief to do anything like justice to the vast topics of which they treat.”

“The grand range and sweep of his reasoning is remarkable. He deals, and generally very ably though very briefly, with most of the profoundest problems of science and philosophy.” F. W. H.

“Dr. Saleeby has mastered his subject and knows what he wants to explain. He has a style lucid, incisive, exact, and boldly individual, and, considering his scientific enthusiasm, a sense of humor remarkably sane.”

“Beyond his exposition of his great master, ‘an immortal,’ it does not appear that Dr. Saleeby has contributed anything of importance upon the subject of evolution.”

“Latest masterpiece of philosophy. Such recognition [of predecessors] does not grate, but rather makes an agreeable impression—and this, together with the use of the highest scientific ability and the purest English, makes this work invaluable in every way.”

Salter, Emma Gurney.Franciscan legends in Italian art: pictures in Italian churches and galleries. *$1.50. Dutton.

“A very valuable manual.”

“Pictures of the saint began to be made as early as the thirteenth century, and are usually to be found in rather out-of-the-way places, such as Greccio, Subiaco, Pescia, etc. Not the least valuable portions of Miss Salter’s book are the few pages of ‘Practical hints’ for the traveler, showing him how to reach these places.”

“The author does not suffer from the modern disease—the fussiness of expert knowledge; and the little book disarms criticism because it is so unpretending.”

“An entirely sound, useful, practical, much-needed work, which it would be difficult adequately to praise, and impossible almost to overestimate.”

Salter, William.Iowa: the first free state in the Louisiana purchase. **$1.20. McClurg.

“The little book seems quite free from errors.” E. E. Sparks.

Saltus, Edgar Evertson.Perfume of Eros; a Fifth avenue incident.†$1.25. Wessels.

“The book’s superficial smartnesses fail to conceal its lack of serious intention.”

Saltus, Edgar Evertson.Vanity Square. †$1.25. Lippincott.

This “story of Fifth avenue life” written in the author’s clever vein is the unpleasant account of a man satiated with all the joys that wealth can buy, who has lost active interest in all things including his charming wife and child. A woman of rare beauty comes into his home to nurse his little girl, and then developes a most heinous plot in which this beautiful viper tries to murder the wife by means of a subtle poison, so that she may win the husband and his wealth. In the excitement of this discovery and the events which follow, in their selfish joy at their re-union and their re-found happiness, they allow her to go unchallenged, and discover too late that she has made another woman and another home her prey.

“Mr. Saltus has a strange taste in adjectives, and invents words that are new to our dictionaries.”

“Is a smart and interesting story; no better, ethically, perhaps than the ordinary ‘society novel’ but immeasurably better than most of that kind in its literary graces.”

Sanborn, Katherine Abbott (Kate Sanborn).Old time wall papers.$5. Literary collector press, Greenwich, Conn.

An account of the pictorial papers of our forefathers’ walls, which includes, also, a study of the historical development of wall-paper making and decoration. Her treatment covers the following subjects: From mud walls and canvas tents to decorative papers, Progress and improvement in the art, Earliest wall papers in America, Wall papers in historic homes, Notes from here and there, and Revival and restoration of old wall papers.

“Should make a strong appeal to collectors of antiques as well as those interested in primitive house decoration.”

“Miss Sanborn has had a most interesting subject in old time wall papers and she has treated it in a delightful manner.”

“Her book is likely to become a standard, and people who care for antiques will wish to own it.”

Sanborn, Mary Farley.Lynette and the congressman. †$1.50. Little.

“Just a love story—and a particularly nice one.” Wm. M. Payne.

Sanday, Rev. William.Criticism of the fourth Gospel. **$1.75. Scribner.

Eight lectures on the Morse foundation delivered in the Union seminary, New York, in October and November, 1904. Stress is laid upon the internal argument for the authenticity of the fourth Gospel.

