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F.
Moule : Vol.
II.
Polyglots
of reinforcing the technical legalities of the of dilettantism, nevertheless shows promise. and Languages other than English, 3 parts,
Verbiage and irrelevancies abound, Her style is chaste, and finely tempered to suit with Indexes, 63/ net (complete work).
together with minutive referring to the argument. the exigencies of her expression. She owes the These volumes sufficiently demonstrate the
Yet Barlee was only drawing up a rough draft greater part of her inspiration to the more magnitude of the task attempted. They deal
of a projected work, which was to run into far classical poets. She is apt to fashion into with polyglot editions and languages other
larger dimensions. Mr. A. L. Hardy adds an rhythmical swing and sonorousness a poetic than English. The indexes, references, and
interesting biographical preface concerning him. substance of insufficient intrinsic merit. But text are full and complete.
It is Vol. VI. of the Manorial Society's Publica- occasionally, as in Calypso' and 'Mary Library (The), January, 3/ net.
tions.
Magdalen,' she attains vital force and poignancy. For notice see p. 125.
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or
Welsh Bibliographical Society Journal, December, Sainsbury (Ethel Bruce), A Calendar of the Longinus from its inception in ecclesiastical
1911, 5/ annually:
Court Minutes, &c. , the East India Company, and popular tradition to its treatment in
A useful publication for reference. It
1644-9, with an Introduction and Notes by mediæval English literature. The study is
includes a ' Bibliographical Note on the Sources William Foster, 12/6 net.
more a compilation than anything else, and
of the Mediæval History of the Welsh Boroughs,' A compilation which will largely facilitate within its circle of reference and quotation
by Dr. Lewis, which contains voluminous research into the Company's archives, and is satisfactorily put together.
matter culled from contemporary documents. which enhances our knowledge of its complex | Year's Work in Classical Studies (The), 1911,
machinery. The annalist, the genealogist, and edited by Leonard Whibley, 2/6 net.
History and Biography.
the antiquary may also delve into these Calen- The annual publication of the Classical
Addison (A. C. ), The Romantic Story of the May- dars with advantage. The index, textual Association devotes more space than usual to
flower Pilgrims, and its Place in the Life of annotation, and documentary evidence are archæology and history, and less to literary
To-day, 776 net.
satisfactory. This is the third volume of the and textual studies. Each article contains
The book does not put its story in a new
series.
a useful survey of the outstanding publications.
or particularly attractive guise. The numerous
Wilkins (H. J. ), The Church Register (A. D. 1559– and discoveries of the year.
original illustrations are its best point. With- 1713) of the Ancient Parish of Westbury-on-
out them our interest, in spite of the exactitude Trym, with Introduction, 12/6 net.
Political Economy.
of fact, would be but faintly stirred.
I'he seventh contribution to the history of
Firth (C. H. ), Cromwell's Army, 6/
this parish. Apart from archæological value,
Smart (William), The Distribution of Income,
Second Edition, 3/6 net.
A new edition of Prof. Firth's standard work it is a painstaking and laborious work full of
human interest. de
Although the new edition does not differ
is very welcome. The scantiness of fresh
greatly from the old in size, the text shows
material published since 1902, when the book
a considerable amount of revision, principally
first appeared, has made the changes unim- Geography and Travel.
due to the knowledge acquired by Prof. Smart
portant, and the corrections are too minute to
Fisher (Harriet White), A Woman's World Tour in as a member of the Poor Law Commission. He
need special mention. On the other hand, the
a Motor, 10/6 net.
assures his readers, however, that his original
military legislation of the years 1642-60 is
Mrs. Fisher tells of a tour she made in her conclusion, which is hardly conclusive, remains
now far more accessible than it was ten years
car, with her maid, engineer, and secretary,
substantially unaltered, namely, that there is
ago, and the illustrations added are of decided
through France, Switzerland, Italy, Egypt,
“something curiously like a rough justice
interest.
India, Japan, and the United States. She in the present system of income distribution.
Fisher (Sydney George), The True Daniel Webster, should interest motorists as she deals with
10/6 net.
the carrying of provisions, sleeping accommoda-
School-Books.
The True Daniel Webster' is better than
tion, cooking utensils, petrol, &c. , for journeys Dickens's Pickwick Papers, abridged, with
its title. If Dr. Fisher attempts too much of five or six days. Information is also given Introduction, by Russell Scott, 2/6
in defending his hero against all the charges of on shipping and registering the car. The All works, says Johnson, which describe
the Abolitionists, he gives us an excellent
weight of the book will make it a formidable
manners require notes in sixty, or seventy
narrative of the less controversial portion of addition to any motorist's luggage.
years, if not less. Pickwick' has been
his subject, using the documentary evidence Herz (Max), New Zealand : the Country and the annotated and explained by a multitude of
with skill and judgment. There are several People, 12/6 net.
writers, but we do not think that it should
pertinent illustrations.
For notice see p. 124.
have been made into a School Reader,'
Jenkins (Herbert), The Life of George Borrow, Noel (Norman), Blanket-Stiff ; or, A Wanderer in that a condensation which omits the Rochester
compiled from Unpublished Official Documents, Canada, 1911, 2/ net.
Duel, the Bath Footmen's Swarry, and all
his Works, Correspondence, &c. 10/6 net.
This little book, as stated in the Introduction, Stiggins needs no apology. The great classic
This work is written on more comprehensive is without pretensions to style or literary merit. of fun should be read out of school hours, and
lines than Dr. Knapp's biography, since docu- As the record by a young fellow of nineteen read as Dickens wrote it.
ments inaccessible in his time have now been while in Canada of events just as they hapo Drury (F. E. ), Manual Training Woodwork
brought to light, thanks to systematic investiga- pened, it may prove “ of interest to others
Exercises treated Mathematically: a Scheme
tion at the Public Record Office and the British in similar circumstances,” but careful editing for linking up Practical Mathematics with
Museum. There are a dozen illustrations, a would have given it a wider interest. Para- Woodwork, including a Complete Course of
photogravure frontispiece, and a considerable graphs such as that on p. 11 are confusing, Mensuration, 2/6
index. We shall review the book later.
and spoil a book for the general reader.
Deals with the application of practical
M'Naught (D. ), Kilmaurs Parish and Burgh,
Orleans (Duke of), Hunters and Hunting in the mathematics to woodwork in the form of
7/6 net.
