Chapter 54

“A stimulating and virile book by the chaplain of a regiment in the Missouri militia, who is also pastor of a church of 2000 members in Kansas City, and a keen sportsman. He believes everybody of all conditions and classes is religious, and he makes a series of appeals to this unconscious faith.”—Springf’d Republican

“An exceptionally readable and suggestive demonstration of the proposition that everyone is religious at heart, coupled with a delineation of the kind of Christianity which will appeal to the average man.”

“The book is brightly written, and abounds in anecdote and quotation.”

JENKINS, HERBERT GEORGE.Bindle; the story of a cheerful soul.*$1.35 (2c) Stokes 16-22980

Joseph Bindle is a furniture-mover by profession, a calling which is “fraught with many vicissitudes and hardships.” Of Bindle himself, we are told: “Two things in life he loved above all others, beer and humor (or, as he called it, his ‘little joke’); yet he permitted neither to interfere with the day’s work, save under very exceptional circumstances.” Of Mrs Bindle, her husband says, “She thinks too much o’ soap an’ ‘er soul to make an ‘owlin’ success o’ marriage.” The story consists of a series of episodes from the life of Bindle. Herbert Jenkins, the author, is the British publisher of that name.

“Those who like Charlie Chaplin—and his popularity must have a very genuine foundation—will thoroughly appreciate Bindle. There is nothing illusive, nothing subtle, about his style of humor. It is as general in its appeal as was the earlier work of Mark Twain, and it possesses something of the same quality of humanness.”

“The humor of the book is slap-stick comedy and sometimes it is too obviously planned, but parts of it are entertaining.”

“For the most part very good fun.”

JENKINS, HERBERT GEORGE.[2]Night club.*5s Herbert Jenkins, London

“Bindle, ‘J. B.’ to his friends, was responsible for dignifying as The night club the weekly gatherings of several totally unlike men who had formed a habit of meeting in the flat of one of their number for a smoke, a drink and a yarn. ... A story being the principal business of the evenings, the author has ingeniously woven those that were told into a humorous account of several adventures of the members, their families and friends. ... The actors include principally, first and foremost Bindle; his wife and her brother, both afflicted with a peculiar sort of religion; Angell Herald, the publicity agent who dreamed that he had been asked by the prime minister to be minister of publicity; ‘The boy,’ who had won his D.S.O. early in the war, but who didn’t like to hear about it; Gimp, the actor, whose story was surprisingly better than he or his acting; the old general who considered it a privilege to talk to the men of the new army;and Miss Sallie, who did what the whole German navy had failed to do—tricked the British navy.”—Boston Transcript

“Bindle is the central figure, though he does not give his name to the book, and his genial shrewdness and candour win our appreciation as they did that of the very varied membership of the club.”

“The present volume is happily conceived in that it may be taken up and enjoyed in spare moments or read through at one sitting; in either case the reader will be filled with a sense of the warmth of its geniality and wit.”

“A large percentage of readers will close this volume with a sincere wish that they, too, might become members of ‘The night club.’”

“The stories should amuse a larger circle; for they are unfailingly lively and show much fertility of idea.”

JENKS, JEREMIAH WHIPPLE.[2]Trust problem; 4th ed., enl. and completely rev., with the collaboration of Walter E. Clark, diags*$2 (1c) Doubleday 338.8 17-28340

This so-called “Bible on industrial combinations,” by the director of the division of public affairs, New York university, becomes practically a new book in its fourth edition. “Some new chapters have been added. Chapter 1 on the Evolution of business, the very large additions made to Chapter 9 on Prices, Chapter 10 on Trusts and the working man, with the new facts that they contain, aid materially in the discussion of the economic principles involved. Chapter 12 on Industrial combinations in Europe gives us a basis of wide experience. The new chapters on State and federal trust legislation in the United States, and the one on Trusts and the federal court, showing the development of legislation during the last few years, likewise serve to strengthen the economic foundation of the discussions, since the course of legislation has, to a considerable degree, clearly been based upon the principles brought out in the theoretical discussions.” (Preface to fourth edition)

“In our judgment, no other single volume on the subject of industrial combinations, their development, structure, and problems, equals this one for compact information, breadth of view, and the variety of facts presented. The book bears evidence of careful planning and patient work, and is suggestive of the systematic and exhaustive work with which German scholars are credited.” James Oneal

JEROME, JEROME KLAPKA.Street of the blank wall, and other stories (Eng title, Malvina of Brittany).*$1.35 (2c) Dodd 16-23590

The first story in this collection of six is a tale of mystery in which the real truth about a murder is brought to light fifteen years after its commitment. The second story “Malvina of Brittany,” the longest story in the book is also the lightest. Malvina is a fay or pixie transported from the pages of old English romance to modern Britain. Each of the four that follow, His evening out, The lesson, Sylvia of the letters, The fawn gloves, represents a different type of short story.

