*“Mr. Boulton has written a most useful handbook, entirely trustworthy and keen on the elaboration of what others have suggested. Of a wealth of material he has also made splendid and always proportionate use.”
*“In saying that the present volume is less interesting than Sir Walter’s we do not say that it is less valuable. More people probably will agree with Mr. Boulton’s critical estimate of the great president of the Royal academy than with Sir Walter Armstrong’s estimate. SirWalter’s book is only the more interesting of the two because it is less conventional and more original.”
Bourget, Paul (Charles Joseph).Divorce. $1.50. Scribner.
“The scenes of this novel are laid in France. It concerns Gabrielle, a woman divorced from her husband, whose remarriage to another man is one of highest ideals. Owing to religious fervor, however, Gabrielle becomes estranged from her second husband. The other thread in the story deals with the love affair of the heroine’s son, who has been as thoroughly educated and cared for by his mother’s second husband as by an own father.”—Bookm.
“M. Bourget has constructed a diagram to illustrate his view of the sacredness of marriage, and has called it a novel.”
“M. Bourget sketches his characters and states their opinions with great fairness.”
“Distinctly the strongest piece of fiction which M. Bourget has written. Whether the reader agrees with its extreme position or not, he cannot fail to be impressed by its sincerity of conviction, its powerful analysis, and its admirable style. It is a piece of fiction of very unusual strength and dignity.”
“There is a certain finesse about the plot that is commendable with the mental reservation that only a Frenchman will commend it. There is not enough beef and iron in Paul Bourget’s psychology to commend him to the average American.”
“Paul Bourget’s latest work is ostensibly a novel, but to English readers it will appear as a purely pathological presentation of the relation between the Roman church and its adherents in the matter of divorce. It is really the story of an intense mental and moral struggle between religion and love.”
Bourne, Robert William (John Wright, pseud.).Home mechanic: a manual for industrial schools and amateurs.*$2.50. Dutton.
An English book, the usefulness of which in the United States is qualified by the necessity of making allowances for the difference in prices, measures, and shop practice. It teaches the use of tools and the construction of machines. There are many diagrams and cuts.
“Very comprehensive and practical work.”
“Carefully designed to teach the use of tools and the construction of machines.”
Boutmy, Emile.English people: a study of their political psychology from the French by E. English; with an introd. by J: E: Courtenay Bodley.*$2.50. Putnam.
“This work is divided into five distinct parts: (1) the national type, (2) the human environment, (3) the Englishman—moral and social, (4) the Englishman as a politician, (5) the individual and the state. At the very outset the author sounds the keynote of his book in pointing out the disdain of the English people for abstractions and their love of fact.... While primarily a psychological analysis of the English people, at the same time the author gives a considerable insight into French character.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
“While there is too much of generalization, which detracts greatly from the scientific value, the book is full of interest, and possesses an easy flowing style which will commend it to the majority of readers.”
“It is piquant, varied, plausible in spots, interesting all over,—and fatally unconvincing. The solution is too neat to be true. The English dress which the work bears is fair on the whole, but the translator’s unsure foothold in the region of idiom occasionally reminds one of its Gallic origin.” Winthrop More Daniels.
Bouton, Archibald Lewis.See Lincoln and Douglas debates.
Boyd, James E.Differential equations, 60c. James E. Boyd, Columbus, O.
A little book well adapted to serve as a basis for the study at home of this branch of calculus which is often not fully covered in the engineering courses of the technical colleges.
“It is clear in its exposition.”
*Boyesen, Bayard.Marsh: a poem. $1. Badger, R. G.
A tragedy in poem-drama form. A gaunt mother and an aged father are left alone in the castle of Nyarva by Luxander, their only son, who, followed by Nyassa, “a vague faint flower on a waving stem” who loves him, goes out into the darkness accursed of God at the call of the “blind marsh and restless surge,” led by a spirit within him “stronger than life, or Christ, or love.”
Boyle, Mrs. Virginia (Fraser).Serena†$1.50. Barnes.
