“Excellently lucid narrative. Our readers can hardly find a more satisfactory narrative, with so much matter in so moderate a space.”
Battle of Maldon, and short poems from the Saxon chronicle, ed. by Walter John Sedgefield. 40c. Heath.
A volume in section I. of the “Belles-lettres” series. The text of The battle of Maldon has been collated with Hearne’s transcript of the lost Cotton MS. and the variants noted. Notes, bibliography and glossary are provided.
Bauer, G.Marine engines and boilers; their design and construction: a handbook for the use of students, engineers and naval constructors, based on the work, “Berechnung und konstruktion der schiffsmachinen und kessel.”*$9. Henley.
“The work as a whole is divided into eight parts.... Part 1. deals with the main engine.... Part 2. deals with pumps.... Part 3 takes up shafting, resistance of ships and propulsion.... Part 4. treats of piping and connections.... Part 5. deals with steam boilers.... Part 6. is occupied with measuring instruments.... Part 7. deals with various details.... Part 8. comprises a large collection of tables and tabular matter.... Illustrative material has also been most generously furnished.”—Engin. N.
“This work constitutes an addition of the highest value to the available literature on the subject.” W. F. Durand.
“The book has been excellently and competently translated. The general arrangement of the book is convenient.”
Baum, Lyman Frank.Queen Zixi of Ix.†$1.50. Century.
Printed in large type, which will attract child readers, and profusely illustrated in color by Frederick Richardson, this story of the magic cloak which gave to each of its wearers the fulfilment of one wish will delight all who read about the fairy-folk, the witch queen, Bud, the little boy who became king of Noland, his charming sister, the invading Roly-rogues, Aunt Rivette, who wished for wings and got them, and all the rest.
*“Is more of real fairy-tale than the ‘Wizard’ but just as delightful.”
“It bids fair to be a popular holiday book for children.”
*Bayliss, Sir Wyke.Seven angels of the renascence.**$3.50. Pott.
“The ‘Angels,’ or messengers, are: Cimabue, Leonardo da Vinci, Michael Angelo, Titian, Raphael, Correggio and Claude. The author opens his book where his earlier volume, ‘Likeness of Christ Rex Regum,’ closed.... Each chapter has prefixed to it a portrait of the artist discussed, with a facsimile of his signature. The other illustrations (all are, by the way, in half-tone) are reproductions of some of the works of the masters.”—N. Y. Times.
*“It is also a pity that he clings to convention and regards Cimabue as ‘the first painter of the renaissance,’ when that honor rightly belongs to Giotto.”
Bayly, Elizabeth Boyd.Under the she-oaks.†$1.25. Union press.
Opening with a bushman’s hut and ending with a heaven sent rain which delivers the parched country from the great drought, this love story of Australia tells of the hardships which the gently-bred English gallantly encounter in that new country, where the wind wails drearily thru the long spines of the she-oaks.
Beach, Rex Ellingwood.Pardners.†$1.50. McClure.
Ten stories of life in Alaska and the West, including besides the title story, The test, North of forty-three, The scourge, The shyness of Shorty, The thaw at Silsco’s and others.
“There is no faint-hearted mincing of words in them, the pictures they present are sometimes repulsive, but always virile.”
“Strenuous tales of the wild West and the frozen North, ranging from the grimly tragic to the grimly humorous.”
*Beach, Seth Curtis.Daughters of the Puritans.*$1.10. Am. Unitar.
The group of women whose biographies are sketched here includes Catherine Maria Sedgwick, Mary Lovell Ware, Lydia Maria Child, Dorothea Lynde Dix, Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Louisa May Alcott.
*“In writing about them, therefore, the author assumes a frankly New England point of view, judges men, women, and things by New England standards, and takes all his saints seriously.”
Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, earl of.Endymion; with a critical introd. on his writings by Edmund Gosse.$1.50. Cambridge soc., 135 5th av., N. Y.
“In ‘Endymion’ ... the hand of the author has dealt with matters with which he was more than familiar, the political complications and developments of the thirties and forties of the last century. It is in reality an autobiography, and the figures which move through the varied scenes of the story are thinly disguised personages of high rank and great importance.”—Pub. Opin.
