“The plot traverses troubadour life at its best. ... By far the best portion of the play is the best in which troubadour courtly love is described. ... Mr Stimson’s diction is always good,—at times it is exquisite. ... But the last portion of the poem is too sanguinary to harmonize with the opening scenes.”
“‘The light of Provence’ is ‘a dramatic poem,’ not a poetic drama; and as for historical accuracy, none but a pedant will demand it when the author knows his subject so well as to give the profounder accuracy of spirit. That is the great merit of this poem. The author has so ‘soaked’ himself in old Provence that, externally, he sees it and makes his reader see it as vividly as if it were now before the eyes.”
STIMSON, FREDERIC JESUP (J.S. OF DALE, pseud.).My story; being the memoirs of Benedict Arnold. il*$2 (1c) Scribner 17-28796
Author and publisher have given to this book every mark of a genuine autobiographical work, yet have made no pretense that it is other than a work of fiction. It purports to be the life story of Benedict Arnold, written by his own hand, with the purpose of justifying his career in the eyes of the British king. Events of his public and private life are closely followed. He is represented as a Tory by nature, an aristocrat with no understanding of the more democratic aims of the revolution. To see the colonies self governing under the British king, was from the beginning his ideal, and the alliance with the British which has branded him as traitor appears to have been partly motivated by a desire to bring about this end.
“There is artistic mastery in the way in which the bumptious assertions of loyalty to ‘my King’ are followed by apparently half-unconscious expressions of pride in the achievements of the Americans. ... Arnold’s love story is touched upon with a simple tenderness that adds to the tragedy of the whole. And the revelation of his gradual tempting is a masterly piece of work.”
“Arnold’s nature is admirably portrayed.”
“Though presented in the guise of a novel, one of the most important as well as most graphic historical books of the year.”
STIRLING, YATES.Fundamentals of naval service. il*$2 (1c) Lippincott 359 17-13524
This book “has been prepared to serve as a manual to those of our citizens who are interested in the United States navy and who may choose to serve their country on the water. ... The great increases in the personnel of the navy must be supplied in part from our inland states, where the navy and its work is little known; to the citizens of those states this book gives in a single volume information on naval matters possible to obtain only by the reading of many different volumes.” (Preface) The following special chapters have been contributed to the volume: The naval aeroplane, by Lieut. Comm. H. C. Mustin; Electricity in the navy, by Lieut. Comm. C. S. McDowell; First aid and hygiene, by Dr Ralph Walker McDowell.
“Short bibliographies at the head of the five parts into which the book is divided.”
“A comprehensive up-to-date handbook.”
“Thanks to its clear print and thin Japan paper, ‘Fundamentals of naval service,’ despite its 564 pages, is a handy volume. As a pieceof book work it reflects credit on its publishers. Commander Stirling’s facts are beyond question, and may be accepted; his opinions are his own. In professional matters they are sound, but we cannot always agree with him in those not professional, as, e.g., his advocacy of ship subsidies.”
“The same excellent method by which Captain Andrews dealt with military affairs in a small volume, recently issued by the Lippincott Company, is followed in ‘Fundamentals of naval service,’ brought out by the same house.”
“Read by and published with the approval of the United States navy department, in which the author is an officer.”
STOBART, MABEL ANNIE (BOULTON) (MRS ST CLAIR STOBART).Flaming sword in Serbia and elsewhere.il*$1.75 Doran 940.91 (Eng ed 17-19162)
Mrs Stobart, who had spent four years “on the free veldt of the South African Transvaal,” returned to London and offered a Woman’s unit to the Belgian Red cross, went to Brussels and was captured, together with her husband, by the Germans, and condemned to death. They escaped to London, but were back in Belgium in three weeks. “Arriving in Antwerp three weeks before the bombardment Mrs Stobart lost all her hospital material there, offered her services to the French Red cross, established herself at Cherbourg, worked there for four months, and then, in February, 1915, resolved to volunteer for Serbia, starting from Liverpool on April 1. The unit numbered forty-five. ... Most of the book is devoted to this final adventure and its sequel: the terrible march over the Albanian mountains to Skutari and the sea—‘through snow, ice, boulders, unbroken forest, mud-holes, bridgeless rivers.’” (The Times [London] Lit Sup)
“If we had to choose between ‘The Anabasis’ and Mrs Stobart’s ‘Diary of the Serbian retreat’ the vote would be preponderatingly in favor of the latter, not only as a piece of literature, but as an account of difficulties surmounted, of bravery unexcelled, of human agony described, of cheerfulness in the most depressing circumstances, of adaptability when there would seem to have been almost no escape, of feminine practicality that won the admiration of the most sceptical. Amid all the literature called forth by the Great war this epic account of the Katabasis of the Serbians and of the hospital unit conducted by Mrs Stobart will best deserve to be a classic in the millenniums to come. ... It is the most telling document against war that the war has produced, it shows the horror of it, and it shows the futility of it. ... The book sparkles with wit and has amusing passages, and it fills one with admiration for its stories of gallant deeds of heroism—not in the taking of life, but in saving life.” N. H. D.
