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Page, Thomas Nelson.Coast of Bohemia.**$1. Scribner.

Collected for the first time, Mr. Page’s poems could be launched with no better l’envoi than the author’s “fine confession of the faith of a minor poet:” “There is for a minor poet also a music that the outer world does not catch—an inner day which the outer world does not see. It is this music, this light, which, for the most part, is for the lesser poet his only reward.”

“So trained a hand as his could hardily fail to produce a creditable work, even in the unwonted medium of rhyme and rhythm.” Wm. M. Payne.

“Poetic sensibility ... is very evident in Mr. Page’s verse, and he has an admirable command of traditional poetic tone.”

“It is well modulated song, mellow as a Southern voice. While not varied in form nor experimental in meter, it is refined, smoothly textured, always melodious verse.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

“The poems ring true; they have the quality of sanity throughout; they are conspicuously free from self-consciousness; and they are often happy in the ease and freedom of their phrasing.”

Page, Thomas Nelson.Novels, stories, sketches and poems. “Plantation ed.” 12v. $18. Scribner.

Twelve illustrated volumes make up this “plantation edition,” so called because all the stories, novels, verses and essays present phases of plantation life.

“What one might almost call definitive edition.”

Page, Thomas Nelson.On Newfound river. †$1.50. Scribner.

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*Page, Thomas Nelson.Under the crust. †$1.50. Scribner.

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“In the seven stories which make up the volume of short tales, ‘Under the crust,’ the discerning reader will find the characteristic idealism of Mr. Page expressing itself in delicate and sympathetic studies of men and women to whom commercialism exists only to be resisted, and who live in the world as if life were still a matter of the spirit and not a matter of physical luxury.”—Outlook.

“The lack of distinction is made up for by a healthy, cheerful tone, and there is reality to the men and women the author depicts.”

“The stories in this volume are not of equal excellence, but it contains work which Mr. Page has never surpassed.”

Paine, Albert Bigelow.From van dweller to commuter. †$1.50. Harper.

A breezy account of the trials that overtook a man, his wife and the “Precious Ones” while moving from flat to flat in New York in quest of a really comfortable and livable place that they might call home. Comparative peace falls to their lot only when they enter upon the commuter’s life in a near-by suburb. The entire story is a “sort of general unburdening” of the troubles that haunt one during an attempted solution of the problem of living, with a view to “relief of spirit which is said to follow confession.”

“Though the narrative for the most part runs too familiarly along well-worn grooves, its facile humor and abundant sentiment may well afford some innocent diversion—especially to readers whose memory turns backward to adventures of kindred nature.”

“It will find its clientele among those who enjoy Warner’s ‘My summer in a garden.’”

“There is much humor of a popular kind, and many clever character sketches.”

*Paine, John K.History of music to the death of Schubert. $2.75. Ginn.

The posthumous work of Professor Paine which includes his lectures on the history of music to the death of Schubert. The lectures are arranged under the headings Ancient and mediaeval music and Origin of dramatic music, opera and oratorio.

Paine, Ralph Delahaye.Greater America. *$1.50. Outing.

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A series of glimpses of the splendid activities of the American west of to-day. The author introduces the reader to numerous activities along the line of extension movement which show great creative and pioneering forces at work. Some of his chapters are as follows: Past and present of the “Soo,” The story of a copper mine, The magnet of the wheat, The cow puncher versus irrigation, The heart of the big timber country, A breath from Alaska, and Gold camps of the desert.

“To read the book is to get a new appreciation of the greatness of America, the greatness of her present and the possibilities of her future.”

“Belongs to a class of books which may be called rare even in this age of print. It bears the same relation to the ordinary volume of travel and description that the realistic novel of actual events bears to the novel of romantic cast.”

“Mr. Paine has felt and has put into his book the very spirit of energy and enthusiasm and confidence and ambition and kindliness which fills the vast miles to the west of New York.”

Paine, Ralph Delahaye.Praying skipper and other stories.$1.50. Outing pub.

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“Uncommonly good tales of the straight-ahead sort.”

*Paine, Ralph Delahaye, ed. Romance of an old time shipmaster. *$1.25. Outing pub.