“A story of the South during the Civil war, thoroughly provincial. The plot turns upon the cowardice of the twin brother of the heroine. The latter takes her brother’s place in the Confederate army, leading his deserted men to victory. This is the one blot upon Southern chivalry in the tale, while the author evidently holds that both civilians and soldiers north of Mason and Dixon’s line were knaves and coarse mercenaries.”—Outlook.
“Is written in a spirit that few readers nowadays will find sympathetic.”
“The plot is conventional, the love affair ordinary, and the whole story commonplace. Its atoning feature is its easy wording.”
... “The amateurish plot construction, the lack of connection between parts, the absence of a well-defined story motive.”
Brace, Benjamin.Sunrise acres.†$1.50. Dodd.
A young athlete and football player is made heir to half a million dollars by his uncle on condition that he seek out and thrash a man who had once beaten this uncle in fair fight for a lady. The nephew finds his man and also finds him to be the father of a pretty daughter, but the fight takes place nevertheless with amusing complications.
“The author has an excellent idea for a farce comedy. He has unfortunately lacked some skill in execution.”
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. John Maxwell).Rose of life.†$1.50. Brentano’s.
“Miss Braddon must be congratulated on having described a real human being in her new novel. Daniel Lester, the poet, to whom the reader is introduced in the very first line, is a remarkable creation, and a creation which would only have been possible in the present day.... Indeed, readers of the book will almost be persuaded that they are familiar with his personal appearance, so intimately will they seem acquainted with the huge man whose delicate tact, colossal selfishness, unfailing amiability, and atrocious greed make him such an amusing companion.... The book, beyond the figure of the poet, is a little commonplace, and the beautiful but unscrupulous Lady Beauminster is entirely conventional and melodramatic. But the novel as a whole is a not uninteresting background to its principal figure, and is worth reading solely for the one admirable piece of character-drawing which it contains.”—Spec.
“This latest of many canvases is as big as any.”
“The merit of the story lies in the first part, and particularly in the artistic perfection of the character of Daniel Lester.”
Bradford, Amory H.Inward light.**$1.20. Crowell.
The author says: “The teaching of the book may be condensed as follows: There is in every man light sufficient to disclose all the truth that is needed for the purpose of life: that light is from God who dwells in humanity as He is immanent in the universe; therefore the source of authority is to be formed within the soul and not in external authority of church, or creed or book: that light being divine must be continuous; it will never fail; it will lead to all truth and show things to come; and it may be implicitly trusted.”
*“The analytical critic will pass it by because it is neither analytical nor polemical, but the devout soul will find spiritual nutriment in it, and for the devout soul it has been written.”
Bradford, Gamaliel, jr.Pageant of life. $1.25. Badger, R: G.
Poems for book lovers grouped under the headings: A pageant of life; The villa of Hadrian; Song of the sirens to Ulysses; A verse of Isaiah; Leopardi; Sonnets; Songs and lyrics; Prologue and lyrics from a mad world; Translations.
“Besides these, and other sonnets, Mr. Bradford’s volume gives us some charming lyrics, a deeply-sympathetic poem placed upon the lips of Leopardi, and two successful translations from that world-wearied singer.” Wm. M. Payne.
“‘A pageant of life’ ... is the intelligent verse of a scholarly man of fine sensibilities, who has meditated the literary history of the world long and minutely.”
“Although he occasionally sinks into ... banality ... his muse is on the whole sturdy and self-respecting.”
Bradford, Gamaliel, jr.Private tutor.†$1.50. Houghton.
“An artistmanqué” accompanied by “the graceless son of an American millionaire,” makes a tour thru Europe, and records his experiences in a manner to call forth the following statement from the Dial: “‘Glorified Baedeker or Hare’ would do fairly well as a characterization of these pages, which are the result of a sympathetic intimacy with the scenes described.”
“Is an amateurish production, without much to tell in the way of a story, but having some very pretty pages descriptive of Rome, where the action is laid. The author exhibits no power of characterization worth mentioning, and therein is the essential failure of his novel. This defect is hardly to be offset by style and observation, which qualities are in fair measure his.” W. M. Payne.
“It is a very good story, told with sufficient humor to make it almost a comedy.”
