Hichens, Robert.Garden of Allah.$1.50. Stokes.
A woman, longing for peace, and a renegade monk seeking refuge from himself and filled with remorse at his desertion of his high calling, meet and seek rest and happiness in the “Garden of Allah,” the African desert. The story is one of passion, struggle, and renunciation, the woman finally leading the monk, who has become her husband, back to his monastery.
“In brilliancy falls short of ‘The woman with the fan,’ on the other hand, the intensity with which he reproduces an atmosphere of beauty creates an almost physical sense of well-being. In addition to a very genuine gift of imagination, he has learned how to tell his story.”
“The book, from the point of view of writing, is decidedly heavy. The immorality of the book is, to our minds ... gross. Is not a worthy nor an artistic creation; it is a reeking monstrosity.”
“In this striking novel Mr. Hickens immeasurably surpasses all his previous work.... Is a wonderfully handled tragedy, advancing with masterly logic from premise to conclusion.... Very rarely in an English book is there to be found such an exhibition of descriptive skill.” Olivia Howard Dunbar.
“In all the three essentials of invention, style and thought, this performance is highly commendable, and entitles Mr. Hichens to more serious consideration than ever before.” W: M. Payne.
“Mr. Hichens has written his masterpiece.”
“The critics have seemed to agree that in this novel Mr. Robert Hichens has done something big, strong and lasting.”
“A singular but powerful story, in many respects the best work of this author. An absence of the morbidity that is too common with him. There are, however, a plain speaking ... that sometimes, it will seem to many readers, overstep the limits of taste. In manner the romance is in an intense style, sometimes a littleexalté, but never, or rarely, falling into mere high-flown ‘fine writing,’ although single passages, taken out of their connection might give that impression. Brilliant with color and bathed in African atmosphere.”
“Mr. Hichens has taken a great stride forward in this unusual story.”
“It is useless to attempt to describe Mr. Hichens’s word-pictures of the beauties of the deserts and the emotional paroxysms of Dominiand Boris. They must be read to be appreciated.”
*“Beauty and power,—these are nobly conspicuous in Mr. Hichens’ tale, so loftily free from the small or paltry, so fervently reciting a grievous fault, a great love, a grand renunciation.”
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, ed. Hawthorne centenary celebration at the Wayside, Concord, Massachusetts, July 4-7, 1904.**$1.25. Houghton.
The addresses and letters delivered and read at the centenary celebration, including a speech by Charles T. Copeland. Papers by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, Charles Francis Adams, Mrs. Maud Howe Elliot, Julian Hawthorne, and Moncure D. Conway, and contributions from John S. Keyes, Frank Preston Stearns, F. B. Sanborn, Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Lothrop, Dr. Richard Garnett, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Miss Beatrix Hawthorne, John D. Long, Henry Cabot Lodge, Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford, Robert S. Rantoul, Judge Robert Grant, Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, Dr. Edward Everett Hale, John Hay, and Mrs. James T. Fields.
“The book is a worthy memorial of an important event in our literary annals.”
*Higginson, Thomas Wentworth.Part of a man’s life.**$2.50. Houghton.
“Very enjoyable chapters of reminiscence, observation and reflection, that have of late been enlivening the pages of the ‘Atlantic.’ Two chapters have been added ... as also many portraits and facsimile copies of letters.” (Dial.) The volume contains: The sunny side of the transcendental period; The child and his dreams; English and American cousins; American audiences; The aristocracy of the dollar; “Intensely human”; Letters of mark; Books unread; Butterflies in poetry; Wordsworthshire; The close of the Victorian epoch; Una Hawthorne; History in easy lessons; The cowardice of culture.
*“These ripe and scholarly chapters—ripe with the varied experience of eighty years and more, and scholarly with the scholarship of a lover not only of books, but of men—have an interest and value far exceeding anything that another pen might contrive to say about them.” Percy F. Bicknell.
