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Programming Massively
Parallel Processors
A Hands-on Approach
Programming Massively
Parallel Processors
A Hands-on Approach
Fourth Edition

Wen-mei W. Hwu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NVIDIA,
Champaign, IL, United States

David B. Kirk
Formerly NVIDIA, United States

Izzat El Hajj
American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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 To Sabrina, Amanda, Bryan, and Carissa
To Caroline, Rose, and Leo
To Mona, Amal, and Ali
for enduring our absence while working on the course
and the book—once again!
Contents
Foreword ..................................................................................................................xv
Preface .................................................................................................................. xvii
Acknowledgments .............................................................................................. xxvii
CHAPTER 1 Introduction ................................................................... 1
1.1 Heterogeneous parallel computing ................................................3
1.2 Why more speed or parallelism? ...................................................7
1.3 Speeding up real applications ........................................................9
1.4 Challenges in parallel programming............................................11
1.5 Related parallel programming interfaces.....................................13
1.6 Overarching goals ........................................................................14
1.7 Organization of the book .............................................................15
References.................................................................................... 19

Part I Fundamental Concepts

CHAPTER 2 Heterogeneous data parallel computing.................... 23
With special contribution from David Luebke
2.1 Data parallelism............................................................................23
2.2 CUDA C program structure .........................................................27
2.3 A vector addition kernel ..............................................................28
2.4 Device global memory and data transfer.....................................31
2.5 Kernel functions and threading....................................................35
2.6 Calling kernel functions ...............................................................40
2.7 Compilation ..................................................................................42
2.8 Summary.......................................................................................43
Exercises ...................................................................................... 44
References.................................................................................... 46

CHAPTER 3 Multidimensional grids and data ............................... 47

3.1 Multidimensional grid organization.............................................47
3.2 Mapping threads to multidimensional data .................................51
3.3 Image blur: a more complex kernel.............................................58
3.4 Matrix multiplication ...................................................................62
3.5 Summary.......................................................................................66
Exercises ...................................................................................... 67

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CHAPTER 4 Compute architecture and scheduling ....................... 69

4.1 Architecture of a modern GPU ....................................................70
4.2 Block scheduling ..........................................................................70
4.3 Synchronization and transparent scalability ................................71
4.4 Warps and SIMD hardware .........................................................74
4.5 Control divergence .......................................................................79
4.6 Warp scheduling and latency tolerance .......................................83
4.7 Resource partitioning and occupancy ..........................................85
4.8 Querying device properties ..........................................................87
4.9 Summary.......................................................................................90
Exercises ...................................................................................... 90
References.................................................................................... 92

CHAPTER 5 Memory architecture and data locality ..................... 93

5.1 Importance of memory access efficiency ....................................94
5.2 CUDA memory types...................................................................96
5.3 Tiling for reduced memory traffic .............................................103
5.4 A tiled matrix multiplication kernel ..........................................107
5.5 Boundary checks ........................................................................112
5.6 Impact of memory usage on occupancy ....................................115
5.7 Summary.....................................................................................118
Exercises .................................................................................... 119

CHAPTER 6 Performance considerations .................................... 123

6.1 Memory coalescing ....................................................................124
6.2 Hiding memory latency..............................................................133
6.3 Thread coarsening ......................................................................138
6.4 A checklist of optimizations ......................................................141
6.5 Knowing your computation’s bottleneck...................................145
6.6 Summary.....................................................................................146
Exercises .................................................................................... 146
References.................................................................................. 147

Part II Parallel Patterns

CHAPTER 7 Convolution
An introduction to constant memory and caching ...............151
7.1 Background.................................................................................152
7.2 Parallel convolution: a basic algorithm .....................................156
7.3 Constant memory and caching...................................................159
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7.4 Tiled convolution with halo cells ..............................................163

7.5 Tiled convolution using caches for halo cells ...........................168
7.6 Summary.....................................................................................170
Exercises .................................................................................... 171

CHAPTER 8 Stencil ....................................................................... 173

