Chapter 114

7–16936.

Gardening for the home-maker is treated in all its phases by the “foremost amateur gardener of the United States.” The book treats of the making and care of the lawn, flowerbeds. back-yard gardens and window boxes, of the more ambitious garden of the suburbanite and the country dweller, and concludes with two chapters on village and rural improvement societies.

“The book is not what its title might indicate—a guide to the seasons in their order. It is likely to be most serviceable to beginners in garden making. The author’s language is simple, his style is popular, and he gives facts and instruction in an easily understood form.”

“A gathering into one unusually attractive volume, from the standpoint of the maker of books, of all the knowledge which has been coming piecemeal from this prolific writer on the gentle subject through many years.”

“It contains clear and definite instruction.”

Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie-.Dull girl’s destiny. †$1.50. Brentano’s.

The “dull girl” is twenty-six, and inexperienced, yet able to produce “novels esteemed worthy to rank as a ‘counterblast’ to the plays of Bernard Shaw.” (Ath.) “However, the interest of the story centres, not in the question whether the heroine could have written the novels of Jane Smith, but in the description of contemporary manners and the amusing sketches which the author gives us of her dramatis personae.” (Spec.)

“In liveliness and brightness the novel is much above the average.”

“The heavy artillery of analysis, should not be trained upon an amiable, unpretentious story of this kind, since its obvious qualities are neither subtlety nor penetration but a wholesome right-mindedness, a mild humor, and unfailing good taste.”

“All but two characters are so odious as to arouse the reader’s personal resentment.”

“Although the plot ... invites criticism, still the book is pleasant and entertaining reading.”

Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie-.Thalassa. †$1.50. Brentano’s.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The author’s innate strain of romanticism would not permit her to write the evenly sustained story of a simple life which she appears to have been qualified to do.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

“Its characters and its mystery are alike improbable; but the writer knows how to tell her story.”

Rhead, George Woolliscroft.Chats on costume; with 117 il. *$2. Stokes.

W 7–41.

A book which begins with a general survey of the subject and follows with “brief accounts of the development and history of the tunic, mantle, doublet and hose, kirtle or petticoat, crinoline, collars and cuffs, hats, caps and bonnets, dressing of the hair, mustachios and beard, and boots, shoes, and coverings of the feet.” (A. L. A. Bkl.)

“Felicitously conceived and successfully accomplished. Mr. Rhead is a pleasant writer, and his facts, quotations, and verses are judiciously selected.”

Rhead, George Woolliscraft, and Rhead, Frederick Alfred.Staffordshire pots and potters. *$6.50. Dodd.

7–38577.

“To the amateur as well as to the expert collector, the book, with its clear definitions of the peculiarities differentiating the work of one potter from another, and its wealth of illustrations. some of them in colour, of the treasures in museums and private collections, will be a mine of wealth; but it will also appeal forcibly to the antiquarian and historian, for the authors have made a point of tracing the condition between the progress of their art and the advance of civilization.... Especially fascinating is the chapter on the passing of the Elerses—the predecessors of Wedgwood.”—Int. Studio.

“Might well be called the romance of English ceramic art. so forcibly realized are the personalities of the craftsmen presented to the reader, so skillfully are the accounts of their technical triumphs interwoven with their life stories, and so vividly is the local colouring of their environment reproduced.”

“The book stands apart from most of the ceramic works published during recent years by reason of its independence and personal point of view.”

“The authors are peculiarly fitted for the task they have set themselves.”

Rhead, Louis John.Bait angling for common fishes. *$1.25. Outing pub.

7–22908.

A handy volume of practical information on how to angle for common and familiar bottom fishes. A score or more varieties are discussed, carp, eel, perch, bass, etc., descriptions of their habits are given for the benefit of amateurs, and the whole is illustrated with drawings by the author.

Rhodes, Harrison.Flight to Eden: a Florida romance. †$1.50. Holt.

7–30836.

Basil Forrester, London born and bred, finds that there is no place for him in England after his infidelity to his wife results in her suicide. He goes to Florida, begins life over, fostering only the impulses of primitive man. His love for a maiden of the wild impels him to relinquish every hold upon England. After years have passed he remembers that the house of Kingstowne must be perpetuated through him and sends his ten year old son back to be educated to the traditions of his title.