Arctic, 7/6 net.
mensuration. There are a large number of
The fruit of long years of research among
For notice see p. 121.
exercises, examples, and diagrams.
the manuscripts and public records of the
Peck (Annie S. ), High Mountain Climbing in Peru Furneaux (W. S. ), A Nature Study Guide, 3/6 net.
borough. There is a considerable amount of
and Bolivia : a Search for the Apex of America, A bright and informative little book for use
fresh material published for the first time.
including the Conquest of Huascarán, with in schools. Its object is to supplement normal
Side by side with much interesting fact is a
some Observations on the Country and People naturalistic study. So many naturalist books
store of minutiæ, which will be irksome to
Below, 12/6 net.
supply mere facts, without considering the
such as are not experts on the subject.
For notice see p. 122.
definitive
propriety of method. They are
Seton (Ernest Thompson), The Arctic Prairies, rather than suggestive. The present study
Oldham (J. Basil), The Renaissance, 1/ net.
a Canoe Journey of 2,000 Miles in search of reverses the process. There are over 200 clear
A pleasant manual upon a subject too
the Caribou ; being the Account of a Voyage illustrations.
extensive to be treated on any but com- to the Region north of Aylmer Lake, 12/6 net. Godfrey (C. ) and Siddons (A. W. ), A Shorter
prehensive lines. The author is therefore
A record of Mr. Seton's six months' journey Geometry, 2/6
prudent to avoid controversial topics and
by canoe down the Athabaska river into the Contains the essential features of the “ Ele-
Those demanding detailed criticism, and to
far north-west territories of Canada. It is a
confine himself to bare summary.
mentary Geometry 'by the same authors, while
In view of
fascinating narrative, including as it does many their Geometry for Beginners' (noticed in
the difficulties, he has co-ordinated his
heterogeneous elements, welded into a com- The Athenæum of Jan. 22, 1910, p. 104) bas
matter with ability and discrimination.
posite whole. Mr. Seton is intensely receptive been reprinted as Part I. The book is admirably
There are some excellent reproductions of to impressions, while his faculty of presentation fitted for its purpose.
masterpieces, but a bibliography should cer- is notable among contemporary explorers, and Lessing (Gotthold Ephraim), Nathan der Weise,
tainly have been included. One of the Temple
his appreciation is almost poctic. There are ein dramatisches Gedicht, edited by J. G.
Cyclopædic Primers.
many illustrations and pencil studies of con- Robertson, 3/6
Rajkumar College, Rajkot, Forty Years of the :
vincing merit.
An annotated edition in the Pitt Press Series
an Account of the Origin and Progress of the
Tremearne (Major A. J. N. ), The Tailed Head- which recognizes the fact that the field has
College, prepared and abridged from the Papers
hunters of Nigeria : an Account of an Official's often been traversed in recent years. Prof.
of the late Chester Macnaghten and other Seven Years Experiences in the Northern Robertson is able, however, to add some
Sources, 1870 - 1910, compiled by H. H. Sir
Nigerian Pagan Belt, and a Description of the valuable matter and references.
Bhavsinhji, Maharaja of Bhavnagar, 6 vols. , Manners, Habits, and Custoins of the Native Olive (Charles D. ), Mirabilia : a Short Collection
with Index.
Tribes, 16/ net.
of Modern Stories in Latin, given as Unseens
A somewhat pretentious compilation con- For notice see p. 123.
to Preparatory Schoolboys, 1/6
cerning the seminary established in India for
Such narratives as 'The Story of the Three
the education of sons of chiefs. In its abridged
Sports and Pastimes.
Bears,' Little Red Ridinghood,' and
form it is more than a quarter of the size of the
Episode of the Indian Mutiny are put into
last edition of 'The Encyclopædia Britannica. ' Cotton (W. B. ), Sport in the Eastern Sudan from
Latin. The results were found interesting by
The layishness which has been expended on
Souakin to the Blue Nile.
the author's pupils, and should be equally so
preparing these sumptuous, unwieldy volumes For notice see p. 123.
to other boys. The volume is also to be had
for the press appears to us disproportionate
Philology.
to the value of the material. Each page is
without a vocabulary, and we should prefer it
in that form.
embellished with an elaborate frieze, and many Bryn Mawr College Monographs, Monograph Roman Conquest of Britain: a Fourth Form
portions are purely catalogues of rich cele- Series : Vol. VIII. The Egyptian Elements in Reading Book, adapted from the Text of
brities connected with the College.
the Legend of the Body and Soul, by Louise Tacitus, with Map, Introduction, Notes, and
Robinson (F. P. ), The Trade of the East India Dudley; Vol. IX. The Legend of Longinus Vocabulary, by William Modlen, 1/6
Company from 1709 to 1813, 3/6 net.
in Ecclesiastical Tradition and in English A Fourth Form text-book of the customary
Owing to the complexities of the subject, Literature, and its Connection with the Grail, type, with the more difficult constructions
the author has chosen to concentrate upon one by Rose Jeffries Peebles, $1 each.
omitted and the occasional insertion of words
phase of it-the development of the Company Two theses written for Doctorates of Philo- to facilitate translation. The notes and
from a trading concern into a political power. sophy in Bryn Mawr College. In the first, vocabulary are satisfactory, and the printing
The economic side is almost inextricably the author has based her dissertation solely is clear and large. One of Macmillan's Ele.
blended with the political ; but he has har- on the Christian Egyptian influences, thus mentary Classics.
monized the two, and made a bright, fluent ignoring evidence from the original Greek, Rose (John D. ), Advanced English Grammar
narrative of them, managing his material Hebrew, and Coptic manuscripts, while other through Composition, 2/6
with much acuteness. He adopts a somewhat material has been inaccessible. But within Completes a course of English grammar for
eulogistic tone, and has included some indis- these limitations the research is a thorough piece schools after the method of the author's
pensable tables of statistics, and a full biblio- of analysis. If anything, the annotation is * Elementary English Grammar through Com-
graphy. It is the Le Bas Prize Essay for 1911. excessive. The second traces the legend of position. It is an agreeable and useful work,
An
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because it justifies the principle of practical
applicability by keeping common speech within
its ken. The authorized grammatical ter-
minology recently adopted is here represented.
Verney (Margaret M. ), Bucks Biographies : a
School-Book, 2/6 net.
A pleasant book concerning the notable
men of the county, including the Verneys,
the Russells of Chenies, John Hampden, Milton,
and Louis XVIII. at Hartwell House. Some
of the persons mentioned have but a slight
connexion with the district.
Wilson (F. R. L. ) and Hedley (G. W. ), A School
Chemistry, 4/6
A neat digest of the author's earlier work-
* Elementary Chemistry : Progressive Lessons
in Experiment and Theory'--following its
method of arrangement throughout. The book
is designed for the Matriculation standard of
examination.
Zedelius (Theodore), Geleite, die drauszen sind !
edited by D. L. Savory for Rivingtons' Direct
Method Easy German Texts, 1/6
This is a good number in an excellent series.