Bradley, A. C.Shakespearian tragedy: lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth.$3.25. Macmillan.
“Besides the lectures on the tragedies themselves, Prof. Bradley, of the University of Oxford, writes on ‘The substance of Shakespearean tragedy,’ ‘Construction in Shakespeare’s tragedies,’ and ‘Shakespeare’s tragic period.’ His purpose in presenting these four tragedies is, as he states, ‘to increase our understanding and enjoyment of these works as dramas; to learn to apprehend the action and some of the personages of each with a somewhat greater truth and intensity, so that they may assume in our imagination a shape little less unlike the shape they wore in the imagination of their creator.’ “To the single task of interpretation he accordingly devoted himself, examining each of the tragedies individually, after a preliminary inquiry into such questions germane to all four as Shakespeare’s conception of tragedy and the form in which he expressed that conception.”” (Outlook).
“Every question, every controversy, theory, view, or supposition which arises, he subjects to the same test. It is another merit of the book that every question is submitted to common-sense argumentation. The arrangement of the book is admirable.” R. Y. Tyrrell.
“In our opinion a book like that which is before us is not much less essential for the complete comprehension of Shakespeare’s tragedies than an atlas is for the fruitful study of geography.” R. Y. Tyrrell.
“In thoroughness of workmanship the book recalls German models.”
“But there can be no doubt as to the gratitude which every student who has been puzzled by these familiar problems must feel to Professor Bradley for the help afforded by his careful and sympathetic volume.” R. W. Chambers.
“Is an excellent example of sedate English critical scholarship.”
*“It is the best piece of Shakespearean criticism published for some time.”
“The book is worthy of its theme; and it will carry the reader deeper into the mind of Shakespeare—deeper, I believe, than of any other commentator.” Henry Jones.
“A great mass of erudition, thoroughly digested, reasoned, and ordered, is brought to bear not merely on the four tragedies professedly dealt with, but incidentally on the other plays as well; the ideas are expressed in a style always admirably clear and often of a finely restrained eloquence.”
“An intellectual treat. The originality, the analytical ability, the poetic perception....Into all phases of his task he throws himself with enthusiasm. If he is not always convincing, he is always helpful, the sum total of his efforts being to produce a work which is really a welcome and distinctly useful addition to the already voluminous literature on the subject.”
“From the beginning to the end the level is sustained, exact criticism never sinks, and at times there is in the interpretation an imagination and a poetry which make the book in the truest sense a work of creation. His explanations are so lucid, so compelling that, novel though many of them are, we are almost invariably convinced. We have no hesitation in putting Professor Bradley’s book far above any modern Shakespearean criticism that we know, worthy to rank very near the immortal work of Lamb and Coleridge.”
Bradley, Henry.Making of English.*$1. Macmillan.
The avowed object of this book is “to give educated readers unversed in philology some notions of the excellencies and defects of modern English as an instrument of expression.” The author discusses first the grammar, second the vocabulary, of our language. The history of the decay of inflection and the development of the new machinery which took its place is given, and the principles of composition, derivation and root creation are discussed at length. The closing chapter deals with the contribution of individual writers.
“English-speaking people, especially Americans, whose interest in their own language has always been conspicuous, will ask nothing better than to study its history under Dr. Bradley’s guidance.”
Bradley, William Aspenwall.William Cullen Bryant.**75c. Macmillan.
A volume in the “English men of letters series.” While he deals particularly with Bryant as the “poet and man of letters, Mr. Bradley touches upon his qualities as a man of affairs and his participation in the politics of the time; and as the beloved citizen and foremost figure at the civic celebrations of New York city.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Is what seems a perfectly reasonable estimate of Bryant as a poet.” H. W. Boynton.
“The story of Bryant’s life is told plainly and succinctly, accompanied by very sensible comment on his writings and a not illiberal estimate of his position in literature.” Edward Fuller.
“A convenient, clear, and thoroughly readable biography.”
“Is more critical than sympathetic.”
“While his story lacks something of the ‘detailed verisimilitude of his predecessors,’ it does present a view of Bryant the poet that is, perhaps, a little more integral and impressive. No one has yet written at length of Bryant with a firmer hold on the American origins of his poetry or a wider perspective of general literature.”
