“Mr Harris’s practical story about what a few people were able to achieve in one small region in the Middle West ought to be a very great help to all earnest men and women and baffled young people who are trying to improve conditions in country districts.”
HARRIS, H. WILSON.President Wilson; his problems and his policy. il*$1.75 Stokes 18-3535
This book “has been written by [an Englishman] to interpret President Wilson and his measures to English readers. It was published in England just before our declaration of a state of war with Germany, but the recent American edition includes the author’s account of the circumstances leading to the rupture. The book is semi-biographic. The main facts of the President’s nativity and education, of his professional and literary life, are outlined by way of prelude to the larger purpose of exhibiting his acts and motives as a statesman. ... At the conclusion of his book Mr Harris reproduces the President’s address to the Senate on January 21, 1917, and his second inaugural.”—Bookm
“Clear and well-written.”
“A very compact, well-balanced book. ... The impersonal temper in which with expert brevity the author has aligned and appraised the acts and objects of the President’s domestic policy will be gratifying to his readers on this side. From his ability to look at both sides of a question with admirable disinterestedness, Mr Harris has approached a more complete standard of interpreting the President than Professor Ford [in his volume on Woodrow Wilson] has succeeded in doing.” L. E. Robinson
“This volume is by an Englishman who says: ‘I cannot pretend to be entirely free from a certain pro-American bias, though I hope I have not allowed it to color what I have written.’ And it is true that the author is not so pro-American that he is blind to some of the blunders of his hero. American readers will find the book exceedingly interesting.”
“What may appeal to most Americans as a fundamental error is his assumption that Mr Wilson is primarily an initiating leader. ... To interpret the public will seems to be his chosen ideal for a leader of democracy. To write successfully the life of such a man requires an intimate knowledge of the politics and politicians of his time. This knowledge Mr Harris admittedly lacks. ... Upon international questions Mr Wilson spoke for the people, and his purposes rather than those of our people may be read in those utterances. Mr Harris’s exposition of Wilson as president of humanity—to use the phrase of a hostile critic—is therefore more accurate and illuminating than his well-intentioned but inadequate presentation of Wilson as president of the United States.” D. R. Richberg
“He does understand and appreciate the importance of those parts of the country that are not on the Atlantic seaboard in the creation and molding of national life. He is one of the very few European writers upon this country who have sensed that fact. ... The book will interest Americans primarily because it gives so clear and well-defined a view, from an English standpoint, of President Wilson and of his political policies and leadership. But they may well find it worth reading also because of its unprejudiced and accurate presentation of American history for the last five years and its résumé of Mr Wilson’s life. For the author has aimed at neither eulogy nor interpretation. He has been satisfied to present his facts as they are, and to allow his readers to form their own judgment. And that is something that, perhaps, no American writer could do at this time.”
“An excellent short-order biography of Woodrow Wilson. But it is a book which any American of Mr Harris’s gifts and sympathies could have written. For the deeper illumination of ourselves, it is still necessary to go to Bryce.”
HARRIS, WALTER STEWART.Christian science and the ordinary man.*$1.50 Putnam 615.8 17-7038
The title-page describes this work as “a discussion of some of the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy.” In his foreword the author adds, “This book, in addition to being a discussion of Christian science, is in part an attempt to set forth the essential true elements existing in some other beliefs, to the end that a starting point may be found for greater brotherhood among all churches and beliefs, a basis in Christ for the brotherhood of man.” Contents: A few preliminary thoughts; “Is God all?” Contradictions: Does matter have reality? Does evil have reality? Christ Jesus and the meaning of life; To church members.
“A sincere attempt to view Christian science from an impartial point of view.”
“The writer is a Presbyterian and has never been a member of any Christian science organization, but he finds that much of what he has written is so far in agreement with the views of Mrs Eddy that he would fail in his obligation of acknowledgment were he to speak of the views he expresses as his own. This accounts for the title of the book, which presents a modification of Christian science set out with an earnestness which does not destroy the author’s sense of humour.”