“Altogether, it is not a particularly rewarding volume.” F. I.

“Mr Jerome writes with sincerity, with feeling for reality, with some insight into the deeper possibilities of life, with a feeling for what is lovely as well as of good report. And that sort of thing is in itself good, better, I should say, than a striving for virility.” E: E. Hale

“The stories doubtless have been written at wide intervals and add little to Mr Jerome’s reputation.”

“Most of these stories are written at greater length than is necessary, and part of what is superfluous is also irrelevant; we should infer, indeed, that Mr Jerome is too preoccupied with edification to take much thought for form. No such criticism, however, is applicable to ‘The fawn gloves.’”

JESSE, FRYNIWYD TENNYSON.Secret bread.*$1.50 (1c) Doran 17-20670

“The story tells how a bastard was elevated above his legitimate brethren, and surmounted his difficulties by the help of a fine-minded pastor; and in addition we have most graphic and intimate studies of [English] farming and the improvements that a progressive landowner introduces.”—Ath

“The abiding impression left by the book as a whole is of a large and sympathetic interpretation of human experience, though set in a minor key.” H. W. Boynton

“‘Secret bread’ is a narrative at heart starkly chill. As a whole, it is undubitably powerful, with many pages of prose of the first rank.”

“It gratefully lacks the famous brilliancy of the ‘younger British school’ of novelists. It has solidity, not only in its portraiture, but in its embodiment of a truth, or, if you will, a moral, as contrasted with the expression of an ‘idea’ in the Wellsian sense. This is a book of rich texture, both in form and in substance.”

“The story is written with a wealth of detail and a great number and variety of characters. All the people in it, notwithstanding their strongly marked differences of social position and mental endowment are delineated with subtility and truth.”

“The author shows great sympathy for the very young and the old. ... A little reserve of force would have been more telling than the almost camera-like detail in which she prefers to indulge—detail that is sometimes wearying, and often coarse and offensive.”

“The book is very generously planned, like the English novels of an earlier day. And now and then we find Miss Jesse straying a little too widely from her main theme.”

JOHNS, CECIL STARR.With gold and steel.*$1.25 (1½c) Lane 17-28765

A romance of France in the time of Henry of Navarre. The hero is François Le Pouldu who comes to Henry with a tale of treasure that he is ready to devote to the king’s service. On a lonely coast he has come upon a wrecked Spanish galleon, loaded with gold, silver and arms. The king furnishes the outfit necessary for salvaging the cargo and François starts on his adventures. Denise de Marmont, sister of one of Henry’s enemies, early enters the tale to give it the required feminine element.

“We congratulate Mr Johns on his ability to get out of the beaten track of the average novel of sword and cloak into the field of fresh plot.”

“Those who like stirring, old-fashioned historical romance, served with something of the dignity and leisurely manner of the Stanley Weyman novels, will enjoy this story by MrJohns. ... The characters all do a great deal of talking, but it is conversation that helps to carry on the story, which it does with brightness, vivacity, and humor.”

JOHNS, ORRICK G.Asphalt, and other poems.*$1.25 Knopf 811 17-13553

Mr Johns’s poem “Second avenue,” which was awarded a prize in a poetry contest a few years ago, is included in this collection of poems. The book takes its title from the group of street ballads with which it opens. The remaining groups that compose its contents are: Country rhymes; The city; Old youth; Three women; Ebb sand and stars.

