Allen, Frank Waller.Back to Arcady.†$1.25. Turner, H. B.
The Kentucky rose-garden which furnishes the setting for this June-time idyl is a fit place for the day dreams of a lonely man who had “gone softly” all his days. One day he welcomes to his garden his “Lady of Roses,” the daughter of the only woman he had ever loved. Here under the jacqueminots he guards with a fatherly eye the love-making of this fair Marcia and his neighbor Louis. The very summer sunshine and rose garden perfume pervade the story thruout.
*“It is a tender, graceful little love-story, quaintly told by a third person.”
*“A sentimental romance which depends for much of its effect upon annoying and artificial phrases.”
Allen, Gardner W.Our navy and the Barbary corsairs.**$1.50. Houghton.
An account of this interesting period of American history written from original sources. The events which are scattered over a period of forty years (1778-1818) are brought together and tell the story of how the United States, in the first years of her national existence, rebelled at paying the tribute which all Europe paid to the Mohammedan states of north Africa. The story of the success of our little navy, the wars with Tripoli and Algiers, the deeds of Preble and Decatur, and the adventures of our seamen with the famous pirates is all the more romantic because it is true.
“A good example of a book that is scientific and at the same time popular. It is popular by reason of the dramatic quality of the information that it contains. Its interest lies in the intrinsic interest of its facts. The narrative is plain, simple and straightforward.” Charles Oscar Paullin.
“Dr. Allen has made his work thorough and authoritative, but betrays a needless distrust of his own descriptive powers, leaving the more dramatic events to be described almost entirely in the words of eye-witnesses.”
“Dr. Allen’s story is really as engrossing as a romance. It is safe to say that, for the history of the movement as a whole, Dr. Allen is not likely to have a successor.”
“It is also a historical treatise of no small value, colligating clearly and compactly the results of much original as well as secondary research, and embodying a survey of astonishingly wide range. The work is well written and well balanced throughout.”
Alston, Leonard.Modern constitutions in outline: an introductory study in political science.*90c. Longmans.
“Mr. Alston, who is Deputy professor of history in Elphinstone college at Bombay, has written a brief but lucid sketch of the constitutions of the chief political communities of the modern world. His little book was planned to meet the needs of university students; but it will have a wider field.... [It] consists of three opening chapters dealing respectively with Federalism, and the Two-chamber system, Party government, and the Demarcation of powers; and of a second part in which a special and more detailed account is given of the constitutions of the chief powers of the world.”—Spec.
“Mr. Alston has done a useful piece of work, which, in its brevity and clearness, is a model of the expository functions of a professor.”
Altsheler, Joseph A.The candidate.†$1.50. Harper.
In this political novel the hero, who is a presidential candidate, is accompanied by his niece on a speech-making tour through the West. A newspaper correspondent, also in attendance, loves the girl, and is largely responsible for the triumph of the candidate. The path of love is not smooth, however, for the girl is the betrothed of a distinguished politician, whose enmity her uncle has no wish to incur.
“Mr. Altsheler has given us a thoroughly readable story.” W: M. Payne.
“‘The candidate’ is by no means an unreadable book, but it is not in Mr. Altsheler’s previous best style, nor is it up to his usual level of interest. The various elements of plot somehow lack the cohesion necessary to weld them into a convincing whole.”
“From a literary point of view there is little to be said of the book, which merits attention chiefly through giving publicity to campaign methods from apparently authentic ‘inside’ information.”
“There are certain crudities of plot and language, but one readily pardons them because it is a good story and does not turn out in the last chapter to be a brief for political reform.”
“That story is told with an almost prodigal display of intelligence and power.”
Altsheler, Joseph A.Guthrie of the Times: a story of success. $1.50. Doubleday.
“Mr. Joseph A. Altsheler has deserted the field of warfare for that of present-day journalism and politics, and has given us in his ‘Guthrie of the Times,’ an interesting and straightforward story of modern life—‘a story of success,’ he calls it, and the description is true in more senses than one. The scene of the novel is a state unnamed, but easily identifiable as Kentucky; the hero is a newspaper writer of resource and high ideals; the heroine is a young woman who has to become re-Americanized after a life spent mainly abroad. How the hero defeats the attempt to impeach a public officer in the interests of a corrupt financial enterprise, how the heroine witnessing, admires, and how in the end he wins both her love and an unexpected nomination for congress, are the chief matters which enlist our interest.”—Dial.
