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A series of twenty volumes entitled “Original narratives of early American history,” undertaken under the auspices of the American historical society and edited by J. F. Jameson. “The series is to consist of such volumes as will illustrate the early history of all the chief parts of the country, with an additional volume of general index. The plan contemplates, not a body of extracts, but in general the publication or the republication of whole works or of distinct parts of works.” (N. Y. Times.)
v. 1. Olson. Julius E., and Bourne, Edward G., eds. Northmen, Columbus, and Cabot.
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This first volume of the series is divided into three parts: “The voyages of the Northmen,” edited by Professor J. E. Olson, which presents the saga in Hauksbok and that in Flatey-jarbok, together with some minor Northern and papal pieces; “The voyages of Columbus” and “The voyages of John Cabot,” edited by Professor E. G. Bourne.
v. 2. Burrage, Henry S., ed. Early English and French voyages, 1534–1608.
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The account of these voyages is largely taken from Hakluyt and covers the voyages of Cartier, Hore, Hawkins, Drake, Gilbert, Barlowe, Lane, White, Grenville, Brereton, Pring, Waymouth, and Popham.
v. 3. Hodge, Frederick W., and Lewis, Theodore H., eds. Spanish explorers in the southern United States, 1528–1543.
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“This volume includes the contemporary accounts of the three most important Spanish explorations in the region now comprised in the southern part of the United States. These are Cabeza de Vaca’s narrative of his remarkable wanderings, the account of the expedition of Hernando de Soto by the gentleman of Elvas, and Pedro de Castaneda’s narrative of the expedition of Coronado. Apart from the requirements of the series there was not the same necessity for the issuing of this particular volume as for the other two as two of these narratives already have been published in handy and inexpensive form under the competent editorship of Messers. Bourne and Winship respectively.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
v. 4. Grant, William Lawson, ed. Voyages of Samuel de Champlain, 1604–1618.
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This volume includes extracts from the writings of Champlain from which the student may construct a theory of the value of Champlain’s work as explorer and colonizer.
v. 5. Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. Narratives of early Virginia.
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“Selections from the doughty John Smith fill about two-thirds of the volume; the remaining contents include narratives and letters by George Percy, Lord De-la-Ware, Dion Diego de Molina, Father Biard, John Ræfe, and John Pory. The period covered is that from the first settlement to the dissolution of the Company in 1624 by the aggrieved monarch.”—Dial.
“Most serviceable and in all ways to be welcomed is this volume. But it might have been made still more serviceable.” C. Raymond Beazley.
“This publication edited by Dr. Burrage is one which meets a long-felt want. The reader has sufficient information about the narrators, both historical and bibliographical to whet his appetite and increase his interest.” P. Lee Phillips.
Reviewed by G. P. W.
“If the remaining volumes are edited with a similar degree of skill and intelligence as these under review, the series will prove to be a most admirable one and will be recognized as a standard collection of source publications.” Herman V. Ames.
“There is a sanity and freedom from controversial bitterness in the editorial portions which commends the volume warmly to us.”
“Each narrative has been carefully edited as to an introduction and foot-notes, an excellent index being added.”
“Furnishes the best possible introduction to a further study of the large and intricate problem of Spanish explorations in America.”
“To a careful student it is simply invaluable, the many footnotes giving the various authorities on any possible disputed point.”
“The notes, without being burdensome, are adequate for purposes of explanation.”
“Mr. Grant, the editor, succeeds well in elucidating difficult points and illuminating obscure passages.”
“The selection and editing could not, in fact have been better done for the purpose which the editors had in view.” H. Cabot Lodge.
“It seems a pity, however, that room was not found for the Ribaut, Laudonnière, and Le Moyne narratives, having to do with the early and ill-fated French settlements in Florida and South Carolina.”
“The reprint is well adapted to the use of both the special student and the general reader of history. From the standpoint of the latter, however, it is to be regretted that Mr. Grant has not seen fit to write a more detailed biographical introduction.”
“One could wish that President Tyler had expanded his introductory comment on certain of the documents.”
