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7–14586.

A story of a little more than a hundred pages which tells of the bravery of a southern woman who at her husband’s death finds herself penniless, and takes her five children to California hoping that in a new country away from surroundings that would remind her of her former abundance she may fight her financial battle and win.

Elliott, Emilia.Joan of Juniper inn. †$1.50. Jacobs.

7–27610.

A cheerful, wholesome story peopled with true-to-life boys and girls who have real experiences and who are bubbling over with innocent fun.

Ellis, Edward Sylvester.Deerfoot in the forest. †$1. Winston.

5–28020.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

“This series of adventures ... will convince his admirers that his vitality is undiminished.”

Ellis, Edward Sylvester.Hunt of the white elephant. †$1. Winston.

6–26188.

A sequel to “River and jungle,” in which the hero of the latter sets out with a native guide to capture a white elephant. Before the quest is successfully terminated thrilling adventure is furnished by an exciting tiger hunt, an encounter with a wild buffalo, and interference from thieving natives. From the first page to the last it is full of exciting situations.

“Is one of Ellis’ very best tales, being written in a spirited manner and replete with exciting adventures so dear to the vivid and hungry imagination of the child.”

Ellis, Edward Sylvester.Lost in the forbidden land. †$1. Winston.

6–26192.

One of three volumes in the “Foreign adventure series.” It is a thrilling account of the dangers that two Americans encountered while attempting to trace the Pilcomayo river in South America to the Paraguay. Even Yankee ingenuity fails at times when set to baffle so formidable an enemy as the Tobas Indians.

Reviewed by Robert E. Bisbee.

*Ellis, Edward Sylvester.Queen of the clouds. †$1. Winston.

7–23712.

The last in the three-volume “Paddle your own canoe” series. There is in this story plenty to whet the appetite of an adventure-loving lad—mystery, a brave sailor boy as hero, a shipwreck, the discovery of pirates’ gold, treachery, a search extending to India, wild beasts of the jungle, the Sepoy rebellion, the escape and return.

Ellis, Edward Sylvester.River and jungle. †$1. Winston.

6–26479.

Indo-China is the scene of Dudley Mason’s experiences which befall him on his way thru the jungle to his father, a missionary in the interior of Siam. Tigers, crocodiles, snakes, wild Indians and elephants make the way one of perils and hair-breadth escapes.

Ellis, Edward Sylvester (Seward D. Lisle, pseud.).Seth Jones of New Hampshire. †$1.25. Dillingham.

7–6405.

A reprint of a dime-novel published nearly 50 years ago, which supports the claim made by the author in his introduction that dime novel literature not only was not immoral but was good reading for the young. Seth Jones is a border hero and his story is one of scalpings and bloodshed, of rescued maidens and daring escapades.

“It is such a story as the most fastidious of telegraph boys would not hesitate to put hisimprimaturupon.”

“We cheerfully testify that it is innocuous, simple, free from moral taint, as little sensational as is humanly possible for a book with Indians, a kidnapped maiden, and a hunter with a coonskin cap to be. Is a very mild case of Fenimore Cooper and water.”

Ellis, Edward Sylvester, and Chipman, William Pendleton.Cruise of the Firefly, †75c. Winston.

6–21383.

An adventurous tale in which a boat race between the clubs of two rival institutions secures for the winners a two months’ camping trip north from the Maine coast. The exciting experiences of the race in which plots are foiled, and the later cruise fairly bristling with thrilling experiences, furnish rare entertainment for a wide-awake boy.

Ellis, Edwin J.Real Blake. **$3.50. McClure.

“Mr. Ellis gives us an immense amount of information, heaped in bewildering fashion, and ticketed with labels and comments which can hardly fail to increase that bewilderment.” (Ath.) “Readers will naturally want to know what new material Mr. Ellis presents them with, not already in Gilchrist. He prints in full for the first time ‘The island in the moon,’ Blake’s squib upon the literary folk he met at the Mathews’s house.... All Blake’s comments on Lavater are given, instead of the selection printed by Gilchrist. But of course the main difference between the two lives is Mr. Ellis’s insistence on the mystical side of Blake.”—Acad.

“There is a great deal that is interesting and valuable in Mr. Ellis’s book: but it is not well composed, the writing is slovenly, and it has other serious faults which will assuredly prevent it from superseding Gilchrist, in spite of a much completer understanding of Blake’s mind and ideas.”

