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A book that might be used as a supplementary reader for geography classes. It tells of the people of far-away quarters of the world, their queer food, strange clothing, curious habits, customs and methods of securing a living.
Morris, Charles.Old South and the new. **$2.25. Winston.
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A complete illustrated history of the southern states, their resources, their people and theircities, and the inspiring story of their wonderful growth in industry and riches from the earliest times to the Jamestown exposition.
Morris, George Van Derveer.Polly. $1.50. Neale.
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A fairy tale of love in which it is shown that men love not so much the reality, the substance, as they do the ideal.
Morris, J.Makers of Japan. *$3. McClurg.
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“Mr. Morris, has given us in his volume a most entertaining and valuable review of the work of the great statesmen of our rising Far Eastern neighbor.” Laura Bell.
“Convenient for newspaper reference, and for all those who do not seek more than the current notions about distinguished men.”
Morris, William.Stories from Morris, by Madalen Edgar. (Children’s favorite classics.) 60c. Crowell.
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Stories from “The earthly paradise.” The author has held close to Morris’ rehabilitation of the spirit of the middle ages with its superstitious belief in magic, and its love of mystery and romance.
“To strip his work of all its poetic beauty, its meaning, and its intellectual distinction is unfair both to him and his childish readers.”
Morrison, Arthur.Chronicles of Martin Hewett, detective. $1.50. Page.
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A new illustrated edition of the earlier adventures of Hewett whose “‘well known powers’ are nothing but common sense assiduously applied and made quick by habit.”
Morrison, Arthur.Martin Hewitt investigator.†$1.25. Harper.
A new edition of Mr. Morrison’s detective stories. Martin Hewitt, master of both the science and art of detective study, is an interesting personality. In addition to the usual keen perception, shrewd observation, and deft logic required of sleuths, he operates the law of human kindness.
“The stories present many varied phases of crime, and they are very well told.”
Morse, Edward Sylvester.Mars and its mystery.**$2. Little.
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Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Charmingly written, well worth reading, but deals with perhaps too much assurance about matters concerning which there are wide differences of opinion among astronomers.”
“His book is carelessly put together, repetitious, decidedly partisan—and always lively.” E. T. Brewster.
“The present author takes the viewpoint, rather, of the special pleader, marshals the evidence that bolsters up the theory he is advancing, ridicules opinions divergent from his own, and leaves the reader in a state of wonder as to what arguments might be advanced on the other side of the question.” Herbert A. Howe.
“One cannot but admire the ingenuity of his argument, even if unable to accept his conclusion.”
“The book is a useful guide to further study of the subject, as it gives full references to the original sources of information.”
*Moryson, Fynes.Itinerary of Fynes Moryson. 4v. ea. *$3.25. Macmillan.
“Containing his ten yeeres travell through the twelve dominions of Germany, Bohmerland, Sweitzerland, Netherland, Denmarke, Poland, Italy, Turky, France, England Scotland and Ireland.” This reprint is the first in full since the original was published in 1617.
“Is worthy of a place on the shelf which contains that delightful work of ancient travel and whimsical humor, ‘Coryat’s crudities.’”
“Full of interesting matter.”
Mosenthal, Philip J., andHorne, Charles F., eds. City college; memories of sixty years; ed. for the Associate alumni of the college of the city of New York. *$5. Putnam.
A memorial volume recording the life and history of the college of the city of New York, prior to its removal to its new home on St. Nicholas Heights.
“The work has been done and notably well done.”
“It is a mosaic of admirable arrangement whose separate stones have been polished for the setting by a number of distinguished alumni.”
Moses, Bernard.Government of the United States. *$1.05. Appleton.
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“This is a sketch of the organization and general methods of working of the United States government. The subject matter rather outruns the title, as all grades of government, and not the national alone, are covered.” (Ann. Am. Acad.) “Especially noteworthy is an inclusion among the topics of that new phase of American government—the dependencies. Roosevelt’s letter instructions to the Philippine board and an act of Congress bearing upon it are appended.” (Ind.)