“There is no question that Mr. Rhodes knows how to portray people and incidents in a way that forces you to see them. But he has something still to learn about the unities of construction.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

“A singular mingling of the crude and the romantic is here.”

Rhodes, James Ford.History of the United States from the compromise of 1850 to the final restoration of Home rule in the South in 1877. 7v. v. 6–7. per set, **$17.50. Macmillan.

5–12579.

These concluding volumes of Mr. Rhodes’ history cover the period 1866–1877. “A peculiar claim can be made on behalf of a historian who writes candidly and yet firmly of the burning of Columbia under General Sherman, the disputed Hayes-Tilden election, and the whole melancholy reconstruction period.” (Lit. D.)

“Dr. Rhodes possesses some of the most important qualities of the true historian. He has the judicial temper and he spares no pains in accumulating and sifting material. To an English reader he occasionally seems somewhat prolix though seldom actually tedious.”

“As in volume 5 he finished what is on the whole our best history of the civil war, so in volume 7 he has finished the best history yet written of reconstruction. Unfortunately, however, the superlative does not in this second instance convey nearly so high praise as in the first. There exist several reasonably good histories of the war, but until these two volumes appeared there was no work covering the period of reconstruction which could be commended.” William Garrott Brown.

“It may be stated without fear of successful impeachment, that no other period of American history has been so well and interestingly written as the one covered by Mr. Rhodes. Although seven volumes have been devoted to the history of about thirty years, there is no useless detail to weary the reader, but a concise, well-balanced story, that can be followed with unflagging interest by the general student as well as the specialist.” J. W. Garner.

“His sense of proportion is artistic, as well as his perspective. Aside from the almost unexampled impartiality of judgment which the work displays throughout, its most striking characteristics to the lay leader will be found in its subordination of the literary to the judicial element.” Bernadotte Perrin.

“Dr. Rhodes’s works ... certainly carry the stamp of verisimilitude and have the force necessary to lure the reader on and invite him to return.” David Y. Thomas.

“The evidence from quantity is abundantly supported by other evidence that Dr. Rhodes lost interest in his task after he had brought the story of actual warfare to a close, or perhaps, more exactly, after he had described the struggle between President Johnson and congress.” Wm. A. Dunning.

“The greatest historical work that has been written in America—great not in length alone, but in excellence of scholarship, and the magnitude and interest of his theme.”

“Within the limits I have tried to indicate it is not easily overpraised. That, however, breeds regret—regret that once more a work so excellent as history should not be also excellent as literary art.” William Garrott Brown.

“The work has the rare quality of being dispassionate and yet interesting.”

“Mr. Rhodes is to be congratulated on having accomplished a difficult and laborious task with something like conspicuous success.”

“It need hardly be said that these volumes have fully met the expectations of readers of their predecessors. He has set new standards in the study of and interpretation of events, in the use of materials, and in the generosity and kindliness of his estimates of men.” William E. Dodd.

“Must be deemed pre-eminently the standard work for the period with which it deals, and a work so exhaustive and so able that it will probably be long before its supremacy is challenged.”

“It seems probable that the general verdict will be that, though entitled to high praise, they are not in all respects up to the high standard set by some of the volumes that appeared before them.” Paul Leland Haworth.

“While not strikingly original either in his conceptions of the import of the events of his period or in the manner in which he sets them forth, Mr. Rhodes has given us a piece of historical narrative which will command respectfor solidity, fairness, and accuracy.” John Spencer Bassett.

“Far the best existing narrative of the events which led up to and followed the civil war as well as of the war itself, apart from more merely technical military treatises.”

“His one great limitation is that he has not penetrated deeply into the great underlying forces at work in our history and his judgments therefore are not always profound or such as will stand the test of time. Especially well suited for the reference library in our schools.” Webster Cook.