The story is simple and simply told, but of more
than sufficient interest for its purpose. The
editor has introduced it by a short biography
of the writer, in easy German. The text is
divided into fourteen sections, each followed
by some twenty questions on the subject matter,
framed out of the words used in the section, and
intended to be answered from the same vocabu-
lary. There follow grammatical exercises on
the same plan, in each of which only one or
two points are dealt with in very easy examples.
At the foot of each page of text explanations
-in German of the more difficult words are
given. Here it certainly occurred to us more
than once that to the beginner the explanation
must often seem hardly less of a puzzle than
difficulty
" itself.
the "
popular lines, and including Greek, Roman, Field (George), Four Months, 2/ net.
Hindoo, and Scandinavian myth, Christian Mr. Field's style is painfully laboured.
legend, and the folk-lore of primitive races. Many of his sentences are so long and involved
Apart from the introductory chapters the book as to need reading a second time before they
is arranged in alphabetical order.
become intelligible. The story concerns
Smithsonian Institution, Report of the Secretary
rural tragedy.
for the Year ending June 30, 1911.
Foreman (Stephen), The Fen Dogs, 6!
A review of the investigations and discoveries The beginning of this book, with its vivid
of the Institution proper during the year, with description of the hardships endured by Sir
supplementary paragraphs dealing with the John Moore's army in its retreat to Corunna,
several branches. The appendix presents promises well. But when the thread of the
direct reports of those actually engaged in story is taken up in the Fens, it becomes dull ;
and responsible for the work.
the characters lose life and individuality, and.
the situations are forced.
Fiction,
Frothingham (E. B. ), Her Roman Lover, 6/
A rather long-drawn-out tale of a young
Abernathy (Miles), The Ride of the Abernathy American girl's passion for an Italian. We
Boys, 3/6
found his petty jealousy and the paltry mis-
English boys will read with no small amount understandings which go to make up the story
of envy this story of boy-life in Mexico. To
irksome. The scene is laid in Rome.
older readers, however, the highly improbable Ince (Mabel), The Wisdom of Waiting, 61
nature of the narrative, coupled with the fact • The Wisdom of Waiting' was perilously
that the tastes of our transatlantic friends have
near wrecking the happiness of two people,
been more closely thought of, will, we think, but their affairs came right in the end, and,
reduce the interest in the volume.
as the interval provides a good deal of enter-
Bindloss (Harold), The Pioneer, 6/
tainment, it is justified in this case. The
A tale of adventure written in the author's conversation is natural, and the characters,
usual buoyant style. He is at his best in especially the minor ones, are well drawn.
describing outdoor life. There is plenty of Ladd (Anna Coleman), Hieronymus Rides, 6/
incident, and the good and evil receive their Episodes in the life of a knight and jester
conventional due.
at the Court of the Emperor Maximilian. The
Clarke (I. ), Prisoners' Years, 6/
style recalls that of a well-known romantic
By a curious coincidence the authors of this writer. The episodic nature of the story has
book and The Debtor,' which follows, have the effect of making it appear rather disjointed. .
chosen a similar theme. The present author Leeds (Mrs. Lewis), Château Bluebeard, 6!
portrays two conversions to the
Roman
A modern setting, based on the fairy tale.
Catholic faith with convincing simplicity. The The hero is a supposed descendant of the
man's is artistically the more effective, as that legendary Barbe Bleue, and the scene is his
of the girl is, perhaps, a little marred by its château in Britanny. The interest is well
inevitability. Some of the minor characters sustained, and the mystery is in the end satis-
are drawn with a quiet humour which makes factorily cleared up.
excellent reading.
Lockhart (Caroline), “ Me-Smith," 6/
Cody (H. A. ), The Fourth Watch, 6/
This breezy story of life on a Texas cattle
The scene is laid in a small Canadian town ranch is a realistic picture of human nature in
and in a lumber camp, while the story, which the rough. While many of the incidents may
has the conventional happy ending, describes appear rather far-fetched, it must be remem-
the trials and tribulations of an elderly bered that law and order are, even now, but
clergyman whose patience in adverse circum- imperfectly established in the district. Most
stances is remarkable. The author's style is of the characters, although life like, are some-
too sentimental.
what sketchily portrayed, and undue pro-
Coke (Desmond), The Cure : a Psychological
minence has been given to a certain insolent
Farce, 61
courage bordering on bravado.
The author shields himself with a warning Macmillan's Sevenpenny Series: A Kentucky
preliminary Notice. " Critics and school- Cardinal, by James Lane Allen (see Alhen. ,
masters are not to be baffled by such simple Dec, 26, 1896, p. 904); The Benefactress, by the
devices, but we do not think Mr. Coke has any Author of 'Elizabeth and her German Garden';
great cause for uneasiness. His book is amusing Don Orsino, by F. Marion Crawford (see Athen. . .
enough to while away an idle evening, and we Nov. 19, 1892, p. 699); Dorothy Vernon of
can recommend it to readers of the classes Haddon Hall, by Charles Major; and Miranda
mentioned in the Notice to which we have of the Balcony, by A. E. W. Mason (see Athen. ,
referred. The farce is enacted at a modern Oct. 7, 1899, p. 487).
English cure establishment, full of queer Marsh (Richard), Sam Briggs : His Book, 6/
inmates and accessories. The characters-in- The autobiography of a by no means typical
cluding a spoilt woman married to a typical Cockney. He is utterly lacking in the savoir-
better-class Englishman, an attractive young faire of the average specimen ; indeed, his
girl, a pedantic professor, and an athletic, but hopeless inanity reduces him to a mere puppet,.
somewhat ineffective young barrister-all help and the story itself to farce pure and simple.
the story rapidly along to a satisfactory ending. It is only fair to add, however, that even in his
Crespigny (Mrs. Philip Champion de), The Mark. most impossible adventures he compels an.
The author's circle includes on the one side
occasional smile.
the smart set, and on the other the Philistinism
Mulholland (Rosa), Agatha's Hard Saying.
of impoverished landed gentry. With
This novel makes the transmission of a
both she deals in the fashion of a clever woman craving for drink responsible for the gradual
of the world, tender to faults and foibles as to extinction of a wealthy family. The treatment
physical infirmities, and veiling behind apparent is unsatisfactory : beginning with a complicated
Hippancy an optimistic belief in the antiseptic set of courtships, the love-interest gradually
effects of expiation and self-sacrifice. The evaporates, its place being taken by descrip:
mark of the title, with its hint of mystic fatality, tions of the effects of drink upon the individual
could have been eliminated without the slightest and the community. The story, which towards
sense of dismemberment, but unfortunately
66
Sciencr.
Béchamp (A. ), The Blood and its Third Ana-
tomical Element, translated by Montague R.
Leverson, 6/ net.
