Chapter 25

7–12691.

A thoro-going treatment of the subject from the standpoint of business methods. The discussion includes business accounts, suggestions for watching markets, time for marketing various products, and adaptation to local conditions.

“Practical, suggestive, probably the best of the ‘Farm library’ series yet published.”

“A practical book, an intensely practical book, it is, nevertheless, to a man with the farm bee buzzing in his bonnet, as fascinating as a Persian tale. The book is unique in agricultural literature.”

Carey, Rosa Nouchette.Angel of forgiveness. †$1.50. Lippincott.

7–31281.

A young girl’s story of her own life from the ago of eight to eighteen. They are full years, for in them she learns much thru sickness and suffering, she finds the mother she had always thought dead in the person of her dearest cousin and brings her back to the home she had left in her young wife-hood and to the husband who loves her. Then, when the angel of forgiveness has brought joy to her home she leaves it, a bride of eighteen, to mother the children of a husband much her senior and with him to find true happiness.

“The way out of the dilemma has been happily contrived by Miss Carey, and the whole book is pleasant to read.”

Carling, George.Richard Elliott, financier. $1.50. Page.

6–34796.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The atmosphere of greed and treachery is unpleasant from first to last but for all that the account of these latter-day land-pirates is absorbing.”

Carling, John R.By Neva’s waters; being an episode in the secret history of Alexander the first, czar of all the Russias. †$1.50. Little.

7–21539.

An episode in the secret history of Alexander the first, czar of all the Russias. There are love and court intrigue in plenty, which center chiefly about a young English lord whose love affair with the czarina is in the end forgiven because he did not know she was a wife, and she, owing to a strange lapse of memory, had forgotten her estate. It is a book which holds the interest until the last strand of the plot is untangled.

Carlson, John S.Swedish grammar and reader. *$1.50. Wilson, H. W.

7–23330.

A practical text-book for the school-room and home, which lays no claim to a purely scientific exposition of the principles of language.

“This is a book that has been much needed, and does for the student of Swedish what Professor Julius Olson’s similar work does for the student of Norwegian. The selections which fill the ‘reader’ section of the volume are judiciously made and of much interest.”

“A new and thoroughly practical text-book for the elementary study of Swedish.”

Carpenter, Edward Childs.Code of Victor Jallot: a romance of old New Orleans. il. †$1.50. Jacobs.

7–31421.

A story of the early nineteenth century whose scenes are laid in Louisiana. A French refugee, a Beau Brummel type of hero with plenty of sturdier qualities of manhood, fights for the love of “mademoiselle of the magnolias” and wins.

Carpenter, Frank G.Foods; or, How the world is fed. *60c. Am. bk.

7–20683.

The first book of a series upon the great industries of the world. It aims to provide a knowledge of the production and preparation of foods, and to show how civilization and commerce grew from man’s need of foods and the exchange of foods between the different nations of the earth.

“The boy who has read it will be much better prepared for economic studies later on than the boy who has never become interested in any of these things.”

Carpenter, Margaret Boyd.Child in art. $2. Ginn.

A sympathetic treatment of the child in art, with some thirty reproductions of famous paintings and works of sculpture. The volume sketches the history of the use of the child in art and shows that the development of Christianity first brought childhood into prominence.

“The present volume is summary and superficial: the writer has an unfortunate instinct for the obvious and the trite.”

“Even if there are omissions, there is also plenty of interest in the book.”

Carpenter, Rolla Clinton.Experimental engineering and manual for testing; for engineers and for students in engineering laboratories. 6th rev. and enl. ed. $6. Wiley.

6–16782.

“The present book is the sixth edition, and is the result of many revisions and additions by which, as the author states, with the aid of colleagues and assistants, he has brought the subject down to present-day requirements.”—Engin. N.

“Despite these rather damaging criticisms, it must be said in conclusion that the book has many features which make it a valuable addition to engineering literature. It is to be hoped that, in the next edition, the author will re-edit the book throughout, correct the errors, omit such descriptive matter and verbiage as is unnecessary, add to subjects which are incomplete, and thus produce a model, not only as regards superficial pretensions, but also as regards real worth.”

Carr, Sarah Pratt.Iron way; a tale of the builders of the West. †$1.50. McClurg.

7–12274.

“A romance of the gold-fever days in California which shifts scene to follow the course of construction of the Central Pacific railway. The traditions, heroic deeds and thrilling adventures associated with the building of this highway across the continent are recorded from the author’s memory. The book has a buoyant pioneer atmosphere.”