“Despite its priggish tone and frequent sneers, the book has a human quality which is likely to give it a life that even the great fame of its author could not have assured it had those qualities been wanting.”
Beale, Joseph Henry, jr.Law of foreign corporations and taxation of corporations both foreign and domestic. sh.*$6. W: J. Nagel, 6 Ashburton place, Boston.
“In this country alone of great modern commonwealths, every state jurisdiction is a ‘foreign’ jurisdiction in every other state; and every corporation chartered by one state is a foreign corporation in every other.... It is made more complicated still by the concurrent existence of still a third (federal) jurisdiction.... The subject of taxation is naturally involved.... The author has devoted considerable space to the statutory provisions of states and territories, as well as of Great Britain and Canada.”—Nation.
“There is, we believe, no other which covers the field explored by Mr. Beale, to the exclusion of other topics, and this fact alone would make the work professionally important.”
Beard, Lina, and Beard, Adelia.Indoor and outdoor handicraft and recreation for girls.**$1.60. Scribner.
“When the eye and hand can be trained, the mind informed, and the child at the same time entertained, a needed work is indeed being accomplished; and in ‘Handicraft and recreation for girls,’ the parents will find a valuable aid in accomplishing this triple task. The first half of the volume ... is devoted to the handicrafts. Here the most explicit directions are given for spinning, weaving, ... as well as for making complete miniature copies of a Japanese village, a Russian village, an Indian village and an old colonial kitchen.... Besides these there are numerous suggestions for the very tiny folk.... The second half ... contains many delightful suggestions for Easter and Hallowe’en games as well as for simple amusements for very small children.”—Arena.
“All the directions in the book are so detailed and simple, and the illustrations are so copious that the work is far more valuable than many similar volumes. One would search far to find a book of this kind so varied in its interests and so clear and explicit in its practical directions.” Amy C. Rich.
Beardsley, Aubrey.Last letters of Aubrey Beardsley: with an introductory note by the Rev. John Gray.*$1.50. Longmans.
“A series of notes and letters written by Aubrey Beardsley during the last three years of his life.”—N. Y. Times.
“In a sketchy way, these indicate something of the writer’s mind and tastes.”
“Altogether the book seems to throw some light on the artistic temperament in general, as well as upon the character and ways of thought of the young artist. For all that, it is quite impossible to see how the inclusion of many of the utterly trivial notes of thanks or regret adds to the light the book affords, and the trouble is that such idle conclusions are apt to make the reader scoff at the rest, much of which is not matter for scoffing.”
“These letters are interesting as throwing side-lights upon that remarkably sensitive, artistic soul.”
Becke, (George) Louis.Tom Gerrard.†$1.50. Lippincott.
A series of episodes in the life of an Australian stockman who, after many and varied misfortunes, finds happiness thru a lovely girl whom he has rescued from an alligator. The setting is Queensland, and there is much local color.
“His new manner, because of its inequality, is inferior to the old: here and there he climbs almost to the heights; a moment later he has fallen into the mud of the ridiculous.”
“If his people are stereotyped, the incidents of Mr. Becke’s tale are numerous, and mostly picturesque.”
“The story contains the usual Australian elements of interest.”
“But for the local colour, in fact, the novel would be entirely commonplace.”
Becke, Louis.Under tropic skies.†$1.50. Lippincott.
“Mr. Becke, like Mr. Kipling, Mr. Lafcadio Hearn, Mr. Norman Duncan, and some few otherfortunate ones in this generation, discovered a new corner of the earth with which he had a special talent for making the rest of mankind acquainted.... His element is, without doubt, the throwing of just such flashlights upon the far Paumotos, the Carolines, Fiji, and other fascinating dots in the Pacific solitudes as fill the pages of the volume which is called ‘Under tropic skies.’”—N. Y. Times.