*“We congratulate the author on carrying to his eighty-second year an intellect the eye of which is not dimmed, nor its natural vigor abated.”
*“He has seen much and thought much and done much, and he has the way of making all that he writes seem interesting. Yet it must be confessed that a good deal of his reminiscence and anecdote is here spread out pretty thin.”
*“A very interesting if somewhat random collection of experiences, recollections, and opinions of Col. Higginson.”
*“It should not be inferred, however, that the work is obviously didactic, for the very contrary is the case, so pleasantly have the lessons read been interwoven with anecdote and reminiscence. And from the autobiographical standpoint, or rather from the standpoint of unconscious autobiography, its value is high.”
*“There is great scope to a work which stretches all the way from child-dreaming to problems of philosophy and higher mathematics.”
*“Col. Higginson has written several volumes of reminiscences and autobiography, none of which is more entertaining than his last book.”
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, and MacDonald, William.History of the United States from 986 to 1905. $2. Harper.
This “turns out to be Colonel Higginson’s ‘History of the United States of America,’ with some revisions of the original text, and continued from Jackson’s administration down to the present date. It has a new set of illustrations and maps.”—Dial.
“The whole constitutes a readable and attractive one-volume history, which ought to supply the demand—if there be one—for a short and comprehensive narrative.”
“Is one of the most readable histories of this country ever written.”
“On the whole the work is one of the most valuable single volumes covering the entire period of American history that we have.”
“Six new chapters have been added, bringing the story down to the present. Externally these chapters conform to the earlier ones, but the treatment is less partial and they reflect present scholarship much better.”
Hill, David Jayne.History of diplomacy in the international development of Europe, v. I.**$5. Longmans.
An exhaustive study of the history of diplomacy complete in six volumes. Volume I is entitled The struggle for universal empire, and the following volumes include The establishment of territorial sovereignty, The diplomacy of the age of absolutism, The revolutionary era, The constitutional movement, and Commercial imperialism.
“It is refreshing to find one of our public men willing to devote his energies to scholarly occupations, and able to produce a work of such high excellence as, judging from the first installment, Mr. Hill’s ‘History of European diplomacy’ promises to be.”
“What Mr. Hill has written is accurate and readable enough for the most part, but it will not compare with the books by Bryce and Fisher, to say nothing of the erudite works of French and German scholars.”
*“A carefully written summary of European international history.”
“In his first volume, coming down to the year 1250, he merely restates, and not with the hand of a practised mediaevalist, a great deal that was in no need of such a repetition.”
“It was carefully thought out in the first instance, and then executed in the most satisfactory manner.” William E. Dodd.
“The results of investigation are handled with a narrative skill that invests the driest facts with the interest of freshness; the tone throughout is scrupulously impartial, and the requirementsof perspective are unfailingly observed.”
Hill, Frederick Trevor.Accomplice.†$1.50. Harper.
“A murder mystery treated from a new angle—that occupied by the foreman of the jury. After this foreman (a scholarly, retiring man) has been sworn in, he comes into possession of special knowledge of the case, tries to resign, but is forced to continue, and plays a far more important part in the drama than might be expected.”—Outlook.
“Sensational the book certainly is; yet there is undeniably some good realism in it.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
“This book is above the average of its class, and will provide an hour of entertainment for the most jaded of readers.” Wm. M. Payne.
“Is worth mentioning because of the unusual way the mystery is unraveled.”
“There is a marked absence of the gruesome in this cheerful little novel of murder and courtship. Furthermore, the solution of the mystery is not without originality.”
“The chief faults of the book are matters of artistic finish.”
“In plot and management the story is quite unusual and really exciting. The love story is by no means so good.”
“Little more than a fairly good amateur detective story with a dash of sentiment.”
*Hill, George Francis.Pisanello.*$2. Scribner.
A book which offers for the first time to the English reader information about Pisanello heretofore acquired only from the Italian, French or German. The sketch of this “greatest of medallists and one of the most fascinating of Italian artists ... gives us, what we really want, the fullest and clearest account of Pisanello’s career that is available from the extant material, and a detailed characterization of his works.” (Lond. Times.)