8.1 Background.................................................................................174
8.2 Parallel stencil: a basic algorithm..............................................178
8.3 Shared memory tiling for stencil sweep ....................................179
8.4 Thread coarsening ......................................................................183
8.5 Register tiling .............................................................................186
8.6 Summary.....................................................................................188
Exercises .................................................................................... 188

CHAPTER 9 Parallel histogram .................................................... 191

9.1 Background.................................................................................192
9.2 Atomic operations and a basic histogram kernel ......................194
9.3 Latency and throughput of atomic operations...........................198
9.4 Privatization................................................................................200
9.5 Coarsening ..................................................................................203
9.6 Aggregation ................................................................................206
9.7 Summary.....................................................................................208
Exercises .................................................................................... 209
References.................................................................................. 210

CHAPTER 10 Reduction
And minimizing divergence .....................................................211
10.1 Background.................................................................................211
10.2 Reduction trees...........................................................................213
10.3 A simple reduction kernel..........................................................217
10.4 Minimizing control divergence..................................................219
10.5 Minimizing memory divergence................................................223
10.6 Minimizing global memory accesses.........................................225
10.7 Hierarchical reduction for arbitrary input length ......................226
10.8 Thread coarsening for reduced overhead...................................228
10.9 Summary.....................................................................................231
Exercises .................................................................................... 232
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CHAPTER 11 Prefix sum (scan)

An introduction to work efficiency in
parallel algorithms ....................................................................235
With special contributions from Li-Wen Chang,
Juan Gómez-Luna and John Owens
11.1 Background.................................................................................236
11.2 Parallel scan with the Kogge-Stone algorithm ..........................238
11.3 Speed and work efficiency consideration..................................244
11.4 Parallel scan with the Brent-Kung algorithm ............................246
11.5 Coarsening for even more work efficiency ...............................251
11.6 Segmented parallel scan for arbitrary-length inputs .................253
11.7 Single-pass scan for memory access efficiency ........................256
11.8 Summary.....................................................................................259
Exercises .................................................................................... 260
References.................................................................................. 261

CHAPTER 12 Merge
An introduction to dynamic input data identification..........263
With special contributions from Li-Wen Chang and
Jie Lv
12.1 Background.................................................................................263
12.2 A sequential merge algorithm....................................................265
12.3 A parallelization approach .........................................................266
12.4 Co-rank function implementation ..............................................268
12.5 A basic parallel merge kernel ....................................................273
12.6 A tiled merge kernel to improve coalescing .............................275
12.7 A circular buffer merge kernel ..................................................282
12.8 Thread coarsening for merge .....................................................288
12.9 Summary.....................................................................................288
Exercises .................................................................................... 289
References.................................................................................. 289

Part III Advanced Patterns and Applications

CHAPTER 13 Sorting ....................................................................... 293
With special contributions from Michael Garland
13.1 Background.................................................................................294
13.2 Radix sort ...................................................................................295
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13.3 Parallel radix sort .......................................................................296

13.4 Optimizing for memory coalescing ...........................................300
13.5 Choice of radix value .................................................................302
13.6 Thread coarsening to improve coalescing .................................305
13.7 Parallel merge sort .....................................................................306
13.8 Other parallel sort methods........................................................308
13.9 Summary.....................................................................................309
Exercises .................................................................................... 310
References.................................................................................. 310

CHAPTER 14 Sparse matrix computation....................................... 311

14.1 Background.................................................................................312
14.2 A simple SpMV kernel with the COO format ..........................314
14.3 Grouping row nonzeros with the CSR format...........................317
14.4 Improving memory coalescing with the ELL format................320
14.5 Regulating padding with the hybrid ELL-COO format ............324
14.6 Reducing control divergence with the JDS format ...................325
14.7 Summary.....................................................................................328
Exercises .................................................................................... 329
References.................................................................................. 329

CHAPTER 15 Graph traversal.......................................................... 331

With special contributions from John Owens and
Juan Gómez-Luna
15.1 Background.................................................................................332
15.2 Breadth-first search ....................................................................335
15.3 Vertex-centric parallelization of breadth-first search................338
15.4 Edge-centric parallelization of breadth-first search ..................343
15.5 Improving efficiency with frontiers...........................................345
15.6 Reducing contention with privatization.....................................348
15.7 Other optimizations ....................................................................350
15.8 Summary.....................................................................................352
Exercises .................................................................................... 353
References.................................................................................. 354

