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nounced, and a freer intermingling of the two
bones. While the primer is necessarily ele.
M. Jean Macé, who lived and worked in the
elements would have provided a juster portrait.
mentary in its scope, the author has succeeded fifties of last century, and was a stylist and
The author speaks with tenderness and pity of
in indicating the possibilities of the subject raconteur of much charm and originality, did
the victims of the life he depicts.
and introducing his readers to current theories more for the livelihood (in the literal sense) and
and the results of recent investigations. An-
freedom
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Ward (Wilfrid), The Life of John Henry Cardinal
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He has been unjustifiably neglected, and
Newman, based on his Private Journals and
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Philology.
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novel. That is a neat method of Mr. Hume's
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but interweaves too many subjects to give them of the careful nicety of this romance. It deals relieved when the final chapter is reached.
more than a cursory treatment or to make the with the days when the balance of Tory opinion Little (Maude), The Children's Bread : a Romance,
book of any permanent value. Its actual was accustoming itself to the appreciation of 61
achievement needs to be emphasized, on account liberty in the unattractive guise of the Hano- This tale of a life dedicated to revenging
of the ostentatious manner in which its purport verian. The threads of sentiment and loyalty a deserted mother would be, to all intents
is set forth. The author sweepingly asserts which for a time sustained the cause of the and purposes, valueless, were it not for certain
that, as he has consulted such multitudes of White Rose were still being woven at White paragraphs which graphically bring before us
books, it would be useless to supply a biblio- Webs and elsewhere, largely by women's the ever-mastering call to the beauty of life,
graphy. The argument is not convincing. hands. To use the theme of countless pre- when it presents itself to the starved artistic
Scotland, Memoirs of the Geological Survey : decessors and still preserve an element of soul of a youth. We can only explain the
The Geology of Knapdale, Jura, and North Kin-
freshness is a considerable feat. The intro- extreme jerkiness of the writing and the
tyre (Explanation of Sheet 28, with Parts of duction of the supernatural is also a perilous frequent interpolation of asterisks, &c.
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* Our Vanished Strand,' and ' A Blind Beggar
conditions of poets and prose-writers to her
tinguished people on whom I could pass
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imprisonment by Alfonso d'Este and his ill-
There are fewer omissions than we should have
Nun's Grave at Vale Royal Abbey, Cheshire :
starred affection for Eleonora d'Este. But
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stamp of virile life upon it. It halts lamentably,
but neither the “Lorelei' nor his De Quincey- solved Monastic Institutions of Vale Royal
and never quickens into activity above a jog-
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trot. It is one of those dramas which offer an
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impenetrable front to the critic. Like countless
obvious need.
Edward I. , Edward II. , and Edward III.
books of minor verse, Miss Leigh's poem is a
(A. D. 1277 to 1336), with a Translation of the
long, sullen blank wall of mediocrity which
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and, as we read him, he suggests a number of
relation of mental states to judgment and matter, and the further compression of their
comparisons-showers of falling meteors, a
reality.
contents into brief articles can hardly be satis-
volcanic upheaval, tameless whirlwind,
factory. Thirty-nine counties are included,
Phaëthon's
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and Value : 'the Gifford Lectures for 1911,
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of the Eleventh Century' takes precedence in
25th, 1910.
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this number. If its interest will be mainly
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O'Rahilly (Egan), Poems of, with Introduction,
confined to antiquaries, its erudition is not
was difficult reading for the second reason.
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elaborated to the detriment of the material
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The section ‘Poems by other Poets,' which blems by the light of the conception of indi-
occupied forty pages of the first edition, has viduality, as he has done, is to free such thinking
done, if lacking in vitality.
here been excluded. Evidence has also been from the remoteness which provokes reaction Fowler (W. Warde), Rome, 1/ net.
discovered which disproves the authenticity
against it, and, without maintaining that it is The Rome presented in this book is not the
of certain other poems attributed to O'Rahilly.
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These have now been omitted. Some legal
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and testamentary documents which further
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our knowledge both of the poems and of aspects Russell (Hon. Bertrand), The Problems of Philo-
scholar, shows the Rome not only of Sulla,
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Overy (Donald J. ), Eidola.
this book solves the difficulty clearly, if rather
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fying his note by an occasional simper or a
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What are such things as yearning, anguish,
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History and Biography.