“Has returned to the writing of those delightful sketches of life in the remote islands of the South Pacific that first brought him into favorable notice. But one cannot read through to the end of this volume without coming to the conclusion that Mr. Becke still writes very good stories, that his store of incidents is simply enormous, and that he knows the South Sea Islands—natives, traders, and all their ways, past and present. He makes us know them too.”
Beebe, C. William.Two bird-lovers in Mexico.**$3. Houghton.
These two bird-lovers, the writer and his wife, spent a winter camping in the Mexican interior and here they found not only birds, but mammals, insects, flowers, and scenery worth observing. This record of the things they saw includes ornithological information, new material upon the food-habits of the Mexican species, and also incidents of travel and camp life and glimpses of the natives whom they met while “roughing it.”
*“His observations and his pictures will be of great value to the scientist as well as a pleasure to the untrained reader.” May Estelle Cook.
“He has aimed at an interesting running narrative and commentary, rather than an exhaustive study. He may justly be proud of the information gathered on the habits of birds.”
“The whole story is told with much good humor and with evident enthusiasm.”
Beecher, Willis Judson.Prophets and the promise.**$2. Crowell.
The substance of this theological text-book is that of the lectures delivered by the author 1902-03 on the L. P. Stone foundation in the Princeton theological seminary. It presents a scholarly study of the prophets of the Old Testament and their messages relating to the coming of the Messiah. The author has searched for the truth unhampered by considerations of the orthodoxy of the results; but he feels that the truth as he found it while it contains some new elements is “simply the old orthodoxy, to some extent transposed into the forms of modern thought.”
“The point of view is essentially conservative.”
“Among recent books adverse to the modern critical view of the Old Testament, Dr. Beecher’s work has the rare and distinctive merit of commanding the respect of the critics whom he opposes.”
*Beeson, Rebecca Katharine,comp. Child’s calendar beautiful. $1. Burt-Terry-Wilson co., La Fayette, Ind.
A collection of poems and prose selections to be memorized by children. The selections are arranged to cover the eight years of the grammar school course and each of these years is divided into months beginning with the first school month, September. This arrangement makes the book ideal for a teacher’s use. The selections are not only appropriate to the time of year but they include the thoughts of our best English writers upon subjects which appeal to the child’s patriotism, love of nature, human sympathy, and ideals.
Beldam, George W., and Fry, Charles B.Great batsmen: their methods at a glance.*$6.50. Macmillan.
A series of six hundred instantaneous photographs illustrating the stages by which the best cricket batsmen make their most characteristic strokes.
“It is the most scientific work and the most practical work on batting that has yet appeared, a combination of example and precept which could not be bettered.”
*“An intensely interesting book, and it will be found invaluable by all who are concerned with the higher philosophy of cricket.”
“The cricketers of the future, when the present giants of the game are but memories, may find in Mr. Beldam’s marvellous photographs and Mr. Fry’s concise and lucid descriptions much fascination.”
*“The book is full of a great variety of most interesting and instructive points.” C. G. K.
Beldam, George W., and Vaile, P. A.Great lawn-tennis players.*$4. Macmillan.
A book of action photographs illustrating the positions taken by players for particular strokes, with comments by Mr. Vaile, who calls attention to their good or bad points. There is a chapter on “advanced tactics of the single game,” by Mr. E. G. Meers, and one upon “The half-volley,” by Mr. C. A. Caridia.
“Mr. Vaile can play lawn-tennis and can talk about it, but he certainly cannot write. However, Mr. Beldam’s photographs make an excellent album.”
*“The book is in fact spoilt by the text.”
“Valuable contribution to the literature of lawn tennis. The lawn tennis reader will find, therefore, much to think over in these pages, and particular attention is drawn to the first chapter, in which the racket, per se, and the methods of holding it are discussed.”
Bell, Archie.Scarlet repentance. 50c. Broadway pub.
A beautiful Italian woman plays upon the weakness of a young American whom she meets in a sleeping car in the Rockies, “where the mountains cover their sins.” They spend one day at Banff together, a day in which the young man learns much, and, having eaten of this tree of good and evil, he returns to the East where, at the written command of the woman he has left, he confesses all to his innocent young fiancee, and receives her forgiveness and, incidentally, an Italian estate.
