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7–21371.

“Contains a number of lectures and essays that have appeared singly in various publications, which are here brought together.... They are mainly a discussion of ecclesiastical architecture from the Gothic standpoint, or, rather, from the standpoint of the English high church. Formalism and ritualism seem to hold as high a place in Christian art, to Mr. Cram’s mind, as do form and abstract beauty in art generally.”—Dial.

“After all criticism of form and matter, one must feel that what underlies the volume should be known and appreciated by every individualor committee or congregation interested in the building of a Christian shrine, or house of worship, or temple.”

“Quite rich with plums of wisdom and are filled with a contagious enthusiasm for the expressiveness of mediaeval art.” Elisabeth Luther Cary.

Crandall, Charles Lee.Text-book on geodesy and least squares, prepared for the use of civil engineering students. $3. Wiley.

6–42921.

“Prof. Crandall is addressing himself primarily to students of Cornell university and presumably to those who are beginning the study of the subject and not to professional men engaged in actual work.... The first few chapters of the book are mainly occupied with the description of the use and adjustment of instruments in the field. The next three are devoted to consideration of problems connected with the figure of the earth.... In the second part, which consists of three chapters, the author serves up the standing dish of least squares.... The book is well illustrated, and there are some useful tables and information given in the appendix.”—Nature.

“The book is an excellent and well-balanced statement of past and current practice, prepared with rare good judgment as to the relative importance of things. It is especially to be commended as being thoroughly up-to-date. The student, unassisted, will have difficulty at many points in seeing the relation between the facts presented, for the reason that the principles involved are not fully and clearly stated. If the book is supplemented in the class-room by lectures and references to other books, designed to remedy the defects indicated, it will be found to be the best book on geodesy now available in English. The engineer in practice will find it a most excellent and suggestive reference book.” John F. Hayford.

“For a text-book to be used by beginners it might be objected that the author has a little overlaid his treatise with a superfluity of detail. A greater fault appears to be one of omission. There is too little, almost nothing, concerning the methods of deriving the latitude and longitude of a station. The information throughout is conveyed in a clear and lucid manner, but a little unevenness is sometimes noticeable, as though the author were uncertain of the degree of thoroughness with which the several topics should be treated.”

Crane, Robert Treat.State in constitutional and international law. (Johns Hopkins university studies in historical and political science.) pa. 50c. Johns Hopkins.

7–31399.

A monograph based upon the thesis that the concept of the state in constitutional law must be discriminated from the concept of the state in international law.

Crane, Walter.An artist’s reminiscences. il. *$5. Macmillan.

7–37525.

Notable literary men and women of the Victorian era people Mr. Crane’s book, among them Tennyson, Irving, William Morris, Rossetti, Burne-Jones, Holman Hunt, Stevenson, Henley, Whistler and Leighton. “A feature of the book is the prominence given to the author’s socialistic opinions, in which he followed with the devotion of a pupil and the accuracy of a copyist those of William Morris.” (Lond. Times.)

“The proof-reader has been careless and many small inaccuracies in names &c., are to be found. As a document for the student of the domestic history of our times, an agreeable, chatty volume of reminiscences for the casual reader and above all as the monument of a delicate personality, this book has an assured place.”

“We have a long autobiography, crowded with trivial detail, interesting, no doubt, to the circle of those immediately concerned, but not especially enlivening to the world at large. Where detail would be of interest it is often lacking.”

“The story of his own success is modestly revealed. The book shows that among the many crafts in which Mr. Crane has been interested that of the writer is not excepted.”

“If it had been cut down to one third the length, the volume might have been readable, and in a certain sense valuable. Certain theatrical autobiographies are the only books that can be compared with it for self-consciousness.”

“In ‘An artist’s reminiscences’ we have the work and the man associated for the first time. The result is attractive even picturesque. If Mr. Crane were a great man the result could hardly be more satisfactory.”

“The work will be of interest to people in many walks of life.”

“No overweening egotism parades through its pages. But they are encumbered by recollections of too many unimportant personages. He makes the further mistake of narrating his own long and eminently successful career in over-great detail.”

“It is tantalising to feel how little the writer has told us all in these pages of the subject about which he knows so much and could write so well.”

Crane, William Edward.American stationary engineering. $2. Derry-Collard.

6–35993.

“The author discusses in a very clear manner the defects usually found in boilers, engines, steam pipes, pumps, and accessories, and notes the remedies that have been devised to overcome them. The book is, in fact, a recount of his experience with such machinery, and should prove useful to stationary engineers, machinists and others who wish to know how to make engines, boilers, etc., operate correctly, and how to remedy defects in them when they appear.... The book is concluded with notes, rules and tables of useful information.”—Engin. N.