“Her graphic narrative and observations come to us with the weight of the best authority.”
“Much more than the usual narrative of war relief work. Hating war and all its methods supremely, she has done not a little thinking about it, especially about woman’s relations with it. ... Mrs Stobart was the first woman in history to mobilize and command a field hospital in war.”
“Mrs St Clair Stobart has written an admirable book.”
STODDARD, CHARLES WARREN.Poems; collected by Ina Coolbrith. il*$1.25 Lane 811 17-21944
Miss Coolbrith states in her Foreword that in 1909, at Stoddard’s death, she volunteered to edit his poems “inclusive of the volume of verse published in 1867,” together with all that had appeared since, on the understanding that Mr Stoddard “had himself collected and arranged them for this purpose.” No such book was found among his effects, and as the files of local magazines and newspapers have been largely destroyed in the San Francisco fire of 1906, and no clue existed to non-local publications in which they might have appeared, Miss Coolbrith’s task has been a long, difficult one. Some of the poems in the volume are on the South Seas which Stoddard so loved, and some are on California. The book opens with tributes in verse by Joaquin Miller, George Sterling, Thomas Walsh, and Ina Coolbrith. The frontispiece is a portrait of the author.
“Forty years ago William Dean Howells said of Charles Warren Stoddard’s prose writings that they had in them ‘the very make of the tropic spray, which knows not if it be sea or sun.’ The same elusive charm, at once refreshing and languishing, opulently rich and inexpressibly delicate, characterizes Stoddard’s poetry. ... In these poems we catch glimpses of the inner man even more revealing than any given in his other books.”
“Miss Coolbrith was a co-worker with Stoddard and Bret Harte on the staff of The Overland Monthly, and, as she is, herself, a lyricist of unquestioned merit, and laureate of ‘The golden state,’ crowned at the recent exposition, she is well equipt to judge which poems of all that Stoddard wrote should be collected and preserved. The volume includes the best of his verse, the famous ‘Bells of San Gabriel,’ ‘Tamalpais’ and the sonnet ‘Yosemite.’”
“There is singularly little that is antiquated about these poems, though some of them were dated from the early 60’s. Stoddard was a supreme artist in verse as well as in prose, and was well in advance of his time in his entire sincerity and lack of literary pose.”
STODDARD, THEODORE LOTHROP.Present-day Europe: its national states of mind. map*$2 (3c) Century 940.91 17-14686
This book, the author states, is not a story of current events, but a study of “the war psychology of the various European nations.” It covers England, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Russia, the Balkan states, Turkey, Scandinavia, Belgium, Holland, Spain, and Portugal. The author believes that “the only satisfactory method of portraying thought and emotion is the use of direct evidence,” therefore, he has quoted freely from contemporary speeches, press-comment, pamphlets, etc. The narrative takes us to the opening months of 1917.
“Throughout his investigation Mr Stoddard seems to have preserved a scrupulously scientific attitude of mind. Indeed it is impossible to determine from his book whether his sympathies are with Germany or with the Entente. Those who wish an intelligent understanding of the problems that will arise around the international council table when the nations meet to settle the terms of peace will find ‘Present-day Europe’ both informative and suggestive.” R. T. P.
“The value of such a study depends on the judgment with which the excerpts are selected. Mr Stoddard’s judgment is excellent.”
“An extremely valuable work, valuable because its subject matter is in itself new, and has not been treated in the ordinary run of war literature. Of course, such a subject is extremely difficult to handle, and its accuracycannot be more than loosely guaranteed. It is an approximation, but an approximation under the circumstances is the only thing possible.” Joshua Wanhope
“There is a powerful lesson in this volume, and it comes directly from the people themselves.”