“Little that is valuable or striking is added to the sum total of estimates of Bryant’s place in American literature. From the biographical side the book deserves great praise.”
Brady, Cyrus Townsend.Conquest of the Southwest: the story of a great spoliation.**$1.50. Appleton.
“A story of the struggle for independence in Texas, also, of the Mexican war, beginning with the Treaty of 1819 and concluding with the Compromise of 1850. The volume, which is well illustrated with drawings and maps, is an addition to ‘The expansion of the republic series.’”—Bookm.
“The author has made a careful study of the vast literature bearing upon the subject.”
“It is written simply and effectively, and with less elaboration of detail than previous works from the same hand.”
“The book is written in an easy, pleasant, and decidedly popular style. It is, indeed, a popular account of the Mexican war and events leading up to it, rather than what the author insists on calling it—a monograph.”
“... An outline narrative in which shall be presented, lucidly, impartially, and in proper proportion, the salient aspects, episodes, and personalities. Such a presentation may fairly be said to be embodied in Dr. Brady’s book.”
Brady, Cyrus Townsend.Indian fights and fighters.**$1.30. McClure.
“The material for this book has been secured from various documents, and from officers and men who were in the engagements. It is divided into two parts: Protecting the Frontier, and the War with the Sioux. An account of Custer’s defeat is given in the appendix. It is an addition to the ‘American fights and fighters’ series.” (Bookm.) “Mr. Brady seems a bit hampered as a story teller in many of the chapters by the wealth of facts he has to deal with and cling to, but is at his best in the description of the battle of the Wichita, where Custer led his troops against the Cheyennes under the leadership of Black Kettle.” (N. Y. Times).
“The book, like its three predecessors, is fairly authentic history, and every endeavor has been made to set down the facts without fear or favor.”
*Brady, Cyrus Townsend.My lady’s slipper.**$1.50. Dodd.
“Francis Burnham, an American midshipman, finds himself in the power of the villainous Marquis du Tremigon, and is forced to assume a disguise and enter the apartments of the beautiful Comtesse de Villars to steal a token for the Marquis—a slipper worn by her, if possible, ... and because he refuses to do the Marquis’s bidding there are dark days in prison and other dangers in store for him. But the slipper is a talisman of good fortune, and ... the Comtesse is made happy for life, and so is Burnham. The book is in a pretty binding of blue and gold, the illustrations are gracefully designed by Charlotte Weber Ditzler.”—N. Y. Times.
*“The story of their love affairs is a pretty trifle, well adapted to its ornate setting.”
Brady, Cyrus Townsend.Three daughters of the Confederacy.†$1.50. Dillingham.
The history and romance of three Southern girls with the Civil war setting which Mr. Brady is past master of. The adventures of the first take place on the Atlantic coast during the blockade at the beginning of the war, whilethe Mississippi river furnishes the background for the experiences of the second who marries a Yankee non-combatant and straightway rues it. The third is a girl of such great daring that she faces the enemy with her lover on the battlefield during “Stonewall Jackson’s greatest day.”
Brady, Cyrus Townsend.Two captains.†$1.50. Macmillan.
“A story of Nelson and Bonaparte in the troubled times of France’s struggle to free herself from monarchy. The long, detailed accounts of sea fights and naval maneuvers will doubtless interest some readers, but the popular taste will find more gratification in the love story of the bold young Irish sea captain and the unhappy French countess whom he rescues from many perils and finally wins for his wife.”—Outlook.
“A brightly contrived romance of an interesting period, which suffers somewhat from the intrusion of the two gigantic historical figures.”
Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.
“A very creditable and entertaining book.”
“The story itself is not of great significance. Mr. Brady has a sure touch in his pictures of battles, whatever one may think of his romantic passages. Nelson, too, is impressively presented. If it does nothing else, the book may at least inspire some of its readers with the desire to study in sober history the progress of the events which are here so rapidly but glowingly sketched.”
Brain, Belle Marvel.All about Japan; stories of the sunrise land told for little folks.**$1. Revell.