“The style of the work is pleasing and there is no unnecessary padding.”
“The discussion of the various topics are very lucid and followed by the fullest topical references, perhaps a little too advanced for the average student.”
Moses, Josiah.Pathological aspects of religions. *$1.50. Stechert.
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“A dissertation for the doctorate at Clark university, made by a diligent collection of more or less important instances of the perversion of the religious instinct, such as mysticism, fetichism, ritualism, emotionalism, etc.”—Ind.
“There is very little originality perceptible either in his methods or conclusions.”
“Its value is impaired by a number of misstatements of fact, and by the author’s lack of training in historical research. The proofreading, also, is very bad. As Dr. Moses’s general points of view are good, we feel confidentthat he will be able to revise his book in such a way as to bring out more clearly its fundamental idea.”
*Moses, Montrose Jonas.Children’s books and reading. *$1.50. Kennerley.
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A practical, workable guide to children’s books and reading prepared after consultation with leading librarians. There are chapters covering the history of children’s books from early times to the present day and others dealing with the general purpose of the books besides a sixty-seven page appendix of book-lists carefully arranged and classified.
Moses, Montrose Jonas.Famous actor families in America. **$2. Crowell.
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Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Contains much useful material, but little that is new; some of it is trivial. In spite of it, it will be referred to often in reference work and will interest readers who care for the drama.”
“Not many of the books which have been published about actors have had the interest or the literary merit of ... ‘Famous actor families in America.’”
Moss, Mary.Poet and the parish. †$1.50. Holt.
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Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.
Mother Goose.Mother Goose in silhouettes cut by Katharine G. Buffum. †75c. Houghton.
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Mother Goose uniquely illustrated in silhouettes that have a taking way of speaking for themselves.
Mott, Lawrence.To the credit of the sea. †$1.50. Harper.
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Eight dramatic stories of the sea and the fishermen of the Labrador coast: To the credit of the sea, The white squall, The world of waters, The leaving of a dory, The best man out of Labrador, Uncle Sam Simmons, To’mie’s luck, and Adrift.
“Will interest the lover of sea yarns.”
“We are glad to recommend this book as the best its author has produced.”
“The stories ... are quite brutal, yet lightened by attempts at current popular sentiment.”
Mott, Lawrence.White darkness and other stories of the great Northwest. $1.50. Outing.
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Sixteen “tales of the blood-and-iron men of the Northland.” Stories of the trappers and the brave hearts that beat beneath their rough exteriors, stories of the Indians and the work of the Canadian mounted police; all are intensely dramatic and are told with much feeling and few words as befits the lonely snow-curtained land where passions are elemental and death is a matter of daily encounter. The tales include beside the title story; Jaquette, The silver fox, The current of fear, Wa-gush, Follette, The talking of Almighty voice, and others.
“The stories are all picturesque, and some contain really vivid descriptive writing. There is a photographic quality about them. Clean-cut and clever, they have craft, but not art, except, perhaps, in two cases.”
“What differentiates the stories of Lawrence Mott from those of Mr. London is the occasional unforseen flash of generosity and self-sacrifice, the revelation of tenderness in unexpected quarters, that shines out like a beacon light across the gloom of the pictures he draws.”
“These stories are all of the type known as ‘magazinable;’ which means that the chances are against their proving (to invent a similar verbal horror) really ‘bookable.’”
“They have less of that strength, boldness, and incisiveness which make London’s life pictures stand out like silhouettes against a full white moon, but they have more appreciation of the lights and shadows in the picture, more gentleness of mood, and a more poetic appreciation of nature.”
“Mr. Mott writes incisively with no waste of words, and he has the dramatic sense in a high degree, but tragic bloodshed is much more frequent in his pages than in Parker’s tales of the same sort.” Vernon Atwood.
Mottram, William.True story of George Eliot in relation to “Adam Bede.” *$1.75. McClurg.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The reader who picks up the volume in search of a sensation will be sorely disappointed. It is a jumble of family traditions, diffusely written, and displaying a marvellous lack of transition: but it is a genuine production nevertheless.”
