Pier, Arthur Stanwood.Ancient grudge.†$1.50. Houghton.
“‘The ancient grudge’ is the irksome sense of obligation felt by one young man to another who has saved his life as a boy, and in the main the novel is a study of the divergent temperaments of these two men. They are students at Harvard together, live in the same town, love the same girl, and in the end the mercurial, sanguine, visionary Stewart dies heroically and dramatically, while the heroism of Keith (who as a boy has saved his friend’s life) takes the form of steady persistence and strength of mind and purpose. To some extent the story deals with labor questions, but, while it presents some phases of the problem in an interesting way, it does not go very deeply into the subject.”—Outlook.
“In thus making a ‘problem novel’ out of what had better have remained a story of private interest, Mr. Pier proves rather disappointing.” Wm. M. Payne.
“It is wholesome in tone, high in its ideals. The author has made a decided advance in his art since the publication of ‘The triumph,’ handling his material more firmly, and making a stronger human appeal.”
“Few, if any, novels of the season show more thoughtful and solid work in character-study than this book, which is, moreover distinctly well written. The weakest point is construction.”
Pigou, Arthur Cecil.Principles and methods of industrial peace.*$1.10. Macmillan.
“In this work the author considers the question of not what have arbitration and conciliation done, but rather what ought they to do, and how they ought to do it.” (R. of Rs.) “The first part of the book is historical and descriptive; the second treats of ‘The principles of industrial peace.’ The table of contents contains a summary of the book, and in appendices problems of wages and industry are treated of diametrically.” (N. Y. Times.)
“The book would have provided easier reading and commanded more attention if Mr. Pigou had been more willing to ‘take sides.’”
“His spirit appears to us throughout fair, his understanding and appreciation of the point of view of both parties to the industrial conflict remarkable, and his advice generally to be both based on sound principles and practical of application.”
“Our one criticism of the book is that the author hesitates a little between two different intentions. Some of the preliminaries would be in place in a large organon, but in a popular handbook they read like platitudes, and might well be taken for granted.”
“His general judgment is keen and vigorous, and he has remarkable powers of exposition, among which a good literary style is not the least. Thus far, at least, I have been unable to see that the economic reasoner extracts from his careful labor on curves and diagrams an iota of truth which he had not assumed or put in, at the beginning.” N. P. Gilman.
Pike, Godfrey Holden.John Wesley: the man and his mission.*$1. Union press.
Illustrated and written in a quaint old-fashioned style, this brief account of the life of John Wesley, “one of the greatest evangelists who ever carried the Gospel to the people,” seems to breathe the simple Christian spirit of the man. It is a book which is well adapted to children, altho not written for them.
Pitkin, Helen.Angel by brevet. $1.50. Lippincott.
This is the first book of a young New Orleans newspaper writer. The story deals with French Creoles of the old regime, and the voodouism of the negroes. The heroine invokes the charms of a sorcerer to aid her in securing the affections of the man with whom she fancies herself in love, and in the course of the complications which follow discovers that she is really in love with a clergyman who has long been her admirer.
“The testimony of those in a position to know is that Miss Pitkin has not transcended facts. Her development of this fruitful theme is, however, most unequal. The entire book, indeed, is full of affectations, not only in choice of words but in their collocation.”
“The style is precious and exotic to the extreme limit of license and beyond. Miss Pitkin’s command of unfamiliar words is marvelous; her use of familiar words more marvelous still.”
“Miss Pitkin handles her material with much strength; but her hand lacks the sure and discriminating touch which comes from practice. Her details of plot do not always avoid confusion, and the movement is sometimes labored.” J. R. Ormond.
Plato.Myths of Plato; text and translation; with introductory and other observations by J. A. Stewart.*$4.50. Macmillan.
“It was a very happy thought to bring together the myths of Plato and examine the lesson of each. We are grateful, moreover, to Professor Stewart for giving us the Greek in every case on the page opposite to the English rendering.... The excellent account of the Cambridge Platonists, More, Cudworth, Clarke, and Smith, will be to some not the least interesting part of a work full of thought and learning.”—Acad.
“Jowett’s translation is so good that it seems churlish to say that the present rendering is even more perfect, and reads even more like an original composition in English.”
