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Industries and Industrial Arts, continued. concludes with a survey of fuels. Copiously illustrated.

"We have examined the book very critically, and our judgment is that for a work of its nature - the first of its kind it is a very commendable presentation. A book of this kind has been needed. Today it is a work of reference in the future it will be a book of historical interest.' ·Motorship, Sept., 1925.

Also reviewed in Nautical magazine, Sept., 1925; Gas and oil power, Sept. 3, 1925; Shipbuilding and shipping record, Aug. 13, 1925.

Kraus, Edward Henry, and E. F. HOLDEN. Gems and gem materials. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1925. vii, 222 p. illus. 8°. $3.00. PWV (117)

Based on lectures by the authors at the University of Michigan. Deals in a fairly untechnical way with crystal forms, various properties, formation and occurrence, cutting and polishing, naming of gems, manufactured stones, descriptions of individual gems, and classification according to properties. Tables to facilitate identification.

Reviewed in Engineering and mining journal, Sept. 26, 1925.

*Langton, H. M. Blacks and pitches. London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1925. 179 p. illus. 8°. (Oil and colour chemistry monographs.) 15s. VOP (119)

The first nine chapters deal with the black pig. ments, including graphite, but omitting the lakes; and tell of their use in paints and inks, as well as the adaptability of carbon black as a rubber ingredient. The rest of the book treats of pitches and bituminous materials, with special chapters on fatty acid pitches, weathering and ageing of bituminous materials, bituminous fabrics, bituminous paints, varnishes, enamels and japans; and paving materials.

"Contains much information drawn from a wide range of recent technological literature, published in various journals, bulletins, etc., and should prove useful to chemists entering the oil and colour industries." Chemical age, London, Oct. 10, 1925.

Also reviewed in Chemistry and industry, Oct. 9, 1925; Oil and colour trades journal, Aug. 8, 1925. *Levy, S. I. The rare earths, their occurrence, chemistry, and technology. London and New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1924. xiii, 362 p. 2. ed. 8°. $6.00. PNF (119)

Has interesting accounts of the manufacture of gas mantles, notably the use of artificial silk in this connection.

"The material is nicely selected, well written, and very interesting. It is a great improvement on the first edition. Titanium and some other subjects, which were included in the first edition, have been omitted, while the other elements have been expanded and other important material included. Those who desire a good all-round introduction to these elements cannot do better than obtain this book." C. James in Industrial and engineering chemistry, April, 1925.

Also reviewed in Chemical age, London, April 4, 1925; American journal of science, April, 1925; Nature, Aug. 29, 1925.

*Mellor, Joseph William. Modern inorganic chemistry. London and New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1925. xx, 1103 p. new ed. illus. 8°. $4.25.

PNB (119) Increase of nearly 200 pages over the 1917 edition, with considerable rewriting, especially in the chapter on the Evolution of chemistry. The number of examination questions has also been increased.

"In writing this book in the first place, Dr. Mellor scored a success in attempting to correlate physical

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*Parrish, P. Sulphuric acid reaction chambers. London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1925. 159 p. illus. 12°. 6s. VOF (119)

Claimed to be the first book devoted exclusively to this subject. Discusses aspects hitherto vaguely treated, presents new ideas and gives practical information on many works problems, notably the erection of new plants and the demolition of old ones. Has a history of the process and a chapter on the trend of development. Carefully illustrated.

Schlesinger, H. I. General chemistry. London and New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1925. vi, 631 p. illus. 8°. $3.75. PKO (119)

College text for students already somewhat familiar with the rudiments. The first six chapters deal thoroughly with theory. Has chapters on solutions, chemical equilibrium, theory of ionization, radioactivity, and electrochemistry; also exercises and bibliographic references. Author is Professor of Chemistry in the University of Chicago.

Spooner, Henry J. Machine design, construction and drawing. Text-book for the use of young engineers. London and New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1925. xxiv, 762 p. 5. ed. illus. 8°. $7.00. VFE (121)

"A treatise which has reached a fifth edition is its own best advertisement... The opening chapters give a great deal of useful information on the selec tion and use of drawing materials and on elementary geometry. The characteristic feature of the remainder of the volume is the great wealth of illustrations of machine and engine details. These are accompanied by clearly written descriptions and much excellent comment. Special attention has been paid to the design of petrol motors." - Engineering, Dec. 5, 1924.

