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Hadley, Arthur Twining.Baccalaureate addresses and other talks on kindred themes. **$1. Scribner.

7–11555.

Sixteen brief addresses in which President Hadley of Yale dwells “on the grand fundamentals of character and citizenship, of individual and social virtue, and, in the large wholesome sense, of piety and religion.” (Dial.)

“The simple, straightforward style of these addresses is engaging.”

“The tone of the book is wholesome and optimistic, but one must confess that it deals largely in platitudes.”

“They disclose in a manner at once incidental and intimate, the spirit in which Dr. Hadley meets thousands of young men. It is because of their disclosure of this spirit and because of the extreme elevation and devotion of the spirit disclosed that the volume will receive a considerable and a cordial welcome.” Edward Cary.

“Simplicity of style, singleness of aim, earnestness of purpose, an entire absence not only of cant but of professionalism in all its forms, but above all a certain virility of spirit, characterize these addresses.”

Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.

Hadley, Arthur Twining.Standards of public morality; the Kennedy lectures for 1906, in the school of philanthropy conducted by the Charity organization society of the City of New York. **$1. Macmillan.

7–21398.

Five essays entitled, The formation of public opinion, The ethics of trade, The methods of corporate management, The workings of our political machinery, The political duties of a citizen. In these chapters the author discusses present evils from the standpoint of the historian, the economist and the good citizen.

“Excellent though the book is, a little more of the ‘scorn of scorn,’ the ‘hate of hate,’ the love of all ideals of even impossible perfection, might have been expected—and twenty years ago would have been expected—in a New England college president’s treatment of the subjects discussed.”

“The book will bear reading and rereading both by officers and by private citizens.”

“The book is worth reading not once, but twice. This is a rich bill of fare spread exactly in the ripeness of appetite for the meal. May good digestion wait on appetite, and the community will be the better for it.” Edward A. Bradford.

Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.

Hadow, Gerald Elliot, and Hadow, William Henry.Oxford treasury of English literature. 3v. ea. *90c. Oxford.

7–6793.

v. 1.Old English to Jacobean. This volume indicates the chief landmarks in prose and poetry (not dramatic) from Beowulf to the writers of the Jacobean age, with good introductions.

v. 2.Growth of the drama. Under Tragedy, Comedy, and History, are given selections which range from the miracle plays to Ford’s Perkin Warbeck. General introductions and brief bibliographies are provided.

“The introductions, despite the care and knowledge with which they are written, are inevitably insufficient and a little dictatorial: the selections, though chosen with fine judgment, are brief and not wholly representative.”

“The introductions to the various parts of the book are most valuable and scholarly, and contain a really noble and stimulating appreciation of Marlowe and of Webster.”

“Perhaps this section of drama was a difficult one to fill; but we the more regret the arrangement which made it necessary for the editors to fill it. Yet such criticisms do not prevent this being a good and, on the whole, representative manual.”

“The work is admirably done, and wholly worthy of the distinction of its Oxford imprint.”

“The book is characterized by the nicest scholarship.”

“The dominant feeling with which one puts down this book is one of pleasure and gratitude. There is everything to learn in it and everything to enjoy, and all the learning is only another kind of enjoying. Nothing could be better than the editorial introductions to the different sections. They are models of what such things should be; as true as if they were written by dulness itself; as striking as if they were made up of wilfulness.”

“The introduction to each extract gives just the information that will be needed by the ordinary reader, and the general introduction errs, if at all, only in its brevity.”

Haeckel, Ernest Heinrich Philipp August.Last words on evolution: tr. from 2d ed. by Joseph McCabe. *$1. Eckler.

6–14562.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The presentation of the subject is marred by a controversial treatment of the work of Wasmann and by an unnecessarily harsh arraignment of Virchow on account his attitude toward evolutionary questions.”

“That part of his work which deals with science shows him an investigator who will stand with the foremost of his century. He has the rare distinction of having contributed materially to the sum of human knowledge. But all his science has here become only the stair to his philosopher’s tower of ivory. To us this tower is a mere castle in Spain, and the last words on evolution are still unuttered.” Christian Gauss.

*Haeselbarth, Adam C.Patty of the palms: a story of Porto Rico. $1.25. Kenny pub.

A romance thru which are portrayed some of the conditions in Porto Rico since American occupation showing what degree of success has resulted from attempts at “benevolent assimilation.”

