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6–42901.

An ethnographical and historical outline, with descriptive notes, planned as a text-bookfor the use of college lectures and directors of home-reading clubs.

“The best book yet prepared for the student, whether in school or at home.” Carl Kelsey.

“Mrs. Parsons has written a most valuable contribution to sociological study. She has pursued the scientific and not the theologic method, and therein lies her sole offense. This world will be a better one to live in because of this thought-stimulating and exhaustive guide to the scientific study of the family.” Theodore Schroeder.

Reviewed by Edward T. Devine.

“A better book to put into the hands of the mature person looking for trustworthy information and judicious guidance of his thinking upon the family problem, it would be hard to find.” Franklin H. Giddings.

“Outline notes constitute the greater portion and the chief value of the work. The fact that the author is not obsessed by a novel theory of her own, like some of her more original predecessors, makes the book more useful to the elementary student.”

“It is scholarly, abounds with references to authorities and to text-books for the student’s reading, but deals almost wholly with the family in its primitive forms. In our judgment it is wholly inadequate as a text-book for the study of the family, because it practically ignores the nature, origin, function, and laws of the modern Christian family, which is what the student most needs to comprehend.”

“The attempt of the author to subject the family to careful scientific examination is exceedingly praiseworthy and altogether helpful. And there will be no question in the mind of the reader that the work has been courageously and honestly done. As a broad-minded piece of inductive research it is worthy of imitation in other fields. The book will probably stand as one of the many single and helpful pieces of inductive sociological study.” Frederick Morgan Davenport.

“Is essentially a work for students of sociology, teachers, and men of temperate and studious minds, and takes its place, for instance, with such books as Stanley Hall’s ‘Adolescence,’ which, by the way, it surpasses in original research.” Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton.

“Judging from the scope of the book and the method of instruction recommended, the author imposes no bounds to the subject to be studied by these young people, and it is on this point that she is most open to adverse criticism. Whatever may be the criticism to which her conclusions are subjected, no one can object to the tone of the book or doubt the courage and transparent honesty of the writer.”

Parsons, Florence Mary (Mrs. Clement Parsons).Garrick and his circle; il. **$2.75. Putnam.

6–45350.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Not only does she appear to have read—and to have mastered—everything the most exacting could require; but she has shown excellent judgment as to fact and fable, essentials and non-essentials.” S. M. Francis.

“Her portraits have that fulness and unity which impart a conclusive notion of personality, set with a due sense of perspective against a well-balanced background.”

Parsons, Frank.Heart of the railroad problem: the history of railway discrimination in the United States, with efforts at control, remedies proposed, and hints from other countries. **$1.50. Little.

6–13090.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Vivid, concrete, interesting; covers with great detail one problem only, that of discrimination and its remedy.”

Reviewed by Emory R. Johnson.

“While he occasionally disturbs the reader’s confidence by basing his charges upon rumors and hearsay evidence, after the manner of the newspaper reporter, he relies principally upon official investigations, hearings and reports, and in his handling of this material he shows a thorough familiarity with his subject.” Frank Haigh Dixon.

Parsons, Frank.Railways, the trusts, and the people. 25c. Taylor, C. F.

6–46268.

“A comprehensive work on the political, industrial, and social effects of different systems of railway control.... The work is divided into two parts, the first dealing with the relations of the railways to the public, ... and the second analyzing the railway problems.”—R. of Rs.

“As a source of information Professor Parsons’s volume is a rich mine. It is unfortunate that so valuable a work should suffer so from the author’s lack of literary discretion.” Emory R. Johnson.

“As far as bulk and comprehensiveness are concerned, all previous contributions are outdone. Despite the many facts and figures presented by Professor Parsons, there is still wanting a comprehensive and scientific study of the railroad problem.”

*Pasteur, Violet M.Gods and heroes of old Japan; decorated by Ada Galton. *$3.50 Lippincott.

7–18124.

Faint gray drawings of Japanese plants and flowers furnish marginal decoration while the text consists of “short stories taken from the sacred writings and ancient histories of Japan. Some are legendary and miraculous; others correspond to the tales of our own age of chivalry.” (Dial.)

“Interesting, to those especially who have a real sympathy with old Japan.”

“Simply and gracefully told, with a quaintness that suits the primitive type of the stories.”

“The work should appeal to young and old readers alike.”