*Sproxton, F. Cellulose ester varnishes. London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1925. 178 p. 8°. (Oil and colour chemistry monographs.) 15s. VOP (119)

"There was a distinct need for such a volume.. It may be described as being eminently practical.' Proper, but not undue, weight is given to theoretical considerations. It is obviously written by one who fully appreciates the pitfalls which beset many young academic chemists brought into contact with industry." Chemical age, London, Oct. 10, 1925.

Also reviewed in Oil and Colour Chemists' Associa tion journal, Sept., 1925; Chemistry and industry, Sept. 11, 1925; Oil and colour trades journal, Aug. 8, 1925.

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Falla, Manuel de. El retablo de Maese Pedro. Les tréteaux de Maître Pierre. Master Peter's puppet show. Adaptación musical y escénica de un episodio de "El ingenioso Cavallero Don Quixote de la Mancha" de Miguel de Cervantes, por Manuel de Falla. Version française de G. JeanAubry. English version based on Shelton's "Don Quixote" of 1620 by J. B. Trend. London: J. & W. Chester, Ltd. [1923. 68 p. fo. *MS

Vocal score. Spanish, English and French words. Flood, William Henry Grattan. Early Tudor composers; biographical sketches of thirty-two musicians and composers of the period 1485-1555. With a preface by Sir W. Henry Hadow. London: Oxford University Press, 1925. 121 p. illus. 12°.

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Vocal score. Italian and English words. Milhaud, Darius. Salade; ballet chanté en deux actes, livret d'Albert Flament, chorégraphie de Léonide Massine, musique de Darius Milhaud. Paris: Heugel cop. 1924]. 101 p. fo. *MS

Vocal score. French words.

Le train bleu; opérette dansée de Jean Cocteau, chorégraphie de La Nijinska, musique de Darius Milhaud. Paris: Heugel [cop. 1924]. 65 p. fo. * MS Arranged for piano, 2 hands, preceded by explana tory text in French.

Morpain, J. 50 chansons populaires des Charentes et du Poitou. Paris: Heugel [cop. 1924). 2 v. in 1. 8°. * MO (French)

French words with tunes.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm. Musikalische Werke, von Friedrich Nietzsche. Hrsg. im Auftrage des Nietzsche Archivs von Georg Göhler. v. 1. Leipzig: F. Kistner, 1924. f°. * MNB

Contents: Bd. 1. Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung.

Odum, Howard Washington, and G. B. JOHNSON. The negro and his songs; a study of typical negro songs in the South. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1925. vii p., 2 1., 306 p. 8°. *MF

Ornstein, Leo. Fourth sonata for piano. Moderato con moto - Semplice - LentoVivo. New York: G. Schirmer, Inc. [cop. 1924.j 45 p. f°. * MYD

Picchi, Giovanni. Balli d'arpicordo di Giovanni Picchi (1621). Milano: G. Ricordi & C. [1884? 35 p. 4°. * MN (Chilesotti) Ravel, Maurice. Tzigane; rapsodie de concert pour violon et piano. Paris: Durand & Cie. [cop. 1924. 2 parts in 1 v. f. * MYK

Scarborough, Dorothy. On the trail of negro folk-songs. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1925. 289 p. 8°. MO (U. S.)

Schoenberg, Arnold. Erwartung (Monodram). Dichtung von Marie Pappenheim. Musik von Arnold Schönberg. Op. 17. Klavierauszug mit Text von Eduard Steuermann. Wien: Universal-Edition, A. G., cop. 1922. 47 p. f°. *MS

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Chansons du Paris: Rouart, in 1. f.

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French words with music for 1 voice with piano

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Barnouw, Adriaan Jacob. Vondel...with an introduction by the editor. New York, London: C. Scribner's Sons, 1925. ix p., 2 1., 227 p. 12°. (Great Hollanders, ed. by E. W. Bok.) NHC (Vondel)

Beaumont, Albert. The hero; a theory of tragedy. London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1925. 144 p. 12°. *NCVF

Bickley, Francis Lawrance. An English letter book, compiled and edited by Francis Bickley. London: G. Chapman, 1925. xviii, NDC 226 p. 8°.

