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THE CUMULATIVE BOOK REVIEW DIGEST EVALUATION OF LITERATURE

Volume I.

1905

Complete in a single alphabet

The H. W. Wilson Company

Minneapolis

CONTENTS

Publishers’ Statement

Sets of Magazines For Sale

The Need
How We Propose to Meet the Need
The Cost
Ready January 1st, 1906
Incidentally

Announcements
List of Publications

Other Abbreviations

The Cumulative Book Review Digest

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Cumulative Book Review Digest

Vol. I.
December, 1905
No. 10

PUBLISHED MONTHLY

The H. W. WILSON COMPANY

MINNEAPOLIS

New York office

W. C. ROWELL, Manager

27 East 21st St.

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION

Per volume, ending with the December number, $5 00

The Cumulative Book Review Digest subscriptions will be taken for the volume only, the volume ending with the
December number which is a full cumulation for the year. The Digest will be sent to subscribers until an order to
discontinue is received with remittance for amount due.

TERMS OF ADVERTISING

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Combined rate for The Cumulative Book Index, The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature and The Cumulative Book
Review Digest: One page $25; one-half page, $12.50; one-inch, $2. Special rates on yearly contracts for a full page or
more.

Publishers’ Statement

THE CUMULATIVE REFERENCE LIBRARY.

SETS OF MAGAZINES FOR SALE.

We have purchased two large stocks of miscellaneous magazines which we are classifying and collecting into sets,
especially for years 1900 to date. We shall not be able to print a list of these for several weeks but shall be glad to quote
prices for any sets, volumes or odd numbers.

The Need.

The Readers’ Guide To Periodical Literature, 1900-1904, and the current numbers open up a rich field to the
investigator, but disappointment often results owing to the library’s not having the articles and if the articles are in the files,
they are usually bound and do not circulate and the student can not use the material as advantageously as though it were in
single article form.

How We Propose to Meet the Need.

We have already purchased large quantities of magazines and we propose to arrange articles cut from all magazines we
index and many others in strict accordance with the subject classification of the Readers’ Guide. We shall be able to fill
orders for certain articles or all articles on a subject. When requested, we shall be able to include much that is not indexed.
Every article will be neatly stitched in a cover.

The Cost.

For the first article in each order the charge will be ten cents and for each additional article five cents. Articles may be
retained two weeks not including time in transit.

Ready January 1st, 1906.

We shall be glad to receive a trial order any time after January first.

Incidentally.

We shall collect many duplicate magazines and we propose to make up sets of magazines, especially for the five years
covered by the Readers’ Guide To Periodical Literature, 1900-1904. We hope to be able to supply odd numbers,
volumes, or sets and shall be glad to receive lists of wants and also lists of duplicates which libraries may wish to dispose
of.
Lists of duplicates for sale should be accompanied by lists of wants since we can pay more in exchange than in cash.