“There is much that is beautiful and poetic in these heroic legends, but the story gets frequently very involved, and the names are most confusing.”

“The stories ... are well told, and Miss Pasteur cleverly brings before us the strange far Eastern outlook on life.”

Paston, George, pseud. (Miss E. M. Symonds).Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and her times. *$4.50. Putnam.

“This is, for three reasons, a very interesting book. In the first place Lady Mary is herself a woman who claims attention.... Shebecame a national benefactress, and her character deserves to be studied. Secondly, the times in which Lady Mary lived, though different from our own in many respects, were in some ways alarmingly like them.... In the third place, Lady Mary knew well enough that she was an excellent letter-writer.” (Lond. Times.) The sketch is keenly alive to her learning, her fascination, her eccentricities and her wit.

“There are but slight deductions to be made from our praise of this excellent piece of biography. The notes are numerous and informing, and the few errata are chiefly to be found in the text.”

“It is because of her letters almost exclusively that we now feel much interest in Lady Mary, and in her letters from Constantinople we have the best of her.”

“By some lack Mr. Paston fails to show the charm that Lady Mary’s contemporaries for the most part cordially owned, and that the reader of her letters feel, today.”

“The book is written with great discretion, with a certain reticence, for which in these days we cannot be too grateful.”

“We feel we have been ‘personally conducted’ over an interesting tract of time.”

“When the author speaks herself, she does so with delightful appreciation of the whole business, and links the mass of manuscripts into a coherent and agreeable book.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

“The true significance of Lady Mary’s life story, that which gives it value to readers of to-day, is the light it throws on the period in which it was lived, and the fact that ... Lady Mary herself was par excellence a product of her times.”

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.

Paternoster, George Sidney.Lady of the blue motor. $1.50. Page.

7–16942.

An automobile story which does not content itself with the gentle excitements incident to motoring, but which involves a young Englishman, who undertakes to champion a mysterious lady who drives a blue car, in a series of strange complications which do not stop short of murder. The villain, also equipped with a car, is as diabolical as any of his class and the whole story moves at third speed along a highway bristling with dangers to a conventionally happy ending.

“The misprints are sometimes serious. Apart from this, the story is a well-constructed melodrama, interesting in its own way, and with less hysteria and more character-study than one usually finds in books of this type.”

“The character of this delectable volume is that of the ‘shilling shocker.’ It is an ordinary sensational story of the stereotyped sort.”

“While audacious and seemingly rather bold in the beginning of Sydney Pasternoster’s new motor car story, is proved in the end to be courageous and loving.”

Paterson, Arthur Henry.John Glynn; a novel of social work. †$1.50. Holt.

7–14252.

John Glynn is an Englishman who has made a fortune in America on her rough frontier and goes back to London to do settlement work in that unlovely quarter known as The Nile. Here he works side by side with a young woman who is secretary of his district and this, of course, furnishes the romance of the book, but its vital interest lies in the life of the criminal quarter in which they labor and in the strong characters, both good and evil, which they encounter.

“The more serious will welcome a book which contains more than a mere love-story, while those who do not care for too thoughtful fiction will find an exciting and convincing novel, in which the characters are alive, and the interest is sustained to the end.”

“The characters are well drawn and, on the whole, convincing. What is lacking in literary merit is overlooked in the swift succession of incidents.”

“The characterization is stereotyped, each figure being plainly labelled, good or evil, and painted in bold colours. Plot and general treatment are in keeping with this class of work; but the book is not without its instructive side, and despite occasional tendencies to claptrap, and frequent exaggeration, has here and there touches of genuine human wisdom, and indications of sincere thought regarding some of the problems which face the worker among the poor.”

“The book holds more entertainment—if only you can forget that first chapter—than many a better one.” Edward Clark Marsh.

“The pictures of the seamy side of London life are said to be true without being unwholesomely realistic.”

“The author evidently knows thoroughly the region he describes. He is less happy, however, in his allusions to the western United States, whence his hero has just come with a fortune made in the cattle business.”

“The tone throughout is frankly and conventionally sentimental and emotional, and though ‘John Glynn’ is a well-intentioned and even entertaining story, it can hardly be considered as a serious attempt to add to our knowledge of criminology or of the best methods of social reform.”

“Like many stories with a purpose. ‘John Glynn’ would be very much better without the love interest which Mr. Paterson has thought it necessary to introduce, and perhaps it would be truer to life but for a certain melodramatic tendency which he has not been able to keep out of its pages.”