“One cannot criticize this type of story, however. It is to be enjoyed or laid aside, according to taste and temperament. It is very American.”
“The whole story is told to direct and workmanlike effect.” W. M. Payne.
“Admirable story of southern life. The fresh sane optimism of the book is very appealing.”
Ames, Joseph Sweetman.Text-book of general physics, for high schools and colleges.*$3.50. Am. bk.
“The general plan of treatment appears to be a general popular enunciation of the matter of a section, followed by the more detailed discussion of the experiments, apparatus, etc., and ending with a historical review and bibliography. This excellent plan has, however, at times fallen into the natural mistake of making the popular introduction so full as to result in an unnecessary and rather confusing repetition of matter, often leaving the reader uncertain as to whether he has read all on a given topic or not.”—Educ. R.
“In spite of the shortcomings in many of the details, the book contains very much valuable matter and will prove a desirable addition to the library of every physicist.” William Hallock.
“The combination of simplicity with accuracy of statement is the essential feature of a practicable book for use with beginners in college, and it may justly be said of Professor Ames’ volume that it possesses this combination of qualities to an unusual degree.” E. L. N.
“A distinct defect in this otherwise excellent book is the complete absence of illustrative problems.” W. Le Conte Stevens.
Ames, Oakes.Orchidaceae: illustrations and studies of the family orchidaceae, issuing from the Ames botanical laboratory, North Easton, Mass.**$3. Houghton.
“This fascicle includes descriptions and plates of five new and fourteen old species, a descriptive list of orchids collected in the Philippine islands by the United States government botanists, a description and figure of a hitherto unrecorded orchid in the United States, and a paper entitled ‘Contributions toward a monograph of the American species of spiranthes.’”—Science.
“The volume is a valuable and interesting contribution to the knowledge of a part of one of the most attractive orders of flowering plants.”
“Taken all in all this work is one which must be very highly commended.” Charles E. Bessey.
Ames, V. B.Matrimonial primer; with a pictorial matrimonial mathematics and decorations by Gordon Ross.*75c. Paul Elder.
Humorous, epigrammatic bits of advice for husband and wife are found in this little volume. Its friendly shafts frequently strike home, and one may both laugh and profit by them.
*“The wit sometimes falls to commonplaceness but never to anything more objectionable.”
Amsden, Dora.Impressions of Ukiyo-ye, the school of Japanese colour-print artists.**$1.50. Elder.
“This study treats of the whole school of Japanese color-print artists, and is appropriately illustrated with half-tone reproductions of famous paintings. The whole is printed on Japanese paper, and an appendix shows facsimiles of the most famous signatures of color-print artists, presented in this volume for the benefit of collectors.”—R. of Rs.
“The frequent occurrence of such misstatements as these mar what would otherwise be a very acceptable essay, readable, and giving in compact form much information useful to those who are becoming interested in Ukiyo-ye prints.”
Reviewed by Charles de Kay.
“A sympathetic, suggestive analysis of Japanese paintings.”
*Andersen, Hans Christian.Ugly duckling.*75c. Moffat.
This “centenary edition ... is a small quarto in boards, printed on a sort of buff paper, with the added distinction of illustrations by M. H. Squire, four colored plates and some pen-drawings.”—Nation.
Anderson, Edward L., and Collier, Price.Riding and driving.**$2. Macmillan.
“How to select, train and ride a saddle horse is clearly and practically explained by Mr. Edward L. Anderson by means of print and photography, and in the latter half of the same volume Mr. Price Collier not only tells how to drive single, double and four, but also gives a large amount of practical information on the care of horses in sickness and in health, shoeing, harnessing, feeding and stabling.”—Ind.
Anderson, Frank Maloy.Constitutions and other select documents, illustrative of the history of France, 1789-1901.*$2. Wilson, H. W.