The author's aim is to apply the Microzymian
theory of the living organization to the chemical
and anatomical constitution of the blood and
its other spontaneous changes, including the
anatomical and physiological causes of its
coagulation. M. Béchamp died nearly four
years ago, and his researches have done much
to solve vexed problems in biology, physio-
logy, and pathology. His work, therefore,
richly deserves the accurate translation which
his disciple has provided. Its technicalities
are such that it can hardly reach any but
a specialist audience. We are inclined to
mistrust the tone of the translator's preface.
Fowler (J. S. ) and Marriott (w. ), Our Weather,
1/ net.
A simple and popular exposition of modern
meteorology. It was undertaken at the sug-
gestion of the Royal Meteorological Society,
who wore wise to recognize the indispensability
of isolating this subject and treating it sepa-
rately. The book is in a small compass, but
is an admirable digest of the best authorities.
We are glad to see that a chapter has been
devoted to weather superstitions in popular
poetry. One of the Temple Cyclopædic
the end becomes thin and flat, fizzles out, leav-
Mrs. de Crespigny has succumbed to the pre- ing the fates of the principal surviving cha-
vailing tendency to dabble in the supernormal.
racters unsettled.
It may be fruitless to seek for new plots, but Neuman (B. Paul), Roddles, 6/
normal experience still offers a wide field for For notice see p. 119.
those whose talent lies in the delicate handling O'Kane (W. M. ), The King's Luck: a Romance
of commonplace themes.
of the Vale of Hope, 6/
Cullum (Ridgwell), The Hound from the North, A long and somewhat dreary tale of the
2/ net.
struggle between the Cavaliers and Round-
This is a new cheap edition, a fact which, but heads, in which a lost talisman belonging to
for what we can only regard as a lamentable Charles I. is guarded by a heroine
“ dowered
oversight, would doubtless have been stated with her father's mystical eyes,” but with a
on the title-page.
mouth that was all her own.
Dickens (Mary Angela), The Debtor, 6/
Pain (Barry), Exit Eliza, 1/ net.
This novel, by a granddaughter of Dickens, The present instalment of Eliza's husband's
has conspicuous merit. Its failure of high doings becomes in the later pages so little
attainment is merely owing to the introduction interesting that the title is rather to be wel-
of the supernormal. The miraculous event comed than deplored. Mr. Fred Bennett's
which forms the key-note of the conversion illustrations have conspicuous merit through-
of three people to Roman Catholicism is not out.
necessarily unconvincing, but the tale is not Palmer (William), Under Home Rule, 7d. net.
on a big enough scale to contain it. We trust, Here imagination, casting all restraint aside,
however, that it will be widely read, if only for luxuriates in an orgy of pictorial prophecy.
the measure of sympathetic insight which, we We had no idea that such seductive vilainy
think, the author has inherited,
underlay the seeming guilelessness of the
Primers.
Gilchrist (J. D. F. ), South African Zoology: a
Text-Book for the Use of Students, Teachers,
and Others in South Africa.
Suggested by and based on course of
lectures delivered at the South African College,
and published in The Cape Agricultural Journal.
It is writton for the Intermediate standard.
The ultimate test of such books is the measure
of their compactness and the relevance and
manipulation of their detail. The author has
kept this desirable end steadily in view, with
the result that a mass of scientific knowledge
concerning South African fauna, subtly arranged
and simply expressed, is made readily accessible.
The illustrations are excellent and numerous,
some of them being original. The index is all
that could be desired.
Science Progress in the Twentieth Century,
January, 5/ net.
An article by Sir Oliver Lodge on The
Ether of Space and the Principle of Relativity'
is the most important feature of this review,
Dr. W. N. Shaw's work on air currents in
relation to aviation is probably the most
interesting of the other contributions.
Skinner (Charles M. ), Myths and Legends of
Flowers, Trees, Fruits, and Plants, in all Ages
and in all Climes, 6/
The mass of legendary
lore concerning trees
and plants seems inexhaustible, and Mr.
Skinner has made a readable book, written on
an
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Nationalists, Home Rule means Roman ascen- present time, which was announced some time and it is the aim of this book to trace the
dancy and civil war, according to the paper since and then withdrawn. Its object is to vicissitudes of his fame rather than present a
cover.
examine the functions of the newly formed critical estimate of his beginnings. It deals
Pocock (Roger), Jesse of Cariboo, 6/
War Staff, and ascertain its efficacy in the with 'Pauline,' 'Paracelsus' (the first review
Mr. Pocock's latest novel is a breezy and
contingency of an outbreak of hostilities.
of which Browning accredited to The Athenæum),
stirring narrative of Canadian life.
'Strafford,' Sordello,' and 'Bells and Pome-
He writes, Carpenter (Dr. Estlin), A Peasant Sage of Japan.
granates. ' The author is, however, tempted
for the most part, in the language of the For notice see p. 124.
American people.
to stray over his own boundaries into personal
Celtic Review, January, 2/6 net.
appreciation, which is by no means unbridled,
St. Leger (Evelyn), The Shape of the World, 6/
In this number the Gaelic version of Statius's
but merely substantiates established verdicts.
This story, to which a quotation from the "Thebaid,' faced by an English version, is con- The Athenaeum, which reviewed ‘Pauline,' was
52nd Psalm, “Ecce homo qui non posuit tinued. În 'A Highland Goddess' Mr. Mac-
among the minority which gave it cordial
Deum adjutorem suum,” forms the key-note, kenzie discusses the theocratic concepts of the
mention.
carries the subject of hereditary imbecilities Cailleachan Mor,' and the Rev. Donald Maclean
into the realm of farce. The success of the begins a survey of the Literature of the Majid (Syed H. R. Abdul), England and the
book lies in the lightness of its handling, and Scottish Gael. ' There is a pleasant rendering
Moslem World : Articles, Addresses, and
American time-saving methods of description of some fanciful children's games written in Essays on Eastern Subjects.
are occasionally carried to excess.
This book, written in a spirit of strong
But the Gaelic.
author has a lively style and no small sense of
Eastern patriotism, deals with various aspects
Crockett (W. S. ), The Scott Originals : an Account
humour,
of the Moslem States, their political outlook,
of Notables and Worthies, the Originals of
their legal status and its relation to international
Silbertad (Una L. ), Success, 6!
