: The Cumulative Book Review Digest Volume 3 1907 Complete in a single alphabet by Various - Books Reviews Periodicals

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PREFACE Publications from which Digests of Reviews are Made A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

PREFACE

This volume is the third annual cumulation of the Book Review Digest. It includes principally the books of 1907 that have been reviewed by the best book critics in England and America. It aims first to record with unprejudiced exactness the scope, character and subject content of books as they appear, and further, to supplement this descriptive information from month to month with excerpts culled from the best current reviews appearing in forty-seven English and American magazines which give prominence to book criticism, thus furnishing to the librarian a basis for the valuation of books. Frequently the best reviews of a book appear during the year following its publication, so in this volume will be found supplementary excerpts relating to books which were entered in the 1906 annual. It will be observed that a number of entries include only the descriptive note. Reviews for these books have not yet appeared; 1908 will furnish the material for appraisal, and excerpts will be included in current numbers of the digest as fast as reviews are published.

In sending out this annual the publishers wish to emphasize the co?perative phase of the undertaking. From three to six people have been engaged during 1907 in the work of preparing descriptive notes to approximately 2,800 books, and clipping from 1,000 copies of magazines sentences most helpful for book selection. This card-index information furnished to libraries for five dollars per year would cost them many hundred times this sum should they do it themselves. For the time thus given to a valuable and indispensable part of library work the publishers look for an equivalent in the support of libraries all over the country. The justice of the statement "Time is Money" is commensurate with its economic terseness.

Publications from which Digests of Reviews are Made

Acad.--Academy. . 20 Tavistock St., Covent Garden, London. Am. Hist. R.--American Historical Review. . Macmillan Company. 66 Fifth Ave., New York. Am. J. Soc.--American Journal of Sociology. . University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. Am. J. Theol.--American Journal of Theology. . University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. A. L. A. Bkl.--A. L. A. Booklist. . A. L. A. Publishing Board, 34 Newbury St., Boston. Ann. Am. Acad.--Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. . 36th and Woodland Ave., Philadelphia. Arena.--Arena. .50. Albert Brandt, Princeton Avenue, Trenton, N. J. Astrophys. J.--Astrophysical Journal. . University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. Ath.--Athenaeum. .25. Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, E. C., London. Atlan.--Atlantic Monthly. . Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 4 Park St., Boston, Mass. Bib. World.--Biblical World. . University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Bookm.--Bookman. .50. Dodd, Mead & Co., 372 5th Ave, N. Y. Bot. Gaz.--Botanical Gazette. . University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Cath. World.--Catholic World. . 120-122 W. 60th St., New York. Critic--Merged into Putnam's on October 1, 1906. Dial.--Dial. Fine Arts Building, 203 Michigan Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Educ. R.--Educational Review. . Educational Review Pub. Co., Columbia University, N. Y. El. School T.--Elementary School Teacher. .50. University of Chicago Press. Chicago. Engin. N.--Engineering News. . 220 Broadway, New York. Eng. Hist. R.--English Historical Review. . Longmans, Green, and Co., 39 Paternoster Row London, E. C. Forum.--Forum. . Forum Publishing Co., 45 East 42d Street. New York. Hibbert J.--Hibbert Journal. . Williams & Norgate, London. Ind.--Independent. . 130 Fulton St., N. Y. Int. J. Ethics.--International Journal of Ethics. .50. 1415 Locust St., Philadelphia. Int. Studio.--International Studio. . John Lane, 110-114 West 32d Street, New York. J. Geol.--Journal of Geology. . University of Chicago Press, Chicago. J. Philos.--Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods. . Science Press, Lancaster, Pa. J. Pol. Econ.--Journal of Political Economy. . University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. Lit. D.--Literary Digest. . 44-60 East 23d Street, New York. Lond. Times.--London Times , London, England. Mod. Philol.--Modern Philology. . University of Chicago Press. Chicago, Ill. Nation.--Nation. . P O Box 794, New York. Nature.--Nature. . 66 Fifth Ave., New York. N. Y. Times.--New York Times Saturday Review, New York. No. Am.--North American Review. . North American Review Pub. Co., Franklin Sq., New York. Outlook.--Outlook. . 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. . Ginn & Co., 29 Beacon St., Boston. Psychol. Bull.--Psychological Bulletin. . 41 North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa. Putnam's--Putnam's Monthly and the Critic. . G. P. Putnam's Sons, 27 & 29 W. 23rd St., New York. R. of Rs.--Review of Reviews. . Review of Reviews Co., 13 Astor Place, New York. Sat. R.--Saturday Review. .50. 33 Southampton St. Strand, London. School R.--School Review. .50. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. Science, n.s.--Science . . Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. Spec.--Spectator. .50. 1 Wellington St., Strand, London. Yale R.--Yale Review. . New Haven. Conn.

OTHER ABBREVIATIONS:

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.

Books noticed for the first time this month have an asterisk immediately below the author's name in entry heading.

A Maltese Cross indicates that the A. L. A. Booklist suggests the books for first purchase. The letter S indicates that the same publication recommends the book for small libraries.

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.

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