“Dr Stoddard’s book is most interesting not in those passages wherein the author attempts by means of numerous citations of conflicting views to body forth contemporary public opinion, but rather in the purely historical parts. ... The author seems unable to do what a writer in close spiritual contact with the nations concerned could certainly do—that is, to give his readers some sure clue to the nature and motives of the prevailing national feeling. The result is a confusing medley of views.”
“In the chapters dealing with the greater nations only natives are allowed to testify; thus in the chapter on England only Englishmen speak, and in the chapter on France only Frenchmen. Not all observers of the conditions precedent to the war, however, will agree with this author’s conclusion that ‘everywhere ... the spirit of unrest was setting the stage for the final catastrophe, and that the catastrophe was ‘inevitable.’”
STONE, GILBERT.England from the earliest times to the Great charter. (Great nations ser.) il*$3 Stokes 942 (Eng ed 17-26257)
“The present volume, which is the first of a series, treats of the history of England from earliest times to Magna carta. In this period the English race was being evolved, and the English constitution, as we to-day know it, was slowly struggling into being. The volume, indeed, is concerned with the birth of the English state.” (Preface) The work aims to treat of the social history of the English people as well as of political events. The method adopted has been to insert chapters dealing solely with the condition of literature, art and society in certain periods. A list of important dates and an index complete the work. A book by the author on “Wales” was published in 1915.
“A solid and authoritative piece of work, drawn largely from secondary sources. ... It is well illustrated and good for reference, but is not very readable.”
“Mr Stone has chosen a fascinating and extensive period of great historical value; he treats it fully from various points of view, and the illustrations, which are plentiful and well selected, will be of great use to his readers.”
“Through the mazes of Anglo-Saxon history Mr Stone, like everybody else, follows the unfailing guidance of Mr Plummer. ... This is the only chapter in which his readers have reason to complain that he has failed to make use of recent advances in historical criticism. This part of the book is marked by a knowledge of Welsh history which few, if any, of Mr Stone’s rivals have possessed, and he is able to throw fresh light upon some obscure incidents and questions. ... He is, throughout, specially happy in his exposition of legal conditions and legal reforms, and these passages, and his chapters on manners and customs, are always fresh.”
STONE, GILBERT, ed. Women war workers. il $1.65 (3c) Crowell 940.91 (Eng ed 17-21956)
In her foreword to this book Lady Jellicoe says: “The truth is, this is not a ‘men’s war,’ as wars have been hitherto, but one in which both sexes must share the burdens and responsibilities.” In these accounts, contributed by representative workers among British women in the more important branches of war employment, we learn of work done in munitions, on the land, as postwomen, as bank clerks, as butcher-boys (“Delivering the goods”). The second part of the book, entitled “Works of mercy” discusses nursing at the front and in the V. A. D. (Volunteer aid detachments) hospitals, the cheering of the men by entertainments and constructive work for the disabled, etc., and welfare work among the women. Chapter 11 is a tribute to the women of Paris during the German advance and chapter 12 contains most valuable information on war organizations for the 600,000 new paid industrial women workers and the enormous army of volunteers. These last include those of Queen Mary’s needlework guild, those with the Vegetable products committee (whose 40,000 women volunteers supply the fleet and the naval hospitals with fresh vegetables), the workers at the Soldiers and Sailors buffet (at the Victoria railway station, London), and many others. The book lacks an index.
“The facts throughout should receive all possible publicity, though some of the deductions and thoughts regarding the future are rather superficial and shortsighted.”
“Employers of women, also, will gather from representative worker writers valuable hints for the preservation of their employees’ health and strength.”
“The women war-workers of England, from V.A.D. nurse to munition maker, have so often been held up in a semi-heroic pose that it is refreshing to have in a volume written by the women themselves, a purely human picture. A really eloquent, vivid, and closely knit description of nursing at the French front is given by Grace Ellison.”
“The book not only offers entertainment, but has value and interest as an offhand sketch of some of the results of the great war that may have consequences of the greatest social importance.”
STONER, WINIFRED SACKVILLE.Manual of natural education. il*$1 (2½c) Bobbs 370.1 16-20505
A note says that this book is meant to be used in connection with “Natural education” and “Facts in jingles.” It is a book of methods and devices. Among the chapters are: What is natural education; The natural education book shelf; How to use the natural educational tools; Training the physical part of the child’s trinity; Character building; Requirements for natural educational schools.
