T

Tabb, John Banister.Selection from the verses of the Rev. John Tabb, made by Alice Meynell. **$1. Small.

“The deliciously tender songs of childhood, of flowers, of lament, the delicate fancies and symbols ... and the sacred poems, which in their union of individuality and universality remind us often of the best of Herbert, are the work of one who is none the less a poet, because four lines often contain his thought.”—Acad.

“One of Mr. Tabb’s leading characteristics is his power of suggesting by the lightest of touches, the most delicate of hints, some mighty truth.”

“His tiny poems like the psychologist’s pinpricks, are very perfect tests of poetic sensibility.” Ferris Greenslet.

“Mrs. Meynell’s selection, which is not free from misprints nor immaculately edited, should at least prove a valuable introduction to the four little volumes of ‘Poems,’ ‘Lyrics,’ ‘Child verse,’ and ‘Later lyrics.’”

“Is a fairly satisfactory exhibition of the quality of that keenly individual poet.”

“His pearls here have been beautifully strung, and they show him at his best.” Christian Gauss.

“Mrs. Meynell has made a good selection from Mr. Tabb’s poems, and we miss nothing we should desire to see reprinted. At his best he has the quaintness and poignancy of Crashaw, but he is not always at his best; and when his conceits master him he is guilty of doubtful taste. Sometimes, as in the sonnet ‘Unmoored,’ he attains a fine dignity of rhythm; but his strength lies usually in simple catches, in which a thought or an emotion is delicately wedded to a metaphor.”

Taft, Lorado.Talks on sculpture. pa. 15c. Caproni.

7–16504.

A pamphlet reprint of papers written by the sculptor-author in response to the movement instigated by Miss Brinkhaus to beautify school rooms with casts of sculpture masterpieces. These brief talks will awaken in both children and grown ups a desire for and an appreciation of good art.

Taft, William Howard.Four aspects of civic duty. (Yale lectures on the responsibilities of citizenship.) **$1. Scribner.

6–46256.

The duties of citizens viewed from the standpoint of a recent graduate of a university, of a judge on the bench of colonial administration and of the national executive constitute the four aspects of civic duty considered by Secretary Taft.

“As a talker to young men on civic duty Dr. Hadley can hardly have failed to see in him the supreme fitness of a man who has done a great deal of that duty in an especially effectual fashion.” Edward Cary.

“There is no rhetorical attempt at all, but a rhetorical success all the same, in which the lecturers, can quite unmistakably say what they mean and in which they always mean something.” Montgomery Schuyler.

“The manner in which the character of the speaker, who has been so effective an actor in the various public offices to which he has been called, impresses itself upon the reader is not the least of the many valuable features which the lectures contain.”

*Taggart, Marion Ames.Daughters of the little grey house.†$1.50. McClure.

7–33202.

A sequel to “The little grey house.”

Taggart, Marion Ames.Doctor’s little girl. $1.50. Page.

7–30163.

Other little girls will enjoy reading of this sunny child of ten whose father is the kindly village doctor. They will delight with her in her games and her playmates, sorrow at her troubles and her illness, and with the others drink her health in the closing toast to “Everybody’s little girl.”

Taggart, Marion Ames.Six girls and the tea room.†$1.50. Wilde.

7–26963.

A companion volume to “Six girls and Bob,” in which the cheerful Scollard family make light of their poverty and force their little tea room to yield them pleasure as well as financial profit. Their lighthearted optimism carries them and their friends thru many troubles and brings to them happiness and, in the end, prosperity.

Takekoshi, Yosaburo.Japanese rule in Formosa; with preface by Baron Shimpei Goto; tr. by George Braithwaite. *$3. Longmans.

7–25501.

A “narrative of all salient facts of historical interest since the date of the annexation of Formosa to Japan.... [It is] typical of the Japanese administrative system, which is the enthronement of bureaucratic principles of collective effort to the rigid exclusion of individualism. The book deserves study by all who wish to acquaint themselves with the methods by which Japan has raised herself to her present high position in the world, and which her statesmen will continue to use in pursuing their further plans of Imperial expansion.”—Lond. Times.

