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Thirteenth Annual Cumulation Reviews of 1917 Books
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Mary Katharine Reely
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THE
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST
THIRTEENTH
ANNUAL CUMULATION
REVIEWS OF 1917 BOOKS
EDITED BY
MARGARET JACKSON
AND
MARY KATHARINE REELY
THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY
NEW YORK
1918
CONTENTS
The Book Review Digest
Publications from which Digests of Reviews are Made
Other Abbreviations
Book Review Digest Devoted to the Valuation of Current Literature Reviews of 1917 Books
A
B
C
D
E
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G
H
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J
K
L
M
N
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R
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V
W
X
Y
Z
List of Documents and Pamphlets for Use in the Smaller Libraries
Quarterly List of New Technical and Industrial Books
Subject, Title and Pseudonym Index To Author Entries, March, 1917—February, 1918
Directory of Publishers
THE BOOK REVIEW DIGEST
Vol. XIII
February, 1918
No. 12
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Many minds and hands have contributed to the success of the Book Review Digest in the year 1917. Descriptive notes
have been written by Margaret Jackson, Corinne Bacon, Justina Leavitt Wilson and Mary Katharine Reely. Classification
numbers have been assigned by Corinne Bacon. The editorship has been divided between Margaret Jackson and Mary
Katharine Reely, Miss Jackson leaving at the end of October to assume new duties on the staff of the New York Public
Library School. Thruout the year the tasks of assembling material, preparing copy, and meeting the exacting demands of
proof and press work have been carried on by Pauline H. Rich and Alice Sterling, and, on the business side, the
correspondence which keeps us in touch with advertisers, publishers and subscribers has been ably handled by Frances
Sanville. Credit for the supplementary List of Documents published with each issue goes to Adelaide R. Hasse and Edna
B. Gearhart of the New York Public Library. For the Quarterly List of New Technical Books, to the Applied Science
Reference Department of Pratt Institute Free Library, Brooklyn.
Who reads reviews? Much thought, scholarship and wit goes to their writing. Is a corresponding measure of appreciation
given to the reading?
At first thought it might be assumed that it is the business of the Digest to discourage the reading of reviews, but we should
vigorously deny any such accusation. The excerpts which we carefully cull and bring together for purposes of contrast and
comparison are meant to serve as guide posts only; to serve as guides to the busy persons who make books their business.
But we should be sorry to think that we were in any way detracting from the enjoyment of those to whom books should be
a pleasure. We should be glad to feel that even the rushed, overworked librarian to whom our publication is a “tool” might
occasionally find her curiosity so piqued by our judiciously selected quotation that she would turn back to the pages of the
Nation or the Dial or the New Republic or the Spectator to read the review as a whole. It has pleased us to be told this
year that in two of the larger libraries of the country the Digest is kept on file in the periodical room. From the testimony of
these two libraries it appears that reviews are read and that demands for them come to the librarian. “Where can I find a
review of ——,” and the Digest is referred to for answer. This public use of the Digest gives sanction to a new practice
which we have somewhat tentatively adopted this year, that of starring (*) certain reviews. An asterisk so used means,
generally speaking, Here is something worth reading. It may mean, if the book is a serious work of information, that the
reviewer, also an expert on the subject of the book, throws further light on it; it may mean, in case of a work of literature,
Here is an excellent piece of literary criticism, worth your reading for its own sake.
Signs of any kind are so seldom noticed that we call special attention to this one, and, even tho we know that prefaces are
so seldom read, we trust that the notice will come to the attention of some one who will find this feature useful.
We should like to feel that the Digest itself, with its interesting assemblage of contrasting opinions, would be of value to the
reading public if it were occasionally handed out over the desk to inquiring readers. Indeed one flattering friend has advised
us to issue a special edition in larger type for sale on the news stands! But altho this course hardly seems practicable, we
believe that in its present form, the Digest might be of some general interest and that if it were made more accessible it
might act as an influence in the formation of critical taste. Even the inveterate reader of fiction might be helped by it, and to
the more thoughtful it would serve as a guide to a course of reading in literary criticism.