“Nothing could afford a better illustration of the fact that poetry which addresses itself to current issues or social conditions will growpassé, like a last year’s garment, than the lack of interest which one feels now in a poem like ‘Second avenue.’ The same criticism applies to the opening section of ‘Asphalt,’ to the street ballads, in gutter dialect, through which Mr Johns hits off social conditions. ‘Country rhymes,’ whose title must not mislead one into thinking they are rustic verses, take one captive from the start. They are full of charm and whimsicality, but something much deeper is in them, too. ‘Asphalt’ demonstrates the fact that Mr Johns has versatility and a poetic gift of no common order.” J. B. Rittenhouse

“One could wish that he had omitted the dialect poems at the beginning of his book, but in reading many of the lyrics which compose the rest one experiences little but delight. Not only has Mr Johns a very seductive gift of melody, but at times he has what is rare among contemporary American poets, charm,—which is only one degree removed from magic.” Conrad Aiken

“On the whole, ‘Country rhymes,’ and the section called ‘Old youth,’ contain the best poetry of the book, the other portions seeming to us not so much absolute achievement as clever experiment or good promise.”

“Has melodic freshness and contains much essential poesy.”

“Orrick Johns reveals himself as a young poet of considerable individuality but little poetry.”

JOHNSON, BURGES.Well of English and the bucket.*$1.25 (5½c) Little 808 17-26881

A collection of essays on the writing of English. The author is assistant professor of English at Vassar college and he writes from the point of view of one who has tried to break away from the stilted academic traditions in English teaching. Some of the essays are reprinted from Harper’s and the Century. Contents: The well of English and the bucket; Grammar, the bane of boyhood; Impression and expression; Essaying an essay; The right not to laugh; The everyday profanity of our best people; Ethics of the pen.

“Seven essays, written clearly, convincingly and with a touch of humor.”

“This writer is interesting; he puts old views freshly, he urges new ones with effect.”

“The author is able not only to teach the students in his English classes how to write but he can give them good models from his own light, lucid and vigorous pen.”

“‘The well of English and the bucket’ is a thoughtful piece of work with a very clever title. Its author has pondered much upon the educational and practical problems of writing without missing their difficulties, and, at the same time, without representing the situation as altogether hopeless.”

JOHNSON, CLIFTON.New England; a human interest geographical reader. il*$1 Macmillan 917.4 17-8898

“The aim of the author is to furnish interesting and valuable supplementary reading material for the upper elementary grades. The facts are drawn from geology, nature, history, industry, biography, literature, legend, and humor, and are selected with the idea of entertaining and instructing the reader. The general plan of treatment is first to devote a few chapters to New England as a whole and then to treat each of the six states separately. In dealing with each state the plan is to devote a chapter or two to historical beginnings and the remainder to industries, natural scenery, and famous people and places. There are about two hundred well-selected illustrations.”—El School J

“Beautifully illustrated geographical reader. ... The author betrays his prejudice by absolute silence regarding all things Catholic.”

“Outside of New England the book will be of little practical value as a supplementary reader. If such material is used in school, it should treat of the community in which it is studied. The great value of Mr Johnson’s book to communities outside of New England is to indicate the types of local material which can be utilized in a study of one’s near or immediate locality.”

“Thru all the descriptions runs a personal touch that appeals to children. The pictures are most helpful.”

“His methods are somewhat unique, and include a combination of the historical and the descriptive.”

JOHNSON, DOUGLAS WILSON.Peril of Prussianism.*75c (1c) Putnam 940.91 17-22576

This is “the substance of an address delivered by the associate professor of physiography in Columbia university before the annual convention of the Iowa Bankers association at Des Moines on June 14, 1917.” (Foreword) His argument is that the American ideal and the Prussian ideal of government “are mutually antagonistic, and cannot long exist in the world side by side,” because the “very existence of the Prussian ideal depends upon an aggressive militarism.”

Reviewed by C. H. P. Thurston

“One of the most interesting features of the book is a series of historical maps showing the area controlled by the Hohenzollern dynasty in succeeding centuries, from the origin of the Brandenburg monarchy to the present day.”

“A vigorous indictment of Prussian methods.”

JOHNSON, DOUGLAS WILSON.[2]Topography and strategy in the war. il*$1.75 (3c) Holt 940.91 17-27768

An analysis of the topography of each of the most important theaters of war, together with a summary of the principal campaigns, pointing out how military operations have been influenced by the surface features of the country. One object is to emphasize the relationship between inanimate nature and the science of war. Another is to place before the reader such a picture of each theater of war as shall enable him to follow with greater ease and livelierinterest the movements of our own and our allied troops. Good maps, diagrams and illustrations generously supplement the text.

“A remarkably suggestive book with few technical terms, which will need to be consulted by future historians of the war.”

“An excellent beginning has been made in the treatment of this rather difficult subject and additional chapters will be demanded as new campaigns bring other regions within the area of active warfare.”

