Chapter 74

6–45323.

Everything the camper could wish for in the line of practical suggestions on outfitting, making camps, dressing and keeping game and fish, camp cooking, forest travel, how to avoid getting lost and what to do if one does get lost, living off the country, what the different species of trees are good for from the camper’s viewpoint, backwoods handicrafts in wood, bark, skins and other raw materials, the treatment of wounds and other injuries, etc., can be found in this little volume. There are many illustrations from photographs.

“Mr. Kephart buttonholes you gently, fixes you with his woodman’s eye, and if you can escape the longing to start for the wilderness at the first vacation moment you must be an unusual man.”

“Should be the friend of every intending sojourner in the wilderness.”

“The volume is small enough to go in the duffel-bag, but packed full of the facts and suggestions, and redolent of the atmosphere of the woods.”

Ker, William Paton.Sturla, the historian. *35c. Oxford.

7–29019.

“This is the ‘Romanes lecture’ of the year.... Sturla was one of the products of that very strange growth, Icelandic culture.... Vacant, or nearly vacant, as far as we know, from the beginning of time, Iceland was settled in the tenth century by some Norwegian gentry, who desired to be free from an intrusive royal government.... Late in the life of this strange community came the literary development. In Snorri Sturlason it found its greatest expression, and Sturla was the son of Snorri’s brother, Thord.”—Spec.

“Professor Ker has a light touch and a playful humor not often to be found in the expert. Gives us glimpses which will certainly do what is the true object of a lecture,—make the hearer or reader study the subject for himself.”

Kern, John A.Idea of the church; aspects, forms and activities. $1.25. Pub. house M. E. church So.

7–25171.

A study of the church, actual and ideal, in its most significant features.

*Kernahan, Coulson.The Dumpling. il. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.

This story “deals with a reincarnation of Napoleon, nicknamed ‘The Dumpling,’ who is filled with a noble love of his fellow men, if only they be poor enough, and sees no other way ofbettering their condition than by indulging in robbery and murder, plotting in an opium den, and evolving the picturesque combination: ‘God, Napoleon and the Dumpling strike with a granite arm.’” (Acad.)

“Coincidences rage throughout the book, but impossibilities are more rampant still. There is no characterization, but there is a speech eleven pages long about labour, delivered by a murderous madman. The grammar is uncertain, and the style is frequently facetious. It is possible that there is a public which demands such books; it is a thousand pities that Mr. Kernahan should condescend to cater for it.”

“The whole novel is quite impossible, the most insatiable lover of sensation could hardly find satisfaction in it, and it is difficult to understand how a writer of Mr. Kernahan’s standing could submit such a work to public criticism.”

“Is an excellent melodrama. The reader of the story is hurled from adventure to adventure in a breathless manner, but it must be confessed that the interest is well kept up and does not flag.”

Kerr, Alvah Milton.Diamond key and how the railway heroes won it. il. †$1.50. Lothrop.

7–8218.

With their scenes laid in the mountain regions of Colorado and Arizona, these stories show how courage and devotion to purpose dominate the laying of tracks, the building of bridges, and the tunneling of mountains for the western railroad. “Each of the twelve is represented by a deed of rare heroism or one which shows conspicuously a quick and ready hand and a cool, resourceful head.” (N. Y. Times.)

“Some gems of the story-teller’s art, very pure in ray. Strictly speaking, it is not a novel, yet the ten stories are so welded together by the rails of the ‘Western central,’ the brotherhood of the characters, and the common atmosphere of the events, that the book possesses a oneness unattained by many a professed unity. They are thrilling healthful tales, told in crisp, lucid, scintillating English.”

Kerr, Walter S.Arcadian proscript: a historical drama in five acts. pa. $1. Walter S. Kerr & co., P. O. box 377 Oakland, Cal.

7–17379.

The Grand Pré which Longfellow’s poem immortalizes furnishes the setting of Mr. Kerr’s drama. His hero is a “proscript,” a legal outlaw. The British governor of Nova Scotia “is one of the villains of the play which is tragic, of course, and romantic, and was obviously designed for theatrical representation.” (N. Y. Times.)

“Has evidently worked with great zeal and unmistakable faith in the historical value of his subject. It is graphically written and full of movement.”

*Kester, Vaughan.John o’ Jamestown. †$1.50. McClure.

7–36098.