“Miss Brain is already favorably known as a writer of ‘missionary’ stories for children, and in her present volume she manages to incorporate, in a style peculiarly adapted to the juvenile mind, a great variety of interesting facts concerning the history, life, customs and manners of the Japanese, as well as brief biographies of some of the most successful of those who have given themselves to the task of spreading the gospel of Christ throughout the islands.”—Lit. D.
“An excellent gift-book in every sense.”
“In it we have not only a capital book for little folks but a welcome volume for their elders.”
Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt.Concerning Belinda.$1.50. Doubleday.
The experiences of an attractive western girl as “Youngest teacher” in a fashionable New York finishing school for girls are most entertainingly narrated here. Belinda’s initiation into the mysteries of responsibility took place the night of her arrival when she was delegated to chaperone twelve strange maidens to the theatre, whom at the close she utterly forgot when Jack Wendell dropped into the midst of her homesick gloom. The chapters all furnish disconnected bits taken from life in a fashionable school, with now and then the least suggestion of romance.
“Is written with the same lightness and sprightly humor that characterized the author’s previous stories.”
*“There are a number of other stories, all equally bright and entertaining, and a private love affair or two for the pretty Belinda herself.”
Brainerd, Henry C.Old family doctor.*$1. Clark, A. H.
It might be fancied that this family doctor is some kin to Dr. McLaren’s much beloved old Scotch doctor. At least there are characteristics, sacrifices and experiences in common. One chapter of the six, “Views,” showing the superstitious beliefs of a quack concocter of unheard-of remedies, is exceedingly clever.
Braithwaite, William Stanley.Lyrics of life and love.**$1. Turner, H. B.
“The poems of that rising young negro poet, William Stanley Braithwaite have been collected under the general title ‘Lyrics of life and love.’”—R. of Rs.
“A poet of the race in which both the gloom of life and its wildest joys meet with prompt response. Neither his metres nor his moods are classic in suggestion, and his wayward rhythms have the attractiveness of undisciplined grace, but his melody is unmistakable and his images are haunting.”
“Verse is musical, clear, and forceful.”
Branch, Anna Hempstead.Shoes that danced and other poems.**$1.10. Houghton.
“In the present volume ... there are sinewy dramatic sketches, meditative monologues, child verses, lyric odes, and fragments of dramatic narrative, all marked by fluent, unconventional music, and strong, unconventional phrase. Yet the mood of wonder that underlies all of it is singularly integral.”—Nation.
“Poetry that is at once full, sometimes a little too full, of temperament, and in the truest sense of the word, ‘significant’, both in its own quality, and in its relation to some of the deeper moods of the hour.” Ferris Greenslet.
“Miss Branch’s work exhibits a mind saturated with English poetry—particularly its naive older forms—and prettily echoes a variety of manners. It is touched with mysticism, and has considerable imaginative reach. Many of the pieces are marred by obscurity and an obvious straining for effect.” Wm. M. Payne.
“For all the intellectual energy and sincerity of Miss Branch’s work, and its frank preoccupation with the more passionate issues of life, it never ceases to be finely feminine in a certain lurking wistfulness and tenderness in little things.”
“Miss Branch is extremely fortunate in her descriptions of life in studios and courts, and strikes a deeply poetic note in her unpretentious drama of the time of Watteau which she calls ‘The shoes that danced.’”
Brandenburg, Broughton.Imported Americans: the story of the experiences of a disguised American and his wife studying the immigration question.**$1.60. Stokes.
“The author, a newspaper correspondent, with his wife, lived for a time in the Italian quarter of New York. Thence they go in the steerage to Italy, and make a study of the districts from which emigration is most pronounced.... Then with a group of Sicilians, Mr. and Mrs. Brandenburg return in the guise of immigrants, observing the snares laid for the credulous incomer whose great fear is that he may be kept out of America, suffering the ill treatment meted out to steerage passengers on board ship, and learning the laws of this country are constantlyevaded.... The revelations made of the debasement of our naturalization papers furnish food for thought.” (Ann. Am. Acad.)
“The most interesting and important study yet made of present-day immigration into the United States.”