Announcements

The University of Chicago Press announces the addition to its list of publications of two new journals, to be devoted to the
interests of the Ancient Classics; viz. Classical Philology, published for the University of Chicago, and the Classical Journal,
published for the newly formed Classical Association of the Middle West and South. The former will contain scientific
articles and critical reviews; the latter, articles and reviews of a more general nature, with special reference to the needs of
teachers.
As usual, The Outlook’s illustrated Magazine Number for December is also its Annual Book Number, and this is in fact
the seventeenth year of the appearance of such a yearly survey of the books of the season. In addition to a large number of
pages devoted to a classified review of recent literature in its more important departments, there are special features
dealing with notable literary personalities, and an article dealing with the American publisher and including a dozen or more
portraits of the heads of the most famous American publishing houses. Half a dozen or more authors of note have been
chosen as the subjects of personal articles, accompanied in each case with a portrait.
“Russia under the Great Shadow,” by Luigi Villari, is not only one of the most readable of the recent books on the realm of
the Czar, but decidedly valuable. In Mr. Villari’s handsome and generously illustrated volume the reader will find a most
interesting and temperate account of existing conditions in Russia, based on the author’s recent journey throughout the
empire. It is comprehensive, impartial, well-reasoned and trustworthy, and will undoubtedly attract wide attention.
In the December issue of the “Political Science Quarterly” (Ginn & Company) Professor George H. Haynes of Worcester,
Mass., discusses the tendency toward popular control of senatorial elections, and the methods taken in the various
commonwealths for limiting the choice of the legislature in the selection of United States senators. Professor Frank Haigh
Dixon of Dartmouth College describes recent attempts on the part of the states to regulate railways; and Mr. Royal
Meeker analyzes the arguments advanced by supporters of the pending shipping subsidy bill. Other leading articles in the
December Quarterly are “The Municipal Code of Indiana,” by Professor Fairlie of the University of Michigan;
“Communistic Societies in the United States,” by Professor Bushe of Clark College; “Berlin’s Tax Problem,” by Professor
Brooks of Swarthmore College; and “Private Property in Maritime War” by Giulio Marchetti Ferrante, Secretary of the
Italian Legation at Berne, Switzerland.

List of Publications from which Digests of Reviews are Made

Acad.—Academy, London.
Am. Hist. R.—American Historical Review, 66 Fifth Ave., N. Y.
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.
Ann. Am. Acad.—Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. $6. Philadelphia.
Arena.—Arena. $2.50. Albert Brandt, Trenton, N. J.
Astrophys. J.—Astrophysical Journal. $4. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
Ath.—Athenæum. $4.25. London, England.
Atlan.—Atlantic Monthly. $4. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 4 Park St., Boston, Mass.
Bib. World.—Biblical World. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Bookm.—Bookman. $2. Dodd, Mead & Co., 372 5th Ave., N. Y.
Bot. Gaz.—Botanical Gazette. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Cath. World.—Catholic World. $3. 120-122 W. 60th St., New York.
Critic.—Critic. $2. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New Rochelle, N. Y.
Dial.—Dial. $2. Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Ill.
Educ. R.—Educational Review. $3. Educational Review Pub. Co., Columbia University, N. Y.
El. Sch. T.—Elementary School Teacher. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Eng. Hist. R.—English Historical Review.
Engin. N.—Engineering News. 220 Broadway, N. Y.
Forum.—Forum. $2. Forum Publishing Co., 123 E. 23d St., N. Y.
Hibbert J.—Hibbert Journal. Williams & Norgate, London, England.
Ind.—Independent. $2. 130 Fulton St., N. Y.
Int. J. Ethics.—International Journal of Ethics, 1415 Locust St., Philadelphia.
Int. Studio.—International Studio. $5. John Lane, 67 5th Av., N. Y.
J. Geol.—Journal of Geology. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
J. Pol. Econ.—Journal of Political Economy. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
Lit. D.—Literary Digest. $3. 44-60 East 23d Street, New York.
Lond. Times.—London Times (literary supplement to weekly edition), London, England.
Mod. Philol.—Modern Philology. $3. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
Nation.—Nation. $3. P. O. Box 794, New York.
Nature.—Nature, 66 Fifth Ave., N. Y.
N. Y. Times.—New York Times Saturday Review. New York.
Outlook.—Outlook. $3. Outlook Co., 287 4th Ave., New York.
Philos. R.—Philosophical Review, Cornell University, Ithaca. N, Y.
Phys. R.—Physical Review, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
Pol. Sci. Q.—Political Science Quarterly. $3. Ginn & Co., 29 Beacon St., Boston.
Psychol. Bull.—Psychological Bulletin. Princeton, New Jersey.
Pub. Opin.—Public Opinion, 44-60 East 23d St., New York.
Reader.—Reader Magazine. $3. Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
R. of Rs.—Review of Reviews. $2.50. Review of Reviews Co., 13 Astor Place, New York.
Sat. R.—Saturday Review (London).
School R.—School Review. $1.50. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
Science, n.s.—Science (new series). $5. Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y.
Spec.—Spectator (London).
Yale R.—Yale Review, New Haven, Conn.