History and love are mingled in this tale of an English vicar’s son. His love-making is interrupted when he embarks for America and becomes closely identified with the fortunes of Captain John Smith. “The story chronicles the career of the latter, his rescue at the hands of Pocahontas, his brave services on behalf of the Jamestown colony, in the face of jealous opposition and treachery, the injuries which forced him to return to England, and the ghastly winter of bloodshed and famine which followed.” (Bookm.)

“That is really the only serious defect of the book,—a weakness of structure. And since the great majority of the reading public care little for structure so long as a book is readable, there is no question that the vivid portraiture, the stirring incident, the manifest sincerity of purpose of ‘John o’ Jamestown’ will give abundant pleasure to a large number of readers.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

“An exciting story.”

“While there is nothing very unusual in the telling, the author, Vaughan Kester, uses the abundant material well.”

Ketchum, Milo Smith.Design of steel mill buildings and the calculation of stresses in framed structures. 2d ed. *$4. Engin. news.

6–37208.

The first edition of this book was issued in 1903. This new edition contains much additional matter the major part of which is confined to the part of the work on stresses.

“The problems give evidence of thorough preparation, and the data are so arranged that the graphic solution will be confined within the limits of the standard sheet adopted, thereby economizing the student’s time.” Henry S. Jacoby.

Ketchum, Milo Smith.Design of walls, bins and grain elevators. *$4. Eng. news.

7–23625.

“Professor Ketchum’s latest work is divided into three parts, treating of the three branches indicated by the title. The first part is a presentation of the theory, or the theories, of retaining walls.... The second part takes up the subject of coal bins, ore bins, etc., giving theory, principles of design, cost and actual examples.... Part three is on the design of grain bins and elevators.”—Engin. N.

“Anyone desiring to make a specialty of this line of work cannot afford to be without this book, and it will no doubt be a valuable assistant to any specialist, as showing the different ways of meeting different conditions. The most disappointing feature of the book is the treatment of theory, of which there is too much.”

Keys, Alice Maplesden.Cadwallader Colden: a representative eighteenth century official. **$2.25. Macmillan.

6–40257.

“A very entertaining account of New York politics before the Revolution. By taste, Colden was a speculator in science.... Circumstances drew him into the political and factional differences of the day.... Miss Keys bases her narrative largely upon manuscript material.”—Nation.

“The style is a bit loose, the manner a bit casual: one is perhaps somewhat at sea in the mass of facts, unrelieved for the most part by any very suggestive generalization. Whatever the ‘general reader’ may think, the specialist will nevertheless be grateful for much new light on the web of intrigue which enmeshed the colonial governors from Burnet to Clinton.” Carl Becker.

“Writes in a full mastery of her subject. As a result, her work is a valuable study in political biography.”

Kidd, Dudley.Savage childhood: a study of Kafir children. $3.50. Macmillan.

7–7554.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“In the work before us he has to a certain extent broken new ground, and performed his task excellently.”

“His book may be relied on as accurate in its statements of fact.”

Reviewed by H. Rider Haggard.

Kidd, Walter.Sense of touch in mammals and birds. *$1.90. Macmillan.

“A great number of facts are here brought together concerning the skin structure of the hands and feet of mammals. The chief forms of epidermic modification are shown to assume eleven leading types in eighty-six mammals that are dealt with. Eleven birds examined show only one type of epidermic modification, though the degree of this varies much. After describing the papillary ridges in a variety of animals, Dr. Kidd discusses the physiology of the sense of touch.”—Spec.

“It is not at all concise, it is not very clear, and it has no index. It seems to us that a great deal of labor has been misspent.”

“Although the subject is by no means new, the author has studied it in a fuller manner than at least most of his predecessors.” R. L.

“Dr. Kidd’s book is the most important contribution to the matter since Miss Whipple’s paper was published.”

Kildare, Owen Frawley.My old Bailiwick. †$1.50. Revell.

6–38913.

“The author of ‘My Mamie Rose,’ Mr. Owen Kildare, has given us a picture of the Bowery ‘bum’ in this volume of stories and sketches.” (Ind.) He says “Beds, bunks, cots ... can be had on the Bowery for as little as 5 cents a night, and because there are men who have lost the faculty of earning, begging or even borrowing that sum, a nocturnal procession of over 10,000 parade in our streets, winter and summer, from midnight until dawn.” He speaks well of the work of the Young men’s Christian association but finds little that is acceptable in the “spectacular methods of the Salvation army” and the “mission workers.”