HART, EVANSTON IVES.Virgil C. Hart: missionary statesman. il*$1.50 (2c) Doran 17-13400
The subject of this biography was founder of the American and Canadian missions in central and west China. The foreword says, “Two great missions in China, of which Dr V. C. Hart was the founder, testify to the comprehensive insight he had of China’s needs, his recognition of her potential powers, and his appreciation of the forces which would free her from her age-long stagnation and lift her into new life and influence.” This story of his life is written by his son.
“This career was not only rich in achievement, but highly picturesque. The biographer, his son, has been able to portray it vividly.”
“A straightforward narrative of an unusually picturesque career.”
HARTMAN, LOUIS O.Popular aspects of oriental religions. il*$1.35 Abingdon press 290 17-13234
“[This book] combines brief surveys of eastern faiths with brief descriptions of the countries where they have their strongholds. ... Mr Hartman makes no pretense at thoroughness, but he supplies a lively and informing account of the principal features of oriental religions and describes the scenes with which they are connected, including some of their sacred spots. He gives the results of his own observation and his reading in authoritative treatises. ... Mr Hartman has words of cordial admiration for the great world-religion of Buddha, and he also does full justice to the aggressive character of Mohammedanism.”—Springf’d Republican
“Remembering the method and purpose, it should be said that the book is written in an attractive literary style and is splendidly illustrated.It should inspire the beginner to delve deeper into the lore of the history of religions.” A. S. W.
“One of the very best chapters in the book is that on Zoroastrianism. ... The author is sympathetic but critical, nowhere condemning any of these religionsin toto, but finding them inadequate in a progressive civilization. It is an excellent book for the busy person who wishes to know the teachings of these religions, and how these teachings work in practice.”
“Numerous well chosen illustrations add to the interest of the narrative.”
“An admirable, brief, popular statement of oriental religions. ... The author writes from the Christian point of view, but his spirit is not that of a partisan but of a lover of truth wherever it exists. It will be found especially valuable for those endeavoring to promote in our churches an intelligent interest in foreign missions.”
“Mr Hartman conducts his inquiry in the proper spirit of appreciation of the notable ethical and spiritual characteristics of eastern religions, but with an eye also to their defects. He takes a common-sense view of the problems of missionaries.”
HARVEY, ALEXANDER.William Dean Howells; a study of the achievement of a literary artist.*$1.50 (3½c) Huebsch 17-26889
Mr Harvey, who has held editorial positions on the New York Herald, the Literary Digest, and other papers, has been associate editor of Current Literature since 1905, and is the author of several other books, tells us in this volume some of his thoughts on Mr Howells and a great many of his thoughts on other subjects. This is not a life of Howells, whom Mr Harvey calls “the greatest living artist in the field of fiction who uses the English language,” but a “study of his achievements.” The author believes that the lack of appreciation of Howells in this country is due to the fact that American literary judgments are made in England, and that England has always underestimated Howells. Altho Mr Harvey ranks Howells so high, he tells us that “Howells is at the head of the sissy school of American literature” which is responsible for the “renascence of insipidity in Anglo-Saxon literature,” that his influence upon the short story has been “especially mischievous,” that he is “inadequate to the male factor in human experience,” and that were it not for his “intimacy with the soul and the circumstance of woman he could not have written his masterpieces.” To Howells’ women, therefore, a good deal of space is given. The chapter on “The Howells masterpiece” deals with “The rise of Silas Lapham.” The type of the page headlines in the book is pronouncedly unusual.
“Nothing could be more preposterous than the attitude of Alexander Harvey towards literature in this volume. Nothing pleases him. He attacks everything. He begins with a hatred of the English, and this hatred is reiterated almost to his very last page. Although his theme is ostensibly Howells, he tells us very little about that writer. ... Another of Mr Harvey’s absurd objects of attack is the American book review. He declares that ‘a book review in an American newspaper is either a display of impertinence to an author or of ill-breeding to the public.’” E. F. E.
