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“A large part of the book deals with the functions and properties of the power transmission line.... Concluding third of the volume is devoted to the induction and to the synchronous motor, including the rotary converter.”—Engin. N.
“Mr. Still’s book contains little that is novel in material or treatment. Its merit lies in a simple direct style and in the systematic arrangement of topics. A reference text which will be very useful to the operators of electrical machinery who desire to know something of the theory of their machines but who are not prepared or inclined to pursue the subject exhaustively.” Henry H. Norris.
“This is a sound and practical guide to the electrical engineer in a field.”
Stockton, Francis Richard.Queen’s museum and other fanciful tales. $2.50. Scribner.
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The “other fanciful tales” which follow “The queen’s museum” in this volume are The Christmas truants, The griffin and the minor canon, Old Pipes and the dryad, The bee-man of Orn, The clocks of Rondaine, Christmas before last, Prince Hassack’s march, The philopena, and The accomodating circumstance.
“So far excels any other that has come to our notice this year that it is almost in a class by itself.”
Stockwell, Chester Twitchell.Evolution of immortality: suggestions on an individual immortality based upon our organic and life history. 4th ed., rev. and enl. *$1. West, J. H.
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That there is no retrograde movement in nature, that individual self-consciousness is eternal, that there is no sense developed without some corresponding objective reality that calls it into action, that all things are spiritual, are among the propositions either suggested or demonstrated.
“It is a remarkable little book and worthy of the four editions into which it has passed.” Robert E. Pisbee.
“He has certainly succeeded in putting before the reader many interesting thoughts.” W. A. Hammond.
Stoddart, Anna M.Life of Isabella Bird (Mrs. Bishop). *$5. Dutton.
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A biography of an indefatigable traveler, a writer, and philanthropist.
“As biographer, the one mistake which, in our opinion Miss Stoddart is inclined to make is that she underlines the religious side of her subject’s character. But these passages are exceptional, and the momentary quivering of the balance serves to draw attention to its usual fine steadiness.”
“Miss Stoddart had a good subject for a biography in Isabella Bird, and she has reflected her life both faithfully and ably. The result is that she has written an excellent book.”
“The most admirable feature of this biography is that it gives the more personal side of Mrs. Bishop’s life during the forty-six years of her travels.”
“If there is a fault it is a certain lack of perspective into which the writer has been betrayed by devoted and admiring affection.”
“She writes as a sentimentalist rather than a psychologist. The value of her work lies chiefly in the account it gives of the scope and results of Mrs. Bishop’s journeys.”
“The reader feels too strongly the point of view of the biographer; suspects that some interesting material is thrown into uninteresting form. The book as it stands is tedious reading.”
“A beautiful tribute to Mrs. Bishop’s character and a fine estimate of her accomplishments.”
“Miss Stoddart has been an almost too industrious biographer, yet this was rara ‘avis’ in terris. We could have wished some cheap remarks about ecclesiastical Christianity away, and one or two bits of ignorance.”
“Her book cannot fail to be read with the interest and admiration which it deserves.”
Stoddart, Jane T.Life of the Empress Eugenie. 3d ed. *$3. Dutton.
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After careful research among state documents, reviews, newspapers, and various authoritativeworks the author has presented some fresh material which reveals Empress Eugénie in relation to court life rather than in relation to “state policies.” “The reader has served up to him small, detached chunks of history, isolated incidents, descriptions of festivities, scenes at court, constant praise of Eugénie’s beauty and charm, all mingled together without any attempt to trace either a logical sequence of events, development of character, or growth of purpose.”—N. Y. Times.
“This is the first volume in which a serious attempt has been made to give a complete and authentic account of the remarkable woman.”
“On the whole, we repeat, the book is excellent, and it contains very few downright blunders; though naturally the cause of the Empress is espoused.”
“Queen Victoria’s affection for Eugenie seems to have gone a long way in determining the biographer’s point of view. It is a point of view, however, that rather fails to emphasize than denies faults in its subject.”
“The author of the present volume has tried eagerly to do full justice to her subject. But partly by reason of that very eagerness and partly by reason of what is apparently native incapacity, her book is very unsatisfactory.”
Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne.
“It no doubt contains a good deal of information, more or less accurate, of the eventful career of the Empress which may serve to gratify the curiosity of those who would draw aside the veil, irrespective of the feelings of the individual concerned.”