“He has intertwined comment and description, so that one not only gets a vivid idea of the ‘bum’ and the reason for his continuing a ‘has-been,’ but also an understanding of the difficulties encountered in endeavoring to raise him out of the mire and the futility of the efforts some agencies are making toward that end.”

“The most impressive idea one gets from his book is, perhaps, that of a vast amount of wasted time, effort, money and good intentions on the part of those who wish to do something for the region of which he writes.”

*Kimball, George Selwyn.Lackawannas at Moosehead; or, The young leather stockings. il. *$1.25. Ball pub.

7–37270.

A nature book in the form of an account of the adventure of a party of college boys with two guides who hunt, fish, camp and study the secrets of woodcraft.

King, Cardenio Flournoy, jr.Boy’s vacation abroad: an American boy’s diary of his first trip to Europe. $1.50. Clark.

7–978.

The author “writes as a boy at school would be expected to write—from the boy’s point of view and with a boy’s interesting enthusiasms.... He assures his readers that he ‘lost a lot of fun writing the book.’ The pictures are many and usually good.”—Lit. D.

“The book is very well illustrated and is as interesting as could be expected under the circumstances.”

“The main Interest of the book is the simple and boyish manner in which the record has been kept.”

King, Charles.Captured: the story of Sandy Ray. $1.50. Fenno.

7–15592.

“An ‘out of the way cantonment’ known as Camp Boutelle, a traitor caught in his own toils but possessed of a daughter as fair as she is misunderstood, a young lieutenant newly come from the States.” these are the chief factors in General King’s new story of an army post in the Philippines. (N. Y. Times.)

“The story will be of most interest to military men. To the general reader it seems prolix at times. The characters are fairly well drawn and there are some interesting descriptions of characteristic Filipino warfare.”

King, Gen. Charles.Rock of Chickamauga. †$1.50. Dillingham.

7–22113.

A civil war story whose events center about General George H. Thomas. Its historical details, presented from intimate observation, are accurate and show something of the relation of Sherman, Grant and Stanton with Gen. Thomas. There is romance mingled with the alarms of war and a charming heroine to make it worth while.

“As a humble monument to the memory of the commander whom he entitles ‘the noblest Roman of them all’ the book should have special interest for all lovers of civil-war history.”

“Gen. King ... is much more at home in the thick of battle than in the turgid and mystifying love vicissitudes of his hero.”

King, Henry Churchill.Rational living: some practical inferences from modern psychology. **$1.25. Macmillan.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Practical, helpful, enlightening and well grounded.”

King, Leonard William, and Hall, H. R. H.History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the light of recent discovery. Grolier society, N. Y.

7–10615.

“A supplement to the longer work which Messrs. Hall and King were commissioned to write with the purpose of supplying a full account of all the important discoveries not already included therein. Of the nine chapters five are devoted to Egypt and the remaining four to western Asia.... The photogravures ... are of a high order, and the other illustrations, many of which are from unpublished photographs by the authors, are exceedingly interesting and numerous.”—N. Y. Times.

“We have noticed some slips in the book. But these are trifles which do not reduce the merit of a most excellent book.”

“The authors have traversed the field of recent discovery and research, have extracted the vital facts, and have set them down with care and criticism.”

“Taken as a whole, it is admirably done. The geographical arrangement is somewhat confusing, but perhaps a strictly chronological account would have been less easy to understand. Certainly nowhere else are the results of modern scholarship so well summed up, nor can one find the credit for labors and success so punctiliously given.” Holland Thompson.

King, Most Rev. William.Great archbishop of Dublin, William King; his autobiography, family, and a selection from his correspondence; ed. by Chas. S. King. *$3. Longmans.

“William King played a most important part in church and state.... He was well described as ‘a state Whig, a church Tory, a good bishop.’... His kinsman Sir Charles King here prints for the first time a translation of the archbishop’s Latin autobiography and many letters adding extracts from correspondents already published, with notes on family history and cognate matters.... King corresponded with Swift, Addison, Berkeley, and many churchmen and politicians.”—Sat. R.

“The occasional theological notes [of the editor] are blots upon his pages, and lead us to put little trust in his discretion. The ‘Oxford movement’ and the very appearance of a crucifix are bugbears to him. We will not quote any of these outbreaks, lest we should prejudice the reader against an interesting and useful book.”