“A valuable book for parents and teachers, for the ideas are not only in line with those of other advocates of naturalism in education, such as Rousseau and Mrs Johnson of Fairhope, Ala., but are practical, although frequently expressed too concisely.”
“There is really nothing added here to what she said in her first book, nor, it may be added, has she given to the science of education anything new. ... This book should be read by all mothers and teachers, because they will get from it some of Mrs Stoner’s exuberant enthusiasm for the noblest work in the world—the proper upbringing of our children.” R. F. Zametkin
STOURM, RENÉ.Budget; Thaddeus Plazinski, tr., Walter Flavius McCaleb, ed. (Institute for government research. Studies in administration)*$3.75 Pub. by Appleton for the Institute for government research 336.44 17-19729
“This is the second volume published for the Institute for government research, the first being ‘The financial administration of Great Britain.’” (Survey) The translation is from the seventh edition of “Le budget” (Paris, 1913). There is a foreword by the editor, who is dissatisfied with the translation; an introduction by Charles A. Beard, and an author’s preface. “The book is an extremely minute historical and critical study of the French budget system, with some consideration of the systems of other countries.” (Springf’d Republican) Two introductory chapters are on The budget and The budgetary prerogative. The author then divides the subject-matter into four parts: part 1, Preparation of the budget; part 2, Voting the budget; part 3, Execution of the budget; part 4, Control of the budget.
“The best book on the subject in English. This translation is better than the French original for American readers because of the careful editing and notes.”
“No book has been more influential in bringing to their present high efficiency the financial systems of the western European nations. ... It will undoubtedly become a force in the gradual reshaping of public opinion on more wholesome lines.”
“The translator has performed his difficult task fairly well, while the editor has corrected a few mistakes made by the author in his description of American budgetary procedure.”
“The editor of the series says in a frank and highly commendable foreword that he is not satisfied with the translation, and his judgment is borne out by an examination of the work. ... The very mass of details all but obscures the underlying principles, but the abstract and awkward translation may be partly responsible for this impression. ... In its present form, the work will be of little assistance to American political scholarship or to practical politics.”
“For many years Stourm’s ‘Le Budget’ has been the standard work in this field. Those who teach public finance in our colleges will welcome it in English. ... Outside of academic circles it should be widely read because it contains the best account of the evolution of budgetary systems and sets forth in detail the problems encountered in France, many of which have been not unlike our own. The difficult tasks of translator and editor have been fairly well done.” H. A. Millis
STRAHAN, SPEER, and O’DONNELL, CHARLES LEE, comps. Notre Dame verse.*$1 Notre Dame book store, Notre Dame, Ind. 811.08
“Some of the best of the poetry that has been written in past years by the students of Notre Dame university has been gathered into a small volume by Speer Strahan and Charles L. O’Donnell, C. S. C., and published with the modest title ‘Notre Dame verse.’” (Lit D) “Some famous names are included in the list of contributors. Charles Warren Stoddard is here, with his inimitable ‘Lahaina,’ and his ‘Indiana’; Maurice Francis Egan with an exquisite sonnet, ‘An eventide’; Father Charles L. O’Donnell offers four beautiful selections, one a quatrain of the sort that the lamented Father Tabb was wont to write; Speer Strahan is also represented, whose verse is well known, ... and two or three others, perhaps not quite so familiar.” (Cath World)
“It is the spirit of the writings herein gathered that appeals; the uniform sense of high ideals, of nobility in aspiration that is refreshing.”
“It is an admirable collection.”
Straight road. il*$1.50 (1c) Doran 17-13077
The familiar story of the woman alone is retold in this novel. Callie Baird leaves her husband and goes out into the world to make a living for her child. Her marriage had been doomed to failure from the first, for it had been arranged by her mother after the ruthless breaking off of a boy and girl love affair. She meets both harshness and kindness at the hands of men and women. She comes into contact with more than one man who looks on her as legitimate prey, but she finds the other kind too, and finally there is a meeting with the old girlhood lover. This happens under dramatic circumstances, while Callie is working as a hop picker on a ranch owned by his father. The scene of the story is California and the events related in the closing chapters bear a close resemblance to occurrences at Wheatland a year or so ago.