CHAPTER 16 Deep learning............................................................ 355

With special contributions from Carl Pearson and
Boris Ginsburg
16.1 Background.................................................................................356
16.2 Convolutional neural networks ..................................................366
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16.3 Convolutional layer: a CUDA inference kernel ........................376

16.4 Formulating a convolutional layer as GEMM...........................379
16.5 CUDNN library ..........................................................................385
16.6 Summary.....................................................................................387
Exercises .................................................................................... 388
References.................................................................................. 388

CHAPTER 17 Iterative magnetic resonance imaging

reconstruction ........................................................... 391
17.1 Background.................................................................................391
17.2 Iterative reconstruction...............................................................394
17.3 Computing FHD..........................................................................396
17.4 Summary.....................................................................................412
Exercises .................................................................................... 413
References.................................................................................. 414

CHAPTER 18 Electrostatic potential map ...................................... 415

With special contributions from John Stone
18.1 Background.................................................................................415
18.2 Scatter versus gather in kernel design .......................................417
18.3 Thread coarsening ......................................................................422
18.4 Memory coalescing ....................................................................424
18.5 Cutoff binning for data size scalability .....................................425
18.6 Summary.....................................................................................430
Exercises .................................................................................... 431
References.................................................................................. 431

CHAPTER 19 Parallel programming and computational

thinking ..................................................................... 433
19.1 Goals of parallel computing.......................................................433
19.2 Algorithm selection ....................................................................436
19.3 Problem decomposition..............................................................440
19.4 Computational thinking..............................................................444
19.5 Summary.....................................................................................446
References.................................................................................. 446
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Part IV Advanced Practices

CHAPTER 20 Programming a heterogeneous computing cluster
An introduction to CUDA streams ..........................................449
With special contributions from Isaac Gelado and
Javier Cabezas
20.1 Background.................................................................................449
20.2 A running example.....................................................................450
20.3 Message passing interface basics...............................................452
20.4 Message passing interface point-to-point communication ........455
20.5 Overlapping computation and communication..........................462
20.6 Message passing interface collective communication...............470
20.7 CUDA aware message passing interface...................................471
20.8 Summary.....................................................................................472
Exercises .................................................................................... 472
References.................................................................................. 473

CHAPTER 21 CUDA dynamic parallelism ....................................... 475

With special contributions from Juan Gómez-Luna
21.1 Background.................................................................................476
21.2 Dynamic parallelism overview ..................................................478
21.3 An example: Bezier curves ........................................................481
21.4 A recursive example: quadtrees.................................................484
21.5 Important considerations ............................................................490
21.6 Summary.....................................................................................492
Exercises .................................................................................... 493
A21.1 Support code for quadtree example ............................... 495
References.................................................................................. 497

CHAPTER 22 Advanced practices and future evolution ................ 499

With special contributions from Isaac Gelado and
Mark Harris
22.1 Model of host/device interaction ...............................................500
22.2 Kernel execution control............................................................505
22.3 Memory bandwidth and compute throughput ...........................508
22.4 Programming environment.........................................................510
22.5 Future outlook ............................................................................513
References.................................................................................. 513
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CHAPTER 23 Conclusion and outlook ............................................ 515

23.1 Goals revisited............................................................................515
23.2 Future outlook ............................................................................516

Appendix A: Numerical considerations ................................................................519

