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A book for children which in story form tells of uncouth men who lived in caves and on floating islands in the days before history.
“We congratulate the author on a singularly attractive little book, the very thing for imaginative boys.”
“The writer has a good subject, although his handling of it is not of the best.”
Hall, Prescott F.Immigration and its effects upon the United States. **$1.50. Holt.
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Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“I cannot find that Mr. Hall has inaccurately or carelessly stated or omitted any of the essential facts, though he has not failed to indicate the conclusions he draws from them. Only a few minor errors can be noted, and they proceed from the mistakes of others upon nonessential points, or from the imperfections of government statistics, whose weaknesses Mr. Hall points out. Altogether the book stands out as the most important contribution that has been made to the study of this most important American problem.” John R. Commons.
“The treatise is detailed and exhaustive in summing up the experience of the United States in solving its hydra-headed immigration problem.”
“A book quite indispensable to serious students of the problem of immigration.” Montgomery Schuyler.
Hallock, William, and Wade, Herbert T.Outlines of the evolution of weights and measures, and the metric system. *$2.25. Macmillan.
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“The book contains a clear and well-written account (largely taken from M. Bigourdan’s ‘Le système metrique’) of the foundations of the metric system by the French, who were its real inventors, and of its gradual spread since 1872 over nearly the whole of Europe and America with the single exception of these islands.”—Ath.
“The archaeological part, touching, among other things, on the Babylonian cubit and the Egyptian measures, we cannot commend, for there is no evidence that the authors have any first hand knowledge of the subject, and neither Professor Hommel nor the Rev. W. Shaw-Caldecott, whom they quote, is so great an authority upon it as the authors evidently imagine.”
“The work is an argument for the metric system, but it is not partisan. It is excellently handled and should have general attention; it should certainly be read by every senator and representative at Washington.”
“This is an admirable piece of work, in which the result of much tedious research is presented in a bright and lucid narrative.”
“A noteworthy piece of special pleading.”
“A complete and exhaustive discussion—for the general reader, at least—of the whole subject.”
“This book can well be declared the most complete and most authentic work extant on this important subject.” J. H. Gore.
Halsham, John.Lonewood Corner: a countryman’s horizon. *$1.50. Dutton.
Leisure, an unknown luxury to commercial America, fills this volume. “The author has ample time in which to read Theocritus—not in translation—in the beech tree shade on summer mornings, to sit on a log for long June afternoons and look at the landscape ... to perch on the meadow gate by the hour and watch the mowers and the mowing machine ... to wander far and aimlessly across fields and through woods—and afterward to write exquisite water-colors in words describing all he has seen and thought and felt, and delicate little bas-reliefs of the people with whom he has met and talked.” (N. Y. Times.)
“We heartily commend it to all lovers of the contemplative life. The style is admirable—rich without being ornate.”
“There is much good browsing in the unpretentious pages of this modestly learned and pleasantly chatty writer.”
“It is on the whole better reading than ‘Idlehurst,’ written with more gusto and less pedantry. His pessimism does not dismay us, but rather amuses us as a mood which we like to share in holiday hours.”
“Arrives at a certain charm from its impregnation with the quality—so grateful to some palates—of being unutterably, deeply English.”
“It is the sort of book that demands of the reader a sympathetic mental temperament and given that, the sort of book in which such a reader can find a companion and intimate and an unfailing source of pleasure and content. But to those who have not that temperament its pages will be even as the Greek sentence which forms its motto.”
“We have read his book twice from end to end and we do not feel we have wasted time. Could critic say more?”
“‘Idlehurst’ quickly became a classic; ‘Lonewood Corner,’ its sequel, or second volume, will stand beside it, we fancy, on most shelves where the earlier book has established its footing. If not on all, it is because of a slight suggestion of what is not exactly bitterness, but is rather like it—an added hint of aloofness—that may not be agreeable to the palate of all.”
Hamilton, Angus.Afghanistan. *$5. Scribner.
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“The work required two years to be spent in its preparation and the result is most satisfactory, as the book contains much information under historical, geographical, ethnographical, commercial and political groupings.” Laura Bell.