Professor Anderson says: “The practice of studying documents in connection with the history courses given in American universities, colleges and high schools, has now become so general, and the results attained so satisfactory, that the method no longer requires any defense.” This document-book has been the outgrowth of personal need with classes in the University of Minnesota, when work has been hampered by the lack of a convenient collection of documents; also the suggestion of compiling such a work was stimulated by the fact that French documents are more attractive than any others, and that the period of the French Revolution “deserves a volume in English presenting as large a portion as possible of the important documents.” The book is well printed and strongly bound.
“The work of the teacher of modern French history will be rendered easier and more effective by the publication of Professor Anderson’s volume. Professor Anderson’s selection has been made with special reference to the requirements of practical work.” Henry E. Bourne.
Andrews, Rev. Samuel James.Man and the Incarnation; or, Man’s place in the universe as determined by his relations to the Incarnate Son.**$1.50. Putnam.
The author’s discussion of the creation of man, his fall, and his redemption through the Incarnate Son of God, is based upon “Premises and presupposition belonging to another age,” says the Independent, “an age which even saintly character and pathetic pleading cannot call back from its tomb.” The outlook for inharmonious man according to the author is nothing short of the “great tribulation” which marks the end of the world.
“He stands entirely outside of our modern way of looking at things.”
Angell, James Rowland.Psychology: an introductory study of the structure and function of human consciousness.*$1.50. Holt.
Professor Angell sets forth first of all in an elementary way the generally accepted facts and principles bearing upon the functional and genetic rather than the structural phases of psychology. “In the second place, since the real field of psychology is consciousness, the purpose of the author is to show how consciousness in cognitive, affective and volitional aspects originates and develops.... The third division takes up the elementary features of volition, and follows this general introduction with a treatment of the relation of volition to interest, effort and desire, character and the will, and finally the self.” (Pub. Opin.)
“The book under consideration is one which fills a very genuine and widely felt need in the psychological world. Its great merit can be stated in a word. It is a treatise sufficiently elementary to be used as a textbook for an introductory class, which succeeds in co-ordinating the outcome of the analysis of the content of consciousness with the functional interpretation of those contents which alone can give them rational organization and meaning.The influence of Dewey is most evident in the general standpoint, and that of James in many of the details of treatment. In comparison with James’s classic textbook, it has, however, two advantages—in its completeness and in its systematic unity. The affective processes, which James nowhere mentions, here receive due treatment, and many minor omissions in the older textbook are filled in. The unity of all conscious processes is made a central idea in the treatment of each one.” Helen Bradford Thompson.
“The book is essentially a text-book, and has been arranged so as to be flexible to emphasis laid on various desired portions.”
“The text is readable, the doctrine sound, the teaching effective.”
“One of the very best of elementary textbooks of the subject.” R. S. Woodworth.
“Numerous works on psychology have appeared in recent years, but this, in our opinion, is not only the latest but also the most satisfactory of them all. Every sentence in this volume shows the careful investigator, who has not only got results, but has also made himself so familiar with these results that apparently without effort he expresses them in words that are simple and in sentences that are clear. Technical readers will not object to this, and untechnical readers will especially appreciate it.”
“It is essentially a text-book, and is abundantly supplied with cross-references.”
“We feel the gratitude and satisfaction which are due to a thoroughly capable thinker who gives us a solid, careful and, so far as is desirable in a text for students, original book. There is no need to note in detail the many excellent features in content and form or the few cases of questionable facts and methods of presentation.” Edward L. Thorndike.
Angus, D. C.Japan: the eastern wonderland. $1. Cassell.
“Supposedly ‘Japan, the eastern wonderland,’ was written by a Japanese for the amusement and instruction of his friends in England where he had received the finishing touches of his education.” (N. Y. Times). The narrator, Kotaro, and his sister Hana furnish representative Japanese types, in the portrayal of whose lives from infancy up, the reader gains a clear idea of conditions, customs and methods of Japanese education. “The past of Japan and much of its history is dwelt upon in this volume. Wonderful have been the changes made during the second half of the last century. There has been the regeneration of Japan, feudalism has been abolished, the samurai have had their privileges curtailed.... There are no tortures for petty crimes. All religions are tolerated. The school children learn their lessons from Japanese translations of foreign text books. Native literature is not neglected, but it is no longer used as a guide.” (N. Y. Times).
