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A sequel to the “Admirable Tinker.” The multiform activity of the invincible young hero, is suggested in the following: “Tinker adopts people. He adopts a sister, a pretty child near his own age, and a daughter, a beautiful young woman who is quite grown, and a Russian revolutionist to boot. Tinker is a matchmaker, though as a real boy he cannot endure to be kissed. Tinker is a detective and a fugitive from justice. He drives a big motor car ... and he goes tiger hunting in the leafy coverts of Beauleigh park. Tinker is an amateur actor as well. He plays female roles to admiration in a blond wig and a pinafore.”—N. Y. Times.
“For interesting as this story is—and it must be confessed that it goes with a good swing—it will not bear reading a second time, and the author has a command of workmanship that we feel sure is wasted on such unlikely happenings.”
“If one can get over the irritation caused by a small boy who is allowed to go anywhere and do anything—indeed, encouraged by adults to act as a man—the series of adventures here presented will be found entertaining.”
“It is astonishing how ingenious Mr. Jepson has been in giving both adventures and conversation a turn so refreshingly original and whimsical, and, in a way, so human, that it is impossible not to feel at the end (unless you are one of the serious) that this playfulness is of the identical sort which prevents Jack—in knickerbockers or a full beard—from becoming a hopelessly dull boy.”
“Mr. Jepson’s playful vein is refreshing. The novelist’s responsibility rests very lightly on his shoulders; he simply shares with the reader his own enjoyment of his original and impossible little hero.”
Jermain, Mrs. Frances D.In the path of the alphabet: an historical account of the ancient beginnings and evolution of the modern alphabet.$1.25. W. D. Page, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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A painstaking history of our alphabet which gives in popular form the results of much research, and follows the “path” from a time before the earliest hieroglyphics and cuneiform inscriptions down to modern times with accounts of modern explorers in this field of inquiry.
“An excellent treatise clearly epitomizing a large amount of laborious research.”
Jerrold, Maud F.Vittoria Colonna; with some account of her friends and her times. *$4. Dutton.
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A new biography of this gifted woman whose friendship not only with Michael Angelo, but with bishops, cardinals, popes, artists and poets made her a conspicuous figure of her time. Many of her sonnets are included in this volume which also contains a complete bibliography, genealogical tables, and an index.
“Mrs. Jerrold has not given us a final ‘life’ ... but she has produced a pleasant book treating of movements and personalities which must always be full of interest for students of the renaissance and human nature.”
“A book to be recommended, and to be enjoyed.”
“Though Mrs. Jerrold’s prose is often marred by anacoluthia, her verses are almost invariably equal in charm and style to the originals which they so faithfully translate.”
“[Mrs. Jerrold] has gleaned from all the sources of information with a truth-seeking hand, and in all matters of fact has produced an authoritative biography.”
“While this latest biography of Vittoria Colonna lacks some of the grace of Mrs. Ady’s studies, it is a book full of charm and inspiration.”
“Mrs. Jerrold has marshalled her facts with industry and judgment and has produced a work which can be read with pleasure.”
“She has collected all the available information on her subject, but has hardly made the best use of it. Arranged with more skill, the picture would have been far more telling.”
Jevons, Herbert Stanley.Essays on economics. *$1.60. Macmillan.
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Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Reviewed by H. J. Davenport.
Jevons, William Stanley.Principles of economics: a fragment of a treatise on the industrial mechanism of society and other papers. *$3.25. Macmillan.
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Descriptive note in December, 1905.
“The only novel thing about the work is its arrangement, which suggests in many respects an improvement over the traditional arrangement of the time.”
Joachim, Harold Henry.Nature of truth: an essay. *$2. Oxford.
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Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The author’s argument is genuine and sincere throughout, his analysis of current theories patient and thorough-going, his criticism of them acute and searching. Moreover, the book is written in a style that befits a philosophical treatise. Philosophic reflection cannot fail to be furthered by the stimulating and helpful criticism contained in Mr. Joachim’s book. That criticism will certainly assist in clearing away much sham knowledge and in preparing the ground for the ‘construction’ that is to come.” G. Dawes Hicks.
“Mr. Joachim does not discuss the view of truth commonly described by the term Pragmatism, and it is doubtful whether the reasons given for this omission are adequate. There can be no doubt that Mr. Joachim’s book is a very valuable contribution to philosophy, though it confessedly leaves some fundamental difficulties unsolved.” J. S. Mackenzie.