“The present volume bears the familiar marks that are characteristic of all Canon Sanday’s work: learning, clearness, fairness to opponents, judiciousness in judgment, conservatism.” Ernest D. Burton.

Reviewed by James Lindsay.

Reviewed by James Drummond.

“It seems a little strange that one so openminded as Professor Sanday should be unable to distinguish between intentional fraud and innocent pseudonymity, yet it is this inability which holds him to the traditional opinion on the question under discussion.”

Sanday, Rev. William.Outlines of the life of Christ **$1.25. Scribner.

“The work is done with all the author’s painstaking care, scholarly balance and fairness of mind; a mind ever open to new light, but instinctively leaning to conservative positions.” W. Jones-Davies.

Sandys, Edwyn.Sporting sketches. **$1.75. Macmillan.

“As a sample of the better class of sporting literature Mr. Sandys’s work would be difficult to beat.” R. L.

Sandys, John Edwin.Harvard lectures on the revival of learning. **$1.50. Macmillan.

“As a book they are pleasing but slight, though there is enough that is new and interesting to give the reader confidence in the future.” P. S. A.

Sangster, Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth (Munson).Fairest girlhood. **$1.50. Revell.

With a heart full of affection for them, Mrs. Sangster has written once more a book for girls, for all sorts and conditions of girls, and it contains helpful little talks upon; The new Penelope, The old-fashioned schoolgirl, A liberal education, Health and beauty, The dreamy girl, Our restless girls, Love’s dawn, Home-keeping hearts, Heroines, Days of illness, The motherless girl, Friends and comrades, Christian service, and kindred subjects.

“Mrs. Sangster is a modern woman, and therefore has a strong sympathy for the modern girl and a real understanding of her needs and aspirations as well as of her possible limitations.”

“While it is throughout sane and practical, every one of its two dozen short essays is full of the spirit of that aspiration toward ideal femininity which was always the dominating characteristic of Mrs. Sangster’s literary work.”

“It deals with almost every phase of the life of girls, and is full of helpful suggestions.”

Sangster, Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth (Munson).Radiant motherhood. **$1. Bobbs.

“The book as a whole is rich in matter of vital interest and worth to home-builders.”

Sangster, Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth (Munson).Story Bible. **$2. Moffat.

A group of sixty-two stories, forty-eight of which are from the Old Testament, and fourteen, from the New. They are intended for children as an introduction to the Bible itself.

“Like all of Mrs. Sangster’s writings, this book for children is pervaded with the beautiful and gentle spirit of her personality. To the more modern students of the Bible the book may seem inadequate. The author has revealed no unusual insight in finding the central theme of the stories told. Also from the point of view of present educational thought the book is faulty.” Sophia Lyon Fahs.

Sankey, Ira David.Sankey’s story of the gospel hymns and of sacred songs and solos. *75c. S. S. times co.

The life story of Mr. Sankey followed by the words and music of four of his most popular hymns forms the first part of the little volume while the larger portion “is devoted to briefnarratives of the circumstances occasioning the compositions and the incidents connected with the use of the very many of the ‘Gospel hymns’ so effective in Mr. Sankey’s ‘singing the Gospel’ which Mr. Moody preached.” (Outlook.)

“The book is of interest.”

“The book is packed full of human interest.”

Santayana, George.Life of reason; or, The phases of human progress.5v. ea. **$1.25. Scribner.

“Those who seek an abode for an abundant and varied life will find in his five volumes plans and elevations, together with many admirable suggestions for beautiful features or details very suitable for such a necessarily palatial residence as a developed modern mind requires.” T. Sturge Moore.

“One cannot take leave of Professor Santayana without grateful recognition of the excellencies of his style and marvelous lucidity and untechnical character of his language.”

“The volumes on Art and Society are excellent. But his discussion of Religion calls to mind the theory that no heretic has ever been condemned for heresy.” George Hodges.

“Few readers will turn from its pages without consciousness of some mental renovation, without a whetting of some blunted perception.” H. B. Alexander.

Reviewed by A. K. Rogers.