Bell, John Joy.Mr. Pennycook’s boy, and other stories,†$1.25. Harper.
A dozen short stories of Scottish child life. Wee Macgreegor himself reappears in this volume, and there are others as wee and canny as he.
“They are very good stories of their kind—informed by the appropriate sentiment and not too much obscured by dialect—humorous also in the sad Scottish fashion of humor.”
“The undercurrent of tenderness serves to bring out in higher relief the sometimes unconscious humor of the sketches.”
“It would be difficult to find a volume more refreshing than ‘Mr. Pennycook’s boy.’”
Bell, Lilian Lida.At home with the Jardines.†$1.50. Page.
“In this volume the heroine of ... ‘Abroad with the Jimmies’ appears in the role of a young matron seeking to establish a home in New York city. The efforts of herself and her husband to secure ... peace and quiet amid the vicissitudes of flat-life in the great metropolis prove so futile that at last they conceive the idea of withdrawing to a beautiful little town on the Hudson, where they find a delightful old-fashioned house which they transform into an ideal country home.”—Arena.
“The book is written in a bright, breezy style and abounds in humorous situations. It is just the volume for an idle summer afternoon.” Amy C. Rich.
Bell, Malcolm.Sir Edward Burne-Jones. $1.25. Warne.
A volume in the “Newnes’ art library.” The book contains a tinted half-tone frontispiece and fifty-seven plates in black and white illustrating Burne-Jones’ work. There is an introductory essay by Malcolm Bell, who describes the pictures and tells of the artist’s struggles for public recognition.
“In his undoubtedly triumphant accomplishment of the difficult task of writing with freshness on a subject he has already treated exhaustively, the author ... assumes, perhaps, rather too much knowledge on the part of his readers. But for this small drawback, ... the brief account of the prolific artist must satisfy his most ardent admirers.”
“... Ten page preface, lightly but clearly, sketching his life and work.”
“As the text is the work of Mr. Malcolm Bell, however, it bears the marks of the same authority and illumination which we find in his other and larger volumes. The execution of the illustrations is of rather unequal merit, but they are well chosen and are deeply interesting.”
Bell, Nancy R. E. Meugens (Mrs Arthur Bell) (D’Anvers, pseud.).Paolo Veronese. $1.25. Warne.
An addition to the “Newnes’ art library.” The volume contains a sketch of Paolo Caliari, called Veronese, and his works, a list of his paintings and their present locations, and sixty-four illustrations in half-tone, reproduced from photographs.
“Here the introduction by Mrs. Bell is clear and direct. The half-tones do not average as well as in other volumes.”
“Is typical of that writer’s clear insight into the salient characteristics of the painter.”
“This text is much above the average of these publications, and gives some real idea of the range and force of Paolo’s genius, though Mrs. Bell seems entirely to have missed the humor of the artist’s defence of himself before the Inquisition, and to sympathize altogether with the inquisitors.”
“Interesting text. We could wish that the many illustrations in the present volume were more adequate in quality.”
Bell, Nancy R. E. Meugens (Mrs. Arthur Bell) (N. D’Anvers, pseud.)Tintoretto, bds. $1.25. Warne.
About sixty illustrations well reproduced, with an introductory essay on the painter and his work.
“In the introductory essay Mrs. Arthur Bell, from her extensive knowledge of Italian painting, throws much light on the surroundings of the painter, giving, by her interesting way of writing, a chapter which adds greatly to the value of the book.”
“The text is of no value.”
Belloc, Hilaire.Emmanuel Burden,†$1.50. Scribner.
The days of Butler and his memorial “Hudibras” are suggested thruout Mr. Belloc’s brilliant satire with its exaggerated gravity. It satirizes the speculative methods developed by the modern imperialistic movement in England. “No small part of the humor of his satire lies in its travesty of many contemporary biographies, in which the values of small incidents is greatly exaggerated, uninteresting details of family are furnished, and insignificant pedigrees traced back as if they led to royal sources.” (Outlook).