Stoker, Bram (Abraham).Personal reminiscences of Henry Irving. **$7.50. Macmillan.
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“His life of Sir Henry has, however, a personal touch that no other hand could give it and subsequent biographers will be obliged to consult its pages freely.” Jeannette L. Gilder.
Stone, Christopher.Sea songs and ballads; selected by Christopher Stone; with introd. by Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge. *90c. Oxford.
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“Sir Cyprian Bridge tells us of the ‘Fore-bitters’ or sailors’ ditties, sung from the stage of the forebitts in the old sailing days, ditties of endless length, unaccompanied by any instrument, but not destitute of melody, ditties suited to ‘a voice like a gale of wind,’ and invariably provided with a ship’s company chorus. These and the chanties (pronounced shanties) of the merchant service are perhaps the only genuine songs of the sea. The chanties are of three kinds, each adapted to a special part of the vessels’ work—‘the capstan’ chanty, the ‘halliard’ chanty, and ‘the sheet, tack, and bowline’ chanty.” (Lond. Times.)
“The little volume should have a very large circulation and nowhere will be more heartily welcomed than on the mess decks of our warships. We have nothing but praise for the scholarly notes and the attractive form of the volume.”
“All that is given here deserves preservation.”
“A corpus of salty folks-poesie that is as instructive as entertaining.”
Stone, Melville E., jr., comp. Book of American prose humor. lea. $1.25. Duffield.
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A collection of humorous and witty tales, sketches and anecdotes written by the best known American writers.
Stories of strange sights retold from St. Nicholas. (Geographical stories.) *65c. Century.
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Curious phenomena and freaks of nature which make a wonderland of land and sea are described for young readers in these chapters. In the groups are the mirage, ocean storms, waterspouts at sea, volcanoes and earthquakes, cyclones, the southern cross, etc.
“A most attractive series of tales.”
Stories of the Great Lakes, retold from St. Nicholas. (Geographical stories.) *$65c. Century.
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Here is outlined for young readers the fascinating story of the Great lakes from the standpoint of their grandeur, significance in time of war, and their vast commercial importance.
Storm, Theodor W.Immensee; translated from the German by George P. Upton. il. **$1.75. McClurg.
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Mr. Upton’s aim has been, not so much to render a literal translation of this excellent example of German lyric sentiment, as to give English readers as perfect an English version as possible. The story is prettily illustrated, generous use being made of the water-lily which is the symbol of the vision of lost youth—the motif of “Immensee.”
“Mr. George P. Upton, the translator, furnishes, besides a singularly graceful rendering of the text, an interesting appreciation of Storm and his work.”
Strachan, James.Hebrew ideals; from the story of the patriarchs; part 2d, Genesis, chapters 25–50. (Bible class hand books ser.) *60c. Scribner.
“A series of brief exhortations based on some element of character in the lives of the patriarchs or a short sermon with a keen edge.”—Bib. World.
“One lays down the book with much the same feeling as one has after studying Holman Hunt’s ‘Light of the world’—beautiful, but a bit too modern, and therefore unreal. The book from a literary point of view is worth reading.” Clifton D. Gray.
Strang, Herbert.Fighting on the Congo: the story of an American boy among the rubber slaves, il. †$1.50. Bobbs.
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A story written for the purpose of revealing the horror of the rubber traffic on the Congo, to show what has been the effect of the white man’s rule. Young Jack Challoner in company with his uncle makes a nobler fight than ever mediaeval crusaders undertook. The uncle dies with this admonition “help the negroes of the Congo fight the corrupt government that enriches itself on their blood; go to the fountain-head and expose the hypocrisy of King Leopold.” Jack carries on his battle with Samba at his side, Samba, whose woeful plight had first brought home to his heart the terrible realities of the rubber slavery. The tale abounds in thrilling adventure, bloodshed and cruelty.
“The special literature of the subject has been mastered, and indebtedness is acknowledged to Mr. and Mrs. Harris, the energetic missionaries, for assistance to which is doubtless owing the exceptional accuracy and minuteness of the descriptions of the Central African scenery and animals. The young readers for whom the volume is primarily intended are not likely to find fault with it on account of the triteness of its characterisation.”
