“The catalogue is clearly arranged and carefully written.”
“No similar catalogue exists of an American collection of engravings; it will, therefore, prove a convenient book of reference for collectors.”
United States. Library of Congress.Some papers laid before the Continental Congress, 1775. 15c. Supt. of doc.
The papers here published are: The declaration on taking arms, July 6, 1775; Franklin’s Articles of Confederation, July 21, 1775; Reports on the Trade of America, July 21, October 2, and October 13, 1775; Report on Lord North’s motion, and reports on the committees on Recess and Unfinished business.
“The value of the pamphlet lies principally in the care which has been taken to show the evolution of the final document in each case from the first draft through the intermediate forms.”
Upson, Arthur.City, and other poems.*$1. Macmillan.
In this new edition of “The city,” a poem-drama in which Abgar, King of Edessa, in the sixteenth year of the reign of Tiberius is cured of his infirmity thru a message from the great Healer crucified at Jerusalem, the author has made a few changes which, while they add to the poetic effect of his work, do not detract from the dramatic strength. The volume also includes Octaves in an Oxford garden, written under the spell of the things of which he sings, and some two-score sonnets, upon such widely different topics as Sultan’s bread, Mona Lisa, The Rezzonico palace and our own Wheat elevators and The statue of liberty.
*“Has something of the cool charm that springs from the imitation of Greek models together with appeal that inheres in a Christian theme. It never, however, attains any considerable tragic power.”
Upward, Allen.International spy: secret history of the Russo-Japanese war.†$1.50. Dillingham.
The latest doings of that marvelous man, Monsieur H. V., are chronicled in this volume, in which he himself tells of his adventures when sent to Russia by England in the hope of averting war. He carried a peace message from the Czar to the Mikado, was adopted into the Japanese royal family, returned to Russia and after barely escaping death at the hands of various enemies he succeeded in stealing a torpedo boat from the Kaiser for which he was forgiven when his mission became known. The beautiful and desperate Princess Y— has an important role in this intimate story of courts and rulers.
Vachell, Horace Annesley.Brothers.†$1.50. Dodd.
These two brothers are each half of a complete whole, they succeed together, each fails alone. Archibald, strong and magnetic, delivers the sermons written by his weak and stammering brother, and by their spiritual and intellectual force he wins Betty Kirtling, who discovers after she has married him, that it is his brother whom she loves.
“It is an exceedingly well-told tale.”
“The book is free from annoying defects, has a well-sustained interest, and may be accounted a worthy addition to the season’s output.”
Vacher, Francis.Food inspector’s handbook. $1.50. Van Nostrand.
The fourth edition of this handbook has been brought down to date and an additional chapter on “Statutory powers” included.
“The author gives sensible advice, and his little volume should be found very useful to those for whom it is written.” C. S.
Valentine, Edward Abram Uffington.Hecla Sandwith.†$1.50. Bobbs.
This story of a woman of moods, the daughter of a Pennsylvania iron master, who married a young mining engineer, regretted it, left him, and later awoke to the realization that she loved him, is also the story of the mines, the iron workers, and the blast furnace.
“A leisurely and very charming picture of a Quaker settlement in Pennsylvania in 1856.”
“It is a pleasure to notice a romance of American life so instinct with artistic, literary and scientific excellence as ‘Hecla Sandwith.’ Here speaks the poet, the historian and the psychologist.”
“The chief fault of the book is lack of concentration.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
“There is too much narrative here. The descriptions of nature are poetic, the minor characters are particularly well drawn, and many of the pictures linger in the memory.”
“The story is a long one, and not firmly knit together. A book that preserves with almost photographic fidelity the manners and customs of a time fully departed.”
“The book has the merit of careful husbandry in an unworked field, and it is well written; a novel of unusual power and interest.”
“It is unevenly written. But, on the whole, the sense of the art of literature is so high and fine and the adhesion to this sense so accurate and faithful, that the entire result should be greeted as a reawakening among us. There are pages that any novelist, living or dead, might have been glad to claim.” James Lane Allen.