Moulton, Forest Ray.Introduction to astronomy.*$1.60. Macmillan.
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Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“A good text book. Its chief distinctive feature is the exposition of the ‘planetesimal theory’ propounded as a substitute for the nebular hypothesis of Laplace.”
“Prof. Moulton’s point of view is his own, in many ways unlike that of the textbooks in general use. Although the order and emphasis of presentation may be sometimes criticized, there can be no question that the book is throughout suggestive and stimulating.” Mary W. Whitney.
Reviewed by E. T. Brewster.
Moulton, Richard Green.Modern reader’s Bible: the books of the Bible with three books of the Apocrypha presented in modern literary form; ed. with introds. and notes. **$2. Macmillan.
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A one-volume edition of the reader’s Bible. The text used is that of the Revised version and the chapters and verses of the King James version are noted in figures on the margin. The general divisions follow the topical arrangement used in the volumes of the smaller separate editions.
Moulton, Richard Green.Shakespeare as a dramatic thinker: a popular illustration of fiction as the experimental side of philosophy. *$1.50. Macmillan.
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The introduction of Dr. Moulton’s study considers “What is implied in ‘The moral systemof Shakespeare.’” Following his preliminary observations he conducts his inquiry along three lines of thought: the first presents particular dramas to illustrate what may be recognized as root ideas in the philosophy of Shakespeare; the second surveys the world of Shakespeare’s creation in its moral complexity; the third considers the forces of life in Shakespeare’s moral world, so far as these express themselves in dramatic forms from personal will at one end of the scale to overruling providence at the other end.
“The weakness of the book lies chiefly in just this neglect of the oft-despised sources. The reputation of the work as suggestive and stimulating is of course deserved, and it will doubtless long continue to serve as a useful guide in a fruitful kind of study.”
Mozart, Johann.Twenty piano compositions; ed. by Carl Reinecke. (Musician’s lib., v. 26.) $2.50; pa. $1.50. Ditson.
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The twenty selections from Mozart composition are prefaced by a sympathetic biographical sketch by Dr. Reinecke.
“There is probably no one volume better fitted to arouse the piano student’s interest in Mozart.”
Mudd, Samuel A.Life of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd; ed. by his daughter, Nettie Mudd; with preface by D. Eldridge Monroe. $3. Neale.
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Containing his letters from Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas island, where he was imprisoned four years for alleged complicity in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, with statements of Mrs. Samuel A. Mudd, Dr. S. A. Mudd, and Edward Spangler regarding the assassination and the argument of General Ewing on the question of the jurisdiction of the Military commission and on the law and facts of the case, also “diary” of John Wilkes Booth.
Mudge, James.Fenelon: the mystic.*$1. West. Meth. bk.
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An appreciative treatment of Fénelon, his life, character, and influence is contained in this volume of the “Men of the kingdom” series.
Mulford, Clarence E.Bar—20. $1.50. Outing.
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“Twenty-five chapters of gunpowder smoke, of shanty towns in New Mexico or Texas, thick with dust, pierced with bullets, strewn with prostrate forms of cowboys. Terse descriptions of alkali plains, of Gila monsters cayuses and the playful manners of the Bar–20 outfit.”—Nation.
“Delightful one dollar and a half ‘dime novel.’”
“The narrative is full of swing, so full as to swing past at top speed without making any particular impression beyond the fact that Bar–20 invariably worsts its enemies.”
“A rattling good story.”
*Mumby, Frank Arthur, ed. Letters of literary men. 2v. ea. *$1. Dutton.
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Two volumes of letters which begin with Frances Burney and end with Robert Buchanan. The collection is divided into four groups as follows: The age of Wordsworth and Scott, The age of Byron, The early Victorian age and The age of Tennyson.
“Mr. Mumby might have left his work to responsible critics, without suggesting that it was thorough and painstaking. It is both, and the volumes afford some of the most interesting reading which we have come across of late. The editor’s short notes by way of introduction are capable, and his taste in selection, on the whole, admirable.”
