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Naish, Ethel M.Browning and dogma; seven lectures on Browning’s attitude towards dogmatic religion.*$1.40. Macmillan.

7–6792.

In this volume the author “takes half a dozen poems—‘Caliban upon Setebos,’ ‘Cleon,’ ‘Bishop Blougram’s apology,’ ‘Christmas eve and Easter day,’ and ‘La Saisaz’—and subjects them to minute running analysis.”—Acad.

“In all her two hundred pages there is no note of freshness or originality, and she has nothing of importance to contribute to our knowledge either of the special works selected or of Browning’s poetry in general.”

“The style is clear and workmanlike, the matter often thoughtful, and the plan most patiently elaborated. The reader whose concern is with poetry, the reader, that is to say, who can hop with catholic delight from Milton to Shakespeare and from Keats to Wordsworth, will not get through this book. It is too conscientious.”

Naylor, James Ball.Scalawags. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.

7–11210.

This story opens upon a wintry afternoon in a district school house when a class reciting in “Green’s grammar” is interrupted by a tramp and his dog who beg shelter and warmth for an hour. The tramp finds among the pupils a kindred soul who one day joins the wanderer and casts in his lot with him. Their experiences end in the boy’s reforming the “bad man,” who in turn plans for the education of the lad whose mother had been his sweetheart and had found him unworthy.

“Some of the descriptions are fairly well done, but the incidents are often extravagant, and the characterization cannot be highly praised.”

Neame, L. E.Asiatic danger in the colonies. *$1.25. Dutton.

7–32192.

Six years of study in Asia and South Africa lie back of Mr. Neame’s portrayal of the subject. He shows “how insidiously the patient and stable races of the Orient are at work undermining the white man’s boasted power, and how concrete is the peril.” (N. Y. Times.)

“Undoubtedly the facts presented by the author lead to the conclusion that the only effective method of securing that a land equally adapted for Europeans and Asiatics should be made a home for European settlers is that of almost total exclusion, adopted by Australia, joined to a fixed determination on the part of Europeans to engage in all forms of manual work themselves.” (Lond. Times.)

“Mr. Neame’s book is one of very great value to anybody desirous of understanding this question, not only in South Africa, but also in Australia and Canada.”

* Near East: the present situation in Montenegro, Bosnia, Servia, Bulgaria, Roumania, Turkey and Macedonia. il. *$3. Doubleday.

W 7–173.

An anonymous publication which reveals the author in close touch with European rulers and prime ministers. “He sipped coffee, smoked cigarettes, and talked with the ‘various kings and princes of the Balkan states,’ the Sultan of Turkey, and nearly all the members of the various cabinets, as well as with people of the middle class and with peasants, in order to form some conclusion as to the real situation—political, economical, social, and financial—in this European hotbed of discord.” (Dial.)

“The author is animated by strong, though obviously unconscious, bias against the Hellenic element in the Balkans, as well as against Germany and Austria.”

“Every page reveals the author as one who investigates his subject thoroughly, discriminates his information carefully, and writes convincingly.” H. E. Coblentz.

“The book is specially valuable in the light it throws upon Servia.”

“A trenchantly written volume.”

“That he has been told the whole truth and nothing but the truth on all occasions he does not himself contend. But by separating the grain from the chaff of official information and relating it to his own private investigations he claims to have obtained a uniquely accurate insight into Balkan affairs.”

Neely, Thomas Benjamin.South America, a mission field. *35c. West. Meth. bk.

6–42354.

A compact presentation of South American missions intended to awaken interest in the field and its evangelical possibilities.

Neihardt, John Gneisenau.Lonesome trail.†$1.50. Lane.

7–19597.

Twenty short stories which are concerned with the Indians of the Omaha and Ponca tribes, with French and Indian half-breeds, with gamblers and trappers and ranchmen and [various] types of the frontier.

“One or two of the stories, regarded from the point of view of art, pure and simple, are excellent specimens of their class. We should be reluctant to pass judgment on Mr. Neihardt on the strength of this collection of stories, and we are inclined to think that he will do better work when he has learnt restraint.”

