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most agreeable and imaginative of the Mabi- the Protestant and Roman Catholic religions in some degree.
THE ATHENÆUM
most agreeable and imaginative of the Mabi- the Protestant and Roman Catholic religions in some degree.
Athenaeum - London - 1912a
It is one of the
Prize Essays of the American Historical Asso-
ciation,
Routh (E. M. G. ), Tangier : England's Lost
Atlantic Outpost, 1661-84, 12/ net.
John Murray
An elaborate study of our somewhat irrelevant
occupation of Tangier in the seventeenth cen-
tury, based on a mass of unpublished documents
from the Record Office and many other sources,
ancient and modern. There are a number of
interesting illustrations and a map.
Ogg (David), Cardinal de Retz, 1613–79, 6/ net.
Methuen
An essay of considerable promise, treating of
a subject upon which there is no similar book
in English. The author has not allowed his
study of original sources to clog his narrative,
which is simple in style and free from exaggera-
tion.
Turner (Edward Raymond), The Negro in Penn-
sylvania : Slavery Servitude-Freedom, 1639–
1861, 6/6 net.
Washington, American Historical
Association; London, Frowde
A general, social, economic, and legal inquiry
into the status of the negro in Pennsylvania,
where much valuable material is accessible.
The scope of the book has necessitated laborious
study, and some 13,000 documents have been
used. The subject - matter has been manipu-
lated with much skill, and the selective dexterity
of the author is commendable. We hardly
think that he is fair to the efforts of the 1830
Abolitionists, the reaction against whose anti-
slavery propaganda he is inclined to exaggerate.
There is a considerable bibliography. The work
is one of the Prize Essays of the American
Historical Association.
Watson (G. L. de St. M. ), A Polish Exile witb
Napoleon, embodying the Letters of Capt.
Piontkowski to General Sir Robert Wilson, and
many Documents from the Lowe Papers, the
Colonial Office Records, the Wilson Manuscripts,
the Capel Lofft Correspondence, and the French
and Genevese Archives hitherto Unpublished,
12/6 net.
Harper
Through the medium of the documents
enumerated above, the author attempts to
unravel the precise nature of the relations
which existed between Napoleon and Piont-
kowski at Longwood. The difficulties of
elucidation and of constructing a coherent
narrative from the material have been excep:
tional, but are deftly handled. With a wealth of
annotation at his command, the author has used.
it economically and with discrimination. There
Hutchinson
tised revival last year. They are mainly
This is an enlarged and revised edition of a
concerned with details of the production of book issued for private circulation in 1883.
Lytton's dramas-suggested alterations, busi- There is no particular call for the reissue,
ness matters, debated interpretations, and even with a quantity of new material diffused
similar subjects. Except for the differences through it, since, to quote the author in a
in time, they might have been written by any different application, enough has been said
estimable playwright of to-day to his leading and written on this subject already. " It is
actor. We obtain, however, some interesting purely a gossipy and anecdotal sketch of
glimpses of the inner workings of the dreary Dickens's early life, illumined by no distinction
drama of fifty years ago, before its revival of style, and interspersed with banalities and
late in the second half of the nineteenth century. trivialities which might very well have been
There is a prudent and well-balanced introduce omitted. As a biography it is dull and
tion, and the book is finely printed.
commonplace.
is a voluminous appendix.
Williams (Orlo), Life and Letters of John Rickman,
10/6 net.
Constable
John Rickman, with his formal mind and
ultra-orthodox outlook, might seem a depressing,
subject for the biographer; but when we
remember that he was an intimate of the circle
of Lamb, Coleridge, and Southey, and was intro-
duced to Lamb by that inimitable person
George Dyer, we are inclined to shift our per-
spective. Rickman's political letters we find
pompous and dogmatic, but his more personal
commentaries are brisk and refreshing, and at
times he has something of Lamb's shyness and
humour.
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Philology.
Geography and Travel.
the Winning of Atalanta ; the second to the
Sacrifice of Alcestis, the Curse of Echo, and the
Auden (Thomas), Shropshire, 1/6 net.
Grierson (George A. ), A Manual of the Kashmiri Divine Musician. In English Literature for
Oxford, Clarendon Press
Language, comprising Grammar, Phrase-Book, Secondary Schools.
and Vocabularies, 2 vols. , 12/ net.