*“In treating of his work in painting Mr. Hill’s scholarly monograph shows an admirable admixture of enthusiasm and restraint. Of his work as medalist ... Mr. Hill’s erudition almost forbids discussion.”
*“Is written with competence and understanding.”
*“Mr. Hill has written a scholarly essay, which, on the whole, reveals very thorough research along what is almost a bypath of art.”
*“The volume is one of the most interesting of an interesting series.”
*Hills, Lucius Perry.Memory of song. $1. Franklin ptg.
In 1894, when Patti sang at Atlanta, Georgia, the author, inspired by her voice, wrote a few verses on the back of his program, telling how—
“All the while sweet harmonies crept down into my heart,And nestled in a home from which they never can depart.”
“All the while sweet harmonies crept down into my heart,And nestled in a home from which they never can depart.”
“All the while sweet harmonies crept down into my heart,And nestled in a home from which they never can depart.”
“All the while sweet harmonies crept down into my heart,
And nestled in a home from which they never can depart.”
They were afterward published in a souvenir booklet. This volume contains these verses, revised, and illustrated from photographs and paintings from life by V. A. Richardson.
Hinkson, Katharine Tynan (Mrs. H. A.).Daughter of kings. $1.25. Benziger.
A proud Irish girl who traces her family back to Adam, comes, at the suggestion of her friend, the duchess, who knows of her poverty, to take charge of the household of John Corbett, a wealthy English widower who has made his money in trade, and here she learns that there are gentlemen who are not gently born. There are many love stories involved and there is a touch of socialism and a description of Irish peasantry and an epidemic of fever among them.
“The Irish portions of the book especially abound in traits of shrewd observation and humour which show how different a picture the author, if only she chose, might have given us.”
Hinkson, Mrs. Katharine Tynan (Mrs. H. A.).Julia. $1.50. McClurg.
An Irish story, with the simple modern setting of a country estate, but which has the old-time theme of the fairy tale; for the young lord sees and loves Julia, the ugly duckling of the family of one of his tenants, and makes her Lady O’Kavanagh. The crude selfishness of Julia’s sisters is contrasted with the selfishness found in finer clay among the gentry, and there are some great characters whose loving service is in stronger contrast still.
“Under the cunning hand of Mrs. Hinkson the story develops so easily and plausibly that these seeming improbabilities never tax the credulity of the reader. All the characters, too, are drawn with strong individuality.”
“The book has its charm.”
“A pleasant story of Irish country life, charmingly told.”
“Her story is a pretty little romance, the charming Irish flavor of which is more than a matter of nomenclature and appropriate description.”
“This is a most delightful little story. The love-story is prettily given, but the real charm of the book lies in its portraiture and its Irish atmosphere.”
Hiroi, Isami.Statically-indeterminate stresses in frames commonly used for bridges.**$2. Van Nostrand.
This work is the outgrowth of a series of lectures given by the author to his students in Civil Engineering in the Tokyo Imperial university. It aims to save time and labor by furnishing solutions of those problems most commonly met with in the practice of a bridge engineer, and contains chapters upon: Trussed beams; Viaduct bents; Continuous girders; Arches with two hinges; Arches without hinges; Suspension bridges; and, Secondary stresses due to rigidity of joints.
*“This book forms an important contribution to the literature of bridge engineering. It is the first attempt to present in the English language in a single volume the principal cases of statically indeterminate stresses occurring in the practice of the bridge engineer, the solution of which is based exclusively on the method of least work. The book deserves a place in the library of every bridge engineer.” Henry S. Jacobi.
Hirst, Francis Wrigley.Adam Smith,**75c. Macmillan.
Mr. Hirst first treats of Adam Smith, the man, the absent-minded, but keenly observant, Scotchman, and then takes up Adam Smith, the philosopher, and examines his lectures, his “Theory of moral sentiments,” and his “Wealth of nations.”