Publications from which Digests of Reviews are Made
Am. Econ. R.—American Economic Review. $5. American Economic Association, Ithaca, N. Y.
Am. Hist. R.—American Historical Review. $4. Macmillan Company, 66 Fifth Ave., New York.
Am. J. Soc.—American Journal of Sociology. $2. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
Am. J. Theol.—American Journal of Theology. $3. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
A. L. A. Bkl.—A. L. A. Booklist. $1. A. L. A. Publishing Board, 78 E. Washington St., Chicago, Ill.
Am. Pol. Sci. R.—American Political Science Review. $3. American Political Science Ass’n, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, Md.
Ann. Am. Acad.—Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. $6. 36th St. and Woodland Ave.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Astrophys. J.—Astrophysical Journal. $5. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
Ath.—Athenæum. $4. Bream’s Buildings, Chancery Lane, E. C., London.
Atlan.—Atlantic Monthly. $4. Atlantic Monthly Company, 3 Park St., Boston, Mass.
Bib. World.—Biblical World. $2. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
Bookm.—Bookman. $3. Dodd, Mead & Co., 4th Ave. & 30th St., New York.
Bot. Gaz.—Botanical Gazette. $7. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
Cath. World—Catholic World. $3. 120-122 W. 60th St., New York.
Class. J.—Classical Journal. $2.50. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
Class. Philol.—Classical Philology. $3. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
Dial—Dial. $3. 608 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.
Educ. R.—Educational Review. $3. Educational Review Pub. Co., Columbia Univ., N. Y.
Elec. World—Electrical World. $3. McGraw-Hill Company, Inc., 10th Ave. at 36th St., New York.
El. School J.—Elementary School Journal (continuing Elementary School Teacher). $1.50. University of Chicago Press,
Chicago, Ill.
Engin. News-Rec.—Engineering News-Record. $5. McGraw-Hill Company, Inc., 10th Ave. at 36th St., New York.
Eng. Hist. R.—English Historical Review. $6. Longmans, Green & Co., 39 Paternoster Row, London, E. C.
Forum—Forum. $2.50. Forum Publishing Co., 286 Fifth Ave., New York.
Hibbert J.—Hibbert Journal. $2.50. Sherman, French & Co., 6 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.
Ind.—Independent. $4. 119 W. 40th St., New York.
Int. J. Ethics—International Journal of Ethics. $2.50. Prof. James S. Tufts, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
Int. Studio—International Studio. $5. John Lane Co., 116-120 West 32d St., New York.
J. Geol.—Journal of Geology. $4. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
J. Philos.—Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods. $3. Sub-Station 84, New York.
J. Pol. Econ.—Journal of Political Economy. $3. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
Lit. D.—Literary Digest. $3. Funk & Wagnalls Co., 354-360 Fourth Ave., New York.
Nation—Nation. $4. P. O. Box 794, New York.
Nature—Nature. $7.75. Macmillan Company, 66 Fifth Ave., New York.
New Repub.—New Republic. $4. Republic Publishing Co., Inc., 421 W. 21st St., New York.
N. Y. Times—New York Times Book Review. $1. Times Square, New York.
No. Am.—North American Review. $4. North American Review Pub. Co., 171 Madison Ave., New York.
Outlook—Outlook. $4. Outlook Co., 381 4th Ave., New York.
Pol. Sci. Q.—Political Science Quarterly. $5 (including supplement). Academy of Political Science, Columbia Univ., New
York.
Pub. W.—Publishers’ Weekly. $5. 241 W. 37th St., New York.
R. of Rs.—American Review of Reviews. $3. Review of Reviews Co., 30 Irving Place, New York.
Sat. R.—Saturday Review. $8. 10 King St., Covent Garden, London, W. C.
School R.—School Review. $1.50. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
Science, n. s.—Science (new series). $5. Science Press, Sub-Station 84, New York.
Spec.—Spectator. $8. 1 Wellington St., Strand, London, W. C.
Springf’d Republican—Springfield Republican. $10. The Republican, Springfield, Mass.
Survey—Survey. $3. Survey Associates, Inc., 112 E. 19th St., New York.