Characters in the Waverley Novels.
law and the social perspective. An instructive
This is a good and interesting story, though Some interesting and informative material
chapter is written on the Ottoman constitution.
a little heavy; the mis-en-scène, by no means has been gleaned by Mr. Crockett, with assist-
The scope of the book is wide, and includes
ordinary, is largely made up of companies ance in some measure from Lockhart's famous
many crucial problems, notably Indian unrest,
and mechanical inventions.
of reinforcing the technical legalities of the of dilettantism, nevertheless shows promise. and Languages other than English, 3 parts,
Verbiage and irrelevancies abound, Her style is chaste, and finely tempered to suit with Indexes, 63/ net (complete work).
together with minutive referring to the argument. the exigencies of her expression. She owes the These volumes sufficiently demonstrate the
Yet Barlee was only drawing up a rough draft greater part of her inspiration to the more magnitude of the task attempted. They deal
of a projected work, which was to run into far classical poets. She is apt to fashion into with polyglot editions and languages other
larger dimensions. Mr. A. L. Hardy adds an rhythmical swing and sonorousness a poetic than English. The indexes, references, and
interesting biographical preface concerning him. substance of insufficient intrinsic merit. But text are full and complete.
It is Vol. VI. of the Manorial Society's Publica- occasionally, as in Calypso' and 'Mary Library (The), January, 3/ net.
tions.
Magdalen,' she attains vital force and poignancy. For notice see p. 125.
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or
Welsh Bibliographical Society Journal, December, Sainsbury (Ethel Bruce), A Calendar of the Longinus from its inception in ecclesiastical
1911, 5/ annually:
Court Minutes, &c. , the East India Company, and popular tradition to its treatment in
A useful publication for reference. It
1644-9, with an Introduction and Notes by mediæval English literature. The study is
includes a ' Bibliographical Note on the Sources William Foster, 12/6 net.
more a compilation than anything else, and
of the Mediæval History of the Welsh Boroughs,' A compilation which will largely facilitate within its circle of reference and quotation
by Dr. Lewis, which contains voluminous research into the Company's archives, and is satisfactorily put together.
matter culled from contemporary documents. which enhances our knowledge of its complex | Year's Work in Classical Studies (The), 1911,
machinery. The annalist, the genealogist, and edited by Leonard Whibley, 2/6 net.
History and Biography.
the antiquary may also delve into these Calen- The annual publication of the Classical
Addison (A. C. ), The Romantic Story of the May- dars with advantage. The index, textual Association devotes more space than usual to
flower Pilgrims, and its Place in the Life of annotation, and documentary evidence are archæology and history, and less to literary
To-day, 776 net.
satisfactory. This is the third volume of the and textual studies. Each article contains
The book does not put its story in a new
series.
a useful survey of the outstanding publications.
or particularly attractive guise. The numerous
Wilkins (H. J. ), The Church Register (A. D. 1559– and discoveries of the year.
original illustrations are its best point. With- 1713) of the Ancient Parish of Westbury-on-
out them our interest, in spite of the exactitude Trym, with Introduction, 12/6 net.
Political Economy.
of fact, would be but faintly stirred.
I'he seventh contribution to the history of
Firth (C. H. ), Cromwell's Army, 6/
this parish. Apart from archæological value,
Smart (William), The Distribution of Income,
Second Edition, 3/6 net.
A new edition of Prof. Firth's standard work it is a painstaking and laborious work full of
human interest. de
Although the new edition does not differ
is very welcome. The scantiness of fresh
greatly from the old in size, the text shows
material published since 1902, when the book
a considerable amount of revision, principally
first appeared, has made the changes unim- Geography and Travel.
due to the knowledge acquired by Prof. Smart
portant, and the corrections are too minute to
Fisher (Harriet White), A Woman's World Tour in as a member of the Poor Law Commission. He
need special mention. On the other hand, the
a Motor, 10/6 net.
assures his readers, however, that his original
military legislation of the years 1642-60 is
Mrs. Fisher tells of a tour she made in her conclusion, which is hardly conclusive, remains
now far more accessible than it was ten years
car, with her maid, engineer, and secretary,
substantially unaltered, namely, that there is
ago, and the illustrations added are of decided
through France, Switzerland, Italy, Egypt,
“something curiously like a rough justice
interest.
India, Japan, and the United States. She in the present system of income distribution.
Fisher (Sydney George), The True Daniel Webster, should interest motorists as she deals with
10/6 net.
the carrying of provisions, sleeping accommoda-
School-Books.
The True Daniel Webster' is better than
tion, cooking utensils, petrol, &c. , for journeys Dickens's Pickwick Papers, abridged, with
its title. If Dr. Fisher attempts too much of five or six days. Information is also given Introduction, by Russell Scott, 2/6
in defending his hero against all the charges of on shipping and registering the car. The All works, says Johnson, which describe
the Abolitionists, he gives us an excellent
weight of the book will make it a formidable
manners require notes in sixty, or seventy
narrative of the less controversial portion of addition to any motorist's luggage.
years, if not less. Pickwick' has been
his subject, using the documentary evidence Herz (Max), New Zealand : the Country and the annotated and explained by a multitude of
with skill and judgment. There are several People, 12/6 net.
writers, but we do not think that it should
pertinent illustrations.
For notice see p. 124.
have been made into a School Reader,'
Jenkins (Herbert), The Life of George Borrow, Noel (Norman), Blanket-Stiff ; or, A Wanderer in that a condensation which omits the Rochester
compiled from Unpublished Official Documents, Canada, 1911, 2/ net.
Duel, the Bath Footmen's Swarry, and all
his Works, Correspondence, &c. 10/6 net.
This little book, as stated in the Introduction, Stiggins needs no apology. The great classic
This work is written on more comprehensive is without pretensions to style or literary merit. of fun should be read out of school hours, and
lines than Dr. Knapp's biography, since docu- As the record by a young fellow of nineteen read as Dickens wrote it.
ments inaccessible in his time have now been while in Canada of events just as they hapo Drury (F. E. ), Manual Training Woodwork
brought to light, thanks to systematic investiga- pened, it may prove “ of interest to others
Exercises treated Mathematically: a Scheme
tion at the Public Record Office and the British in similar circumstances,” but careful editing for linking up Practical Mathematics with
Museum. There are a dozen illustrations, a would have given it a wider interest. Para- Woodwork, including a Complete Course of
photogravure frontispiece, and a considerable graphs such as that on p. 11 are confusing, Mensuration, 2/6
index. We shall review the book later.
and spoil a book for the general reader.
Deals with the application of practical
M'Naught (D. ), Kilmaurs Parish and Burgh,
Orleans (Duke of), Hunters and Hunting in the mathematics to woodwork in the form of
7/6 net.
Arctic, 7/6 net.
mensuration. There are a large number of
The fruit of long years of research among
For notice see p. 121.
exercises, examples, and diagrams.
the manuscripts and public records of the
Peck (Annie S. ), High Mountain Climbing in Peru Furneaux (W. S. ), A Nature Study Guide, 3/6 net.
borough. There is a considerable amount of
and Bolivia : a Search for the Apex of America, A bright and informative little book for use
fresh material published for the first time.
including the Conquest of Huascarán, with in schools. Its object is to supplement normal
Side by side with much interesting fact is a
some Observations on the Country and People naturalistic study. So many naturalist books
store of minutiæ, which will be irksome to
Below, 12/6 net.
supply mere facts, without considering the
such as are not experts on the subject.