“The anonymous novel which has been published serially in McClure’s Magazine has aroused considerable comment already. ... There is no doubt whatever that the magazine desires it to be understood that it is the record of actual experience. It is just as absolutely true that it is constructed with very apparent knowledge of novel construction. ... It is by no means a great story, but it is very strong in human interest. Its force comes from the frankness of the personal confession in it.” D. L. M.
“The story of the strike itself is told with conviction. And the woman’s experiences before she becomes a hop-picker, her struggles to earn a living and keep straight in a world dominated by the predatory male, seem to be real adventures and not special pleading. It is a book which any good craftsman would be willing to sign, and I cannot see the reason for anonymity.” J: Macy
“When the end of the book is nearly reached, there comes an interesting episode. This is Callie’s short experience as a hop-picker on the Las Palmas ranch.”
“The principal characters are skilfully sketched and the heroine’s little boy is delightful. If the story is impressionistic and discursive, and the sex theme unpleasantly insistent, the incidents are well conceived, and the writing brisk and interesting.”
STRAUS, NATHAN.Disease in milk; the remedy: pasteurization; the life work of Nathan Straus, by Lina Gutherz Straus. 2d ed, rev and enl il*$2.50 Dutton 614.3 17-13812
This book, first published privately some years ago, is now presented in a revised and enlarged edition to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Nathan Straus’s establishment of pasteurized milk stations for the poor children of New York city. It tells what pasteurization is and does, gives the history of the struggle for pure milk in New York city and state and in Chicago, of milk work in Europe and America, of Mr Straus’s work in Palestine, of his tuberculosis preventorium for children, etc. Reprints of addresses, articles and letters by Mr Straus in furtherance of pasteurization take up 196 pages. There are also formulas, tables of statistics, a discussion of how far contaminated milk is to blame for infantile paralysis, and a detailed description of how milk may be pasteurized at home. There are many illustrations.
“It offers a compilation of facts and observations upon the subject of diseases and milk and how to combat them which all who are interested privately or publicly in the milk supply will be glad to have.”
“Altogether the book is an inspiring record of the courageous, persistent and successful fight waged by Mr Straus.” Franz Schneider, jr.
STRAYER, GEORGE DRAYTON, and NORSWORTHY, NAOMI.How to teach.*$1.30 Macmillan 371 17-4794
“This book includes a comprehensive summary of the psychological facts and principles which underlie effective method, as well as a series of specific suggestions to be observed in teaching. The scope of the book is well represented by the following topics: ‘The work of the teacher,’ ‘Original nature,’ ‘Attention and interest in teaching,’ ‘The formation of habits,’ ‘How to memorize,’ ‘The teacher’s use of imagination,’ ‘How thinking may be stimulated,’ ‘Appreciation,’ ‘The meaning of play in education,’ ‘The significance of individual differences,’ ‘The development of moral social conduct,’ ‘Transfer of training types of classroom exercises,’ ‘How to study,’ and ‘Measuring the achievement of children.’ ... Practically every chapter contains illustrations based on actual classroom practices.”—El School J
“This book is thoroughly colored by the experimental work and educational philosophy of Dewey and Thorndike. The point of view of the former is elaborated in the chapter on ‘Thinking,’ and of the latter in the chapters on ‘Original nature,’ ‘Habit formation,’ ‘Transfer of training,’ and school tests. The chapter on ‘Measuring the achievements of children’ can hardly be said to be a representative statement of the testing movement.”
“The most thorough and systematic treatment of the problems of general methods which has appeared during the past year. On account of the psychological background, which many of its discussions presuppose, this book is much better adapted to the mature or experienced teacher than to the beginner. It merits, however, a prominent place in the working library of each teacher.”
STREET, GEORGE EDMUND.Unpublished notes and reprinted papers. il*$2.25 (3½c) Hispanic soc. of Am.; for sale by Putnam 726 17-8606
George Edmund Street was an English architect, associated with Burne-Jones and William Morris. In her biographical introduction, Georgiana Goddard King speaks of him as “a man who died more than thirty years ago, who lived a Tory and a high churchman, who worked to revive Gothic architecture in England.” He traveled extensively, studying the architecture of France and Italy. It is with these travels that the papers and notes in the present volume deal. An appendix gives notes on churches of northern Germany.
“The whole volume will be a valuable addition to the library of anyone interested in the subject of Gothic architecture in Europe or in the work of Street himself.”
“This volume is virtually the only printed memorial of the man, who at the time of his death, thirty-five years ago, was hailed as the greatest of British architects, the designer of the great Courts of justice in London, and the foremost exponent of the movement for the revival of the Gothic architecture in England.”