JOHNSON, JOSEPH ESREY, jr.Blast-furnace construction in America. il*$4 McGraw 669.8 17-9602

“The author of ‘Blast furnace construction’ has been a student of the blast furnace on both the theoretical and the practical side for a number of years, and has given to the furnace-man many valuable and instructive papers bearing on the operation and control of this most complex of all metallurgical processes. The present volume deals fully with the construction of the furnace proper, from an early date up to the present time, and considers in detail all the adjuncts that play an important part in the production of pig iron.”—Nation

“This comprehensive work, based partly upon investigations by the author, fills a long felt want in metallurgical literature. ... Of especial note is the chapter on the dry blast.”

“The chapter on distribution of stock in the furnace proper is well worth the price of the book, as probably more troubles in blast-furnace operation are traceable to poor distribution than to all others combined. The chapter on washing and cleaning gas could well have been enlarged in scope. ... The intention to amplify this work by another on blast-furnace operation will be awaited with interest by the producers of pig iron and allied products.” C: E. Lehr

“There seems to be nothing of importance upon which Mr Johnson has not touched from the laying of the foundation to the last detail in the completion of a modern blast furnace. His book will be indispensable as a work of reference in every metallurgical establishment in the country.”

“Very useful work on arrangement and construction, and to some extent on mechanical features of operation. Not concerned with metallurgical problems. For this subject see Robert Forsythe’s ‘Blast furnace and the manufacture of pig iron,’ 1909.”

“The series of articles on blast construction and operation which appeared in several numbers of Metallurgical and Chemical Engineering, is a thorough covering of the subject in the compass allowed by the 405 pages utilized.”

“Authoritative treatise.”

JOHNSON, LIONEL PIGOT.Religious poems.*$1 Macmillan 821

“This selection from the most directly religious poems of the late Lionel Johnson has been made by Mr George F. Engelbach, and Mr Meynell contributes an appreciative and sympathetic preface to a volume which will be welcomed by many admirers of the poet.”—Ath

“‘Friends,’ ‘Winchester close,’ and ‘A dream of youth’ are specially appealing and sympathetic.”

“Johnson’s poems, written after his admission into the Catholic church, are resonant with faith and tender with devotion. Nevertheless, there is not in them that ring of anguish, of personal need, of mystical rapture that arrests us in the poetry of Francis Thompson.”

Reviewed by O. W. Firkins

“It is, perhaps, a question whether these selected poems have not the effect of rendering somewhat too definitely a ruling temperament. ... Many might prefer to meet this singer’s most directly religious poems amid the lighter environment out of which they have been taken. Of the attractive quality of their nobility, fervour, and sincerity there can be no doubt. Only—they present the austere outlook on gifts of earthly joy.”

“A series of poems of personal aspiration, and a series devoted to the celebration of friendship both reveal a striking kinship of spirit with the religious verse of Digby Markworth Dolben, recently edited by Mr Bridges, and in both cases constitute the poet’s main contribution to the not very large body of English sacred poetry of a high order.”

JOHNSON, ROSSITER.Fight for the Republic. il*$2.50 (2½c) Putnam 973.7 17-5857

The subtitle calls this “a narrative of the more noteworthy events in the War of secession, presenting the great contest in its dramatic aspects.” It does not aim to be a complete history of the Civil war. As the author defines his purpose, it is “to set forth clearly such of the greater events as either constituted turning-points or distinctly advanced or retarded the general movement toward the end.” There are a number of folding maps, and several portraits.

“In 1910 the author published ‘A history of the war of secession,’ the military chapters of which are now reprinted under a separate title. The present volume excludes practically everything except military history, and on this side presents little that is not found in the former volume. Students of the war period will find nothing new in ‘The fight for the Republic,’ while for those who are taking up the subject for the first time the book is not to be recommended because it is too one-sided.”

“Facts are well backed up by figures. ... A valuable feature of the work is found in the illustrations. There are sketch maps of all the principal battlefields.”

“The limitations of the work are considerable. ... It is hardly possible to write, in this day, a valuable history of the Civil war without devoting some attention to the non-military aspects of the period, but for Mr Johnson these matters evidently have little interest. For one who wishes to get a brief description of a battle or a campaign as seen from the Union side, this work will serve well; but he who wishes to read understandingly of the fight for the Union must go elsewhere—for example, to Mr Rhodes—for a more comprehensive account.”

