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“The various arts and sciences ... are treated in this dictionary. Much space is devoted to chemistry, a fair amount to mechanical and electrical engineering, and relatively little to civil engineering. Music and heraldry are among the main topics.... Among the other leading subjects included are architecture, assaying, astronomy, economic botany and zoology, building trades, geology, glass and leather manufacture, hygiene, metallurgy, mineralogy, motor cars, oil and paint manufacture, photography, textiles and watch making”—Engin. N.
“A thoroughly British point of view. The physical make-up of the book is generally satisfactory, its poorest feature being a portion of the illustrations, some of the line diagrams and woodcuts being badly blurred.”
Goodell, Charles L.Old Darnman; il. by Charles Grunwald. (Hour-glass ser.) **40c. Funk.
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The “Darnman” is a pathetic figure whose mental disorder resulted from the death of his affianced bride upon their wedding day. Clad in his wedding garments, for two generations he went the rounds of the farmers’ homes, accepted one-meal hospitality, and invariablyasked for needle and yarn to mend his threadbare clothes. This little story has grown out of the traditional bits gathered from different sources.
“A charming but very sad little story, which is of value, however, as recording in permanent form the history of one who was a familiar figure to many New Englanders of an earlier generation.” Amy C. Rich.
“The story is told with pathos and delicacy.”
“It is one of those little stories which, for the few minutes necessary to read it, take one out of the humdrum of everyday existence, and so is worth while.”
Goodell, Charles Lee.Pastoral and personal evangelism. **$1. Revell.
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Really a dissertation upon the sort of evangelism that in two years raised the membership of the Calvary Methodist church in New York from fourteen hundred to twenty-four hundred, “a record of fact and conviction wrought out in the thick of the fight.” Dr. Goodell says that “evangelism is the aggressive propaganda of the Christian life.”
“Inspirational, practical, methodical, this is a helpful book for the development of latent Christian power.”
Goodrich, Arthur Frederick.Balance of power. $1.50. Outing pub.
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Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The banality of the closing chapter is an unfortunate sequel to an otherwise excellent love story.”
“All that was required to make it a strong story, instead of a story of a strong man, was the service of an editor capable of eliminating superfluous verbiage, dovetailing incidents and interlacing the threads in such a manner that the narrative might have run along, if not altogether smoothly, at least without a surfeit of interruption.” George Harvey.
Gordon, Armistead C.Ivory gate. $1.25. Neale.
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Twenty-five slender poems written long ago and still singing sweetly of love as a young man dreams of it, but to several is added a final verse dispelling the illusion by the light of an old bachelor’s experience.
Gordon, Mrs. Elizabeth Oke.Saint George, champion of Christendom and patron saint of England. *$5. Dutton.
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The book consists of four parts. Besides a biographical sketch of the martyr, there are chapters on the Commemoration of St. George in church liturgies and national institutions, on Celebrated knights of St. George, and on St. George in art.
“As a whole the book has little historical worth. The author does not appear to discriminate in the least between legend, poetry, chronicle, and sealed documents for their value as sources. This quality or indifference to modern historical criticism seems to us a far more serious fault in the book than the occasional actual misstatements of the author.” D. S. Muzzey.
“Her book, on the whole, is a disappointment, owing to its omissions and its general lack of thoroughness.”
“Those who wish to read a sober and discreet attempt to unravel the actual history of the three heroes that bore the name of George—the Arian archbishop, the tribune, and the martyr—will prefer to consult Miss F. Arnold-Forster’s ‘Studies in church dedications;’ or, ‘England’s patron saints,’ ii. 464–74.” G.
“When one considers how much good literature can be bought nowadays for five dollars it would be impossible to praise this book with any heartiness even if it reached a higher level of style and scholarship than it does.”
Gordon, George Angier.Through man to God. **$1.50. Houghton.
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Dr. Gordon’s doctrine preached in these sermons is that the heart and soul of Christianity should be interpreted, not thru nature, but thru nature’s highest concept, man, to the Creator of man.
“One of the discourses ‘Belief and fear,’ though true and strong in its main thought, is greatly marred by an extraordinary misuse of the text, ‘The devils also believe and tremble.’” Theodore G. Soares.
Reviewed by George Hodges.
“In seriousness of purpose, in professional self-respect, in dignity of undertaking, Dr. Gordon has not violated the canons of the worthy order to which he belongs.”
