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“Not a systematic, exhaustive biography, but a suggestive, appreciative, and at times brilliant tribute to the great author; not free from paradox or exaggeration, but illuminating and always entertaining.”
“It is more characteristically frolicsome, less restrained and direct, than the same author’s study of Browning.” Olivia Howard Dunbar.
“It has the real Dickens’ merit of leaving the reader exhilarated and on better terms with all the world.”
“Mr. Chesterton’s ‘Dickens’ is the best thing he has done in criticism.” H. W. Boynton.
Childe, Charles P.Control of a scourge; or, How cancer is curable. (New lib. of medicine.) *$2.50. Dutton.
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“The purpose of the book is to teach that the dread disease of cancer is curable by operation if taken in time. According to the diagnosis of Dr. Childe, cancer is, in its earliest stages, entirely a local disease, at least in many cases the result of local irritation.”
“The most optimistic book on cancer that has perhaps ever come from a physician of experience without any ulterior motive.”
“Mr. Childe deserves the thanks of the public for his very lucid explanation of the practical importance of the latest conclusions of surgery.”
“Whether the subject could not have been dealt with in a quarter of the space with equally satisfactory results as regards the general public is a question, many of the details introduced being quite unnecessary for the average man or woman to know.” R. T. H.
“These two hundred pages are the more interesting in that they are devoid of quackery and are composed in the most simple language, for the encouragement and enlightenment of the general public.”
“His book is clearly written and neither technical nor sensational.”
“His book is extremely valuable.”
Chisholm, Louey.Enchanted land. Pictures by Katharine Cameron. †$3. Putnam.
Sixteen fairy tales retold and pictured in color.
“Many of the colour pictures are insipid and leave a great deal to be desired.”
“Many of the stories will not be familiar, so that the ‘retelling’ is welcome.”
“Special praise is due Miss Katharine Cameron for the coloured illustrations which reach a high standard of excellence.”
“Miss Katharine Cameron delights in colour and indulges recklessly in paint, her drawing is feeble, but she occasionally gets some very pretty and Conderesque effects of colour and decoration.”
“Among the books of old fairy-tales retold, we wish particularly to call attention to Miss Chisholm’s ‘Enchanted land.’”
Chisholm, Louey, comp. Golden staircase: poems for children. il. **$2.50. Putnam.
An anthology of child verse whose aim is wholly educative. The best writers, English and American, who have written poems for children are included.
“Should have a word of especially appreciative praise, because it assumes on the part of the child a natural taste for that which is beautiful, and a natural love for the imaginative.”
“Admirable anthology.”
Chittenden, Russell Henry.Nutrition of man: a course of lectures delivered before the Lowell institute of Boston. **$3. Stokes.
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Professional men, volunteers from the hospital corps of the United States army, recruits from the ranks of university athletic students form what has been termed “Professor Chittenden’s starvation squad.” These lectures give the result of his experiments in putting willing subjects on half rations and less.
“This book is one of first-rate importance, not only to the physiologist and physician as a guide to scientific truth, but also to the individual, and even to the state.”
“It seems safe to say that this thoroughly revolutionary work will attract more general popular attention than any other scientific book has attracted in many years.” Michael Williams.
“It is interesting also to the economist, because for the first time it bridges in part the gap between human energy and social wealth.”
Cholmondeley, Mary.Prisoners.†$1.50. Dodd.
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“Concocts a melodrama rivaling Ouida at her most inventive, but proceeds to recount it in a manner not unworthy the chronicler of ‘Cranford,’ or ‘The perpetual curate.’” Mary Moss.
“We can only characterize the new book as a disappointment.” Wm. M. Payne.
Christ that is to be, by the author ofPro Christo et ecclesia. **$1.50. Macmillan.
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“A series of successive efforts to think what the gospel of Jesus really is.” Some of the suggestive channels in which effort is directed are the following: Our need of reformation, The actions of Jesus, The doctrine of prayer, Salvation of joy, The use of sin, The use of pain, Fatalism and asceticism, The devil and his angels, The scorn of superstition; Mind and disease, Fasting and temptation, and The sword and the muck-rake.