“Whether a book for young people should be built upon a grave political problem, the data for which are taken from one side only, is a matter for serious doubt. The story is full of pathos and is admirably told, with the same informing touches that we find in all Mr. Strang’s books.”
Strang, Herbert.In Clive’s command: a story of the fight for India.†$1.50. Bobbs.
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Many regard Herbert Strang as the one upon whom the mantle of Henty fell. This is “an absorbing story which takes the reader back to the capture of Gheria and the battle of Plassey, and, as a matter of course, chronicles the brave deeds of an English lad.” (Ath.)
“Better than Henty’s ‘With Clive in India’ both as to style and to historical setting.”
“Mr. Strang has imagination of a high order, which was singularly absent in Henty’s stories. He has been true to the historic demands while writing a story that palpitates with action and whose characters are real, live personalities, and not manikins, such as were Henty’s.”
“The narrative not only thrills, but also weaves skilfully out of fact and fiction a clear impression of our fierce struggle for India.”
“A personal story of adventure that must be most fascinating to any normal, healthy boy.”
“It is full of thrilling adventure, and mingles the historical and romantic in acceptable proportion.”
“Mr. Herbert Strang improves with every season, which is saying much when we remember how good his previous work has been.”
“The persons in the drama of his Indian life are vigorously drawn.”
*Strang, Herbert.On the trail of the Arabs; a story of heroic deeds in Africa, il. †$1.50. Bobbs.
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Mr. Strang returns to a period lying back of the present days of rubber slavery which latter were treated in his “Fighting on the Congo.” The present story deals with an earlier time and a different region of the Great forest. “It is a picture of the last years of the Arab domination, when the remnants of Tippu Tib’s hordes, in remote fastnesses, pursued their evil traffic in humanity. The two pictures are companions and contrasts; but they have this in common: they attempt to show the native races at their best, as they may be and are when oppression is replaced by sympathy.”
*Strang, Herbert.Rob the ranger: a story of the fight for Canada, il. †$1.50. Bobbs.
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A story of Canada in the provincial days before the capture of Quebec. It gives the exciting adventures of a boy in search of his father and brother separated from him during a French-Indian raid. It is the wilderness of the Hurons and Mohawks that furnishes the background of the story.
Strang, William.Etchings; with critical introductions by Frank Newbolt. *$2.50, Scribner.
It is the “characteristic work” of many moods that Mr. Newbolt has brought together in this collection. “Mr. Newbolt’s introduction does full justice to the fertility of Strang’s invention, to the great range of his experience in technique, to his courage in ever tackling fresh problems and difficulties instead of settling down steadily, as artists are prone to do, to the repetition of some stock subject which makes a sure appeal to the public taste and binds the artist in the slavery of habit.” (Lond. Times.)
“Mr. Newbolt’s ... essay is written in an easy, unaffected style, without partiality or any undue parade of the technical knowledge which adds a special value to an etcher’s criticism of etchings.”
“The only fault that can be found with them is the colour of the paper on which they are printed. It is too deep in tone, an unwise concession to a popular prejudice against white paper for purposes of this kind.”
“It is a satisfaction to all art-lovers that a collection of the Strang etchings has now been published, with an excellent prefatory account of them and their creator by Mr. Frank Newbolt.”
Strange, Edward Fairbrother.Hokusai; the old man mad with painting. (Langham ser., an illustrated collection of art monographs, v. 17.), *$1. Scribner.
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Not only gives “a resumé of what is known of the life of the great Japanese artist and a discriminating guide to those qualities which make the greatness of his art, but tends to give the reader a sounder understanding of what art is than many a volume ten times its size and ten times more pretentious.”
“He is one of the few who, having an authoritative knowledge of his subject, has also the gift of presenting that knowledge in an entertaining and stimulating fashion.”
“Gives a clear enough picture of the place of that artist in the art of Japan, but it is difficult to accept altogether the judgment which ranks him with ‘the masters of the world’s art.’”
“Excellent monograph.”
Strange stories of colonial days.†60c. Harper.
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Among these 16 pictures of colonial life and adventure are stories of early Indiana history, of King Philip’s wars, Bacon’s rebellion, the treasure hunt of William Phipps in the late 17th century, stories of pirates and buccaneers, of scouts and drummer boys. The authors include Francis Drake, Hezekiah Butterworth, Robert Fuller, Rowan Stevens and others.