The Times [London] Lit. Sup.—The Times Literary Supplement. $2.10. The Times, North American office, 30 Church
St., New York.
Yale R., n. s.—Yale Review (new series). $2.50. Yale Publishing Ass’n, 120 High St., New Haven, Conn.
In addition to the above list the Book Review Digest frequently quotes from Henry Turner Bailey’s reviews in the School
Arts Magazine; Boston Transcript; New York Call; Cleveland Open Shelf; N. Y. Best Books; N. Y. Libraries; N. Y. City
Branch Library News; New York Public Library New Technical Books (a selected list, published quarterly); Pittsburgh
Monthly Bulletin; Pratt Institute Quarterly Book List; St. Louis Monthly Bulletin; Wisconsin Library Bulletin (Book
Selection Dept.), and the Quarterly List of New Technical and Industrial Books chosen by the Pratt Institute Library.
OTHER ABBREVIATIONS:
Abbreviations of publishers’ names will be found in the Publishers’ Directory at the end of the Annual, 1916 number.
An asterisk (*) before the price indicates those books sold at a limited discount and commonly known as net books.
The figures following publisher’s name represent the class number and Library of Congress card number.
The descriptive note is separated from critical notices of a book by a dash.
The plus and minus signs preceding the names of the magazine indicate the degrees of favor or disfavor of the entire
review.
An asterisk (*) before the plus or minus sign indicates that the review contains useful information about the book.
In the reference to a magazine, the first number refers to the volume, the next to the page, the letters to the date and the
last figures to the number of words in the review.
Book Review Digest
Devoted to the Valuation of Current Literature
Reviews of 1917 Books
1
A
ABBOTT, EDITH, and BRECKINRIDGE, SOPHONISBA PRESTON.
Truancy and non-attendance in the
Chicago schools. *$2 Univ. of Chicago press 379.2 17-3577
“‘Truancy and non-attendance in the Chicago schools’ carries the tale of public education—‘the most important subject
that we as a people can be engaged in’—through its vivid history in the second city in the United States, from the
establishment of our free schools to the present day, indeed it may be said, to the last authentic news on the topic in the
present day. ... Beginning with a picturesque survey of the struggle for the ‘free-school’ principle (1818-55), the
chronicle continues with a relation of the main events of the struggle for the compulsory principle (1855-83) ‘when the
first compulsory law was passed,’ and closes with a record of the various activities characterizing the period, still
continuing, ‘of struggle for the perfection of the compulsory law.’”—Dial
“This book should be carefully read by every administrative officer in charge of the enforcement of school attendance
or child labor laws, and also by every person who contemplates the difficult task of drafting such legislation. Practically
every feature of the system recommended for Illinois is in effect in one or more other states.” H. L. Sumner
+
Am Econ R 7:409 Je ‘17 750w
Reviewed by E. L. Talbert
+
Am J Soc 22:839 My ‘17 370w
“A clear, logical and interesting study, illustrated with the case histories of many children, of value to social workers and
specially to educators. A companion volume to ‘The delinquent child in the home’ (Booklist 9:9 S ‘12).”
+
A L A Bkl 13:374 Je ‘17
+
Cleveland p108 S ‘17 30w
“Of especial interest for two reasons. Because it forms a striking comment on a characteristic American weakness—
our failure to realize—our inability to follow up with sustained attention or even with intelligent curiosity the vital social
experiments made, or perhaps one should say the vital social experiments mentioned as mandatory, by our statute-
books. It is of interest also because of its description of our inability to correlate juvenile laws whose joint efficiency
should guarantee a child a fair opportunity for education.” Edith Wyatt
+
Dial 62:310 Ap 5 ‘17 1650w
Educ R 54:94 Je ‘17 50w
“By far the most extensive study of the kind that has yet been made for any American city. ... The recommendations are
reasonable and conservative. ... The book is therefore written from the social worker’s sympathetic point of view rather
than from the frequently more circumscribed, and usually somewhat different, point of view of the professional school
man. It is a model of rigorous scientific study of the questions involved that ought to be of large suggestiveness to other
cities in their making of similar studies.” J. F. Bobbitt
+
El School J 17:771 Je ‘17 550w
“It is likely that the book will result in an important improvement of the child labor law in Illinois.” J. H. T.