For notice see p. 122.
definitive
propriety of method. They are
Seton (Ernest Thompson), The Arctic Prairies, rather than suggestive. The present study
Oldham (J. Basil), The Renaissance, 1/ net.
a Canoe Journey of 2,000 Miles in search of reverses the process. There are over 200 clear
A pleasant manual upon a subject too
the Caribou ; being the Account of a Voyage illustrations.
extensive to be treated on any but com- to the Region north of Aylmer Lake, 12/6 net. Godfrey (C. ) and Siddons (A. W. ), A Shorter
prehensive lines. The author is therefore
A record of Mr. Seton's six months' journey Geometry, 2/6
prudent to avoid controversial topics and
by canoe down the Athabaska river into the Contains the essential features of the “ Ele-
Those demanding detailed criticism, and to
far north-west territories of Canada. It is a
confine himself to bare summary.
mentary Geometry 'by the same authors, while
In view of
fascinating narrative, including as it does many their Geometry for Beginners' (noticed in
the difficulties, he has co-ordinated his
heterogeneous elements, welded into a com- The Athenæum of Jan. 22, 1910, p. 104) bas
matter with ability and discrimination.
posite whole. Mr. Seton is intensely receptive been reprinted as Part I. The book is admirably
There are some excellent reproductions of to impressions, while his faculty of presentation fitted for its purpose.
masterpieces, but a bibliography should cer- is notable among contemporary explorers, and Lessing (Gotthold Ephraim), Nathan der Weise,
tainly have been included. One of the Temple
his appreciation is almost poctic. There are ein dramatisches Gedicht, edited by J. G.
Cyclopædic Primers.
many illustrations and pencil studies of con- Robertson, 3/6
Rajkumar College, Rajkot, Forty Years of the :
vincing merit.
An annotated edition in the Pitt Press Series
an Account of the Origin and Progress of the
Tremearne (Major A. J. N. ), The Tailed Head- which recognizes the fact that the field has
College, prepared and abridged from the Papers
hunters of Nigeria : an Account of an Official's often been traversed in recent years. Prof.
of the late Chester Macnaghten and other Seven Years Experiences in the Northern Robertson is able, however, to add some
Sources, 1870 - 1910, compiled by H. H. Sir
Nigerian Pagan Belt, and a Description of the valuable matter and references.
Bhavsinhji, Maharaja of Bhavnagar, 6 vols. , Manners, Habits, and Custoins of the Native Olive (Charles D. ), Mirabilia : a Short Collection
with Index.
Tribes, 16/ net.
of Modern Stories in Latin, given as Unseens
A somewhat pretentious compilation con- For notice see p. 123.
to Preparatory Schoolboys, 1/6
cerning the seminary established in India for
Such narratives as 'The Story of the Three
the education of sons of chiefs. In its abridged
Sports and Pastimes.
Bears,' Little Red Ridinghood,' and
form it is more than a quarter of the size of the
Episode of the Indian Mutiny are put into
last edition of 'The Encyclopædia Britannica. ' Cotton (W. B. ), Sport in the Eastern Sudan from
Latin. The results were found interesting by
The layishness which has been expended on
Souakin to the Blue Nile.
the author's pupils, and should be equally so
preparing these sumptuous, unwieldy volumes For notice see p. 123.
to other boys. The volume is also to be had
for the press appears to us disproportionate
Philology.
to the value of the material. Each page is
without a vocabulary, and we should prefer it
in that form.
embellished with an elaborate frieze, and many Bryn Mawr College Monographs, Monograph Roman Conquest of Britain: a Fourth Form
portions are purely catalogues of rich cele- Series : Vol. VIII. The Egyptian Elements in Reading Book, adapted from the Text of
brities connected with the College.
the Legend of the Body and Soul, by Louise Tacitus, with Map, Introduction, Notes, and
Robinson (F. P. ), The Trade of the East India Dudley; Vol. IX. The Legend of Longinus Vocabulary, by William Modlen, 1/6
Company from 1709 to 1813, 3/6 net.
in Ecclesiastical Tradition and in English A Fourth Form text-book of the customary
Owing to the complexities of the subject, Literature, and its Connection with the Grail, type, with the more difficult constructions
the author has chosen to concentrate upon one by Rose Jeffries Peebles, $1 each.
omitted and the occasional insertion of words
phase of it-the development of the Company Two theses written for Doctorates of Philo- to facilitate translation. The notes and
from a trading concern into a political power. sophy in Bryn Mawr College. In the first, vocabulary are satisfactory, and the printing
The economic side is almost inextricably the author has based her dissertation solely is clear and large. One of Macmillan's Ele.
blended with the political ; but he has har- on the Christian Egyptian influences, thus mentary Classics.
monized the two, and made a bright, fluent ignoring evidence from the original Greek, Rose (John D. ), Advanced English Grammar
narrative of them, managing his material Hebrew, and Coptic manuscripts, while other through Composition, 2/6
with much acuteness. He adopts a somewhat material has been inaccessible. But within Completes a course of English grammar for
eulogistic tone, and has included some indis- these limitations the research is a thorough piece schools after the method of the author's
pensable tables of statistics, and a full biblio- of analysis. If anything, the annotation is * Elementary English Grammar through Com-
graphy. It is the Le Bas Prize Essay for 1911. excessive. The second traces the legend of position. It is an agreeable and useful work,
An
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because it justifies the principle of practical
applicability by keeping common speech within
its ken. The authorized grammatical ter-
minology recently adopted is here represented.
Verney (Margaret M. ), Bucks Biographies : a
School-Book, 2/6 net.
A pleasant book concerning the notable
men of the county, including the Verneys,
the Russells of Chenies, John Hampden, Milton,
and Louis XVIII. at Hartwell House. Some
of the persons mentioned have but a slight
connexion with the district.
Wilson (F. R. L. ) and Hedley (G. W. ), A School
Chemistry, 4/6
A neat digest of the author's earlier work-
* Elementary Chemistry : Progressive Lessons
in Experiment and Theory'--following its
method of arrangement throughout. The book
is designed for the Matriculation standard of
examination.
Zedelius (Theodore), Geleite, die drauszen sind !
edited by D. L. Savory for Rivingtons' Direct
Method Easy German Texts, 1/6
This is a good number in an excellent series.
