Chapter 7

7–16778.

“A critical narrative for soldiers and students of campaigns, rather than a glorification of or an apology for the success or failure in the war.” (R. of Rs.) It is a criticism of the war on both the Federal and Confederate side.

“The narrative is clear and concise, praise is worthily bestowed and criticism generally well taken and temperate. To some of the extremely critical it will be disappointing, in that the maps are not as good and as full as they should be and foot-notes are wanting to show the authority upon which some novel statements are made.” E. A. Carman.

“Aside from its value as a contribution to the records of the civil war the book will be found delightful reading because of its graphic portrayal, its personal reminiscence, its admirable temper.”

“To a layman this book appeals as little short of epoch making in the history of military criticism.” David Y. Thomas.

“Is remarkable for three reasons. First, it is a critical account of which the object ‘is the criticism of each campaign as one would criticise a game of chess only to point out the good and bad plays on each side, and the moves which have influenced the result.’ Second, the work is noteworthy as a contribution from the lower South. Finally, it is the work of one who was a good soldier and is now a sound philosopher as to the political results of the war.” Walter L. Fleming.

“It is unfortunate that so excellent a book should be marred by so inept a conclusion.”

“It is an exceedingly clear and impartial narrative, and is perfectly intelligible to the lay reader. A large amount of entirely new matter is introduced, and many important events are set forth in a new light. The book is likely to take a prominent place among authoritative records of the civil war.”

“No preceding book by a southern soldier surpasses this in good temper, wise discrimination, and graphic portrayal.”

“There have been several works of this kind published by confederate generals and others who knew something of military affairs, but none that the reviewer recalls equals this in fairness, in apparent keenness of observation, in appreciation of the difficulties of the situation on both sides.” Wm. E. Dodd.

“A very valuable and interesting and personal book on the civil war.”

“General Alexander consistently develops from battle to battle the lessons emphasized by the experiences of both sides. His work, indeed, is intended primarily for military students. But it is so constructed as to be of great general interest.”

Alexander, John H:Mosby’s men. $2. Neale.

7–2744.

Mr. Alexander tells how Mosby’s men “played and how they worked and how they fought.” Not a history of Mosby’s command, only a narrative of what an alert young soldier saw of the men and their doings following the spring of 1864.

“The book is interesting for its story-telling qualities alone, and it is not without value as a contribution to the records of the civil war.”

“This book has less of real dramatic quality and less of humor than that by Mr. Munson of which we recently spoke, but is still a readable true story. It is illustrated by many portraits.”

Alger, Horatio, jr.Backwoods boy; or, The boyhood and manhood of Abraham Lincoln.75c. McKay.

A reissue of an 1883 publication. It is a picture of Lincoln for boys especially, and follows his career from the log cabin to the White house.

Allen, Alexander V. G.Freedom in the church. **$1.50. Macmillan.

7–7180.

The aim of the author is to show that heresy trials such as the one to which Mr. Crapsey was recently subjected are contrary to the principles of the English reformation and the whole spirit of the Anglican church. He considers historically the ordination vows and the various articles of the creed, and shows that their original significance has been lost sight of in the interpretation given them by heresyhuntingchurchmen of to-day, and that the doctrine of the virgin birth in particular has been emphasized out of all proportion to its importance.

“Interesting and timely volume.”

“As a tract for its times, however, this volume presents important considerations on a vital question, and the effort of the author to secure and establish freedom in the church as well as his endeavor to impart correct information as to the history of symbols now in controversy, should secure him wide sympathy.”

“There is of necessity something of what opponents will call special pleading about Dr. Allen’s arguments. But he never falls for a moment into the pitfall of most theological pleaders. He never vilifies his opponents.”

Allen, Grant, and Williamson, George Charles.Cities of northern Italy. $3. Page.

6–26502.

A two volume work, the first of which being devoted to Milan, and the second to Verona, Padua, Bologna, and Ravenna. “The author’s aim is to supply the tourist with such historical and antiquarian information as will add to his understanding and appreciation of the architecture, sculpture, and painting.” (Lit. D.)

“Preferable for library use especially if there are not many good photographs or prints in the library.”

Reviewed by Wallace Rice.

“The scheme is most happy, its execution most charmingly carried out.”