“An entertaining and keen, if rather pert study. The index is an alphabetical epitome of the author’s own philosophy rather than a key to the book.”
“The author’s text is not so much a book as a tirade, not so much a tirade as a miscellany, and not so much a miscellany as the preface to an index. ... Mr Harvey diverts even while he irritates; and often he is unsurpassably acute. We ask for bread and are given—by no means a stone, but, let us say, a cocktail.” H. T. Follett
“Mr Harvey selects important aspects of Mr Howells’s work for lively and assertive advocacy, but it is abundantly clear from the start that Mr Howells is his point of departure rather than his goal. ... An arduous task confronted Mr Harvey. ... It must be said that in being loosely oracular and discursive, instead of attentive, he has missed his hour.” Francis Hackett
“Such sheer insanity of prejudice is rarely expressed more bluntly. ... To deny the eminence of British achievements is the giddiest height of fatuity. ... There is a unique critical index at the end of the book which exhausts the reader and presumably the subject.” Max Lustig
“Occasionally you meet with an experience or a thing for which some particular word is the one fit and perfect definition. So with this book. For it the word egregious seems to have been exquisitely invented.”
“People who admire Mr Howells’s art and intelligence will have little patience with this farrago of impertinences and irrelevancies.”
HASLETT, HARRIET HOLMES.Dolores of the Sierra, and other one act plays.*$1.25 Elder 812 17-20676
A half dozen one-act plays, “bits of drama,” the author calls them, “fragments of the human life about you.” Some of them, “A modern menage” and “When love is blind” commend themselves for acting in the little-theater. The plays are: Dolores of the Sierra; The scoop; Undercurrents; A modern menage; The inventor; When love is blind.
“The promise in the plays of Harriet Holmes Haslett is not so clearly spoken. Her people are types rather than individuals; her plots are more commonplace; her action is too often switched by mere chance; her thought is less mature. She has, however, dexterity in dialogue and has learned to manipulate stage business.” Williams Haynes
HASTINGS, FRANK SEYMOUR.[2]Navigation.*75c Appleton 527 17-25796
The purpose of this book is to provide a short course explaining the principal problems met with in ordinary, everyday work at sea. The author is instructor in navigation on the U.S.S. “Granite State.” Contents: Chart sailing; Mean and apparent time; Compass error; Dead reckoning; Soundings; Corrected altitude; Latitude; Latitude by sun on meridian short rule; Longitude; Latitude by sun, ex-meridian; Chronometer reading; Stars and planets; General remarks.
HASTINGS, JAMES, and others, eds.[2]Encyclopædia of religion and ethics. v 9 Mundas-Phrygians.*$7 Scribner 203 (8-35833)
For descriptive note see Annual for 1909; for reviews of v 8 see Annual for 1916.
“The work holds its place as one of the greatest and most useful reference works ever published. It has no competitor, as it has made a field for itself which is unique; and it is indispensable to the student of the mental and social sciences, as well as to him who is interested in philosophy and theology.” F. W. C.
“This new volume maintains the standard of its predecessors.”
“Specially attractive contributions are grouped under the titles of ‘Ordeal’ and ‘Nature,’ while the less important subjects, whose number shows the wide field covered by the work, have been entrusted to experts, who inspire the confidence which is half the charm which the ordinary reader feels as he consults a work of this character.”
HAUSER, HENRI.Germany’s commercial grip on the world; her business methods explained; tr. by Manfred Emanuel.*$1.65 Scribner 382 17-14560
“The aim of this work is essentially practical. It is an objective study of facts, not a scientific discussion of economic principles; and its purpose is to promote the future prosperity of France in two ways, a negative and a positive. The first is to avoid the German grip, and the second to apply the lessons to be learnt from German success. ... The most important lesson of all is that German success has in the main been earned by solid work. ... As for those who urge ‘war on Germany’s trade’ with the weapons of passion and force, they are merely talking nonsense. Professor Hauser brings out this lesson better than most writers on the same subject.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup
“Of interest to thoughtful business men, legislators and students of economic and current history.”