“It may be said in conclusion, that Prof. Stewart’s book—dealing, as it does, with a side of Platonism which has been too much neglected—is the finest contribution to the knowledge of Plato’s thought which has been made in this country of late years.”
“One cannot read Professor Stewart’s discussion without being moved to wonder again and again at the felicitous phrase by which he conveys impalpable emotions, by the fineness with which his perception is pitched to detect frail sympathies.”
“Though in detail interesting and exegetic, the book does not draw very much to a point, and is perhaps rather overweighted. Mr. Stewart’s translation, it must be said is not as good a representation of the original as Jowett’s.”
Platt, Isaac Hull.Walt Whitman.**75c. Small.
Mr. Platt’s biography is the outgrowth of partisan beliefs and fancies rather than a development from so-called legitimate biographical material including clews to Whitman’s inner life. The volume is the latest issue in the “Beacon biographies.”
“It is frankly the statement of a partisan; it contains little or no new material; it follows closely the phraseology of previous writers and quotes rather too liberally from them; but it is clear, compact, sensible summary of the facts of Whitman’s life, so far as they are known, and as such deserves commendation.” G. R. Carpenter.
“A concise and highly eulogistic account of Whitman and his works.”
“A believer to the fullest extent in the greatness of his work. And yet he does not spare criticism.”
Plummer, Rev. Alfred.English church history: four lectures from the death of Archbishop Parker to the death of King Charles I.*$1. Scribner.
“Dr. Plummer aims to be judicially fair in his estimate of men and measures in the momentous period in English history from 1575 to 1649, but on every page he makes it patent that he is an ardent adherent of the church by law established. Elizabeth’s character was far from worthy, but it was good of her to fight the Romanists and the Puritans, and to preserve the Anglican church intact. James I, the wise fool, reached ‘the lowest depths of unpopularity with his subjects,’ but, ‘by solid conviction, during the whole of his reign he was neither Romanist nor Puritan, but an Anglican.’ Five or six particulars are specified in which he served the Church of England a good turn. Charles I, the impersonation of ‘incurable duplicity and intrigue,’ carried despotism to its utmost limit, and through his ‘criminal wrongheadedness and perfidy’ brought about the overthrow of both episcopacy and monarchy. Dr. Plummer does not venture to enumerate the particulars in which his reign was helpful to the Anglican cause.”—Bib. World.
Reviewed by E. B. Hulbert.
Plunkett, Horace.Ireland in the new century.60c. Dutton.
A popular priced edition of this now famous book which “begins with a chapter on ‘The English misunderstanding,’ and traces the whole question of politics, religion, economics, and education to the final chapter, which is on ‘Government with the consent of the governed.’” (R. of Rs.)
“It is dull, labored in style, pedantic, and egotistical.”
“Unquestionably a sane and a healthful contribution to the settlement of the ever-difficult Irish question.”
Plympton, Almira George.School-house in the woods.†$1.50. Little.
In her story for young readers Miss Plympton portrays the sweet influence of a child who comes to live with her guardians, two bachelor uncles,—a child whose “realization of the relationship between human beings, so keen as to make her oblivious to the distinction made by rank, race, education or even morals” fosters a democratic spirit among her school friends. Her sympathy and affection for a little colored girl form the larger part of the story.
*“It is a book which would do best service in being read aloud by a judicious editor, who should cull the flowers and skip the thorns.”
Pocock, Roger.Curly, a tale of the Arizona desert.†$1.00. Little.
A feud, which began in the Irish land league troubles, is transplanted and finished in Arizona where, among Indians, outlaws, and cowboys, young Lord Balshannon finds a wife in the plucky daughter of a robber chief. The story is real and stirring and the author has lived the things of which he writes.
“The real enjoyment of the book is ... due to the breezy dialect in which the book is written, the picturesque vernacular of the ranch.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
“The style in which the cowboy tells the stirring tale is crisp, vivid, vigorous and only occasionally marred by coarseness; the offense is in expression alone—the thought is not coarse.”
“Seems to us quite the best cowboy story since Owen Wister’s ‘The Virginian.’”