“Charming style, keen powers of analysis, and skill in snapshot portraiture as well, characterize this study.”
“His book is full of nature and of human nature: it rings true.”
Vance, Louis Joseph.Terence O’Rourke, gentleman adventurer.†$1.50. Wessels.
Terence O’Rourke, an Irish gentleman and soldier, in the capacity of commissioned defender—tho backed by the courage and chivalry which make an undertaking his own affair—arrays himself in a series of adventures against unscrupulous, even villainous royalty. Thru his quick wit and marked swordsmanship he rights the wrongs of good women, at last winning for himself the love of the princess for whom most of his battles are fought.
“Readers of many and varied tastes will delight in the author’s fertile imagination and the ever-ready humor which produces and disposes of Terence’s trials and tribulations.”
“A bit of simple and entertaining romance of the old-fashioned style.”
“There is plenty of action, humor, and romance.”
Vandam, Albert Dresden.Men and manners of the third republic.**$3. Pott.
“In part a posthumous work; a charming review of the principal events of the third republic as seen in the men and events of the times.... We have a glimpse behind the scenes, and ... we are brought into such intimate relations with the actors that we are able to form for ourselves a clear and accurate conception of the motives that caused the movement that led to the establishment of the third republic. We are introduced to Thiers and Gambetta.... But it is idle to mention by names the great Frenchmen who appear in the pages of the work; suffice it to say that none of those who were prominent in the days following the downfall of Louis Napoleon are neglected, much less omitted.”—Baltimore Sun.
“Delightful collection of facts and thoughts.”
“Much that is here said about the iniquities of French political life may be quite true, and the book, taken in small quantities at a time, is not devoid of a certain interest. But a rigorous criticism would show that the historian must quote it, if at all, with care.”
Van de Put, A.Hispano-Moresque ware of the 15th century.*$4. Lane.
“A contribution to its history and chronology, based upon armorial specimens.” This is a small quarto containing 34 plates illustrating pieces taken from many public and private collections. There is a brief general treatise which, while stating frankly that material for a history is lacking, gives much historical information. There is a full description of some of the plates.
“This is the first orderly and intelligent treatise devoted to it. Goes far to supply the obvious need of a manual.”
Van Dyke, Henry.Essays in application.**$1.50. Scribner.
“A group of twelve essays and addresses, which may be generally characterized as the creed or confession of an idealist, and an application of his principles to life.”—Outlook.
“These essays bear his stamp. They are not written solely for scholars. They are easily understandable, readable, while his ‘sane idealism’ shines through them all.”
Van Dyke, Henry.Fisherman’s luck, and some other uncertain things.†$1.50. Scribner.
“The thirteenth edition of a well-known series of essays arranged in the form of a holiday book illustrated with most agreeable drawings by F. Walter Taylor.” (Critic.) The volume contains beside the title essay: The thrilling moment; Talkability; A wild strawberry; Lovers and landscape; A fatal success; Fishing in books; A Norwegian honeymoon; Who owns the mountains? A lazy, idle book; The open fire; A slumber song.
Van Dyke, Henry, ed. Little masterpieces of English poetry, by British and American authors; ed. by Henry van Dyke, assisted by Hardin Craig. 6v. ea.**75c; set,**$4.50. Doubleday.
“A companion to the ‘Science,’ ‘Fiction’ and ‘Humor’ series.... For the many ... such a collection as this, wisely selected, and adapted to the limits of both time and purse of the average reader, is of real and not inconsiderable value.” (Outlook.) “In the first of the six little volumes we find ballads old and new, in the second, idyls and stories in verse, and in the four remaining volumes lyrics, odes, sonnets and epigrams; descriptive and reflective verse; and elegies and hymns. Each of these major divisions is subdivided according to subjects. Living poets are excluded.” (Critic.)