“It seems to the reviewer that his main contribution to the subject lies in the various criticisms he takes up apart from the rather unsatisfactory negative result.” M. Phillips Mason.
Johnson, Clifton, ed. Birch-tree fairy book. †$1.75. Little.
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Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The stories have been softened by dropping ‘savagery, distressing details, excessive pathos’ from the old versions.”
Johnson, Clifton.Country school, il. **$1.50. Crowell.
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In which the author preserves the salient features of the schools of the last century in their picturesque and poetic aspects. He writes from personal experiences of friends and acquaintances, and goes back to the year 1830.
“Readers who have had similar experiences will find Mr. Johnson a very competent conductor back to the happy land of childhood.”
“All is told in an animated and entertaining manner.”
Johnson, Clifton.Farmer’s boy. **$1.50. Crowell.
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A companion volume to “The country school.” It is a faithful portrait of the farmer boy of fifty years ago who was a sturdy product of sunshine and fresh air ready in all seasons to undertake the primitive tasks allotted to him.
“Mr. Johnson has exercised unusual diligence and skill in the selection of material, and text and pictures alike contribute to an intensely realistic view of scenes and incidents that are fast fading into oblivion.”
“We question whether the child himself will be interested in Clifton Johnson’s one hundred photographs of child-life in New England, which strung together with voluminous text, is published as the ‘Farmer’s boy.’ But grown-up readers will find these photographs, even if just a bit posed faithful pictures of ‘Childhood’s simple life.’”
Johnson, Clifton.Highways and byways of the Mississippi valley. **$2. Macmillan.
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An addition to the “Highways and byways” series. The journey from the mouth of the Mississippi to its headwaters carefully avoids the usual highways of travel. The author-traveler “haunts the country roads, lodges with the farmers, studies life in the negro cabins, wins the confidence of the common people, and gets them to talk of their lives and toil and their aspirations, if they have any, and out of the humdrum he garners what is quaint, characteristic, and little known.” (N. Y. Times.) His illustrations are made from snap shots taken along the way.
“The treatment is popular, does not furnish a great deal of information, but presents a vivid and faithful picture.”
“Is a book of social studies rather than a technical work.”
“Especially valuable is his knack for penetrating without offence into the more intimate life of the farmers, lumbermen, and villagers, so that we get much that is practically first-hand material for the study of the average social life of the great valley.”
“Mr. Johnson is a voluminous writer, but he has written no book of more interest to Americans than this one.” Cyrus C. Adams.
“The book is eminently readable.”
Johnson, Eleanor H.Boys’ life of Capt. John Smith. (Young people’s ser.). †75c. Crowell.
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Dedicated to all American boys who are interested in the beginnings of their country, this sketch follows as nearly as possible the explorer’s own words. And to give more of the man’s personality to the volume, some of his letters are appended.
Johnson, Emory Richard.Ocean and inland water transportation. **$1.50. Appleton.
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“We believe the book is a useful one for the commercial courses of study now becoming popular in our institutions of learning and that it should be included in the reference libraries of engineering schools and engineering societies. The practicing engineer who meets problems in connection with the economics of water transportation will find in it up-to-date information obtainable only with great difficulty from other sources.”
“For the general reader the book has comparatively little interest, since it is necessarily elementary in matters most likely to attract him.”
“The entire lack of general treatises upon the subject of water transportation will incline teachers and students of the subject to extend a warm welcome. The most valuable portions of the volume are the chapters devoted to ocean transportation. Far less satisfactory is his discussion of shipping subsidies.”
“The book is of importance, making, with its predecessor, almost the sole complete succinct presentation of the problems which confront the transportation managers and the lawmakers of the United States.”
Johnson, George Ellsworth.Education by plays and games. *90c. Ginn.
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“Its first part is a study of the meaning of play, its relation to work, and its application to education. The second part is a series of games chosen from a thousand or more, and judiciously graded for progressive use. The author has wisely chosen the older forms in all the games, thus giving the pupil the key to many references in literature and folklore quite unintelligible if he knew only the modern variations of the original game.”—N. Y. Times.