Allen, Horace.Gas and oil engines: a treatise on the design, construction and working of internal-combustion engines. $5. Scientific pub. co., Manchester, Eng.

“A very large part of the book contains more or less elaborate descriptions of a large number of gas and gasoline engines; these descriptions, in general accompanied with good illustrations, are preceded by a consideration of details of the engines, which arrangement seems just opposite to what it ought to be.”—Engin. N.

“In a great many respects it is decidedly inferior to the last editions of Clark and Robinson’s books. In the arrangement of the subject Mr. Allen’s book is very faulty.” Storm Bull.

Allen, John Kermott, ed. Sanitation in the modern home. $2. Domestic engineering.

7–12989.

“Broadly speaking, this book deals with the planning and equipment of houses for health, comfort, and convenience, and for economy of domestic operations. It is designed to be ‘a suggestive guide to the architect and house owner in designing-homes.’”—Engin. N.

“The book contains few technicalities, no illustrations and, sad to relate, no index. It covers a broader field than would be expected from its title, but omits any discussion of sewage disposal for country residences.”

Allen, Philip Loring.America’s awakening: the triumph of righteousness in high places. **$1.25. Revell.

6–38914.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The book, written in a popular style, gives the average reader, at practically one sitting, a comprehensive idea of the condition of reform politics at the present day and of what we may expect of permanent good as the result of the movement.”

“Is a good book and especially refreshing because it sails close to the facts and avoids the sins of declamation.”

“A little book which contains in excellent shape a deal of really important information which busy people may have got but hazily from the daily press.”

Allen, William Harvey.Efficient democracy. **$2. Dodd.

7–18590.

A book in which the author “maintains the thesis that to be efficient is more difficult than to be good.... In his book he shows how in various departments of philanthropic educational work such substitution has actually been made.”

“A very fresh and invigorating volume to be read with profit by every social worker.” Carl Kelsey.

“It covers a large and important field, but it does not cover it very well or present it to the best advantage. The idea underlying the book is excellent.”

“His work is vigorous and suggestive, worth the attention of the officers, paid and unpaid, of charitable agencies of all kinds and of our governments. Undirected and misdirected benevolent impulses are common nowadays, and the wide circulation of Mr. Allen’s book would do much to check waste of money and energy and to prevent the discouragement which comes from the failure of good intentions.”

“Undoubtedly the most impressive characteristic of the volume in an intellectual sense is its significance in favor of the validity of the democratic principle of government, which in certain quarters is thought to have been impaired by recent economic developments.”

“The most serious defect ... is found in the first chapter on ‘The goodness fallacy,’ which, briefly stated, argues that it is a false supposition to think a good man will make a capable officer. A very unworthy meaning of goodness is placed in opposition to a somewhat dangerous conception of efficiency.”

“It is a good book, and ought to do good.”

“He writes in a clear, lucid, epigrammatic style, perhaps with too great fondness for epigram. But the volume will be valuable to all men who are doing things if they will select from it what they specifically need, and will be especially valuable to students of the various social activities of our modern life.”

“The common man fails to understand the mental attitude of Mr. Allen who seems to gloat over a statistical table or a graphical curve as a joy in itself, without too much reference to what it is that it proves or indicates.” Montgomery Schuyler.

“An exceedingly well-written little book. The book is full of suggestions to officers and directors of charitable institutions, pastors of churches, and all others who have to do with philanthropic administration.”

“Straightforward, forcible, clear, and scintillating with wit, it must be understood; it is educative in the highest sense. A copy of this book ought to find its way into the hands of every school board in the land.” J. Paul Goode.

Allen, Willoughby C.Critical and exegetical commentary on the Gospel according to St. Matthew. (International critical commentary.) *$3. Scribner.

7–25562.

For the student who desires to have some understanding of the growth and development of the gospel literature in the first century, A.D., and of the meaning which this particular gospel had for the evangelist and his first readers. “While the author has striven to preserve the distinction between the sphere of the commentator and that of the historian, questions of credibility and theological implication are not entirely avoided, his attitude being for the most part conservative.” (Nation.)