“A most interesting narrative of, really, the epitomized experiences of thousands of Italian wayfarers.”
“The book is not remarkable either in a sensational or a scientific sense.”
“The most earnest efforts to provide proper laws for the exclusion of undesirable aliens, with an efficient system for securing the enforcement of such laws, has resulted in little more than an evasion of them by the least desirable emigrants. Mr. Brandenburg traces the causes of this failure by an investigation as thorough and complete as it perhaps is possible to make.”
“Is of special interest for the reason that it offers a radical remedy for existing immigration evils.”
Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen.Main currents in nineteenth century literature.6v. v. 4. Naturalism in England.*$3. Macmillan.
The period known as the romantic movement in English poetry at the beginning of the nineteenth century is treated in this volume. “Mr. Brandes seems to approach literature not wholly from the side of art.... He is concerned rather with the moral and spiritual progress of the world ... he ... takes poet after poet, and, with a skilful handling of biographical material and an ardent critical appreciation makes a rapid and interesting sketch of the motives and performances of the particular writer.” (Acad.)
“As one reads one becomes aware that the volume is rather a sympathetic interpretation of certain great figures, from Mr. Brandes’ point of view, than a piece of masterly generalisation. It is a mine of apposite biographical illustration, of delicate appreciation and of felicitous criticism of a high order.”
“Dr. Brandes is marvelously well read, illuminating in analysis, comprehensive and balanced in his historic outlook. Always searching for the leading idea, he is guilty at times of reading into an author what he is determined to find.”
“It is one of its author’s most brilliant performances.”
“There is no attempt in Mr. Brandes’ case to suppress the personal equation, or to conceal the bias.”
“It is as candid as the ‘tendenz’ will allow, very well informed, highly entertaining, frequently striking, and even useful.”
“As a proof of Prof. Brandes’s specific judgments of poets and of poems which are chosen for individual mention, they do not always commend themselves as agreeing with the opinion which English critics have given authority.” H. W. Boynton.
“The chapters on Byron are the best part of Dr. Brandes’s book; they will be read with pleasure by Byron’s countrymen.”
Brastow, Lewis Orsmond.Representative modern preachers.**$1.50. Macmillan.
“Nine notable men are considered ... five broad churchmen, Schleiermacher, Robertson, Beecher, Bushnell, and Brooks; two high churchmen, Newman and Mozley; two low churchmen, Guthrie and Spurgeon. The book is the result of repeated studies of these men with classes of students of the Yale Divinity school.”—Atlan.
“The estimates of these various masters are made with deep sympathy and substantial justice.”
Breal, Auguste.Velazquez, tr. by Mme. Simon Bussy.*75c; lea.*$1. Dutton.
This volume declares itself to be merely an invitation to visit Madrid and see the works of the great Spanish painter, but it also serves as an inspiration for the journey. There are many illustrations.
“He does succeed in giving a clear idea of the nature of Velazquez’s genius, of what he was, and what he was not, together with all that is necessary of biographical information regarding an entirely uneventful life. Mme Bussy is as accurate as readable.”
“A good little guide.”
*Breasted, James Henry.History of Egypt from the earliest times to the Persian conquest.**$5. Scribner.
This volume, designed for the general reader as well as the scholar, traces the history of Egypt from earliest times thru the days of the Old kingdom, the Middle kingdom, and the New empire, down to the Persian conquest. There are many new translations from original documents in the book and two hundred illustrations and maps. “Nowhere can we find a clearer account of the general history of Egypt, as known to us by the latest studies and excavations carried on by the numerous societies and individuals at work in the Nile valley.” (Ind.)
*“This is a most valuable and interesting work.”
*“A history that may fairly claim to be, for the immense period which it covers, more close to facts than any of its predecessors.”
Brewer, David Josiah.United States: a Christian nation.*$1. Winston.
The first of these three lectures, “The United States a Christian nation,” shows that our Republic should be so called because it has been so declared by the Supreme court of the United States, by many of the highest state courts, by colonial charters, by nearly all of the state constitutions, by state legislatures, and by popular sentiment and practice: the second, “Our duty as citizens,” discusses the compatibility between Christianity and patriotism, and the reasons why Christianity is entitled to the tribute of respect: the third, “The promise and the possibilities of the future,” is an eloquent appeal to young men to temper their devotion to country with fidelity to the teachings of the Gospel.
