Chapter 19

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The titles of the papers included in this volume are suggestive: House health, Human talk, The blind side of the average parent, Some commencement ideals, A domestic clearing house, The true gospel of sleep, Some unconceded rights of parents and children, and The trained nurse and the larger life.

“Contains much good advice, and some that is perhaps not so good because the counsel of an extremist.”

“He says so much that is sensible and practical that almost any parent might find himself chastened and enlightened by a perusal of the volume.”

Brierley, J. (“J. B.,” pseud.)Eternal religion. *$1.40. Whittaker.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“His outlook is broad, his sympathies are wide.”

Brierley, Jonathan.Religion and experience. *$1.40. Whittaker.

7–37539.

“The brevity of his essays, rarely exceeding eight pages, commends them to a world that prefers short sermons, and to preachers who would learn to say in fifteen or twenty minutes much that will both hold the attention and stick in the mind afterwards. The standpoint is that of a devoutly Christian thinker fully responsive to the intellectual demands of the modern world. The introduction compresses into a short statement, clear and simple, the modern argument for experience as the test of reality, whether in science, philosophy, or religion.”—Outlook.

“The chief value of the book consists in the facts that the writer combines a truly liberal with a deeply religious spirit: that he is steeped in the thoughts of the world’s highest thinkers, ancient and modern, and that he is able to place their ideas before his readers in such telling fashion that they may be ‘understanded of the people.’”

“The various subjects are well exploited, and the conclusions, while marked by an optimism that is too easy-going to bear a searching criticism, are unquestionably honest, kindly, and wholesome.”

“The gifted British essayist ... evidently, as the present volume like its predecessors shows, reaps a rich-soiled field.”

Briggs, Charles Augustus.Critical and exegetical commentary on the book of Psalms. 2v. ea. **$3. Scribner.

v. 2.This volume contains the commentary on the Psalms from the fifty-first to the one hundred and fiftieth. “The special student and the ordinarily intelligent reader are both provided for: the former in full measure. The latter will find some strikingly new translations superseding the old.” (Outlook.)

“Is one of the most notable books of the year in the field of Scripture study.”

“This work is encyclopaedic in character. The introduction, covering 110 pages, is the fullest treatment we have seen on all the questions that concern a critical study of the Psalter.”

“The possibility of accidental or deliberate changes of reading must constantly be remembered in dealing with such a book as the Psalter. It is in this respect that Dr. Briggs is perhaps deficient, and this deficiency, for me, throws much doubt on his metrical arrangements of the psalms. I consider his work of great educational use, and that even for veryadvanced students it will save much trouble to have the book near at hand.” T. K. Cheyne.

“Dr. Briggs is hardly critical enough, nor has he sufficient experience in the use of all the newest and best methods.” T. K. Cheyne.

“Dr. Briggs’s ‘Commentary on the Psalms’ is dominated by the author’s interest in their metrical structure. There is no harm in arranging a Psalm in strophes and lines, if one so desire, but when enthusiasm for metre dictates important textual emendations, as is frequently the case with Dr. Briggs, the matter is more serious.”

“Quite up to the highest German standard. No other writer has paid more attention to poetic structure, and he has used its laws in his correction of the text.”

“Much in his volume demands most careful consideration; but we cannot but think that a verdict of ‘not proven’ will have to be returned on many of his most confident and dogmatic conclusions as regards both the text and the development of the Psalter.”

“These volumes command respect as a work of immense industry. No existing commentary on the Psalms can be compared with them for exhaustive thoroughness.”

Briggs, Charles Augustus, and Hugel, Friedrich H. von.Papal commission and the Pentateuch. *75c. Longmans.

In which the author and his friend Friedrich von Hugel exchange letters on the decision of the Pontifical commission concerning the Pentateuch. Professor Briggs expresses his “surprise and grief that the Commission should have put such a burden on the church, and restates the critical conclusions as to the composite authorship of the Pentateuch, as against the Commission’s conclusion that Moses wrote it, with the use of pre-existing documents and some later scribal additions. Von Hugel replies, defining the liberty of Catholic scholarship in the church, agreeing with Professor Briggs as to the folly of the Commission’s action, even altho approved by the Pope, and both agree that the decision should not forbid critical research and freedom.” (Ind.)

Brinton, Selwyn.Correggio. Forty-eight plates with biography. (Newnes’ art lib.) *$1.25. Warne.

