Chapter 59

6–33621.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The book is eminently practical; and with a minimum of technical phraseology it explains to the student the principal physiological problems in voice training and the best methods of solving them.” Josiah Renick Smith.

“There are few singers in the world who could not profit at some point from a careful study of Mr. Henderson’s recent book.”

“This material is well arranged, and Mr. Henderson’s own views are clearly expressed.”

Henderson, William James.Sea yarns for boys, spun by an old Salt. †60c. Harper.

The old sailor who sat at the end of the pier and looked out over the waves, amused himself and two small sea-eager boys by a series of most remarkable tales. They are all of the couldn’t-possibly-have-happened kind, about a shark that towed a blockade runner, a monkey that was captain of a ship, a merman who dined with the old salt upon a coral reef, a whale, a cannibal king and other strange and equally entrancing things.

“The tales are genuine flights of an imagination that stops at nothing. Moreover, they are adorned with many bits of laughable reflection and wiseacre philosophy of the weatherbeaten brand.”

Hendrick, Burton Jesse.Story of life insurance. **$1.20. McClure.

7–17891.

“Mr. Hendrick begins with the scandals growing out of the ‘surplus,’ traces the notorious career of Henry B. Hyde and the others who contributed to the demoralization of American life insurance, gives a sympathetic account of the reforms secured through the good offices of Elizur Wright, presents a concise history of the ‘tontine,’ and describes the race for business, the speculative management, and the actual corruption disclosed a couple of years ago.”—Nation.

“A clean concise, accurate history of life insurance.”

“Such a work ought to perform a useful service in helping to thwart future schemes for evil on the part of unprincipled insurance managers.”

“In writing a trustworthy popular account of the evils that have attended the insurance business Mr. Hendrick has performed a distinct public service; his volume should reach a wide circle of readers.”

“These articles not only give a good exposition of the somewhat intricate subject of modern life insurance, but contain much historical material not otherwise accessible.”

Hendrick, Frank.Power to regulate corporations and commerce. **$4. Putnam.

6–38328.

The following paragraph from Mr. Hendrick’s preface states the scope of the volume: “This book is an attempt to define the limits within which the governments of the several States and of the United States may secure freedom of trade by control of the persons and things engaged therein, and to indicate the respective powers of the three departments of the Government in the exercise of such control. The relation of the three departments of the Government of the United States to one another and to those of the State governments in the control of inter-State commerce and of corporations is set forth with references to over two thousand cases involving questions of constitutional law.”

“The author’s discussions are, it must be said, not always intelligible.”

“More will be heard of Mr. Hendrick’s proposal of law, for such it must be called rather than an exposition of existing law, despite the trend of recent rulings.” Edward A. Bradford.

“The book will be of value to the lawyer engaged in railway or other forms of corporate law; to the legislator who is asked to deal with this general subject; to the journalist who is called upon to instruct his readers respecting pending legislation; and to officials of great corporations whose sins against the law are sometimes sins of ignorance not of willfulness. But the lay reader will find it not only heavy but intricate reading, and will legitimately desire some one to interpret it to him.”

Henry VIII., King of England.Love letters of Henry VIII. to Anne Boleyn.lea. $1.50. Luce, J: W.

7–430.

“Each letter is dated as exactly as the evidence warrants, and there are a few textual notes. A perusal of the letters shows Henry in the character of a fairly ardent though not passionate lover, with a strong tendency to moralize and to lay emphasis upon the practical rather than the sentimental aspects of his affection.” (Dial.) “The format of the book expresses the period in a most satisfactory way, with its woodcut headbands and initials, and titles and running head in Old-English black letter, and folios in black lettered numerals at the foot of each page.” (Bookm.)

“A very satisfactory trade edition.”

“A curious little book, fraught with interest both as a historical study and a human document.”

Henry, Alfred Judson.Climatology of the United States. $10. Chief of the weather bureau, Washington, D. C.

“After an interesting review of climatic records for the United States, 85 pages are devoted to a general discussion of climatology, taking up temperature, precipitation, sunshine, winds and seasonal variations.... Numerous maps and charts are employed by way of illustration.”—Engin. N.

“Contains a vast amount of compact, well-arranged information needed almost daily by engineers, so much, in fact, as to make certain omissions very noticeable and regrettable.”

Henry, O., pseud. (Sydney Porter).Four million.†$1. McClure.

6–12856.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“In a general way the stories suggest the thumbnail studies of Frapié, Provins, and the other flashlight Frenchmen, but without their pessimism and despair.” Mary Moss.