Cravath, James Raley, and Lansingh, Van Rensselaer.Practical illumination. *$3. McGraw pub.

7–17392.

“The authors, in the preface to their book, point out that their object is ‘to present exact practical information of every-day use on many points that come up in arranging artificial lighting.’ They make no attempt to treat of the apparatus for the production of light, but rather to confine the work to the much neglected subject of how best to use the light after it is produced. A great many tests are shown giving information on the light distribution of various illuminants with different globes, reflectors and shades. Much of this information has not before been available to the general reader.”—Engin. N.

“Taken all in all the book may be truly said to constitute a real contribution to the literature of the art of practical illumination. It goes without saying that it should find a place in the library of every illuminating engineer. But the illuminating engineer is not the onlyone to whom the book will appeal. The authors happily have presented the subject in such a way that the architect, the contractor and the central station man will derive much benefit from reading it.” L. B. Marks.

Crawford, Francis Marion.Arethusa.†$1.50. Macmillan.

7–33911.

A story of Constantinople in the fourteenth century whose plot is built up about the expulsion of the usurper Andronicus from the throne and the restoration of Johannes. Arethusa, who with her foster parents were objects of Andronicus’ cruelty, sells herself into slavery to save her foster mother from poverty, is bought by Carlo Zeno the principal actor in the Johannine faction, and becomes involved in the plot to re-establish the deposed ruler.

“The breathless adventures and the hairbreadth escapes, the scenes of torture and luxury are all good reading as isolated episodes; but they hardly go to make a novel worthy of the author.”

Reviewed by Frederic Taber Cooper.

“More than once the narrative causes one’s breath to come unevenly—a sure test of a story of adventure. It would have gone all the better for the absence of certain over-frequent and rather sententious little asides, chiefly on the feminine character.”

“He is merely, as the author of some thirty-five novels should be, extraordinarily adept, a master of his craft, as a craft.”

“The tale is told with Mr. Crawford’s usual skill and more than his usual vivacity.”

“His admitted acquaintance with his subject exempts him from the imputation of having studied it for a purpose, yet thereby making more flagrant his transposition of twentieth-century manners and morals into the corrupt decrepitude of Constantinople in 1376.”

Crawford, Francis Marion.Lady of Rome.†$1.50. Macmillan.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“It has perhaps rather less of plot and rather more of psychology than the author is wont to give us, but the story has both texture and strength, besides being thoroughly praiseworthy in its ethical implications.” Wm. M. Payne.

*Crawford, Francis Marion.Little city of hope: a Christmas story.†$1.25. Macmillan.

A touching Christmas story which tells of an inventor’s intense struggle for a certain scientific triumph, how poverty blocked his way and how his little son constructed a model city—a miniature of the college town where the father had been a professor of mathematics—and wooed and held Hope within its tiny gates. The wife who had sought a position as governess is the good Christmas angel who makes final success a possibility.

Crawford, J. H.From fox’s earth to mountain tarn: days among the wild animals of Scotland. **$3.50. Lane.

The wild life of Scotland inhabiting the country from Ailsa Crag and the Tweed to the Shetlands is dealt with in true nature-lover fashion. Mr. Crawford makes a plea for the preservation of eagles, hawks, foxes, and various other birds of artificial sport.

“Twenty-one short essays, all interesting and well written, in spite of a somewhat affected style.”

“Mr. Crawford has a way of saying things that makes one think.” May Estelle Cook.

“We find him an instructive and delightful companion, and the range and minuteness of his knowledge is indisputable.”

“His style is vigorous. His sentences are short. It contains some excellent accounts of wild life.”

Crawford, William Henry.Girolamo Savonarola, a prophet of righteousness. *$1. West. Meth. bk.

7–18143.

This volume in “The men of the kingdom” series aims “to show what Savonarola was as a man, and what he did as a true prophet of righteousness.”

“President Crawford ... writes with contagious enthusiasm, though his style seems far from being as finished and full of color as the subject demands. It is certainly a far cry from Villari to Mr. Crawford.”

Crawfurd, Oswald J. F.Revelations of Inspector Morgan. †$1.50. Dodd.

7–25506.

Four stories founded on revelations made by a Scotland Yard officer, “presumably the fruits of his imagination stimulated and impelled by Scotland Yard narratives to the defence of the professional detective so long over-shadowed in fiction by the popular and famous amateur.” (Sat. R.)

“Good detective stories.”

“Readers will find two of the four stories well up to recent standards of the kind; while one, ‘The kidnapped children,’ works out a motive which is as adequate and convincing as it is ingenious and unexpected.”