“The most that can be said for the book is that it furnishes illustrations not only of the character and activities of Archbishop King, but also of some of his contemporaries and of Irish life and politics.”

“He has done his work with care. The notes are generally accurate and sufficient.”

“The autobiography is interesting, and throws valuable light on contemporary social conditions, as do the letters.”

King, William Benjamin.Giant’s strength. †$1.50. Harper.

7–11209.

Paul Trafford, the giant of the tale, is a rich coal king. The forcing process that has made him a monopolist has been sheltered behind the law, and when the necessary laws did not exist he bought legislatures to pass them. The machinery of his system crushes one Roger Winship whose family is a living judgment upon Trafford’s methods and success. The dramatic element and the strong ethical lesson are to be found in the romance which springs up between the daughter of Trafford and Roger Winship’s son, both of whom are ready to renounce their life happiness for the principle which renders it impossible for young Winship to accept one penny of Trafford’s wealth.

“The book is, on the whole, a sincere and careful piece of work, the author’s tendency to preach—excusable, perhaps, in a book dealing with such a theme—being kept steadily in hand.”

Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.

“Mr. King has appreciated the epic possibilities of this theme and has given us an interesting picture of a modern financial Titan.... In the hands of a master craftsman it would indeed be a fascinating theme, and is perhaps the one reserved for the long-awaited American master.”

“Neither the father nor the lover is convincingly drawn, but the slow development of the daughter Paula’s character under the stress of trial and trouble is admirable.”

“There is much to admire in the character-drawing, but occasional false notes indicate that the author had not fully mastered his material.”

“Mr. King has not bestowed on the persons in his story, those continuous small industrious touches which amount in the mass to real significance. But he has written a direct story, all of one piece, which is interesting throughout, and frequently dramatic.”

Kingsbury, Susan Myra, ed. Records of the Virginia company of London, 1619–1624. 2v. $4. Supt. of doc.

6–38015.

A work whose value is suggested in the fact that it makes accessible to students for the first time history that has been shut up in carefully guarded manuscript for two centuries. The volumes contain a careful transcript of the court records of the Virginia company, with introduction, notes, bibliography, and index.

“Many efforts have been made through a period of nearly fifty years, to secure the publications of these priceless records of our first colonizing company. But all those who have taken part in former efforts to publish ought to rejoice that they have failed, since the delay has resulted in bringing out, in the fulness of time, a much better edition than would have been produced earlier.”

“A work of fundamental importance to the student of American history.”

“As material of history its value cannot be too highly estimated.”

“The text now appears in full for the first time, and all the excellencies noted in the first volume are continued in the second. The index is, unfortunately, entirely inadequate, and it is difficult to see on what plan it was prepared.”

“These papers are all of great value to the student of the beginnings of American history.”

“From the student’s standpoint, too, the value of the present publication is increased by Miss Kingsbury’s elaborate expository and critical introduction.”

“Exhaustive and scholarly introductory essays.”

Kingsley, Florence Morse.Princess and the ploughman. †$1.25. Harper.

7–18593.

A pretty pastoral this, altho it is set in the present time. Mary, the princess in distress, is to inherit a large fortune from a spinster aunt if she marries before her twenty-third birthday. The ploughman, a recluse and a farmer, offers her his name in order that she may secure her fortune and promises to ask nothing in return. Of course they are madly in love with each other, else he would not have made the offer, nor she accepted it, but each is proud so they marry but to part and it is long before they come to know each other’s hearts.

“An idyllic little novel, infused with grace and sly humor. Men and women both ought to like it; and for the suspiring college girl, it can not but prove a tonic.”

“Their story is a bit of romantic absurdity, or a sweet and refreshing love idyl, as the individual reader’s view-point will determine.”

Kingsley, Florence Morse.Those queer Browns. †$1.50. Dodd.

7–25050.

A sequel to “The singular Miss Smith.” Miss Smith who left her Back Bay luxury to become a servant in order to study sociological conditions marries Mr. Brown, a Harvard professor, who plays foundryman and boards with Miss Smith’s employer. They spend a year in the New York slums, and this story records their experiences.

“There is plenty of fun in ‘Those queer Browns,’ but plenty of sound sense, too, and amateur philanthropists would undoubtedly profit by reading it.”

“Is entertaining, often bright, and sometimes keen.”

Kingsley, Florence Morse.Truthful Jane.†$1.50. Appleton.

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