“For all these reasons—for their philosophic grasp, their modern view, their poetic vision, their vigorous faith, and their sane and tender feeling—we commend this volume of sermons both to the thoughtful reader and to the homiletical student.”
Gordon, Samuel.Ferry of fate: a tale of Russian Jewry. †$1.50. Duffield.
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Two young Jews, after struggling for two years against poverty and opposition in the Odessa University, come under the ban of expulsion. One is reinstated because he finds favor with the prefect, who lures him into an assistant secretaryship, demanding that origin and religion be forgotten. The other goes back to his little town and with his people takes up the cudgel against the government. The story follows the mental agony of the traitor Jew and the retribution which human justice fixes for his portion.
“If there is a failure in the book, it is in the portrait of Nyman the ferryman, who alone among Mr. Gordon’s personages suggests the melodramatic Russian Nihilist of the detective novel. ‘The ferry of fate’ deserves to be read carefully. The author has aimed high, and most of his readers will agree that he has hit the mark.”
“Shows the hand of the promising apprentice.”
Gordon, William Clark.Social ideals of Alfred Tennyson as related to his time. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
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“To a refined appreciation of beautiful literature the author unites considerable knowledge of modern sociology.”
“The book, which we would gladly examine in more detail, is well worth study. One criticism we must make. Why does Mr. Gordon put the ‘Wesleyan revival’ as one of the five causes which wrought a great social change in Tennyson’s time?”
Gorky, Maxim.Mother; il. by Sigmund de Ivanowski. †$1.50. Appleton.
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After the death of a brutal husband a mother turns to her son and in winning him back to virtue frees herself from the “dazed, cowed” state into which she had been beaten. “Led into dangerous, forbidden ways, coming into a knowledge of the risks they run who think for themselves in Russia, she goes on with a courage and love absolutely sublime.” (Outlook.)
“Depicts present-day life in Russia without exaggeration or morbidness.”
“As a document, it will have value for all students of socialism.”
“Like all Gorky’s work it is sternly realistic, free from the tricks of the romanticists, without elaborated plot, just a piece of the web of life, as plain and patternless as when it left the loom of the fates.”
“His book is a sort of rude epic of Russian poverty and oppression, from which nothing is omitted.”
“Hardly elsewhere has socialism spoken with a voice at once so deep and so gentle.”
“A powerful story, which may be too sentimental and overwrought, but deserves serious attention.”
“This book peculiarly merits its sacred title.”
“This is a great and serious book; it has exquisite description and idealization of nature, and yet it has the flaw which Maxim Gorki has himself pointed out in all his works; it does not give us joy.” Louise Collier Willcox.
“Gorky has lost none of his grim power.”
“The book is not pleasant reading but it is as much better than his previous work as growth is better than decay.”
“Since, however, Russia, and, for that matter, Slav letters generally, are so little known,—even if frequently talked about,—in the United States, we would particularly commend this excellent translation of Gorky’s latest book.”
Goron, Marie Francois.Truth about the case: the experiences of M. F. Goron, ex-chief of the Paris detective police; ed. by Albert Keyzer; il. by A. G. Dove. †$1.50. Lippincott.
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Thirteen detective stories based upon the personal experiences of the ex-chief of the Paris detective police. Among them are stories of crimes of murder, of blackmail, and robbery. Many interesting characters ranging from the indiscreet society woman to the habitual criminal are introduced as in tale after tale, mystifying and complicated plots are untangled by the master mind of the old detective.
“If in these stories the clue is not so obscure nor the crime so intricate as in the best detective romances, there is mystery enough to make the account of its solution thoroughly entertaining, and what they may lose in melodramatic excitement they gain in apparent reality.”
Gorst, Sir John E.Children of the nation. *$2.50. Dutton.
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A book whose object is to bring home to the people of Great Britain a sense of the danger of neglecting the physical condition of the nation’s children. Some of the chapters deal with infant mortality, children under school age, underfed children, overworked children, children’s ailments, physical training, hereditary disease, and the home.
“The book under review is serviceable because of its analysis of the conditions involved in child health rather than for the remedies proposed for physical defects.” W: H. Allen.