Johnson, Thomas Cary.Virginia Presbyterianism and religious liberty in colonial and revolutionary times. 50c. Presbyterian com.
A sketch of the services of Presbyterians during colonial and revolutionary days to the cause of religious liberty.
Johnson, Trench H.Phrases and names, their origins, and meanings.**$1.50. Lippincott.
“In alphabetical order the author has gone through a great number of names and phrases heard in everyday speech, colloquialisms and expressions and references of less usual occurrence, explaining in brief statement their origin and meaning. In the preface the author says that his sole design has been to account for the origin of popular phrases and names.”—N. Y. Times.
“This is a very curious book that teems with every possible kind of error. Had it been much elaborated and compiled by a man of learning it might have been useful; the hotch-potch before us is almost too bad to serve as a groundwork for a book of reference.”
“The book is uncritical in its popular derivations, many of which have been long exploded; and extremely careless in quoting foreign languages. It is difficult to believe that the author knows Latin or Greek. If he does, he ought to have seen that some care was taken with his ‘proofs.’”
“Compact and handy volume.”
“It is one of those books which, once you start to read, lure you on from page to page and you rise longing to trip up your friends on all sorts and kinds of catchy little points.”
“Many errors and defects may be found, but the book gives much out-of-the-way information.”
Johnson, Willis Fletcher.Four centuries of the Panama canal; with maps and illustrations. **$3. Holt.
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“The design of Spanish adventures in the fifteenth century is being fulfilled by American engineers in the twentieth.” So says Mr. Johnson, and he deals with the incidents and circumstances leading from Columbus to Roosevelt. His aim is to give the “salient and essential features of the ‘story,’ with as little as possible of detailed description of the Isthmian country, of its conditions of resources, soil, climate, people, of the technical features of the canal and its auxiliary work.”
“The book shows its newspaper origin by such glaring inaccuracies as those referred to above, by the fact that it comes quite down to the date of publication, by its newspaper English, and by its readability. It is interesting reading, and we need for easy consultation such an account of the origin and progress of the Panama republic and its relations with the United States.” J. Russell Smith.
“In dealing with the technical features the author has been led into several errors. Some result from his bias in favour of a sea-level canal, which he makes no effort to conceal. These errors, however, are not of great importance, and do not detract in great degree from the merits of the book. It is but just to say that on the whole the work is very creditable and will form a useful addition to the library of any student of Isthmian canal affairs.” Peter C. Hains.
“Exhaustive historical study.”
“The views and information which he imparts may be regarded as authoritative.”
“This is the most thorough and comprehensive work that has yet appeared on the Panama canal. The discussion of the engineering side of the question is very inadequate. For a work of such detail, covering a new field, it is—except when the author gets enthusiastic and eloquent—remarkably free from errors.”
“We should have had the assistance of a large map in detail; the clearly printed small maps in color inserted with the text are useful, but inadequate. As a whole. Dr. Johnson’s volume seems the most exhaustive contribution yet made to the popular understanding of a great subject.”
“In matters having a legal or semi-legal character, the author is not at his best.” J. B. Moore.
“Described in a satisfactory manner.” G: Louis Beer.
“Is a praiseworthy contribution to our knowledge of the project.”
Johnston, Alexander.American political history, 1763–1876. 2v. ea. *$2. Putnam.
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“The exigencies governing the author in their preparation account largely no doubt for the remarkable compression that characterizes the several studies; the style is concise, the narrative compact, and the discussion penetrating and rigorous. The solid worth of the author’s contributions is shown by the infrequency of editorial corrections. The editor’s method of indicating his additions to the text leaves the reader in perplexity at times.” F. I. Herriott.
“The editor’s method of citation and cross reference cannot be commended either for lucidity or seviceableness. Professor Johnston’s acuteness in discerning the vital and fundamental facts in the currents of our political life, his remarkable industry, accuracy and thorough-going research constantly impress one.”
Johnston, Mrs. Annie Fellows.Little colonel’s knight comes riding.$1.50. Page.
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The little colonel, in this ninth volume of her series, finds her own true knight and leaving her girlhood behind her, fares forth in veil and orange blossoms to begin her new life near her old home.
“No boy or girl will be harmed, but only mildly entertained, by the chronicle.”
Johnston, Sir Harry Hamilton.Liberia. 2v. *$12.50. Dodd.