*“The principle of arrangement followed in this new one is as excellent as it is novel. As a rule, admirable judgment has been shown in combining these handy volumes, the most remarkable defect being the omission of Shelley’s ‘Adonais.’”
*“Dr. van Dyke’s name is a sufficient guarantee of the excellence of the selection.”
Van Dyke, Henry.Music and other poems.**$1. Scribner.
A collection of poems which take many forms and follow many themes. The opening “Ode to music” is followed by sonnets, lyrics, and other verses treating of the open, the silent hills, and the hearth and home.
“Dr. Van Dyke’s work is that of a scholar in poetry endowed with a graceful gift of lyric speech.” Ferris Greenslet.
“They are delicate and graceful in workmanship, the expression of a refined and sensitive poetic instinct rather than the outpourings of a creative mood.”
“Dr. Van Dyke has nearly every good poetic gift except creative genius.”
*“In spite of his popularity even Dr. van Dyke, who attempts to supply our want of a reflective poet, leaves much to be desired in depth and significance.”
“There is much that is charming and appealing in these verses. From first to last there is evidence of an unusual gift for verbal music. If they are a little too honeyed, too academic, they are also the production of a skillful artificer in words and of a mind of high culture and high ideals.”
Van Dyke, Henry.School of life,**50c. Scribner.
In this thin little volume is “eloquently expressed an optimism based, not on temperament, but on faith in character, discernment of the spiritual possibilities of life, and sound judgment of ethical values.” (Outlook.)
“The characteristic charm of Dr. van Dyke’s former works is extended to the present volume.”
Van Dyke, Henry.Spirit of Christmas.**75c. Scribner.
Four essays for the Christmas tide. The first, “A dream story,” shows how power and knowledge are both insufficient to reclaim the world from sin, but that the secret of success lies in greater love; the second, “Christmas giving and Christmas living,” offers helpful suggestions on the spirit of giving; the third, “Christmas keeping,” shows the possible purification in the Christmas thought; and the two Christmas prayers make a plea for the home and the lonely ones.
*“Full of Dr. van Dyke’s spirit of helpfulness, and pervaded by the very human charm of his style.”
Van Dyke, Paul.Renascence portraits.**$2. Scribner.
Professor van Dyke’s survey embraces “the England, Germany, and Italy of the sixteenth century. His concern is primarily with three individuals—Pietro Aretino, the Venetian satirist; Thomas Cromwell, the unscrupulous minister of the still less scrupulous Henry VIII., and the Emperor Maximilian I.—but the standpoint from which they are regarded is such as to necessitate a close examination of their times.”—Outlook.
*“His book appears to have been printed without the proofs being read, though this appearancemay be due to the author’s own style, which is vicious.”
*“The results, not the details, of research are here exhibited, and in a setting of idea which gives color and meaning and movement.”
Van Vorst, Marie.Amanda of the mill: a novel.†$1.50. Dodd.
“A novel with a ‘poor white trash’ mill-girl heroine, and a dissipated labor agitator for hero, does not sound promising.” (Outlook.) It “is clearly meant as a tract on industrial conditions in the new South.... [It] pictures the life of the factory hands in the cotton mills—a life ... which is mainly sickness, suffering and death. There is much in the book to arouse sober thought, and certain passages are rich in description and characterization.” (Pub. Opin.)
“Apart from errors in style, and, here and there, in feeling, there is a capacity to portray life which shows real power.”
“Is not a strong story, though it shows in places, the wish, if not the power, to say something vital about love and life and death.”
Reviewed by Herbert W. Horwill.
“Mrs. Van Vorst paints with a strong hand the terrible life in the mills.”
“Interesting and good work, although its story is improbable and over weighted with propagandist theories and statistics.”
“In ‘Amanda of the mill’ she does not control her material; it controls her. Over-seriousness forces her into melodrama, with improbabilities that were never intended.”
“An interesting but rather improbable story.”