Angus, Joseph.Cyclopedic handbook to the Bible: an introduction to the study of the Scriptures.*$2. Revell.
“Originally published in 1853, this has been an eminently useful book. In its present revised form much has been dropped from it, and much added from the gains acquired by a half-century of increasing knowledge, while the original plan, with some rearrangement, remains the same. Its two divisions, treating the Bible first as a book and next as a series of books taken separately, go into manifold details.”—Outlook.
“With some concessions to modern criticism, the general view maintained is strongly conservative. For practical uses the old book seems likely to remain for long a favorite.”
Annandale, Nelson.Faroes and Iceland.*$1.50. Oxford.
This book is “occupied chiefly with natural history and ethnology ... and ... may be regarded as a series of sociological studies of isolated and rather primitive though civilized communities. As such it has exceptional interest and value, especially since the communities selected for study are of ancient establishment, and have not, in recent years, been the subject of any analogous description.”—Nation.
“Instructive little volume on these islands of the Far North.”
“On the whole the book reaps an interesting harvest in a new field.”
“A most admirable little work,” R. L.
“The book is an admirable specimen of careful and intelligent observations.”
Annesley, Charles.Standard opera glass.$1.50. Brentano’s.
A new and revised edition of a useful book of reference. It contains sketches of the plots of 123 famous operas, with critical and biographical notes, dates of production, etc. There are indexes of titles and names, and 26 portraits of composers. The contributor of the preface, James Huneker, says: “‘The standard opera glass’ is much in miniature. It may be put in your pocket and read at home or abroad. The author does not burden you with superfluous comment and he tells his story neatly, rapidly and without undue emphasis. He reverences the classics, admires Wagner, and is liberal to the younger men. What more can one ask?”
“A useful book of reference.”
Anthony, Gardner C.Elements of mechanical drawing.*$1.50. Heath.
“‘Elements of mechanical drawing’ takes the pupil in hand before he has seen a single instrument, and in 152 pages teaches him to make full-sized sectional drawings of a complete commutator from a rough working sketch jotted down free hand. The author is professor of drawing in Tufts college and dean of the department of engineering; his textbook, first issued ten years ago as a strictly elemental work, is now revised and changed for use in evening drawing schools and technical colleges.”—N. Y. Times.
Antrim, Mrs. Minna Thomas (Titian, pseud.).Knocks—witty, wise and—.*75c. Jacobs.
Cynical observations and “dark glass” digs based upon men and women’s foibles and weaknesses.
Apperson, G. L.Bygone London life: pictures from a vanished past.*$1.50. Pott.
“An industrious collection of odds and ends illustrative of the life of London in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.... The restaurants and coffeehouses, and their frequenters, the swells and beaus and macaronies, are depicted by aid of the memoirs, letters, and society verse of that day. The effect is much like that of a visit to one of the quaint old museums described in chapter IV.”—Am. Hist. R.
“The especial value of Apperson’s treatment is the literary point of view.” Katharine Coman.
Archbald, Anna, and Jones, Georgiana.Fusser’s book. 75c. Fox.
An enlarged edition of the “Fusser’s book” which gives advice to fussers or flirts in epigrammatic phrases. “Angle for a lady’s hobby, and when you’ve hooked it play her. If the lady in turn angles for yours, don’t jump at the bait.”
Aristotle.Politics; tr. by B. Jowett.*$1. Oxford.
In an introductory discussion, Aristotle’s relation to his “Politics” is clearly defined as that of the utilitarian philosopher, and student of human nature, with due emphasis on ethical values as he “treats of the state as one of the chief means thru which the individual obtains to happiness.” “The object of the ‘Politics’ is both practical and speculative; to explain the nature of the ideal city in which the end of happiness may be fully realized; to suggest some methods of making existent states more useful to the individual citizen than they were in Aristotle’s time, or had been in the past.”
“The analysis and the index are well done.”
“The reprint, which is in a small and convenient volume, will be found especially useful by students of political science who are not students of Greek.”
Armstrong, Sir Walter.Gainsborough and his place in English art. $3.50. Scribner.