W 7–47.

A biographical sketch, a list of the most celebrated works with descriptive, critical and historical matter, and forty-eight half-tones of paintings.

Reviewed by Charles de Kay.

Brode, Heinrich.Tippoo Tib, the story of his career in Central Africa. *$3. Longmans.

Tippo Tib is an Arab trader well known to all who took an interest in East Africa or the Congo fifteen or twenty years ago. This sketch is a transcription made from Tippo Tib’s own story of his life. “He was a species of African Cortez, brave as a lion, utterly unscrupulous, avid of wealth, shrewd and masterful. Like the Spanish adventurers, he accomplished prodigies with a handful of men.” (Lit. D.)

“It is a fascinating chronicle.”

“A valuable addition to the scanty records of East African history.”

Bronson, Walter C., comp. English poems. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.

7–29839.

The last volume in a projected series of four, devoted to English poems. The first volume will include Old English poems in translation, Middle English poems, specimens of the pre-Elizabethan drama and old ballads; the second will cover the Elizabethan and Caroline periods; and the third will include poems of the restoration and the eighteenth century. The present volume is devoted to poetry of the nineteenth century. The series is designed for use in survey courses covering the entire field of English literature.

“Should be warmly welcomed as [an] adjunct to the work of teaching English literature in both colleges and secondary schools.”

“The excellence of the selection of individual poems is beyond dispute.”

Brooke, Emma Frances.Sir Elyot of the woods. †$1.50. Duffield.

7–15923.

Sir Elyot Ingall of Ingalton, young, handsome, and on the eve of a literary career, finds his estates hopelessly encumbered and is obliged to let his manor house and strive by personal effort to keep a mortgage off his Dower woods, the woods he loves, the trees of which offer the only source of revenue for him. He struggles against the woodman’s axe and finds inspiration for his writings in his forest. When thru a legal tangle it is all but lost to him he recovers it, and in recovering learns that the girl he loved and trusted had played the trees false and planned to sacrifice them for the gold she craved. In his agony his heart returns to his first love thru whom he and his estate come once more to their own.

“If the whole book did but carry out the promise to be seen in the opening pages it would be a remarkable and interesting production.”

“As the faults of the novel are popular, they will not interfere with its circulation.”

“It lacks but little of achieving distinction of style; it just misses success in portraying one of those rare women characters that really count.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

“On its merely human side, this is a singularly impressive and well-managed story; to the lover of trees, who can share in Elyot’s passion, it is an inexpressibly poignant tragedy.” Wm. M. Payne.

“The book escapes being what it might have been, a notable piece of work; as written it is nothing but a fairly readable ‘minor novel.’”

“With a subtler art than that of the descriptive writer, Miss Brooke contrives to pervade her story with the beauty and sanctity of thewoods, showing them to us through the eyes of her characters, and keeping them always before us.”

Brooke, George H.Story of a football season. **$1. Lippincott.

7–29718.

Steeped in the atmosphere of the athletic field, this story of a foot-ball season, written with all the life-likeness and authority which inside knowledge can afford, makes its appeal to every champion of a college eleven. All the stages of team development are interestingly set down and gridiron encounters, including the great end-of-the-season victory are realistically described.

Brooke, Stopford A.Life superlative. *$1.50. Am. Unitar.

W 6–183.

A collection of Mr. Brooke’s sermons and addresses which are characterized by their moral outlook, their grasp of things unseen and eternal, their practical appeal to the highest and best in human nature, and a high note of optimism. They are grouped under the following headings: Religion and conduct, Lessons by the way, Social problems, The outlook—here and hereafter, The foundations of life and The city of the soul.

“This is a book good to have on the table for leisure moments and their opportunities of refreshment for the higher self.”

Brookfield, Frances (Mrs. Charles H. E. Brookfield).Cambridge “Apostles.” *$5. Scribner.

7–13938.

“A record of the talk and a study of the character of a large group of gifted people who enlivened their intercourse with one another with unfailing gaiety of mood and unflagging humor. High spirits and abounding wit are generally found in the company of men of genius; and the madness theory of Nordau is set at naught by the sanity and love of fun of the apostles’ who gave the University of Cambridge distinction between 1830–1840.”—Outlook.

“The book, indeed, is full of blunders—some due probably to slack reading of proofs, some to want of familiarity with the details of the life of the time.”