“It is written to do honour to Blake and to explain him, but it requires both correction and explanation before it can do either.”

“If Mr. Symons writes from the point of view of ultra-romanticism, Mr. Ellis speaks from the region of spirit-rapping and table-turning. He has produced a book that is almost a model of what a biography ought not to be.”

“Mr. Ellis worships Blake, and he seems to have attracted to himself several of his idol’s less amiable qualities, his arrogance, his carelessness in writing and his intolerance; these characteristics are obvious, not only in the preface, but more or less throughout the book.”

Ellis, George.Modern practical carpentry for the use of workmen, builders, architects, and engineers. *$5. Industrial.

“A practical discussion of the methods and practices connected with the heavier kinds of carpentry work. It treats of the subject as seen in England, where wood work is used to a much greater extent than in this country. However, the discussions on shoring, scaffolding, tunnel and bridge centering and coffer dams are of universal interest.”—Engin. N.

Ellis, George William, and Morris, John Emery.King Philip’s war; based on the archives and records of Massachusetts, Plymouth, Rhode Island and Connecticut, and contemporary letters and accounts with biographical and topographical notes. **$2. Grafton press.

6–43914.

To this account of King Philip’s war “Mr. Ellis has contributed the narrative with the references, and Mr. Morris has supplied the biographical foot-notes, the local descriptions, and the illustrations.” (Am. Hist. R.)

“A history of King Philip’s war, which should be both readable and trustworthy, has long been desired by students of early New England. The volume under review meets these requirements, being based upon careful research and written in clear narrative style.The volume is singularly free from errors or misquotations from authorities.” Clarence S. Brigham.

“A scholarly history of the last struggle of an expiring race, rather than a successful study of an important episode in the conquest of the continent.” Carl Russell Fish.

“The genealogical interest of Mr. Morris has resulted in a collection of biographical details that must make the book valuable to all tracers of New England ancestry. Indeed, one criticism of the book as a book lies in its multiplicity of names and explanatory notes.”

Elton, Oliver.Frederick York Powell: a life and selection from his letters and occasional writings. 2v. *$6.75. Oxford.

7–18309.

Two interesting volumes upon a man of large personality and profound knowledge, who for years, as tutor and professor, exercised great influence over the young men of Oxford and London. The first volume is devoted to memoirs and letters, and the second to writings.

“Mr. Elton has failed partly because failure was inevitable, partly because of a certain lack of sympathy with his subject; but he has one quality which is also his main defect—a fine impartiality.”

“The many-sidedness of the man has been well brought out; the attractive nature of his personality is excellently displayed; the facts of his career are correctly noted; his fugitive work has been tastefully brought together; and all the friends of York Powell—and he had a genius for friendship—will be grateful to Mr. Elton for placing this memorial of their departed friend in their hands.” H. Morse Stephens.

“An appreciation which is rich on every page with a just and sympathetic understanding of the man’s nature.”

“The book brings out with fine judgment and skill Powell’s love for literature, folklore and art, but is less successful in showing that history was his special province.”

“Mr. Elton’s book would have been much improved by the compression necessary to bring it into a narrower compass.”

“The present memoir is clever and interesting, but somewhat too diffuse. A valuable, vivid record of a life which deserves to be held in memory and honor.”

“The book is a master tonic.”

“The life of York Powell was bound to be written, and it could scarcely have fallen into better hands.”

Emanuel, Walter.Dogs of war. †$1.25. Scribner.

7–15118.

One thoroughbred and a number of mongrels constitute a group pledged to “attack at sight all thoroughbreds who give themselves airs or offer insult to plebeian canines.” “Ears,” the aristocratic spaniel tells the story, which is accompanied by Mr. Cecil Aldin’s humorous drawings.

“The episodes enshrined in these pages bear and repay intimate study.”

“His greatest failing as a raconteur is his lack of humor.”

“The collaboration is quite perfect, and it is always impossible to consider the story apart from the pictures. Possibly the drawings are a bit cleverer than the text, although there is much amusing matter in the dog biography.”

Emerald and Ermine: a tale of the Argoät by the author of “The martyrdom of an empress.” *$1.50 Harper.

7–33591.