“We do not think, however, that these addresses represent the eminent jurist at his best.”
“The three chapters of this volume are three lectures delivered at Haverford college. We are glad that they now command a wider audience.”
Brewster, H. Pomeroy.Saints and festivals of the Christian church.**$2. Stokes.
“This single volume of hagiology is conveniently arranged in calendar form, giving for each day in the year some details of the life and legends of the saints whose festivals are celebrated according to the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches. A great deal of curious information, difficult to find elsewhere, is here given on sacred art and the symbols, ceremonies, superstitions, stones and colors associated with saints and their days.”—Ind.
“Mr. Brewster is not a Catholic, but he endeavors to tell the story of the saints in a devout spirit, and he succeeds.”
“Is an unusually terse and at the same time comprehensive church year-book. The greatest merits of the work are its entire freedom from denominational bias, and the wide knowledge which it shows of profane and ecclesiastical history and canon law.”
Brewster, William Tenney,ed. SeeRepresentativeessays on the theory of style.
Briggs, Le Baron Russell.Routine and ideals.**$1. Houghton.
Perhaps no man in America is better fitted to write authoritatively on the subject of college routine than Dean Briggs of Harvard and Radcliffe. There are included in the volume with the title essay, A school and college address, Harvard and the individual, Address to the school children of Concord, Commencement address at Wellesley college, Discipline in school and college, The mistakes of college life, andMater fortissima.
“Admiration of the author’s style should not blind the reader to his essentially one-sided presentation of an intricate subject.” Henry D. Sheldon.
“The essays and addresses that compose his little volume are therefore more than they seem: they state his creed; they are the guiding laws of one of the most powerful influences brought to bear, within our generation, on college students in the United States.” G. R. Carpenter.
“One that all who have to do in any way with college or school administration may profitably read.”
Bright, James Wilson,ed. Gospel of St. John in West-Saxon. 60c. Heath.
A volume in the Belles-lettres series. The text of the gospel of St. John, based upon the original manuscripts, also an exhaustive introduction, full notes, and a glossary.
Bright, James Wilson,ed. Gospel of St. Matthew in West-Saxon. 60c. Heath.
This little volume belongs to section I, English literature from its beginning to 1100, of the Belles-letters series. It contains the text of the gospel of St. Matthew in West-Saxon, as found in the copy of the version preserved in Ms. CXL of the library of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge; the rubrics have been carried into the text from Ms. A. The variant readings of all other surviving copies of the version are subjoined to the text.
Bromley, George Tisdale.Long ago and later on; or, Recollections of eighty years.*$1.50. Robertson.
The autobiography of a happy-go-lucky soul, who began work at the age of ten in his father’s ropewalk. His callings were many and varied, he worked on whalers, steam boats, and railroads, dabbled in politics and ran a hotel. Born in Connecticut, he made his home on the Pacific coast, and spent two years in China as consul to Tien-Tsin. The story of his long and eventful career is full of interesting detail and anecdote.
Bronson, Walter Cochrane, ed. SeeEnglishessays.
Brontë, Charlotte.Jane Eyre.$1.25. Crowell.
“Jane Eyre” proves a better companion than ever in the handy form of the “Thin paper classics” series.
*Brooke, Stopford Augustus.On ten plays of Shakespeare.*$2.25. Holt.
A delightful discussion of ten plays of Shakespeare in which is reflected a wealth of suggestion from extended research and sound judgment. The author’s side light revelations of Shakespeare himself are suggestively framed in the following: “Deeply as Shakespeare felt the woe, wickedness and weakness of humanity, he was still their master.... This power to stand outside as well as inside of human sorrow belonged to Shakespeare, because at the deepest root of him, was, I repeat, delight of life; even rapture—the word is not too strong—with the playfulness of its spring and the fulness of its summer.”
*“Will be sure of a welcome when he comes forward with these acute, thoughtful, sympathetic studies in the plays of Shakespeare.”