A collection of letters and Journals written by an American sea captain during the early part of the nineteenth century. “It reveals a most charming and lovable personality, a sort of Lord Chesterfield of the quarter-deck, and throws a curious light on life at sea at that time.”

Pais, Ettore.Ancient legends of Roman history; tr. by Mario E. Cosenza. *$4. Dodd.

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“Indeed every page of the book is full of illuminating and original ideas. For the most part the translation reads well, and a certain number of un-English expressions do not detract from its value, nor can we say that much is added by the greater part of the illustrations.” G. McN. Rushforth.

“Professor Pais is a difficult writer. There is much to be learned from his book. His notes cite the sources with considerable fulness, occasionally ... possessing an interest for students outside the narrower limits of the subject.”

Palgrave, Francis Turner.Treasury of sacred songs; selected from the English lyrical poetry of four centuries: with explanatory and biographical notes. *$1.15. Oxford.

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A well chosen collection of sacred songs which includes many of our best sacred poems and such of our hymns as can be termed poetry.

“On the whole it is a good selection and gives a just idea of the quality of our sacred poetry.”

Palmer, Frederick William, ed. With the sorrowing: a handbook of suggestions for the use of pastors, missionaries, and other visitors in the homes of sorrow. **75c. Revell.

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“Appropriate prayers, hymns, and passages of Scripture for use at funerals.”—Bib. World.

“Most profitable for the avoidance of monotony and formalism in the effort to discharge a sacred duty.”

Pardo Bazan, Emilia.Midsummer madness; tr. from the Spanish by Amparo Loring. $1.50. Clark.

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“The story tells of a gentle flirtation, occasionally verging on the dangerous, and always inclining to the superficial. The book is readable, however, while not elevating. The best feature is the minute detail with which the story describes the everyday life of the characters, both nobility and peasantry.”—Ind.

“The English translation ... is well rendered, and follows the Spanish form of conversation with great conscientiousness. Of plot and counterplot there is very little.”

“The little tale is conceived in a spirit of tender gayety which marks it for that rare thing, a work of true humor.”

“The pages ... are full of the deplorable effects of rapid production, clever, vivid, and interesting picture of Spanish life though it is.”

“Besides, the translation, by Amparo Loring, fulfills the difficult task of conveying the original writer’s sprightly, animated style in a manner quite spontaneous and natural.”

Pares, Bernard.Russia and reform. *$3. Dutton.

“Beginning with a rather impressionistic but distinctly readable sketch of the rise and advanceof Russia from the earliest times, Mr. Pares, with the emancipation of the serfs, enters into a detailed study which is really worthy of comparison with Mackenzie Wallace’s great book. Like Wallace, Mr. Pares evidently knows his Russia thoroughly, and his Russian in every walk of life. The geographical and economic aspects of the country, the governmental system, the educational facilities, the home life of the noble and the peasant, the literature that has been produced and the men who have produced it—all this and much more is expounded by him in a way that is equally interesting and authoritative.”—Outlook.

“We have many faults to find, but they do not affect the value of the work.”

“In our opinion, Mr. Pares would have added to the value of his work by more concentration and by resolutely leaving on one side those matters which have already been adequately dealt with by other authorities.”

“On the whole, it may be said that he has succeeded in gaining a place close to Wallace and to Leroy-Beaulieu’s ‘Empire des Tsars.’ In its range, method, and adequacy of knowledge and insight, it is certainly the best account that the Russian liberation movement which began in 1904, has brought forth.”

“For all who wish to broaden their knowledge of a highly complex question Mr. Pares’s volume may be recommended as a safe guide.”

“The work is in reality encyclopedic. We feel that in some matters, particularly with respect to prison methods, Mr. Pares takes an over-roseate view.”

“If Mr. Pares tells us nothing sensational in this stout volume, we are all the more ready to believe his word ... and if he tells us nothing exactly new, he at all events presents his points with a lucidity of the first order. Altogether, this book is valuable because it contains the comments and judgments of a competent and wise observer.”

Paret, William, bp.Place and function of the Sunday school in the church. *50c. Whittaker.

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A discussion of the place and function of the Sunday school in relation to the greater subject on which it rests, namely, the duty and relation of the Church to children.