The manner in which this book, one of the
Oxford, Clarendon Press
Hall (H. S. ) and Stevens (F. H. ), Examples in
Oxford County Histories for Schools, is written
The first two parts consist of elementary
Arithmetic, Part I. , taken from A School
is calculated to arouse local patriotism, but one
grammar, its constructions and peculiarities.
Arithmetic, 1/6
Macmillan
of the main objects of teaching children the
There are a number of English sentences, with
These examples are extracted from the
history of their locality is to show the close
translations appended. They are more for
School Arithmetic' by the same authors,
connexion of geography with history, and in
the use of the casual visitor than the habitual covering the work usually required of candi-
this respect the book leaves something to be
desired. The illustrations, by Miss Katharine
student, and imply some previous knowledge of
dates in the University Local Junior Examina-
Hindustani. Part III. contains the Käshmiri-
tion,
M. Roberts, are numerous and excellent.
English vocabulary, with familiar idioms and Homer, Iliad, translated by Alexander Pope,
Phillimore (Lion), In the Carpathians, 10/6 net. explanatory notes attached. It is effectively edited by Charles Elbert Rhodes, with an Intro-
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Mrs. Phillimore made her journey in a ro- too minute to be comfortable.
New York, Macmillan Cor
mantic temper-perhaps, as her book manifests, Thucydides, Book IV. , edited by A. W. Spratt. This edition—in Macmillan's Pocket Classics
with an over-emphasized literary zest. The
same
Cambridge University Press -has been neatly collated and arranged. The
evident keenness of her enjoyment is at once
This excellent edition follows the
notes, glossary, and textual matter have, we
the defect and justification of her book, which plan as its two predecessors. Though a think rightly, been strictly subordinated to the
is radiant with the proper feeling of discovery, complete apparatus criticus for all eight books text. For the student it should be especially
and at the same time overloaded with trivial is promised in the future, ample and lucid agreeable. There is a lucid and compact Intro-
detail. Nevertheless, her freshness of mind, notes are provided, without the elaboration duction by Mr. C. E. Rhodes, an American
her receptivity and her vivid instinct for beauty likely to bewilder and disgust a comparatively scholar.
make her writing individual and attractive. unfledged student. Textual criticism is sup-
There is at the end a map of the route taken. plied, and the printing is clear and bold. " It Meany (Edmond s. ), United States History for
forms one of the Pitt Press Series.
Schools, 4/6 net.
Macmillan
A useful manual, fair-minded in its descrip-
Education.
tion of America's relations with England,
School-Books.
Johns Hopkins University Circular, Report of
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Arnold's Continuous Readers for Infants, 6 parts, kind in its allotment of space between wars
Classifies the activities of the University :
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and topics of political and social importance.
its lectures, courses of study, and functions.
Useful little books, suitably graduated in It might be adopted with advantage in English
difficulty, and printed in clear type.
schools, where ignorance of American history
National Systems of Education : First Report of Barnard (8. ) and Child (J. M. ), A New Algebra, is usually profound. A better index would
the Education Committee of the International Vol. II. , containing Parts IV. -VI. , 4/
increase its value to the teacher, if not to the
Council of Women, compiled by Mrs. Ogilvie
Macmillan pupil.
Gordon, Second Edition, bd.
Vol. II. , which treats of the more complex Nineteenth Century Essays, edited, with Introduc-
Aberdeen, Rosemount Press algebraical formulæ and problems, is a very tion and Notes, by George Sampson, 21
This is a valuable and businesslike report, extensive and useful study. It tends to merge
Cambridge University Press
which gives, in a handy form, a view of the more, perhaps, into higher mathematics than The editor interpolates apologies in his prefaco
systems of schooling in all the civilized countries is consistent with a students' course ; but
in anticipation of a criticism which we have no
of the world. It is curious to note how far contains, as something of a counterpoise, more intention to offer. He declares that the title,
more the various educational institutions are expository matter than is usual in algebra since selections from Hazlitt and Lamb are
directly supported by the State in America books. The more abstruse portions, dealing omitted, is a misnomer. But both these
and in our own Colonies than in England.
with ratio, logarithms, and limits, strike us as admirable fashioners of the essay are easily
Public Schools Year-Book, 1912, 3/8 net.