“He gets himself read. Many better story tellers are less lucky.”

“The not too exacting lover of mystery will find plenty to amuse him in these studies of crime, though they are somewhat naïve and crude in their development, and occasionally weak in detail.”

“We cannot say that these stories are better or worse than the flood of detective fiction which is just now poured so liberally on the reading public.”

Crawshaw, William Henry.Making of English literature. *$1.25. Heath.

7–16385.

“A compact yet broadly suggestive historical introduction to English literature for use by students and by general readers.” The subject is taken up in six successive periods: Paganism and Christianity 449–1066, which treats of Anglo-Saxon poetry; Religion and romance, 1066–1500, which includes the Anglo-Norman period and the age of Chaucer; Renaissance and reformation, 1500–1660, covering Shakespeare and Milton; Classicism, 1660–1780, including the times of Dryden, Pope and Johnson; Individualism 1780–1832, Burns and Wordsworth and Democracy and science 1832–1892, the age of Tennyson.

“In individual cases ... we may take exception to Mr. Crawshaw’s critical estimate, but in the main he is to be commended as a sound guide.”

“The present work is one of the most satisfactory of compendiums. It is conceived on new lines and in many respects is better adapted for the student and general reader than any treatise of the kind that we can recall. The book bears strong evidence of the influence which Taine has exercised upon contemporaneous literary history and criticism.”

“The critical pages are to be commended for their sanity, good judgment, breadth of spirit, and sympathetic comprehension.”

“For the general reader, as well as for the student this is an illuminating book.”

“Our space does not permit us to go into a detailed analysis of this splendid book, splendid in its critical acumen, sane judgments, breadth of spirit, and in catholic sympathy, but we must note a point or two where we think the author might have improved his book. His treatment of the drama before Shakespeare, especially the mystery and morality plays, is inadequate and not compactly grouped. We are of the opinion, too, that many readers of the book will be inclined to disagree with Professor Crawshaw in his assigning Pope a place as a forerunner of the romantic movement. With these manifold excellences we doubt very much if the volume has the staying qualities necessary for classroom work. For the general reader it is undoubtedly an excellent book.” H. E. Coblentz.

Creighton, William Henry. P.Steam-engine and other heat-motors. $5. Wiley.

7–8522.

A text for students rather than a reference book for the practicing engineer. Principles are clearly stated with ample numerical examples and problems.

“The book is clearly written. Among the illustrations there are rather too many picked up from the trade catalogues or from other books of similar nature. These do not always fit in well with the text. But otherwise, the book is excellent as to the dress given to it by the publishers.” Storm Bull.

“An examination of the book shows that it is not a vade mecum of the steam engine. The author has had in mind the needs of the engineering student, and the matter is presented in a manner which is intended to train the student to think.” John J. Flather.

Crockett, Samuel Rutherford.White plume. †$1.50. Dodd.

6–34687.

Once more the horrors of the massacre of St. Bartholomew lie fresh upon the pages of a historial romance in which figure Henry of Navarre, the easy going Marguerite of Valois, the odious Queen-mother, the Duke of Guise, Philip of Spain, etc. “The story proper begins with the day of the barricades, where Francis Agnew, an agent entrusted with high matters by the kings of Scotland and Navarre, is also left dead. His daughter is aided in her extremity by a certain professor of the Sorbonne and a gallant young student, John d’Albret, who became the main actors in a love story, which runs parallel—if such a term may be used of a tortuous history—with the events of the wars of religion and the political activities and cruelties of Spanish inquisitors and statesmen.” (Ath.)

“With certain deductions which seem inevitable in respect of style ... Mr. Crockett has handled a theme of much complexity with vivacity and skill; and the characterization is in his best form.”

“Mr. Crockett has put his historical facts (duly supplemented by sentimental inventions) to skilful use, and made the old story quite readable again.” Wm. M. Payne.

“The book reminds us of the elder Dumas, partly because the author has chosen similar situations in French history upon which to found his story and partly because he has the old charm for spinning a tale full of intrigue and wild adventures.”

Croly, Herbert David.Houses for town or country. **$2. Duffield.

7–28610.

In text and illustration are revealed the tendencies of architecture in America toward nationalization, and the causes for emancipation from imitation of foreign models. The typical town house, the typical country house and the house for all the year are discussed, attractive ideas are set down concerning the hall and the stairs, the living-room, the dining-room, the bedroom and the kitchen, and the house in relation to out-of-doors.

“Anyone wishing to build, remodel, or decorate a house, or to plan a suitable garden for it, can find something suggestive and to his purpose ... in ‘Houses for town or country.’”