“The travel notes are of general interest though shot through with architectural comment that makes chief appeal to the profession and the ecclesiologist. It is a valuable book, but not a particularly popular one.”
STREET, JULIAN LEONARD.American adventures.il*$3 (2c) Century 917.5 17-30047
In quite the same vein as “Abroad at home.” There is let loose in these pages something of the hero-worshipper, a good deal of the sage and poet and a preponderance of the traveler who has a keen scent for historical and literary associations. Those who go a-journeying with Mr Street will cover the principal cities from the Chesapeake to the Mississippi. Traditions, great men, great deeds, memorials, scenery, atmosphere—these are the matters that concern the writer as he hunts out the strong, deep-rooted city entity. A suggestive foreword which likens the relationship of the South and the North to that of a pretty, sensitive wife to a big strong, amiable if somewhat thick-skinned husband furnishes a novel thought.
“They are sympathetic, delightful descriptions, with much information entertainingly treated.”
“The book suffers a little from an excess of reportorial matter. As in his first book, Mr Street reveals a lively humour and a faculty for looking at old things from new angles. In one respect, however, ‘American adventures’ is not up to the standard of ‘Abroad at home.’ In the earlier book the author wrote as if he were thoroughly at home in the middle west, and enjoyed his visit there. The later volume gives one an impression that Mr Street was not so much at home in the South, that it was very new to him, and that he did not altogether understand it.” A. M. Chase
“As guests of the southern states the collaborators in pen and pencil courteously draw a fair portrait, and, in consequence, ignore some very fundamental facts not to the credit of southern civilization. How much the ‘expense account’ of which Collier’s Weekly, with its known southern attitude, assumed a part, had to do in influencing this easy reportorial indifference, one can only guess.”
“In a little foreword written with exquisitely fine feeling he speaks of the North’s lack of understanding of the South and urges more consideration for the feelings of that region. Mr Morgan’s illustrations catch the spirit and charm of the scenes he portrays.”
“The work of a trained observer and a clever artist who set out to ‘make a book.’ The result is lively, interesting, but somewhat ‘newspaperish.’ It is a good book for stay-at-home travelers who would like to go South for the winter but can’t.”
“Written in the same mood of pleasant intimacy and irresponsible self-enjoyment as ‘Abroad at home.’ ... The serious minded tourist, who purposes to cover conscientiously the orthodox ‘sights’ of each city he proposes visiting would do better to trust to the meagre help of the inadequate American Baedeker. Mr Street would inevitably leave this type of person so sadly full of disillusions. The reason is quite simple: what he describes is less what exists in any given place than what he happens to think he finds there—a large part of which he brings with him.” Philip Tillinghast
“Many of the papers have appeared serially in Collier’s, but they have been amplified considerably for the present publication. Chief in interest, perhaps, among the additions are the letters which were called out from the South, either in contradiction or commendation, after the first appearance of the work.”
STREETER, BURNETT HILLMAN,[2]and others. Immortality.*$2.25 (2c) Macmillan 218 17-31042
A companion volume to “Concerning prayer.” The title-page describes it as “an essay in discovery, co-ordinating scientific, psychical, and biblical research.” In the first two essays and the first section of the third the attempt is made to set out in logical sequence the main arguments for the belief in personal immortality. The rest of the third essay, and essays four to six deal with the nature of the after life, and discuss the meaning and value for modern thought, of conceptions like resurrection, judgment, heaven and hell. Essays seven and eight estimate judicially the elements of truth and error in spiritualism and in the doctrine of reincarnation, more especially in relation to the claims made on its behalf by modern theosophy. The ninth essay is an epilogue to the whole collection.
“The essays are unequal in value but, in the main, are fresh and stimulating. The best, as also the most philosophic, thing in the book is A. Clutton-Brock’s essay.”
STRONG, THERON GEORGE.Joseph H. Choate. il*$3 (3½c) Dodd 17-28096
Mr Strong, who is the author of “Landmarks of a lawyer’s lifetime,” divides his volume of nearly 400 pages into four sections: The New Englander; The New Yorker; The lawyer; The ambassador. The book does not pretend to be “a complete biography of Mr Choate, much less an authorized biography, which would naturally refer to subjects, domestic and social, to which the author does not allude.” (Introductory note) Mr Strong has had access to very full scrapbooks containing clippings from English and American newspapers kept by Mr Choate when he was ambassador. Mr Choate also placed the beginning of his reminiscences, consisting of family history carried only to the date of his birth, in Mr Strong’s hands, and “in several conversations gave him valuable information.” The book contains a number of illustrations and is indexed.