Paterson, William Romaine.Nemesis of nations: studies in history: the ancient world, Hindustan, Babylon, Greece, Rome. *$3. Dutton.

W 7–123.

“The first of a series of studies analyzing the causes why civilizations—ancient, mediaeval, modern—have broken down, and the manner in which national sins ... have avenged themselves by bringing retribution on the sinners.” (Ath.) “In each of these studies the method pursued is substantially the same: There is an examination of the origin of the race in question: an effort to trace its affiliations with other races; a sketch of the salient features of the land. The religion, laws, politics, and social customs of the people are then considered; and, finally, we are given a comprehensive account of that slavery which was at the base of all these civilizations.” (N. Y. Times.)

“Throughout this learned book, covering an immense range, and parading a large bibliography,there are hardly any citations to verify the assertions of the text; yet these are often, to our knowledge, loose or inaccurate.”

“It is no common piece of work dreamed out without labor—but betrays on every page an intimate acquaintance with the best modern literature on antiquity and also with the original sources themselves.”

“Mr. Paterson’s book is on the whole too audacious. He admits the complexity of the subject, and yet practically he writes as though the fall of his four great empires could be explained by the same simple causes acting in the same simple way.” F. Melian Stawell.

“Thoughtful and scholarly essays.”

“Viewed not as a philosophical interpretation of the downfall of ancient civilizations, but as a history of their slavery systems, it is clearly a product of thoughtful and painstaking research, and contains much that is informing to a high degree. The reader, however, cannot be too strongly warned against unreserved acceptance of the sweeping conclusions Mr. Paterson would draw from his investigations.”

“Remarkable book.”

Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton.Poems; with an introd. by Basil Champneys. $1.75. Macmillan.

7–2591.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“It is fitting that there should be a definitive edition of his poetical work, and nothing could be in better taste than the volume ‘Poems.’”

Patten, Gilbert (Burt L. Standish, pseud.).Frank Merriwell at Yale. 75c. McKay.

Little that fills the life of a college youth of to-day is missing from this spirited tale. Frank Merriwell is made of true stuff, and with manly courage dominates every situation unexpected and prearranged that confronts him during his four years.

Patten, Helen Philbrook, comp. Intimations of immortality: significant thoughts on the future life. **$1.50. Small.

7–2422.

An anthology which aims not so much to present an orderly, rhetorical argument for any theory of immortality as to bring before the reader a composite picture of the spiritual intentions of mankind thru the ages.

“This is the best work of the kind that has appeared in anything like the same compass. The compiler has displayed rare judgment and discrimination in her selections. Should be found in every well-ordered library.”

Patten, Simon Nelson.New basis of civilization. (American social progress series.) **$1. Macmillan.

7–18589.

A book designed for collateral reading and class discussion which “interprets in a specially suggestive and stimulating way the meaning and significance of recent social changes with which the practical social worker is so actively engaged and to which he is so close in point of time and contact that he may well fail to secure for himself the stimulus of the larger outlook upon the events in which he is a participant.” It discusses the basis in resources, heredity, family life, social classes, social consciousness, amusement, character and social control.

“Prof. Patten ... too often obscures his meaning to the common mind by expressing perfectly sensible observations and conclusions in the formulae they frequently employ to conceal lack of thought, but he has nevertheless an astonishing number of really vital and suggestive things to say. In short, in many points, at least, he has hold of the truth.”

“Even if some of these things seem utopian, no fair-minded thinker can deny that Professor Patten has vividly brought out important differences between our civilization and any past régime, has called attention to the inevitableness of readjustment, has offered illuminating interpretations of our standards and ideals, and has made many wise and stimulating suggestions for practical effort.” George E. Vincent.

Patterson, Annie W.Chats with music lovers. **$1.25. Lippincott.

Miss Patterson talks illuminatingly on such subjects as the following: How to enjoy music; How to practice; How to sing; How to compose; How to read text-books; How to be an organist; How to conduct; Preparing for examinations; How to get engagements; How to appear in public; How to organize musical entertainments; and How to publish music.

“It is a compendium of really practical hints in almost every branch of music, expressed with great shrewdness, and in a way that carries weight.”

“Covering so much ground, she has necessarily covered it very thinly.”