“Indeed it is a distinct service of this little book, which will doubtless be more generally read than any other life of Smith, that no reader can leave it with the false impression of Smith as a closet philosopher interested only in questions of ethical or economic theory.”
“Excellent monograph. A lucid and attractively-written exposition of Smith’s economic theories.”
“More complete and satisfactory than Roe’s exhaustive ‘Life,’ on account of new and important material discovered more recently.”
“The task the author set for himself he has accomplished with thoroughness and even with interest: for there is about this biography no suggestion of dullness.”
“He adds little that is new either of information or criticism. Still the volume should find a welcome. It is well written, graceful and entertaining, and with an intelligent appreciation of Adam Smith’s traits of character as well as of the traits of style, method, scope and insight that have made the ‘Wealth of Nations’ a masterpiece of the science and of English literature. The most attractive portions of the book are those that turn about Adam Smith’s intimate life and his contact with men and affairs.”
“Mr. Hirst’s monograph, although not deficient in originality, is necessarily largely a digest of these the best of its predecessors. Patient culling of fugitive sources of information is also apparent, however, and as a conscientious and luminous account of the famous Scotchman it should be welcomed by all desirous of obtaining an intelligent idea of the factors shaping his view of life and the world.”
Historians’ history of the world; ed by H: Smith Williams. $72. Outlook.
“A comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages.” These twenty-five volumes are composed of long and short extracts taken from the most eminent authors and most authentic sources for each country and period. They form not only a world history but also an anthology of historians.
“In general it seems to me that the series appears at its best in the volumes on the ancient Orient, Greece, the Roman empire, and perhaps Russia. Taken all in all, the series has the unevenness of quality of every historical library.” Edward G. Bourne.
“By a curious fatality the portions of an historian’s work upon which he was least fitted to write are chosen as bits of mosaic suited for those particular parts of the history. One part of the work of the editor he has done with remarkable skill and that is the fitting of the parts so closely and skilfully that the reader rarely feels that there is any break. Also he has very fairly judged the amount of space properly assigned to each country and age. Taken as a whole, it is a magnificent undertaking and serves a great and useful purpose.”
*“Tho the choice of materials shows a greater sense for literary than historical merit, yet, for popular use, that is more essential.”
Hobart, George Vere.Silly cyclopedia; containing copious etymological derivations and other useless things, by Noah Lott (an ex-relative of Noah Webster); embellished with numerous and distracting cuts and diagrams by L: F. Grants. 75c. Dillingham.
This little volume declares itself to be “a terrible thing in the form of a literary torpedo which is launched for hilarious purposes only” and is “inaccurate in every particular.” It is a collection of jocose epigrams cast in dictionary form, and if taken in small doses may prove amusing.
“It is full of the sort of stuff indolent, good-humored folks like to retail on the piazzas of country hotels. It is all harmless.”
Hobart, George Vere (Hugh McHugh; Dinkelspiel, pseuds.).You can search me.†75c. Dillingham.
John Henry here figures thru a series of theatrical ventures in company with his side partner, Bunch Jefferson. “One Signor Petrikinski, prestidigitator, is the star of the venture, and his clever handling of not only John Henry and Bunch, but of Uncle Peter Grant and Mr. William Grey, is amazing reading.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Written in the picturesque and highly descriptive style of the rest of this series.”
“Slangy, rather vulgar, funny for those who like the cheaply comic.”
Hobhouse, L. T.Democracy and reaction. $1.50. Putnam.
“A pessimistic view of modern English society by a ‘Little Englander,’ a disciple of Cobden, a strenuous believer in Jeremy Bentham and in the Manchester school, who regards all departure from individualism, whether in industry or politics, as a reaction towards despotism, and who yet draws back from the conclusions toward which his own reasoning leads him, and endeavors skilfully, but in our judgment not successfully, to reconcile the individualistic theories of our own time.”—Outlook.