“It should take a high place as a book of reference. It should be prized not only as that, but for its clear presentation of an inadequately understood subject.” George R. Bishop.
Hamilton, Anthony Count.Memoirs of Count de Gramont; ed. by Allan Fea. *$5. Scribner.
A handsomely illustrated edition of the memoirs of Count de Gramont, “a soldier of fortune, and a boldly unscrupulous gamester and wit in the reign of Louis XIII, and Louis XIV.”
“Mr. Fea also supplies copious footnotes—almost too copious. The half-tones are not always distinct, partly because many of the originals are dimmed with age.”
“The volume would be desirable if only for the sake of these illustrations, but these represent only a small part of the editor’s work.”
*Hamilton, Cosmo.Adam’s clay. †$1.50. Brentano’s.
A diatribe against the thoughtless, heartless, irreverent “woman of the world.”
“In spite of clever delineation of character, plenty of humour, and considerable skill in skating over thin ice, we cannot say that this novel has left a pleasant impression on us.”
Hamilton, Sir Ian Standish Monteith.Staff officer’s scrapbook during the Russo-Japanese war. 2v. ea. *$4.50. Longmans.
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“Powers of Keen observation and the facile pen of a cultured citizen of the world are noticeable on every page, and perhaps the greatest charm of the writer lies in the fact that, while the professional reader cannot fail to profit by his expert criticisms, the layman finds himself led on from episode to episode with ever-increasing interest, it is hardly an exaggeration to say that, full though it be of brilliant and expert professional knowledge and criticism, no work of more enthralling interest could well be placed before a reader.”
“It is even better than its forerunner.”
“A vivid and trustworthy account. General Hamilton’s pictures of the atrocious sides of war are among the most striking features of his admirable book.”
“The peculiar charm of this second instalment ... lies in the extreme humility and taking simplicity of language in which he narrates the stirring scenes of which he was a witness. Most fascinating military work.”
“This really brilliant book deserves a wide public.”
“Gen. Hamilton has a style that draws the reader irresistibly along with him. His comments from the standpoint of a highly competent military authority, greatly enhance the value of his volumes.” George R. Bishop.
“This volume is more reticent, is fuller of really useful information, and is altogether more valuable.”
“Undoubtedly a work of first-rate importance.”
Hamilton, Joseph.Spirit world. **$1.50. Revell.
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The author “thinks that we have not only proof of the existence of a supernatural world, but also knowledge of its inhabitants and governing laws. He bases his views almost entirely upon the accounts given in the Bible of angelic visitations, miraculous events, etc. It is astonishing what an elaborate structure he rears on their foundations. The supernatural world he conceives on the analogy of the natural.... The angelic beings ... have bodies like the human, only more ethereal; senses like the human, only more refined; and are nourished, not by food taken in the mouth, but by elements absorbed from the atmosphere. Fancies like these are multiplied, and curious speculations abound.”—Am. J. Theol.
“One is bound to respect the reverence with which he approaches his subject, and the frank and earnest manner in which he avows his beliefs.” Henry W. Wright.
“Only the need of protesting against it entitles such books to serious notice.”
Hamilton, M.First claim. †$1.50. Doubleday.
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“This is the story of a woman who, having made in extreme youth an uncongenial marriage, is tempted beyond withstanding to skip blithely away with a young subaltern, Charley Osborne, less from love of him than from aversion to her husband.” (Nation.) “It may be a very just punishment for a woman who elopes with another man, leaving a little child behind her, to find that this child is treated with a strictness amounting to cruelty by the woman whom her husband marries after the inevitable divorce. There is, however, no reason why the innocent reader’s feelings should be wrung by such a recital.” (Spec.)
“It is not great creative work, but it is remarkably good of its kind; it is the work of a novelist with an eye for character, a spontaneous sense of humour, and a standard of truth to which every line of the story is adjusted.”
“The ending in a ghastly triumph of falsehood makes an unsatisfying conclusion to a story of struggle not without genuine power.”
“There is no denying that ‘The first claim’ is interesting; but it is an unpleasant tale.”
“The plot which Miss Hamilton has chosen for her book is carried out with great cleverness and detail; but we feel bound to say that the story is one which very few people will be able to take any pleasure in reading.”