The story is simple and simply told, but of more
than sufficient interest for its purpose. The
editor has introduced it by a short biography
of the writer, in easy German. The text is
divided into fourteen sections, each followed
by some twenty questions on the subject matter,
framed out of the words used in the section, and
intended to be answered from the same vocabu-
lary. There follow grammatical exercises on
the same plan, in each of which only one or
two points are dealt with in very easy examples.
At the foot of each page of text explanations
-in German of the more difficult words are
given. Here it certainly occurred to us more
than once that to the beginner the explanation
must often seem hardly less of a puzzle than
difficulty
" itself.
the "
popular lines, and including Greek, Roman, Field (George), Four Months, 2/ net.
Hindoo, and Scandinavian myth, Christian Mr. Field's style is painfully laboured.
legend, and the folk-lore of primitive races. Many of his sentences are so long and involved
Apart from the introductory chapters the book as to need reading a second time before they
is arranged in alphabetical order.
become intelligible. The story concerns
Smithsonian Institution, Report of the Secretary
rural tragedy.
for the Year ending June 30, 1911.
Foreman (Stephen), The Fen Dogs, 6!
A review of the investigations and discoveries The beginning of this book, with its vivid
of the Institution proper during the year, with description of the hardships endured by Sir
supplementary paragraphs dealing with the John Moore's army in its retreat to Corunna,
several branches. The appendix presents promises well. But when the thread of the
direct reports of those actually engaged in story is taken up in the Fens, it becomes dull ;
and responsible for the work.
the characters lose life and individuality, and.
the situations are forced.
Fiction,
Frothingham (E. B. ), Her Roman Lover, 6/
A rather long-drawn-out tale of a young
Abernathy (Miles), The Ride of the Abernathy American girl's passion for an Italian. We
Boys, 3/6
found his petty jealousy and the paltry mis-
English boys will read with no small amount understandings which go to make up the story
of envy this story of boy-life in Mexico. To
irksome. The scene is laid in Rome.
older readers, however, the highly improbable Ince (Mabel), The Wisdom of Waiting, 61
nature of the narrative, coupled with the fact • The Wisdom of Waiting' was perilously
that the tastes of our transatlantic friends have
near wrecking the happiness of two people,
been more closely thought of, will, we think, but their affairs came right in the end, and,
reduce the interest in the volume.
as the interval provides a good deal of enter-
Bindloss (Harold), The Pioneer, 6/
tainment, it is justified in this case. The
A tale of adventure written in the author's conversation is natural, and the characters,
usual buoyant style. He is at his best in especially the minor ones, are well drawn.
describing outdoor life. There is plenty of Ladd (Anna Coleman), Hieronymus Rides, 6/
incident, and the good and evil receive their Episodes in the life of a knight and jester
conventional due.
at the Court of the Emperor Maximilian. The
Clarke (I. ), Prisoners' Years, 6/
style recalls that of a well-known romantic
By a curious coincidence the authors of this writer. The episodic nature of the story has
book and The Debtor,' which follows, have the effect of making it appear rather disjointed. .
chosen a similar theme. The present author Leeds (Mrs. Lewis), Château Bluebeard, 6!
portrays two conversions to the
Roman
A modern setting, based on the fairy tale.
Catholic faith with convincing simplicity. The The hero is a supposed descendant of the
man's is artistically the more effective, as that legendary Barbe Bleue, and the scene is his
of the girl is, perhaps, a little marred by its château in Britanny. The interest is well
inevitability. Some of the minor characters sustained, and the mystery is in the end satis-
are drawn with a quiet humour which makes factorily cleared up.
excellent reading.
Lockhart (Caroline), “ Me-Smith," 6/
Cody (H. A. ), The Fourth Watch, 6/
This breezy story of life on a Texas cattle
The scene is laid in a small Canadian town ranch is a realistic picture of human nature in
and in a lumber camp, while the story, which the rough. While many of the incidents may
has the conventional happy ending, describes appear rather far-fetched, it must be remem-
the trials and tribulations of an elderly bered that law and order are, even now, but
clergyman whose patience in adverse circum- imperfectly established in the district. Most
stances is remarkable. The author's style is of the characters, although life like, are some-
too sentimental.
what sketchily portrayed, and undue pro-
Coke (Desmond), The Cure : a Psychological
minence has been given to a certain insolent
Farce, 61
courage bordering on bravado.
The author shields himself with a warning Macmillan's Sevenpenny Series: A Kentucky
preliminary Notice. " Critics and school- Cardinal, by James Lane Allen (see Alhen. ,
masters are not to be baffled by such simple Dec, 26, 1896, p. 904); The Benefactress, by the
devices, but we do not think Mr. Coke has any Author of 'Elizabeth and her German Garden';
great cause for uneasiness. His book is amusing Don Orsino, by F. Marion Crawford (see Athen. . .
enough to while away an idle evening, and we Nov. 19, 1892, p. 699); Dorothy Vernon of
can recommend it to readers of the classes Haddon Hall, by Charles Major; and Miranda
mentioned in the Notice to which we have of the Balcony, by A. E. W. Mason (see Athen. ,
referred. The farce is enacted at a modern Oct. 7, 1899, p. 487).
English cure establishment, full of queer Marsh (Richard), Sam Briggs : His Book, 6/
inmates and accessories. The characters-in- The autobiography of a by no means typical
cluding a spoilt woman married to a typical Cockney. He is utterly lacking in the savoir-
better-class Englishman, an attractive young faire of the average specimen ; indeed, his
girl, a pedantic professor, and an athletic, but hopeless inanity reduces him to a mere puppet,.
somewhat ineffective young barrister-all help and the story itself to farce pure and simple.
the story rapidly along to a satisfactory ending. It is only fair to add, however, that even in his
Crespigny (Mrs. Philip Champion de), The Mark. most impossible adventures he compels an.
The author's circle includes on the one side
occasional smile.
the smart set, and on the other the Philistinism
Mulholland (Rosa), Agatha's Hard Saying.
of impoverished landed gentry. With
This novel makes the transmission of a
both she deals in the fashion of a clever woman craving for drink responsible for the gradual
of the world, tender to faults and foibles as to extinction of a wealthy family. The treatment
physical infirmities, and veiling behind apparent is unsatisfactory : beginning with a complicated
Hippancy an optimistic belief in the antiseptic set of courtships, the love-interest gradually
effects of expiation and self-sacrifice. The evaporates, its place being taken by descrip:
mark of the title, with its hint of mystic fatality, tions of the effects of drink upon the individual
could have been eliminated without the slightest and the community. The story, which towards
sense of dismemberment, but unfortunately
66
Sciencr.
Béchamp (A. ), The Blood and its Third Ana-
tomical Element, translated by Montague R.
Leverson, 6/ net.