Haggard, Andrew C. P.Real Louis the fifteenth; with 34 full-page portraits, including 2 photogravure plates. 2v. *$5. Appleton.

7–18151.

“Colonel Haggard tells at considerable length the whole story of the reign.... He gives the whole history of the Seven years’ war, the life and adventures of Frederick the Great and of Prince Charles Edward, the history of Stanislas of Poland and of his court at Lunéville, with many other personal narratives not always quite correct in detail.... He attempts to describe all the varying opinions, all the crimes of the Jesuits, the vagaries of the philosophers, the intrigues of unprincipled politicians, and to make us intimately familiar with Fleury, Choiseul, Voltaire, and the Encyclopedists, as well as with the succession of women who influenced ‘this hoggish king’ and through him, to a certain extent, ruled France and poisoned the air of Europe.”—Spec.

“Will hardly rank as a serious contribution to the history of the eighteenth century in France.”

“If the present volumes on the life of Louis XV. wore what one might call good gossip—‘good’ in the artistic sense, lively, pointed, significant, they would be thoroughly acceptable in spite of their slight historic value. Frankly they are little more than a dictionary of scandal, an encyclopedia of eighteenth century depravity, the results of a research offensive in its thoroughness.” M. B. M.

“The author has probably told his kind of story fairly well.”

“With all its faults in art and more serious faults in taste, the book makes a sufficiently striking impression.”

*Haggard, Henry Rider.Margaret: a novel of the England of Henry VII. †$1.50. Longmans.

7–32845.

Set in the times of the Tudors, this tale is one of daring adventure by land and sea. “It involves the slaughter of a retainer of the Spanish ambassador in the opening scene, and the escape of an Anglo-Jewish merchant from the Spanish inquisition in the last. The fortunes of the Jew’s daughter—who has been abducted, by a nobleman in the train of De Ayala, the ambassador, and is pursued across the sea by her lover, brave Peter Brome, and his comrades—form the main thread of the story. Incidentally we meet with many well-fancied types of militant and ecclesiastical humanity, with effective portraits of monarchs and great men.” (Ath.)

“There is a reminiscence of Kingsley in much of the story, but Mr. Haggard has no master in this brightly conceived and deftly executed drama of action.”

“In incompetent hands, a plot for a dime novel and nothing more; but Mr. Haggard has the craft of a born stage manager ... and sends us away with the feeling that we have witnessed a big, spectacular show that was eminently worth while.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

“It is all as vigorous, circumstantial, and imaginative as Mr. Haggard can make it; but the effect is often marred by the effort to combine simplicity of diction with a flavour of Tudor English.”

“But notwithstanding all its many excellencies, Mr. Haggard’s work does not belong on the high levels of fictional art. There is none of that rich and satisfying quality which invests the pages of novelists who deal with the inner forces of character and temperament.”

“The merchant who is the principal figure in his drama does not convince us. When we come to the story itself all is excellent.”

Haggard, (Henry) Rider.Spirit of Bambatse; a romance. †$1.50. Longmans.

6–27709.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“We feel that Mr. Haggard’s formula is less satisfying than formerly, and yet a cool analysis tells us that this story has as many good points as the others.”

Haines, Alice Calhoun.Luck of the Dudley Grahams: as related in extracts from Elizabeth Graham’s diary.†$1.50. Holt.

7–32036.

The story of a family of boys and girls who tried to share their mother’s burdens. On the day of selling a dump-cart patent the father had died suddenly without revealing the hiding place of the contract. The family struggles continue until one day the contract is found and the Graham luck turns.

Haines, Henry Stevens.Railway corporations as public servants. **$1.50. Macmillan.

7–30619.

A work which to some extent is supplementary to the author’s previous discussion of “Restrictive railway legislation.” “The treatment of the subject is, however, more particularly directed to an amelioration of the existing relations between railway corporations and the public whom they serve.”

“Some of the statements in the book are more striking than true. This volume deals with a large number of topics in connection with railway management and the facilities afforded. While these are not handled in detail, they are presented in an attractive way that ought to stimulate the interest of the general reading public in the question of the efficiency of the American railway service under its present organization.” Ernest R. Dewsnup.

“One of the most timely of the fall books.”