“The inquiring layman can learn much from this exposition of architectural ideals, however, and if he is thinking of building a house either in town or country, he will do well to consult these pages.”

Reviewed by Elisabeth Luther Cary.

Cromarsh, H. Ripley.SeeAngell, Bryan Mary.

Crook, Rev. Isaac.John Knox: the reformer. *$1. West. Meth. bk.

7–14594.

In this biography of Knox in the “Men of the kingdom” series, the author has “drawn the reformer out of a cloudy past into a clear modern vision.”

Cross, Alfred W. S.Public baths and wash houses; a treatise on their planning, design, arrangement, and fitting. *$7.50. Scribner.

7–12686.

A book that is conceived and executed from the view point of the architect rather than from that of the municipal official or the sanitarian.

“The volume before us is a commendable one.”

“Unfortunately, the title is misleading in omitting to prefix the qualifying adjective British. In spite of its limitations, the volume should be on the shelves of every technical library and of every architect who is likely to design bath houses.”

*Cross, Richard James, ed. Hundred great poems. **$1.25. Holt.

A hundred poems of the sort of merit that has stood the test of time. Shakespeare, Herbert, Herrick, Milton, Burns, Wordsworth, Lamb, Moore, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Hood, Longfellow, the Brownings, and many others are represented.

*Crothers, Samuel McChord.Making of religion. *40c. Am. Unitar.

Mr. Crothers argues less for antiquarian research, for looking back at our saints and heroes than for looking forward to the unchangeable vision that has cheered the ages on.

Crouse, Mary Elizabeth.Algiers. **$2. Pott.

6–38897.

“A book of impressions is ‘Algiers.’... The author narrates the story of this morning land where the East and the West have met; goes down into its life to discover the traces of what has been ... tells the romance of the palaces, describes the passing of the days, sees Lazarus in his rags at the gates, the orange peddlers rolled in their cloaks, asleep on the ground, and gives many glimpses of the native women whose lives are veiled like their faces.”—N. Y. Times.

“Charming as this book often is, it does not bring assurance with its interpretations.”

“The book was worth writing, the task has been admirably performed and the pictures have much artistic merit.” Cyrus C. Adams.

Crowell, Norman H.Sportsman’s primer. $1.25. Outing pub. co.

7–22732.

Both sportsmen and scoffers will enjoy the humor of these satirical chapters upon football, hunting ducks, automobiling, frog catching, base ball, tennis, wrestling, angling, golf, dog training, moose hunting, bear hunting, snipe shooting, whaling and other sports.

Crozier, John B.Wheel of wealth, being a reconstruction of the science and art of political economy on the lines of modern evolution. $4.50. Longmans.

6–46262.

A three-part work on economics illuminated by the thought “that the symbol of a revolving wheel is the natural symbol of the reproduction of wealth, and that the laws of the increase and decrease of wealth, as well as the immediate deduction therefrom, must be identical with, and so be transferable from the mathematics of a mechanical wheel of wealth and the science of political economy.” Part 1, treats of “Reconstruction;” Part 2, “Free trade and protection;” Part 3, surveys the “Critical and historical” aspects of the subjects, passing under review the English and foreign schools.

“So thoroughly is political economy ‘reconstructed’ in this modest volume, that we fail to recognize the battered, though regenerated, science. The book is as disproportioned as a monster. Vital economic problems are completely disregarded, other questions are treated at excessive length.”

“Dr. Crozier possesses a bright and generally intelligible, though perhaps occasionally rather roystering style, great learning and great industry. It is not a book to be hastily passed by, and should be studied carefully by those who disagree with it.”

“Eliminate the wheel; moderate the oratorical rush of the writer; reduce the book to a half of its length by omitting many explanations which really obscure, and metaphors which are none the less superfluous because ingenious; substitute occasionally a short mathematical formula for an eloquent paragraph and this book would take a high place in modern economical literature.”

“In a work which reconstructs an entire science in a single stroke, it is an ungrateful task to call attention to such minor defects as errors of fact and inference; and in a single number of the ‘Nation’ it would be impossible to chronicle more than a small part of Mr. Crozier’s mistakes. It is only fair to say that the ‘Wheel of wealth,’ like the author’s preceding works, is entertainingly written, and is an interesting, if not successful, addition to the books that have undertaken to reform the unregenerate science of political economy.”

“Dr. Crozier’s own reconstruction, we confess, we have some difficulty in appreciating.”

Cruickshank, J. W., and Cruickshank, A. M.Christian Rome. (Grant Allen’s historical guides.) **$1.25. Wessels.

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