Vardon, Harry.Complete golfer.**$3.50. McClure.
“Mr. Vardon has four times won the open championship of Great Britain and once the American championship. There is no doubt, therefore, that he knows how to play golf; and this book proves that he knows how to tell others how to do it.” (Outlook.) The book is amply illustrated.
“Will be read with unusual interest as being the work of one who is not only original in his methods and fascinating in his style, but also perhaps the most finished and graceful player that has ever lived.”
“It is a very good book. He never leaves one in doubt as to his meaning, and he brings to the succour of his pen a pleasant geniality and optimism.”
“Vardon’s manner of writing is as straightforward and interesting as his manner of playing golf.”
“He has accomplished what has often been called the impossible, the writing of a helpful book in an entertaining manner by one who is an acknowledged expert of the game.” F. W. C.
“His descriptions of his style are simple, clear, and interesting, and his stories of experiences on the links in this country, England, and Scotland are rarely entertaining. His book is full of valuable hints, not only for the novice, but for the experienced golfer as well.”
Veblen, Thorstein B.Theory of business enterprise.**$1.50. Scribner.
“The work deals rather with the methods of modern financiering and the quest of profit rather than with the other less prominent commercial data. If we have to choose between the ten chapters of which the volume consists, we should particularly recommend the last five as appealing more generally to the unbiased reader.... The first five seem rather to lead up to the others, and to be an attempt at more technical and erudite writing. Much is new of what the author says about crises.... The ‘Theory of modern welfare,’ ... the significance for the business world at large of the advance in workingmen’s wages, ... and the theory of wasteful expenditure” are fully treated. “The excellent remarks (pp. 319, 320) about business thinking, and the equally keen observation about the absence of thrift among the modern industrial workmen and its causes (pp. 325-27) are among the most timely in the book.... The points of interest are many, and it is to be regretted that we cannot here call attention to all of them.”—J. Pol. Econ.
“The book lacks the desirable quality of terseness and the writer at times wanders from the main line of his subject. A commendable feature is the formulation of many of his statements in symbols of mathematics, which are not incorporated into the text, but in foot-notes.” John C. Duncan.
“Professor Veblen has a preternaturally vivid insight into the pathological side of business and society: and he follows remorselessly the poisoned tract which his critical scalpel has discovered. And yet, despite the fact that the author’s attitude renders the highest approval of either the scientific or the ethical standpoint impossible, the book is an uncommonly suggestive one. The penetrating glance into certain broad and seamy aspects of our industrial life prompts to a reflective testing of one’s social beliefs and ideals.” Winthrop More Daniels.
“Professor Veblen, except in his satiric moods, tends to an oracular and often to a tortuous mode of expression. By reason of its many evidences of keen and profound thought, of a high grade of scholarship and of a breadth and sureness of vision, the book is notable among recent contributions to economics; and tho its usual style is difficult, it is yet penetrated by flashes of inimitable satiric wit that is delightful.”
“Our objection to this work ... is ... the constant use of terms which to the lay mind seem unnecessarily studied and anachronistic. The excellent qualities of scholarly reasoning and scientific demonstration which characterize this book, besides the author’s wide acquaintance with the existing economic literature....” A. M. Wergeland.
“Such a theory as is here set forth may impress the readers of sensational magazines: but it is a travesty of economics and an unjust aspersion of our business morality.”
Reviewed by Frank Haigh Dixon.
Vesey, Arthur Henry.Clock and the key.†$1.50. Appleton.
An American girl in modern Venice sets her two lovers the task of bringing to her a casket of jewels which disappeared five centuries before. One man is an Italian duke, the other an American. With the girl as the prize, the search for the jewels soon results in a series of complicated and exciting adventures, but at last by the aid of an old and intricate clock, which is itself the key, the jewels come to the girl, and the girl to the man she loves.
“It is mysterious without being sensational, sparkling without being trashy.”
“It really makes a very good mystery story.”