“The book is written with a glow of enthusiasm and conviction which makes it very delightful reading and even those who would not agree with many of his conclusions and recommendations, could hardly fail to peruse it with interest and appreciation.” Millicent Mackenzie.
“Sir John Gorst’s book is a great deal better than most of its class. It is less sentimental and is written with some restraint, though with point and vigour, and it lays out the subject in a fairly comprehensive and orderly way; but it belongs to the class and exhibits, in some degree, the usual defects. Nothing is adequately discussed; the facts given are scrappy, selected, and not always accurate; over-statement is common; too much weight is attached to mere opinions; some important questions are omitted, and in regard to others the writer’s knowledge is seriously defective.”
“A wholesome common sense characterizes the author’s counsels and suggestions.”
*Gorst, Nina Kennedy.Light. $1.50. Dodge. B. W.
Misery and temptation are depicted in this story, the central figure of which is a servant girl who has a child out of wedlock. She is buffeted about from place to place in the underworld, and, finally, after repeated struggle, the light comes thru the lispings of her child.
“Mrs. Gorst is not successful in her treatment of such menfolk as appear in her pages, but her landladies, laundry-girls, and cottagers deserve praise as individual and truly excellent portraits.”
“Mrs. Gorst’s new story is not an advance on ‘This our sister!’ The sense of form and proportion is even less conspicuous, and a certain crude and rather brutal outlook, suggestive of force, is absent. Instead we find more diffuseness, and a fainter show of purpose and individual vision.”
“We could have well spared some incidents; and the most sordid, which is also the most superfluous, is nearest to melodrama of the lower order.”
Goss, William F. M.locomotive performance. $5. Wiley.
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“This valuable work by Dr. Goss covers the very important field of locomotive steam engineeringfrom a standpoint that prior to the development of the engineering laboratory at Purdue university was never possible. Dr. Goss has combined in this volume the most important results obtained from the Purdue tests, records of which have from time to time been separately published, together with other material never before published, thereby making a ‘permanent and accessible record of the work of the laboratory.’”—Engin. N.
“This work of Dr. Goss will rank at the head of the scientific and technical standards of reference in locomotive engineering. It presents information on important points obtained with great care and accuracy and under conditions never before made possible until the establishing of the Purdue testing plant and engineering laboratories.” Arthur M. Waitt.
*Gosse, Edmund William.Father and son: biographical recollections. **$1.50. Scribner.
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The “struggle between two temperaments” forms the subject-matter of this volume relating to Edmund Gosse and his father. The offspring of parents married late in life, the boy grows up in an atmosphere heavily charged with extreme English Puritanism. “When the child’s ‘temperament’ began to develop, it displayed itself as a passionate attachment to the romantic in art and poetry; and there were infinite possibilities of discord between a father who, though he enjoyed declaiming the sonorous lines of Virgil and Milton, prided himself on never having read a page of Shakespeare, and a son who saved up his pocket money to buy the poems of Coleridge and Keats, and, on one occasion, Christopher Marlowe.” (Lond. Times.)
“Beyond doubt, the charm of the book lies in the opening chapters, which describe the child’s sombre life in London, without playmates or companions, the sights he saw through the window; and the experiments he conducted alike in true religion and in idolatry, not, perhaps, much unlike those of other children, but told with all the skill of an accomplished man of letters.”
“The whole book is as human in spirit as it is scientific in method.”
“Offers to the curious an absorbing study of temperament.”
Gosse, Edmund William.Modern English literature: a short history. **$2.50. Stokes.
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In revising and enlarging this volume for the fifth edition, eight photogravures and sixty-four half tone portraits have been included. “Goethe said ... that the portrait of a man of letters was his best monument. If that be true, or even partly true, we cannot but hope that this illustrated edition ... may be found to possess some of the qualities of a literary Valhalla.” (Author in preface.)
“Has real value both for the student and general reader. The literary style, criticism, and method of treatment are satisfying.”
Gould, Francis Carruthers.Political caricatures. $2. Longmans.
A fourth annual collection of the political caricatures of Sir Francis Gould “which are fully up to the former series of F. C. G.”
“He has a knack of doing disagreeable things, when he thinks fit to do them, in a manner which excludes resentment.”
“We may not catch all the fun of Gould’s pictures on this side of the Atlantic, but they would certainly serve admirably as an introduction to the study of contemporary British politics.”