“There are several obscure statements and situations in the story.”
“Among current books of adventure, ‘Curly’ is especially good.”
*Poems every child should know; a selection of all times for young people; ed. by Mary E. Burt.*$1.25. Doubleday.
The poems contained in this volume are those which children actually love and with but a few exceptions they are brief enough to be committed to memory. They have been divided into five groups each of which appeals to a different stage of childhood. The division headings: The budding moment; The little child; The day’s at the morn; Lad and lassie; On and on; and Grow old along with me, strike the key notes of their contents. Nearly all the old favorites and some new ones are to be found here. The volume is bound in soft green suede and is decorated with drawings by Blanche Ostertag.
Pollard, Albert Frederick.Thomas Cranmer and the English reformation, 1489-1556.**$1.35. Putnam.
An addition to the “Heroes of the Reformation series.” An attempt to clear up some of the mysteries surrounding Cranmer, which, the author says, are mysteries of the atmosphere he breathed, rather than of character. His great work in the compilation of the Book of common prayer, and his translations of the Collects is set over against his weakness in failing to stand by his convictions against Tudor tyranny.
“The author has a competent knowledge of what was then going on throughout Europe and is safe-guarded against the insularity or provincialism which marks the authors of the volumes in Stephens and Hunt’s ‘History of the Church of England.’ Its impartiality and lack of partisan writing is also to be commended.”
“No one could be better qualified for the task. The book can rightly claim to be the first considerable biography of Cranmer which has been written according to the canons of modern scientific historical work. It is clear, and for the most part consistent and convincing; and though it contains nothing that is startlingly new, it arranges in useful and readable form a vast amount of hitherto scattered and not always trustworthy information. Mr. Pollard’s treatment of the archbishop’s career under Henry VIII seems to us ... much less satisfactory.” R. B. Merriman.
“This book is an inspiring work, both as a fine biography of a most admirable man and as an addition to the conscience literature that is so needed to stimulate the moral energies of our age.”
“The present work reaches, we think, the high-water mark of his achievement. It will form, and rightly form the standard life of Cranmer for some time to come. Mr. Pollard in this book is certainly not without a bias.”
“Mr. Pollard offers as good a plea for him as can be offered, and offers it in a temperate spirit. His volume is almost a model of what such a biography should be.” Edward Fuller.
“The character and ability of Cranmer are skilfully portrayed, and the work may be counted as a real contribution to popular knowledge on this important period.”
“Mr. Pollard has done the Archbishop something like justice, and has done it in a way that maintains the interest of the reader to the last.”
“Mr. Pollard writes pleasantly, with a clear arrangement of his subject, and a fair sense of proportion.”
“Very able and interesting volume. We are grateful to Mr. Pollard for his fine vindication of a man who was not without elements of true greatness.”
Pollock, Walter Herries, and Pollock, Guy C.Hay fever. $1.25. Longmans.
“Mr. Henry Tempest, stockbroker, is suffering from a severe attack of the malady which gives the book its title; to cure it he takes an overdose of an Egyptian remedy, recommended by a friend with a careless turn for archaeology. The effects of this overdose are amazing and mischievous. The stockbroker is transformed from a staid and benevolent man of middle-age into a boy of pranks.... He has one frantic day of irresponsible delight, and his adventures ... carry one on from peal to peal of laughter.”—Acad.
“It is an excellent farce.”
“The book has all the freshness of a humorous idea worked out and finished in the heat of the moment.”
“It’s all rather pleasant and funny after its fashion.”
“A farce with only one defect—it is not funny.”
Pool, Bettie Freshwater.Eyrie and other southern stories. $1. Broadway pub.
Seven short stories, some of which are in the negro dialect, a dozen simple poems on various subjects and a concluding story. The monstrosity, by Gaston Pool, complete this volume.
Porter, Frank Chamberlain.Messages of the apocalyptic writers, the books of Daniel and Revelation and some uncanonical apocalypses; with historical introductions and a free rendering in paraphrase.**$1.25. Scribner.