“Mr. Belloc has drawn his characters with a delicate irony.”
“No piece of social and political satire was ever more elaborately worked out in each incident, reference and detail, even to the titles of the amusing pencil sketches.”
“A brilliantly written satire. An Englishman would appreciate the satire much more than an American, because of more intimate knowledge of the conditions with which it deals; but the story is sufficiently distinct in its satirical outlines to make the purpose of the author clear to an American reader and to give the story, for an American, interest.”
Bennet, Robert Ames.For the white Christ; a story of the days of Charlemagne.$1.50. McClurg.
Oliver the northman, and his foster brother, Roland, are the heroes of this dramatic story, which is filled with stirring scenes and wartime adventures. The Danes, joining with the Franks in their cry of “Christ and the king,” repulse the Saracens; and Oliver, by his chivalrous daring, wins King Karl’s daughter, in spite of the beautiful and wicked Fastrada, who, by means of spells and poisons, succeeds in making herself a queen. It is a story true to those rough times in all details, and is an old time romance rather than an historical novel.
“The author has taken pains over his work, and should content readers who enjoy that kind of fare. The delineation of character is conventional. A defect ... is the tendency to force the heroic note too insistently.”
“All this portentous historical material, blended with much intrigue and passion, together with some of the gentler elements of romance, is skilfully brought into a tale of much action and dramatic vigor, couched in language that makes a fair pretense of archaism (of the conventional type, naturally), and brought to a satisfactory issue.” Wm. Morton Payne.
“This story is somewhat high-flown and super-romantic in style, but its intensity is not without dramatic force.”
“He has covered dry bones with rosy flesh.”
Benson, Allan L.Socialism made plain. Social Democratic publishing company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
“A simple explanation of the principles of socialism as advocated by American socialists—a work suited for the busy man on the farm, inthe shop, the factory and the store, who has little time to give to abstract treatises.... This work contains fifteen chapters” in which “the various phases of socialism are so elucidated as to be easily grasped by the individual.”—Arena.
“The treatment of the subject is so admirable that we take pleasure in recommending it to our readers.” Amy C. Rich.
Benson, Arthur Christopher (Christopher Carr, pseud.).Life of Edward FitzGerald.**75c. Macmillan.
A volume recently added to the “English men of letters” series. The life of the man known to the world mainly thru his “Omar Khayyám” is a “fair subject of public discussion, not only because he was a poet of special charm and fineness, but also because he was a peculiarly interesting specimen of human nature.” (Outlook.)
“Mr. Benson has analyzed the mind of FitzGerald with rare penetration.”
“Mr. Benson has perhaps made of the brief biography required by the scheme of this series all that could be made of it.”
“Mr. A. C. Benson was a capital choice for the writing of this book. Not only is he sympathetic with FitzGerald, but he is a delightful writer.” Jeanette L. Gilder.
“This new life of FitzGerald ... meets no crying need. The literary strictures, however just, seem not exactly called for in ‘Old Fitz’s’ case; and all else is a twice-told tale.”
“The biographical sketch and general characterization are excellent, the specific criticisms of FitzGerald’s writings sound and fair.”
“If he is not quite a satisfying biographer, he is certainly a satisfying editor, and often a very clever commentator upon FitzGerald’s literary achievements.”
“Mr. Benson’s book will be found to contain all that any reader needs to know about FitzGerald, and it is an excellent cheap substitute for those who cannot afford Mr. Wright’s massive illustrated volumes.”
“His treatment on the whole, scarcely touches us with quite that personal and affectionate feeling for FitzGerald that doubtless most of us have involuntarily formed.”
“A literary portrait simple and direct in its method of treatment, but full of expression and character.”
“Mr. Benson sets forth very clearly and succinctly the noteworthy facts in a career that was decidedly lacking in the spectacular, whatever may be said of its deeper notes.”
“We do not of course deny to Mr. Benson’s work such merits as may always be found in his biographical efforts—care in the weighing of facts, an educated taste, and a practised hand in the manipulation of phrases.”