The author's aim is to apply the Microzymian
theory of the living organization to the chemical
and anatomical constitution of the blood and
its other spontaneous changes, including the
anatomical and physiological causes of its
coagulation. M. Béchamp died nearly four
years ago, and his researches have done much
to solve vexed problems in biology, physio-
logy, and pathology. His work, therefore,
richly deserves the accurate translation which
his disciple has provided. Its technicalities
are such that it can hardly reach any but
a specialist audience. We are inclined to
mistrust the tone of the translator's preface.
Fowler (J. S. ) and Marriott (w. ), Our Weather,
1/ net.
A simple and popular exposition of modern
meteorology. It was undertaken at the sug-
gestion of the Royal Meteorological Society,
who wore wise to recognize the indispensability
of isolating this subject and treating it sepa-
rately. The book is in a small compass, but
is an admirable digest of the best authorities.
We are glad to see that a chapter has been
devoted to weather superstitions in popular
poetry. One of the Temple Cyclopædic
the end becomes thin and flat, fizzles out, leav-
Mrs. de Crespigny has succumbed to the pre- ing the fates of the principal surviving cha-
vailing tendency to dabble in the supernormal.
racters unsettled.
It may be fruitless to seek for new plots, but Neuman (B. Paul), Roddles, 6/
normal experience still offers a wide field for For notice see p. 119.
those whose talent lies in the delicate handling O'Kane (W. M. ), The King's Luck: a Romance
of commonplace themes.
of the Vale of Hope, 6/
Cullum (Ridgwell), The Hound from the North, A long and somewhat dreary tale of the
2/ net.
struggle between the Cavaliers and Round-
This is a new cheap edition, a fact which, but heads, in which a lost talisman belonging to
for what we can only regard as a lamentable Charles I. is guarded by a heroine
“ dowered
oversight, would doubtless have been stated with her father's mystical eyes,” but with a
on the title-page.
mouth that was all her own.
Dickens (Mary Angela), The Debtor, 6/
Pain (Barry), Exit Eliza, 1/ net.
This novel, by a granddaughter of Dickens, The present instalment of Eliza's husband's
has conspicuous merit. Its failure of high doings becomes in the later pages so little
attainment is merely owing to the introduction interesting that the title is rather to be wel-
of the supernormal. The miraculous event comed than deplored. Mr. Fred Bennett's
which forms the key-note of the conversion illustrations have conspicuous merit through-
of three people to Roman Catholicism is not out.
necessarily unconvincing, but the tale is not Palmer (William), Under Home Rule, 7d. net.
on a big enough scale to contain it. We trust, Here imagination, casting all restraint aside,
however, that it will be widely read, if only for luxuriates in an orgy of pictorial prophecy.
the measure of sympathetic insight which, we We had no idea that such seductive vilainy
think, the author has inherited,
underlay the seeming guilelessness of the
Primers.
Gilchrist (J. D. F. ), South African Zoology: a
Text-Book for the Use of Students, Teachers,
and Others in South Africa.
Suggested by and based on course of
lectures delivered at the South African College,
and published in The Cape Agricultural Journal.
It is writton for the Intermediate standard.
The ultimate test of such books is the measure
of their compactness and the relevance and
manipulation of their detail. The author has
kept this desirable end steadily in view, with
the result that a mass of scientific knowledge
concerning South African fauna, subtly arranged
and simply expressed, is made readily accessible.
The illustrations are excellent and numerous,
some of them being original. The index is all
that could be desired.
Science Progress in the Twentieth Century,
January, 5/ net.
An article by Sir Oliver Lodge on The
Ether of Space and the Principle of Relativity'
is the most important feature of this review,
Dr. W. N. Shaw's work on air currents in
relation to aviation is probably the most
interesting of the other contributions.
Skinner (Charles M. ), Myths and Legends of
Flowers, Trees, Fruits, and Plants, in all Ages
and in all Climes, 6/
The mass of legendary
lore concerning trees
and plants seems inexhaustible, and Mr.
Skinner has made a readable book, written on
an
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some
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Nationalists, Home Rule means Roman ascen- present time, which was announced some time and it is the aim of this book to trace the
dancy and civil war, according to the paper since and then withdrawn. Its object is to vicissitudes of his fame rather than present a
cover.
examine the functions of the newly formed critical estimate of his beginnings. It deals
Pocock (Roger), Jesse of Cariboo, 6/
War Staff, and ascertain its efficacy in the with 'Pauline,' 'Paracelsus' (the first review
Mr. Pocock's latest novel is a breezy and
contingency of an outbreak of hostilities.
of which Browning accredited to The Athenæum),
stirring narrative of Canadian life.
'Strafford,' Sordello,' and 'Bells and Pome-
He writes, Carpenter (Dr. Estlin), A Peasant Sage of Japan.
granates. ' The author is, however, tempted
for the most part, in the language of the For notice see p. 124.
American people.
to stray over his own boundaries into personal
Celtic Review, January, 2/6 net.
appreciation, which is by no means unbridled,
St. Leger (Evelyn), The Shape of the World, 6/
In this number the Gaelic version of Statius's
but merely substantiates established verdicts.
This story, to which a quotation from the "Thebaid,' faced by an English version, is con- The Athenaeum, which reviewed ‘Pauline,' was
52nd Psalm, “Ecce homo qui non posuit tinued. În 'A Highland Goddess' Mr. Mac-
among the minority which gave it cordial
Deum adjutorem suum,” forms the key-note, kenzie discusses the theocratic concepts of the
mention.
carries the subject of hereditary imbecilities Cailleachan Mor,' and the Rev. Donald Maclean
into the realm of farce. The success of the begins a survey of the Literature of the Majid (Syed H. R. Abdul), England and the
book lies in the lightness of its handling, and Scottish Gael. ' There is a pleasant rendering
Moslem World : Articles, Addresses, and
American time-saving methods of description of some fanciful children's games written in Essays on Eastern Subjects.
are occasionally carried to excess.
This book, written in a spirit of strong
But the Gaelic.
author has a lively style and no small sense of
Eastern patriotism, deals with various aspects
Crockett (W. S. ), The Scott Originals : an Account
humour,
of the Moslem States, their political outlook,
of Notables and Worthies, the Originals of
their legal status and its relation to international
Silbertad (Una L. ), Success, 6!
Characters in the Waverley Novels.
law and the social perspective. An instructive
This is a good and interesting story, though Some interesting and informative material
chapter is written on the Ottoman constitution.
a little heavy; the mis-en-scène, by no means has been gleaned by Mr. Crockett, with assist-
The scope of the book is wide, and includes
ordinary, is largely made up of companies ance in some measure from Lockhart's famous
many crucial problems, notably Indian unrest,
and mechanical inventions.