About the slim figure of a young widowed duchess of an old estate in Brittany, the author has woven a strong and dramatic plot using as a background the sturdy peasant life of the Argoät. The estate, in the event of the remarriage of the duchess, reverts to her husband’s degenerate cousin, and he to gain it, conspires to trap her into matrimony. His villainy succeeds, but she finds true love and happiness and he receives the coveted revenues only to find them poor comfort and devoid of joy.

“A tale steeped in the color and fragrance of woodland Brittany, characterized by a mysterious plot and rare charm of atmosphere.”

Emerson, Edward Waldo.Life and letters of Charles Russell Lowell, captain Sixth United States cavalry, colonel Second Massachusetts cavalry, brigadier-general, United States volunteers. **$2. Houghton.

7–15315.

“This volume consists of a brief but adequate biography of the young soldier; of judicious selections from his correspondence, and of very full, discriminating notes upon both the life and the letters.”—N. Y. Times.

“While Mr. Emerson’s intense admiration for his hero is very plain he writes always with restraint, good taste, and the best judgment.” J. K. Hosmer.

“Doubly excellent in its admiration and its restraint.” Henry Dwight Sedgwick.

“Abundant notes supplement both the lifestudy and the letters; to these notes are confided many of the most intimate revelations of the young soldier’s personality. The student of American history and literature may well be grateful for this record, so directly and fully told, of a life which is as inspiring in memory as it was in companionship.” Annie Russell Marble.

“There can be no doubt that Mr. Emerson has created a distinct impression of General Lowell’s superb endowment of character, justifying that attitude of reverend adoration he inspired in his own immediate circle.”

“The letters are especially valuable for their portrayal of a beautiful and dignified character, and they also give many suggestive sketches of prominent statesmen and soldiers.”

“An admirably typical American life, worthily told in the narrative, not less worthily when the letters of its subject are left to tell the story.” Montgomery Schuyler.

Engineering index annual for 1906; comp. by J. B. Johnson. *$2. Eng. Mag.

An inclusive guide to engineering literature which does away with the alphabetical arrangement of its former volumes. “In the present annual volume all items have been grouped according to eight grand divisions: Civil engineering; Electrical engineering; Industrial economy; Marine and naval engineering; Mechanicalengineering; Mining and metallurgy; Railway engineering; and Street and electric railways. Each of these is subdivided into a number of heads.” (Engin. N.)

English music. *$1.25. Scribner.

6–38907.

These seventeen lectures were delivered by well-known artists and musical writers at the time of the tercentenary of the existence of the “Worshipful company of musicians” during June, 1904. They illustrate the historical significance of the ancient instruments and books then on exhibition. “The lectures are brief and attractive essays; several are more than a résumé of what the historians have written, and offer some interesting points more or less novel.” (N. Y. Times.)

“We close the book with but one regret; that it possessed so kindly and lenient an editor as Mr. Crowest seems to have been. A little more severity might have turned out a work better fitted to bear the hardships of an unsympathetic world.”

Reviewed by Josiah Renick Smith.

“An exceptionally valuable contribution to musical literature.”

“They are necessarily rather disjointed as musical history, but are likely to fulfill a good purpose in clearing up ideas, generally vague, which many people hold concerning ancient instruments and some of the ancient music and its composers.” Richard Aldrich.

Erskine, John.Actæon, and other poems. **$1.25. Lane.

6–46756.

A book of verses, songs and sonnets which show a lyric gift and true poetic feeling.

“A series of poetical exercises, wholly derivative in merit, and of slight significance.” Wm. M. Payne.

“His work is more notable for form than for substance; the most vital note in it is its fine sense of the apostolic tradition in poetry, its sentiment of poetic scholarship.”

“Mr. Erskine has written much that is good since ‘Actaeon,’ but he seems for the most part to have fallen upon a more personal and minor strain.” William Aspenwall Bradley.

Escott, Thomas H. S.Society in the country house, *$4. Jacobs.

“In sixteen lengthy chapters Mr. Escott conducts his readers to as many groups of country houses, tracing the rise of each great family, characterizing its most interesting representatives and most famous visitors, drawing upon a store of racy anecdote and curious legend, and fully substantiating his claim that the country house has associations with the spiritual, literary, and social movements of the nation, which are even stronger than those more picturesque and popularly recognized bonds which unite it with the chase, the turf, and the stage.”—Dial.