“It cannot be recommended to students familiar with the work of Burgess, Rhodes, Ropes, Wood and Edmunds and Formby, but will be useful to any one making a beginning in the field.”

“Rossiter Johnson has long been recognized as a historian who builds dramatically on a foundation of well-verified facts. This—his third important book on the Civil war in America—seems to leave little more to be said on a subject not easily exhausted.”

“The facts concerning the nation’s great struggle can always be portrayed in a new way, and that is what Rossiter Johnson has done.”

JOHNSON, WILLIS FLETCHER.America and the great war for humanity and freedom, il*$1.50 (2c) Winston 940.91 17-17290

“Eight chapters of this book review the antecedents of the war, and the stories of the different states which entered the war in 1914. The six following chapters describe the war as fought in the different countries and upon the sea and in the air. Three chapters give the story of America’s relations with Germany while she tried to be neutral. Then follow some chapters which describe the resources, actual and potential, of the United States, discuss how modern wars are waged, etc. Among these are brief chapters on women and war work, universal military service, the Monroe doctrine, and the flag. The book is illustrated with photographs and maps.” (Boston Transcript) The author is honorary professor of the history of American foreign relations in New York university.

“The author has been for many years a student of American history, especially in its foreign relations, and he has carefully followed the progress of the war from the beginning. The results of his study have appeared in the Transcript and other papers, and now he has gathered them together in this volume which is one of the most enlightening which have appeared up to the present time.” F. W. C.

“For those who like to have a popular ‘vade mecum’ of narrative, argument, and statistics, opening with the ‘Battle hymn of the Republic’ and closing with the ‘Star-spangled banner,’ the volume should prove serviceable. The hundred and more maps and illustrations are, as a rule, well executed.”

“One of the important works of reference on the war. Of great timeliness to the student of current events.”

JOHNSON, WILLIS FLETCHER.America’s foreign relations. 2v il*$6 (2c) Century 327.73 16-9786

For descriptive note see Annual for 1916.

“Although rarely brilliant, the style is at all times clear, while some chapters, notably those on Hawaii, Samoa, and Far Eastern relations possess a fascination to be found only in really fine historical writing. ... The index is adequate; the book has neither footnotes nor bibliography. ... Most of the errors made by the author are of minor importance in themselves, but taken together perhaps show an uneven grasp upon all parts of the subject, and at times an inadequate background of political and constitutional history. ... Despite these and numerous other inaccuracies, and the limitations, from the scholarly viewpoint, imposed by its ‘popular’ character, Mr Johnson’s book is the most complete, most readable, and altogether the best account that has been given of America’s foreign relations.” Ralston Hayden

“The book is readable, and at the same time weighty, and, on the whole, remarkably accurate and impartial. ... The determining factors of American foreign policy are presented to us, correctly, as governed not by theoretical but by practical considerations. It is this which will give it its peculiar value in educating American opinion. ... At the present time when it is of capital importance that the British public should realize what are the really determining motives of American policy, this book should be read by every one who is capable of understanding it. Mr Johnson’s account of America’s attitude from the beginning towards the question of ‘the freedom of the seas’ is, alone, of great educative value.”

JOHNSTON, MARY.The wanderers.*$1.75 (1½c) Houghton 17-24277

From the woman of the tree-folk who discovered fire and the uses of the long stick, down thru the ages, Miss Johnston traces the progress, now forward, now back, of women. The cave woman who taught the wanderer man that it is good for two to be together, Gata of the long house, who disclosed the mystery of paternity, Vana who gave away the mother-right and established inheritance thru the male line, Lindane the Amazon, Myrina the courtesan, Valeria the Roman wife, and Alleda, the Goth who brought Christianity to her people, are some of the figures who stand out in the narrative, which, loosely constructed as it intentionally is, is held together by the thread that follows the gradual strengthening, refining and sweetening of the love tie that binds man and woman. The story approaches modern times only so far as the French revolution.

“An impressive departure from the author’s usual field.” H. W. Boynton

“It is due to the really fine art of the author that she makes the reader become wholly interested in each of her nineteen sets of characters, though only the space of a single chapter is allotted to any one set of characters. Remembering that each one of these chapters has to be built up about some phase of the same subject, we gain some realization of the breadth and difficulty of the task. ... The book is unusual and only an author of the deep insight and the dramatic intensity of Miss Johnston could have made it so revealing.” D. L. M.