“An index, whose five pages, however, do not contain all the entries one might have occasion to look for—not even all the names of persons mentioned in the work. If the book has still another fault, it may by the more serious be thought to be an unduly generous inclusion of pleasant trivialities. However, they entertain—or, if not, they may be skipped.” Percy F. Bicknell.

“To one behind the scenes this is not a good book.”

“A few typographical errors disfigure a volume unusually excellent in its format, a joy to both eye and hand. It is of the nature of an accolade to be admitted to this elect circle. Mrs. Brookfield’s readers cannot but have a sense of distinction conferred upon them.”

“It is loosely put together and not always carefully written, but it is starred with great names and full of delightful glimpses of that rare kind and quality of society which charms, refreshes, and liberates.” Hamilton W. Mabie.

“A more interesting and witty book has not come from the press for a long time.”

Reviewed by A. I. du P. Coleman.

“We may complain that her proofs have not been read, and that her pages bristle with inexcusable misprints. We may object that many of her statements are inaccurate. But, when all deductions are made, we cannot deny the merit of Mrs. Brookfield’s book, and we have read it from beginning to end with a pleasure which its faults have done no more than temper.”

*Brooks, Mary Wallace.A prodigal. $1.25. Badger, R: G.

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This story tells how the goodness of a sweet maid reformed the prodigal son of a brokenhearted minister. It contains reproof for the unthinking people of the world who lift their voices in popular condemnation of every son among them who feeds on husks, people who not only do not offer a more Christian diet but who scoff at those who have the courage to offer it.

Broughton, Rhoda.Waif’s progress. $1.50. Macmillan.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

“Is no more than a sketch, verging here and there on caricature. It is light, unpretending, avowedly skimming over the surface of things. It is amusing to an unusual degree.” Mary Moss.

Brown, Alice.County road. †$1.50. Houghton.

6–33588.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“None of the tales touch upon the darker aspects of life, all are optimistic in tone, and delicately humorous in treatment.”

“The title of the book is well chosen, carrying with it a leisurely pace, happy endings, unforced homely dialect, Yankee talk as it really is.” Alice Durant Smith.

“The people in the book are mainly earth creatures, dimly aware of, but in no wise intimate with their own mental processes, and they are handled with insight and unfailing charm.”

“All lovers of New England studies are cordially advised to read this collection.”

Brown, Arthur J.Foreign missionary: an incarnation of a world movement. **$1.50. Revell.

7–23292.

A text-book for the student contemplating going into the field. “Beginning with a statement of the missionary motive and aim, he describes simply and clearly the essential qualifications for the work, then passes on to a detailed account of the missionary’s relations to the society which sends him out, his duties to it, and its obligations to him. The principal arguments against foreign missions are briefly stated and answered, and the book closes with a striking portrayal of the modern missionary, not as a saint on a pedestal with a halo about his head, but as ‘preëminently a man of affairs.’” (Nation.)

“We only regret, and it is our single criticism, that he has not given some information as to the way in which young English, German, and Swiss candidates are prepared for missionary work in Asia and Africa.”

“A thoroughly sane book is a thing of beauty and a joy. Such is Dr. Brown’s book on missions. This book is especially adapted for two classes of persons—those who believe in foreign missions and those who don’t.”

Brown, Charles Reynolds.Main points: a study in Christian belief. *$1.25. Pilgrim press.

7–19461.

“The present work puts before thoughtful laymen the main points of evangelical doctrine as now held by what twenty years ago began to be known as ‘progressive orthodoxy.’ It is for these who desire a statement of fundamental Christian truths more accordant with modern thought and experience than what they find in the historic creeds.”—Outlook.

“It is a luminous help to the clear thinking that grasps essential reality. It is also sane in stopping at the line where it is more reasonable to wait for more light before exploring further. This quality, however, is not so manifest in its discussion of the divinity of Christ.”

Brown, Charles Reynolds.Social message of the modern pulpit. **$1.25. Scribner.

6–32406.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by George Hodges.

“The main interest in the volume lies in the method by which the Biblical story of Exodus is made to suggest moral factors in the labor problems of our own time and land.” Charles Richmond Henderson.

Brown, Francis.Hebrew and English lexicon of the Old Testament. *$8. Houghton.