A biography which furnishes in nine short chapters a well-ordered analysis of the work of perhaps the greatest painter technically. “Best of all parts of the book for public guidance is the introduction, in which much of the best modern thought on esthetics is presented in a concise and clear form. There is discussion of the idea that ‘art is the use for subjective expression of a power which displays itself objectively in what we call beauty,’ and we are reminded that ‘mere correctness of imitation holds no higher place in a picture than grammar does in a poem.’ ... An interesting chapter on the precursors of Gainsborough traces some characteristics of British art back through the seventeenth century to miniaturists of a time even before Holbein.... The landscapes and portraits are, properly, treated together, for Gainsborough’s art was always that of the impressionist who paints hotly under the stimulus of any vision fitted to appeal, whether in the shape of a lovely scene in nature or a beautiful woman.” (Ind.)
Armstrong, Sir Walter.Peel collection and the Dutch school. $2. Dutton.
As director of the National gallery of Ireland, the author knows well how to interpret and value the ideals and success of a school of painting. The artists represented in the Peel collection “give to him an opportunity of writing a monograph on Dutch painting which, we are glad to note, includes several Flemings directly affected by Holland.” (Outlook). He uses for illustration the works of Metsu, Terborch, Vermeer, Hooghe, Jan Steen, Ostade, Willem and Adrien van de Velde, Wouwerman, Hobbema, Ruisdael, Cuijp, Koninck, and Hals. The book is interesting in itself, and of value to those who wish a better understanding of Dutch art.
“An acute and valuable critical essay on the Dutch school.”
“A particularly important contribution to the better understanding of Dutch art.”
*Armstrong, Sir Walter.Sir Joshua Reynolds, first president of the Royal academy.*$3.50. Scribner.
“A popular reprint of a monumental work on the English portrait painter, first published five years ago, by the greatest living authority on the subject.... Particularly is Sir Walter Armstrong to be congratulated for his fine sense of selection, by which he has drawn what is truthful and distinctive from the early biographies; also for his critical estimates, which have stood the most searching and eager tests of five years of criticism.”—N. Y. Times.
*“Presents in conclusion to a thorough and interesting biography a sympathetic picture of an unsympathetic man, a guarded estimate of a deliberate artist.”
*“The public is to be congratulated on having so authoritative a work thus brought within reasonable reach while maintaining a high standard of manufacture.”
*Arnim, Mary Annette (Beauchamp)gräfinvon.Princess Priscilla’s fortnight.†$1.50. Scribner.
The author of “Elizabeth and her German garden” has written of an experience in the life of her grand ducal highness, the Princess Priscilla. “Aided and accompanied by the good old ducal librarian, Priscilla, feeling her ‘soul starved’ in the dull little court, runs away and lives for two miserable weeks the life of a nobody-in-particular. Just what happened, what mischief she did, and how it all ended, the author tells with her own arch humor.... She pricks pretty effectually the cult and cant of ‘simple life,’ its natural collapse being ‘a by-product of the vivacious tale.’” (N. Y. Times.)
*“We may as well confess at once that Elizabeth has enchanted us again. Either she throws her spell over you, and then you follow with delight wherever she leads: or your temperament resists her spell, and then you take umbrage at her airs, and, in the present volume, at her ragged plot and occasional heaviness of phrase.”
*“This volume is highly characteristic of its writer. We get the usual epigrammatic humor, not without cynicism, the usual liveliness of narration and dialogue, and, it must be confessed, the usual absurdities and exaggerations. The characters, though overdrawn, are full of interest.”
*“Is well worth reading, not only for the genuine enjoyment it will give, but for its sensible and logical ‘conclusion of the whole matter.’”
*“The story, although slight and farcical, is very amusing and good reading for a leisure hour.”
Asakawa, Kanichi.Early institutional life of Japan.*$1.75. Scribner.
“The author devotes his first and longest chapter to a description of Japanese institutions as they existed about 500 A. D. Then follow two chapters, one on the events leading up to the reform, the other, a particularly good one, on the political doctrine of the Chinese by which the reformers were so strongly influenced. Next comes a long chapter on the new institutions introduced under Kotoku and his successor; and lastly a short chapter sketches the subsequent development.”—Nation.