“Despite their undeniable charm and the vivid manner in which they picture the life of the Indian and the half-breed trapper of the west, they leave a distinctly depressing effect on the mind.” Amy C. Rich.

“[The stories] have good workmanship in them; strength of incident and feeling, and no padding. The author has more feeling for style than usually falls to the man who knows the extreme limits of civilization.”

“Mr. Neihardt overdoes his effects very frequently, and he is much given to allowing his people to talk in grandiloquent style.... It will be a pity if he continues to allow his excellent endowment of strength and vividness of imagination to be marred by such obvious faults of taste and style.”

“He gives us an over-accumulation of vivid detail which defeats its own ends. He is original, he is frequently haunting and inspiring, but somehow he just ‘misses.’”

Nelson’s encyclopaedia; ed. by Frank Moore Colby and George Sandeman. 12v. $48. Nelson.

7–7496.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“On the whole, we think highly of this encyclopedia, which fairly realizes the German ideal of a konversation-lexicon, and which is published at a price moderate enough to place it within the means of a large number of readers.”

“The blurred and badly printed illustrations, the poor maps, and the comparatively large proportion of space given up to subjects of ‘current interest’ are still the points that most seriously detract from the permanent value of the books.”

“In general, the most obvious faults appear to be (1) too great a condensation resulting sometimes in vagueness, but oftener in a failure to bring out properly the comparative importance of real significance of facts and events, (2) a lack of proportion from which no encyclopedia is ever free, but which is here possibly more marked as a result of its bi-national origin, and (3) too great emphasis on matters of current or contemporary interest, both as to text and illustration. No great reliance should be placed on the atlas feature of the work.”

“Searching through this book at random we are pleased with the articles, however on the whole.”

“Some of the longer articles are comprehensive and as nearly exhaustive as encyclopedia articles can well be made. The minor subjects are treated in a terse and condensed manner.”

Nernst, Walter.Experimental and theoretical applications of thermodynamics to chemistry; with diagrams. **$1.25. Scribner.

Ten lectures delivered on the Silliman foundation at Yale university in 1906.

“The chief value of the work is its suggestiveness and stimulus to thought and research. It will be of that value to every one who will ‘read, mark, learn and inwardly digest’ its contents.” J. W. Richards.

“Whether the reader is interested in the fundamental theoretical speculations or the practical application of the derived formulae, Prof. Nernst’s series of lectures cannot be too warmly recommended.”

“Nernst has here produced a thoroughly interesting and readable book on a very abstruse and difficult subject. As a résumé of the question of chemical equilibria at high temperatures it will have a distinct value.”

Nesbit, Wilbur Dick.Land of make-believe, and other Christmas poems. **$1.40. Harper.

7–36127.

Mr. Nesbit weaves in rime the fancies of make-believe land that every child loves to cherish. His poems are all about Christmas and the unrealities and impossibilities that make a veritable stalk to meet the sky

“And Jack goes up and down it—we have seen him, you and I.”

“Children will like them, but grown people will like them even better.”

“Taking it as a whole the book is a trifle tiresome.”

Nettleship, Richard Lewis.Memoir of Thomas Hill Green, late fellow of Balliol college, Oxford, and Whyte’s professor of moral philosophy in the university of Oxford; with a short preface specially written for this edition by Mrs. T. H. Green. *$1.50. Longmans.

7–15903.

“The writings of Thomas Hill Green lie in the three fields of philosophy, religion and politics. Mr. Nettleship in this memoir ... brings out the development of the author’s thought in each of these three fields.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

“The estimate of the thought and personality of the statesman-philosopher is sympathetic. and appreciative.”

“I do not know where one could look for a worthier portrayal of the philosopher’s life and mind nor for a simpler statement of the central position of idealism, than in this short biography.” B. Bosanquet.

“So admirable an account of a great man well deserves the wider circulation which one hopes it may obtain in this independent form.”

