Chapter 61

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Eight helpful essays which “lead toward the things that are unseen and eternal.” They are entitled, Sin and sorrow, Comfort ye my people, On the knowledge of men, What is culture? Noble souls, Transcendental hope, The prolegomena of Christianity, The steps of life.

“In chapters on the knowledge of men, there is a fund of practical psychology and shrewd observation of a Baconian Quality, but animated with a tenderness and glow of human sympathy to which Bacon was a stranger.”

“Many striking passages in his book evoke cordial assent, and some, equally striking, call forth the opposite. The translation is smooth, but has a few unidiomatic or awkward expressions, and at least one slip in grammar.”

“The essay upon Transcendental hope is lofty and most stimulating, reflecting the noblest sentiments, and interpreting life here and hereafter from the disciplined standpoint of a man acquainted with sorrow, sin, and victory.”

Hinckley, Frank Erastus.American consular jurisdiction in the Orient. *$3.50. Lowdermilk.

6–29752.

“An exposition of the system of consular extra-territorial jurisdiction under which Americans have been permitted to reside and trade in Oriental countries. In seven chapters—‘Historic forms of extra-territoriality;’ ‘The United States Oriental treaties;’ ‘Acts of Congress establishing the system of consular courts;’ ‘Legal rights under the jurisdiction;’ ‘International tribunals of Egypt;’ ‘The foreign municipality of Shanghai’, and ‘Grounds for relinquishing jurisdiction.’”—N. Y. Times.

“The style in which the book is written is clear, the statement exact. The exhaustive footnotes place the source material easily at the service of one who wishes to consult the original authorities.”

Hind, Charles Lewis.Education of an artist. $2.50. Macmillan.

7–19742.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Hinkson, Henry A.Golden morn. $1.50. Cassell.

The story of a young man fighting ill-health quite as much that a hated uncle may not inherit his property as for the love of life.

“The story is brightly told and full of incident.”

Hinkson, Katharine Tynan.For Maisie. †$1.25. McClurg.

The title sounds the keynote of this story in which an uncouth foster father turns all of his courage and indomitable will to the task of amassing wealth for Maisie. While under his determined hand ruthless industry obliterates the landmarks that tradition and sentiment hold dear, yet right is right and integrity rules him. Maisie, obedient, ambitious, proud-spirited, learns in time that she is kin to the lords and ladies of the adjoining estates.

“Not one solitary event bears the faintest likeness to anything in real life. As a mere narrator, however, she is smooth, practised, and totally unobjectionable.”

“There is enough action to keep up the reader’s interest.”

Hinkson, Katharine Tynan.Story of Bawn. †$1.25. McClurg.

7–35216.

Bawn is a young Irish girl whose love affairs form the sum total of her life affairs. For a time it looks as tho she might be forced into an undesirable marriage to keep the family skeleton well closeted, but the sacrifice is not exacted. A trusty red setter and faithful Irish servants deserve some share of credit in bringing the tale to a happy close.

“Not remarkable in any way, but diverting.”

“Is in Mrs. Hinkson’s familiar Irish vein, pleasant, easy, flowing over the surface of life. We notice that the use of ‘shall’ and ‘will’ is still a difficulty, if not with the author, at least with her characters.”

“A good book for those readers who like their novels to be chronicles of the heart rather than of soul problems, finance, machinery, or economics.”

“It is told with taste and with some skill in the handling of incident and with much evident affection for the quiet life, the beautiful fields, and the contented people of secluded corners of Ireland.”

“Miss Tynan will not increase her reputation by this book.”

Hirst, Francis Wrigley.Monopolies, trusts and kartells. *$1. Dutton.

6–14026.

Mr. Hirst contends that competition is still the life of trade and that the greater trusts restrict output and increase price. As to the origin of the trust “Mr. Hirst seems to think that in England it is the child of English law, and that in America it is the child of our ultra tariff. While the German kartell may have this double parentage.” (Outlook.)

“Persons who believe that the ‘trust movement’ flourishes in a free-trade country like England will learn much to their advantage by perusing the volume in either its English or its American dress.”

“While in the general discussion of the trust problem Mr. Hirst’s book will be a helpful factor, it would have been still more helpful had it included some later information, especially concerning the results of governmental investigation of monopolies in this country.”