OTHER ABBREVIATIONS:

Abbreviations of Publishers’ Names will be found in the Publishers’ Directory at the end of The Cumulative Book

Index.

An Asterisk (*) before the price indicates those books sold at a limited discount and commonly known as net

books. Books subject to the rules of the American Publishers’ Association are marked by a double asterisk (**)
when the bookseller is required to maintain the list price; by a dagger (†) when the maximum discount is fixed at 20
and 10 per cent, as is allowable in the case of fiction.

The plus and minus signs preceding the names of the magazines indicate the degree of favor or disfavor of the entire

review.

In the reference to a magazine, the first number refers to the volume, the next to the page and the letters to the date.
In cumulated numbers, the new entries for that number are indicated by an asterisk (*).

The publications, named above, undoubtedly represent the leading reviews of the English-speaking world. Few libraries
are able to subscribe for all and the smaller libraries are supplied with comparatively few of the periodicals from which the
digests are to be culled. For this reason the digest will be of greater value to the small libraries, since it places at their
disposal, in most convenient form, a vast amount of valuable information about books, which would not otherwise be
available.
We shall endeavor to make the descriptive notes so comprehensive, and the digests so full and accurate, that librarians
who do not have access to the reviews themselves, will be able to arrive at substantially correct appreciations of the value
of the books reviewed.
This is particularly true in regard to the English periodicals, which are practically out of the reach of the ordinary library; we
shall endeavor to make the digest of these reviews so complete that there will be little occasion to refer to the original
publications.

The Cumulative Book Review Digest
Devoted to the Valuation of Current Literature

Digests of reviews appearing in January—December 1905, magazines

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Abbey, Henry. Poems. 4th ed. *$1.15. Appleton.

“The content-matter consists for the most part of simple ballads, lyrics and poems for special occasions. In the present
edition the author has brought together all his verse that he cares to preserve from previous editions and to these poems
he has added a number of new compositions.”—Arena.
“The charm of his work lies rather in the pleasing lines that appeal rather to those who love the simple and quiet lays.
Many of them are delightfully-told legends and ballads that will linger in the memory.”

+
Arena. 33: 341. Mr. ‘05. 460w.

Abbot, Henry L. Problems of the Panama canal. $1.50. Macmillan.

Dating this discussion from the failure of the De Lesseps company, Gen. Abbot who is consulting engineer of the new
Panama company, makes a technical study of the whole problem. He includes a “summary comparison of the routes of
the old and new companies, a description of the physical conditions existing on the isthmus, the Chagres river problem,
the disposal of rainfall in the basin of the stream, and the last chapter explains the plans proposed for the canal by the
French company and by the former Isthmian canal commission, and the construction of a sea-level canal.” (N. Y.
Times). Everything relating to the best possible canal construction is covered, and to aid in clearness, there are added a
number of tables, maps, diagrams, &c.
“It would be difficult to find anywhere one better qualified to discuss the Panama problems than General Abbot.”

+ +
Engin. N. 53: 645. Je. 15, ‘05. 340w.

Nation. 80: 459. Je. 8, ‘05. 120w.

+ +

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Nature. 72: 394. Ag. 24, ‘05. 860w.

N. Y. Times. 10: 249. Ap. 15, ‘05. 100w. (Statement of contents.)

“Gen. Abbot has made a valuable contribution to the technical literature of the Panama canal.”

+ +
N. Y. Times. 10: 275. Ap. 29, ‘05. 830w.

Outlook. 80: 394. Je. 10, ‘05. 130w.

+ +

+

R. of Rs. 31: 766. Je. ‘05. 300w.

Abbott, Jacob. Rollo books. 14v. ea. 50c. Crowell.