Janet, Pierre.Major symptoms of hysteria: fifteen lectures given in the medical school of Harvard university. *$1.75. Macmillan.
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A summary of the psychological research work of the French in the subject of hysteria is given in this series of lectures. They treat of Monoideic somnambulisms, Double personalities, Convulsive attacks, Motor agitations, Paralysis, The troubles of vision, of speech, and other phases of the disease.
“On the whole, one may say that this is the most readable and interesting book on clinical psychology since the days of John Abercrombie and his ‘Intellectual philosophy.’” Irving Wilson Voorhees.
Janssen, Johannes.History of the German people at the close of the middle ages. v. 9–10, *$6.25. Herder.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Dr. Janssen has done a service for Catholic scholarship which it would be hardly possible to overestimate.”
Janvier, Thomas Allibone.Santa Fé’s partner.†$1.50. Harper.
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Palomitas, bearing a striking resemblance to Wolfville, is the scene of the pranks played by Santa Fé Charley, a professional gambler who frequently assumes the garb and speech of a minister, and his partner, the Sage-Brush Hen, who together entertain tenderfoot easterners with mock hangings, stage holdups and shootings. “More folks in Palomitas has names that had tumbled to ’em than the kind that had come regular. And when they sounded regular they likely wasn’t.”
“Humorous yarns of life in a mining town forming a continuous narrative, told in the first person in the racy vernacular of the place.”
“The book has charming freshness and a southwestern flavor that is delightfully amusing, and suggestive of conditions that have been rapidly passing away.”
“It is all good magazine copy, though hardly more.”
“Mr. Janvier has latterly been playing not unskillfully with the picturesque material invented and bequeathed to literature by the late Bret Harte.”
Jastrow, Joseph.Subconscious. *$2.50. Houghton.
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Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“As a result of incontinent use of rhetorical figures, the size of the book has been made unduly large. For this fact alone the book becomes tedious to the man whose time is limited. The lack of a critical and scientific form of presentation, of specific historical references, and of close articulation with the results of advanced researches in experimental and analytical psychology, prevents the book from having any wide sphere of usefulness in the psychological research world.” John B. Watson.
“The rich material of the much better told observation is too often hidden in the elaborate context. It is indeed difficult to say to which kind of public the book would adapt itself.” Adolf Meyer.
“In spite of a few criticisms ... the book is a strong and interesting one, displaying the extent and intent of Dr. Jastrow’s grasp on the field which it covers.” Knight Dunlap.
“A useful, well-reasoned and careful investigation. The book is, unfortunately, much too long and diffuse.”
Jaures, Jean Leon.Studies in socialism; tr. with an introd. by Mildred Minturn. **$1. Putnam.
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Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The presentation of the subject is able and its spirit tolerant.”
Reviewed by John Graham Brooks.
“The merit of the whole volume is not in any new matter, so much as in the calm, direct way that things are stated. It is one of the most satisfying presentations of the fiery subject that one can find.”
“Optimistic yet sane, of strong convictions yet conservative, M. Jaurès has not laid himself open to the familiar accusation that socialists beg the question, for he has gone to its very roots. The beauty of his diction has been well preserved by his translator.” Eunice Follansbee.
Jebb, Sir Richard Claverhouse.Essays and addresses. *$3.50. Putnam.
A collection of seventeen essays made by the author’s wife from a mass of literary material left by Sir Richard Jebb. “Nearly all deal withone or another phase of Greek literature or life, or with its influence upon the intellectual life of our own time.” (N. Y. Times.) Some of the subjects are The genius of Sophocles, Pindar, Lucian, Sophocles and the trilogy, The influence of the Greek mind on modern life, The position of classical studies, and Humanism in education.
“Lady Jebb should receive the thanks of all lovers of scholarship and humane letters for collecting these papers by her distinguished husband.”
“Prof. Richard Jebb ... united in a remarkable degree profound scholarship with the capacity for graceful and luminous exposition. And these qualities are so manifest in every page of this present volume that the reader is moved quite as much by admiration for the man’s mental gifts as by interest in what he says.”