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poetry is its inexhaustible fertility. Its au-
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Elizabethan times to the beginning of the family circle. The index is so comprehensive
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no check. Its temperature is usually super-
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normal. Such healthy activity needs
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Holderness (Sir T. W. ), Peoples and Problems of
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results are negative.
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Bank Charter Act, and strongly recommends
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the restoration of freedom of banking in com-
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mercial transactions. The gold monopolists
ample and efficient.
lent illustrations, and some additional matter
and bankers, it declares, guard themselves
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details. The result is the story of a nation, of bags,” and his volume does not call for union policy of insisting that employers
an organic whole, and not, as is generally the special mention. He tells his story lucidly and shall give work to union men only. Mr.
case in history primers, a mere chronicle of kings fluently, but without distinction. The book Stockton provides an exhaustive compilation
and queens.
Another of the Home University is amply furnished with maps and illustrations. of the relevant facts, and puts very fairly the
Library.
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Shelley (Percy Bysshe), Letters of, edited by Roger
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School-Books.
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Round the World with Father, 10d.
We noticed the previous edition favourably in suggested by Mr. Edmond Holmes in his
The surest method of conveying anything to
The Athenæum of November 6th, 1909.
recent book, " What Is and What Might be. '
children's minds is to dramatize it for them.
Uzanne (Octave), The Modern Parisienne.
A volume in the Home University Library.
Consequently this little geography should have
It is fruitless to dismiss M. Uzanne's
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the happiest results. The countries are de-
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Problems of Boy Life, edited by J. H. White-
scribed not as quaint printed diagrams, but
house, with an Introduction by John Percival,
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artificiality of Parisian life with nonchalance.
His analysis is too penetrating, his insight too
Bishop of Hereford.
more pedantic school curriculum without the
acute. His methods of exposure are on a very
For notice see p. 96.
pleasant accessory of a story is far less likely
to have the desired assimilative effect. Un-
different plane from those of the sensation-
Anthropology.
fortunately for this pioneer work, the reproduc-
monger or the purveyor of gossip. He writes
with an under-current of seva indignatio, and,
Marett (R. R. ), Anthropology, 1/ net.
tions, coloured and otherwise, of “master-
if his colours are too sombre, it is from excess
This excellent little book should go a long
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themselves. In the Royal School Series.
his actuality proceeds. The differentiation
that anthropology is a dull science principally
between black and white strikes us as pro-
concerned with measuring skulls and fossil Macé (Jean), La Vache Enragée, 1/
nounced, and a freer intermingling of the two
bones. While the primer is necessarily ele.
M. Jean Macé, who lived and worked in the
elements would have provided a juster portrait.
mentary in its scope, the author has succeeded fifties of last century, and was a stylist and
The author speaks with tenderness and pity of
in indicating the possibilities of the subject raconteur of much charm and originality, did
the victims of the life he depicts.
and introducing his readers to current theories more for the livelihood (in the literal sense) and
and the results of recent investigations. An-
freedom
of education than many better-known
Ward (Wilfrid), The Life of John Henry Cardinal
other volume in the Home University Library.
He has been unjustifiably neglected, and
Newman, based on his Private Journals and
we strongly commend Mr. E. H. Arkwright's
Correspondence, 2 vols. , 36/ net.
Philology.
insight and enterprise in bringing him to light
For notice see p. 93.
for school use.
Warner (George Townsend) and Marten (C. H. K. ),
Platonis Opera, ed. Joannes Burnet: Tomus III.
La Vache Enragée' is full of
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Fasc. II. , Tetralogiam VI. continens, 3/6
exquisite humour.
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Contains the Euthudemus, the Protagoras,
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annotation at the bottom of each page.
net.
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A popular exposition of various phenomena
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small type at the bottom of the page are often
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domestic expenditure, and suggests a revival
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and a trick of facetiousness. Two chapters are
devoted to the mongoose and the cobra.
Thomas-Stanford (Charles), About Algeria, Algiers,
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Kilditch (T. P. ), A First Year Physical Chemistry,
passed
though somewhat discouraging in the absurdity
never really comes into the story, but
of the plot. A briefless barrister, an actor, a
the explanations and apologies specially ad-
The conception of physical laws operative
burglar, an ex-convict, a man with tender
dressed to him are among the most delightful
upon the chemical domain has certainly not memories of three dead wives, a
parts of the book,
martyr" to
supplied the surfeit of text-books that the
indigestion, a keen golfer, a gambling baronet, Hope (Anthony), Rupert of Hentzau, 7d. net.
empirical point of view has received. Such a
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upon an experiment in the sloughing off of
manual on physical chemistry indispensable, civilization on a desert island. Failure is Hornung (E. W. ), Fathers of Men, 6/
since explanation is almost confined to the
inevitable, as the dullest member of the party It is difficult to recognize the hand of the
abstruser developments of the science. The might have foreseen. The story is neatly told creator of Raffles in this virile tale of life at a
present book can be safely recommended as
and entertaining.
public school. The outstanding figure, other
furnishing this much-needed groundwork.