“The book voices in fictional form feminine unrest, without a sufficient disguise for its purpose to be successful. In other words, the artist in Miss Johnston has been pretty thoroughly stifled here by the feminist.”

“Miss Johnston’s new book shows the same primary weakness that we have found in all her work. This is the weakness of the long face. We suspect that Miss Johnston’s later work has bored a good many people who have approached it with the best intentions. It has no light and shade; it is all done with the down stroke. ‘The wanderers’ is uncommonly hard reading.”

“It is a grindstone for the feminist axe. ... The love stories are in themselves typical and appealing, though on the whole monotonous and unvaried by any insight of the depths and chasms between lovers. This does not mean that there are no tragedies, but only that the attitude between lovers is that of lovers in a book—when they are happy it is as protagonists, and unhappy, as tragic exemplars. They exult in terms of uncritical idealism, and they die as badly.” J. L.

“The idea is an interesting and a very ambitious one, and though the book as a whole would be more effective were it not so extremely long, many of the tales are interesting in themselves, containing color and a good deal of drama.”

“They preserve to an extraordinary degree the atmosphere and probable perspective of life of the periods they represent.”

“The book is a fine piece of imaginative writing—a landmark in the season’s fiction—and enhances Miss Johnston’s already conspicuous position in American letters. ... It is a book for the discriminating.”

JOHNSTON, WILLIAM ANDREW.“Limpy,” the boy who felt neglected. il*$1.35 (2c) Little 17-7454

He had a good home, a kind father, a sympathetic mother and two brothers who did their best to be thoughtful, but he wasn’t happy. His nickname, “Limpy,” explained why, for he wore an ugly iron brace and couldn’t run or fight or play games like other boys. Then he made friends with an old Civil war soldier who had only one leg. Their common bond drew them together, and reassured by this new friend, Limpy found courage to go on bravely till the time came when a surgical operation cured his lameness and made him like other boys.

“Mr Johnston has achieved a task as delicate as difficult. He has disclosed the heart of a boy with a tenderness which has no trace of sentimentality.”

“Huck Finn and Penrod have, between them, made all the other boys of fiction seem a little tame. Were it not for them, ‘Limpy’ would be a capital boy story. As it is, it runs a close second in places, although its hero exhibits something of the lamentable ‘glad’ mania that has recently affected all the little girls of fiction.”

Reviewed by R. D. Moore

“Unfortunately, the book lacks the humor that one associates with stories about boys; but its naturalness, both as to speech and action, goes far to compensate for this deficiency.”

JOIRE, PAUL MARTIAL JOSEPH.Psychical and supernormal phenomena, their observation and experimentation. il*$3 (1½c) Stokes 134 (Eng ed 17-9817)

Dr Joire is a professor at the Psycho-physiological institute of France and president of theSociété universelle d’études psychiques. “This book deals with such subjects as multiple personality, ‘motricity,’ haunted houses, telepathy, crystal-gazing, levitation, materialization, automatic writing, and the like. It is claimed that psychical phenomena have not, for the most part, been subjected to sufficiently serious observation and scientific analysis; and that their verification, though extremely difficult, is not impossible.” (Ath) The book is translated by Dudley Wright.

“To the student of psychology this work should prove of some value. The subject, in its most elementary as well as advanced form, is here dealt with in a broad and comprehensive spirit, and the usual adverse criticisms of psychical phenomena, criticisms which in many cases, to the lay mind at least, seem only too well founded, are tackled by Dr Joire in an able and impartial manner.”

JONES, DANIEL.English pronouncing dictionary (on strictly phonetic principles). (Dent’s modern language ser.)*$3 Dutton 423 A17-1345

“The object of this dictionary—it gives no definitions—is to record with as much accuracy as is necessary for practical linguistic purposes the pronunciation used in ordinary conversation by cultivated southern English people. ... The system used for representing pronunciation is that of the International phonetic association, which, in the opinion of the author, is the best as well as being the most widely used of the existing phonetic alphabets. ... Special features of this dictionary are the inclusion of proper names, all plurals of nouns, comparatives and superlatives of adjectives, and the inflected forms of verbs. ... The pronunciation is recorded of 49,690 words, exclusive of inflected forms.” (Springf’d Republican) The author is reader in phonetics in the University of London.