“For the combination of fertility, sanity, and keenness of insight in the criticism of life and human ideals, with a high degree of literary charm, it would be difficult to point its equal in modern philosophical literature.”

Reviewed by F. C. S. Schiller.

“He has well earned, therefore, the sustained interest which his readers continue to take in his ideas and in his style from first to last. And he has succeeded also in conveying a distinct impression of his individual soul which cannot but charm and instruct even those who differ widely from his views and dissent from the philosophic solutions which he favors.” F. C. S. Schiller.

“Brilliantly written and stimulating exposition of his philosophy of life.”

“It was to be expected that Professor Santayana’s volume on art would be authoritative; and in the main this expectation is not disappointed.” A. W. Moore.

“Despite the discordant note of finalism, it still remains that nowhere has the essentiallyvitalcharacter of reason been more clearly, forcefully and gracefully stated than in these volumes. Moreover, the distinctive thing in Professor Santayana’s important contribution is that this character of reason has been exhibited, not in formal and dialectic fashion, but by scholarly appeal to the various continual ‘fields’ of experience.” A. W. Moore.

“Its philosophy may be admirable, but it is unintelligible to one not a trained metaphysician, and its style seems constantly on the verge of a lucidity which as constantly proves elusive.”

“His work remains of high interest as a human document, and abounds in memorable sayings and incitements to quotations.”

“If it fails wholly to please us it must be because we are too weak to care for the truth, or too lazy to follow it. One can hardly fancy a work on natural science more clear or more logical.” Bliss Carman.

“The fundamental misconceptions that have been noticed in the former volumes stand out in this. Professor Santayana’s skeptical criticism of scientific method and progress has the advantage of a charming literary style.”

“It is a work nobly conceived and adequately executed.” John Dewey.

Sargent, Dudley Allen.Physical education. *$1.50. Ginn.

Believing that the training of the body should be placed upon the same educational basis as the training of the intellect, Dr. Sargent has published these papers as pioneer efforts toward the realization of his ideals. The earlier physical condition of the American people is described, and the urgent necessity for some form of physical training is shown, then follow chapters which contain “the principle theories which the author has employed in evolving a comprehensive system of physical training.” The table of contents includes; Physical education in colleges, The individual system of physical training, Athletes in secondary schools, Military drill in the public schools, and Physical training in the school and college curriculum.

Satchell, William.Toll of the bush. $1.50. Macmillan.

“Owes its undeniable charm partly to the skill with which the author has utilised an unfamiliar and impressive background, and partly to qualities of sympathy and humour together with breadth and freshness of view.”

Saunders, Margaret Baillie-.Saints in society. †$1.50. Putnam.

The author’s first work accepted by Mr. Fisher Unwin for his “First novel library.” “A poor young couple become suddenly rich and experience all the debilitating effects of great wealth and a high social position in consequence. The husband forsakes the noble ideas of his younger days and finally dies unhappily. The widow founds a baby farm, where she lives quietly until it is decent for her to receive the lover whom she acquired, but held virtuously at bay, during her husband’s lifetime.” (Ind.)

“Her story is interesting, and it is written with a kind of rough power, but it does not come within a thousand miles of being literature, while considered as a picture of modern English life it appears to us to be frankly farcical.”

“Mrs. Baillie-Saunders’s style is much the best thing about her novel. It is picturesque and clear, and has vivacity.”

“The author may be a little arbitrary—but the book interests and half convinces.”

“Was intended to be a good book.... But it is simply another case of people being led into temptation instead of out of it.” Mrs. L. H. Harris.

“A well conceived, but far too cursorily executed book.”

“Here we have one more thesis novel, but despite the numbers of such this bears itself with a distinction quite its own.”

“The author writes with superficial smartness, but fails to impress her readers with the reality of her convictions or the artistic command of her material.”

“Her work is an odd mixture of cleverness and absurdity, of improbability and realism, or knowledge and ignorance.”