Pattison, James William.World’s painters since Leonardo. *$4. Duffield.

“The author has taken up the long succession of artists of whom he treats in chronological order, without regard to nationality, schools or character of work. In this he has sought to present the influence exerted by contemporaries upon one another, even at great distances.... It is as though he had produced an abridged Bryan’s Dictionary of painters, arranging by date instead of alphabet, and giving the whole affair the lively inspiration of alert thought and ready sympathy.”—Int. Studio.

“The student who uses it merely as a court of last resort on minutiae will have missed its import, which consists rather in its spirit of sincere conviction and its direct delight in men rather than theories.”

Patton, John Shelton, and Doswell, Sallie J.University of Virginia: glimpses of its past and present. 25c. Bell.

5–39859.

“An account, based on the correspondence of Jefferson and Joseph C. Cabell, of the founding of the university, a sketch of the institution’s early history, a description of the Jeffersonian buildings, and accounts of the various phases of the university’s development, together with lists of honor and prize students, orators, participants in the civil war, etc.”—Am. Hist. R.

“Notwithstanding oversights, the volume contains much information that an alumnus may be glad to have in convenient compass.”

Paul, Herbert Woodfield.History of modern England. 5v. ea. **$2.50. Macmillan.

4–2649.

Descriptive note of v. 1–3 in Annual, 1906.

v. 4 and 5.Volume 4 opens with the Turkish troubles of 1876 and closes with the defeatof the Gladstone government in 1885. The closing volume begins with June 8, 1885, “a memorable day in English history ... from [which] all subsequent events in this history take in some degree their colour,” and closes with the events that led up to the defeat of the Liberal party in 1895.

“The weakest part of the whole work is the conclusion. We have to thank Mr. Paul for a book which, if not profound, has at least the merit of putting great matters clearly, attractively and simply, of being at once instructive and entertaining.” Wilbur C. Abbott.

“Mr. Paul’s comments on public men and parties are keen and incisive: his narrative vivid, terse and clear. The general style is midway between the severe classic stateliness of Morley’s ‘Life of Gladstone’, and the easy gossipy style of Justin McCarthy’s ‘History of our own times.’ With very little dissertation, no rhetoric, a good sprinkling of wit, recorded and first hand, this history may be read for enjoyment as well as for information.”

“Mr. Paul’s work, is, in brief, a readable journalistic enterprise, sufficiently accurate in details, but lacking in study, in erudition, and in thought, and largely deficient in all save avowed political information.”

“Surely Mr. Paul’s wisdom and foresight must have fallen short when he accords such a high place to the man [Mr. Balfour] whom both Conservatives and Liberals now realize to be a failure as the leader of a modern political party and whose successor is being discussed in his own political camp. ‘The history of modern England’ will certainly not hold its own either as history or as literature.”

“Giving always a picturesque and interesting narrative of contemporary events, not always, it is true, without prejudice and bias, but possessing all the virtues of an honest account by an intelligent participant.”

“No one can question the breeziness and vigor of his style or the cleverness of his epigrams; but however successful the work may be as literature, as history it leaves much to be desired.” W. Roy Smith.

“The present volume is distinctly inferior to its predecessors, both in arrangement and form, and in the objectivity of its criticisms.” George Louis Beer.

Paullin, Charles O.Navy of the American revolution. *$1.25. Burrows.

6–42974.

“A small well-printed duodecimo, into whose narrow compass the author has packed an astonishingly succinct and trustworthy account of the administration of the maritime forces of the revolted colonies. Dealing with the creation, organization, and control of the Continental navy and the various state navies in turn, he has emphasized that neglected page of our history rather than the well-known brilliant exploits of a few popular heroes.”—Nation.

“It is in fact a masterly little book, well conceived, thoroughly studied, and judiciously written. It is a real contribution to the study of the American revolution.” C. H. Van Tyne.

“This book is in all respects admirable, and the author may be congratulated upon the possession of the painstaking industry and ripeness of judgment which disarm the most captious of critics.” Herbert C. Bell.

“Dr. Paullin’s references to authorities are so frequent and scrupulous that his book becomes an indispensable guide to the student of this epoch.”

“Details of a number of actions unknown to the general reader are given, and all together it is a valuable work of reference.”

Paulsen, Friedrich.German universities and university study; authorized tr. by Frank Thilly and W: W. Elwang. **$3. Scribner.

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