“Other subjects such as finance and currency, commercial crises, political corruption, the tariff, and the broader economic and social changes affecting American society are not ignored, as they were not in the previous volumes; but they are not adequately treated, and the author shows in his treatment of them none of that breadth of view and well-balanced judgment which appears in his account of the political controversies that have to do with slavery, the civil war and the reconstruction.” G: Stevens Callender.

Rhys, Ernest.Fairy-gold; il. by Herbert Cole. $2.50. Dutton.

7–35196.

“Mr. Rhys has retold many legends and fairy tales of the semi-mythical days in England.” (Outlook.) “The first part contains old favorites, of many of which the editor has found new versions; the second part consists of shorter fables and stories; and the third of fairy tales, and poems from Browning, Elia, Keats, Tom Hood and others. The book is daintily gotten up and Mr. Herbert Cole’s illustrations are excellent.” (Acad.)

“A delight to handle and to read.”

“This is a book to find welcome.”

“The book is one to please older readers, but none the less for that will be acceptable to children.”

“A very interesting and artistic production.”

Ribot, Theodule Armand.Essay on the creative imagination; tr. from the French, by Albert H. N. Baron. *$1.75. Open ct.

6–32845.

A discussion of the subject under the following heads: Analysis of the imagination, Development of the imagination, Types of imagination, Conclusion and Appendices.

“As a manual to a region well worthy of exploration, the volume may be recommended both in the original and in the present form.”

“Mr. Baron has done us a service of some value in rendering into English M. Ribot’s monograph on the creative imagination. The translation sticks somewhat closely to the original idiom, but this is a virtue rather than a fault. It forms a valuable addition to the psychological literature on imagination.” Felix Arnold.

“Like all its author’s work, it is suggestive and thorough.”

Rice, Mrs. Alice Caldwell (Hegan).Captain June.†$1. Century.

7–29097.

The story of a dear little American boy who stays with his Japanese nurse in her country while his mother is in Manila nursing his sick father through a fever.

“A charming tale.”

“Told with a certain freshness, although the situation is slight. Mrs. Rice has done better work.”

“Very charming.”

“Pleasantly told.”

“While in ‘Captain June’ Mrs. Alice Hegan Rice does not write with quite the same firmness of touch that characterizes the work of the author of ‘Emmy Lou,’ she, like Mrs. Martin, throws her picture upon the screen in clear, sharp light and shadow.”

Rice, Cale Young.Night in Avignon[a drama], **50c. McClure.

7–15143.

The theme for Mr. Rice’s drama is “a momentary revolt on the part of Petrarch from the apparently unresponsive and remote Monna Laura, and the consequences in which it involves him.” (N. Y. Times.)

“The situation is conceived with an admirable intensity, but it is worked with such agitation of mood and manner that it fails to be pleasing or even convincing.”

“Though brief, and slight in detail, as a one-act play must necessarily be, it is nevertheless so vivid and the fusion is so complete between the dialogue and action that it embraces in small compass all the essentials of the drama.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

“Among the recent group of dramatic poets, Mr. Cale Young Rice ... has done excellent work, particularly worthy of comment on its architectonic side. Mr. Rice has an instinctive sense of dramatic relations; his dramas move by first intent and the unity of word and action is admirably maintained. His work is not without its immaturities.”

Rice, William de Groot C., comp. Book of American humorous verse, lea. $1.25. Duffield.

7–25551.

An anthology in which the verse of well-known American humorists appears.

Rich, Charles Edward.Voyage with Captain Dynamite.†$1. Barnes.

7–26459.

“The story of three boys who go out from Cottage City in a small yacht and who are caught in a storm and run down by a larger vessel, a filibuster. They are rescued by Captain Dynamite, who carries them off to Cuba. There, having sent word home that they were safe, they take part in many adventures and do, perhaps, a little more than a boy outside a book would be able to do. Harry Hamilton rescues Juanita, a young Cuban girl, who is in prison, and who escapes in his clothes.”—N. Y. Times.

“Does not spare adventures, and boy readers will be thrilled by the excitements provided.”

Rich, Walter Herbert.Feathered game of the Northwest. **$3. Crowell.

7–29864.