“Here is material for much warm-weather discussion, and to such disputants, of whom this topic counts its millions, there could be recommended no better guide than Mr Jones both for industry and accuracy in collecting his facts and for open-mindedness in the presentation of them. For, apart from a few striking dialectical peculiarities, such as the glide before r in hero and the like, the language which Mr Jones describes would pass as good and by no means peculiar English wherever educated people meet together.”

Reviewed by W. H. Chesson

“The book will be of much service to Americans as informing them of what is probably the best English usage as to the pronunciation of ordinary words and will be very illuminating to them on the pronunciation of English place names and on the English usage as to other proper names.”

JONES, EDGAR DEWITT.Fairhope; the annals of a country church. il*$1.25 (3c) Macmillan 17-16185

“Some of the names in this story of Kentucky country life may be disguised, but the annals are, evidently, history, not fiction. They cluster around a ‘meeting house’ of the denomination known as Disciples of Christ.” (N Y Times) “The protracted meetings, the student preachers, the wooing of one of them, the changing of the old order from the doctrinal champions to the modern minister expert in rural sociology, these and other phases of the parish annals are set forth.” (Springf’d Republican)

“Lifelike and wholly pleasant sketches.”

“Mr Jones has given more than a mere picture of Fairhope church and its people from ‘The days of controversy and debate’ half a century ago to the present time of broad toleration; he has lifted bodily for our behoof the very soil itself, with its characters, genuine and quaint, and the church which was their centre and soul.”

“Just what Ian Maclaren did to put ‘Drumtochty’ on the map of Scotland, that has ‘David Westbrooke’ done for Fairhope. ... Half a century ago there were public doctrinal debates exciting almost as much interest as the Lincoln-Douglas debates in the political field. Some of these, one in particular, are described here.”

JONES, EDWARD DAVID.Administration of industrial enterprises; with special reference to factory practice. il*$2 Longmans 658.7 16-24712

“In this volume the author first outlines the problem of equipment and then proceeds to discuss the formation of an administrative organization, the adjustment of the relations of labor and capital, and, finally, the process of mercantile distribution. The aim of the book is two-fold—to trace the application of the scientific method in industry and to point out the efficiency of an economic policy based upon welfare and service.”—R of Rs

“The proportions of the work are not perfect. Too much space is devoted to the highly technical subject of ‘layout of a manufacturing plant’ and not enough to modern aids to an enlightened administration. The treatment of cost accounting is far too meager and there is nothing at all on managerial statistics and the graphical presentation of facts. Nevertheless, the ground in general is covered with judgment and as thoroughly as a work of moderate size addressed to the general reader would permit. At the end of each chapter is a well-selected bibliography. Where the author most falls into error is in handling some of the technical features of scientific management.” C: W Mixter

“A valuable, short, compact statement. Not as inspiring as Lewis’ ‘Getting the most out of business’ nor as analytical as Shaw’s ‘Approach to business problems.”

“Dr Jones has given us a well organized work. It is a straightforward, connected story. As a textbook, it ought to be well received, and as a part of a business man’s library, it should prove an asset.” Malcolm Keir

“Although the preface does not indicate it, this volume is better suited for use as a textbook than as a guide to executives of industrial plants. It covers too wide a range to touch more than lightly on the vital things that make for successful management. The man with executive problems to solve will need fuller treatment.”

“Here are no abstract theories of business organization, but facts in profusion stated so professor alike may easily understand. ... Perhaps, in his enthusiasm for the subject, Professor Jones overemphasizes the results which will come from scientific management. After all, the human element must always remain as a large factor in business success.”

“The necessary result of this enlargement of scope is, however, that the treatment of all the topics is very brief. Indeed, in some cases, the discussion is so slight as to make it a question whether much benefit can be derived by the student.”

“Professor Jones has attacked this somewhat formidable task with considerable success.” E. B. Gowin

JONES, FRANCIS P.[2]History of the Sinn Fein movement and the Irish rebellion of 1916; with an introd. by J: W. Goff. il*$2 Kenedy 941.5 17-14796

“Mr Jones analyzes the English influences that have been at work in Ireland for many years. He shows the pernicious attempts to strengthen Ireland commercially and politically. In contrast to these influences he explains the Sinn Fein ideals, and traces out the gradual unification of discontent that culminated in the revolt of 1916. Of that unfortunate insurrection and its leaders, he gives a most intimate account, having gathered his material from personal contact with Pearce, Connolly, MacDonald and the other Sinn Fein leaders.”—Cath World

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