“It is indeed a singularly frank and faithful, and yet loving account.”

*Nevill, Lady Dorothy.Leaves from the note-books of Lady Dorothy Nevill; ed. by Ralph Nevill. *$3 75. Macmillan.

Mr. Ralph Nevill, aided by the note books and the good memory of Lady Nevill, has produced a book of reminiscences which reflects the current thought of the period and pictures its prominent men. It is a supplement to the “History of the Victorian era.”

“There are only slight blemishes on some very bright recollections.”

“Full of sidelights on many great characters affording with its cheerful gossip a picture of the times such as the more formal historian seldom attempts.”

“Mr. Ralph Nevill would have discovered a more tactful care of his mother’s literary reputation if he had resisted the temptation to publish these notes.”

“Lady Dorothy Nevill’s memory yields a valuable picture of her times.”

Nevill, Dorothy, lady.Reminiscences of Lady Dorothy Nevill; ed. by Ralph Nevill. *$4.20. Longmans.

7–9818.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“She chats pleasantly through the pages of this book—always in good humor and always bright and entertaining.” Jeannette L. Gilder.

Nevinson, Henry Woodd.Dawn in Russia; or, Scenes in the Russian revolution. *$2.25. Harper.

6–35593.

The author has included in this volume “a diary of the revolutionary acts which have followed in all parts of Russia the disasters of the war with Japan.... A catalogue of well-known horrors ... and much personal evidence of his own, drawn from visits, necessarily short, to widely separated parts of European Russia.” (Ath.) The volume is illustrated with cartoons and photographs.

“We should prefer a treatment of the subject in which the record of the writer’s own observations was distinct from his chronological account of events which passed during his journeys, but of which he was not a witness.”

“The all-pervading melancholy of Russian life as it manifests itself in the music and the literature of the nation—all this is treated with the sympathetic insight and the charming sincerity of true art, yet with a conversational informality, liberally interspersed with humor, which gives the reader a pleasing sense of intimacy with the writer, as well as with an irresistible subject.” Abraham Cahan.

Nevinson, Henry Woodd.Modern slavery. **$2. Harper.

6–18826.

Descriptive note in Annual. 1906.

“Mr. Nevinson’s account is very interesting, the illustrations are good and the total impression is that it is an account of a truthful eye-witness.”

Newberry, Percy Edward, and Garstang, John.Short history of ancient Egypt. **$1.20. Estes.

4–21092.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

“Opinions may differ as to some of the author’s conclusions, but they give in concise form material which is practically unobtainable elsewhere in so small a compass, and the book will be found useful. A defect which might be remedied in future editions is the absence of a bibliography.”

Newbolt, Henry John.The old country: a romance. †$1.50. Dutton.

“The story begins at the present time, and suddenly shifts to the year in which the battle of Poictiers was fought, The characters for the most part remain the same, nor does the scenechange. Stephen Bulmer, in the early chapters, is a young Englishman, of Colonial upbringing, who ‘speaks of things to come as if he saw them.’ In the later chapters, he is the same Englishman, modified by an Italian education. But the sense of time has vanished from his brain.” (Acad.) “He is taken into ‘the backwoods of time,’ where ‘the real work of men was going forward, with sweat of the brow and blistering of hands, with action and agony and endurance in place of talk and speculation.’ He sees that all his doubts are long descended, that Ralph Tremur, the eternal dissident, is an image of himself, and that the future must lie with the constructive minds, who serve under discipline and keep close to the earth in their toil.” (Spec.)

“Ingenious as is Mr. Newbolt’s thesis, it is not for that that we would most highly praise his book. The story is told with a tact and delicacy rarely found in the modern novel.”

“In his dedicatory epistle he frankly acknowledges that he has a purpose and we as frankly state our conviction that that purpose is wrong. Nor can we commend the machinery of the novel.”

“Beautiful romance.”

“The end far more than atones for the stiffness of the beginning.”