+
Int J Ethics 27:535 Jl ‘17 100w
“The question of how to make compulsory education laws and child labor laws jointly effective is so important that light
upon it is to be welcomed from every quarter. The experience of Illinois with such legislation is that of one of the most
advanced states; it is described by two experienced workers in the Chicago School of civics and philanthropy in a
manner that goes well outside the field suggested by the title.”
+
Nation 104:438 Ap 12 ‘17 230w
Pittsburgh 22:691 O ‘17 90w
Pratt p15 O ‘17 40w
“A story competently told with adequate documentation, not essentially different from that which could be presented for
most parts of the country during the same periods. The accomplishment of this book is to take public schooling out of
its antiquated and still somewhat academic atmosphere, and out of the outworn but persistent habits and concepts of
the earlier American community, to present it in the light of the social background in which it belongs today, and compel
the reader to realize that the education of the children of our great cities demands consistent thinking and courageous
following up of its implications and honest common sense in administration.” G: H. Mead
+
Survey 38:369 Jl 28 ‘17 1350w
ABBOTT, ELEANOR HALLOWELL (MRS FORDYCE COBURN). Stingy receiver. il *$1 (4c) Century 17-7926
A middle-aged woman who is tired of spending her wealth on people who receive grudgingly, a young doctor and a
beautiful and radiant young girl who rejoices in the name of Solvei Kjelland, are the characters in this little story. The
rich woman is ill. The young doctor is trying to cure her. The rich woman is offered one wish. This is what she wished:
“That the last mail of the day may never leave me utterly letterless; and that I may always be expecting a package by
express!” The story was published as a serial in the Woman’s Home Companion.
A L A Bkl 13:353 My ‘17
“The story is possible but we cannot escape from the feeling that it is wildly improbable. The young doctor is the one
real character in a world of phantoms. ... Although it possesses a certain amount of charm in the telling it lacks
conviction.”
– +
Boston Transcript p13 Ap 7 ‘17 280w
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Ind 90:594 Je 30 ‘17 40w
“It is a gay and sweet little story, unusual in its beginning, happy in the way it ends, entertaining and sympathetic
throughout the progress of its pretty romance. It is full of laughter, and it has touches, especially in unexpected bits here
and there about the older woman, of tenderness.”
+
N Y Times 22:99 Mr 18 ‘17 270w
+
Springf’d Republican p19 Mr 25 ‘17 250w
ABBOTT, GEORGE FREDERICK.
Turkey, Greece and the great powers; a study in friendship and hate. maps *$3
(3c) McBride 949 17-7959
The two parts of this book are quite distinct. In part 1 chapters devoted to France and the Turks, Russia and the
Turks, England and the Turks, and The Germanic powers and Turkey are followed by a discussion of Turkey’s choice
in the present war. “While the practical statesman must deplore the effects of that choice,” says the author, “the
philosophical onlooker will derive a certain cold satisfaction from its perfect logicality. The capricious hand of chance
had nothing to do with it. It all came about in strict accordance with the law of causation. Each side reaped precisely
what it had sown.” The treatment of Greece and the powers in part 2 is similar. The historical relationship of Greece to
each of the great powers at war is studied at some length in order that her position and attitude at the present time may
be understood. The policy of the Allies toward Greece since the beginning of the war is characterized as stupid and
blundering, producing an effect exactly opposite from that desired. Mr Abbott was a war correspondent in the Turko-
Italian war and published a book on “The holy war in Tripoli.” He is also author of “Turkey in transition.”
“Very readable, it gives a better understanding of the Near East problem. Many references and a page list of source
material.”
+
A L A Bkl 14:16 O ‘17
“The last chapter, ‘The moral suasion of Greece,’ is an excellent study of popular sentiment.” C. H. P. Thurston
+
Bookm 46:289 N ‘17 40w
“The author is more convincing in his historical statements, for which he invariably cites his authorities, than he is in his
judgments of contemporary policies. The book is certainly a valuable contribution to a better understanding of the Near
East problem. There are two maps; one of Turkey in Europe at its zenith, published about 1680, and the other is of the
Balkans today.”