Views of early New York; with illustrative sketches; prepared for the New York chapter of the colonial order of the Acorn. priv. ptd. Colonial order of the Acorn, N. Y.
This volume “contains six copper plate engravings made by Edwin Davis French from views of New York in the early stages of its history.... ‘These views were selected with care, and graphically represent the gradual growth of the city from the little Dutch trading-post, situated at the Battery, to the more important city depicted in Rollinson’s view of 1801.’ Each view is accompanied by an explanatory sketch from a well-known authority.” (N. Y. Times.)
“The little volume is full of interest to students of New York history.”
Vigfusson, Gudbrandur, and Powell, Frederick York,eds and trs. Origines islandicae: a collection of the more important sagas and other native writings relating to the settlement and early history of Iceland. 2v.*$14. Oxford.
These volumes are divided into five books: “Landnámabok—the book of the land-taking.... Islandingabok (Libellus islandorum) a collection of notes made in the eleventh or twelfth century ... relating to the old law and customs of the Norsemen settled in Iceland.... Tales and legends relating to the conversion and early church history of Iceland, Sagas relating to the history of Iceland during the first two centuries ... divided into four sections, which treat of the South, the West, the North, and the East quarters respectively.... Sagas relating to the exploring voyages of Icelanders.... All or nearly all of this matter has, we think, been printed before in Iceland or in Denmark, but much of it is now accessible only in books that have become scarce, and in texts far from accurate.”—Nation.
*“The present work is by no means free from some of the faults which marked its predecessor, the ‘Corpus poeticum boreale’; but fortunately the comparison of the two works will hold for the merits as well as the defects.”
Reviewed by W. P. Ker.
*“Deeply as we must regret the loss of these two distinguished men before completing their work, the book as it stands is one of great value, and will doubtless find a place on the shelves of every university library and of every scholar of the old Northern literature. The translation is clear, direct, and simple, slightly archaic as is right.”
*“In this case the peculiar gifts of mediaeval temperament and curious linguistic knowledge of the English translator have given us a translation equally spirited and faithful on the whole, often very near the picturesque quality of the original and yet good honest idiomatic English prose.”
Villard, Henry.Memoirs of Henry Villard, journalist and financier, 1835-1900. 2v.**$5. Houghton.
Henry Villard landed in New York in 1853, a mere boy, without friends, money, or a knowledge of English. After suffering almost incredible hardships, he finally succeeded as a journalist, representing the N. Y. Tribune as war correspondent during the Civil war. His memoirs contain valuable accounts of battles, estimates of the commanders, and personal descriptions of Lincoln and others. Later he left journalism for finance, attaining eminence in this calling also.
“What separates it from other books of its class is that it is a characteristic illustration of American possibilities.” M. A. De Wolfe Howe.
Villari, Luigi, ed. Balkan question.*$3. Dutton.
A symposium on the Macedonian question, past, present, and future. Its object is to draw the attention of Englishmen to the situation in the Balkans, to show that Turkey cannot be reformed from within and that the time is ripe to bring about European control. There are chapters by English writers on the various aspects of the problem, and by French and Italian writers on the attitude and duty of their respective countries.
“To be sure, it is a piece of liberal propaganda and tells only one side of the story, but it is nevertheless a lucid explanation of a very complicated situation.”
“There is, in the book before us, considerable repetition, an occasional contradiction, and some diversity, not only as to points of view, but as to such minor matters as the spelling of geographical and proper nouns.”
“It is a most informing and interesting volume.”
“We know of no other volume exhibiting the subject so comprehensively and so clearly from the pro-Macedonian standpoint.”
“Undoubtedly the most instructive two chapters are those by Mr. Valentine Chirol and Mr. Bourchier.”
Villari, Luigi.Russia under the great shadow.**$3.50. Pott.