“Keen, vigorous, good-humored, with the rarest possible exceptions, he is all that a political caricaturist should be.”
Gould, George Milbry.Biographic clinics: essays concerning the influence of visual function, pathologic and physiologic upon the health of patients. 4v. ea. *$1. Blakiston.
v. 1.The origin of the ill-health of De Quincey, Carlyle, Darwin, Huxley and Browning.
v. 2.The origin of the ill-health of Wagner, Parkman, Mrs. Carlyle, Spencer, Whittier, Ossoli, Nietzsche and George Eliot.
v. 3.Essays concerning the influence of visual function, pathologic and physiologic, upon the health of patients.
v. 4.Morbid symptoms due to eye strain as illustrated by Balzac, Tchaikovsky, Flaubert, Lafcadio Hearn and Berlioz.
“The temper of the man commends itself.”
“The author’s attitude toward his critics, his resentment of the very general doubt of the conclusions of his earlier volumes on these subjects, and a certain harshness in presenting his material will much delay the conversion of those professional brethren, and there are very many of them, who find his theories rather too finely drawn to be acceptable.”
“It would do much to gain acceptance for the general doctrine of the writer were it but presented with more discretion and less acrimoniousness, and, we may add, much more briefly.”
“Dr. Gould is a good writer, a man of large learning, and his sincerity is not to be questioned.”
Gould, Rev. Sabine Baring-.Book of the Pyrenees. **$1.50. Dutton.
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A timely book in which Mr. Gould not only reviews the history of the past but with “personal knowledge takes us through ports and cirques to the bare plateaus, the broken forest land and the Alpine pastures, patrolled by the shepherds with their powerful dogs, the haunts of the bear, the wolf and the izard.” (Sat. R.)
“Like its predecessors, the new work contains a great deal of information, and is easily—almost too easily—written.”
“Essentially a guide-book, but one that is readable as well as practically helpful.”
“The illustrations, all in black and white, are very numerous, and are noteworthy for the softness and mellowness of the tones.”
“If one must find a fault at all hazards, it will certainly be with the map, which is a mere sketch, noting not the tenth of the places touched upon, and therefore wholly inadequate for reference.”
“It will not be Mr. Baring-Gould’s fault if an exquisite mountain region is not better known and appreciated.”
Gouley, John W. S.Dining and its amenities, by a lover of good cheer. *$2.50. Rebman co.
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“Here are tales of how men have eaten in all ages. The savages reveling in long pig, Lucullus and his Roman friends dallying over nightingales’ tongues. Here are the moving histories of the beginnings and glorious consummations of the wines and liquors which to-day make glad our hearts and light our steps. Here are anecdotes, here are the maxims of that prince of the table, Brillat-Savarin, in their original French, with the translations appended. We are given the evolution of the table utensils as well as the food because of which they exist, and the glass and porcelain come in for a share of encomiums as well as the soup or the entrée.”—N. Y. Times.
“Can therefore scarcely fail of attracting us to open its covers, and once open we find a lot to keep us turning the pages. The book is somewhat overloaded with words of Latin derivation.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
Graham, Harry.Familiar faces.il. $1. Duffield.
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Some of the familiar faces which Captain Graham describes in rime are those of the baritone, the dentist, the man who knows, the waiter, the policeman, the music hall comedian, the faddist, and the gilded youth. Mr. Hall has assisted in the impressionism by introducing a series of very suggestive pen and ink sketches.
Graham, Henry Grey.Social life of Scotland in the eighteenth century. $2.50. Macmillan.
A new edition, which gives in a cheaper and more compact form than ever before, Mr. Graham’s exhaustive treatise upon the evolution which took place in the religion, education, agriculture, science, and art of eighteenth century Scotland.
“Mr. Graham knows the minutiae of Scottish social life, and with anecdotes full of the peculiar national humor and notes that should not be skipped, shows us the people of thrift, faith, struggle and romance more fully than we have ever yet seen them.”
“One of the historical books for which there is a steady demand.”
“Always Mr. Graham is informing and always he is entertaining, his pages being lightened with a wealth of gossipy but illuminating allusion and anecdote, and his style faithfully mirroring the changing aspects of his theme.”
Grant, Mrs. Colquhoun.Queen and cardinal: a memoir of Anne of Austria, and of her relation with Cardinal Mazarin. *$3.50. Dutton.