“Where the author is not concerned to emphasize the success of his countrymen the volume is one of undoubted value, since it contains a great deal of information as to the administrative mechanism of the government, which is not available in other works on the island.” Alleyne Ireland.

“An interesting, informing account of present conditions.”

“His ability to see the contrasts and similarities in the peoples and the economic and geographical conditions make the book not only informing but entertaining.” Chester Lloyd Jones.

“Throughout ... the book which has been admirably translated by Mr. George Braithwaite, there is not a single touch of imagination; but in its place a succession of useful statistical tables elaborated with the methodical accuracy which delights the Japanese mind, and illustrative of every conceivable subject, connected with the government of the island.”

“It is obvious that he is bent on making as favorable a showing as possible for his beloved country, his conclusions must be accepted with some reserve. Faithful and intelligent translation.”

“This book ... is neither as lucid in style nor as felicitous in diction as his previous works, but it is none the less readable, containing as it does many bright passages and charming expressions.” K. K. Kawakami.

“Graphic attempt to describe the conditions and possibilities of Japanese rule in Formosa.”

Talbot, Arthur Newell.Tests of concrete and reinforced concrete columns. gratis. Engineering experiment station, Urbana, Ill.

7–19783.

“This pamphlet summarizes tests of (1) the shearing strength of concrete and (2) the bond or adhesion between concrete and straight, plain bars embedded in it; the tests were made in 1905 and 1906.”—Engin. N.

Talbot, Ellen Bliss.Fundamental principle of Fichte’s philosophy. *$1. Macmillan.

7–21441.

This monograph “contains a critical interpretation of Fichte’s teaching concerning the Ego, Being, and Existence. Incidentally Dr. Talbot sets forth ... the relation of Fichte to Kant, the nature of ‘intellectual perception’ in both the critical and the absolute philosophy, and adds an important appendix to show that Kant’s ‘I think’ is a purely formal principle.” (Nation.)

“As under the category of ‘Fichte-studien,’ the book deserves the highest praise, not only for careful scholarship, but also for clearness and articulation of argument. It is a characteristic product of the thoroughness of training which is shown in the ‘Cornell studies.’” W. H. Sheldon.

“[The author] expresses herself with simplicity and great clearness; her temper is judicial; and in her interpretation she is faithful to the philosopher’s writings undistorted by her own preconceptions, or by deductions as to what he ‘ought to have thought.’”

“The work as a whole is an admirable discussion of the main principles of Fichte’s philosophy, and one could not ask, for one entering upon the study of Fichte, a much better guide. Such monographs as the present one are not mere pieces of philosophical archaeology. They set the contributions of great thinkers in a clearer light, and so furnish points of departure for the systematic investigations of the present.” J. A. Leighton.

Talbot, Rt. Rev. Ethelbert.My people of the plains. **$1.75. Harper.

6–39742.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Bishop Talbot writes in a popular literary style, and for the entertainment of the general reader.” Arthur Howard Noll.

“It is a vivacious and veracious transcript of a fascinating stage in the evolution of the West, a life that is fast becoming a memory, and Bishop Talbot has rendered a service in preserving some of its more picturesque features and characters in his story.”

“We feel that we cannot too warmly recommend ‘My people of the plains’ to our readers.”

Talks with the little ones about the Apostles’ creed. 60c. Benziger.

6–31411.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Tallentyre, S. G. pseud. (E. V. Hall).Friends of Voltaire.*$2.30. Putnam.

W 7–118.

Sketches of ten apostles of Voltaire’s teachings. Miss Tallentyre has worked her materialinto “an anecdotal history,” thru the pages of which is easily discernible pre-Revolutionary thought. The ten men whose vices and virtues are delineated are D’Alembert, Diderot, Gallani, Vauvenargues, d’Holbach, Grimm, Helvétius, Beaumarchais and Condorcet.

“Her book is an agreeable contexture of anecdotes, epigrams and light biographical sketches.”