“While well written, the book is full of expressions, which lead one to believe it the work of a disappointed politician, rather than that of a fair critic.” Ward W. Pierson.
*“No summary, however, can do justice to the wealth of thought that this little book contains, to the freshness and power with which familiar themes are handled, and to the width of outlook which every page reveals.” G. P. Gooch.
“All the first part of the book, giving an account of the Reaction and its causes, is excellent. We do not remember to have seen anywhere, in so small a compass, a better analysis of the extraordinary changes in sentiment and opinion produced in the last thirty years. As to the great body of Liberal doctrine, the author is on firm ground.”
“To one who believes, as we do, that the present conditions in England and America, both industrial and political, are those of a higher stage of intellectual and moral progress than those of the first half of the nineteenth century, the volume is chiefly valuable as an exposition of perils which attend this progress, and of which society needs to be warned, and against which it needs to guard itself.”
“He writes moderately, and does not mar his argument by any of those personalities which are too freely indulged in by writers of his way of thinking. His book is, indeed, in its way, scientific.”
“This is a book which furnishes abundant material both for the active politician and the student.”
Hocking, Joseph.Coming of the king.†$1.50. Little.
The search for a black box in which lay a marriage contract between Charles Stuart and a Welsh girl, Lucy Walters, whose son, if the contract were found, would be heir to the English throne, provides the series of adventures which make up this story. The time is that of the restoration, the scenes are of court and country. The dashing young hero fails to find the paper, but finds instead beautiful Constance Leslie with a price upon her head and marries her.
“A tedious novel of the swashbuckling type.”
Hodgson, John Evan, and Eaton, Frederick A.Royal academy and its members, 1768-1830.*$5. Scribner.
A somewhat pompous history of the Royal academy from the time of its founding by King George III. in 1768. Its growth, management and prestige are given and the volume is fully illustrated.
“It is not a glorious record, this of Messrs. Hodgson and Eaton, but as though to atone for its meagre episodes it is composed in a proud and vaunting style.”
“Of the work as a whole it may be said that it has a full measure of that serenity in face of criticism which is eminently characteristic of official histories.”
“Although rich in historical material, illustrations, and appendices, and containing valuable biographical sketches, fails to give that view of art development which the reader would naturally be led to expect.”
“This record has much that is valuable and interesting.”
“A comprehensive and interestingly written history.”
“It tells us very little that is not to be found elsewhere, arranges it badly, and carries the story no further than 1830.”
Hoffmann, Franz.Little dauphin; tr. from the German by George P. Upton,*60c. McClurg.
The pathetic figure of Louis Charles, second son of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette, figures thruout this story according to the ordinarily accepted theory that he was confined in the Temple and after the execution of the King and Queen was at the mercy of the cruel keeper. The volume belongs to “Life stories for young people.”
Hoffmann, Julius.Amateur gardener’s rose book, tr. from the German by John Weathers,*$2.50. Longmans.
The book is written not so much for professional gardeners and nurserymen, as for garden lovers who devote special attention to the cultivation of the rose; the object being to enlarge their knowledge on the subject, and to reproduce a book that will serve as a practical and concise adviser.
“The point that makes this volume a necessity to the amateur beginning his collection of roses is the twenty beautifully colored plates.” Mabel Osgood Wright.
“Does not approach in usefulness Mr. Foster-Melliar’s ‘Book of the rose,’ and far less in delightful reading Dean Hole’s ‘Book about roses.’ However, the book is probably worth adding to a rosarian’s shelf.”
Hogg, Ethel.Quintin Hogg. $3. Dutton.
In this biography of her father, the author gives a complete and intimate account of his life and work in the London slums. A famous Eton foot-ball player, he often made his influence felt by sheer physical force, and this was perhaps the secret of his remarkable success. He founded the Ragged school, and the famous Polytechnic, and his life is a story of the most practical kind of philanthropic work. There is an introduction by the Duke of Argyll.