“These extracts ... are typical of the salient characteristics of the writer, that rare combination of profound and ripe scholarship with worldy wisdom and insight, that grasp of first principles, which showed him that scholarship is one and indivisible and can convey the same message in a different guise to the first classic and the budding extensionist.”
“The occasional and less formal work of a great scholar or writer can hardly fail to contain much that is both of personal interest and permanent value nor is the present volume wanting in either merit.”
Jefferies, Richard.Essays. 3v. ea. 75c. Crowell.
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The three volumes reprinted in this set are Nature near London, The open air, and The life of the fields. Each is furnished with an introduction by Thomas Coke Watkins which reflects the author’s passionate love for nature in all its aspects. The lover of woodland and stream will find in Jefferies a companion for all his moods.
Jefferson, Charles Edward.New crusade: occasional sermons and addresses. **$1.50. Crowell.
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“A group of sermons whose aim is to aid in reclaiming our Holy Land—America—from the Saracen of the twentieth century—the rum-seller, the gambler, the unprincipled politician, the unscrupulous capitalist and the anarchistic wage-earner. Consecrated personality and Christian unity are the watchwords in bringing about international peace.”
“Their tone is militant and virile; they lift up the standard and eloquently call to arms against the forces at work in the community for moral decay.”
Jefferson, Charles Edward.Old year and the new: the art of forgetting. **75c. Crowell.
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A holiday sermon based upon Paul’s words “Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press toward the mark.”
*Jenkins, Stephen.A princess and another. $1.25. Huebsch.
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A story which has grown out of a study of the records of French soldiers who took part in our revolution. The interest centers about the events that lead to the identification of a French child that had been kidnapped by a jealous uncle and sent to America in charge of a girl who became a colonist’s bondservant. Not until he had grown to manhood and had been courtmartialed as a British spy does he come face to face with the treachery that had kept him from his father and his birthright privileges.
Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple.Citizenship and the schools. *$1.25. Holt.
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Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is a collection of essays that deserves the attention of public-school workers for its vital contact with the real present, its courageous but temperate idealism, and its sane counsels. It is characterized rather by a semi-proverbial style than by sustained argument, and contains numerous fresh and terse presentations of wise and weighty principles and practical conclusions.” Edward C. Hayes.
“The presentation is always interesting and illuminated by a wealth of happy illustrations.”
Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple.Political and social significance of the life and teachings of Jesus. 50c. Y. M. C. A.
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“This is not a book to read, but a manual for study. About a series of twelve topics Professor Jenks groups references for reading, suggestive quotations, and stimulating comment.”—Bib. World.
“Among many recent works on the social teachings of Jesus this is of unsurpassed value. For all pastors and other teachers in this field, too often neglected in the churches, it is an eminently desirable help.”
*Jenks, Tudor.Electricity for young people. **$1.50. Stokes.
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Mr. Jenks “tells in concise and simple language the progress of electricity, showing its discovery and its practical uses. A commendable feature is the combination of biography with scientific accomplishment.”—Nation.
“The book will please any young electrician from ten years up.”
“He has made the present volume interesting as well as valuable reading not only for children but for older people interested in the subject.”
Jenks, Tudor.In the days of Goldsmith. **$1. Barnes.
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“Mr. Jenks does not attempt to go into over-much detail in recounting his subject’s life. His effort is rather to give a rapid moving picture of the man’s development from childhood and of his years of struggle and final success. And this he projects against a background of the chief events of the time in England, upon the continent, and in America.”—N. Y. Times.
“Capital reading for young people.”
“The volume is a good sample of hasty bookmaking.”
“Approaches his subject in a spirit so intensely sympathetic that it becomes controversial. For the general reader the scheme upon which the book is laid out is excellent.”
Jenks, Tudor.When America was new. †$1.25. Crowell.
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The homes of the colonists during the seventeenth century furnish the material for Mr. Jenks’s sketch. He tells of the home making,indoor life, manners and customs, what the colonists knew and thought, their books, reading and education, the women and children, the growth of a new people to the point of independence and union.