“Taste of a sort and talent of a sort are certainly exhibited in its composition: taste to select amusing stories, witty sayings, and lively traits of character; talent to frame out of this material a light and entertaining description of the society of the age.”

“The book, throughout, is entertaining and helpful to a clear understanding of a momentous and often misunderstood epoch in both history and literature.” Josiah Renick Smith.

“Apart from petty vices and the constant effort to awaken the momentary interest of uninformed readers, the book has a certain journalistic merit. It can be read rapidly, and many of its judgments strike one as sound, while still more of them are no doubt sincere.”

“S. G. Tallentyre, knows the France of the eighteenth century rather better, one may say, than she knows the art of English composition. But for all that, her book throbs with life, and an exceeding interesting, if often deplorable, phase of life it portrays.”

“Even in the least successful of the studies ... apart from an occasional and sometimes pardonable lapse into extravagance of statement, there is little to criticise.”

“Her sallies are saddening, and no vivid picture is given of the brilliant circles through which she leads her readers. But none the less her book is worth reading and forms an adequate sequel to her ‘Life of Voltaire.’”

“This new work was well worth doing, for the subjects cannot fail to be found interesting, especially by readers of the former book.”

*Tappan, Eva March.American hero stories. †$1. Houghton.

6–13065.

Designed for young readers this volume gives “accounts of the most important of American explorers, from Columbus to Lewis and Clark, tales of life in five of the early colonies, north and south; lives of our most famous pioneers, and some stories of war times.” (N. Y. Times.)

“Children will find here no end of things that will interest them in the lives of Magellan, Drake, Stuyvesant, Dolly Madison, Kit Carson, Davy Crockett, and many others.”

Tappan, Eva March.Short history of England’s literature. *85c. Houghton.

5–8088.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

Reviewed by John Maxwell Crowe.

Tarbell, Ida Minerva.He knew Lincoln.**50c. McClure.

7–12636.

A brief sketch which Billy Brown, one time druggist at Springfield, Illinois, gives of the Abraham Lincoln whom he knew, the Lincoln who used to sit swapping stories with his cronies in Billy’s little store. It is a vivid picture of the man; pathetic, humorous, but above all human.

“Although short, and expensive for the number of its pages, it is worth buying because of its excellence and the universality of its appeal.”

“It is sure to take its place among the permanent and valued tributes to the memory of its hero.” Harry James Smith.

“A little masterpiece sure to have a place in future collections of such.”

“Throughout the recital Miss Tarbell has shown a restraint which is the finest art.”

“As a piece of art this story belongs with the best of recent American writing; as a piece of fiction it is so faithful in its interpretation of the spirit of its subject that it is more veracious than a great deal of history.”

“Once in a while a modern writer with enough journalism to be vivid and vital, and sufficient dignity and scholarship to keep the idea of a book in mind, gives us a picture of contemporary or bygone character which is more than mere writing. It is life itself. Miss Ida Tarbell, it may fairly be said, has done this.”

Tarbell, Mrs. Martha (Treat).Tarbell’s teachers’ guide to the International Sunday school lessons for 1906. $1.25. Bobbs.

5–40811.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“For orthodox Sunday-school teachers and workers we know of no work of equal value.”

“The teacher who has not access to large library facilities, or time and training for wide personal study will find in Miss Tarbell’s ‘Guide’ a veritable treasure house.” Henry T. Fowler.

Tarkington, Booth.His own people. il. **90c. Doubleday.

7–30869.

An Indiana hero in realizing his dream of a European tour succumbs to the wiles of a bogus countess who shows him a good deal of Europe and then cheats him out of his last dollar at cards.

“One may criticise it with downright hostility, rail at its staleness, and deplore its triviality. But always it is impossible to ignore the fact that it is the work of a writer who, ever and always, at his worst as at his best, possesses the rare and absolutely indescribable gift of charm.” Arthur Bartlett Maurice.

“In this latest novelette of Mr. Tarkington’s there is a little more intention and a little less brilliancy than we are accustomed to associate with his work.”

“Is real comedy and is decidedly interesting.”