“He has marshalled the facts which are already known with considerable skill; he has criticised FitzGerald’s few works with sound judgment and surprising moderation.”
Benson, Arthur Christopher (Christopher Carr, pseud.).Peace and other poems.*$1.50. Lane.
“Mr. Benson’s verse resembles Matthew Arnold’s not only in its culture, but in its gentle brooding over the dark and mysterious facts of life, and in the strong resolution which confronts the mischances of human experience.... Most of the poems in this volume [about forty in number] record Mr. Benson’s own reflections upon nature and life.”—Forum.
“The longer poems as a rule are the most successful, elegy and not epigram being Mr. Benson’s forte.”
“Tender, sincere, and refined, Mr. Benson’s verse appeals to our highest spiritual nature, and delivers its message with persuasive grace.” Wm. M. Payne.
“Mr. Benson’s verse resembles Matthew Arnold’s: there is in it a warmth of sympathy redeeming it from austerity and even imparting to it a tone of friendliness and geniality.” Herbert W. Horwill.
“Mr. Benson maintains a deliberately chosen level of good verse. He is always correct, always perfectly plain.”
“Maintains the even comfortable level of his earlier books.”
Benson, Edward Frederic.Act in a backwater. $1.50. Appleton.
“Mr. Benson has given us a slight but pleasing study of life in a small cathedral town. The brother and sister of a poor nobleman settle there, and introduce a novel element into the placid life of the place which gives many opportunities for comedy. The son of a canon, an artist, and therefore a rebel against the tyranny of the close, falls in love with the sister, and the progress of their romance is the main interest of the book.”—Spec.
“All this has the makings of a capital light comedy, which no one could have done better than Mr. Benson. But for some obscure reason he has seen fit to introduce episodes entirely out of all harmony that ruin his effect. They give the impression of heartlessness and, what is worse, are bad art.”
“A flat little story without construction or sustained interest.”
“As an example, not of Mr. Benson’s power, but of his wit, cleverness, and knowledge of human nature, ‘An act in a backwater’ is a delightful bit of work.”
“It has some pleasant bits of human nature and one or two lovable characters, but, considered as a novel, it is wretchedly constructed.”
“A novel which starts out admirably and ends in sheer vacuity.”
“It is a pleasant, wholesome story.”
Benson, Edward Frederic.Image in the sand.†$1.50. Lippincott.
A love story dealing with the occult. “It is in fact the old story of the struggle between the powers of light and darkness, the black magic and the white for the possession of a girl’s soul—a Faust legend in effect, or its parallel expressed in terms of ancient and modern occultism.” (Acad.)
“The climax, itself, however, the struggle of Ida’s friends and household with the demoniac, has a vivid force, and, if the tale is to stand by its power to conjure up horror, Mr. Benson must be credited with a considerable success in a difficult ‘genre.’ His detail is effective, his society sketches are admirable.”
“The story is carefully conceived and well written, and with excellent restraint. Mr. Bensonwanted to ‘make our flesh creep,’ and he has not.”
“That he has failed ludicrously, pathetically, merely marks his limitations by proclaiming his total innocence of the one quality that would make success possible. The machinery of the story is clumsy, its progress slow, and its conclusion an absurd evasion of whatever problem might conceivably be raised. Whether from carelessness or sheer ignorance, the book is a storehouse of weak, awkward, slovenly writing.” Edward Clark Marsh.
“The reason why Mr. Benson has not succeeded better is that he lets us too much behind the scenes.”
“In the would-be serious parts the author carries no conviction, and in lighter passages he is far below his own best level.”
“The quiet, intense conviction of Mr. Benson’s pages cannot fail entirely of a certain impressiveness.”
“This tale is cleverly written, but disappointing.”
“His quick, vivacious talent is not well adapted for a tale of intangible mystery, which wants an atmosphere beyond Mr. Benson’s powers. The second part of the story would be convincing and powerful were the reader properly impressed by the first.”
Benson, Rev. Robert Hugh.By what authority?*$1.60. imp. Benziger.