Reviewed by William Morton Payne.

“One feels that one is reading authentic history, but such is the art of the writer that the deftly inwoven romance—a captivating love story—remains the predominant interest. It would appear that the book is Mrs. Carr’s debut in literature, yet it is written with an ease, a freshness and a power which many a practised hand would be glad to have acquired.”

Carr, W. M.Open hearth steel castings. $1.50. Penton pub.

7–33981.

“This little book is a reprint of a series of articles which were published in the ‘Iron trade review’ and ‘The foundry,’ in 1905 and 1906. It comprises chapters on: Raw materials for acid and basic practice and moldings; open hearth furnace construction; fuels and accessories; manipulation of acid and of basic heats; chemical and physical tests; relation between chemical composition and physical properties; blowholes and checks in steel castings; heat treatment and annealing; repairing with thermit, and cost of equipment.”—Engin. N.

“Each subject is treated briefly and the information given is well-chosen, useful and accurate, reflecting the author’s own experience in practice, and utilizing advantageously the small amount of printed space occupied. It is written in a clear manner and the greater part of it will be comprehensible even to men who have no technical education.” Bradley Stoughton.

Carrington, Hereward.Physical phenomena of spiritualism, fraudulent and genuine. **$2. Turner, H. B.

7–17909.

A brief account of the most important historical phenomena, a criticism of their evidential value, and a complete exposition of the methods employed in fraudulently reproducing the same. The book is mainly devoted to exposing the frauds of professional mediums.

“This book is interesting, it is amusing, it is even, in its revelation of the frauds practised by nearly every professional medium, revolting. The paramount impression this writer conveys is that of being a fair and openminded gentleman of excellent balance and keen intelligence.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

“It is, indeed, a storehouse of raw material from which one may learn to generalize safely about the psychology of deception.”

Carroll, Benajah Harvey.Political history of Europe from 1815 to 1848, based on continental authorities. $2. Baylor univ. press, Waco, Texas.

6–13425.

A volume which “is intended to give American students, an accurate if somewhat succinct account of the course of Post-Napoleonic European political history,” and “does not pretend to be more than a compilation from the best and most accessible and usually untranslated continental authorities.”

“The author was apparently in too great haste to attend much to the medium of his thoughts. Present and past tenses and conditions are mixed up indiscriminately, and extraordinary language is indulged in. Most of it is fairly good, and the characterizations of public men are at times excellent. But the arrangement is poor and detail is usually put in where uncalled for; the disjointed sections give little impression of continuity and do not make clear the general development; nothing stands out in bold relief.” Victor Coffin.

“The work may have its place as a survey of the history of the period for an elementary class, but should not have been introduced to the general public in its present form.”

“It does not pretend to be based on sources, and apparently the only authority mentioned is Lord’s ‘Beacon lights of history.’ The book, however, displays considerable historical reading, and contains a few useful suggestions and apt quotations. In some respects it is a literary curiosity; it is written in an English more vigorous than elegant, and was evidently prepared in great haste.... All things considered, the book seems to have no justification for its existence.”

Carson, William Henry.Evelyn Van Courtland. $1.50. Fenno.

7–29570.

Jealousy incites Howard Van Courtland to murder his business partner. Malcolm, a young clerk in their employ, is accused and the story is mainly concerned with the trial in which Van Courtland’s daughter, learning of her father’s guilt, is bent upon clearing Malcolm. She draws information from the prosecuting attorney and passes it on to the defendant’s counsel, all of which finally proves of no avail until in a dramatic court-room scene the father confesses his guilt and dies suddenly. In the end misunderstandings are adjusted and love wins a hard fought battle.

“Here is another novel hinging on the unwritten law. It is not as unsavory as some of its kind, and, as its lack of distinction precludes the probability of a wide circulation, it is not likely to do any harm.”

Cartrie, Count de.SeeLa Villeniere, T.-A. T. de la C.

Carus, Paul.Our children; hints from practical experience for parents and teachers. *$1. Open ct.

7–2052.

Written by “one of the most distinguished exponents of the new philosophical conception known as monism.” It supplements Froebelismwith the results of recent scientific investigation and advanced psychological methods. “In the chapter which treats upon the subject of punishment, we get the key-note to the author’s ethical principles. Like Tolstoy, and like a greater Teacher, he advocates non-resistance of evil with evil. Retaliation is condemned, a lie must be overcome by truth, wrong by right and violence by patience.... Punishment, Dr. Carus declares, ought to be the ‘consequence of a wrong act which is brought home to the knowledge and sentiments of the child.’”—Lit. D.