An attractive, new popular priced edition which retains the original “Rollo” illustrations and includes Rollo learning to
talk; Rollo learning to read; Rollo at work; Rollo at play; Rollo at school; Rollo’s vacation; Rollo’s experiments; Rollo’s
museum; Rollo’s travels; Rollo’s correspondence; Rollo’s philosophy—Water; Air; Fire; Sky.

Abbott, Lyman. Christian ministry. **$1.50. Houghton.

This new book of essays is based on two courses of lectures given by Dr. Abbott before the Yale and Pacific
Theological seminaries. It answers the question, Why do people go to church?
“Dr. Abbott writes with vision, power, tact, and rare literary felicity.”

+ +

+

Critic. 47: 384. O. ‘05. 180w.

“It is a liberal view of the ministry and of the church, arising from a profound faith in Christianity, not merely as a form of
teaching but as a power derived from a Person.”

+ +
Outlook. 80: 390. Je. 10, ‘05. 270w.

“The book is pervaded by that newer and higher conception of religion that is becoming more and more prevalent, viz.:
that religion is not ecclesiastical or dogmatic, but a living power in the heart of every individual.”

+ +
Pub. Opin. 39: 413. S. 23, ‘05. 380w.

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R. of Rs. 32: 752. D. ‘05. 160w.

Abbott, Lyman. Industrial problem. **$1. Jacobs.

The William Levi Bull lectures for 1905. “The first lecture endeavors to define the industrial problem: the other three
propose as the political solution, regulation; as the economic solution, reorganization; and as the ethical solution,
regeneration.” (Outlook.)

Ind. 59: 811. O. 5, ‘05. 240w.

Outlook. 80: 692. Jl. 15, ‘05. 170w.

Abbott, Lyman. Personality of God. **30c. Crowell.

A widely discussed sermon preached before the Harvard students, in which Dr. Abbott gives his definition of God. He
aims to show the honest, sincere and rational man who is confused by the difference of opinion between a certain
school of theologians and a certain school of scientists, that a belief in the Fatherhood of God is consistent with an
acceptance of a thoroly modern scientific conception of the universe. The binding is uniform with the “What is worth
while series.”

Outlook. 79: 760. Mr. 25, ‘05. 30w.

“The combined simplicity and the power of this address are great. It is interpretative to a rare degree. One breathes ‘an
ampler ether, a diviner air’ while reading it.”

+ +
—

Reader. 6: 241. Jl. ‘05. 200w.

* Abraham, Rev. W. H. Church and state in England. *$1.40. Longmans.

This history of the relation of church and state is written to aid the student of their present relations. The period
preceding the conquest is first treated and the chapters which follow cover the Norman period, the troubles with the
papacy from Henry II to Richard II, the beginning of constitutional church government, the growth of abuses, the
beginning of reform, the subjection of the church to the state and later temporarily to the papacy, the Elizabethan
settlement, the Puritans, Latitudinarian troubles, and the growth of Erastian ideas. In a final chapter entitled, The next
step, Dr. Abraham makes suggestions for the future.
* “On the whole we cannot commend this book; it ministers to prejudice rather than to tolerance, and its author cannot
be said to be inspired by the spirit of true historical investigation.”

—
Ath. 1905, 1: 590. My. 13. 180w.

* “There is a little fault to be found with Dr. Abraham’s narrative of the past. The point at which we should part
company with Dr. Abraham is to be found in his proposals for the future.”

+
—

Spec. 94: 558. Ap. 15, ‘05. 240w.

Acworth, William Mitchell. Elements of railway economics. *70c. Oxford.