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Cyclopedic in treatment and, accordingly extensive in scope, the author covers a vast amount of ground in his two large volumes. The first is devoted to the history of the Liberian republic from 1847 to the present time, incidentally revealing Great Britain’s and America’s colonization policy. The second is devoted to the fauna, flora and anthropology of the country, the latter being treated in its historical, physical and social aspects.
“Less objective than Lindsay’s book ... well written, interesting and the most comprehensive book on the subject which has yet appeared.”
“Our complaint against Sir Harry Johnston is that, with all his cleverness and brilliance as a draughtsman ... he is somewhat wrong in his perspective, if not also in his facts.”
“The interest with which the welfare of the negro race is followed in this country should secure for the book the attention to which it is entitled by virtue of the industry and learning that have been bestowed upon it.”
“A vast amount of intelligent and widely diversified labor has been expended upon these volumes, which give a comprehensive view of the Republic of Liberia.”
“It is a book not only of great utility to the traveller, but of genuine interest to the untravelled; and the wonderful illustrations from the author’s brush and pencil are sufficient of themselves to fire the imagination.”
Johnston, John Black.Nervous system of vertebrates; il. *$3. Blakiston.
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“A text-book of functional neurology. The unit of description is the functional system of neurones, that is, the aggregate of related neurones which co-operate in the performance of any given type of reflex movement.... While this work is primarily a text-book of the morphology of the nervous system, its great merit lies in the fact that its facts so far as they go also express the functions of the parts, so that comparative physiology and comparative psychology will both find in it an immediate point of departure, for their special researches.”—Science.
“A volume of this kind has been needed in English.”
“The book will be of great use to all engaged in instruction or research. It would be easy to point out omissions in the text and topics which deserve more adequate treatment. Satisfaction with certain features of the author’s terminology is alloyed by his indifference to the labors of his predecessors in that regard.”
“The book gives the impression of having been written by an able zoologist interested in neurology, rather than by a pure neurologist, and therein lies a good deal of its value. In the present work the author presents a very readable and succinct account of his subject, which forms a valuable and welcome addition to the literature relating to it.” W. Page May.
“The basis of the work is sound and the leading conclusions abundantly supported by the singularly concordant results of the studies of the new school of comparative neurologists.” C. Judson Herrick.
Johnston, Mary.Goddess of reason[a drama]. **$2. Houghton.
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Miss Johnston’s first drama “opens in Brittany on a summer morning in 1791, and the curtain falls at the end on the banks of the Loire at Nantes. The plot is as skillfully devised to awaken and sustain interest from the beginning to the end as any of Miss Johnston’s stories, and not until the last scene does the reader face the solution to the problem. The play has a beautiful setting of terraces and ancient homes, and the refinement, dignity, and wit of the old order, set in striking contrast to the turbulence, the passion, the intense conviction, of the revolutionary movement.”—Outlook.
“The piece is conceived in terms of romantic situation, and for that reason it is the most readable poetic drama in the popular sense of the word, that has lately been seen.” Ferris Greenslet.
“Deserves no permanent place in the library, and on the stage would, in its present shape, be soporific.”
“A rather extraordinary literary performance, very uneven in character. Altho there is a certain richness of historic background and a vividness of characterization, the defects of the piece are glaring.”
“If much of the verse is simply fluent prose cut into lengths, if there are many crude and not a few broken, halt, or utterly commonplace lines, there are occasional passages of uncommon descriptive power, full of pretty imagery and verbal eloquence, and some that thrill with ardor, scorn, or vigorous passion.”
“Readers of her other work will not be disappointed, for in the ‘Goddess of reason’ she gives full play to her power over romantic situations, poetical backgrounds, and sentiment.”
“As romantic as her stories and as interesting. As a drama ‘The goddess of reason’ is probably too complex for successful presentation. It is lyrical rather than dramatic; but as a piece of writing, both in construction and diction, it will advance Miss Johnston’s reputation.”
“The verse is very dainty and musical, though Miss Johnston takes strange liberties with metre, and the final tragedy is finely conceived and executed. Our one criticism would be that her talent is a little too delicate to reproduce the rude horrors of the revolution.”
Johnston, Robert M.Leading American soldiers. (Biographies of leading Americans.) **$1.75. Holt.