+
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Boston Transcript p6 My 2 ‘17 730w
+
Dial 63:164 Ag 30 ‘17 420w
N Y Br Lib News 4:91 Je ‘17
Pittsburgh 22:824 D ‘17 60w
“So far as it professes to be a historical examination of the relations between Turkey and Greece and the great powers
the book is defective and badly planned. ... Mr Abbott brought to his task much familiarity with Balkan countries, an
incisive style, and an evident capacity for laborious research. Yet the result is to some extent disappointing, for the
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book lacks balance and perspective. ... Yet, with all its faults, some sections of it serve a very useful purpose, and it is
worth reading.”
– +
The Times [London] Lit Sup p51 F 1 ‘17 1350w
ABBOTT, GRACE. Immigrant and the community. *$1.50 (2c) Century 325.7 17-13469
Our policy toward the immigrant has been one of laissez-faire. Miss Abbott’s purpose in this book is to show how, as
a result, both the immigrant and the community have suffered, and to point out means for his protection and better
adjustment to American life. The book is based in part on lectures given before the Chicago School of civics and
philanthropy and consists of chapters on: The journey of the immigrant; The problem of finding a first “job”; The special
problems of the immigrant girl; Protection against exploitation; The immigrant in the courts; The immigrant and the
public health; The immigrant and the poverty problem; The immigrant and industrial democracy; The education of the
immigrant; The immigrant in politics; The immigrant and American internationalism; The immigrant’s place in a social
program. The author is a resident of Hull House and director of the Immigrants’ protective league of Chicago. Judge
Julian W. Mack writes an introduction for the work.
“No other existing book treats so fully or so well the problem of the woman immigrant. Admirable example of
settlement house method and viewpoint. As a work of reference, particularly in statistics, needs to be used with
caution.”
+
A L A Bkl 13:426 Jl ‘17
“Miss Abbott has been able to put her evidence into readable form, to appeal to our common humanity and yet reveal
that she is not blind to the problems involved. The volume is to be highly commended to all who are interested in
immigration, and particularly to those who want to know the extent of our own failure to safeguard newcomers and help
in their readjustment to our life.” C. K.
+
Ann Am Acad 74:302 N ‘17 210w
“Miss Abbott’s plea is for adjustment rather than assimilation. In this respect she disagrees with the textbook writers,
and perhaps with most staunch Americans. She believes that the immigrant brings a contribution to America which
should be preserved. One of the most interesting of her many pertinent suggestions regarding immigrant adjustment is
that we organize more carefully the potentialities for the development of an international understanding through
immigration into this country and return migration.” L. L. Bernard
+
Dial 63:205 S 13 ‘17 1150w
+
Ind 91:186 Ag 4 ‘17 180w
“It is not Grace Abbott’s facts, but her inferences, that will produce two opinions about her volume. ... The entire
responsibility for the stranger within our gates she places squarely upon our shoulders. Perhaps, so long as we admit
him, that position is arguable. But Miss Abbott will not allow us to lighten the burden by restricting immigration. ... Yet it
might be urged that the immigrant himself would profit by a slower infiltration, which would prevent the growth of the
huge foreign colonies which have hindered as well as aided his advance, and have created a special problem for a
democracy already pretty well loaded up.”
Nation 104:763 Je 28 ‘17 400w
“The book fails in just one point. After piling on a tremendous indictment—an indictment that every American should
read and ponder—there is no great general lesson drawn. These questions press for reply: What drives these hordes
here? Should they continue to come? Should we let them in? If they have a right to come, then these further questions
appear to need answer.” W: M. Feigenbaum
+
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N Y Call p14 Jl 15 ‘17 500w
“Authoritative, incisive. The book cuts far below the surface alike of censure and of complacency. It offers the kind of
information which, now perhaps as never before, every American needs.”