“A very attractive and companionable book. In these two volumes you have not only an index museum to most of the best letter writers of the last two centuries, but also a quantity of invaluable material for testing and revivifying many of the salient or amusing passages in literary annals.”
“There is a wealth of good reading which is of exactly the right kind to take up and dip into at any place for a half-hour’s rational enjoyment.”
“Mr. Mumby has done his work well. One or two letters could have been spared.”
“It is the autobiographical interest of these letters that appeals most to the reader.”
*Munn, Charles Clark.Boyhood days on the farm: a story for young and old boys. il. †$1.50. Lothrop.
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In which the old gambrel-roofed farmhouse with open fireplace, big woodshed and tall well-sweep, the meadow and stream, and the isolated school at the cross roads are rescued from oblivion and made the environment of a farmer lad of the old New England type. The winter and summer humdrum is pictured with all a youngster’s resentment of the irksomeness of so tame a life yet it is made the all-important factor in the sturdy development of a type that has ever been prominent in the nation’s development.
Munro, Neil.Bud.†$1.50. Harper.
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Bud is a little Chicago girl who steps serenely into the home of her staid aunts in a Scottish village. She is a contradictory mixture of owlish wisdom and baby ignorance, and whenever she expresses her thoughts it is with a goodly bit of slang that shocks her newly found relatives. It is a charming book with a freshness entirely its own.
“We cannot readily forgive Mr. Munro for permitting the child to have the inevitable attack of pneumonia in chapter thirteen, and his descriptive style when elated is like that of Dickens at his worst. But, after all, Bud is the thing, and Bud, if we may use an expression that might have come from her lips, is a peach with a stone in it.”
“Although the child is overdrawn and speaks a language too picturesque, and the story has no particular merit, there is a freshness about it that many will find charming.”
“Not perhaps a book of solid merit, or dazzling wit, but neither is it in the least dull or in the least pretentious.”
“A pretty story this, but badly constructed.”
“She is a fascinating child, and though the book is spun out unnecessarily, and Mr. Munro’s humour is at times strained, her dealings with her neighbors make a very pleasant story.”
“Though the little American play-actress is the central figure of this high-spirited and wholesome entertainment, its abiding charm resides in the portraiture of the ‘people of the placid, old, half-rustic world, that lives forever with realities, and seldom sees the passions counterfeited.’”
Munro, William Bennett.Seigniorial system in Canada: a study in French colonial policy. *$2. Longmans.
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“Beginning with an introductory chapter on the European background of French colonization. Dr. Munro traces the history of the seigniorial grants from 1598 to 1760. After this, with the elaborate critical apparatus and bibliography of the ‘scientific historian,’ he describes the relations of the seignior to his superiors and his dependents, and the fiscal and religious systems of New France. He concludes with chapters on British Canada which strengthen our growing conviction that the American revolutionists were uninformed when they made the famous Quebec act a chief grievance against Great Britain.”—Ind.
“Within the limits he imposes on himself he has done his task extremely well. He is always accurate. The bibliographical apparatus is excellent and altogether the book attains to a very high standard both of historical insight and of scholarship.”
“For the student of colonial history this book offers a valuable sidelight; for the Canadian student its direct value must be great. It will be long before the work has to be done again.”
“It has been reserved for Professor Munro not only to coördinate materials which were brought together fifty years ago with those which have been accumulated by his own efforts, but to supply the proper perspective, enliven obscure details by critical insight, and set forth the seigniorial system, as an organic whole.”
“The foregoing criticisms, it will be noted, deal with minor matters, Professor Munro’s book is to be heartily recommended to all students of Canadian institutions.” F. P. Walton.
“It is indeed a mine of information, all the more valuable that it is written throughout with absolute dispassionateness.”
“We congratulate the author on the success with which he has accomplished his task. The only portion of his work that seems to fall below the high level reached in the earlier chapters is that which deals with the period of British control, a phase of the subject which might well receive separate and fuller treatment.” Charles M. Andrews.
Munson, John William.Reminiscences of a Mosby guerrilla. **$2. Moffat.