“Next to Mr. Chamberlain’s translation of the ‘Kojiki’ with its invaluable introduction and notes, this volume by Dr. Asakawa is first in importance of works in English upon theperiod of which it treats.” George William Knox.
“It seems hardly too much to say that he has here laid the foundation stone for the critical study of early Japanese institutions. The author’s style is clear for the most part. The author is to be congratulated on having successfully accomplished a difficult piece of pioneer work.”
Asakawa, K.Russo-Japanese conflict: its causes and issues.**$2. Houghton.
Dr. Asakawa “has made a most illuminating and complete statement of the needs and aspirations of the Japanese people, which led them to take up arms against Russia.” (R. of Rs.) “He accepts tacitly the economic interpretation of history upon which Karl Marx and his followers insist, proving that the vast increase in the population of Japan requires an outlet on the Asiatic mainland, and setting forth the right and interests recently acquired by Japan in both Manchuria and Korea.... The book contains portraits of the statesmen who figure in its pages and may be taken as a valuable contribution to contemporary history from the end of the war with China through the diplomatic correspondence immediately following the outbreak of hostilities.” (Dial). The author is lecturer on the civilization and history of East Asia at Dartmouth college.
“No subject of a neutral power could have written a more impartial account of the long diplomatic engagement which preceded the outbreak of hostilities in the far East. The special and quite unusual virtue of this book is the elimination of moral standards and patriotic sentiment from the discussion of a present-day conflict.” Ferdinand Schwill.
“His whole statement is cool, temperate, and wonderfully free from heat or special pleading.”
“A clear and logical presentation of the cause of his native land, with an endeavor to make an unprejudiced statement of the side of its adversaries also. In the latter effort he is as successful as anyone could reasonably expect, his desire to quote from Russian authorities wherever they have spoken amounting to solicitude. Of the broad causes leading up to hostilities, Dr. Asakawa tells us little not already known. But in details and the marshalling of facts he is far fuller than anyone preceding him.” Wallace Rice.
“It is a statement ... remarkable for both its brevity and its restraint. The book is so dispassionately written that the nationality of the author if not disclosed would hardly have been guessed. It is one of the strong points of Dr. Asakawa’s argument that he does not take very high moral ground. His statement of causes leading to the war is rather political than moral.”
“Another thoughtful philosophical work.”
*“His book should be indispensable to all who study the outbreak of one of the greatest wars, in effect as well as extent, of which history tells us.”
“A real and permanent contribution to historical and political science, as well as an interesting and timely book. The map leaves much to be desired.” Amos S. Hershey.
Asbury, Francis.Heart of Asbury’s journal; ed. by Ezra Squier Tipple.*$1.50. Eaton.
“The memory of this main pioneer and organizer of American Methodism is now honored by substantial extracts, covering the forty-five years of his ministry in this country, in a revised and corrected text.... The author wrote by fits and starts, under all the difficulties of a laborious and constant itinerary, and the compiler has not improved his unpretentious jottings beyond recognition, but one may find items of antique or curious interest.”—Nation.
“Its chief interest is in connection with a history of early Methodism, with side-lights on manners and customs.”
“It is a fascinating ecclesiastical romance which all Christian folk will enjoy.”
“The best and almost the only record of the infancy of his church on this continent.”
Ascham, Roger.English works of Roger Ascham: ed. by William Aldis Wright. $1.50. Macmillan.
Included in the “Cambridge English classics,” this volume contains “Toxophilus,” “Report of theaffairesand state of Germany,” and “The scholemaster,” all of which appear in the original spelling. “The scholemaster” has long been “one of the original documents” in educational literature, but the most popular portion of the volume is “Toxophilus,” a treatise on archery.
“No better edition of Ascham’s text is ever likely to be printed.”
“Mr. Wright’s task has been to ensure the purity of the text. The curious and readable part of this collection is in the teaching of bow shooting; the immortal part lies in the chapters on education.”
“The name on the title-page is sufficient guarantee of the care with which the text has been reproduced and of the editorial work done on the volume.”
“Edited by a true scholar.”
Ashe, Sydney Whitmore, and Keiley, J. D.Electric railways theoretically and practically treated.**$2.50. Van Nostrand.