Hiscox, Gardner Dexter, ed. Henley’s twentieth century book of recipes, formulas and processes, containing nearly ten thousand selected scientific, chemical, technical and household recipes, formulas and processes for use in the laboratory, the office, the workshop and in the home. $3 Henley.

7–8246.

A handbook for various processes and recipes needed by every one. “Such information, for instance, as the formula for photographic developer, the composition of the various paint-pigments, the manufacture of glue or of solder, or the thousand and one detailed bits of information which come up, as the title reads ‘in the laboratory, the office, the workshop and in the home’—such a book as this is very useful.” (Engin. N.)

“It seems rather out of its province to endeavor to give in so short a space as can be allowed to any one article any account of the larger materials of engineering.”

Hiscox, Gardner Dexter.Modern steam engineering, in theory and practice. $3. Henley.

6–43049.

A complete and practical work for steam-users, electricians, firemen, and engineers.

“Useful information is contained in this volume, but this information is accompanied by so many inaccurate statements that the book becomes of doubtful value.” Storm Bull.

Hishida, Seiji G.International position of Japan as a great power. *$2.50. Macmillan.

6–23069.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“His book, which is based on wide study, is a most useful guide to British and American readers through a region still imperfectly explored, and its value is enhanced by his dispassionate treatment of controversial questions.”

Hitchcock, Frederick H., ed.Building of a book: a series of practical articles by experts in the various departments of book making and distributingwith an introd. by Theodore L. De Vinne. **$2. Grafton press.

6–46354.

Each of the thirty seven chapters constituting this volume is contributed by a person of authority. The articles together furnish all the steps thru which books must pass in their making and distribution.

“A very handy book to have on the open shelves in the public library.”

“The book may satisfy the curiosity of a good many and prove directly useful to a few.”

“For the layman with a natural curiosity as to methods of handling manuscript and making books this volume should be fascinating in its very concise and incisive statements.”

Hoare, J. Douglas.Arctic exploration. *$3. Dutton.

7–35190.

Thirty-three brief but interesting chapters which tell of the sufferings and achievementsof those heroic men who braved the dangers of the far North. The work of Hudson, Phipps and Nelson is given, the successive expeditions of Sir John Franklin and of the searching parties, the voyages of Hall, Nares, Greeley, Nordenskiold, De Long, Nansen, Peary, Andree, Wellman, and all the others are described with well chosen detail. The book is illustrated with some 20 full page plates.

“This work is not in any sense complete, nor is it based upon a scientific study of the constantly increasing collection of Arctic literature.”

“Thoroughly good reading.” E. T. Brewster.

“On the whole the author has given a very satisfactory bird’s-eye view of his subject.”

“The accounts of the expeditions, however, are given in somewhat more detail than those in Greely’s book, and the work certainly has a place among those readers who have not the original narratives at hand.”

“Neither in its estimate of researches nor in the analyses of the different journeys do the pages betray special fitness on the part of the author. Indeed, a casual glance at the concluding chapters reveals a carelessness which detracts from the usefulness of the book.”

“The book is well adapted either for entertainment or for edification, as far as it goes.” Cyrus C. Adams.

“The story of all this adventurous travel, with its attendant hardships and gallantry, is admirably narrated by Mr. Hoare, who condenses into a single volume the essence of a whole library of polar literature.”

Hobart, George Vere.Cinders (diary of a drummer); by Wright Bauer. *75c. Dillingham.

7–9507.

To win a bet a drummer records in diary form all the stories of a printable kind which he hears in the course of one trip, and they are exactly what might be expected.

Hobart, Henry Metcalfe.Elementary principles of continuous-current dynamo design. $3. Macmillan.

7–2318.

“The book consists of a series of statements explaining the way in which a dynamo should be considered as a successful machine or the reverse, and of a short account of several methods whereby the designer may himself estimate the first cost. After preliminary chapters on what may be called the practical theory of the continuous current dynamo, Mr. Hobart deals at length with those considerations which form the limits in the design, namely, heating, sparking, and efficiency.... The book contains a large number of tables in which the various calculations are set out.”—Nature.