Brousson, Jean Jacques. Anatole France en pantoufles. Paris: G. Crès et Cie., 1924. ii, 378 p. 12°.

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Carpenter, Edward, and GEORGE BARNEFIELD. The psychology of the poet Shelley. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1925. 126 p. 12°. NCC

Champion, Pierre Honoré Jean Baptiste. Ronsard et son temps... Paris: E. Champion, 1925. xviii, 508 p. illus. 8°.

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Charpentier, John. Théodore de Banville, l'homme et son oeuvre. Paris: Ferrin et Cie., 1925. 254 p. 12°. NKC (Banville)

Coleridge, Hartley. Essays on parties in poetry and on the character of Hamlet. With an introduction by John Drinkwater. Oxford: B. Blackwell, 1925. 60 p. 12°. (Little nineteenth century classics.

Dexter, Walter. The England of Dickens. London: C. Palmer [1925]. x, 308 p. illus. 8°. NCC (Dickens)

Drinkwater, John. The Muse in council. London: Sidgwick and Jackson, Ltd., 1925. 254 p. 8°. NCZ

Contents: The poet and communication. The poet and tradition. Simple, sensuous and passionate. The heroic in art. John Milton. Robert Burns. Percy Bysshe Shelley. Lord de Tabley. William Ernest Henley. The poetry of Alice Meynell. Mr. Masefield's Reynard and Right_royal. Edward Arlington Robinson. The poetry of Francis Ledwidge. Johnson and Boswell. Wilde's The importance of being earnest. Stopford Brooke.

Duff, James Wight. The writers of Rome, by J. Wight Duff. London: Oxford University Press, 1925. 111 p. illus. 8°. NRC

Eloesser, Arthur. Thomas Mann, sein Leben und sein Werk. Berlin: S. Fischer, 1925. 207 p. illus. 8°. NFD

Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James. Spanish bibliography. Oxford: H. Milford, 1925. 389 p. 16°. (Hispanic notes & monographs. Bibliography series. [v. 2.) NPB

Haight, Elizabeth Hazelton. Horace and his art of enjoyment. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company [cop. 1925. vii, 276 p. 8°. *R-NTRW

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Howard, Claud. Coleridge's idealism; a study of its relationship to Kant and to the Cambridge Platonists. Boston: R. G. Badger [cop. 1924). 4 p.1., 11-108 p. 8°. NCC (Coleridge)

Hutchins, Henry Clinton. Robinson Crusoe and its printing, 1719-1731; a bibliographical study; with a foreword by A. Edward Newton. New York: Columbia University Press, 1925. xix, 201 p. illus. 4°. NCC (Defoe)

Ihering, Herbert. Aktuelle Dramaturgie. Berlin: Verlag die Schmiede, 1924. 119 p. 12°. no. 2.) NAFD NCZ

Collis, J. S. Shaw. London: J. Cape, Ltd. [1925. 192 p. 12°. NCC (Shaw)

Crosby, Emily A. Une romancière oubliée, Mme Riccoboni; sa vie, ses oeuvres, sa place dans la littérature anglaise et française du XVIII siècle. Paris: F. Rieder & Cie., 1924. 190 p. 8°. (Bibliothèque de littérature comparée.) NKC (Riccoboni)

Kellner, Leon. Restoring Shakespeare; a critical analysis of the misreadings in Shakespeare's works... London: G. Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1925. xvi, 216 p. illus. 8°. * NCX

Lacon. Lectures to living authors, by Lacon, adorned with portraits of some of the subjects by Quiz. London: G. Bles [1925). 231 p. illus. 8°. NCB

Literature, continued.

Le Goff, Marcel. Anatole France à La Béchellerie. Propos et souvenirs 1914-1924 Paris: L. Delteil, 1924. 268 p. illus. 12°. AN Lyonnet, Henry. Les "premières" de Jean Racine; préface de Georges Rivollet. Paris: Delagrave, 1924. xxiv, 232 p. 12°. NKC

MacDonald, George. The tragedie of Hamlet, prince of Denmarke; a study with the text of the folio of 1623, with an introduction by Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson... London: G. Allen & Unwin, Ltd. [1924. xvi, 277 p., 1 port. 8°.