“These mysterious writings, most of them not in our canonical Scriptures, are our chief source for later Jewish eschatology, and for the momentous matter of Messianic dogmatics.... [The author] gives a summary view of their nature and subject-matter, and analyzes, at considerable length, the books of Daniel and Revelations. In smaller space he studies the apocalypses of Enoch, Ezra and Baruch.”—Cath. World.
“A very useful and convenient manual of Jewish and Christian apocalyptic from the historical point of view.”
“An excellent manual. Professor Porter’s introduction to the study of these writings is done in a clear, systematic, and erudite manner. His tone throughout is scholarly and objective.”
“A little book thoroughly to be recommended.”
*“Is perhaps, the best introduction to the study of Daniel and Revelation available.”
“In ample introductions and notes Professor Porter has given a confessedly obscure subject the lucid treatment it requires.”
Porter, Mary (Mrs. Horace Porter).Secret of a great influence.*$1. Macmillan.
In these “Notes on Bishop Westcott’s teachings, the reader ... has set before him considerations as to the bishop’s ethical and dogmatic teaching.... He then passes to the subject of ‘Bible study.’ ... The fifth section treats of Bishop Westcott’s teaching on ‘The Christian church’ and ‘The Christian creed’;the sixth is devoted to ‘Worship,’ public and private; ‘Foreign missions’ and a variety of other subjects are also mentioned; and finally we have a paper on Bishop Westcott’s ‘Commentaries,’ by Rev. A. Westcott.”—Spec.
Post, Emily (Mrs. Edwyn Main Post).Purple and fine linen.†$1.50. Appleton.
Fashionable New York forms the background for this story of the development of Camilla from a child into a woman. Young, thoughtless, fresh from school, she marries Anthony Stuart, who is rich and handsome, but who makes of her a plaything not a part of his life. Another man comes to cheer her lonely existence, and she awakens on the brink of marital shipwreck.
“The author’s manner of handling her subject is the excuse for the book’s existence.”
“There is some clever characterization of modern society, and several individuals stand out clearly as real people.”
Pott, Francis L. Hawks.Sketch of Chinese history.**$1.80. Wessels.
This volume was written to meet the need of a short history of China, it is intended primarily for teachers, and is a brief survey of a large field. It contains three divisions, The conquest of China by the Chinese (B. C. 2852-206), The first struggle with the Tartars (B. C. 206-A. D. 589), The second struggle with the Tartars (A. D. 589-1644), and includes a chapter on The war with Japan, and Recent events in China. There are five maps.
Pottenger, Milton Alberto.Symbolism. $2.50. Robertson.
A treatise on the soul of things, which demonstrates that the natural world is but a symbol of the real world, explains why there are but ten digits in our mathematical system, and shows the pack of playing cards, or book of 52, to be an ancient Masonic Bible, each card a symbol of universal law. It reveals new things about many Masonic symbols and Biblical expressions and declares that the United States is a Masonic nation whose duty and history are to be read in these ancient sacred symbols. There are charts and drawings.
Potter, Mrs. Frances B. (Squire).Ballingtons.†$1.50. Little.
Mrs. Potter’s first book is a study of the principles that underlie the misery resulting from two unhappy marriages. The main action sympathetically follows the awakening of Agnes Sidney from the condition of care-free girlhood to the state of restricted wifehood with Ferdinand Ballington lording the right of financial despotism over her. The author has drawn a spiritually minded woman whose great love and keen sense of duty buoy her up when the discovery of pettiness and low aims would tend to submerge her. In contrast to the tyranny of withholding is portrayed in the sub-action the tyranny of giving, in which a wealthy girl, mistress of her own fortune, marries a quiet, refined bank clerk. Here a man’s sensitive longing for independence is opposed by the dominant freeheartedness and worldliness of his wife.
*“A distinctive book not soon forgotten like the average novel.”
“Here and there the workmanship is a bit crude; here and there the book would have gained by compression and excision, but, take it all in all, it is the most remarkable novel that has come to our desk for many a long day. It takes its rare and high place because, as we read we say again and again, not ‘This is lifelike,’ but ‘This is life.’”
*“It is conspicuously lacking in finish of style in places, and is not at all points well put together; but it is a real piece of work, full of true feeling, genuine insight, and a sincere and sound ethical judgment.”