+
N Y Times 22:169 Ap 29 ‘17 600w
Pratt p10 O ‘17 30w
“Miss Abbott is director of the Immigrants’ protective league of Chicago, and has worked for the Massachusetts
immigration commission. Her study of the problem has included visits to some of the most important European homes
of the immigrant, notably, Galicia, Croatia and the Slovak districts of Hungary and Bohemia. It is from her own
experiences and knowledge of the question that she has drawn in writing a discussion that is illuminating in its choice of
incidents and sound in its suggestive conclusions.”
+
Springf’d Republican p6 My 16 ‘17 600w
“The only disappointing chapter of the book is that which deals with the immigrant and the public health.” B. L.
+
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Survey 38:372 Jl 28 ‘17 1200w
+
Wis Lib Bul 13:153 My ‘17 70w
ABDULLAH, ACHMED. Bucking the tiger. *$1.35 (2½c) Shores 17-15283
“Ritchie Macdonald finds himself ‘dead broke.’ ... Unable to borrow any money in Spokane, he evolves an original
scheme to lift from him, and from the little group of men with whom he foregathers, the common burden of dead-
brokeness. ‘There’s just one way, and I’ve pointed it out to you. We chip in—all of us—all but one—we buy a heavy
life insurance for that one. He kills himself at the end of a year, and we divide the money.’ The adventurers agree and
gamble to decide who shall be the one sacrificed. The lot falls to Mac himself. He sees to it that it does. Another clause
has meanwhile been added to the agreement, whereby the prospective suicide is to be provided by his confrères with
sufficient money to make this last year of his life one long enjoyment. ... Mac at once takes up quarters in the leading
hotel of Spokane. ... Now enters the little manicurist, Emily Steeves. And soon Mac finds that the idea of suicide is
growing less and less alluring. He becomes identified with certain large life insurance interests. Makes money rapidly. A
plot is formed to discredit him. But he circumvents this plot, and gets out of the fulfillment of the suicide pact exactly as
Emily declares he must, ‘without paying blackmail and without welshing.’”—Boston Transcript
Boston Transcript p6 Ag 22 ‘17 360w
N Y Br Lib News 4:86 Je ‘17
“A slangy, but broadly amusing tale.”
Springf’d Republican p19 Je 10 ‘17 150w
ABT, ISAAC ARTHUR. Baby’s food; recipes for the preparation of food for infants and children. *$1.25 Saunders
613.22 17-19828
The author, who is professor of diseases of children in the Northwestern university medical school, says in his
foreword: “Young mothers, nurses, and caretakers frequently ask the physician for minute directions for the preparation
of foods for infants and older children. I have attempted to collect from various sources recipes for the preparation of
the most commonly employed foods. I undertook to do this primarily for my own convenience in prescribing for
patients and meeting the repeated demand. I claim no originality in regard to the recipes, and acknowledge my
indebtedness to various sources for information.” He appends a list of authorities in English and German and refers to
practical help given by various women dietitians. In addition to the recipes, which are grouped by class and indexed,
the book contains tables of Mineral constituents of the food, Caloric value of various foods, Diet lists (for children up to
five years), Baths and packs, Tables of measurements, etc.
“A good collection of recipes. ... For the intelligent mother.”
+
A L A Bkl 14:79 D ‘17
“A most useful book for mothers, and one that will save many doctor’s bills.”
+
R of Rs 56:555 N ‘17 40w
ACADEMY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Labor disputes and public service corporations; ed. by H: Raymond
Mussey. (Proceedings, v. 7, no. 1) pa $1.50 Acad. of political science 331.1 17-26392
“This is a valuable survey of American, Canadian, and Australian experience in governmental mediation and arbitration,
with statements of the attitude of the labor unions toward compulsory arbitration, mediation, and conciliation.”—R of
Rs
Am Econ R 7:411 Je ‘17 130w
A L A Bkl 13:375 Je ‘17
“The book is divided into four sections: (1) Government mediation and arbitration, (2) Trade unions and compulsory
arbitration, (3) Trade unions and mediation and conciliation, (4) Recent aspects of labor disputes. The fourth section
discusses arbitration of recent labor disputes and also the Adamson act, from the employees’, employers’ and public
viewpoints.”