*Henry, O., pseud. (Sydney Porter).Heart of the West.†$1.50. McClure.

7–33208.

A group of humorous stories of frontier life.

“The whole collection might be taken as an example of how conventional and tiresome the raciest slang may grow, when used in excess, as a means of enlivening flimsy and carelessly conceived commonplaces.”

“The funniest stories by this well-known writer have been collected in the volume.”

“If he has a fault it is that he sets forth too opulent a spread; like a rich parvenu’s banquet.”

Henry, O., pseud. (Sydney Porter).Trimmed lamp, and other stories of the four million. †$1. McClure.

7–16486.

“Free from the too common trick of embellishing actuality with traditional cant, this author wins the intelligent reader through a sympathetic cynicism denoting experience and honesty, the whole expressing itself in most humorous form. Shopgirls and bartenders and pseudo-Bohemians and ‘that sad company of mariners known as Jersey commuters’—such types are hit off with immense cleverness.”—R. of Rs.

“There is something irresistible about the stories, with all their crimes upon them; they are so buoyant and careless, so genial in their commentary, and so pleasantly colored by a sentiment which, if as sophisticated as Broadway itself, is still perfectly spontaneous and sincere.” Harry James Smith.

“The reader who skips a single story in the collection runs the risk of losing something that he would have liked quite as well as those he read, if not rather better.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

“It is with the same humor that he still graces his stories; but there has crept into his work some other qualities which give it a worth and charm that it did not have before.”

“For stories of their kind, are fine.”

“‘O. Henry’ is actually that rare bird, of which we so often hear false reports—a born story-teller.”

“It is not to much to say that O. Henry achieves the Carlylian miracle of taking the roofs off—lifting the lid—and shows what lies beneath.”

“‘The trimmed lamp’ must appeal to all discriminating devotees of local character study, and each one of them will wish to stay acquainted with ‘O. Henry.’”

Henschel, George.Personal recollections of Johannes Brahms: some of his letters to and pages from a journal kept by George Henschel. $1.50. Badger, R. G.

7–10574.

Excerpts from a journal kept while traveling with Brahms in the seventies form the nucleus of Mr. Henschel’s reminiscent study, to which have been added some recollections and letters. Several reproduced photographs of the great composer are included.

“It is an interesting contribution to the sidelights that have been thrown upon the personality of the great master by a number of his friends and contemporaries since his death.” Richard Aldrich.

Henshaw, Julia W.Mountain wild flowers of America. *$2. Ginn.

6–25647.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The incompleteness of the book, however inevitable, is a more serious drawback than its unscientific plan, and a drawback that must affect all kinds of readers. However, she has, on the whole, made a good selection, and her descriptions are as clear as they can be without the use of botanical terms.”

Hensley, Mrs. Sophie M.Heart of a woman. **$1.50. Putnam.

7–3092.

“A book of verses of unobtrusive quality written by Mrs. Hensley, who adds to her poetic gifts the largeheartedness of a woman interested in philanthropic reforms.... The verses are carefully grouped under the different heads, Love lyrics, A woman’s love-letters, Nature poems, Narrative poems, Child poems and songs, Sonnets, and Rondeaus.”—N. Y. Times.

“Though the verses are not tinged with any oppressive ethos, we feel throughout a grace and simplicity of goodness. The meter and rhythm are smooth, the meaning is not too deep-hidden, and the moods vary from grave to gay.”

“While there is nothing in the least objectionable in the Heart disclosing itself in these verses, there is also nothing of special value. The lines are of easy, rippling quality, and the sentimentis perhaps as perfectly exemplified in the poem called Prayer as in any of the collection. Real passion never babbles.”

*Herbert, Agnes.Two Dianas in Somaliland: the record of a shooting trip.il. $4. Lane.

Two young huntresses face lions and leopards in the African wilds as unflinchingly as any toughened game-bagger of the sterner sex. They go for game and adventure, and find it. Their caravan consisted of forty-nine camels, seven horses, about a half hundred camel drivers, men of all work and guides. There is a thrill on almost every page to keep the adventure-lover’s blood tingling.

“The book is exceptionally interesting and well turned out.”

“This record of adventures and achievements, although realistic and at times heartless, is nevertheless a fascinating one.”

“Miss Herbert, judging by her trophies, is readier with the gun than the pen.”

“The tone of bravado and devil-may-careness is irksome at first, when it is only a few simple conventions which the Dianas are defying. When it comes to be lions and rhinos and every known discomfort, we are captivated in spite of ourselves.”

