Ular, Alexander.Russia from within. **$1.75. Holt.
“Our author seems to have guessed rather than worked at his Russian history.”
“This writer is always picturesque, whether he is abusive, malicious, hysterical, or merely lively, entertaining, and full of surprises.”
Underhill, Evelyn.Miracles of our lady Saint Mary, brought out of divers tongues and set forth in English. *$2. Dutton.
“In these pages Miss Underhill ... reintroduces to English readers a cycle of old sacred tales in which their ancestors took much delight. The Mary-legends, or ‘Miracles of our lady,’ form a group of religious romances, the connecting link being that the Virgin Mary supplies in each of them the supernatural element.... Miss Underhill has made a good selection, with much diligence, of some of the happiest and quaintest of what she terms ‘the fairy tales of mediaeval Catholicism.’... The incidents selected vary in character from the crudely sensational to the depths of mystical devotion; and they extend in time from the fourth to the fifteenth century.”—Ath.
“Possesses a literary quality very much superior to the standard that prevails in our popular religious literature.”
“Miss Underhill’s translation gives us an exquisite piece of literary workmanship.”
Underwood, Rev. J. L.Women of the confederacy.$2. Neale.
Here are gathered from various sources paragraphs from speeches; essays, and books that give just tribute to the women of the Confederacy, making an anthology of direct historical value. These excerpts appear under the following headings: Symposium of tributes to Confederate women, Their work, Their trials, Their pluck, Their cause, and Mater redivia.
United States. Library of Congress. Division of manuscripts.List of the Benjamin Franklin papers in the Library of Congress. Lib. of Congress.
This list has been compiled by Mr. John C. Fitzpatrick under the direction of Worthington Chauncey Ford. “The papers here listed constitute those of the Franklin collection known as the ‘second series’ and are exclusive of the diplomatic papers, which were retained in the Department of State when the collection was transferred to the Library of Congress. The compilation is termed a ‘list’ rather than a ‘calendar’ because, although each piece of manuscript is entered, only the more important of its contents are noted. The list covers over two hundred pages, the items run in chronologicalorder, and a full Index is provided.” (Am. Hist. R.)
Unwin, A. Harold.Future forest trees. *$2.25. Wessels.
“A good translation of an Austrian account of experiments in the introduction of American trees. The recorded experiments deal with broad-leaved and with coniferous trees belonging to east and west North America, planted not alone in Austria as might be supposed, but in Germany, Switzerland, and Great Britain as well.”—Nation.
“This little book may be confidently recommended as supplying details of German practice not easily to be procured elsewhere.”
“In spite of its lack of proportion and its marked gaps, it is likely to be of use in any forest library.”
“Its thoroughly sound, practical and scientific character should secure it a wide circulation.”
“This book is of value and interest to all Americans who love and venerate the trees of their own fast-vanishing forests.” Mabel Osgood Wright.
Upson, Arthur.City, and other poems. *$1. Macmillan.
“Mr. Arthur Upson has achieved a most creditable piece of work in this, his ‘Poem-drama’ ... all which material Mr. Upson has woven most judiciously, with firmness and with delicacy, into his drama, the personages of which live, move, and have individual being, to quite an unusual degree. Mr. Upson has notable lines—notable both for substance and for manner.” Edith M. Thomas.
“Mr. Upson seems to be rather remarkable among the younger poets for having retained something of the traditional moral sentiment of the past.”
Upton, George Putnam.Standard operas: their plots, their music, and their composers; new enl. and rev. ed.; il. $1.75. McClurg.
Numerous illustrations of the artists who have been closely associated with certain rôles characterize the nineteenth printing of this popular handling of the standard operas. Also operas that have become popular since the first edition appeared have been included. It is a book designed for the general reader rather than the musician.
“In its present form, this work is far more useful and attractive than it ever was before and we predict for it a long lease of renewed popularity.”
“This is a book of reference without an equal in its field.”