Potter, Rt. Rev. Henry Codman.Drink problem in modern life.**30c. Crowell.
A frank exposition of the drink problem as Bishop Potter views it. He believes that the secret of mastery over the great evil of intemperance lies not in “legal enactment,” but in “the Spirit of Jesus Christ.” He says, “The world waits, we say, for better laws—or for better men to administer the laws! No, my brother, it waits for love—the vigilance of love, the service of love, the sacrifice of love.”
“... Loose texture and somewhat irrelevant quality of much contained in his pamphlet.”
Potter, Margaret.Fire of spring. $1.50. Appleton.
A mother, regardless of the sleeping fires of youth, marries her young daughter to a millionaire plow manufacturer of Chicago. The girl, excited by the whirl of preparations, gives little thought to her fiance and when she realizes at their firsttête-à-têtedinner, that this bald, red-faced man audibly eating soup, is her husband, she loathes him. A cousin, handsome and worldly, appears and intrigue, suspicion, quarrels, and other unpleasant things follow. In the end the cousin meets a death of the husband’s planning, and the ill-assorted pair, less lovable than when they first met, forgive, and come to care for each other.
“The story has the fault so frequently found when women handle sex problems; as though fearful of not being understood, it insists upon unsavoury details with unnecessary and repellant frankness. The book is irritatingly uneven.”
“Miss Potter has evidently aimed at writing a ‘strong’ novel, and has certainly succeeded in producing something very rank.”
“No one could call this story dull or badly written; but, recognizing what will inevitably be called its strength, one must regret the novelist’s use of her real power in the working out of such obnoxious phases of life—if it is life—in Chicago.”
“‘The fire of spring’ belongs to the very best in the season’s American fiction.”
*Potter, Mary Knight.Art of the Venice academy, containing a brief history of the building and its collection of paintings as well as descriptions and criticism of many of the principal pictures and their artists.**$2. Page.
In this volume the author has treated each room in the Royal gallery of fine arts in Venice separately, and in her own chosen order. The greater pictures she has given in detail while some of the lesser ones she has merely outlined, reserving as much space as possible for comments upon the artists themselves. The book is well illustrated.
*“This particular volume is well enough for its class.”
*“Evidently designed as much to decorate ‘the center table’ as to illuminate the mind.”
*“The author shows care and discrimination in her criticism and suggestions.”
*Pottinger, Sir Henry.Flood, fell and forest; a book of sport in Norway. 2v. $8.40. Longmans.
“Sir Henry’s volumes deal with many phases of sport, from elk hunting, in which he is a veteran and an adept, to the successful pursuit of trout and salmon, from sport with Norwegian red deer to pleasant days with ryper and other game birds. The author was one of the earliest sportsmen to wet a line on the famous Tana river. This was nearly fifty years ago, but the narrative of the expedition and its results is so fresh and so vigorous that it is certain to capture the reader’s attention.” (Acad.) The volumes are illustrated.
*“To our thinking, although some of the matter is by no means entirely new, these are two of the pleasantest sporting volumes that we have encountered during the last three or four years.”
*“We like the temper of the book and a good part of its contents; but think it might, with distinct advantage from a literary point of view, have been compressed into one volume of moderate length.”
Poulsson, Anne Emilie.Runaway donkey, and other rhymes for children.†$1.50. Lothrop.
Printed in large type upon heavy paper and abundantly illustrated, these rhymes, the majority of which are about animals, will appeal to all imaginative little folks.
*“Miss Poulsson’s book should be a welcome addition to every child’s library.”
Powell, Edward Payson.Country home.**$1.50. McClure.
The author, a fruit-farmer of New York state, deals with the problem of successful country home making under such headings as: Selecting the homestead, Growing a house, Water supply, Lawns, Orchard, Flowers, The insects, The animals, The beautiful and the useful.
“Is one of the most valuable and practical works of recent months. With the witchery of the poet’s art he leads us from page to page, until all too soon the end of the volume is reached.” Amy C. Rich.
“For practical information, Mr. Powell’s is the best book on this general theme of a home in the country that has appeared—in America at least—for many a day.”