“The book is needlessly long, and is disfigured by numerous exclamation points.”
Holdich, Thomas Hungerford.India. $2.50. Appleton.
The author’s knowledge of the geographical conditions of India is reliable as he was at one time superintendent of the survey of India. After giving an historical sketch of the country, “he proceeds to a study of the geography of the frontiers bordering Baluchistan and Afghanistan; he describes Kashmir, the Himalayas, and the Peninsula, then Assam, Burma, and Ceylon. He tells us about the people, the political geography, the agriculture, revenues, railways, minerals, and climate and he puts India before us as we will not find it elsewhere. The work is amply indexed, and is provided with a wealth of maps and diagrams.” (Outlook).
“The book and its maps are creditable to all concerned, and will unquestionably prove of great value to seekers for information about the region of British India and its dependencies.”
“The results of all former investigations are well digested and epitomized.”
“With few exceptions his work will rank high with the other volumes of the series.”
“Altogether, as a representative volume on India for the library, this book is about the best to be had.”
“This excellent and useful book supplies a real want, and gives to the reader a broad geographical description of the real continent of India.”
“Avoiding ‘statistics and details,’ the author has here compressed into one volume an immense amount of geographical and ethnological information regarding the peninsula itself and the frontier, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Assam, and Burma. The most valuable part of ‘India’ is, of course, the geographical description, where the author is on his own ground. The literary-historical side is mortar to the bricks of the altar.”
“He has produced a topographical description of the Indian empire which, in spite of minorerrors.... is not only interesting to read, but accurate and well proportioned on the whole.”
“His volume has the ring of authority on every page. It is equally valuable for steady reading or as a work of reference.”
“The product of years of study in the country of which he writes.”
Holdsworth, Annie E. (Mrs. Eugene J. Lee-Hamilton).New Paolo and Francesca.†$1.50. Lane.
A modern variation of the old story. The heroine has promised her dying father that she will wed the elder of her twin cousins, who will inherit her father’s title and estates. She fulfils her pledge in spite of the fact that she loves the younger brother, and the result is tragedy. The story is further complicated by the discovery that her lover is the true heir, and her husband in reality is the younger brother, the two having been changed in infancy.
“Nothing but praise, however, is to be said for the art of the author. In description, in delineation of character and in that subtle and compelling power by which the imagination of the reader is held enthralled, the work is noteworthy. It is to be regretted that a story so charming in its style, so fascinating in its atmosphere and so powerful in the handling of the theme should be so depressing in its influence on the mind.” A. C. Rich.
“It is well told, and the author has enough coloring matter in her vocabulary to paint the national history of a whole continent.”
Holland, Clive.Japanese romance. $1.50. Stokes.
A young English artist sailing eastward to paint the wonders of Japan, meets a beautiful English girl on the steamer and admires her apparently merely in an artistic way. Arriving at Nagasaki he falls in with two former fellow-students at Paris, one a Japanese, the other a Scot who has taken a Japanese wife. Thru these he becomes involved in many social complications and finally marries Mio-Lan, a lovely Japanese maid. Later he begins to long for the English girl he had met on the steamer and the story becomes a tragedy for Mio-Lan.
“The merit of the story lies not in the sentiment and flower women, but in the characters of the modern Japanese, Mr. Yumoto, and the Scottish expatriate.”
Holland, Robert Afton.Commonwealth of man.**$1.25. Putnam.
“The Slocum lectures of 1904, delivered at the University of Michigan ... revised by the author in the light of the discussion that followed the publication of Mr. Edwin Markham’s poem, ‘The man with the hoe,’ which, in the opinion of Mr. Holland, consisted chiefly of a series of socialistic fallacies set to stormful music.’”—R. of Rs.
“There are eleven lectures, all pretty vigorous writing and not bad reading.”
Holley, Marietta (Josiah Allen’s wife, pseud.).Around the world with Josiah Allen’s wife.†$150. Dillingham.
