6–19419.
6–19419.
6–19419.
6–19419.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The book is popular in style and suggestive as to matter.”
Pratt, Ambrose.Counterstroke. *$1. Fenno.
A melodramatic story filled with lurid pictures. The characters are “either Nihilists of the most rabid breed or members of a society pledged to exterminate Nihilists by the use of tactics exactly modeled on their own bloody methods—whence the title, ‘The counterstroke.’” (N. Y. Times.)
“As lurid as the wildest dream of villainy and injured innocence that ever found its way into the pages of the cheap story papers.”
Pratt, Antwerp Edgar.Two years among New Guinea cannibals: a naturalist’s sojourn among the aborigines of unexplored New Guinea. *$4. Lippincott.
6–24917.
6–24917.
6–24917.
6–24917.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Mr. Pratt devotes little space in this book to natural history, its bulk being given to a gossipy description of the author’s journeyings, with remarks, too often inaccurate, on the natives he came in contact with.” C. G. Seligmann.
Pratt, Edwin A.Railways and their rates. *$1.50. Dutton.
6–7780.
6–7780.
6–7780.
6–7780.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The pamphlet is well worth studying.”
Pratt, Henry Sherring.Course in vertebrate zoology: a guide to the dissection and comparative study of vertebrate animals. *$1.50. Ginn.
6–1432.
6–1432.
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“The work includes practical directions for the dissection and study of seven types of vertebrates; the dogfish for the elasmobranchs; the perch for the teleost; the Necturus and frog for the amphibians; the turtle; pigeon; and cat.... Each type is treated independently of the rest, and may be studied separately.... It is strictly a laboratory guide, not a treatise on comparative anatomy.”—School R.
“Notwithstanding drawbacks, the work remains as a useful guide to those teachers who wish to arrange a course in comparative anatomy.”
“One might have wished that the author had omitted entirely the very incomplete, incorrect, antiquated, and obsolete outline of the classification of the vertebrates, for which, however, the author is responsible only in accepting Wiedersheim as an authority. The work itself, for which the author is responsible, is remarkably free from errors.” S. W. Williston.
Pratt, James Bissett.Psychology of religious belief. **$1.50. Macmillan.
7–4164.
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A discussion which is more concerned with the modest and concrete problem of the nature of belief in a God or gods and the basis or bases on which this belief really rests than with the nature or the definition of religion. The author aims to break ground in a rich but neglected field.
“The book will repay study. We must, however. submit that Professor Pratt’s definition of intellectual belief stands in need of modification.”
“Valuable work.”
“As a simple direct presentation of religious-mindedness, the essay is to be commended.”
“The argument is well reasoned, and is expressed in clear and popular style.”
“This volume is a happy addition to the rapidly growing literature of religious psychology. It deals with the side of the subject that as yet has received scant attention from the scientific students of the religious consciousness. The clear and simple style of the book,together with the note of earnestness and sincerity that pervades it, makes it a pleasure to read. It is a scholarly study of a psychological problem. It will be read with profit by many who have neither a psychological training nor scholarly interests. A carefully selected bibliography of the psychology of religion and an index add to the usefulness of the book for the purposes of the student.” F. C. French.
“One can hardly ask for a clearer vindication than this volume presents of the absolute validity of the religious consciousness.”
*Pratt, Waldo Selden.History of music. Schirmer.
Distinctly a book of reference for students rather than a literary or critical survey of a few salient aspects, or a specialist’s report of original research. It is encyclopedic in its fulness and from primitive or savage music down to later nineteenth century music the leading tendencies or movements of musical advance are discussed.
Preissig, Edward.Notes on the history and political institutions of the old world. **$2.50. Putnam.
6–22387.
6–22387.
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6–22387.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Threshing as it does over fields already covered by many excellent works, such a book as this should find its justification in clearness of presentation, yet in this respect it can hardly be called a success. The language is often so confused as to be almost unintelligible, and many errors appear which should have been detected in a careful reading of the manuscript or of the proof.”
Prendergast, William A.Credit and its uses. **$1.50. Appleton.