“The present book is a model of its class and it is especially adapted to the use of students or others who desire a working knowledge of design practice. The mechanical features of the book are excellent.” Henry H. Norris.

“The value of the book lies in the essential soundness of this framework, more particularly of the fundamental ideas on which it is itself based than on the framework itself.”

Hobhouse, Leonard Trelawney.Morals in evolution: a study in comparative ethics. 2v. *$5. Holt.

7–11047.

“An encyclopaedic work which is “the outcome of a hundred specialisms.” The first volume deals with the standard of morality and the second with its basis. This means that in the first volume the author considers the lines of conduct that have been approved at different times among different peoples; in the second, the reasons that have been, or may be, assigned for this approval. In accordance with the evolution hypothesis, no line is drawn between human and animal, or even vegetable intelligence.” (Sat. R.)

“He has gone over an immense literature; his quotations are apt and accurate; his interpretations in the main sound. Careless statements are not common. Naturally some slips are inevitable.” Carl Kelsey.

“He has dealt with the different phases and stages of human conduct in a manner that never fails to be lucid and careful; and although he has occasionally allowed his own particular prejudices to be in evidence, he has not only described the different moral forces of which he writes with vigour and learning, but has also criticised them, in the light of their past and future, in a scientific spirit.”

“I do not think it is any particular novelty of opinion that constitutes the importance of this book, but the strength of conviction, the absolute frankness and directness, the fervour and power of popular exposition which have brought liberal theology down from the schools into the market-place.” H. Rashdall.

“Every page of Mr. Hobhouse’s book furnishes food for reflection. It is brimful of facts from beginning to end; but his facts are not the ‘disjecta membra’ of a mutilated corpse, but the coherent parts of a living organism.” G. E. Underhill.

“Measuring the work by its own standard, which is not that of originality of theory, one must ascribe to it a unique value as a collection of the facts upon which any interpretation of morality must be based. But there is the interpretation and it does rest upon the facts, and in this consists the essential value of the work.” Norman Wilde.

“Mr. Hobhouse spends no time in tilting against what is commonly known as ‘metaphysics;’ he has culture enough to know that history and philosophy are not exclusive but complementary, and moreover, that in the reading of history it is impossible to exclude the philosophical ideas of the inquirer. In the historical survey Mr. Hobhouse is lucid and judicious, without any distinctly novel suggestions or original points of view.”

“The criticism of customs and of systems of religion and of ethics is generally sound; the part played by the higher religions in supporting moral rules is recognized. The whole discussion is marked by good sense and the careful collection of data will be very useful to the student of ethics.”

“The wonder of these immense volumes to the lay reader who opens the covers with trepidation is that they should be so intensely readable. One cannot but enjoy the curious side lights thrown on our own beliefs and superstitions. The various references to ghosts for example, would, if collected, be in themselves most entertaining.”

“Mr. Hobhouse has produced a very able work, one of the best of its kind that has appeared in many years. It is a careful, interesting, and instructive presentation of the subject, giving evidence of wide reading and characterized by intelligent judgment. It not only gives us facts, but attempts to see a meaning in them; it not only theorizes about the course of ethical progress but bases its conclusions upon human experiences. To be sure, in a discussioncovering so broad and rich a field, there will be many points here and there to which the student may take exception.” Frank Thilly.

“It would be applying a false measure to estimate [these volumes] by the amount of information they contain. There is something better than that, a philosophic grasp of principles. We feel that we are in the hands of a genuine thinker, whose conclusions we may accept or reject, but may not neglect.”

Hobson, H. Overton.Helouan; an Egyptian health resort and how to reach it. $1. Longmans.

A well illustrated guide book to one of the most prominent health resorts in Egypt. Information about routes, climate, baths, charges, the golf-links, and other amusements, as well as the many places of interest is alluringly given.

“It belongs to the class of books that are not books, so we need only say that it contains all the information which the intending visitor should require.”

“The information given is extremely practical and reliable, the author having spent six winters at Helouan.”

*Hobson, John Atkinson.Canada to-day. *$1. Wessels.

7–32187.