“This book is full of interest and ideas; it is well, if not too copiously written; and with many of its main arguments we are in agreement.”
“What has been said affords but a very partial glimpse of a laborious and fascinating discussion of many things—prayers, the ascetic life, inspiration, demonology, war and the like. Its effect is not only to stimulate thought but to excite obedience and to spread sincerity.”
“Fulfils in a great measure the promise of the earlier work; or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that some chapters more than fulfil that promise, while in the others the shadow of modern superstition darkens the lucidity of the thought.”
Christie, Grace (Mrs. Archibald H. Christie).Embroidery and tapestry weaving: a practical text-book of design and workmanship; with drawings by the author and other. il. $2. Macmillan.
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A practical rather than historical handbook. “Of stitches alone, some forty kinds are here explained and illustrated by clearly drawn diagrams; methods of work, also amply illustrated, occupy several chapters; while others are devoted to tools, appliances, materials, garniture, etc.” (Int. Studio.)
“Practical, clearly written, and well illustrated.”
Christie, William Wallace.Boiler-waters, scale, corrosion, foaming. *$3. Van Nostrand.
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This work has for its object to furnish steam-users with information regarding water, its use, and troubles arising from the use of water, and remedies that may be used or applied; the gain being more efficient generation of steam. Numerous illustrations accompany the text.
“Emphasis is given to the injurious properties of hard waters, and the illustrations of corrosion, boiler scale, etc., are particularly well set forth. This is by far the most interesting and valuable portion of the book. The discussion of the chemistry of boiler-waters is elementary and superficial. The attempt to furnish simple tests for the use of engineers is far from satisfactory. Some of the best methods of analysis are not given, while other descriptions are incomplete. Furthermore, confusion is introduced by the use of many different methods of stating results. The theory of water softening is passed over in a few words, but the descriptions of water softening plants as related to steam making are clear and concise.” G. C. Whipple.
“The book is well written and printed; and the material is of great value, but it would be of greater value if the author, instead of quoting the opinions of engineers and chemists on disputed points, had made a more determined attempt to solve the difficult questions.”
Christmas anthology: carols and poems old and new. **50c. Crowell.
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A holiday book which brings together carols and poems which sing of the true spirit of Christmas, of love, of charity, of peace and good will to all men.
Churchill, Winston.Coniston.†$1.50. Macmillan.
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“Reading ‘Coniston’ is very like spending a week in a remote New England village, stopping one’s newspaper and keeping away from the post-office.” Hamilton W. Mabie.
Cipriani, Lisi de.Cry of defeat. $1.25. Badger.
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Under the sub-divisions, The cry of defeat, Words of love and sorrow, Songs of others, A curious world, and Crumbs, appear a collection of short poems varying in subject and merit.
“The only obvious technical defects do not prevent the successful appeal to our sympathies of a sore and wounded spirit, even where the tone is not only sorrowful but exceedingly morbid.”
Cipriani, Lisi.A Tuscan childhood. **$1.25. Century.
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With the buoyancy and naïveté of childhood the fourth of seven children in an Italian patrician family sets down the incidents of work and play that fixed the bond of allegiance among them. There is race temperament in abundance, and yet it is the universal nature of childhood that makes the strongest appeal.
“All in all, a not half bad hour may be spent over the volume, which can also well be placed on the shelf for consultation during minor domestic crises.”
“It is pleasant reading for an indifferent mood.”
“Every detail in the book is so perfectly set in its place and so well told that one feels a new and pleasant sensation in its perusal.”
Cirkel, August.Looking forward. $1.25. Forward pub. co.
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“This is a conspicuous contribution to what may be called the literature of impractical reform. Not for one but for many vital problems in the contemporary life of the United States does Mr. Cirkel proffer a solution. In turn he takes up and with remarkable ease disposes of the issues raised by the growing power of corporations, by the railway companies, by the insurance revelations, by the relations between capital and labor, by the spread of the socialistic movement, and by the necessity of securing an ‘elastic currency.’”—Outlook.
“It is quite true that there is a good deal in his pages to stimulate thought. But this is far overbalanced by the visionary character of the author’s principal proposals and by the extremism of many of his views.”