“Very clear indeed is the picture of rural mediaeval England set before us in the unfolding of the tale.”

“An uncommonly thoughtful and interesting novel. The style is distinguished, and there is no lack of good images. It is an admirable expression of the genuine Tory spirit.”

“Mr. Newbolt reads his countrymen an eloquent lesson, none the less profound because it is decked with all the graces of romance.”

Newcomb, Simon.Side-lights on astronomy; and kindred fields of popular science. **$2. Harper.

6–34834.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Dr. Newcomb’s clear generalization of the progress of astronomy has great interest and reveals some romance in the work of the ‘far-seekers’ which is lost in the tracing of the details.”

“A volume which is at once interesting and instructive.”

“He is certainly a star of the first magnitude in the astronomical world.”

Newman, Ernest.Wagner. (Music of the masters ser.) $1. Brentano’s.

5–40985.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

“Done in a clear terse style, avoiding technical jargon.”

Newman, George.Infant mortality: a social problem. (New lib. of medicine.) *$2.50. Dutton.

7–32191.

Dr. Newman studies the distribution and extent as well as the causes of infant mortality, and directs attention to the best means of prevention.

“His familiarity with his theme is unquestionable, and the volume of the facts and statistics that he has arranged and co-ordinated is a proof of painstaking effort.”

“It is written well and clearly, and should be read by every one who is interested in preventing the waste of child life which is occurring not only in England, but also throughout every civilized country.”

“Dr. Newman has gotten together an immense amount of statistical data bearing upon infant mortality-rates, of which data he makes most effective use.”

“These thoughtful and intelligent studies cannot fail to interest all who apply themselves to sociology, political economy and philanthropy.”

Newmarch, Rosa.Poetry and progress in Russia. *$3.50. Lane.

W 7–152.

“In five chapters Miss Newmarch considers the literary development of Russia from Pushkin to the present. In the empire of the Czar,—as, indeed, throughout the rest of the civilized world, the poets have been the pioneers of liberty and enlightenment. This phase of Russian culture is represented by the poets Pushkin, Koltsov, Nikitin, Nekrassov, Khomiakasov, and Nadson. Translations of a number of the representative poems from these masters supplement the essays.”—R. of Rs.

“Her book is practically a re-writing of what is generally known about Pouschkin, his life and works. Of the translations ... by Mrs. Newmarch and others perhaps the less said the better.”

“We wish all success to this book: we know of none which will give the reader more just ideas of what is good in Russian poetry.”

“The translations by the author and Prof. Morfill are, for the most part, without much distinction; those of Miss Helena Frank are somewhat better. The value of the book lies in its clairvoyant and interpretive criticisms, which should do much toward creating a deserved interest in Russian poetry.” Anne Peacock.

“Candidly speaking, the reviewer must allow that the fault is more with the title than with the actual scope of the book. But when all is said and done, Mrs. Newmarch deserves to win readers for the poets to whose humour she has devoted so much scholarly pains and ingenuity.”

Newmarch, Rosa.Songs to a singer and other verses. *$1.25. Lane.

“A small collection of verse, mainly concerned, as its title indicates, with the emotions evolved by another’s singing, and suffers somewhat from the consequent lack of variety.”—N. Y. Times.

“These songs might pass muster, as being well up to the average, if read between staves of music. Considered as poetry, or even verse, they are weak.”

“Miss Rosa Newmarch’s lyrics are very slight and quite unambitious; they flow pleasantly and are free from solecisms and self-conscious oddities. Just why any one of them was written would perhaps be difficult to say, for none show much individuality or depth of feeling.”

Newton, Samuel Donald.Dolorous blade: being a brief account of the adventures of that good knight of the Round Table, Sir Balin, called “Le Savage,” done into rhyme by Samuel Donald Newton. $1. Badger, R. G.

7–10041.

A new poetic version of the tragic story of Sir Balin, Le Savage, and his fateful dolorous blade.

Nibelungenlied; translated by John Storer Cobb. *$2. Small.

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