“The author’s division of Mr Choate’s long and brilliant career into four phases, each of which he treats separately, helps the reader to appreciate the many-sided variety of his character and achievement.” F. F. Kelly
“Mr Choate preserved ‘scrap-books’ which he turned over to Mr Strong. The result is necessarily a somewhat scrappy work. Meanwhile, Mr Strong must be thanked for bringing out of his storehouse of personal recollections and of available records, things new and old to quicken remembrance of the man whose personality was too vivid ever to be brought to print.”
“While Mr Strong disclaims the purpose of writing a biography of Mr Choate that would be either authoritative or complete, he has made a study that is full of interest, that covers fairly well the several phases of his many-sided life, and that had, in some of its features, the assistance and authority of Mr Choate himself.”
“Mr Strong’s book will prove to be a valuable contribution to Americans for one thing alone if for no other. It collects Mr Choate’s ambassadorial addresses. Nothing of the kind we know of in English literature is more charming. The volume is a credit to its subject and to its author.”
“His life, though not an ‘official’ biography, and though containing numerous errors of facts, gives one a good idea of the man and the lawyer.”
STROUSE, SOLOMON, and PERRY, MAUDE ALICE.Food for the sick.*$1.50 Saunders 613.2 17-28335
This manual for physician and patient has been compiled by an associate attending physician and a dietitian at the Michael Reese hospital in Chicago. The authors state that their own experience has been supplemented by free use of current literature in textbooks and magazines. They attribute the planning of the chapter on Diseases of the heart to Dr Sidney Strauss and the outlining of that on Diseases of the skin to Dr Phillip F. Shaffner. The need for the book would seem to them to rest in the fact that “many diseases in which food plays an important role in treatment do not progress favorably because of the inability of the patient to grasp in terms of the kitchen what the physician says in terms of the laboratory.” (Introd.) The plan of the book therefore is to enable the patient and the physician to work together by making clear to the patient the “why” and the “how” of the diet needed. Each chapter is devoted to a single subject and the disease or condition is discussed in such a way as to make plain the reasons for the dietary rules which follow. Complete details for the diet are then given, with instructions in preparing foods and many menus. The first chapter is devoted to a description of the normal use of food and to lessons in practical application of food tables in building any kind of special menus. About one-fifth of the text is given to the dietary treatment of diabetesmellitus.
STRUTHERS, MRS LINA (ROGERS).School nurse. il*$1.75 (3½c) Putnam 371.7 17-24218
This book has been written for school nurses. It is not designed as a complete text book, but is full of helpful suggestions and directions. A reading of the first chapters suggests that it might fill a need in a wider field. Particularly, it seems that it might be of value to women’s clubs that promote civic movements in their communities. Contents: Introduction; History; Organization; Staff rules; Administration; State regulations; School clinic; Out-door classes; Diseases; Tuberculosis; Debilitated children; Common physical defects; Carious teeth; The school nurse; Card system of reports. The book is provided with various maps and charts but lacks an index. The author has served as superintendent of school nurses in New York city and in Toronto.
Reviewed by S. L. Jean
STUART, FLORENCE PARTELLO.Adventures of Piang, the Moro jungle boy.il*$1.35 (2c) Century 17-25285
It has been the author’s purpose to do justice to the Moro, the highest type native to the Philippines. The volume is called “a book for old and young” and it is evidently her hope that in addition to the children who will enjoy the stories, many older people will read it for the information it contains. It is based on her own experience as a resident of the lower Philippines, supplemented with information from authoritative sources. The book is made up of ten short stories, some of which are reprinted from St Nicholas, What To Do, and Boys’ World. There are striking black and white illustrations by Ellsworth Young.
“These tales are packed full of information about the customs, beliefs and way of living ofthe Moros. ... And the adventures are quite exciting enough to rejoice the heart of any normal boy.”
“A book that will be valuable to readers of all ages. Boys, however, will especially appreciate the adventures of the lively young Moro. The illustrations are so telling and effective that they greatly add to the charm of this book.”