“It is to be hoped that if Mrs. Baillie-Saunders continues to write she will acquire her experience at first hand, and will take rather more pains in the construction of her story.”

Sauter, Edwin.Faithless favorite, a mixed tragedy. Edwin Sauter, 1331 N. 7th St., St. Louis.

A play founded on old Saxon chronicles in which such historical personages as King Edgar, Athelstane, Athelwold, Elfrida and Dunstan figure. “It contains a deal of frank language and some bitterness.” (N. Y. Times.)

Savage, Charles Woodcock.Lady in waiting; being extracts from the diary of Julie de Chesnil, sometime lady in waiting to her majesty Queen Marie Antoinette. †$1.50. Appleton.

“The romance of a little French countess in the court of Marie Antoinette.... Escaping ‘paying the debt’ that all her family paid with their lives, the lady fled to America, where she won the republican court at Washington as she had the aristocratic court of France. We are gratified to know that her sweetness and beauty were rewarded by happy love and a home in her own country at last.”—Outlook.

“Much familiar historical material is worked into the plot, but the style is good.”

“Is interesting, though not novel either in plot or style.”

Savage, Minot Judson.America to England, and other poems. **$1.35. Putnam.

“There are some notably good poems in the new volume.”

Savage, Minot Judson.Life’s dark problems; or, Is this a good world? **$1.35 Putnam.

“A distinct and powerful spiritual impulse is inevitable to the Christian who will read these luminous pages.” Edward Braislin.

“The title of his book and the subjects considered suggest help and comfort to the sorrowful and perplexed: but if that be the author’s purpose, he has marred his work by slashing doctrinal controversy.”

Scarritt, Winthrop Eugene.Three men in a motor car. **$1.25. Dutton.

Mr. Scarritt, a former president of the Automobile club of America, tells the story of a tour which three enthusiastic automobilists made first thru England, thence to Paris, next to Lucerne by way of Basle, Switzerland, to Geneva, and back to Paris thru Aix-les-Bains. The illustrations show roads that an American only dreams of—the too-good-to-be-true variety.

“The intrinsic value of the book lies in the specific information that he gives to other automobilists as to how to ‘do’ Europe in a motor car.” H. E. Coblentz.

“Will be most thoroughly appreciated and enjoyed by traveled Americans.”

Schafer, Joseph.History of the Pacific northwest. **$1.25. Macmillan.

“Except for this neglect of the national point of view, Professor Schafer’s book could scarcely be improved.” F. H. Hodder.

“The author’s tone and treatment are admirable, and we can highly commend this most lucid history of the Pacific North-West.”

Schauffler, Robert Haven.Where speech ends. $1.50. Moffat.

In this music makers’ romance “all the persons concerned are members of the great Herr Wolfgang’s symphony orchestra.... Franz, who is introduced as a boy violinist, sick with desire to be a real boy instead of a musical prodigy, grows up to be a very noble and serious sort of a genius. The other boy, who had the passion for the flute, also grows up, to play Jonathan to Franz’s David. And there is a girl. The girl plays the harp and writes poems, and she is very lovely and very good.... The other leading characters are a first violin, who is a villain, and the conductor, the famous Herr Wolfgang. The remainder of the orchestra is cast for comic parts.”—N. Y. Times.

“Nor can it honestly be said that Mr. Schauffler has given us a very satisfactory analysis of the musical temperament.”

“The story is essentially one of incidents, loosely strung together, charming in their freshness, and intimate in their revelation of the musician’s everyday life. It makes reading of an altogether wholesome and delightful sort.” Wm. M. Payne.

“It has an unhackneyed theme ... worked out in a convincing, if unskilful, way, and it tells an exceedingly pretty love story.”

“There is no story except in a mechanical sense. The author is like his own young flutist—more absorbed than inspired.”

“A book not to be read very critically; its shortcomings are too obvious.”

Scherer, James Augustine Brown.Holy Grail. **$1.25. Lippincott.