Herford, Oliver.Little book of bores.**$1. Scribner.

6–36032.

“Mr. Herford has discovered twenty-four species of Bores, one for each letter of the alphabet.... One may be assured of finding all his enemies and most of his friends among the bores—and possibly he may discover himself there.”—Dial.

“His rhymes and pictures ... are inimitable.”

Herrick, Albert Bledsoe, and Boynton, Edward Carlisle.American electric railway practice. *$3. McGraw pub.

7–17388.

The first two chapters of the work “cover the general engineering preliminaries, such as estimates and field engineering. Location and construction of track, power stations and overhead circuits are next described and illustrated from the best current practice. The remainder of the volume deals with the many details of operation beginning with the essential features of time-tables, schedules, dispatching and signals.”—Engin. N.

“As a whole, the book is well printed, bound and indexed.... It will be convenient for reference, especially to those engineers who are not regular readers of the electric railway periodicals and to those who do not have access to the bound volumes of the Street railway journal.” Henry H. Norris.

Herrick, Rufus Frost.Denatured or industrial alcohol. *$4. Wiley.

7–19427.

A treatise on the history, manufacture, composition, uses, and possibilities of industrial alcohol in the various countries permitting its use, and the laws and regulations governing the same, including the United States. It appeals to the chemical manufacturer on the one hand, and the engineer who would use it as fuel on the other.

“Probably the best treatise available in English.”

“A careful reading of the book by any one even partly well informed on the subject matter must lead to the conclusion that the author was very unfamiliar with his subject: that he depended almost entirely on other than first hand information: that he was unable or unwilling to criticise this information when obtained.” Charles Edward Lucke.

“A needed and timely book.”

Herridge, William Thomas.Orbit of life; studies in human experience. **$1. Revell.

6–33546.

A volume of religious and social essays in which Dr. Herridge “sees life whole, both in extent and content, and aims both to show it as he sees it, and to redeem it from monotony and triviality by putting its emphasis in the right place.” (Outlook.)

“Dr. Herridge has something to say that is worth hearing both for the matter and the manner of it.”

“The book abounds in common-sense, and is full at the same time of religious and ethical suggestion. Dr. Herridge speaks profoundly, and cannot but set his readers thinking.”

Hershey, Amos Shartle.International law and diplomacy of the Russo-Japanese war. **$3. Macmillan.

7–3157.

“A fairly complete history, from the viewpoint of international law and diplomacy, of the war between Japan and Russia. The material is cast in a general narrative form, although each chapter is more or less complete by itself. The rights and duties of belligerents and neutrals are, of course, the main theme, although the questions of war correspondents, wireless telegraphy, and submarine mines come in for treatment. Copious notes and explanatory references, and last but not least, an excellent index, make the contents of the volume very accessible.”—R. of Rs.

“He is judicial, he is temperate, he is sound, he is wonderfully fair and liberal in his citations of authorities. In minor matters here and there one might take issue, but on the other hand there is original well-digested comment on almost every page upon a variety of hotly disputed questions, which will make the book of permanent value.” Theodore S. Woolsey.

“Professor Hershey writes in an easy style and the subject is treated in a way that attracts not only the student of international law but also the general reader. The manner of presentation is semi-historical giving the reader thus a view of the progress of the conflict as well as the diplomatic incidents, and legal questions that arose during its course.” Chester Lloyd Jones.

“The most scholarly, exhaustive, and illuminating study of the Russo-Japanese conflict from the standpoint of international law and diplomacy.” J. W. Garner.

“This is a scholarly and authoritative volume, altogether unlike the popular books on this over-written war.”

“An interesting and suggestive volume.”

“A valuable book.” G: Louis Beer.

“A particularly useful volume.”

“Mr. Hershey’s work is a success. He has labored hard to ascertain facts, the existence of which are of great concern to civilization. His judgment thereon has been that of one possessing both a close knowledge of international law and an instinctive sense of justice.” Charles Cheney Hyde.

Herter, Christian Archibald.Common bacterial infections of the digestive tract and the intoxications arising from them. **$1.50. Macmillan.

A medical work on typhoid fever written essentially for physicians but which, however, contains much that will interest the sanitarian.

“Dr. Herter’s book is bound to have the effect of broadening our conception of the subject of infectious diseases of the digestive tract, and deserves a wide reading.” George C. Whipple.

“Those to whom the terminology of the bacteriologist is not unfamiliar will find here not only a well written but also an interesting and suggestive study of a rich fauna and a discussion of questions of much import, for they are fundamental in relation to a great human woe, indigestion.”