“Professor Hauser’s book was written for Frenchmen, but it well deserves translation and the widest circulation. It is a penetrating and comprehensive analysis of the economic development of Germany, full of detailed information, acute deductions, and sound conclusions. ... Professor Hauser’s treatment is much more thorough than any hitherto attempted in English, and his conclusions are better informed and better balanced than the hasty and somewhat excited counsels pressed upon us here from various quarters.”
HAWKES, CLARENCE.Wood and water friends. il*$1.25 (1½c) Crowell 590 18-2698
A selection from the author’s nature writings. Some of them are sketches from a childhood spent in a happy out-of-door environment, where the foundations were laid for the studies that have been continued even after the loss of eye-sight. The pictures are by Charles Copeland. The selections are arranged miscellaneously without table of contents or index.
“Though physically blind, Mr Hawkes has a wonderful way of making others see. The world is far richer for his book.”
“The stories are varied and will interest children and young people of different ages—some of them speak especially to younger folk, while others have a wider field of interest. There is much to commend in the book as an introduction to nature lore.”
“He has developed the happy faculty of telling nature stories that are sometimes true and always interesting. Even the fiction is based on truth.”
HAWORTH, PAUL LELAND.On the headwaters of Peace river. il*$4 Scribner 917.11 17-28894
“The journey which Paul Leland Haworth took ‘On the headwaters of Peace river,’ a thousand-mile canoe trip in the northern wilderness of the Canadian Rockies, is not one that would be practicable for the ordinary traveler. ... Outfitting at Edmonton, and making his start, with one man, from Hansard, on the Fraser river, he followed the Crooked and the Parsnip rivers to the junction of the latter with the Finlay to make the mighty Peace river, and then went on up the Finlay and well into the country of the Quadicha river, where the author thinks they were the first white men to penetrate. The many beautiful and interesting pictures are from photographs taken by the author.”—N Y Times
“Mr Haworth’s story of his trip is peculiarly delightful because of his own zest in every experience and in every inspiring sight of mountain, glacier, forest, or noble river, and because of his faculty for having interesting experiences and meeting people who had had strange and varied contacts with life and nature and were willing to talk about them.”
“Will appeal to men who love rifle and canoe.”
HAWTHORNE, HILDEGARDE.Rambles in old college towns. il*$2.50 (3c) Dodd 378 17-29340
Graduates of the following colleges will take keen pleasure in a ramble with Miss Hawthorne to the brightest spot of bygone days: Jefferson’s college, William and Mary, Annapolis, Princeton, Yale, Brown university, Harvard, Wellesley, Bowdoin, Dartmouth, Amherst, Smith, Williams, Vassar, West Point and Cornell. It is of the buildings, the campus, the spirit and traditions of these time honored old places of learning that she writes. Of Cornell she quotes: “I don’t see but that, by and large, Cornell doesn’t pretty well express the whole of this country of ours, male and female, rich and poor, in most of its countless activities and interests. A great democratic university, wonderfully beautiful, magnificently situated, thoroughly alive. It’s tremendous!”
“Life past and present, scenes as they strike the eye and as they bring memories of bygone days, both of the colleges themselves and of their historic surroundings, appeal directly to Miss Hawthorne, and are made memorable to the reader. ... Miss Hawthorne’s description of Harvard is much too casual and perfunctory.” E. F. E.
“The descriptions of buildings and of elms grow a trifle monotonous, if one reads the book in course, and will doubtless be the most enjoyable to the students and alumni of the institutions portrayed. There is more variety in the historical anecdotes.”
“It is the sort of thing for which Miss Hawthorne has a particularly happy faculty. Her mood responds sensitively to every appeal of landscape, tradition, human sentiment, the ever-lasting joyousness of youth, beauty of building or of setting. Her sense of humor is always keen and its expression genial and sunny.”