“Mr. Benson, after making an effort at religious impartiality, abandons the attempt, and frankly turns his novel into a Roman Catholic historical pamphlet.... [He] takes for his subject the religious persecutions of the Roman Catholics in the reign of Elizabeth.... The greater part of the novel is occupied by theological discussions.... Mr. Benson has a gift of word-painting which enables him to give vividly lifelike pictures of the court of Elizabeth, and particularly of the queen herself.”—Spec.
“Is an unusually fine piece of work. In fact we regard it as one of the most excellent Catholic stories that we possess in English, and by far the best that has appeared for a long time.”
“On the whole, the book is well worth reading, though spoilt, if judged from the standpoint of a work of fiction, by the intrusion of too much theology.”
Benton, Josiah H.Notable libel case: the criminal prosecution of Theodore Lyman, jr., by Daniel Webster, in the Supreme judicial court of Massachusetts, November term, 1828.**$3.50. Goodspeed.
“The trial here described was on an indictment alleging that Lyman had charged Webster with having conspired with other leading Federalists in 1807-‘08 to break up the union on account of the Embargo acts, and to re-annex the New England states to the mother country.” (Dial). The case was submitted to the grand jury in the supreme judicial court, and an indictment returned. It was then tried with the result that the jury disagreed, and when the solicitor-general proclaimed that every resource had been exhausted, the case was dropped. The trial, based as it was upon political rather than personal motives, did not disturb the relation of friendship between the two men.
“The history of the episode is well worked out by Mr. Benton, and the letters and other documentary materials are so skillfully employed in the text that the story almost tells itself from the records.”
Berenson, Bernard.Lorenzo Lotto: an essay on constructive art criticism.*$2.50. Macmillan.
A reprint of a book which was first published ten years ago. It catalogs and describes Lotto’s paintings and attempts to present the man, Lotto, altho there is little material available for his re-construction. There are a large number of full-page reproductions of Lotto’s works.
“A model of systematic investigation.”
Bernheimer, Charles Seligman,ed. Russian Jew in the United States: studies of social conditions in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago, with a description of rural settlements.**$2. Winston.
A series of papers contributed by well-known Jewish writers who “present the rise and development of the Russian Jews who have come to the United States during the past twenty-odd years, to show the qualities they brought with them, to present the facts as to their adjustment to the conditions here, and to look a little into the future.”
“The manner of presentation of the papers is not uniformly happy, and for the whole we wish for a specific statement of dates. In spite of this, however, Dr. Bernheimer has undoubtedly done a service in bringing out this book. Considering its structure, he is to be congratulated on having it so free of injudicious statements and as complete as it is in the important matter on this serious subject of the assimilation of so alien a people.” Walter E. Kruesi.
“It is a splendid argument for the Jew.”
*“Naturally, the authors speak from the inside, and as each deals with conditions which have come within his own observation and experience, there is a variety of intimate information not easily obtainable by alien investigators.”
*Bernstein, Hermann.Contrite hearts.†$1.25. Wessels.
The life of a group of Russian Jews is here pictured in a fashion simple to the point of crudeness. The two daughters of the orthodox cantor, Isroel Lambert, follow their own hearts and become outcasts from both the faith and the home of their father. Later, contrite in heart and chastened in spirit, they are reunited with him in America. Thruout the book strict observance of Jewish rites seems to bring a happiness denied to those who merely love.
Berry, Charles William.Temperature-entropy diagram. $1.25. Wiley.
“Mr. Berry’s book ... presupposes a knowledge of thermodynamics, also of the working and behavior of the various kinds of heat engines, ... it ... is divided into twelve chapters. The first chapter treats of reversible processes and cycles, and in the following eleven chapters the T Phi diagram is applied to the following processes and engines: perfect gases, saturated steam, superheated vapors, the flow of fluids, hot-air engines, the liquefaction of gases, compressors and refrigeration, the actual steam-engine cycle as recorded by the indicator.”—Engin. N.
“The book is very clearly written. The author has covered quite an extensive field, and on the whole he has done it very well.” Storm Bull.
Berton, Guy.Art thou the man?†$1.50. Dodd.