“We prefer to take the book as a cheerful jumble of interesting side-lights on people and events, the value of which consists in its mirroring the passing phases of thought in the fashion and speech of the time. It is left to the reader to supply his own perspective, and to select the grain from the inevitable chaff of anecdote and genealogy.”

“We hope that Mr. Escott’s future volumes of pleasant reminiscences may have the advantage of a ‘checker’ who will do the drudgery and the index, and leave the writer free to please us without calling down the cantankerous critic.”

“Mr. Escott pursues his subject with a leisurely thoroughness that is characteristically British, but his style is crisp and nervous enough to hold the reader’s interest.”

“It is so cumbersome as to make us long once again for the old days of two and three volumes. A book of gossip that cannot be held in the hands as one leans back in a chair is a publisher’s mistake. Wherever the book is opened some eminent name meets the eye, with an anecdote attached to it; and what more can be said?”

Espy, Ella Gray.What will the answer be? $1.50. Neale.

7–20705.

The question concerns the future of Jo, the child of the orphanage who has felt the influence of Miss Jane, who gave her life to charity and who has also lived in an adopted home and seen something of love and its possibilities. The reader is left to draw his own conclusions as to Jo’s decision for public service or matrimony.

Evans, Edward Payson.Criminal prosecution and capital punishment of animals.*$2.50. Dutton.

7–28640.

A study of the curious methods of mediaeval and modern penology relating to the prosecution and punishment of animals.

“The author has succeeded in making an extremely readable and in a sense a learned volume, one which is a welcome addition to the curiosities of literature.”

Evans, Edwin.Tchaikovsky. (Master musicians.) $1.25. Dutton.

7–10577.

The part of this work is devoted to the composer as a man is based upon the biography of the Tchaikovsky published with his letters by his brother Modest. The greater portion of the study is devoted to a critical survey of the musician and his works including an estimate of the relative values of his operas. “A valuable feature of Mr. Evans’s book is a chronological table of Tchaikovsky’s compositions.” (Nation.)

“Of the man and his work the book presents a useful summary treatment, though it rarely rises to a very high order of criticism.” Richard Aldrich.

Evelyn, John.Diary of John Evelyn; ed. with notes by Austin Dobson. 3v. *$8. Macmillan.

The bicentenary of John Evelyn’s death has served to produce some good reprints of his diary. This one edited by Mr. Dobson contains an informing biographical introduction and helpful notes. “Its long chronicle extends over an unbroken period of more than sixty years, dating from the stormy days which preceded the Commonwealth to the early time of Queen Anne. During all this age—‘an age,’ as his epitaph puts it, ‘of extraordinary events and revolutions’—Evelyn was quietly, briefly, methodically noting what seemed to him worthy of remembrance. His desire for knowledge was insatiable, his sympathies wide, and his tastes catholic.”

“Such a book as his ‘Diary,’ then, cannot be too often reprinted, nor do we know a better edition than this, skilfully edited by Mr. Austin Dobson.”

“The reader of the ‘Diary’ is supplied with an ample commentary as he goes along, which will be of infinite service in elucidation of biographical and historical points. Indeed, we cannot imagine the work better done.”

“But what gives Mr. Dobson’s edition its importance is less its text than its ‘editorial equipment.’” H. W. Boynton.

“Among various editions of Evelyn none surpasses in convenience, editorial thoroughness, and beauty of form this edition, in three volumes, presented with a combination of simplicity and elegance that mark only the best book-making.”

“A fine edition ... for which we cannot thank Mr. Dobson too much.”

“The introduction which he has prefixed to this edition of the Diary, is an admirable summary of Evelyn’s life, and supplies as careful an appreciation of the diarist’s character and work as could be desired.”

Ewald, Carl.Spider and other tales; tr. from the Danish by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. †$1. Scribner.

7–15116.

“Pleasant, readable little stories about animals and plants, in which insects and flowers and birds, and even clouds and dewdrops are made to talk as if they were human beings.”—N. Y. Times.

“This little book of fables deserves to be added to the permanent library of childhood.”

“He has a simple, naive style, which makes his work very suitable for supplementary reading on nature subjects for young children, while older people can read his stories with pleasure because of the purity and perfection of his literary method.”

Ewell, Alice Maude.Long time ago; in Virginia and Maryland with a glimpse of old England. il. $1.50. Neale.

7–26957.

Nine good stories of revolutionary and colonial times told by a lady and dame of long ago.

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