Brentwood (Evelyn), Hector Graeme, 6/
than the hero, is that of the house-master, whose
There are numerous diagrams. One of the
Carried away by an inadequate acquaintance perseverance, knowledge of boys' characters,
Text-Books of Science.
with military matters and a disregard of the
and love of those in his charge, are finely
Knox (Joseph), Physico-Chemical Calculations, bounds of probability, the author has succeeded etched. The author's descriptions of cricket
2/6
in transforming what, at the best, could only
matches and the thousand and one other things
A collection of physico-chemical problems be described as a rather morbid psychological
which go to make up the round of public-school
based on Abegg and Sackur’s ‘ Physikalisch- study into a fantasy of bloodshed and sensation. life are excellent.
Chemische Rechen-aufgaben,' which contained The earlier portions of the book have a certain
Hume (Fergus), Across the Footlights, 6/
fifty problems, with solutions and summaries dramatic interest.
“There has been too much melodrama about
of the formulee used therein. Mr. Knox's book Brontë (Charlotte), Jane Eyre.
our existence of late months," remarks one of
has greatly amplified this original conception.
One of the Nelson Classics.
the characters in this sedate and tranquil
He has introduced additional problems, and Donovan (Dick), The Turning Wheel, 61
novel. That is a neat method of Mr. Hume's
given a fuller exposition of the laws governing
This story reminds us of a marionette show to shift the responsibility. We failed to be
the main subdivisions of physical chemistry. in which the puppets are endowed with speech thrilled by the murder, because we expected it.
Another of the Text-Books of Science.
as unreal as their actions. The Turning The author's stage, scenario, atmosphere, and
Wheel' creaks round in long and involved dramatis persono usually conduce to the trans-
McCabe (Joseph), The Story of Evolution, 7/6 net.
paragraphs, and the puppets jerk through pontine.
There is nothing either original or striking scenes of storm and villainy, till at last they are Le Queux (William), The Mystery of Nine, 6/
about this popular summary and exposition of dismissed with rewards or punishments accord- Another fervid narrative from the pen of
the evolutionary process, in spite of its trumpet- ing to their deserts.
Mr. Wm. Le Queux. The adventures of a
ings. It gives an account of the various stages Douglas (Theo), White Webs : a Romance of young doctor, who, quite unwillingly, is drawn
of life upon this planet, its vegetable and animal
Sussex, 6/
into the meshes of a complicated and daring
manifestations. The story is graphically told, The delicate suggestion of the title is typical plot, hold the reader in suspense, which is only
but interweaves too many subjects to give them of the careful nicety of this romance. It deals relieved when the final chapter is reached.
more than a cursory treatment or to make the with the days when the balance of Tory opinion Little (Maude), The Children's Bread : a Romance,
book of any permanent value. Its actual was accustoming itself to the appreciation of 61
achievement needs to be emphasized, on account liberty in the unattractive guise of the Hano- This tale of a life dedicated to revenging
of the ostentatious manner in which its purport verian. The threads of sentiment and loyalty a deserted mother would be, to all intents
is set forth. The author sweepingly asserts which for a time sustained the cause of the and purposes, valueless, were it not for certain
that, as he has consulted such multitudes of White Rose were still being woven at White paragraphs which graphically bring before us
books, it would be useless to supply a biblio- Webs and elsewhere, largely by women's the ever-mastering call to the beauty of life,
graphy. The argument is not convincing. hands. To use the theme of countless pre- when it presents itself to the starved artistic
Scotland, Memoirs of the Geological Survey : decessors and still preserve an element of soul of a youth. We can only explain the
The Geology of Knapdale, Jura, and North Kin-
freshness is a considerable feat. The intro- extreme jerkiness of the writing and the
tyre (Explanation of Sheet 28, with Parts of duction of the supernatural is also a perilous frequent interpolation of asterisks, &c.