HAY, JOHN.Complete poetical works. il*$1.50 Houghton 811
The poems are grouped under the headings: The Pike county ballads; Wanderlieder; New and old; Translations; Uncollected pieces. There is an index of titles and one of first lines. The introduction is by the author’s son, Clarence Leonard Hay. The frontispiece is a portrait of the author.
“John Hay cannot be ranked among the greatest poets. ... But there have been few poets whose work maintained a more consistent average of excellence. He was always the competent master of his craft, alike in the delightful ‘Pike county ballads’ and in historical verse of classic dignity.”
“Judged by exacting standards, Mr Hay’s poems are in the main more notable for rich thought and balanced human feeling than for the lyrical quality which creates the emotion of beauty. But their place in American letters is secure. Their importance, too, in American life is established because they reveal the true character of one who in the eyes of men was chiefly the statesman and diplomat.”
HAY, MARLEY FOTHERINGHAM.Secrets of the submarine. il*$1.25 (3c) Dodd 623.8 17-24865
Mr Hay has for seventeen years devoted his time exclusively to the design and construction of submarines. “Touching but lightly on historical development or the technique of hull and engine design (subjects already treated by Burgoyne, Stirling, Hoar, and others), he discusses in clear and simple language the armament of the submarine and the functions of its various mechanisms. ... He describes the way in which these craft are maintained, operated, and fought; the special dangers to which they and their crews are exposed, and the devices by which it is sought to counteract those dangers. He indicates many of the problems connected with them which remain to be solved and he analyzes Germany’s building facilities.” (Nation)
“Just the book for the man who is looking for a vade mecum on the subject. It answers practically every possible question.”
“Besides giving America credit for the original invention by Holland, the author might also have mentioned Sperry’s gyroscopic compass, without which submarines could not navigate under water; Admiral Howell’s first employment of the gyroscope to make the torpedo run straight; and the heating of the air in the Whitehead torpedo to gain speed and distance, due to the late Walter N. Hill. The chapter on Submarine antidotes is not encouraging; that on the Sphere of the submarine is conservative, valuable, thoughtful.”
“Authentic, up-to-date information.”
HAYES, CARLTON (JOSEPH HUNTLEY).Political and social history of modern Europe.2v v 1*$2; v 2 $2.25 Macmillan 940.5 16-16141
For descriptive note see Annual for 1916.
“In the second volume interest centres in chapters 21-25, which set forth the ‘Social factors in recent European history, 1871-1914,’ and explain the special form these factors took in England, France, Germany, Russia, and the minor states during that time. ... In the sections on France in the eighteenth century, especially during the revolution, are statements which need revision.” H. E. Bourne
“The first volume offers an excellent summary of three centuries (1500-1815) in a volume of 597 pages; while the entire second volume of 767 pages is devoted to the period since 1815. The theory of the economic interpretation of history is, of course, accepted, but it is used with moderation. ... Interesting features are the very full discussion of the eastern question and the expansion of Europe into Asia, Africa, and America. ... Each volume has its own index and may be used separately.” W. R. Smith
“It is obvious that much which seems almost sacrosanct to the historical specialist must be omitted, but Mr Hayes has been singularly successful in providing a comprehensive, clear, and well-balanced sketch of the development of European politics and society during the last four centuries. There are of course slips, particularly in the sphere of domestic history. Mr Hayes’s maps are distinctly good, except that the map of the religious divisions of Europe in 1600 anticipates the plantation of Ulster and gives an Anglican hue to the lands of Tyrone and Tyrconnell. His genealogical and other tables are elaborate and careful, and his bibliographies almost too detailed; but he gives the impression, not too common, of having really read the books he recommends.” A. F. P.
“The bibliographies are excellent, so that the student has at once a manual and a guide to fuller reading.” J. W. T.
“The central theme is the rise and evolution of the powerful middle class in society—the bourgeoisie—which has done more than all the other social classes put together to create the life and thought of the modern world. There are accordingly such excellent chapters as those on the Commercial revolution of the sixteenth century, Society in the eighteenth century, The industrial revolution, and Social factors, 1870-1914. ... It is an admirable book to ‘grind’ for knowledge.”