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Montel, François. Bibliographie de Paul Verlaine. Paris: H. Leclerc, 1924. 144 p., 1 port. 8°. (Les bibliographies nouvelles. no. 7.) NKC Norwood, Gilbert. The writers of Greece. London: Oxford University Press, 1925. NRC 142 p. illus. 8°.

Perry, Henry Ten Eyck. The comic spirit in restoration drama; studies in the comedy of Etherege, Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1925. xii, 148 p. 8°.

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Reyval, Albert. L'église et le théâtre; essai historique. Paris: Bloud & Gay, 1924. xi, 246 p. 12°. NAFD

Schneider, Ferdinand Josef. Die deutsche Dichtung, vom Ausgang des Barocks bis zum Beginn des Klassizismus, 1700-1785. Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler, 1924. x, 492 p. 8°. (Epochen der deutschen Literatur. Bd. 3.) NFC (Epochen)

Steinweg, Carl. Aischylos, sein Werk und die von ihm ausgehende Entwicklung. Halle (Saale): M. Niemeyer, 1924. xi, 184 p. 8°. (His: Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Tragödie sowie zu einer neuen Technik des Dramas. Bd. 6.) NSCW

Euripides als Tragiker und Lustspieldichter. Halle (Saale): M. Niemeyer,

1924. xii, 285 p. 8°. (His: Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Tragödie sowie zu einer neuen Technik des Dramas. Bd. 5.) NSEW

Das Seelendrama in der Antike und seine Weiterentwicklung bis auf Goethe und Wagner. Ein Grundriss von Carl Steinweg. Halle (Saale): M. Niemeyer, 1924. xii, 112 p. 8°. (His: Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Tragödie sowie zu einer neuen Technik des Dramas. Bd. 7.) NAF

Sophokles, sein Werk und seine Kunst. Halle (Saale): M. Niemeyer, 1924. xiii, 237 p. 8°. (His: Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Tragödie sowie zu einer neuen Technik des Dramas. Bd. 4.) NSDW

Thomas, Calvin. Scholarship and other essays, by Calvin Thomas... with a sketch of Professor Thomas's life and work by William Alfred Braun... New York: H. Holt and Company, 1924. viii p., 2 1., 3-217 p., 1 port. 12°. NBQ

Contents: Publius Vergilius Maro: a sonnet. Scholarship. Reading and culture. Some random observations upon poetry. The devil. Folk plays of long ago. Weimar. Science and religion in Goethe's Faust. Schiller the realist. English spelling. A model of divinatory criticism. 'Tis many years since. The choir invisible.

Truc, Gonzague. Anatole France, l'artiste et le penseur. Paris: Garnier frères, 1924. iii, 148 p. 12°. NKC

Van Doren, Carl Clinton, and MARK VAN DOREN. American and British literature since 1890. New York & London: The Century Co. [cop. 1925. xi, 350 p. 8°. *R-NCB

Van Tieghem, Paul. Le préromantisme; études d'histoire littéraire européenne. [Tome 1. Paris: F. Rieder et Cie, 1924. 12°. NABR Contents: [Tome] 1. La notion de vraie poésie. La mythologie et la poésie scandinaves. Ossian et l'ossianisme.

Weigand, Hermann J. The modern Ibsen; a reconsideration. New York: H. Holt and Company [cop. 1925. vii p., 2 1., 3-416 *R-NIGH (Ibsen) p. 8°.

Welby, Thomas Earle. Arthur Symons; a critical study. London: A. M. Philpot. Ltd., 1925. 147 p. illus. 8°. NCC

Willcocks, Mary Patricia. Between the old world and the new; being studies in literary personality from Goethe and Balzac to Anatole France and Thomas Hardy. London: G. Allen & Unwin, Ltd. [1925.1 NCZ 365 p. 8°.