Mr. Hobson “handles such questions as the so-called Americanization of Canada, British Columbian problems, the immigration policy of the country, the French in Canada, the colonial preference, etc., with fairness and more than a measure of intelligence. A large portion of the book is devoted to a discussion of Canada’s fiscal policy, past, present, and prospective.”—Dial.

“An excellent book.”

“His analysis of the Canadian tariffs and their influence upon the growth of Canada’s trade with Great Britain and the United States, respectively, is a valuable addition to the literature of the subject.”

*Hobson, Richmond Pearson.Buck Jones at Annapolis. †$1.50. Appleton.

7–29590.

Captain Hobson’s own experiences during the days spent at the naval academy at Annapolis furnish material for a story of “solid adventure.”

“It certainly carries a serious impression of absolute truth, which occasionally deadens into commonplace reality. Yet it is an attractive story of life at the naval school, and abounds in thrilling events happening to the hero, a really fine fellow, after he entered the service.”

Hocker, Gustav.Joseph Haydn; a study of his life and time for youth; tr. from the German, by George P. Upton. (Life stories for young people.) **60c. McClurg.

7–30875.

A sketch which reveals all the lovable qualities of a good man and the scholarly attributes of the master. Haydn’s personality is full of charm and furnishes an atmosphere which in itself is an invitation to study the career of the man who created the artistic patterns of the sonata, the quartette, and the symphony, who also enlarged the scope of the orchestra and who became the father of instrumental music.

Hodge, Frederick Webb, ed. Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico. 2 pts. pt. 1. $1.25. Supt. of doc.

7–35198.

Treats of all the tribes north of Mexico, including the Eskimo, and those tribes south of the boundary more or less affiliated with those in the United States. It has been the aim to give a brief description of every linguistic stock, confederacy, tribe, subtribe or tribal division, and settlement known to history or even to tradition, as well as the origin and derivation of every name treated, whenever such is known, and to record under each every form of the name, and every other appellation that could be learned.

“Though confessedly incomplete, the handbook represents a vast amount of research by an army of observers, and students of ethnography will look forward to the publication of the second part with keen anticipation.”

“It is fair to say that in the future, students of the American Indian must have this manual always at hand. The Bureau and the editor are to be congratulated upon this publication which is, in a certain sense, among many contributions to scholarship, the greatest which the Bureau has yet made.”

Hodges, Rev. George.Holderness: an account of the beginnings of a New Hampshire town. *$1.25. Houghton.

7–19786.

A little hundred-page volume in which Dr. Hodges tells the story of “a typical little New England hill town, named from the Yorkshire Holderness, and pleasantly situated on Squam lake, not far from Plymouth, in Grafton county.” He makes interesting personalities of the men who built up the town. “There is some modern matter relating to walks and drives and mountain tops, but the main value of the book is historic, and it is a worthy pendant for Mr. Sanborn’s ‘New Hampshire.’” (N. Y. Times.)

Hodges, Rev. George.Year of grace. **$1. Whittaker.

6–46334.

A book of sermons whose burden is liberty, enfranchisement of religious scholarship, the end of fear and the beginning of faith.

“The author has a sense for what is vital in piety, shows himself a keen observer of the tendencies of modern life, exhibits tact in the encouragement of spiritual living, and plies the lash on current foibles pleasantly, wisely and to good effect.”

“Their clearness and freshness of presentation, and closeness to the needs of modern thought and life, are such as belong to the best type of university sermons.”

Hodges, Rev. George, and Reichert, John.Administration of an institutional church: a detailed account of the operation of St. George’s parish, in the city of New York. **$3. Harper.

6–42355.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Everything connected with the work of the church ... is carefully described and well illustrated.”

Hodgson, Geraldine.Primitive Christian education. *$1.50. Scribner.

6–41016.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“A series of useful essays.”

“The interest and value of this educational work of the primitive Christians is brought vividly before us; but while admitting its value, we are inclined to differ from Miss Hodgson as to its efficacy.” Millicent Mackenzie.

“The materials which the author’s diligence has accumulated are, in themselves, interesting, but scrappy and ill-digested. Everywhere the absence of the large furniture of knowledge, which an investigation of such a subject demands, makes itself felt.”

Hodgson, Mrs. Willoughby.How to identify old Chinese porcelain; with 40 il. 2d ed. *$2. McClurg.

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