Park, James.Text book of mining geology, for the use of mining students and miners. *$2. Lippincott.

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“The author deals with the subject in nine chapters. The first contains a brief summary of geological principles, and the following chapters are devoted respectively to the classification of mineral deposits, ore veins, the dynamics of lodes and beds, ore deposits considered genetically, the theories of vein formation, ores and minerals considered economically, mine sampling, and the examination and valuation of mines.”—Nature.

“The chapter dealing with the genesis of ore deposits is of special interest. The perplexing problems by which the subject is surrounded are judicially dealt with.”

Parker, Gilbert.Weavers. †$1.50. Harper.

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A finely wrought tapestry reproducing the house builded upon a rock. David Claridge, a sturdy English Quaker carries the new civilization of the West to the Egyptian East. He becomes counsellor and confident of Prince Kaïd and fights his battles for him. The story is a reënactment of the terrors of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace, and of Daniel in the lions’ den; for David, invincible in the might of truth, is unharmed by the fire which is the consuming traditional and superstitional heathenism and the lions which are treacherous oriental trickery and love of revenge.

“Is an excellent book and splendid reading. Alike in the manner and matter of the story, there are the ease and fulness that come of both the writer’s and the reader’s assured interest in the career of David Claridge.”

“Not so artistic as the author’s earlier work, and rather long drawn out, but holding the interest, without question, to the end.”

“He spoils his material by wilfully romanticizing it; nevertheless he produces an interesting tale, set forth with such a serious air that we are bound to take it seriously.”

“The truth is that Sir Gilbert has tried to write a story without first thinking it out clearly to the end; he has tried to make his readers realise characters which he has never successfully projected in his own imagination; and the result, with all allowance made for good intention and a certain amount of good workmanship, cannot be called a success.” Ward Clark.

“A work that, despite certain quite obvious faults, is nevertheless endowed with unity of design and fine idealism.” Wm. M. Payne.

“The whole conception is as dead as any mummy in Egypt, the chief difference being that it is embalmed in an excellent literary style.”

“Sir Gilbert Parker’s book is not lacking in well-drawn, dramatic scenes growing out of the conflict between Oriental subtlety and the straightforward Quakerism of David; and the picture of Egypt, although possibly not an altogether accurate one, emerging from its centuries of political darkness, is an interesting contribution to the romance of history.”

“Deserves and has achieved a place among the leading novels of the year.”

“Ungrateful though it may seem it is not easy to follow this long drama with any keen interest or to feel that the people in it are any more sensitive than the props that sustain old-fashioned cumbersome draperies. It is ungrateful because the purpose of the book is earnest, and Sir Gilbert evidently writes with knowledge and from his own observation.”

“Although Sir Gilbert Parker uses a civilized if somewhat heavy English, and puts his book together in practised fashion, his treatment of Egyptian troubles ... on the whole lacks the brilliancy given to the same event by the late Archibald Clavering Gunter. It is hard to believe that ‘The weavers’ comes from the same hand which once gave so thoughtful and sincere a study of character as Charley in ‘The right of way.’”

“The idea has obtained very generally of late that the good old three-volume novel of the mid-Victorian age was forever extinct, like the dodo or the drama in blank verse. There were to be no more wronged or missing heirs, no more ‘papers’ turning up in old cabinets, no more ‘heavy’ old men telling their stories in quavering voices with the lights burning low and the violins going soft, no more benevolent low-comedy gents coming in slapdash at the critical moments, no more singularly fatuous villains getting caught in their own toils. It is a mistake; read ‘The weavers’ and be convinced. All, all are here, the old familiarfaces. The book is written with the author’s usual facility and command of English.”

“Is full of brilliant and striking passages, but the parts of the story do not perfectly cohere, and the tale is a series of dramatic episodes rather than a well-knit narrative of action.”

“Much practice has made Sir Gilbert Parker a skilful weaver of a kind of plot which has no relation to reality, or even to probability, but which always fascinates a large novel-reading public. Sir Gilbert Parker writes about society and politics as if he were an outsider.”