Taylor, Bert Leston.Charlatans. †$1.50. Bobbs.

6–30926.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Mr. Taylor’s touch is everywhere light and pleasing: he has the gift of gentle social satire and the trick of clever dialogue.” Wm. M. Payne.

“As fiction the book stands on a par with many of the stories its author has satirized so freely in the past. It is woefully lacking in literary distinction, and even in literary promise.”

Taylor, Edward Robeson.Selected poems. *$2. Robertson.

7–18557.

This selection includes pieces from the author’s two volumes “Visions and other verse” and “Into the light and other verse,” whose unsold copies were destroyed in San Francisco’s fire, and also some poems written since.

Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.

“The whole book shows everywhere the stamp of the thinker and the student. A great poet he is not; a true poet, in his degree, he is.”

Taylor, Emerson Gifford.Upper hand. †$1.50. Barnes.

6–24575.

A story of mystery in which the rich man of a New England village, the pretty girl who in a strange fashion becomes his ward, a pirate, a fanatical labor leader and others are involved in many exciting complications which include labor troubles and narrow escapes from death. There is also a love interest.

“A story which, despite its fantastic character, sustains our interest to the end.” Wm. M. Payne.

“Told with some vigor in the writing but with little charm or literary grace.”

“The construction of the book is somewhat loose and episodic.”

“When Mr. Taylor learns to take more pains with his work he will find that it is much better.”

Taylor, Henry Charles.Introduction to the study of agricultural economics. *$1.25. Macmillan.

5–32900.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

“As a text, however, Professor Taylor’s work fills a need of the time. Whether we agree with the author’s rather tenuous theories and laborious mathematical demonstrations or not, we feel that he is following the right track, in applying economic theory to practical agriculture in a special treatise. The reader is constantly made aware that Professor Taylor has wrought with rare patience, industry and intelligence.” Royal Meeker.

Taylor, Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-.Moliere: a biography; with an introd. by Thomas Frederick Crane. *$3. Duffield.

6–34857.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Except in the account of the death-scene, which (based on Grimarest) is related with passion, good sense and good feeling, it lacks inspiration.”

“One may challenge Mr. Chatfield-Taylor’s presentation of his materials in these and other points, and still assert that his book is the best that we have so far in English for the general reader who wishes to know the life and work of the master of comedy.” A. G. Canfield.

Taylor, Ida Ashworth.Queen Hortense and her friends, 1783–1837. 2v. *$6. Scribner.

A fair-minded study of the life of Napoleon’s step-daughter, Hortense de Beauharnais. The author says “Hortense has not been permitted to make her defense to the public. Her confessions, perhaps her justifications, remain as she left them, unprinted, and it is upon the data supplied by contemporaries that posterity must form its conclusions.”

“There was need of a book in English on Queen Hortense. Miss Taylor has fairly supplied it and incidentally has furnished the best complete account of her in any language.” George M. Dutcher.

“It is a creditable piece of popular biography, founded on a careful study of the best authorities, and making no concessions to readers whose sole appetite is for scandal relieved by domestic sentiment.”

“Although Miss Taylor affects the pose of the historian, let not the unwary be taken in; she clearly has done little else than get together enough picturesque materials for her purpose.”

“The chief events of Hortense’s life are traced at length in these two-volumes by a biographer almost too discreet and conscientious for a task which leads her through such worlds of gossip, back-stair politics, of queer people and gimcrack pretenders.”

Taylor, J. A.Robert Southwell, S. J., priest and poet. *70c. Herder.

“A truthful and forcible sketch of the most widely known and most interesting of the heroic band that gave their lives for the faith under Elizabeth.”—Cath. World.

“Notwithstanding its aloofness from sympathy with Southwell’s cause, this short biography does full justice to the holiness of the man, to his remarkable and winning character; and does not slur over the baseness of the creatures who hunted him to death. The simple style of the narrative sets forth, more adequately than would florid periods, the grandeur of the man and his deeds.”

Taylor, John W.Coming of the saints: imaginations and studies in early church history and tradition. *$3. Dutton.

Back to Index Next