STUCK, HUDSON.[2]Voyages on the Yukon and its tributaries; a narrative of summer travel in the interior of Alaska. il*$4.50 Scribner 917.98 17-30733
“This book of Archdeacon Stuck’s is quite complete in itself. But it is written as a supplement and complement, the author points out, to ‘Ten thousand miles with a dog sled,’ and the two volumes form a full survey of Alaskan travel through the year. The present volume is devoted to the Yukon voyages, and the second to the tributaries—‘side-streams,’ as the river men call them, though they are anything but mere ‘streams’ as we use the word. He writes of the Klondike rush for gold. He has a full account of the work of the Canadian northwest mounted police in the Yukon territory. He writes of the cities that grew up overnight in the ‘boom’ times, and of their fate. He tells us of the rivers themselves, their history. He has much to say of the Indians. He writes of the schools of Alaska, and of the teachers, and of ‘compulsory English’ for the Indians. His book has in it sociology and economics, history, description, personal experience, and narrative.”—N Y Times
“When a vigorous, widely traveled and broadly read man like Archdeacon Stuck writes about a subject with which he is thoroughly familiar by years of contact, the result reasonably may be a diverting book; but Bishop Stuck adds to these qualities the gift for picturesque phrase and original thought.” W. A. M.
“‘Voyages on the Yukon and its tributaries’ is a notably interesting presentation, informative, never pedantic; rich in description, history, legend, yet never altogether objective, for it is tinged warmly throughout with the author’s personal experience, opinion, thought. It is in its personal quality that much of the absorbing charm of the book, as a piece of writing, lies.”
“A thoroughly well made and extremely readable book.”
STUNTZ, HOMER CLYDE.South American neighbors. 60c Missionary educ. movement 16-14106
“This book, although confessedly written ‘in the crowded hours of a busy year,’ accomplishes very well the purpose of the author, namely, to present for the use of mission-study classes the great problems lying before our missionaries in the South American field. ... Although necessarily brief and incomplete, the author very interestingly reviews the resources of South America, its fascinating history, the reasons for its slowness of development, some of the great missionary pioneers, and the outstanding problems of religion, education, and morals which are confronting statesmen and missionaries alike. He shows the inadequacy of the prevailing religion, and brings out clearly the paralyzing effects of the system of vast landed estates and the low position assigned to woman in society. He presents also some very interesting comparisons between North America and Latin America in history, purposes and life.”—Am J Theol
“He raises many questions, political, educational, industrial, religious—questions which many people have not realized, and which are yet deserving of careful study.” L. T. H.
“To those whose knowledge of South America is meager this little volume will serve as an excellent introduction. A good map and a select bibliography are given at the end of the volume.”
STURGIS, ESTHER MARY (OGDEN) (MRS RICHARD CLIPSTON STURGIS).Random reflections of a grandmother.*$1 (5½c) Houghton 814 17-28913
A book of reflections and reminiscences from the pen of a woman who has just discovered that grandmothering is a distinct occupation. She is one of the modern up-to-date grandmothers, very different from the person who used to sit in the chimney corner with her knitting, with a soft white fichu over her shoulders and a priceless lace cap on her silvery hair. It worries the writer somewhat that she cannot live up to this picture, until it occurs to her that after all the modern grandchild wouldn’t care for that kind of a grandparent. The reflections touch on many subjects.
“She writes with the true valiant heartiness of the woman to whom the world is a place for courage and laughter.” E. F. E.
“A book of whimsical humor, of gay comment, and bright and lovable criticism, a little book full of chuckles and common sense.”
“There is a light touch for every chapter, and once or twice a paragraph that brings a catch to the voice if one is reading aloud. The book is well adapted for such reading and seems likely to receive it.”
STURTEVANT, EDGAR HOWARD.Linguistic change.*$1 (2c) Univ. of Chicago press 409
This book, which has grown out of lectures to the author’s students in Columbia university, is intended to serve as an introduction to the historical study of language. It consists of the following chapters: Introduction on the nature of language; Primary change of form; Secondary change of form; Change of meaning; Change in vocabulary; Change in syntax; Language and dialect; The trend of linguistic development.
“It is a pleasure to call attention to a thoroly sound book for use by university students who are taking seriously the study of philology and linguistics. ... We know of no better way for the student of linguistics to begin his acquaintance with that interesting subject than by mastering Professor Sturtevant’s book.”
SULLIVAN, ALAN.Inner door. il*$1.35 Century 17-20669