“Whatever fault may be found with the novel, it certainly shows no sign of scamped work or perfunctory handling. In every sense in which the phrase is applicable to a novel, the author has given us full measure,—length, wealth of colour and exciting incident, careful portraiture, minute character analysis. It may not be unfairly urged that Sir Gilbert Parker has been too lavish of his materials, and that his book loses in directness of appeal from the complexity of his theme, the kaleidoscopic nature of the narrative, and the widely divergent phases of life which he essays to depict. Yet of its picturesqueness, its eloquence, and its exciting quality there can be no doubt.”

Parr, G. D. Aspinall.Electrical engineering in theory and practice. *$3.25. Macmillan.

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“Although the book is generally quite readable, the English is by no means perfect throughout. The reasoning is here and there unsatisfactory, loose language creeps in, or the style becomes diffuse. The descriptive portion of the work is throughout very carefully written and illustrated.” D. K. M.

Parrish, Randall.Beth Norvell.†$1.50. McClurg.

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Again the West furnishes the setting of Mr. Parrish’s story. An ambitious young actress, with a past that has linked her with an adventurer and gambler, and a young mining engineer meet in a small town of Colorado. Their romance is brought well into the foreground of the story while western color is provided by the sturdy miners of the Little Yankee whose claims the young engineer defends against the aforementioned gambler. Tragedy, misunderstanding and years of waiting precede the wholly satisfactory dénouement.

“It is occasionally amateurish as to the manner of telling but absorbing as to incident and plot.”

“Here is the good old style of western melodrama, which, we suppose and hope, will never die out.”

“The story itself fairly revels in the old familiar conventions.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

“It is all melodrama of a rather preposterous sort, and the hero’s conversation is a little more preposterous than anything else in the book.” Wm. M. Payne.

“He wallows in adjectives, his conversations are stilted, and the actions and motives of his characters are unconvincing.”

“Some striking situations are evolved, but the high-flown language of the hero and heroine when in peril of their lives on various occasions seems unnatural and detracts from the effect of several strong scenes.”

Parrish, Randall.Bob Hampton of Placer.†$1.50. McClurg.

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“One would like to see the same quality of narration expended upon a simpler and more natural plot.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

“Mr. Randall Parrish has mastered the trick of popular narrative after a comparatively brief apprenticeship to the trade, and is to-day one of the most effective of our story-tellers.” Wm. M. Payne.

Parrish, Randall.Great plains. **$1.75. McClurg.

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To write accurate history so clothed as to appeal to the imagination has been Mr. Parrish’s aim. He tells how the stretch of country between the valley of the Missouri and the foothills of the Rockies was discovered and settled, emphasizes its possibilities and picturesque wonders, and dwells upon the characteristics of men and customs of the frontier towns.

“The choice of material is commendable, the weaving skilful, and the interest well sustained.” Edwin Erle Sparks.

“He shows care and judgment in the balancing of contradictory accounts. And he has told the story well and in interesting style. But he has missed not a little of the high spirit, the valiant courage, the dauntless expectations of the men who conquered the plains.”

“Much of the narrative is avowedly based on the work of others, but he has combined and arranged the material in such a way as to produce a well-proportioned historical sketch. The book is alive with incident, adventure, and odd happenings in the days of Indian trappers, army camps, and frontier scouts.”

“A book of far more than ordinary interest. Whatever else is attempted, Mr. Parrish has at least set forth the romantic aspects of the story in a most vivid and fascinating way.”

Parshall, Horace Field, and Hobart, Henry Metcalfe.Electric railway engineering. *$10. Van Nostrand.

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“This book concerns itself mainly with the application of electricity to heavy traction as distinguished from tramway work, and gives an exceedingly comprehensive view of the progress which the new motive power has made up to the present time, besides containing a great store of collected data regarding the results obtained in representative examples of its application.”—Ath.

“A high standard of excellence has been maintained in the preparation of the volume.”

“The most comprehensive book on electric railway practice which has yet appeared.” Henry H. Norris.

“The present volume endeavors, not unsuccessfully, to combine [the practical and technical phases] and to give the reader a clear knowledge of the fundamental principles that underlie the application of electricity to haulage.”

Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews.Family. **$3. Putnam.

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