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“This book treats briefly of the theory of credit, urging that, besides the tangible element of property, the intangible element of good faith, or confidence, is fundamental. Thus he holds strongly that credit is chiefly dependent on these intangible elements.”—J. Pol. Econ.
“The book is sufficiently popular to be understood by the layman, is strong on the practical side. Its weakness on the theoretical side will not hurt it as an introduction to practical problems of credit.”
“The weakest part of the book is that dealing with the theory of credit.”
“Whatever the value to be assigned to his treatment of the academic side of credit, the book must really be estimated by the useful compilation he has made of material bearing on the practical side of the question.” L.
“A work serviceable at some points and altogether unsatisfactory at others.”
Prentice, Ezra Parmalee.Federal power over carriers and corporations. **$1.50. Macmillan.
7–4172.
7–4172.
7–4172.
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A book which deals with the nature and extent of powers belonging to the general government and not with Congressional legislation. In Mr. Prentice’s study, constitutional construction is interpreted by the aid of constitutional history.
“Mr. Prentice’s excellent work has serious limitations which are doubtless the result of his close identity with certain large corporations whose activities may be more or less affected by the enforcement of the anti-trust act.” Emory R. Johnson.
“Apart from its interest to the lawyer and the lawmaker, the book is of value to all who are concerned with or are interested in the problems of government and economics.”
“On the whole, however, it must be said that the book’s place is as a readable partisan account of the development of a constitutional doctrine, and not as a serious contribution to the legal literature of the subject.” James Parker Hall.
“For some students of constitutional theories they may have their interest; but to the elucidation of the practical questions now before the country they contribute substantially nothing.”
“He writes like a lawyer, with close study of the precedents, and with no wandering from his text. The book is not large, but it is weighty, and calls for an answer. The subject cannot be allowed to drop until it is settled, and those wishing the latest word cannot afford to neglect Mr. Prentice’s discussion.” Edward A. Bradford.
“This is the book of a lawyer, but one written less for lawyers than for those, whatever may be their lines of life, who are now studying from the historical standpoint the Rooseveltian theory of constitutional government.” Simeon E. Baldwin.
“The rarity of lapses emphasizes the scrupulous care with which the work has been prepared, while the industry, skill and conviction of the author make criticism difficult.” H. A. Cushing.
Prentis, John Harcourt.Case of Dr. Horace: a study of the importance of conscience in the detection of crime. †$1.25. Baker.
7–12637.
7–12637.
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In the interests of psychology, to prove how great a part the conscience of a criminal plays in the detection of his crime, two friends devise a daring test. They substitute the body of a man who died at a hospital for Dr. Horace, who promptly disappears on a two weeks’ vacation. They arrange the body so that murder is evident, they furnish a motive and every clue points to Wallace, the other man in the plot, as the murderer. Then follows the work of the detectives on the trail of the murderer without a conscience. The story is interesting, and the end is clever, altho it evades the psychological point.
“The story, however, though readable thruout, weakens deplorably in the latter chapters.”
Price, George Bacon.Gaining health in the West, (Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona); being impressions of a layman. *$1. Huebsch.
7–19791.
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Based upon seven years’ personal experience with “climate” this little volume offers sane and valuable advice to all who are obliged to seek the West in search of health. It discusses climatic conditions, marital obligations, social and ethical aspects, tells where and how to live, how to avoid loneliness, how to get employment and many other things which only one who has learned the detailed lessons taught by experience can know.
“Anyone contemplating a Colorado residence, especially if in search of health, will find this little volume an admirable substitute for such advice as he might expect from an experienced sensible, and sympathetic friend.”
“Is a sensible little book of good advice for the consumptives:”
*Price, John Ambrose.The negro: past, present, and future. $1.50. Neale.
A three part treatment. The Past is a vindication of the old south as regards the black man, the Present reveals the negro as he exists in the south to-day under peculiar conditions and circumstances, the Future relates the possibilities of what may come to the American negro.
Price, William Hyde.English patents of monopoly. (Harvard economic studies, v. 1.) **$1.50. Houghton.