Wise, Thomas James. A Swinburne library; a catalogue of printed books, manuscripts and autograph letters by Algernon Charles Swinburne; collected by Thomas James Wise... London: Printed for private circulation only, 1925. xiv, 295 p. illus. 4°. NCC (Swinburne)

PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

Bournet, Léon. La querelle janséniste. Paris: P. Téqui, 1924. xii, 382 p. 12°. ZMTV

Bricout, J., editor. Dictionnaire pratique des connaissances religieuses; publié sous la direction de J. Bricout. Tome 1. Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1925. 4°. ZAB

Chastand, Gédéon. Répertoire de la prédication protestante aux XIXe et xxe siècles, précédé d'un index bibliographique de tous sermonnaires, sermons isolés, discours religieux, méditations, études bibliques, périodiques spéciaux, parus à fin 1922. Par Gédéon Chastand., Édition entièrement revue, complétée et mise à jour par Jean Ganguin...préface de Louis Aubert... Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1924. vi, 529 p. 8°. ZIY

Cooke, Allan Worthington. Sacraments and society; a study of the origin and value of rites in religion. Boston: R. Badger [cop. 1924]. 243 p. 8°. ZAZB Cornish, Louis Craig. The religious minorities in Transylvania. Boston: The Beacon Press, Inc. [cop. 1925. 174 p. 8°. FWB

Driesch, Hans Adolf Eduard. The crisis in psychology. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1925. xvi, 275 p. 12°. YED

Durrant, C. S. A link between Flemish mystics and English martyrs; with a preface by His Eminence Cardinal Bourne... London: Burns, Oates and Washbourne, Ltd., 1925. xvi, 456 p. illus. 8°. ZMT

Fletcher, Joseph Smith. The Reformation in northern England; six lectures. London: G. Allen & Unwin, Ltd. [1925. 191 p. 8°. ZON

Formoy, Beryl E. R. The Dominican order in England before the Reformation. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge [1925]. xvi, 160 p. 12°. (Studies in church history.) ZMTB Gunn, J. Alexander. Benedict Spinoza. Melbourne: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1925. xiii, 167 p. illus. 12°. YBG

Hoyland, John Somervell. The race problem and the teaching of Jesus Christ. London: The Religious Tract Society [19251. 195 p. 12°. ZEE

Jobbé-Duval, Emile Louis Marie. Les morts malfaisants, "larvae, lemures," d'après le droit & les croyances populaires des Romains. Paris: L. Tenin, 1924. xi, 334 p. 8°.

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Kropotkin, Piotr Aleksyeyevich, prince. Ethics; origin and development, by Prince Kropotkin. Authorized translation from the Russian by Louis S. Friedland and Joseph R. Piroshnikoff. New York: L. MacVeagh, 1924. xvi, 349 p. 8°. YFB

Margolis, Max Leopold, and others. The Song of Songs; a symposium, by Max L. Margolis, James A. Montgomery, Walter Woodburn Hyde, Franklin Edgerton, Theophile J. Meek, and Wilfred H. Schoff, before the Oriental Club of Philadelphia. Wilfred H. Schoff, editor. Philadelphia: The Commercial Museum, 1924. 120 p. tables. 8°. *YLP

Muehlestein, Hans. Russland und die Psychomachie Europas, Versuch über den Zusammenhang der religiösen und der politischen Weltkrise. München: C. H. Beck, 1925. x, 240 p. 8°.

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Pottier, Aloys. La vie et la doctrine spirituelle du père Louis Lallemant... Texte primitif révisé et annoté, par le P. Aloys Pottier... Paris: P. Téqui, 1924. xxxii, 520 p. 12°. ZMTL

Povah, John Walter. The new psychology and the Hebrew prophets. Foreword by H. Crichton Miller... preface by the Rev. W. R. Matthews. London, New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1925. xiv, 207 p., 2 1. 12°. *YLR

Roback, Abraham Aaron, editor. Problems of personality; studies presented to Dr. Morton Prince, pioneer in American psychopathology. Board of editors: C. MacFie Campbell...H. S. Langfeld...Wm. McDougall...A. A. Roback...E. W. Taylor

London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1925. xiii, 434 p. illus. 8°. (International library of psychology, philosophy and scientific method.) YEI

Royden, Agnes Maude. Christ triumphant. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1924. v, 150 p. 12°. ZEE

Contents: An unarmed state. In business. In our industrial system. The business of Henry Ford. The state and the offender. Why Christ must triumph. The meaning of the cross in the twentieth century.

Schnuerer, Gustav. Kirche und Kultur im Mittelalter. Bd. 1. Paderborn: F. ZEX Schöningh, 1924. 8°.

Spranger, Eduard. Psychologie des Jugendalters... Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer, 1925. xvi, 359 p. 5. ed. 8°.

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