“Unless all the auguries should prove false, the war in the Far East should mark the transition of Russia from the Middle ages to the twentieth century, from the Eastern to the Western world, from barbarism to civilization,” gives the keynote of Mr. Villari’s optimism which characterizes this work, altho he brings the reader face to face with the dark facts of present conditions. One of the strongest chapters in the book is that in the industrial development of Russia whose conclusion proves that “M. de Witte’s scheme of making agricultural Russia an industrial country was a mistake both politically and economically.” (Sat. R.)
“The book is so good that we find little to say about it. The only point upon which we find Mr. Villari inclined to go wrong concerns the defects of the Eastern church.”
“If it does not claim to be a very profound study, it is, nevertheless, a very pleasant book to read, and contains much interesting, and even valuable information.”
“Mr. Villari has written an excellent account of the Czar’s empire in war-time.”
“The work itself strikes us less as that of an observant traveller than a compilation of material taken from well-known standard works.”
“Is full of shrewd observation and vivid description, and is admirably illustrated.”
Villiers, Frederic.Port Arthur: three months with the besiegers.*$2.50. Longmans.
An English war correspondent’s story of three months with the Japanese army before Port Arthur. It is a vivid and stirring account as far as it goes, but unfortunately the author left the army two months before the actual fall of the fortress.
“Mr. Villiers’ impressions ... form a series of word-pictures which, although at times they are somewhat disjointed, make interesting reading, and this, too, despite the irritating and frequently recurring fact that unimportant and somewhat egotistical information about the writer and his field companions is unnecessarily obtruded upon the attention of the reader.”
“The text is brightly written, in a vein altogether cheerful.”
“It is simply the diary of an experienced observer.”
“It is as a study of human nature exposed toexceptional conditions that it holds the interest of the reader from the first page to the last.”
“Taken only for what it claims to be—a picturesque, gossipy narrative of personal observation and experience—the book is enjoyable.”
“The narrative throughout is written with a cheerful good feeling and fairness which command respect.”
Vilmorin-Andrieux,et cie.Vegetable garden.*$4.50. Dutton.
“The new issue of the English version of Mm. Vilmorin-Andrieux’ vegetable encyclopedia makes a volume of nearly 800 pages.... The book shows its mixed origin inevitably: the general notes on culture are chiefly founded on the practice of the Paris market-gardens; and these are followed by directions in smaller type intended for British conditions. There is bewildering choice of varieties of every root and herb—French, German, Italian, or American.... The botanical and historical information is rather disproportionate to the cultural directions.... Small woodcuts illustrate the book.”—Sat. R.
*“With Professor Bailey’s valuable ‘Cyclopaedia,’ and with this minor cyclopaedia supplementing that, our gardeners, professional and amateur, are well equipped.”
“The book will probably be of more value to the experienced gardener than to the beginner.”
Vincent, Marvin R., tr. SeeDante, A.Inferno.
Vinogradoff, Paul.Growth of the manor.*$2.50. Macmillan.
A volume based upon lectures given at Oxford in the summer of 1904, and addressed primarily to students of general history. The author gives a full treatment of manorial origins; he states in his preface: “All periods of English history had their bearing on the life of the manor. Some germs of manorial institutions may be found in the Celtic age; the Roman occupation of the island had undoubtedly a powerful influence on its economic arrangements; the old English period is marked by the full development of the rural township; the feudal epoch finds the manor at its height; the dissolution of the manor forms one of the processes by which modern commercial intercourse was brought about.”
“His method and the mastery of the details of his subject combine to produce a notable book; but we confess to disappointment that he did not pursue to a greater extent the test of comparative polity. Broad as it is in outline, it is full to the highest degree of the most valuable details. A mass of material brought together and classified in a manner which must remain of permanent value.”
“On the whole, Dr. Vinogradoff is not convincing in his argument.”
“This power of brilliant scientific intuition in individual instances, along with his vast general erudition, is what makes Vinogradoff so admirable. He is preëminently a ‘case historian.’ But the power of summation, of vividly portraying the march of change in its broad currents, he does not possess.”