“The Holy Grail” is the “binding theme that unites this sheaf of essays and addresses.” The first bears the title subject; the two following sketch the work of Henry Timrod and Sidney Lanier respectively, than whom “no men since the days of Galahad and Percivale have more utterly lost themselves in the knightly quest;” and the last three essays are “The crusaders,” “Liberty and law” and “The century in literature.”

Schiaparelli, Giovanni Virginio.Astronomy in the Old Testament. *$1.15. Oxford.

A scientific treatment of the scattered astronomical data of the Old Testament by the director of the Brere observatory in Milan. “The introduction discusses Israel’s learned men and its so-called scientific knowledge; and its general view of the physical world as seen in the book of Job. The firmament, the earth, and the abysses are sketched in a figure, which seems to represent as nearly as can be done, the Hebrew idea of the world. Indeed, it greatly aids the reader in understanding many hitherto obscure passages regarding the abyss, the depths of sheol, etc. With a master’s skill he treats stars and constellations—dependent, however, in many places on the results of Hebrew scholars for his word-meanings. The days, months, and the year of the Jewish calendar are particularly instructive after his discussion. While he recognizes some value in the Babylonian astronomical data, he is distinctly conservative in his use of them.” (Am. J. Theol.)

“We are disappointed to find that the Clarendon press should allow a book of such intrinsic value to leave its presses without an index of subjects and scripture texts. Such omission discounts its value in these times.” Ira Maurice Price and John M. P. Smith.

“It is impossible to read this interesting little work without admiring the wealth of learning with which the author has discussed astronomical and chronological allusions in the Old Testament; and. for the reasons given above, the English edition will be of value even to those who have read the Italian.”

“Has been turned into very good English. The book with all its discursiveness or rather by reason of it, is quite entertaining.”

“All is most interestingly expressed, and the archæological and historical references are most valuable.”

“Dr. Schiaparelli’s little book has been excellently translated, and is likely to be accepted as the final authority on questions relating to Hebrew astronomy.”

Schillings, C. G.Flashlights in the jungle; tr. by F: Whyte from the Germ. with co-operation of the author. **$3.80. Doubleday.

Same; with title With flashlight and rifle; photographing by flashlight at night the wild animal world of equatorial Africa; tr. and abridged from the Germ. by Henry Zick. **$2. Harper.

A naturalist’s reproduction of the intimate life of animals “which no human eye had ever before witnessed.” “The lion, elephant, giraffe, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, zebra, and hyena, monkeys, antelope, jackals, leopards, and many kinds of birds are the subjects. All of them Mr. Schillings has hunted, photographed, studied, and killed, often at the greatest risk.” (Outlook.)

“His pluck, endurance, sincerity and enthusiasm are as real as his pictures.”

“It is probably no exaggeration to say that this is the most remarkable book of wild animal photography that has ever been printed, but there our praise is inclined to stop. We can commend the laborious efforts of Mr. Schillings in gathering his elaborate scientific data, but we can hardly praise his narrative or descriptive skill.” H. E. Coblentz.

“The translation [by F: Whyte] is a good one and appears to follow the text closely. It is a portrait gallery of wild life for Africa, such as is Wallihan’s ‘Camera shots at big game’ for the Rocky mountains.”

“The book ... is not a unified whole so much as a series of detached monographs in which a great deal too much is taken for granted. The work has obviously suffered in translation.”

“His observations of their habits, full of careful insight as they are, add a large number of substantial stones to the cairn of human knowledge.”

“The finest series of reproduction of photographs from life of the various animals encountered which have ever been produced.”

“Neither he nor his translator, Frederick Whyte, excels in narrative or descriptive skill. The work ... is packed with information and suggestion.”

“The volume contains what is probably the most remarkable series of photographs ever made of wild animals in their native haunts.”

“Aside from his photographs, Herr Schillings’s book is a valuable account of exploration and of hunting big game; it is a sturdy narrative, the dramatic value of which one does not have to be a hunter to appreciate.”