Professor Brown has brought an enormous undertaking to its completion, aided by Professors Driver and Briggs. It is “the most important contribution to Hebrew lexicography since the ‘Thesaurus.’ When it is added that the gains of three-quarters of a century in Semitic philology, in textual criticism, geographical exploration, and archaeological research, as well as in Biblical exegesis, have been brought to bear on the lexical problems of the Old Testament, it will be understood that the lexicon has no need to commend itself by even the greatest names of former generations.” (Nation.)

“It is, indeed, a veritable thesaurus, and will not fall far short of meeting the most exacting requirements. It is safe to predict that it will be a long time before it is superseded; and in the meantime it will remain what it is now, an indispensable helper.” Charles C. Torrey.

“We regret that the price of this essential dictionary will conduce to the further neglect of the Hebrew language in our theological seminaries.”

“Let the place of honor among the religious books of the year be given to a monument of patient toil and exact and searching scholarship. Professor Francis Brown’s ‘Hebrew and English lexicon of the old Testament.’”

“Scholars of the English tongue have now in their hands an instrument not only unsurpassed, but unrivalled in any other language.”

Brown, Sir Hanbury.Irrigation: its principles and practice as a branch of engineering. *$5. Van Nostrand.

A work of some three hundred pages which sets forth the guiding principles that should govern the practice of irrigation, and furnishes illustrations of their application in existing canal systems. Many of the illustrations have been taken from material supplied by the irrigation experience of India and Egypt.

Brown, Helen Dawes.Mr. Tuckerman’s nieces. †$1.50. Houghton.

7–32838.

Mr. Tuckerman, a professor and bachelor, learns one day that three nieces have been bequeathed to him. His sense of duty demands that he open the doors of his colonial home, sacred to study and repose, to these doubtful western girls. The story tells how they slip into his home life and soften the callous spots of his nature and by their freshness and ingenuousness teach him to love youth, and, further, how this training turns him into the channels of neglected love making.

Brown, Hiram Chellis.Historical bases of religions, primitive, Babylonian and Jewish. **$1.50. Turner, H. B.

6–33632.

A chapter on the origin and development of the religious sense, introduces a study of the Babylonian and Jewish religions. Babylonian civilization receives friendly, almost enthusiastic treatment. The chapters on Jewish religion, which occupy over half the volume, give a résumé of the results of the higher criticism and recent research, and attempt to prove that Judaism retarded rather than advanced religious progress.

“Is a well-written but misleading book. It is the product of wide reading rather than of close study or original investigation.” Kemper Fullerton.

“We have no opportunity to verify at this time the author’s statement of historic facts concerning the teachings of the monuments, but assuming them to be correct we feel that the conclusions drawn therefrom are not entirely warranted. In our opinion the author lacks power of historic perspective.” Robert E. Bisbee.

“Throughout the volume the wrong is so mingled with the right, and there is such a distortion (doubtless unintentional) of the history, that the general reader may often get an impression not in accordance with the facts. A proper estimate of Hebraism and Judaism calls for wider knowledge and a calmer and more Judicial attitude than are to be found in this volume.”

Brown, John Mason.Lecture on the law of contracts. $1. John M. Brown, Washington, D. C.

7–23481.

“The subject-matter of the book was prepared by Mr. Brown for delivery before the Association of American Government Accountants, the aim and desire of the author being to correct some of the misconceptions of law and some of the errors of practice which have so largely characterized the government contract and those who have had to deal therewith.”—Engin. N.

“The presentation of the matter—especially those features and branches with which contractors are so frequently harassed and annoyed—is exceptionally clear. The language is entirely untechnical and the book is so arranged as to give the layman a thorough grasp of the main principles of the law.”

Brown, John Pinkney.Practical arboriculture: how forests influence climate, control the winds, prevent floods, sustain national prosperity: a text book for railway engineers, manufacturers, lumbermen and farmers; how, where and what to plant for the rapid production oflumber, cross-ties, telegraph poles and other timbers, with original photographs by the author. $2.50. J. P. Brown, Connersville, Ind.

6–23171.

A thorogoing handbook sufficiently well outlined in the sub-title.

“The work can in no proper sense be called a text-book, since it is utterly lacking in systematic arrangement, but it will doubtless prove of no little educational value. It is a pity that the book has no index, what is called such being merely a table of contents.”

Brown, Katharine Holland.Dawn. †50c. Crowell.

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