“The charm of Mr. Powell’s book is that it urges simplicity of living and practical and successful ways of doing things, along with full enjoyment of all that is beautiful and healthful in rural life.” Priscilla Leonard.
“All lovers of rural life will appreciate it. It is full of common sense, practical advice, a commendation rarely to be bestowed on books of this class; and besides the advice it is excellently good reading. The book greatly needs a subject index, for it is good enough to be in frequent use as a reference work. It is so completely and so simply what it starts out to be—a practical account of a life in the country. ‘The country home’ should be put into every country library, and also into every school library, for from there it would reach a class of people who need just its suggestions and ideas.”
Powell, Edward Payson.Orchard and fruit garden.**$1.50. McClure.
“The greater part of this book is taken up by advice as to the best varieties of fruit to plant, ranging from apples to small fruits and including some little-grown fruits and some nut-trees. The usual order is reversed here, for after this long dissertation on kinds of fruit, there follow a few chapters on culture, training, packing, and marketing.”—Dial.
“It is a good book for the seeker after country living.”
“Our chief criticism on Mr. Powell’s book would be that in these last sections he gives ear to too many other advisers. He is at once conservative and progressive, and has given us a book valuable to have at hand. A serious defect, however, is the lack of an index.” Edith Granger.
“The illustrations are for the most part good and are well chosen, and the practical directions are generally judicious.”
“His book has the value of accurate, scientific knowledge.”
Powers, Caleb.My own story.**$1.50. Bobbs.
“An account of the conditions in Kentucky leading to the assassination of William Goebel, who was declared governor of the state, and my indictment and conviction on the charge of complicity in his murder.” It is also the story of Powers’s life, and of his early days, his brief romance, his political career, and the five years of trial and imprisonment. The book is written in confinement and is, of course, a complete vindication of the author. It is illustrated with photographs.
“On the whole it is done temperately, even complacently, in spite of the tragic nature of the circumstances for the author.”
Pratt, Edwin A.Railways and their rates. Dutton.
“This volume has been written for traders as well as the general reader to show them the actual position of British railways with regard to the complaints advanced from time to time on the subjects of rates and charges, and the origin, operation, and circumstances of the railways of Britain as compared with those abroad.”—N. Y. Times.
“We find it hard to believe the average railway is so immaculate as Mr. Pratt makes out. On the other hand, the book brings out clearly the strong points of English railways, their safety, and the superior accommodation they give to both passengers and goods.”
Pratt, Edwin A.Trade unionism and British industry.*$1.50. Dutton.
These articles appeared in the London Times in the fall of 1901 under the title of “The crisis in British industry.” They comprise a study of the industrial conditions in England. The trade-union situation in twenty of the leading British industries is fully treated, and a rather severe judgment on trade-union policy and practice is given.
“Seemingly intimate bearing upon the fiscal controversy. The book, taken as a whole, is a severe indictment of what is called the ‘new unionism’—the militant unionism. Hostility to trade-unionism is written large on every pagefrom cover to cover, and the author’s very evident bias makes one question rather than accept his conclusions. The book is interesting and informational. The impression grows upon one as he reads that the investigation was not a colorless seeking after truth, but an attempt to find facts which would bear out a theory already formed, and that the trade-unionist was really judged without notice and without a hearing.” Edith Abbott.
Prentys, E. P. and Kametaro Sesamoto.Japanese for daily use. 75c. Jenkins.
“A booklet which will fit the pocket and help the traveller. It is full of real talk, brief, to the point, and wholly free from that exaggeration of honorifics heard on the stage and overworked by novelists and Japanophiles.... Numbers, money, postal rates, and helps to pronunciation have not been forgotten in this capital manual.”—Nation.
“We have failed to find a misprint in its sixty-three pages.”
Prindiville, Kate Gertrude.Two of the guests.†$1.25. Pott.
Letters to their friends by the various guests at a house party comprise this volume. They are very masculine and very feminine and tell the love story of Margaret Exeter, whom the men called an angel and the women considered a “bold creature,” and Arnold Gresham, a Sir Galahad.
“The letters are cleverly written.”
“A pretty love story.”
Prothero, Rowland Edmund.Psalms in human life.*$2. Dutton.