Hamilton, Samuel.Recitation. **$1.25. Lippincott.
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“The first part of the book treats of the purpose and essentials of the recitation and the art of study; the second part, of the five formal steps of general method; and the third and last part, of the more specific problems of individual method, the use of text-books, oral and written work, English, etc., in the recitation.”—J. Philos.
“A sensible and practical book.”
“Made accessible by marginal topics and synoptical summaries and outlines.” W. F. Dearborn.
“The presentation is clear and orderly; the subdivision of topics is minute.” J. H. T.
Hammond, Harold.Further fortunes of Pinkey Perkins. †$1.50. Century.
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Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Boy readers can scarcely help being absorbed in his doings.”
Hamp, Sidford F.Boys of Crawford’s Basin: the story of a mountain ranch in the early days of Colorado.†$1.50. Wilde.
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Experiences in ranching, prospecting, and working as a miner in the early seventies has afforded the author a first-hand intimacy with facts and scenes which he records here. He shows how two sturdy young men, prone to honesty and not afraid to work, do their share in advancing the prosperity of the state in its infancy.
Hamp, Sidford Frederick.Dale and Fraser, sheepmen. †$1.50. Wilde.
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Hampson, W.Paradoxes of nature and science. $1.50. Dutton.
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“In this, which may be perhaps regarded as the true type of ‘popular’ science book, Mr. Hampson explains, in language clear to the ordinary man the principle of the boomerang, of the gyroscope, of bird flight, of double vision, and of much else.... ‘Curiosities of freezing and melting,’ and his discourse on ‘Liquid air,’ on which, as a subject he has made his own, he is particularly lucid and informing.”—Ath.
“On one page we find him laying down that electricity is ‘a form of energy.’ This idea, which was popular in the seventies, may be said to have received its quietus at the hands of Prof. Silvanus Thompson. Except for this we have nothing but praise for Mr. Hampson’s book, which is excellent reading, and written with a sense of humour as unexpected as it is pleasant.”
“His explanations are appeals to prejudices as unscientific as those which gave rise to the appearance of the paradox. Even when his arguments are sound they must convey to a reader a wholly untrue idea of scientific method. But they are not always sound.”
“His book is an extremely readable one, and in the article on the navigation of the air it supplies many useful and timely hints.”
Handasyde. For the week-end. †$1.50. Lane.
“The week-end here is the country house gathering of an exalted social circle, animated, it would appear, by the purpose of philandering with each other’s wives and husbands, while prudently keeping on the safe side of the divorce court—a half-hearted method of procedure which has perhaps suggested the author’s curious pseudonym.”—Ath.
“This book is slight, but what there is of it is true, direct, and simple.”
“The style, though marred by grammatical lapses, shows considerable facility both in dialogue and description.”
“The character drawing is excellent, the atmosphere is well preserved, and the details in excellent taste.”
“The writer seems to be a rather inefficient disciple of Mr. E. F. Benson.”
Haney, William H.Mountain people of Kentucky. $1.50. W: H: Haney, P. O. box 431, Lexington, Ky.
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A book whose purpose is to show the existing conditions in the mountains of Kentucky and the attitude of the people of this region toward the improvement of the conditions affecting life and character.
“The style is not always clear and one at times is not quite sure just how much of a given statement is one of fact and how much is what a young and optimistic teacher hopes to see realized. On the whole, however, the author has shown up the modern, progressive side of the mountain people in a very creditable manner.” Samuel MacClintock.
“The work is rather crudely arranged and written.”
“Most interesting sketch.”
Hankin, St. John.Three plays with happy endings. French, S:
The three plays are “The prodigal’s return,” “The charity that began at home” and “The Cassilis engagement.” “They have no plots, present no conflicts of character, and are practically destitute of dramatic action.... Familiar as most of the personages are in the world of the footlights—the rich and vulgar parvenu, the complacent parson, the self-excusing wastrel, the East Indian military bore, the quack, the music hall siren, her mother, and their rich young dupe—they are sketched with such happy dexterity and vivacity that they assume a certain semblance of freshness and reality.” (Nation.)