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In this volume “the application of the common law to cases of monopoly down to the enactment of the common-law principle in the statute of monopolies in 1624, is followed in detail.... Having treated of the political and economic aspects of the monopoly system as a whole, the author devotes succeeding chapters to several selected important industries wherein monopolies were established.... In appendices, occupying something over one hundred pages, original documents, statutes, letters, and proclamations concerning patents, monopolies, and commissions, and touching grievances, are reprinted.”—J. Pol. Econ.
“This somewhat perfunctory treatment of the larger question involved is our principal, in fact almost our only criticism of this serious study by a well-trained investigator of an interesting and important subject. We regret that a more restricted subject was not taken, or else that the first chapter, the ‘political history’ of the monopolies, was not made much longer and more serious, more discriminating and more scientifically historical. We have no doubt that the author is entirely capable of having so treated it, but was led astray by a predominatingly economic interest.”
“To that literature [English economic history] the present monograph is a scholarly contribution.” John Cummings.
“Mr. Price ... deals with the matter as a historian rather than as a legislator or statesman, but publicists cannot read his excellent contribution to the subject of monopolies without finding it highly suggestive.” Edward A. Bradford.
Prichard, Kate O’Brien Hesketh, and Prichard, Hesketh Vernon Hesketh (E. and H. Heron, pseud.).Don Q. in the Sierra. †$1.50. Lippincott.
6–42429.
6–42429.
6–42429.
6–42429.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“His various adventures are well told, and we shall be delighted to meet him again next time he comes to life.”
“Here are twelve new sketches of the career of this redoubtable brigand; and if they are inferior to their predecessors, the difference is not noticeable.”
“The narratives making up the volume ... are crowded with exciting incident and are capitally told.”
Prideaux, Sarah Treverbian.Modern bookbindings; their design and decoration. *$3. Dutton.
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“An account of the best English and French bookbinders of the day, written by an artist of their work.”—Ath.
“The only objection to it that can be raised is that, none of the artist’s own work being included, it is incomplete as a representation of what is being done.”
“Miss Prideaux has admirably supplemented her former volume, ‘Book-binders and their craft.’”
“There is scarcely any attempt at technical exposition, so that these who take up the book with the object of gaining information on these points must be warned to look elsewhere.”
Prince, Leon Cushing.Bird’s-eye view of American history. **$1.25. Scribner.
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7–12868.
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A brief survey of American history from the discovery by Columbus down to the Roosevelt administration.
“In view of the space-limits of the book, some topics receive surprisingly comprehensive treatment. To the mature reader this outline will prove serviceable in connection with more extended histories. The book’s usefulness, however, is greatly impaired by the inexcusable omission of an index.” George H. Haynes.
“There are too many errors of fact. Nor is Mr. Prince always happy in his generalizations.”
“Is generally speaking, in accord with the findings of modern scholarship. It is not free from questionable statements. But against these defects must be set some really striking features.”
“Any student of American history who finds himself confused or overwhelmed by the mass of material that is presented in more elaborate works should make it a point to read Professor Prince’s book for the sake of its clarifying effect.”
Prince, Morton.Dissociation of a personality: a biographical study in abnormal psychology. *$2.80. Longmans.
5–42041.
5–42041.
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5–42041.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Reviewed by Francis Harold Dike.
Prudden, Theophil M.On the great American plateau: wanderings among canyons and buttes in the land of the cliff-dweller, and the Indian of to-day; il. by E. Leaming. **$2. Putnam.
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The reader is here afforded “glimpses of the rugged southwest country, with its quaint aborigines and the ruins of an older folk.” “Of prehistoric remains, of the life and work of primitive house-builders, and of the present conditions of Indian life on the great plateau Dr. Prudden tells us much, while the natural wonders of the locality are graphically described.” (Outlook.)
“The interpretation of the far southwest requires a command of language and a power of appreciation possessed by few writers. Mr. Prudden has both. Perhaps the best recommendation that can be given this picturesque description is that it makes the reader anxious to see what is spoken of with his own eyes.”