Haines, Jennie Day, comp. Christmasse tyde. **$2. Elder.

A collection of seasonable quotations beautifully set to the best things in book accompaniment.

Haines, Jennie Day, comp. Ye gardeyne boke. **$3. Elder.

6–43790.

“The text has been gathered and arranged ... from hundreds of sources, poetical and prosaic.... The various quotations are arranged under about forty heads, and Cardinal Newman offers the first answer to the question, ‘What is a garden?’... Then come such topics as ‘Mediaeval gardens,’ ‘Monastic gardens,’ ‘Old-fashioned gardens,’ and gardens identified with various nationalities—Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish—and so on, and even ‘The poet’s garden,’ and ‘Gardens of the sea’ are not neglected.”—N. Y. Times.

“Garden-lovers need look no further for an appropriate gift.”

“Tastefully decorated and beautifully printed.”

Haldane, Elizabeth S.Descartes: his life and times. *$4.50. Dutton.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Miss Haldane’s book seems to me well-proportioned and well-written. The most recent sources of information have been utilized, and the material arranged in clear and orderly fashion. The accounts of the philosophical standpoint and contents of the important works are clear, coherent, and well-suited to the general plan and purpose of the volume, which is intended quite as much for the general reader as for the special student of philosophy. The book is to be welcomed as a real and valuable addition to the literature of philosophy.” J. E. C.

*Hale, Albert Barlow.South Americans. **$2.50. Bobbs.

7–36231.

An illustrated story of the South American republics, their characteristics, progress and tendencies; with special reference to their commercial relations with the United States. Special attention has been given to the East Andean republics because within their boundaries must take place the great industrial advances of the century.

Hale, Edward Everett.Tarry at home travels. il. **$2.50. Macmillan.

6–35582.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Dr. Hale is rather too fond of applying the epithet ‘dear’ to every person of whom he speaks. We wish also that he had not adopted the slang term ‘Dago’ when speaking of an Italian.”

“His reminiscences are poured out of a full heart, freely, familiarly, picturesquely.” Harriet Waters Preston.

“Half mischievous, half militant, he goes wherever his mood takes him, finding only what is good in men, and gently prodding this good to make it better.”

“The purpose and execution of the work are infused throughout with high ideals and generous patriotism.”

Hale, Will T.True stories of Jamestown and its environs. $1. Pub. house M. E. ch., So.

7–19587.

“A little volume whose spirit perpetuates the “human” interest in the past life of this deserted village.”

Hall, Bolton.Three acres and liberty; assisted by Robert F. Powell; with an introd. by George T. Powell. $1.75. Macmillan.

7–10568.

A handbook of tested theory regarding land and its possibilities. And Mr. Hall is not satisfied with the mediocre results of a three-acre plot but shows what can be accomplished at the high tide of productive capacity. He shows where the right three-acres may be found, what kind of land must be had, what it will cost, and what must be done with it. The author “has not attempted so much to deal with the technique of agriculture or to give instruction in its requirements, as to awaken active and earnest thought upon the social betterment of our rapidly increasing population.”

“This is, we think, one of the most important volumes of the year.”

“The author is not always sufficiently specific in regard to regions adapted to special products, probably assuming that those who are interested in the subject will investigate further.”

“The book should be highly interesting to amateur farmers and to social workers.”

Hall, Rev. Charles Cuthbert.Christ and the human race; or, The attitude of Jesus Christ toward foreign races and religions; being the William Belden Noble lectures for 1906. **$1.25. Houghton.

6–42357.

“In these lectures ... Dr. Hall ... is concerned with the proper attitude of a Christian man toward the non-Christian religions.... To-day, he affirms, ‘the East denounces Western Christendom, yet in spirit approaches nearer and nearer to the worship of Christ.’ ... In conclusion, Dr. Hall gives the standpoints now to be taken by the Christian educator, physician, and minister in the East.”—Outlook.

Reviewed by A. K. Parker.

“He approaches the East with a courtesy equal to that for which the East is eminent. He is a student as well as a teacher, and expectsto receive as well as give.” George Hodges.

Hall, Charles Cuthbert.Christian belief interpreted by Christian experience. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.

5–25392.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

“His irenic tone, and tactful, almost adroit, presentation of the points of difference between Christianity and Hinduism, are certainly admirable.” Andrew C. Zenos.