“While the language used is simple enough for a child to grasp its meaning easily, the book is one which older people can read with pleasure and profit.”
“Mr. Jenks has tried to do for young people what we are sure will be appreciated by many older heads.”
Jennings, Edward W.Under the Pompadour. †$1.50. Brentano’s.
A romance which begins with an eighteenth century smuggling adventure. “There are plots and counterplots, political and personal, and although the hero, to judge by his own narration, was the most innocent idiot that ever acted cat’s paw to a lovely woman, and played cup-and-ball with kingdoms without an inkling of it, the reader finishes the book with a distinct liking for him. The heroine is quite out of the common, and very charming.” (Acad.)
“A story told in the first person is hampered by the restricted point of view involved, the impossibility of relating all things as they happen, and the modesty which prevents the hero from eulogising himself. Apart from these drawbacks Mr. Jennings has written a readable story of life, the simplest forms of life, the meaning both in England and France.”
“When all is said, if at times quite preposterously opulent in material it is still a very entertaining, even plausible and suitably told story.”
“Mr. Edward W. Jenning’s story is no worse, certainly, and perhaps a little better, than the average of its numerous predecessors in the same class.”
“If the reader does not like it we shall think him a real realist, and we shall be sorry for him accordingly.”
Jennings, Herbert Spencer.Behavior of the lower organisms. **$3. Macmillan.
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“This book is eminently worthy of the excellent series [‘Columbia university biological series’] to which it belongs, for it is the most detailed, accurate and complete description, analysis and interpretation of the behavior of lower organisms in existence. More than this, the work stands alone, the first representative of a class of books in which animal behavior is to receive thoroughly scientific treatment.”—J. Philos.
“By his researches Professor Jennings has made himself the authority on the behavior of unicellular organisms. His book is admirable with respect to material, method of presentation and form. Its future influence will certainly be tremendous, for it is a work which will determine the direction of research as well as mould popular and scientific opinion. It is the most important book on animal behavior that has ever been written.” Robert M. Yerkes.
“Professor Jennings’s admirable presentation of the results of his observations in this most attractive field of study will appeal to the professionals and laymen. The style of the book is clear, straightforward, and convincing.”
“From the standpoint of the contribution of facts, the book is exceedingly valuable. That portion of the book dealing with the analysis of behavior has a somewhat doubtful value because of its vagueness and complexity, and its constant allusions to pleasure and pain and to other physical processes in man. The final chapter dealing overtly with the relation of the behavior of lower organisms to psychic behavior should be undoubtedly greatly modified when the book comes to a second edition.” J. B. W.
“It would seem that Jennings in his enthusiasm for his own views had become blinded to the real strength of the tropism theory and not only was unable to accord it fair treatment, but also lacked appreciation of its real value. It is to be regretted that a book excellent in so many particulars should be marred by so considerable a defect.” G. H. P.
Jensen, Carl O.Essentials of milk hygiene; tr. and amplified by Leonard Pearson. **$2. Lippincott.
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A practical treatise on dairy and milk inspection and on the hygienic production and handling of milk, for students of dairying and sanitarians.
“A valuable contribution to the inspection of milk, and his treatise is well translated.”
Jephson, Henry.Sanitary evolution of London.*$1.80. Wessels.
A narrative of the sanitary history and conditions of life of the people of London based upon the experiences, inferences and conclusions of men in a position to observe how London people live, including the principal measures passed from time to time by the legislature and the administration of those measures by local authorities charged with their administration.
“The book is valuable as an outline of the sanitary legislation affecting Greater London, and as an abstract of reports of health officers and others during a number of decades past. The book would have gained, both in interest and in force, if the author had put more of his information in his own language and had used smaller type for such quotations as he employed, and had grouped or classified his discussion more thoroughly.”
“It is regrettable that Jephson has overburdened his book with too many quotations, which are too tiresome for the ordinary busy layman who should read it, and which obscure the generalizations.” Charles E. Woodruff.
“A very interesting and instructive history of London sanitation.”
Jepson, Edgar.Tinker two: further adventures of the admirable Tinker. †$1.50. McClure.