“Makes an excellent preparation for a study Of the causes and origin of the war.”
“Particular efforts are made to explain the various economic systems with respect to their merits and defects. Thus we have a description of humanism in the 16th century, the influence of socialism in the 20th; the colonization of the 17th century, contrasted with the partitions of Africa and the expansion in the Far East of more recent times.”
HAYES, DOREMUS ALMY.John and his writings. (Biblical introduction ser.)*$1.75 Meth. bk. 226 17-6228
“An interpretation of the gospel, the letters, and the apocalypse of John the ‘beloved disciple,’ founded on the assumption that the John who wrote the five Johannine books was the Apostle John. Over against the tremendous logical structure of the Pauline gospel, Dr Hayes places the gospel according to John, as the doctrine of the church of the future, since it is founded and consummated in love. He regards the first epistle of John as better than any of the epistles of Paul. ‘John was a prophet; Paul an advocate. ... Paul’s epistles are treatises. ... John makes confident assertion of the truth,’”—R of Rs
“His style is clear and full of human touches that are fascinating in their suggestiveness. ... The discussion of the authorship of the fourth gospel is fair; the various views and their advocates are well and honorably represented. ... The bibliography is excellent, not being overloaded with technical works in foreign languages.”
“As an introduction to the Apostle John and his writings this volume is not only the latest, but the best with which we are acquainted. The bold and broad scholarship of the author is reënforced by a keen insight into human nature. ... Seldom can it be said of a work of introduction to a book of the Bible that it has not a dry or dull page in it; but just that can be said of this work.” F. W. C.
“The book moves with persuasive eloquence and ample historical perspective and will prove a great satisfaction to Bible students if one excepts the chapters on the Apocalypse. Dr Hayes admits this book to be the most baffling in the Bible and contents himself with presenting a mass of learned opinion on the subject, clinging to certain literalisms that can be easily explained.”
HAYNES, WILLIAMS, and HARRISON, JOSEPH LEROY, comps. Camp-fire verse.*$1.25 Duffield 811.08 17-25233
In his introduction to this anthology Stewart Edward White points out the change that came over out-door poetry in the period following the nineties, reflecting a change in our attitude to out-door life. In that early verse, he says, “you are apt to have been wearing ‘Lincoln green’ and a feather in your cap at that. But with Kipling’s ‘Feet of the young men’ as a sort of dividing line, later verse takes an entirely new attitude and you don your khaki.” In selecting poems for the volume the compilers have applied a double test: “We have tried to exclude all poems not conceived in the true spirit of the sportsman and to include no poems devoid of literary merit.” (Preface)
“This collection is unique and interesting, and is one which any lover of camp life may be glad to have on his shelves. Most of the pieces are by authors who are, to the present reviewer at least, unknown, and many of them are of the undistinguished sort that serve as space-fillers in the better sporting magazines.”
“An amazingly good collection. An excellent index, both of first lines and of titles, with a table of contents listed according to the authors, makes any of the verses easy to find.”
HAYWARD, FRANK HERBERT.Professionalism and originality; with an appendix of suggestions bearing on professional, administrative, and educational topics.*$1.75 (3½c) Open ct. 174 17-17528
Dr Hayward is a school inspector. “His book is a polemic against professionalism. The first part is a catalogue of the vices to which the professional spirit is heir; the second—in intention a study of the characteristics of the living man, i.e., of the original mind—is mainly concerned with the reception which such a mind finds in the world of professionals.” (Int J Ethics)
“There are many shrewd and thoughtful comments upon the existing order of things.”
“Dr Hayward handles all professions with a fine impartiality. ... The book is important for its trenchant discussion of many questions which are sadly in need of airing.” H. J. W. H.
“Dr Hayward obviously knows nothing at first hand of the legal profession, nor, we should suppose, of the clerical and medical professions. He takes all his accusations of the legal profession from a book ‘The lawyer: our old man of the sea,’ by Mr Durran.”