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being, told in simple language and presented
world on young people. But, in spite of the
in dainty binding, should appeal to the young
alike of language and figures.
fact that the editor acknowledges Prof. Child
readers for whom the series is intended. Capt.
Layton (Walter T. ), An Introduction to the Study and Walter Scott as his chief authorities, we
Curley's Boy' is a tale of adventure such as
of Prices, with Special Reference to the History cannot approve of a selection which omits such
most boys will revel in ; and the stories of
of the Nineteenth century, 2/6 net.
superb and far-famed ballads as the 'Twa
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The gist of the Newmarch Memorial Lectures, Chase, which stirred the heart of Sir Philip Stories Old and New: The Lady of the Fountain,
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tabulations and statistical lists, transferred has fulfilled his task with taste and discrimina-
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to appendixes. The book supplies an historical tion.
The series called Stories Old and New pri-
résumé of the course of prices in the last century, Buckley (Elsie Finnimore), Children of the marily exists for selections, generally made
and investigates the causes which determine Dawn : 'Old Tales of Greece, 2 parts, 1/
with sympathy and discretion. The present
the purchasing power of money. There is an
Macmillan volume, in The Lady of the Fountain,'
ingenious chart of average wholesale prices The first part is devoted to the Riddle of · Geraint, the Son of Erbin,' and 'The Dream
and the world's gold production since 1800. the Sphinx, Hunting the Calydonian Boar, and of the Emperor Maxen,' embodies those of the
. Les
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most agreeable and imaginative of the Mabi- the Protestant and Roman Catholic religions in some degree. The author pays too much
nogion cycle. Children are sure to like the strike us as hardly in the best taste. Ultra- attention to trivialities, and fails to stimulate
coloured illustrations, which, if occasionally smartness and somewhat stilted dialogue do our interest.
blurred, are vigorous.
not commend the story.
Travers (John), In the World of Bewilderment, 6/
Ungoed (G. T. ), A First German Book on the
Gerry (Margarita Spalding), Heart and Chart,
Duckworth
Direct Method, 2 16
$1. 20.
Harper The story of a struggle between a man, bis
Cambridge University Press
A series of experiences related in the first wife, and another woman, with India as a back-
This book should be very useful, both in
person by a nurse. Though the author is apt ground. The man, having decided to keep
the classroom and to the solitary student. It to be somewhat sentimental at times, her straight, tells “ the other woman,” who then
contains eighty lessons, a phonetic transcription stories show signs of that knowledge of human calmly informs him that, as he loves her, so
of the first eleven of these, a grammar
nature which the nurse has such exceptional
she loves another man. The author touches
composed of the simplest and most imme-
opportunities of acquiring. An occasional on Women's Suffrage, and often lapses into
diately necessary elements, and a vocabulary.
oddity to English ears betrays the book's digressions.
Every other lesson is a rhyme, so contrived as origin.
Valentine (E. A. U. ), The Labyrinth of Life, 6/
to involve no other grammatical facts than
Greenhoe (North), Aunt Ursula's Bequest, 1/ net.
Dent
those already learnt an excellent feature.
In Murray & Evenden's Pocket Series.
We hope this book will not be overlooked,
We note also with satisfaction the author's
Grey (Zane), Riders of the Purple Sage, 6/
for it is well worth reading. The author hints
expression of his belief that every pupil should
Harper at a quarrel with the prevailing love of “ vivid
compile his own grammar.
Mormon romance is evidently not worked notes of the contemporaneous,” but his book is
Science.
out yet, and here we meet a Mormon heroine essentially a product of this very passion. His
whose life is full of exciting adventure.
characters and their setting are typical of to-day,
Hale (Arthur J. ), Practical Chemistry for Engi-
Hewlett (Maurice), The Forest Lovers ; and The but we can appreciate them nevertheless. The
neering Students, with an Introductory Note
Queen's Quair, 2/ net each.
Macmillan popularization of a better vocabulary is a work
by Prof. R. Meldola, 3) net.