“Partly owing to its formal defect, the book is lacking in breadth of outlook and religious penetration. Hence he has obliged even his most grateful readers to admit that this edition, while marking a distinct advance upon any English work cannot be described by any means as a final commentary upon our first gospel. It is, however, a good book for the advanced student to work with. Sound labor has gone to the making of it, and the very sense of problems in the gospel which it leaves on the mind of the reader will be stimulating, if not satisfying.” James Moffat.

“This important work exhibits the well-known critical qualities of the ‘International series,’ and should claim a leading place among commentaries on the first gospel.”

“A thoro and sane ‘Commentary on Matthew’ which is notable especially for its painstaking interpretation of the Greek text and scholarly observations on the sources and structure of the gospel.”

“The chief merit of the commentary is its painstaking and sympathetic interpretation of the Greek text, without improving observations or wearisome cataloguing of discarded opinions. Especially praiseworthy is his scholarly analysis of the sources of the gospel.”

“The best type of Oxford scholarship is exhibited in this work, conservative, but strongly modified by modern learning.”

“Such examination as we have been able to make of this very complete commentary has gone to show the genuinely critical spirit in which it has been put together.”

Alston, Leonard.Stoic and Christian in the second century: a comparison of the ethical teaching of Marcus Aurelius with that of contemporary and antecedent Christianity. *$1. Longmans.

7–11201.

A scientific, judicial and scholarly treatment. The following are the ethical questions concerning which the two doctrines are compared: Man as a rational and social being. The intellectual virtues. The lower and the higher life of man. Free-will and responsibility. The ultimate aim of virtue, and The relation in Christianity of ethics to religion.

“Mr. Alston is to be thanked for a valuable piece of apologetic work.”

Reviewed by Nathaniel Schmidt.

“Admirable monograph.”

“His treatment of the subject is incomplete in two points: he does not sufficiently distinguish between ethics and religion, and he does not describe the actual moral life of the time in the Christian and non-Christian circles. The little volume is, however, fair and suggestive.”

“His book is especially valuable in the clearness with which he presents the difference in spirit, and in views between the Stoic and Christian systems.”

*Altsheler, Joseph Alexander.Young trailers: a story of early Kentucky.†$1.50. Appleton.

7–29578.

A story of out-of-door life in Kentucky during the early days “when the Indian was a factor to be reckoned with. Henry Ware, son of a pioneer, left the settlement for the wild life of the forest. He became as skilful as an Indian in wood-lore, and was able to defend his own people by beating the Indian in his native forest.” (Outlook.)

“The style of the story is rather heavy, but the matter of it will appeal strongly to boys.”

Ames, Herman Vandenburg, ed. State documents on federal relations: the states and the United States. *$1.75. The Department of history of the University of Pennsylvania; for sale by Longmans.

7–2017.

This volume “includes 155 documents bearing on the relations of the states to the federal government, 1789–1861, and ‘comprises typical papers covering the official action of various states in different sections of the country, relative to the chief political and constitutional issues in our history.’”

“Dr. Ames has done a splendid work in bringing before the student these documents in such a convenient shape.”

Ames, Joseph B.Treasure of the canyon. †$1.50. Holt.

7–32317.

A spirited tale of adventure attending a search for treasure hidden away in Arizona along the grand canyon of the Colorado. A new York collector of antiques sends a party out to hunt for relics of the cliff dwellers, and by accident one of the members comes into possession of papers that locate a vast store of imperial treasures carried off by the Spaniards when they captured the City of Mexico. The balking of their plans by desperadoes but makes the landing of the treasure in New York safety vaults more of a triumph.

Andreas and The fates of the apostles: two Anglo-Saxon narrative poems; ed. with introd., notes, and glossary by G: Philip Krapp. *$2. Ginn.

6–3091.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“A good edition of these poems, therfore—and we know of no better edition of any Anglo-Saxon poem than the present—fills a long recognized want. As a matter of detail, it seems to us a mistake to speak of the occasional parallels of the ‘Beowulf’ in the ‘Andreas’ as imitations of the older poem.”

*Andresen, N. P.The republic. (Nat. lib. social science.) Kerr.

An analysis of the social changes that have come and the greater social changes that arecoming. A four part treatment: part one defines the word justice, and exposes unjust conditions; part two discusses the causes of value; part three outlines the nature and functions of the just state; part four reveals the methods whereby people may acquire possession of their rightful inheritance.