A preface states that this book is but a fragment of a complete work which the author has in mind, and is issued to meet
the present need of an English text-book in railway economics. It deals with railways and railway business from an
economic point of view and considers railway capital, expenditure, income, charges and rates, closing with a chapter
upon the interference of parliament. Altho English experience furnishes the illustrations the discussion is applicable to all
railways however owned or managed.
“The ordinary reader, if he will take the trouble really to master the figures here tabulated and the close reasoning to
which they lead, will find the admirable little book now at his disposal make him quite sufficiently conversant with the
subject.”

+ +

+

Sat. R. 99: 849. Je. 24, ‘05. 430w.

Adam, Juliette Lamber (Mme. Edmond). My literary life, **$2.50. Appleton.

There is a fascination about Madam Adam’s intense, vivacious interpretation of the meanings of things that is not easily
resisted. Her literary career, outlined here from the time of her unfortunate marriage to the founding of her salon, is

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linked with the life of France during the stormy days of the second empire, and reflects the temper of French society,
thought and politics of the day. She rambles on delightfully about the personal qualities of George Sand, Daniel Stern,
Edmond About, Gustave Flaubert, Madam Viardot, Jules Simon, and hosts of other notables, revealing ever and anon
her own radical notions and violent tendencies. There are a number of full-page pictures of men and women of the
times.
“Altogether this is a most delightful, inspiring and informative book, worth all the recent volumes of memoirs put
together; the translation is quite excellent; in fact, it does not read like a translation at all.” Frank Schloesser.

+ +
Acad. 68: 34. Ja. 14, ‘05. 510w.

+
Critic. 46: 186. F. ‘05. 310w.

“Chief defect (or excellence) is its haphazard garrulity. Reminiscences give the book its value, apart from our interest in
the very communicative lady who writes it.”

+
Dial. 38: 21. Ja. 1, ‘05. 350w.

“A very readable book. In parts jerky and incoherent.”

+
—

Spec. 94: 121. Ja. 28, ‘05. 240w.

Adams, Andy. The outlet. †$1.50. Houghton.

The author, who saw the beginning of the custom of wintering Texan cattle in the Northwest, the measure which
brought the extermination of the bison and the confinement of the Indians to their reservations, and who had some
experience with railway companies and their methods of caring for cattle, and their prices with contractors, and with the
Congressional lobbyist has woven all these things into his story.
“The book needs a glossary if it is to be thoroughly understood by English readers.”

—
Acad. 68: 665. Je. 24, ‘05. 390w.

“Not the least effective part of the book consists of the dialogue. The success of this book is the more notable from the
entire absence of anything resembling a love story.” Herbert W. Horwill.

+ +

+

Forum. 37: 112. Jl. ‘05. 410w.

“He tells of the dangers of the great drive, from stampedes, from alkali water, from drought, from flood and from men,
in a straightforward and convincing way.”

+
Ind. 58: 1257. Je. 1, ‘05. 160w.

“It is an out-door book, with no pretense to style or philosophy—a plain story that takes you into the herd and its daily
happenings. The book is admirable of its kind.”

+ +
Nation. 80: 422. My. 25, ‘05. 820w.

“A genuine American story. There is no fiction in ‘The outlet,’ but a true, well-defined and entertainingly written
narrative.”

+ +
N. Y. Times. 10: 276. Ap. 29, ‘05. 500w.

“It is a fine picture of life on the plains, the relations of the men towards each other, episodes of treachery and sharp
practices, and the fights against these evils.”

+ +
N. Y. Times. 10: 392. Je. 17, ‘05. 180w.

“This is a striking foot-note to the study of conditions in the far West.”

+
Outlook. 79: 1015. Ap. 22, ‘05. 180w.

“‘The outlet’ is first and foremost, a capital story; after that, it is a genuine contribution to the history of a typical
American industry.”

+ +
Reader. 6: 361. Ag. ‘05. 330w.

* “The story is somewhat colourless and lacking in breadth of interest.”

—
Sat. R. 100: 630. N. 11, ‘05. 70w.

Adams, Frederick Upham. John Henry Smith, a humorous romance of outdoor life. †$1.50. Doubleday.