Longmans
The Forest Lovers' is perhaps the most of public utility, but a word of warning is
Arranged on an eminently practical method.
popular of Mr. Hewlett's romances ; but the necessary--even a commendable dislike of the
By omitting unimportant matter, however
second, drawn in darker strokes, has fine worn phrase and a sense of the beauty of words
interesting, the author has succeeded in con-
composition in its making. The Two - Shil-
must be kept under strict control.
densing into some 200 pages a wonderful
ling Series, in which they now appear, deserves
Vansittart (Robert), John Stuart, 6/
amount of information.
exceptional praise for its handiness and excellent
For notice see p. 217.
John Murray
Scharff (Robert Francis), Distribution and Origin
type. Our review of the original edition of
Waller (Mary E. ), A Daughter of the Rich, 6/
of Life in America, 10/6 net.
Constable
• The Forest Lovers' appeared in The Athenæum
Melrose
The substance of a series of geological
for July 18, 1898, p. 93; and that of The
A well-told story of family life on an American
lectures delivered in London in 1908, with so
Queen's Quair,' on July 16, 1904, p. 72.
farm, with plenty of incident and interest,
many revisions and enlargements as to make
Holmes (Arthur H. ), Twinkle, 6/ Duckworth
which we can recommend to the young in spirit
practically an original work. As the result of
assiduous research, it embodies scientific
We have persevered valiantly through the
as well as the young in years.
results of importance, particularly with regard
meanderings of this book, and failed to discover Ward (Mrs. Humphry), Eleanor.
to the “ Glacial Epoch.
In Nelson's cheap Sevenpenny Edition. For
The book, while
its point or purpose. The author is apparently
making plentiful use of authoritative evidence,
overcome by the medley of his own ideas notice see Athen. , Nov. 3, 1900, p. 573.
is by no means subservient to it. It contains
of philosophy.
Williamson (C. N. and A. M. ), The Guests of
Knowles-Foster (Frances G. ), The Written Law, 6/ Hercules, 6/
twenty-one maps and an adequate index
Methuen
and bibliography,
Mills & Boon
The book, as sensational fiction, should afford
United States National Museum : 1871, The The title suggests a revolt against anachron- plenty of interest. A young girl, within a few
West American Mollusks of the Genus Cingula,
isms in the Statute-book, but the author only days of leaving a convent where she was about
by Paul Bartsch ; 1872, Description of a New
wanders round the subject. The leading lady,
to take the final vows, finds herself alone at
Notidanoid Shark from the Philippine Islands, whose portrait twice adorns the book, belies
Monte Carlo, amasses a fortune at the tables,
representing a New Family, by Hugh M. Smith; her appearance by an extraordinary infirmity and has many other amazing adventures,
1873, The Characters of the Fossil Plant Gigan. of purpose, and leaves us practically without a ending in marriage. There are some pleasing
topteris Schenk and its Occurrence in North heroine. The pretty background of Burma
descriptions of Continental travel and scenery.
America, by David White ; 1877, The Squaloid and the Burmese is a pleasant feature.
General Literature.
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of Camptosaurus in the U. S. National Museum, is both a surprise and relief to find the remainder Causeries about gardens have long been
by Charles W. Gilmore.
so readable. The author's plan in most cases popular. The author's gay, allusive, casual
is to take a curio, and by means of the occult method of writing is often felicitous, and often,
Juvenile Books.
weave the story of its former owner round it. thanks to its forced epigram and self-conscious
Raybould (W. ), London Bells, and What They The tale concerning Madame du Barry's silver moralizing, exercise in attitudes. Her
Tell Us, 1/
Blackie box is well done.
literary browsings tend to be irrelevant or
A book for children designed to stimulate Penny (F. E. ), The Malabar Magician, 6/
inopportune, and her intimate reveries strike
interest in the picturesque and traditional
Chatto & Windus
strained notes. We think she would have
associations of London. It rambles too much In this book the story itself is less prominent
been better advised in limiting her flights to
from topic to topic, and is too inconsequential than the local colour, native customs, and
her garden. When she is writing simply about
to create firm impressions. The reproductions hunting in the jungle. The magician himself
its features, her sincerity is unimpeachable.
of “masterpieces from the Guildhall and else- is a human old soul, who has no objection Baverstock (Rev. A. H. ), The English Agri-
where ” are not adequate.
to giving Providence a helping hand if his cultural Labour, with an Introduction by
Comic
prognostications are slow of fulfilment.