“Dr. Prudden’s style is notably vigorous and enthusiastic.” H. E. Coblentz.
“A very readable book.”
“The book on the whole has the charm of freshness and reality.”
“A popular travel book, but it is not of the superficial variety. It is the work of a keen observer who reflects upon what he sees.” Cyrus C. Adams.
Pryce, Richard.The successor: a novel. †$1.50. Duffield.
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Here is a story with a mystery surrounding the birth of an heir to a vast English estate. The moral law is sacrificed to the interests of ambition, and like many a modern story, no retribution follows for the offenders. The art of the story teller protects the mystery almost too well. The best character of the story is that of a faithful servant who served the house rather than individuals.
“However venturesome the foundation of its plot, this book cannot be charged with grossness. The seasoned reader will get from if no great harm, but much delightful entertainment. The immature reader will do just as well not to make its acquaintance.” Wm. M. Payne.
“The style is evidently an earnest attempt to follow in the crooked footsteps of Henry James, and the matter, too, is not so very different from the sort of exposition upon which that master expends his genius. One might even say at the risk of great contumely, that, being at least lucid, it is really a little better worth while.”
Pryor, Sara Agnes Rice (Mrs. Roger Atkinson Pryor).Birth of the nation, Jamestown, 1607.**$1.75. Macmillan.
7–14669.
7–14669.
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In view of the Jamestown celebration special emphasis is here laid upon the part which it played in the birth of our nation. Beginning with the legends of early discoverers, the story of the colonization of Virginia is given briefly but with good detail, the men both white and red, who took active part in the struggle with the wilderness are vividly pictured in connection with the work they did. It is not a history of Jamestown, it is a history of the great movement which created Jamestown and preserved it, and it is a timely tribute to the town’s significance.
“It is based upon all the available sources, and these have been fairly well used. There is no offensive display of the critical spirit; neither is the author credulous. In the way of criticism, it may be said that the author seems to think that Powhatan is a name, not a title; that too much space is devoted to descriptions of the Indians and their life, and not enough attention to conditions among the colonists; that there is no index, and some of the illustrations would be better suited to a work of fiction.”
“It is the careful, finished work of one who loves the task for its own sake, and who has lived long with her materials.”
“This book is in all respects a worthy and interesting memorial of the Jamestown celebration.”
“She has weighed the reputations of men in the balance, and one feels that her judgment is equally just and sympathetic.”
“No better book could be found to give a lively impression of the early days of the seventeenth century, and to refresh our knowledge of the events we are now celebrating in old Jamestown.”
Puffer, Ethel D.Psychology of beauty. *$1.25. Houghton.
5–16135.
5–16135.
5–16135.
5–16135.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
“Is composed of a series of delightful essays whose charm can escape neither the casual nor the critical reader. Its difficulties are exactly the crucial difficulties of the subject.” I. Madison Bentley.
Pulitzer, Walter.Cozy corner confidences. 75c. Dodge.
A collection of epigrams gathered from comic periodicals.
“The collection makes a readable booklet after the style of the ‘Cynic’s calendar.’”
Pullan, Richard Butterfield.Currency and coin. *$1. Occasional publisher.
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“This excursion of a business man into monetary reform is based upon a desire to adjust bimetallism and the use of silver to the gold standard. Instead of ‘asset currency’ he suggests more silver. Thinking our currency insufficient, he advises that the government, ‘under a safe and conservative system of bimetallism,’ should greatly increase our circulating medium.... Next, the author proposes an indefinite increase of government bonds, to be called upon request of any national bank which will pay in gold or silver to an amount equal to the par value of the bonds.”—J. Pol. Econ.
“The whole scheme is whimsical, and not worthy of serious attention.”
“We have suffered too much from bad finance to allow tenderness for an author to encourage his errors by condoning them.”
“The whole treatment shows lack of familiarity with the principles of monetary science and the literature of the subject.”
Putnam, George Haven.Censorship of the church of Rome, and its influence upon the production and distribution of literature. **$2.50. Putnam.