A new edition of this book which cites numerous incidents showing the influence of the psalms in historical crises and in critical moments in the lives of prominent men and women.
“With skill, sympathy, and infinite patience he has traced the influence of this great hymnary upon successive generations, from Origin to our day.”
Prouty, Charles A. and others.President Roosevelt’s railroad policy. 50c. Ginn.
A report of a discussion before the economic club of Boston, March 9, 1905, in which President Roosevelt’s railroad policy is reviewed by four men of varying interest in the great question.
Pryor, Sara Agnes Rice (Mrs. Roger Atkinson Pryor).Reminiscences of peace and war.**$2. Macmillan.
For this new edition of her popular book the author has prepared new chapters, one of which describes the origin and first celebration of Decoration day in this country; she has also added a number of illustrations. The volume gives a pleasing picture of social life in the South, beginning with the Washington of President Pierce’s administration and ending with the conclusion of the civil war.
*“This is one of the best and most readable books of its class.”
Publisher’s confession.**60c. Doubleday.
“All persons who have written a book not yet published or who hope to write and publish a book in the future will be interested in this.... The anonymous author defends the publishers against the charges ... brought against them by unsuccessful authors. It explains fully the way a book is selected, printed, advertised, and sold, and discusses the relations between author and publisher as they are and as they ought to be.”—Ind.
“The writing is generally clear, and, apart from some repetitions, effective. Of the ‘literary’ class the publisher has a poor opinion.”
“It may perhaps be shop-talk, but it is so well done, there is in it so much sense and sincerity that it will entertain and impress you, no matter how far remote you are from books and their makers. Frankly, the book is a brief for the publisher.” Beverly Stark.
“We commend the book to writers (to the experienced publisher it will hardly contain any novelty). There are some hints, however, which may be useful.”
Puffer, Ethel D.Psychology of beauty.*$1.25. Houghton.
Eight papers upon—Criticism and aesthetics, The nature of beauty, The æsthetic repose, The beauty of fine art, The beauty of music, The beauty of literature, The nature of dramatic emotion, and The beauty of ideas.
“Miss Puffer’s method of treatment is precise and logical without being over-technical.”
“A careful and closely woven study.”
Pullan, Rev. Leighton.Church of the fathers; being an outline of the history of the church from A. D. 98 to A. D. 461.*$1.50. Macmillan.
Volume II. but the first in date of issue, of an eight volume series which will deal with the “Church universal.” This volume contains an outline of the history of the church from A. D. 98 to A. D. 461. It begins with the death of St. John’s last apostle and ends with a consideration of the work of St. Leo and St. Patrick.
“Conscientious and scholarly labor with which Mr. Pullan has brought so much valuable information into comparatively brief compass.” A. G.
“This is a well-arranged and lucidly wrought introduction to the study of the important period it covers.”
“Altogether it is a book which students, and especially those already on Mr. Pullan’s side, will find valuable for reference and information; but we doubt whether it will prove an introduction or a stimulus to further study.”
Purchas, Samuel.Hakluytus posthumous; or Purchas his pilgrimes.*$3.25. Macmillan.
“The work will be complete in twenty volumes. It is a continuation and enlargement of Hakluyt’s ‘Voyages.’ It is made up of unpublished manuscripts of voyages, left by Hakluyt after his death, which came into the hands of Samuel Purchas. The latter added to them his own accounts of the many travels and voyages of Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese explorers and English travelers, besides including numerous translations from early books of travel which were then becoming scarce.... The text of the present edition is a reprint of that of 1625, with the exception that errors inspelling and punctuation have been corrected and contracted forms of letters extended. Among the contents are the accounts of the early expeditions fitted out by the East India company, of the adventures of Capt. John Smith in Turkey and Virginia, the Arctic discoveries of Barents, Baffin, and Henry Hudson, and translations from Acosta, Oviedo, Las Casas, and others. All the maps and illustrations of the original edition have been included in this reprint, and there is also a facsimile of the original engraved title page.”—N. Y. Times.
“Their real claim to consideration lies in their style, their pungency, their wit, their unexpected turns of expression, their irresistible quaintness. There is an equal quality about the book regarded as a whole.”