G. K. Chesterton
Fiction.
Fifield
relief is afforded by a native cook and his
For notice see p. 216.
Cannan (Gilbert), Little Brother, 6! Heinemann assistant.
Bourne (George), Change in the Village, 5/ net.
Dull, honest John Bull, junior, is passing Pryce (Gwendolen), A Long Shadow, 6/
Duckworth
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Cassell
For notice see p. 216.
as in fact, by a nervous bundle of energy and “A little man may cast a long shadow," and
Cassell's Book of Quotations, Proverbs, and
imagination who lives in a more or less para- the little man of this story certainly exerts a
Household Words, by W. Gurney Benham,
sitic condition, is signally unsuccessful in
curiously strong influence on the destinies of
Revised Edition, with Twenty Full-Page Illus-
adapting himself to his environment, but all the people with whom he comes into con-
trations and Full Verbal Index, 10/6 net.
wins friends by his promise of great achieve- tact. Miss Pryce succeeds in getting plenty of
Cassell
ment. Such a subject, naturally tangled, needs local colour and atmosphere into her story,
It would surely be an advantage to have the
exceptionally lucid treatment. The author's
and to Welsh people especially her book will
date of publication on the title-page of this
method, unfortunately, is confused in the give much pleasure.
book. We noticed the first issue on February
extreme, and his good things are obscured under
a mass of verbiage the more to be lamented
Raymond (Walter), The Book of Simple Delights,
23rd, 1907, and described the volume as “ excel-
lent in the main. " It is the most comprehensive
because his flashes of illumination are brilliant.
3/6
of its kind. The additions made are of interest,
Chesterton (G. K. ), Manalive, 2/ net. Nelson
Dent
New edition.
and should be decidedly useful. The revision
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Sharp (Evelyn), The Victories of Olivia, 6/
might have been carried further. Identifica-
Dickens, David Copperfield, Vol. I.
For notice see p. 217.
Macmillan
tions in several cases, as our reviewer pointed
In Nelson's Sixpenny Classics. It has a more
Somers (John), A Chord Once Struck.
out in 1907, are easy to the expert. We can-
subdued and attractive cover than the books in
Murray & Evenden not see the use of the plates of men of letters.
the Sevenpenny Edition, and the printing is
We fail to find interest or novelty in this Cotterill (C. C. ), A Living Wage: a National
quite as good. One of the familiar illustrations Society story, nor can it be called sensational. Necessity,
Fifield
is included.
The characters who obstruct the end in view For notice see p. 216.
Fletcher (Margaret), The Fugitives, 6/
being removed, the hero and heroine come Cousins (James H. ), The Wisdom of the West : an
Longmans together and the author revels in sentiment.
Introduction to the Interpretative Study of
For notice see p. 217.
Swabey (Hilda M. ), The Chief Commissioner, 61
Irish Mythology,
Foll (Hattil), A Prodigal Daughter : a Chronicle
Methuen
Theosophical Publishing Society.
of Marlshire, 6/
Dent The story of a man who, after contracting an This book is an extended form of a course of
The prodigal daughter is a heartless and unsatisfactory marriage, isolates himself, and lectures delivered before the Dublin University
egotistic young person, and we have scant finds fame and fortune in the Indian Civil Gaelic Society at Trinity College, and other
sympathy with her escapades. A more pleasing Service. Ambitious, and by nature a misogy- Art, Theosophic, and Mystical societies. They
person is her father, a country clergyman of nist, he becomes at last a mere working machine, deal mainly with mythological interpretation,
remarkable dignity and strength of character, while his overbearing disposition makes him its history, philosophy, and practical application.
who treats her with a good deal more considera- unattractive, and incidentally a bore. How- Mrs. Besant's "Myth-Monad" plays a large
tion than she deserves. The machinations of ever, the visit of a long-neglected daughter part in these essays. They tend to vary in
an empty-headed society woman and a Jesuit has a somewhat salutary effect, and the story quality, and we prefer those treating, without
priest form an integral part of the plot, but is mainly concerned with squabbles between theoretic embroidery, of legendary matter in
the author's frequent comparisons between the two, in which the lady eventually triumphs its simpler and more primal aspect.