Hervey, Arthur.Alfred Bruneau. (Living masters of music ser.) *$1. Lane.

7–29175.

An impartial study of the artist and his work which includes his conservatory days, his work for the musical drama, and his relations with Zola who was a faithful companion and whose stout ally Bruneau became during the Zola trial.

“Those who are interested in French musical developments will be glad to have it.”

Herzfeld, Elsa Goldina.Family monographs. For sale by Brentano’s and Charity organization soc., N. Y.

6–1551.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The generalizations in the first fifty pages are, to the extent that they are generalizations, open to criticism. But taken as an assemblage of related incidents, instead of statements of general truths, they are interesting and valuable. Apparently no effort was made to discriminate between characteristics and beliefs peculiar to tenement-house families and those that are to be found in all economic grades, between conditions which merely impress an observer unaccustomed to life among the poor as exceptional to the neighborhood and those which really are exceptional.”

Hewitt, Emma Churchman.Ease in conversation; or, Hints to the ungrammatical. 5th ed. 50c. Jacobs.

7–29161.

A practical little volume for the ungrammatical and for the timid talker devoted to a study of the correct forms of English used in conversation. The errors are of the “genteel” rather than the “vulgar” sort and are discussed in a series of letters written to a group of girls bent upon improving their conversation.

Hewlett, Maurice H.Stooping lady; front. by Harrison Fisher. †$1.50. Dodd.

7–30839.

“‘The stooping lady’ carries us back something less than a hundred years, to the days just preceding the regency in England.... Here the historical background is largely a matter of externals of dress and manner; the spirit is modern enough to require no great backward leap of the imagination.” (Forum.) The story has a London setting and deals with a proud Irish girl who “stoops” to one beneath her in station, but to one whose, “clean fine manhood has taught her to respect and honor him.” (Bookm.)

“We know of no book of Mr. Hewlett’s that is more vivid, more graphic or more engrossing. We delight in his style, his similes, his brilliant flashes of humour, and occasionally in the glimpse we have of the Satyric horns, with which we have become so intimate in, say, ‘The forest lovers,’ or ‘Pan and the young shepherd.’”

“Carries you swiftly along with an absorbing love story, and charms you with the exceeding grace and skill of its telling.”

“This tale is characteristic of his genius. Judged as a mere novel of politics the book is brilliant, outshining the attractive but thin work of Disraeli, and much truer to human nature and history.”

“Yet, fine as the story is in conception and in workmanship, it somehow lacks the bigness, the finality, the enduring interest of ‘The queen’s quair’ or ‘The fool errant.’” Frederic Taber Cooper.

“If ‘The stooping lady’ be not positively a great book, it at least has great qualities. Leaving aside a few careless moments, its style is such as cannot be surpassed, if indeed it can be matched, by more than one or two men of our day. It paints the manner of a period with altogether unusual truth and delicacy. Greatest virtue of all, it gives us knowledge of great men and women, displaying them under the stress of emotions that raise them out of the common and make them typical of humanity.” Edward Clark Marsh.

“All told, it is an admirable story, but as unfaithful in spirit to the times it is supposed to portray as it is loyal to that of the present.”

“Altogether Mr. Hewlett, we are inclined to think, has somewhat lost his way in writing his latest book, though it must not be supposed that it is not readable, and at times even charming.”

“The whole book might be taken as conclusive illustration of the disputed truth that a high degree of skill need in no way hamper an author’s individuality or warmth of expression, that a classic restraint of manner by no means reduces the emotional quality to the academic level of an eighteenth century essayist.”

“We have Mr. Hewlett writing sheer Meredith, naked and unashamed—one might almost say rewriting ‘Diana of the Crossways.’ And yet the book is his own, one of the most brilliant pieces of work done in our time, with a heroine I, personally, would not exchange for Diana.” Richard De Gallienne.

“A story which belongs at the head of the autumnal list, but does not quite reach the solid ground on which ‘Little novels of Italy’ rest.”

“It is because he has given so much that one’s disappointment, when he falls beneath his promise, must plead his very generosity to excuse its air of ingratitude in declining to be content with even the dexterous accomplishment of ‘The stooping lady.’”

“One obvious criticism may be made in conclusion,—that the author has fallen deeply beneath the sway of Meredithian formula, without, however, lapsing into the obscurity of his great exemplar.”

Hichens, Robert Smythe.Barbary sheep: a novel. †$1.25. Harper.

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