“Like Huxley he knows the secret of clothing abstruse subjects in an attractive garb and his works have a popular appeal. It will prove of especial interest and value to those engaged in kindergarten work.”

“Written in thought-provoking style. The book contains many hints from practical experience.”

Carver, Thomas Nixon, comp. Sociology and social progress. *$2.75. Ginn.

6–5680.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by R. C. Chapin.

“A timely and valuable book. The selections from large works, which is no easy task, are judiciously made. He has supplied an introduction to it of his own, in which he sets forth as clearly as has ever been done the true scope and method of sociology. His treatment is thoroughly sane.” Lester F. Ward.

Cary, Elisabeth Luther.Works of James McNeill Whistler; a study. **$4. Moffat.

7–3697.

Not so much a work of ultimate authority and exhaustive knowledge, as an intelligent and reasoned view of Whistler’s work for the benefit of the reader of somewhat limited opportunities.

“As a piece of critical writing, it is eminently sound and true to right principles. The aptness of Miss Cary’s phraseology is deserving of more than casual comment. Exception must, however, be taken to one expression.” Frederick W. Gookin.

“A book which comprehensively covers the field of Whistler’s accomplishments and embodies a perspicuous account of his methods.”

“In a word, it is a survey of Whistler’s artistic accomplishments, presented in an elaborate, beautiful, pictorial setting by an author whose experience has given her rare insight into the mysteries and functions of artistic expression.”

“Miss Cary’s book is admirably adjusted in its aim. It seems ... equally admirable in its manner and the selection of its matter.”

“She is admirable alike in the selection of material and in the non-technical treatment of his inspiration.”

“It is indeed a patient, accurate literalness which chiefly distinguishes this book. We get the facts, it is true, but in the end feel somewhat deprived of that spirit which animates and transcends mere fact—a spirit which Whistler himself possesses in so abounding a degree and which he would seem to demand of others.” Christian Brinton.

Casson, Herbert Newton.Romance of steel: the story of a thousand millionaires. **$2.50. Barnes.

7–25647.

“Not so much a history of the steel industry itself as of the successive efforts to capitalize that industry and of the personal careers of the men whose fortunes have been made in steel-making, although they themselves were in most instances as ignorant of the industrial processes by which their wealth was gained as the average man in the street.”—R. of Rs.

“Mr. Casson’s story has the merit of being remarkably inclusive, on the historic and physical sides, as well as in its personal aspects.”

“One of the most readable books of the year.”

Castle, Mrs. Agnes Sweetman, and Castle, Edgerton.My merry Rockhurst.†$1.50. Macmillan.

7–34310.

“Some episodes in the life of Viscount Rockhurst, a friend of King Charles II. and at one time constable of his majesty’s tower of London.” These episodes, although they do not form a consecutive story, all deal with the same reckless, daring cynic, loyal friend and devoted father. They tell of his fortunes, his misfortunes, his varied adventures, his struggles with the world and with himself, and all have as a background the strangely romantic court at which he played such a conspicuous part.

“The tales are so ingeniously and thoroughly welded together that the book as a whole forms a complete and satisfactory romance.”

* Cathedrals of England and Wales: their history, architecture and associations. 2v. $10. Churchman co.

An opportunity is here afforded of becoming acquainted with the character, the history, the traditions and associations connected with the cathedrals of southern Britain.

“A sumptuous gift-book and the enterprise of the publishers is to be commended. They have introduced to the American public a volume which is a treasury of art, literature, and history.”

“The present volumes give an entertaining and, for the general reader, an adequate account and portrayal.” Cameron Mann.

Catholic encyclopedia: an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic church; ed. by Chas. G. Herbermann, Edward A. Pace, Conde B. Pallen, Thomas J. Shahan, John J. Wynne, assisted by numerous collaborators. 15v. ea. $6. Appleton, Robert.

7–11606.

An encyclopedia which as it is produced by American Catholic scholars who have brought to their task the freshness of view and freedom of inspiration that stamps Catholicism in America may be said to represent the “ripest and most developed product of Catholic thought.” (Lit. D.)

v. 1.In this first volume are to be found the contributions of over 1,000 men and women of recognized scholarship, representing 27 nationalities.

“Unfortunately, several of the articles are egregiously one-sided; some others are conspicuously incompetent, and a few display such violations of a sane and critical spirit that we could hardly believe our eyes when we read them.”