“The translation seems to be well done, and the text is extremely interesting from end to end.” Francis H. Herrick.

“His book is a real contribution to our knowledge of wild beasts.”

Schmidt, Ferdinand.Gudran, tr. from the German by George P. Upton. *60c. McClurg.

Uniform with the other volumes of the “Life stories for young people” series, this old German epic, which traces its origin to the thirteenth century, is put into a simple prose form which brings the romance of Gudran the courageous maiden of long ago, within the reach of the less venturesome little maids of today.

Schmidt, Ferdinand.Nibelungs, tr. from the German by George P. Upton. *60c. McClurg.

The translator has used the old form of English expression in this version of the Nibelungen Lied which gives it a quaintness in keeping with the story of Siedfried, Kriemhild, Brunhild, Hagen and the rest. The story has been slightly softened and some parts have been omitted to make it conform in both size and style to the other volumes of the “Life stories for young people” series.

Schmidt, Nathaniel.Prophet of Nazareth. **$2.50. Macmillan.

“It is Professor Schmidt’s aim in these chapters to show how the creeds pictured Christ, how the mind of the modern world has moved away from these dogmatic positions, that there was no Old Testament anticipation of the appearance of such a person as Jesus of Nazareth, that the term ‘Son of Man’ was not a Messianic title, that Jesus never claimed to be the Messiah ... that his life as it can be reconstructed was noble and simple, that his teaching was characterized by marvelous insight into ethical and religious conditions and equally marvelous ability to point to a sure remedy for many individual and social ills, that ... the influence of Jesus has been the mightiest force for good during all these centuries, that in our present problems with all their variety and perplexity we need the leadership of Jesus.”—Int. J. Ethics.

“Scholars may say that Schmidt leaves his proper subject in order to deliver a sermon on modern life. But many a one, on whom lies heavy the weight of the problems of the present age, will be grateful to him for his burning words, and will feel that not for nothing has the author sat so long at the feet of the prophet of Nazareth and heard His word.” R. T. Herford.

“No American scholar has made a greater contribution to the understanding of the creative days of the Christian religion.”

“Broad and accurate as the scholarship is in the main, and much as one admires the mastery which it displays, of many and varied fields of learning, it nevertheless goes astray at the most crucial point, the analysis and exegesis of the Synoptic Gospels.” George A. Barton.

Schnabel, Clark.Handbook of metallurgy, tr. by Henry Louis. 2v. *$6.50. Macmillan.

“It is the best book of its kind, and that is the best that can be said of it.”

“The translation, as well as the original, bears the impress of authority and direct knowledge.”

“As a whole, the book is reliable. The material is sufficiently comprehensive to give a thorough review of present metallurgical practices and the history of their development from early times.” Joseph Struthers.

Schoonmaker, Edwin Davies.Saxons: a drama of Christianity in the North.$1.50. Hammersmark.

“‘The Saxons’ is one of the best reading dramas that has appeared in years. The thought is elevated and it is presented with the dignity that such a theme requires.”

Schouler, James.Americans of 1776. **$2. Dodd.

“‘An original study of life and manners, social, industrial, and political, for the revolutionary period.’ It comprises in substance occasional lectures given at Johns Hopkins university during the years 1901–1905.”—Am. Hist. R.

“The author of a standard history of the United States has here supplemented his larger canvases with what one might be tempted to call literary picture postals of colonial scenes.” Woodbridge Riley.

“Other writers have in recent times attempted with varying success to give us glimpses of the environment of our forefathers,—their homes, their furniture, and their customs; but no one has approached the task with the scholarly experience of Mr. Schouler.”

“Not deterred by the ‘dignity of history,’ the author has seized the straws floating upon the currents of colonial life and arranged them in an entertaining way.”

“A most entertaining and distinctly valuable volume. Hardly a detail escapes his eager scrutiny.”

“The author, indeed, makes no claim to originality of treatment, and if there is from first to last no observations of a profound or illuminating character, we have observed few misleading or erroneous statements.”