The plan of this text-book is “to cover first a few essential principles of motor and car operation, including the testing of equipments. Next the component parts of the car equipment are treated in detail.” (Engin. N.) There are six folding plates and 172 text illustrations.
“A general criticism which may be made on all parts of the work is that every subject is treated too briefly, in fact, one might almost say hurriedly. The material is excellent, and it is well arranged for general reading and for reference. It is undoubtedly more complete than any other concise treatment of the subject.” Henry H. Norris.
Ashley, Percy.Modern tariff history: Germany, United States, France.*$3. Dutton.
The tariff histories of Germany, France, and the United States are offered in brief form “for the purpose of showing how these countries have met the problems of free trade and protection. It is the work of a politician and an economist, who felt the necessity of coming to a clear and unprejudiced understanding of the great problem.” (N. Y. Times). The tariff history of Germany is outlined from the formation of the Zollverein to the present time. The lesson which the author draws from his investigation of the experience of Germany is summarized as follows: “Changes in tariff policyhave been only one, and commonly not the most important, among the many causes of her economic progress.” “Of the French tariff legislation,” says Mr. Ashley, “it can be said with some confidence that, whatever it may have done to maintain agriculture—and even there it is arguable that it has encouraged the continuance of old fashioned methods—it has wrought little good and in various ways much harm to industry and commerce.” The tariff legislation in the United States is traced from its beginning, and in conclusion he argues that while America has in the past benefited by a protective policy, the time has come when the abandonment promises greater results.
“Mr. Ashley’s style is remarkable for a certain freshness and vitality which makes his book easy reading in spite of the abstruseness of the subject. Taking it altogether the book is well worth while.” J. E. Conner.
“Derived almost wholly from secondary sources intelligently selected, they afford in short compass a good sketch of the history of the tariff during the past century in the three countries. It suffices to say that Mr. Ashley employs the historical method judiciously and effectively, with an evident knowledge of its limitations. Instructive as is this comparative tariff history in many other respects, it is peculiarly excellent as affording an insight into what is called neo-mercantilism, and its correlative—which might perhaps be called neo-libertarianism.”
“He has given an interesting history of the tariff in three great countries, but we cannot see how the results of his studies are going to enlighten his countrymen very much.”
Ashley, William James.Progress of the German working classes in the last quarter of a century.*60c. Longmans.
A good economic monograph written in a spirit of moderation and of especial value to those who are interested in the fiscal controversy.
“It is very readable.”
“In a small compass he has collected most of the facts bearing on the question, and he has handled his statistics with the skill and the fairness which are to be expected from him.”
Ashmore, Sidney Gillespie.Classics and modern training.**$1.25. Putnam.
“A series of addresses suggestive of the value of classical studies to education, published in the hope of interesting the general reader in a few matters connected with the study of Greek and Latin, and, if possible, to call attention to the value of the ancient language and literature to education.”—Bookm.
“Professor Ashmore’s plea for the classics in modern training is well considered and presented, but, naturally, does not contribute anything very novel to the discussion.”
“Taken together, the papers have more to do with Greek than with Latin.”
“Mr. Ashmore’s attitude is philosophic rather than polemic.”
At the sign of the fox, by the author of The garden of a commuter’s wife.†$1.50. Macmillan.
At the Sign of the fox a girl who has been an art student tries to retrieve her father’s shattered fortunes by serving tea to travelers passing in carriage or motor car. Two men enter into the story, an artist who had painted the heroine’s portrait unknown to her, and a silent sad man with a haunting past, a dog and a gun. There are other characters and other dogs, and much that is chatty and domestic.
“The author has a strong love of nature, and her sketches of outdoor life have atmosphere and charm.”
“The book is one of those that leave a pleasant taste behind them.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
“In short, a very feminine sentimental book, but not nearly so good reading as, say, the same author’s ‘Woman errant.’”
“But, apart from plot, there is much to admire and enjoy in this spirited and cleverly written book—notably its honest thrusts at social pretentiousness and humbug.”
“It is all very sweet and wholesome, though we find parts of it a heavy tax on credulity.”
“The story is eminently readable, although it has not, perhaps, quite the subtle charm which distinguished the first book by this author.”