Andrews, Mary R. S. (Mrs. William S. Andrews.)The militants; stories of some parsons, soldiers, and other fighters in the world.†$1.50. Scribner.

7–18098.

Nine stories “of a mystic sentimental inspiration” with charming Kentucky settings and Kentucky heroines.

“A collection of short stories of unequal merit, but all more than ordinarily well done.”

“The volume before us is one of the best collections we have recently seen.”

“Mrs. Andrews is an accomplished storyteller, writing at times with a rhythm and dignity which place her quite above the average. The material of her stories, however, is of most unequal merit, and a slightly defective sense of structure often makes for a too obvious ending.”

“It is all very lightweight of course, and distressingly false from the point of view of moderns cursed with the quality of moral earnestness. But it is quite pretty and entertaining, its saccharine and mystic tendencies relieved by a certain mild and harmless humor.”

“One [story] ... certainly holds a picture almost worthy of comparison with that ideal of a priest, Monseigneur Bienvenu, whose candlesticks and saintliness saved the soul of Hugo’s Jean Valjean. The other tales, morally and otherwise rather less strenuous, are variously stimulating and as admirably written, every one.”

Andrews, Mary R. S.Perfect tribute.**50c. Scribner.

6–32361.

An incident connected with Lincoln’s Gettysburg speech furnishes the motif of this little fictional sketch. “‘The perfect tribute’ on the Gettysburg speech is rendered directly to Lincoln, in a Washington hospital, by a wounded soldier who had read the address in a morning newspaper,—the President having been accidentally called in to draw up a will for the dying man.” (Dial.)

“Leaving veracity out of consideration, it must be confessed that the little story is written with a tenderness of touch and a delicacy of diction which make it delightful reading.” Edwin Erle Sparks.

“The treatment is singularly felicitous.”

“A strong, dramatic, yet very simply told story.”

Angell, Bryan Mary (H. Ripley Cromarsh, pseud.).Secret of the Moor cottage. †$1.25. Small.

6–40587.

A story written by the sister of A. Conan Doyle. The plot holds a mystery which involves a beautiful young woman who had wedded and later killed a villainous Russian count. An unprofessional sleuth is on the track of the tangle, and works out the puzzle only to satisfy a very justifiable curiosity.

“It is certainly not as good as ‘The house on the marsh,’ but it compares very favourably with many modern ‘successes.’”

“A good mystery story with a motive by no means commonplace. The telling of even the darkest doings is in a subdued but not spiritless key, and this serves to bring the book into the desirable category of the comfortable-dreadful.”

“It seems a pity that its author should have chosen the one form of plot that would make her readers immediately note her shortcomings in one direction by instituting invidious comparisons with the work of her famous relative, while she really tells a very good story in a charmingly simple way, and has the desirable knack of peopling her pages with interesting and comprehensible characters.”

Angell, James Rowland.Psychology: an introductory study of the structure and function of human consciousness. *$1.50. Holt.

4–36948.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

“It would seem, therefore, that the unique value of this book, as well for the teacher as for the layman, would lie mainly in this catholic account that it gives of the attitude and achievement of the science at the present time. On the whole, and largely in detail, one may say that the book is excellent. It would, however, be much improved as an instrument for teaching psychology if the substance of the topics was more frequently summed in terse formulae.” H. C. Stevens.

Angier, Belle Sumner.Garden book of California; decorations by Spencer Wright. *$2. Elder.

7–1485.

Believing that the garden of the world is California, the author shows its limitless possibilities for genuine and heart-satisfying home-building. The garden as a factor in home-making, garden methods, the planting-time, the culture of all varieties of plants, tree-planting and protection, insecticides and plant diseases, backyard problems, and out-of-door living rooms, all come in for generous attention.

“Tells many things that the new-comer to California, if interested in gardening, will wish to know.”

“The author knows her subject well, is perfectly familiar with the flowers, shrubs and trees that can be well grown under the conditions of irrigation, and her instructions are pertinent, practical and clearly told as the result of much experience and observation. It should be mentioned that the twenty attractive full-page illustrations of California gardening bear no particular relation to the text.”

Angus, Samuel.Sources of the first ten books of Augustine’sDe civitate Dei. $1. Univ. library, Princeton, N. J.

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