Hall, Edward Henry.Paul, the apostle, as viewed by a layman. **$1.50. Little.

6–19782.

A sympathetic estimate done in the historical spirit of “a great, though very human actor in an important crisis in the world’s spiritual life. Critical scholarship since Baur has been laid under tribute, and me opinions of such students as Pfleiderer, Hausrath, Wernle, and Weizsacher have been diligently compared and carefully estimated.” (Nation.)

“Gives his view of the apostle’s religious character and theological doctrines, in an interesting and instructive way.”

“A rapid and suggestive survey.”

“A just and sympathetic appreciation. The author’s limitation would appear to be lack of grasp of the importance of the service which Paul rendered to early Christianity.”

Hall, Eliza Calvert.Aunt Jane of Kentucky; il. by Beulah Strong. †$1.50. Little.

7–12978.

As Aunt Jane cuts squares for patchwork out of “caliker that won’t fade in the first washin’ and wear out in the second,” and fashions them into her wild-goose pattern quilt she grows reminiscent and with pristine verve and histrionism recounts delicious tales of long ago: how Sally Ann delivered her message of denunciation to the men of Goshen church for demanding that their wives be the submittin’ kind, and how the women of the Mite society bought a new organ for the church in spite of the husbands who thought it a frivolous proceeding. Unruly human nature, bits of scandal and gossip are all softened by time, and as Aunt Jane recalls them she touches them up with her quaint philosophy and delightful sentiment.

“The musings of Aunt Jane’s anonymous listener are somewhat startlingly in contrast to the prevailing rusticity and simplicity of the anecdotes. Even a note of great beauty may produce discord; and discord, as the portrayers of New England life have so well realized, is even less desirable than monotony. With this possible exception, the book is one of the most creditable of its kind, and Aunt Jane’s sympathetic optimism should win her many friends.”

“The author who listens to Aunt Jane, and who records the stories, has added much to their beauty by her sympathy of expression.”

“The flavor of the book lies in the point of view of the old woman, in the wise things she says, and the homely way she says them.”

“In this little volume Eliza Calvert Hall has achieved the unusual—except in the matter of the title.”

“Her stories of Aunt Jane’s experiences are full of real human feeling, and awaken thoroughly wholesome emotion.”

“A little more humour as pungent and appealing as that in the opening sketch, ‘Sally Ann’s experiences,’ and ‘Mrs. Wiggs,’ would have had a rustic rival.”

Hall, Florence Howe.Social usages at Washington. **$1. Harper.

6–41786.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne.

Hall, Gertrude.Wagnerian romances.**$1.50. Lane.

A volume of essays in which the author takes the poems too often submerged in the Wagner music and reveals the intrinsic value of the myth, poetry and romance in them. Beginning with “Parsifal” and ending with “The flying Dutchman,” she includes ten of the Wagnerian romances.

“There can be no doubt that her conscientious transcript will be welcomed by many opera-goers.”

“While the author’s method in this book is excellent, and she is able to preserve the intense spirit and mystic atmosphere of the great romances, her English occasionally suffers from too literal a rendering of the German. With that unimportant reservation, one can thoroughly enjoy her conscientious and sympathetic work.”

Hall, Granville Stanley.Youth: its education, regimen and hygiene. **$1.50. Appleton.

7–30473.

An abridgment of “Adolescence” which offers in briefer form and at less cost the far-reaching pedagogical principles and conclusions of the original volume. There have been added a chapter on moral and religious training and a glossary of seven pages, the latter being useful as well to the larger work.

“The book has been more carefully proofed and the bibliographic references made more complete than in ‘Adolescence.’ Good judgment has characterized the selection and condensation, and normal schools and teacher’s classes, outside of the preferred geographic zone, are certain to find it a useful book, if they can get hold of it.” Will S. Monroe.

“There will be great advantage in the existence of this handbook to ‘Adolescence,’ tho it might be regretted that the terminology and philosophical allusions have not been adapted to the understanding of the layman.”

“The anxious parent or teacher, seeking for the light upon his problems of how best to deal with either child or youth, no matter what his troubles are, will be able to find help of some sort in these pages, crammed full as they are, with the wisdom of the scientist, the observer, the lover of his kind.”

Hall, H. R.Days before history. 50c. Crowell.

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