“In handling a subject that promises so much Dr. Vinogradoff has displayed an accuracy rare among holders of British professorships.”
“Scholars will not find it easy to accept Dr. Vinogradoff’s conclusions in full, but all will perceive in his treatise an illuminating contribution to a difficult problem.”
“Dr. Vinogradoff in stating his case has also carefully set forth the views of those who differ from him, and the result is a book of singular value as well as of extraordinary fascination.”
Vitelleschi, Marchesa.Romance of Savoy.*$7.50. Dutton.
The romantic rise of the House of Savoy is sketched from its subservient position under the insolent protection of the King of France to an independent state worthy of the respect of the whole of Europe. Two important personages are the center of development, Victor Amadeus II., Duke of Savoy, and Anna Maria of Orleans, granddaughter of Charles I.
“Certain peculiarities of diction betray deficient knowledge of English on the part of the author or the translator, if it has been found necessary to call in the latter.”
“If she had not attempted to prove too much, to dwell too strongly on the importance to Savoy of its connection with the Stuarts, her book would have been more convincing.”
“She has been an industrious worker, and has unearthed from the papers put at her disposition some interesting things relative to a picturesque period in Italian history. She has also, however, unearthed some things of rather doubtful permanent worth, and the printing of these at times clouds the clearness of her narrative.”
Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred.Emile Zola, novelist and reformer.**$3.50. Lane.
A life of Zola by his authorized translator, the son of one of his first publishers. Zola’s school days at Aix, his youth in Paris, his position with the publisher Hachette, his connection with the Dreyfus episode, and the history of his writings, particularly the long Rougon-Manquart cycle, are given in full. There is much of his contracts with publishers and theatrical managers, and the business detail incident to his work.
“Not one of the five hundred and fifty pages that make up this life is out of place.”
“In some respects Mr. Vizetelly’s ‘Zola’ is asatisfactory, and is likely to remain for some time a definitive work. With regard to the facts of Zola’s career there is probably no one capable of speaking with more authority than Mr. Vizetelly. The book is unnecessarily crowded with ‘shop.’”
*“Tho wanting in conclusion and proportion, is likely to be for some time an authoritative source for the facts of the novelist’s life.”
Vizetelly, Francis (Frank) Horace.Preparation of manuscripts for the printer.*75c. Funk.
A series of directions to authors as to the manner of preparing copy and correcting proofs with suggestions on submitting manuscripts for publication.
*“It contains much useful information and sound advice from a man of experience in the publishing world.”
*“Altogether, this is likely to be a useful book.”
Von Horn, W. D.SeeOertel, Phillipp Friedrich Wilhelm.
Vries, Hugo de.Species and varieties: their origin by mutation; lectures delivered at the University of California; ed. by Daniel Trembly MacDougal.*$5. Open ct.
“The present work consists of twenty-eight lectures arranged in six groups. The first lecture is an introduction dealing with ‘Theories of evolution’ and ‘Methods of investigation.’ ... The second division of lectures (II.-IV.) deals with ‘Elementary species in nature.’ ... In lectures V.-XV., the author presents the evidence to show that ‘varieties’ are produced either by the loss of some marked peculiarity, or by latent characters becoming active, or by the acquisition of others that are already present in allied species.... Lectures XVI.-XXIV. Although the author tested many species, only one, the evening primrose, Œnothera, gave positive, mutating, results. He finds that the various mutations obtained from this species take place with a great degree of regularity. Very simple rules of general validity, he assumes, govern the whole phenomenon.... Lectures XXV.-XXVIII. There is selection of two kinds, between species and between varieties.”—Philos. R.
“‘Species and varieties,’ then, within the field of natural science, is clearly the book of the year. On the practical side it gives unity and significance to the random observations of every lover of plants. On the theoretical side, the work articulates with Mendel’s old doctrine of the unit character, the heredity atom which either is, or is not, and never splits in passing from one generation to the next.” E. T. Brewster.