Claassen, H.Beet-sugar manufacture; authorized tr. from the 2d German ed., by W. T. Hall, and G. W. Rolfe. *$3. Wiley.
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“The scope and plan of the book embraces the entire process of beet-sugar manufacture from the time of the receiving of the beets to the finished product.”—Science.
“A book which ranks with the very best in the sugar literature of the day. It is a pleasure to state that [the translators’] work, too, is everything that could be desired. A few typographical errors and slips have crept in, but these will unquestionably be noted and corrected in a future edition, which, no doubt, will soon be warranted.” F. G. Wiechmann.
Claremont, Leopold.Gem-cutter’s craft. *$5. Macmillan.
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“Describes the appearance of the different varieties of gem-stones, gives an outline of the industry and craft of gem-cutting, tells how to identify the real and precious article and note the difference between it and the imitation, and provides an account of how the gems are mined and made ready for the market either in their first rough state, after having been freed from the minerals surrounding them, or when cut and shaped.” (N. Y. Times.) Fully illustrated.
“The history of the gem from its rough state to its cut and polished final appearance is given with remarkable clearness in this work by a cutter of jewels, who writes in the first place for cutters.”
“The work before us constitutes almost a new departure in the literature of precious stones.” J. W. J.
Clark, Andrew, ed. Shirburn ballads, 1585–1616; ed. from the Ms. *$3.40. Oxford.
They are all from a manuscript in the library of the Earl of Macclesfield, at Shirburn castle. “This collection helps to bridge over the gap between the earlier ballads and those of the post-Restoration period. The variety offered is considerable; there are ballads of religion and of politics, festive ballads and ballads of earthquakes and monsters.” (Dial.)
“The notes of Mr. Shirburn are so learned and interesting that we must admire them in spite of the poetry which they illustrate.” Andrew Lang.
“The editor deserves much praise for the pains he has taken to make this book serviceable to the student of Elizabethan social conditions. Many pieces both grave and gay, although throwing no light on institutions or social conditions, yet have an interest to the historian as indicating the temper of the times.”
“The editor ... has done his work with great care. If we were to find fault with anything, it would be that he does not always stick to his antiquarian last.”
“Perhaps the greatest importance of the collection is that it bridges over the gap in ballad-literature between the early ballads as represented by Prof. F. J. Child’s monumental work and those of the post-restoration period.”
Clark, Henry Martyn.Robert Clark of the Panjab. **$1.75. Revell.
“This volume commemorates the life and work of a pioneer missionary amidst a fierce and fanatical people, in northwestern India.... The courage and gentleness, the energy and patience, the self-devotion and tactfulness of the ideal missionary were all illustrated in him, and he did not lack ‘the saving grace’ of a sense of humor. The narrative is blended with sketches of the land and the people, their ways, and the lights and shadows thence resulting. Especially noticeable are the indications of an active interest of both officers and privates of the British army in Christian missions, outrunning a timid policy of the civil government.”—Outlook.
Clark, Henry W.Philosophy of Christian experience. *$1.25. Revell.
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Mr. Clark “approaches the problem of religion and the object of religious belief from the ethical standpoint. He proposes to treat religion, not as a science of God and his relation to man, but as an art, the ‘art of character-production.’ His book is itself evidence that the Christian religion is primarily a mode of life and conduct, rather than a system of science or philosophy.”—Am. J. Theol.
“Mr. Clark writes eloquently and persuasively. His argument would be stronger and more complete if he had pointed out in his chapter on ‘Christian self-culture’ how identification with Christ involves for man the realization of a definite ideal of service and self-sacrifice. But, on the whole, the book possesses rare merit, having a freshness of inspiration and a cogency of thought quite unusual among works of its class.” Henry W. Wright.
“Not often does one find an account of Christian experience which is ethically and philosophically so sound and luminous.”
Clark, Imogen.Santa Claus’ sweetheart. †$1.25. Dutton.
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“Tells how a little maid hailed a passing sleigh, believing it to contain Santa Claus, heard many wonderful things from the merry-hearted Irishman who was driving it, and was left by him at a lumberman’s hut in the forest, where she found her long-lost father.”—N. Y. Times.