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Envelope Books : A Book of Christmas Carols ; Nevinson (Henry W. ), Between the Acts, 2/6 net. biography is difficult to apply to De Vigny,
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Ago, by John Brown, 6d. net each.
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Scots, by H. Glassford Bell,
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similar subjects. Except for the differences through it, since, to quote the author in a
in time, they might have been written by any different application, enough has been said
estimable playwright of to-day to his leading and written on this subject already. " It is
actor. We obtain, however, some interesting purely a gossipy and anecdotal sketch of
glimpses of the inner workings of the dreary Dickens's early life, illumined by no distinction
drama of fifty years ago, before its revival of style, and interspersed with banalities and
late in the second half of the nineteenth century. trivialities which might very well have been
There is a prudent and well-balanced introduce omitted. As a biography it is dull and
tion, and the book is finely printed.
commonplace.
is a voluminous appendix.
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duced to Lamb by that inimitable person
George Dyer, we are inclined to shift our per-
spective. Rickman's political letters we find
pompous and dogmatic, but his more personal
commentaries are brisk and refreshing, and at
times he has something of Lamb's shyness and
humour.
an
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most agreeable and imaginative of the Mabi- the Protestant and Roman Catholic religions in some degree. The author pays too much
nogion cycle. Children are sure to like the strike us as hardly in the best taste. Ultra- attention to trivialities, and fails to stimulate
coloured illustrations, which, if occasionally smartness and somewhat stilted dialogue do our interest.
blurred, are vigorous.
not commend the story.
Travers (John), In the World of Bewilderment, 6/
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the classroom and to the solitary student. It to be somewhat sentimental at times, her straight, tells “ the other woman,” who then
contains eighty lessons, a phonetic transcription stories show signs of that knowledge of human calmly informs him that, as he loves her, so
of the first eleven of these, a grammar
nature which the nurse has such exceptional
she loves another man. The author touches
composed of the simplest and most imme-
opportunities of acquiring. An occasional on Women's Suffrage, and often lapses into
diately necessary elements, and a vocabulary.
oddity to English ears betrays the book's digressions.
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Valentine (E. A. U. ), The Labyrinth of Life, 6/
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Harper at a quarrel with the prevailing love of “ vivid
compile his own grammar.
Mormon romance is evidently not worked notes of the contemporaneous,” but his book is
Science.
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characters and their setting are typical of to-day,
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to giving Providence a helping hand if his cultural Labour, with an Introduction by
Comic
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date of publication on the title-page of this
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extreme, and his good things are obscured under
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For notice see p. 217.
Swabey (Hilda M. ), The Chief Commissioner, 61
Irish Mythology,
Foll (Hattil), A Prodigal Daughter : a Chronicle
Methuen
Theosophical Publishing Society.
of Marlshire, 6/
Dent The story of a man who, after contracting an This book is an extended form of a course of
The prodigal daughter is a heartless and unsatisfactory marriage, isolates himself, and lectures delivered before the Dublin University
egotistic young person, and we have scant finds fame and fortune in the Indian Civil Gaelic Society at Trinity College, and other
sympathy with her escapades. A more pleasing Service. Ambitious, and by nature a misogy- Art, Theosophic, and Mystical societies. They
person is her father, a country clergyman of nist, he becomes at last a mere working machine, deal mainly with mythological interpretation,
remarkable dignity and strength of character, while his overbearing disposition makes him its history, philosophy, and practical application.
who treats her with a good deal more considera- unattractive, and incidentally a bore. How- Mrs. Besant's "Myth-Monad" plays a large
tion than she deserves. The machinations of ever, the visit of a long-neglected daughter part in these essays. They tend to vary in
an empty-headed society woman and a Jesuit has a somewhat salutary effect, and the story quality, and we prefer those treating, without
priest form an integral part of the plot, but is mainly concerned with squabbles between theoretic embroidery, of legendary matter in
the author's frequent comparisons between the two, in which the lady eventually triumphs its simpler and more primal aspect.
an
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