“A novel monograph which should find a place in the working library of every student of American history and a wide circulation among the educated public generally.”

Schuen, Rev. Joseph.Outlines of sermons for young men and young women; ed. by Rev. Edmund J. Werth. *$2. Benziger.

“Building materials,” “simple sketches,” “outlines,” are the author’s words for a series of chapters which he hopes will help the preacher to build finished addresses for young men and women in Roman Catholic leagues and sodalities. The young man’s aim, and amusements, the path of iniquity, drunkenness, impurity, The Christian young woman’s crown, the virtue of modesty, wolves in sheep’s clothing and kindred subjects are treated.

Schultz, Hermann.Outlines of Christian apologetics for use in lectures: tr. from 2d enl. ed. by Alfred Bull Nichols. **$1.75. Macmillan.

Schupp, Ottokar.William of Orange, tr. from the German by George P. Upton. *60c. McClurg.

This volume in the “Life stories for young people” series, furnishes an elevating study for youth in the life of William the Silent and the noble part he played in the history of the Netherlands. The whole story of cruelty and bloodshed is given in a such way that the moral is not lost.

Schuyler, Livingston Rowe.Liberty of the press in American colonies before the revolutionary war; with particular reference to conditions in the royal colony of New York. **$1. Whittaker.

“The very first amendment adopted for the Constitution of the United States was that which forbids congress making any law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press. What existed in this country before that time in regard to the freedom of the press is told in a most interesting and curious way in this monograph. The several chapters take up the question as it existed in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and the Southern colonies, while the conclusions reached in the final chapter show that at the close of the period under discussion there was really no liberty of the press as we now understand the term.”—Outlook.

“Authorities in print have mainly been consulted; dates are lacking in places where they ought to appear, and where they could have been given with a little further research; and the index is inadequate.”

Schuyler, William.Under Pontius Pilate. †$1.50. Funk.

With a setting true to historical fact, and in the spirit of reverence the author has traced the important events of the closing years of Jesus’ mission. The story is in the form of letters written by a nephew of Pontius Pilate to a friend in Athens. There are near-by views of the disciples, of Mary Magdalene, of people whom Jesus healed, of the Roman officials and of the mob. The book has the atmosphere of dramatic intensity thruout.

“Aside from the intrinsic value of the narrative ... the interest of the book lies in its unusual point of view and in the vraisemblance which the author has contrived to impart to a contemporary account of the momentous epoch.”

Schwartz, Julia Augusta.Elinor’s college career. †$1.50. Little.

The girl who came to college for fun, the one who was sent, the daughter of wealth who came for the sake of atmosphere, and the “shabby girl” whom the other three call a genius are roommates and chums during their four years at college—presumably Vassar. Their frolics and study make anything but tame pastime for the young reader bent upon wholesome entertainment.

“There is very little of the story element in the book, but the author is skillful and vivid in her portrayal of student life and of the characters of the young women, and the young girls who are looking forward to a college career will find the book very readable.”

Scollard, Clinton.Odes and elegies. *$1.35. G. W. Browning, Clinton, N. Y.

“His rhythms are raised above mediocrity only by their almost unvaried pomp. His style is in keeping; it is lacking in precision as much as in restraint.”

Scott, Duncan Campbell.New world lyrics and ballads. 60c. Morang.

“Mr. Scott has taken imaginative possession of the cool, pinegrown, history-haunted Canadian country, and has sung of it in spare athletic verse. His poetic background is not of the broadest, his ‘criticism of life’ not perhaps of the deepest, but he rarely fails to give his reader that delicious shock of surprise of strange and vivid beauty that is the final test of Poetry as distinguished from poetry.”—Nation.

“Includes several pieces in somewhat ruder measures than are acceptable to a sensitive ear, but contains also a few poems as good as any that the author has previously published.” Wm. M. Payne.

“Are pieces of a keen poetic tang.”

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