“A high-strung and loosely co-ordinated attack on all kinds of what we in America call ‘stand-pattism.’ ... He undertakes no philosophical discussion of that law of life which demands of men that they continually make the effort to strike a balance between the old and the new.”
HAYWARD, WILLIAM RICHART.Money: what it is and how to use it.*80c (3c) Houghton 332 17-11581
The author is principal of the Curtis evening high school in New York city, and this work is a result of both teaching and business experience. Contents: What money is; Barter and primitive money; Development and use of metal money; The relation of money to progress; How money grows; How money is obtained; Keeping account of money; Substitutes for money; Banking; Stocks and bonds; Speculation; Exchange; Money for women; Travel; Buying; Receiving; Paying; Selling; Delivering; Collecting.
“It would make a most desirable textbook for junior high-school commercial courses. The author has been head of the commercial department of a large city high school, has had business experience of several years, has conducted a private business school, and has been editor of the Efficiency Society Journal. He has written into this book the practical outcome of his experience in contact with these different kinds of groups.”
“Matters connected with the use and handling of money that the average person would need to know are briefly, simply and very clearly told.”
HAZARD, CAROLINE.Yosemite, and other verse.*$1.25 Houghton 811 17-11824
This book of poems by the ex-president of Wellesley college is made up of three parts. Part 1, California verse, contains the title piece and other poems of the far West, among them a sonnet sequence, “The Court of the ages,” written in San Francisco in 1915. The second part consists of miscellaneous poems, including a group of Hymns and anthems sung at Wellesley college. Part 3 is made up of five Studies in blank verse.
“The religious note, the deep undertone of faith which makes explainable all the sadder, darker sides of life, is always present. It is, we think, more characteristic than any other one element of the spiritual aspects of Miss Hazard’s achievement.” D. L. M.
HAZELTINE, ALICE ISABEL, ed.Library work with children.*$1.50 (1½c) Wilson, H. W. 028.5 17-26973
Miss Hazeltine, compiler of this second volume in the series of “Classics of American librarianship,” is supervisor of children’s work in the St Louis public library. “The volume is an attempt to bring together in accessible form papers representing the growth and tendencies of forty years of library work with children. ... The papers chosen are primarily of historic rather than of present-day value, although many of them embody principles which govern the practice of today. ... Several different phases of children’s work are represented, although no attempt has been made to make the collection comprehensive. ... Book-selection for children has not been included except incidentally, since it is expected that this subject will be treated in another volume as part of the general subject of book-selection. In the same way, material on training for library work with children has been reserved for a volume on library training.” (Preface)
“Parents who wish to know what the public service is doing for the good of every child will find this book inspiring. And librarians will find much useful matter in the suggestions.”
HAZEN, CHARLES DOWNER.Alsace-Lorraine under German rule.*$1.25 (2½c) Holt 943.44 17-30886
A brief, dependable account of the fate of Alsace-Lorraine since its annexation by the Germans at the end of the Franco-Prussianwar. A preliminary chapter traces the history of mediaeval Alsace and Lorraine, thru later acquisition by France, the character of French rule for over two hundred years and the part the provinces took in the French revolution, the Napoleonic wars and the war which wrenched them from France. In the main body of the book are treated the German agitation for the conquest of Alsace-Lorraine, arguments for annexation in 1871, the remonstrance of the two provinces against it, the spirit and methods of German rule since annexation, and the resistance to the persistent attempts at Germanization. The writer is professor of history in Columbia university.
“An authoritative and readable study.”
“By far the best short, yet actually sufficient, presentment of a question that is at the very heart of the present struggle for liberty. In it is to be found an unanswerable brief for France and a stern indictment of Berlin; for Berlin is now Germany.” S. A.
“This book can be depended upon as a complete popular discussion of one of the most important problems of the war.”