“Since realism has come to mean something violent, something even indecent, let us call Mr. Hankin a naturalist who is doing for the English stage what Constable did for European landscape. He contrives beauty and interest, decoration even, by keeping the tones and values of drama in their true relation to life. He is a fairy godmother who has saved the rather vulgar coach from being run over by the motor-car of realism.”
“He has a fine, fastidious, deft talent, as any one who reads the three plays in his present volume (and skips the preface) will agree.”
“As a dramatist Mr. Hankin has a good deal to learn, but there ought to be a future for a man who can see the humorous side of things so clearly.”
Hannis, Margaret.Emancipation of Miss Susana. **40c. Funk.
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The story of Susana Adams who relieves the monotony of her spinster life by going to New York and entering upon a fictitious matrimonial venture which finally leads to a real one.
Hanotaux, Gabriel.Contemporary France; tr. by John C. Tarver. 4v. ea. *$3.75. Putnam.
v. 3.France from 1874–1877 occupies this volume. It includes the latter days of the National assembly with its work on the constitution, the first year’s sittings of the Chamber and the Senate, and closes with Marshal MacMahon’s opposition to Gambetta and the Left majority, announced in his letter to M. Jules Simon of May 15th, 1877.
“The translation appears to be fairly executed, but we regret to find that the serious blunders in the French original pointed out in our review are not corrected, even in cases where they concern English facts and names.”
“M. Hanotaux’s third volume is in no way inferior in interest to the first and second. The English translator, who has to attempt no easy task in rendering M. Hanotaux’s picturesque periods and somewhat violent metaphors, improves by practice. But he might do better still if he took more pains.” P. F. Willert.
“It is indeed a historian’s history of the Third French republic.”
“While M. Hanotaux leaves the impress of a painstaking scholar, while he records a statesmanlikejudgment on wellnigh every page, he also leaves a deeper impress—that of a psychologist and of a philosopher.”
“When he philosophises, as he does in chapter v. at length, he is far from convincing, and the tale of later years has not unfortunately revealed to us those qualities of ‘abnegation, conciliation, and persevering optimism’ for which he hopes.”
“It will not be surprising if the general public find the present volume rather less readable than its forerunners.”
Hapgood, Hutchins.Spirit of labor. **$1.50. Duffield.
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The author of “The autobiography of a thief” offers in this volume a first hand study of the life of a Chicago labor leader and trade unionist. After a long search Mr. Hapgood found a German who, both as a type and a person, combined the desired temperament, character and experience for his impressionistic study. Born in Germany, Anton came to America as a child, shifted much of the time for himself, lived thru the various stages of tramp life, rural, sordid conditions, worked off and on at odd jobs, finally married and settled down in Chicago as a wood-worker. His quick intelligence discovered the injustice of organised society on every hand and led him to the basic principles of radicalism with which the book deals.
“It is extremely well done, and particularly admirable is the adroitness with which Mr. Hapgood has extracted from the ‘inexpressive ego’ of semi-illiterate labour such salient facts as are here assembled. The trouble with ‘The spirit of labour’ regarded thoughtfully is, that it has in it very little of the spirit and less of labour.” Florence Wilkinson.
“A faithful and photographic picture of aspects of the urban activity.” Charles Richmond Henderson.
“Tho the book deserves the severest censure for its false coloring, its fatuous confusion of the anomalous with the typical, and its obliviousness of many of the distinctive characteristics of the movement, there are other respects in which it deserves cordial praise.”
“For those who would see the industrial world as the workingman sees it, the book is invaluable.”
“Throws much fresh light upon that radical political movement loosely denominated socialism.”
“It is all extremely interesting, valuable as a human document, and still more valuable as a contribution to the study of laboring men and their conditions. But it will not do to call the man a type.”
Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.
“A highly informative volume, containing, no doubt, large quantities of substantial, solid truth.”
Hapgood, Isabel Florence.Service book of the Holy orthodox-Catholic apostolic (Greco-Russian) church; comp., tr., and arranged from the old church-Slavonic service books of the Russian church and collated with the service books of the Greek church. $4. Houghton.