“Considered as an achievement of scholarship alone, it will command attention.”

“In spite of all criticism ... [it] remains a very notable contribution to science and a remarkable example of American enterprise.”

“Though this important work has chief value and significance for Catholics, it contains a great deal of interest to every intelligent man, and, so far as it is used by non-Catholics, must contribute to the correcting of erroneous opinions and the breaking down of existing prejudices.”

“It will be generally admitted that the work is the best for themselves that English-speaking Catholics have yet published, and the most popular and the most interesting one they have ever presented to the non-Catholic world.” Henry A. Brann.

“On the whole, in spite of the mediævalism of certain portions, and in spite of occasional lapses from the general level of excellence—lapses inevitable in any work of the kind—the first volume must be pronounced fair and sane, and if succeeding volumes maintain the same standard the work cannot fail to prove exceedingly useful.”

“The contributors represent Catholic scholarship in its broadest sense throughout the world.”

*Cattelle, Wallis Richard.The pearl: its story, its charm and its value. il. **$2. Lippincott.

7–30808.

The story of the pearl is told “from its birth and growth under tropic seas, through the search for it by dark skinned divers of the Orient and its journeyings by the hands of men who traffic in precious things, until it becomes finally the cherished familiar of the great. Historical and traditional allusions, the sentiment and superstitions, the romance of ancient and noble associations drawn to it through the ages, are garnered here and to them added the more prosaic facts which a merchant’s experience suggests, to enable lovers of the dainty sea-gem to discriminate.”

Cautley, C. Holmes.Millmaster. $1.50. Longmans.

With a setting furnished by a Yorkshire manufacturing village the reader’s interest is centered in “the upright and self-contained millmaster and his son, Mark, a character gentler than his father but as estimable.” (Lond. Times.) A book in which the human element is strong, the description informing, and which is “stamped with the hallmark of sincerity.”

“It is something to the credit of the author that he has done what he evidently set out to do, and those who can master the dialect may like those parts of the book which fail to attract us.”

“The author has looked with clear and kindly eyes upon life, and is concerned only to portray it as it is. The result is a novel of very real value.”

“Mr. Cautley’s novel is too long, but there is good stuff in it.”

Cellini, Benvenuto.Life of Benvenuto Cellini; tr. and ed. by John Addington Symonds, with an introd. to this ed. by Royal Cortissoz. 2v. **$6. Brentano’s.

6–40203.

This edition is complete enough for the student and artistic enough in book workmanship for the collector. Besides Mr. Symonds’ introductory material, Royal Cortissoz presents a “sympathetic though critical” interpretation of the “discrepancy between Cellini’s personal forcefulness and artistic achievement.”

“It may be said at once that no more distinguished piece of book-making has come from an American press for a long while past. The typography while usually excellent, is not impeccable.”

“A more satisfying edition of this classic autobiography does not exist in English.”

“This reprint is likely to remain for years the preferable library edition of these fascinating memoirs.”

“Altogether the edition presents this classic in a form of such good taste and solid excellence of workmanship that it will be welcomed by all lovers of literature.”

Chadwick, Hector Munro.Origin of the English nation. (Cambridge archæological and ethnological ser.) *$2.25. Putnam.

7–29044.

By making use of all branches of ethnological study—history, tradition, language, custom, religion and antiquities—the author “deals with the history, social and otherwise of the tribes whose coming, to put the matter briefly, changed Britain to England.” (Spec.)

“Mr. Chadwick has written a book which no special student of Saxon England can neglect. But this critical method is open to cavil. In the first place, the criticism is too linguistic. In the second place, being linguistic, the criticism lacks principle.”

“It is a work for students, and they are not likely to neglect it: but many years will pass before its results can be incorporated in textbook and handbook.”

“There was certainly room for such a work, in which all the available evidence should be carefully considered, and Mr. Chadwick has done this with the greatest minuteness. In fact, his book suffers to some extent from over-minute discussion of questions which have at best a very faint bearing upon the main subject of his inquiry. Another general criticism which might be made is that Mr. Chadwick is rather too much given to the common, but very unsatisfactory, process of drawing a strong conclusion from a series of very weak premises.”

“The value of the book lies in the healthy spirit of scepticism which pervades it, and which is the outgrowth of an unusually wide knowledge of Teutonic philology, literature and archaeology.”

“A very learned and careful work.”

Chadwick, Rev. John White.Cap’n Chadwick, Marblehead skipper and shoemaker. *60c. Am. Unitar.

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