The author does not cover the broad field of general ornithology but narrows his scope to include only groups of birds of special interest to sportsmen. These he treats in a manner to be of interest also to the professional ornithologist and to the general reader. Fair sportsmanship is the keynote, discountenancing record-killing slaughter. Hunting yarns and bits of hunters’ wisdom gathered here and there over the gun-barrel mingle with the observations. Nearly ninety birds are described, located and illustrated in full-page half-tones.

“His descriptions are so good that enjoyment of them need not be confined to sportsmen.”

“On the whole, he succeeded in making a thoroughly, reliable and entertaining volume.”

“The illustrations which are diagnostic, add considerably to the value of the volume. Mr. Rich has, however, fallen into the error very general among artists, of placing his ducks too high out of the water. On the more technical side we find recent scientific names given accurately, and the facts concerning life-histories, although of course mainly drawn from the point of view of the hunter, are reliable. As literature, the essays are commendable.”

“Chatty and humorous as well as informing, and well illustrated.”

*Richards, Ellen Henrietta.Sanitation in daily life. *60c. Whitcomb & B.

7–37734.

A thorogoing manual on sanitation in the home and city based upon the most approved methods of sanitary science.

*Richards, Mrs. Laura Elizabeth.Grandmother.†75c. Estes.

7–24770.

“A young girl forced by circumstances into marriage with an old man gave him the loyal gratitude and devotion his kindness merited. She overcame the hatred of his passionate granddaughter of her own age, and became the loved ‘Grandmother’ of all the village children for whom she wove sweet songs and pretty stories. The tragedies of her inner life were never realized by those about her, but they caused her to be a benediction to every one who knew her.”—Outlook.

“Those who enjoyed ‘Captain January,’ (and that means every one, young or old, that read it) will like Mrs. Richards’s new story, ‘Grandmother.’”

“A sweet and touching story.”

Richards, Mrs. Laura Elizabeth (Howe).Silver crown: another book of fables.†$1.25. Little.

6–29779.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Useful to parents, teachers, and librarians, but containing little for the children themselves.”

Richards, Ralph Coffin.Railroad accidents, their cause and prevention.$1. Ralph C. Richards, 215 Jackson boulevard, Chicago.

6–32141.

“A general discussion of various classes of accidents is accompanied by citations of examples showing how the very accidents in question had happened to individuals. References to operating rules—which rules, if followed, would have prevented the accidents in many instances—are freely made throughout the book, and the rules themselves are given in an appendix forming the last 15 pages of the book.”—Engin. N.

Richards, William R.Apostles’ creed in modern worship. **$1. Scribner.

6–32847.

“An exposition of the creed rather than a defence of it; and the exposition is spiritual and practical rather than historical and scholarly.”—Outlook.

“The book may be considered to represent the best that can be said in favor of the adoption of the creed by the non-liturgical communions, though it by no means answers the objections raised against its use in the controversies over it in England and Germany.”

“It is not and does not purport to be of value to the critical student; it will be of aid in giving rational significance to the creed to those who are accustomed to use it in public worship.”

Richardson, Charles.Chancellorsville campaign: Fredericksburg to Salem church. $1. Neale.

7–17004.

An account of the battles from Fredericksburg to Salem church and a description of the battle field, to which is appended a collection of abstracts from the reports of the operations of the Union army of the Potomac, covering the entire Chancellorsville campaign.

“Borrows a certain quality of value from the circumstance that it contains in convenient form the text of President Lincoln’s correspondence with the egregious Hooker, together with other official notes of the campaign, and the report of Gen. Lee upon the battle in which Thomas Jonathan Jackson lost his life. Mr. Richardson’s own story of that battle is negligible.”

“Had Colonel Charles Richardson chosen to utilize his personal experience as the basis for his ‘The Chancellorsville campaign,’ he might have made an interesting contribution to civil war literature; but as it is, his narrative is quite negligible. Barring a tedious—and to readers not familiar with the ground—difficult description of the scene of conflict, his account of the operations of Early and Sedgwick about Fredericksburg, displays little originality, and consists for the most part of quotations from official reports strung together in a commonplace way.”

Richardson, Charles.Tales of a warrior: sanguine but not saguinary for old time people. $1.25. Neale.

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