“A tender little tale of Christmas time, with big type for encouragement.”
“Something very charming in the way of a tale has been woven.”
“The incidents are the homely ones of every day life, but they are told with such a merry tenderness as to bring out all their humor and all their pathos, and make them glow with that spirit of the Christmas time.”
Clark, Mrs. Mary Mead.Corner in India. **$1. Am. Bapt.
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“It is a simple story of life-long devotion to the missionary cause, ending with a hopeful, if somewhat meagre, outlook.” (Nation.) Thirty-three years of residence in her corner of the world have brought Mrs. Clark “into contact with many interesting stories of the home-life of the savages in Burma, of their life at work and at play, their worship and strange legends, their relationships with neighboring villages, and, above all, their slow acceptance of the Christian faith offered to them by the zealous missionaries.” (Dial.)
“Her book is consequently of interest both to the casual reader who likes to know about strange people in remote nooks of the world, and to those readers who are vitally concerned about the spread of the Christian religion.” H. E. Coblentz.
“Mrs. Clark’s account gains much by its lack of pretence to literary style.”
*Clark, Mrs. S. R. Graham.Gail Weston. †$1.25. Am. Bapt.
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A story for young readers which follows the struggle of a mother and her seven children with poverty. The faultfinding mother, a patient, brave-hearted elder daughter and a loyal son who left his grandfather’s comfortable home to shoulder his share of family burdens are the principal actors in the little drama of toil and final success.
Clark, Victor S.Labour movement in Australasia; a study in social democracy. **$1.50. Holt.
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Aims to describe the “history of the political labour party of Australasia, to analyse its policy and the results of that policy so far as applied, and at the same time to make clear the difference as well as the similarities characterising those countries and America, which must affect the application to our own problem of their experience.”
“Not quite so interesting as Reeve’s ‘State experiments in Australia and New Zealand’ or Lloyd’s ‘Newest England’ perhaps, but more judicial than either, and more carefully prepared than the latter.”
“The book is moderate in tone and is the work of an observer anxious to give correct impressions, hence students of labor and social questions will find it a very useful volume, enabling them to understand the causes and nature of the social evolution of Australasia.” George B. Mangold.
“We highly commend the impartial statements of fact to be found in it, combined as they are with a form and style of exposition rarely to be met with among writers upon such topics.”
“Dr. Clark has given students of this problem a most admirable statement of the situation in Australasia,—free from bias, well arranged and comprehensive enough to include the essential facts.” W. B. Guthrie.
“It is refreshing to find an author who is willing to let the facts speak for themselves without playing tricks on credulous partisans and furnishing food for prejudice; and in this interesting volume the author seems to be honestly trying to place the reader in position to form his own judgment in the presence of the actual situation without too much prompting as to the conclusions he ought to derive from the survey.” Charles Richmond Henderson.
“Written in scientific spirit, with unprejudiced presentation of both light and shade, composed in orderly manner with the use of clear unstrained English.”
“Dr. Clark’s discussion of the working of social democracy in Australasia impresses one as being eminently fair.” John Cummings.
“Mr. Clark ... is at his best in the chapter dealing with the economic and social effects of industrial regulation, particularly compulsory arbitration. Has covered a large field, and has done his work well; to our knowledge no other writer—in America at least—has brought back from that economic wonderland so reliable a report of the alleged marvels wrought in the name of ‘progress.’ His publisher should have seen to it that the book was provided with a better index.”
“While much that he says is entirely just and true the general value of his book seems to me to be much vitiated by important defects and omissions. There are also in the volume a number of misstatements of fact, due, doubtless, to misinformation or to insufficient observation. All in all, Dr. Clark’s account of the labor movement in Australasia is of more interest and value to the student of theories than to the practical man of affairs.” Florence Finch Kelly.
“The chief value of the present book, moreover, lies not so much in its description as in its interpretation of the facts.” Leonard W. Hatch.
Clarke, Henry Butler.Modern Spain, 1815–1898; with a memoir by the Rev. W. H. Hutton. (Cambridge historical series.) *$2. Putnam.