“The stories will add light and color and interest to the school history they too often—and quite reasonably—find dull.”
Strange stories of 1812. †60c. Harper.
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Eleven stories by five different authors of the warfare which our soldiers waged along the Canadian frontier against the British and their Indian allies, of the massacre of Fort Dearborn, the exploit of a young hero of the New York frontier, and also stories of our navy and our privateers, of the chase of the Hornet and the victories of the Constitution.
Strange stories of the civil war. †60c. Harper.
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The history of the civil war is supplemented in this volume by stories which, though cast in the form of fiction, present the atmosphere of the times and give a vivid picture of some of the thrilling episodes which actually took place. They include boyish tales of a midshipman, a blockade runner, an adventure with guerillas, a raw recruit, how Cushing destroyed the “Albemarle,” President Lincoln and the sleeping sentinel, the battle of the “Monitor” and “Merrimac”, and Sheridan’s ride and Lee’s surrender, as told by Robert Shackleton, John Habberton, Captain Howard Patterson, L. E. Chittenden, General Fosythe and others.
Strange stories of the revolution. †60c. Harper.
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This volume in the Harper’s young people series pictures a number of dramatic scenes in the Revolution ranging from Lexington to Yorktown. They include: the true story of Paul Revere, an account of the days before Bunker Hill, The capture of the “Margaretta,” the pursuit of Arnold, how Lafayette played the war game of 1781 against Cornwallis, and five other stories by Howard Pyle, Winthrop Packard, Percival Redsdale and others.
Strasburger, Eduard.Rambles on the Riviera; tr. from the German by O. and B. Comerford Casey. *$5. Scribner.
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Streatfeild, Richard Alexander.Modern music and musicians. $2.75. Macmillan.
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“All his chapters are interesting, tho some are marred by rhetorical skyrockets. He has the courage of his convictions and utters some new opinions that are worth considering; but he also publishes some opinions (and even a few misstatements of fact) which prove that his authoritative pose is not wholly justified.”
Streatfield, Rev. George Sidney.Self-interpretation of Jesus Christ: a study of the Messianic consciousness as reflected in the synoptics. *$1.25. Meth. bk.
“The Jesus of the synoptists, it is here argued with much force and learning, asserts Himself as the transcendental Christ.”—Bib. World.
“Compels respect by reason of the conspicuous earnestness and sincerity of the author. The book is fundamentally in error in two respects. The value of Jesus and his message to man is not determined precisely by his peculiar ontological relation to God. And further, the dilemma which the author proposes will not exhaust the possibilities in the light of an honest historical interpretation of the gospels.” J. W. Bailey.
“The author’s familiarity with modern controversial literature has overloaded his pages with variant opinions, while theological terms are not always clearly and precisely distinguished. In general he seems to be defending the truth rather than seeking it.”
*Streckfuss, Adolf.Lonely house; tr. from the German by Mrs. A. L. Wister. il. †$1.50. Lippincott.
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A story which tells how a German scientist hunting for specimens in the mountains of Southern Ukraine is drawn into a murder case, how unwittingly he aids the guilty man in his prosecution of an innocent one, and how finally he accidentally discovers clews which lead to the straightening of the tangle.
*Street, George Slythe.Ghosts of Piccadilly. **$2.50. Putnam.
With Mr. Street as guide, the reader enters the Piccadilly of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, goes from house to house, and studies the characteristics of the “ghosts of no ordinary men and women.” Among them are Dr. Johnson, Beau Brummel, Lady Ashburton, Tennyson, the Carlyles, “Old Q,” Macaulay, Byron and Lady Hamilton.
“On the whole a very worthy addition to the noble army of books about the Town.”
“Much of his matter will be fresh enough to most readers, but the point is the freshness with which he tells the story, the insight and balance of his judgments on people, the sharp light on his thumb-nail sketches. There is all Piccadilly in this volume, presented in a medium of imaginative talk.”
“Lively, gossipy chronicles of bygone days.”
“If one cannot praise the book quite without reserve, that is mainly because of the conditions under which it was composed. It was written for the magazines and was intended to be read, not at a sitting, but in installments.”
“Author and subject are in an ‘affinity.’”
“A most readable kind [of book]. It is not, it will be understood, for every reader.”
Stringer, Arthur.Phantom wires.†$1.50. Little.