The inveterate traveller, Samantha, accompanied by Josiah Allen and a sick grandson, for whose health the trip is undertaken, starts on a journey around the world with a party which includes a Dorothy, who enlivens the trip by marrying in spite of her chaperone. Samantha’s characteristic descriptions and comments include much of interest on Hawaii, the Philippines, India, Egypt, the Holy Land, and many European states, while she frequently attempts to set right whatever she thinks may be wrong, even instructing the Empress Si Ann on her duty.
Holley, Marietta (Josiah Allen’s wife, pseud.).Samantha at the St. Louis exposition.$1.50. Dillingham.
Samantha, as unique and widely known as any book character ever created, is at her best in these “episodin’” bits of wit, pathos, and clear visioned common sense. In the story, Josiah Allen discovers that his farm had come into the possession of the Allen family the year of the Louisiana purchase, that his ancestors had paid fifteen dollars for it, the same sum, he said, “with the orts left off,” that was given for Louisiana. The Allens celebrate this discovery by taking a trip to the Exposition. A group of interesting companions serve only to enhance the characteristic observations of Samantha, which are better than ever.
“Feminine frailty and masculine arrogance and the sexual inequalities of social customs and the laws continue to furnish material for her satire and weakly witty garrulity.”
Hollis, A. C.Masai, their language and folk-lore.*$4.75. Oxford.
A study of the language, myths, traditions, enigmas, proverbs, and customs of this fast vanishing East African race by the chief secretary of the East African Protectorate, assisted by native authorities.
“Mr. Hollis’s is the fullest study yet made. It is impossible to do justice in the course of an ordinary notice to this exceedingly interesting book, which is, moreover, absolutely free from padding of the ordinary kind.”
“In describing the mythology, folklore, and customs of the Masai he has hit upon a method as scientific as it is original.”
“For the first time the civilized world has been presented with an authoritative work on the Masai language, customs, and folklore, by Mr. A. C. Hollis. It is the authoritative study of the Masai people; and it is satisfactory to record that the author confines himself mainly to facts and not to theories.” H. H. Johnston.
“Mr. Hollis’ grammatical treatise is a study in itself. The book is worthy of the greatest attention.”
Holmes, Gordon.Mysterious disappearance.$1.50. Clode.
The usual crime, shrouded in the usual mystery, the rapid succession of events, the story action that palls not for a moment are all here. But the book surpasses others of its kind in the clever comparison of two distinctive types of detectives. There is Claude Bruce, barrister, “subtle, analytic, introspective,” and there is his foil, the Scotland yard inspector, a part of the machine, “direct, pertinacious, self-confident ... a slave to system,” one whose method, as the barrister comments, “works admirably for the detection of common place crimes, but as soon as the region of higher romance is entered, it is as much out of place as a steam roller in a lady’s boudoir.”
Holmes, Mary Jane Hawes.Abandoned farm.†$1. Dillingham.
The romance of a young girl who becomes a waitress at a summer house party on an estate once owned by her grandfather. She is known as waitress no. 1, and her ladylike mien, even in white cap and apron, charms the rich young master of the house who loves her even before he discovers that the estate is really hers. The volume also contains a story called Connie’s secret, which hinges upon a sham marriage by which the girl believes herself to be legally bound to the man who has deserted her.
*Holmes, Oliver Wendell.One-hoss shay, with its companion poems.$1.50. Houghton.
A delightful Christmas edition of Holmes’ humorous poems, “The one-hoss shay,” “How the old horse won the bet,” and “The broomstick train,” illustrated by Mr. Howard Pyle in colors and black and white.
Holt, Martin.Out of bondage. $1.25. Benziger.
Renie, a pretty Catholic girl, kept in the country with no knowledge of life or of her own parentage, serves the cruel Mrs. Sherwood well until her death and then flies forth into the world to enjoy her freedom. She encounters many tragic things, but her courage enables her to straighten out a serious tangle and save the man she loves from a murderer’s death.