Engin N 77:435 Mr 15 ‘17 90w
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R of Rs 55:443 Ap ‘17 30w
ACHARYA, ANANDA. Brahmadarsanam; or, Intuition of the absolute. il *$1.25 (2½c) Macmillan 181 17-24840
An untechnical introduction to Hindu philosophy by Ananda Achārya. The author discusses the six systems of Hindu
philosophy all of which differ from the philosophies of the rest of the world by presupposing that the soul is ultimate
reality. His analysis leads up to a tabulation of the four states of our psychic life, viz. (1) waking, in which we are
conscious of the outward universe; (2) dreaming, in which we are conscious of the inward universe; (3) dreamlessness,
in which we are unconscious of the inward and outward universe; (4) Turiya, in which we are self-conscious in the
absolute sense. The four states correspond to (1) conquest of the objective world of sense and emotion; (2) conquest
of the subjective world of intellect and reason; (3) conquest of the subtile world in which the first two lie in seed form;
(4) freedom in the identity of self with God, and the attainment of the absolute. His doctrine of error, expounded at
some length and consisting in thinking of non-existence as existence, suggests the Christian science idea. The study is
stimulating and inspirational.
“Unqualified approval can scarcely be the meed of an author who professes to be scientific yet has no notion of history
and no clear sense of the value of definition. These faults vitiate the ‘Brahmadarsanam.’ Despite these defects, the
‘general reader’ will learn a good deal from the Acharya’s book, and his exposition, albeit rather too flowery and
poetical, of Hindu monism is, on the whole, to be approved.”
+
—
Nation 106:97 Ja 24 ‘18 300w
+
New Repub 13:132 D 1 ‘17 130w
“Sri Ananda Acharya is an excellent writer. He has a faculty for making the most abstract and profound subject
absorbing and entertaining. His method is direct, concise, yet vivid and human.”
+
N Y Times 22:498 N 25 ‘17 220w
“Brief and popular exposition of Hindu philosophical doctrine presented to us by a Hindu in terms which are not
exposed to the suspicion of western or of Christian prejudice. His book is well worth reading. But we must repeat the
caution that its teaching may mislead those who are unfamiliar with the phraseology and development of western
speculation.”
+
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Spec 119:357 O 6 ‘17 1000w
“Satisfactory to such as it satisfies. And others will take refuge in ‘common sense.’ Perhaps the better, or best, attitude
is to welcome the book as offering an exposition of the Vedānta school of philosophy not readily to be found elsewhere
in such clear and full detail.”
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The Times [London] Lit Sup p484 O 11 ‘17 950w
ACKERMAN, CARL WILLIAM. Germany, the next republic? il *$1.50 (3c) Doran 940.91 17-17989
In his preface the author makes the following somewhat surprising statement: “I believe that the United States by two
years of patience and note writing, has done more to accomplish the destruction of militarism and to encourage freedom
of thought in Germany than the Allies did during nearly three years of fighting.” He was in Germany as correspondent
for the United press from March 1915 to the breaking off of diplomatic relations and he watched the progress of
thought in Germany during that time. President Wilson’s notes started the people to thinking, but as the thinking did not
go far enough, a crushing military defeat is now looked to as the only hope for a democracy in Germany. Contents:
Mobilization of public opinion; “Pirates sink another neutral ship”; The gulf between Kiel and Berlin; The hate campaign
against America; The downfall of von Tirpitz and von Falkenhayn; The period of new orientation; The bubbling
economic volcano; The peace drive of December 12th; The Bernhardi of the seas; The outlawed nation; The United
States at war; President Wilson. Among the illustrations are a number of interesting German cartoons.
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Reviewed by C. H. P. Thurston
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“We knew very little of Germany before the war, and we know practically nothing of what has been going on in that
country since August, 1914. Our conception of the whole war is confined to some trite phrase, such as ‘democracy
against autocracy.’ ... In view of this deplorable situation, it is fortunate that Mr Ackerman has written this book; it is a
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