“Professor Hazen’s new book offers the most complete and, basically, the most trustworthy treatment of the theme that has yet appeared in English. It is, however, not difficult to find many flaws in the new book. Historical, in the highest sense, the book is not, as it shows little of the fine balance and breadth of view which the reader expects from the author of ‘Europe since 1815.’ Rather does it bear frequent evidence of the heat which forged it, of haste, and even of confusion.”
“The volume has been written with the intention of encouraging Americans and others to continue the strife until the liberation of Alsace-Lorraine is achieved, though, naturally, the author simply assumes that result as a certainty. But while this part is doubtful, the historical portion of the volume has a definite value.” Joshua Wanhope
“An excellent example of point of view and purpose in the presentation of historical facts. The book is not, properly speaking, a history; it is a footnote to history and a plea for the vindication of a principle. ... Professor Hazen writes simply and vigorously. He has not the timidity that seeks refuge in qualification and academic jargon. ... The book is inspiriting and informing, and leaves the reader with a forcible impression of the finality of the issue.”
HAZEN, CHARLES DOWNER.French revolution and Napoleon, maps*$2.50 (3½c) Holt 944.04 17-8744
The author has brought together in this volume the chapters from his “Modern European history” that deal with the French revolution and Napoleon. He has done this for the convenience of those who wish to review that period of history, as a means to a better understanding of our present crisis. The author says, “Between that period and our own not only are there points of interesting and suggestive comparison but there is also a distinct line of causation connecting the two.”
“A book outwardly attractive and charmingly written; it will probably be a popular text-book and, compared with other volumes of the same size, it will deserve to be popular. Tested by the ideal standard of what such a volume might be, it is more open to criticism. As to the incorrect statements of facts, while there are fewer than in the majority of school-texts dealing with this same period, there are still more than necessary, more than should be allowed to stand in a revised edition of the work. The connection between these periods and the present war is not made especially clear; it is treated very incidentally. Perhaps it could not be made clear in a work that ends with the Congress of Vienna; it might have been shown in two chapters on the great world development that has led to a world war.” F. M. Fling
“His ‘French revolution’ should really be read in conjunction with Carlyle’s. It is exactly the sort of clear, logical, accurate, historical background which these brilliant, literary pictures demand.”
“The work of Professor Hazen is admirably done. He has a rare talent for the clear and compact statement of complex facts. His sense of historic perspective is just and his power of connected narrative is highly developed. His style is animated, simple and happily colored. His volume is generously illustrated with maps, mostly in color.”
“The author is professor of European history in Columbia university.”
“Fundamentally a text-book. ... Prof Hazen leaves nothing to your background of information. ... But the book is splendidly and readably, one might almost say, ingratiatingly, thorough. ... On almost every one of its 350-odd pages Prof Hazen has displayed his truly remarkable gift for packing an immense amount of information—even dry information sometimes—into charming and spirited paragraphs.”
HAZEN, CHARLES DOWNER.Modern European history. (American historical ser.) il $1.75 (lc) Holt 940.9 17-6333
A history of Europe from the French revolution to the European war. The central theme of the book is the struggle for liberty. Two chapters on The old régime in Europe and The old régime in France furnish a background for the story that follows. The one chapter at the end devoted to the European war deals only with causes and the course of events up to the actual outbreak of the conflict. The author is professor of history in Columbia university and author of “Europe since 1815,” published in 1910. This work has been drawn on in writing the present book.
“Essentially a textbook, exceptionally well written, authoritative, and superior to others of its class.”
“The book is invaluable to one who would follow the important events now occurring in Europe, in the light of the story of the past.” E. J. C.
“As a textbook it will probably find its place in good high schools and in freshman courses in college rather than with more mature college classes. The first two hundred and fifty pages have been published separately in a library edition, without the illustrations, under the title, ‘French revolution and Napoleon.’”
“Clear maps set into the chapters which they represent. Profusely illustrated.”
“For a course in European history since the French revolution there is probably no better text than Hazen’s ‘Modern European history.’” R. N. Tryon