Index ......................................................................................................................537
Foreword
Written by two exceptional computer scientists and pioneers of GPU computing,
Wen-mei and David’s Programming Massively Parallel Processors, Fourth
Edition, by Wen-mei W. Hwu, David B. Kirk, and Izzat El Hajj continues to
make an invaluable contribution to the creation of a new computing model.
GPU computing has become an essential instrument of modern science. This
book will teach you how to use this instrument and give you a superpower tool to
solve the most challenging problems. GPU computing will become a time
machine that lets you see the future, a spaceship that takes you to new worlds
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Computing performance is needed to solve many of the world’s most impact-
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parallel computing techniques to boost performance. A hundredfold increase is
equivalent to a decade of CPU advancements that relied on sequential processing.
Despite the great benefits of parallel computing, creating a new computing model
with a virtuous cycle of users, developers, vendors, and distributors has been a
daunting chicken-and-egg problem.
After nearly three decades, NVIDIA GPU computing is pervasive, and mil-
lions of developers have learned parallel programming, many from earlier editions
of this book.
GPU computing is affecting every field of science and industry, even com-
puter science itself. The processing speed of GPUs has enabled deep learning
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AI is even learning physics and opening the possibility of simulating the
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A life science researcher once said to me, “Because of your GPU, I can do my
life’s work in my lifetime.” So whether you are advancing AI or doing ground-
breaking science, I hope that GPU computing will help you do your life’s work.

Jensen Huang
NVIDIA, Santa Clara, CA, United States

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We are proud to introduce to you the fourth edition of Programming Massively
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fifty-two plates with designs for toys.

Booklist 16:330 Jl ’20

“This book gives excellent toy working drawings.”

+ School Arts Magazine 20:41 S ’20 70w

KYNE, PETER BERNARD. Kindred of the dust.

il *$1.75 (1½c) Cosmopolitan bk. corporation
20–8274

For the scene of his story the author creates a feudal fief in the
Pacific northwest. Hector McKaye, head of the Tyee Lumber
Company, is known as “the laird,” his son Donald as “the young
laird.” Donald comes home from college and a trip around the world
to find his old chum Nan Brent the mother of a nameless child. Nan
had believed herself married and to protect the real wife of the man
who had deceived her is keeping his identity secret and bearing her
shame. Donald finds that he loves Nan and is willing to marry her.
Interference on the part of his mother and sisters drives her away.
Donald is stricken with typhoid and to save his life his mother
telephones to Nan to return. Following his recovery steps are again
taken to prevent the marriage but Donald is obdurate. A break with
his father results. The war comes, Donald enlists, goes to France,
comes home again and there is a happy reunion, with a copy of Nan’s
marriage license turning up to prove her innocent intentions.
 + − Booklist 16:349 Jl ’20

“The story is powerful and holds the attention of the reader in an

unusual manner.”

+ Boston Transcript p6 Je 30 ’20 350w

“For sustained interest and constructive workmanship Mr Kyne

seems, in ‘Kindred of the dust,’ to have outdone his previous efforts.
Wholesome, entertaining story.”

+ N Y Times 25:307 Je 13 ’20 450w

“The hero is almost too noble to be true.”

− + Springf’d Republican p11a Ag 22 ’20

280w

“A strong, straightforward, unaffected story, seasoned, and not

overseasoned, with sentiment.”

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p653 O 7

’20 70w
 L

LABOULAYE, EDOUARD RENÉ-LEFEBRE

DE. Laboulaye’s fairy book; tr. by Mary L. Booth. il
*$2.50 (5c) Harper
20–19778

This book of fairy tales, translated from the French, was

copyrighted in America in 1886. Kate Douglas Wiggin has written an
introduction for the new edition. The titles are: Yvon and Finette;
The castle of life; Destiny; The twelve months; Swanda, the piper;
The gold bread; The story of the noses; The three citrons; The story
of Coquerico; King Bizarre and Prince Charming. The pictures are by
Edward G. McCandlish.

Booklist 17:126 D ’20

+ Lit D p89 D 4 ’20 130w

Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne

+ N Y Times p4 N 28 ’20 220w

“Delightful collection of tales.”

 + Springf’d Republican p7a D 12 ’20 70w

LADD, GEORGE TRUMBULL. Intimate

glimpses of life in India; a narrative of observations
in the winter of 1899–1900. il *$3 Badger, R. G.
915.4
19–15644

“In his observations of Indian life Professor Ladd was chiefly

concerned with educational, social and religious conditions. For the
study of these he had unusual opportunities. This book gives a
summary of what he learned from personal interviews with the
viceroy and secretary of education in Calcutta, with natives and
missionaries, and with Hindu philosophers. Professor Ladd also
describes the social customs of the people and outlines some of the
political reforms that are demanded by the native leaders.”—R of Rs

“Although the book makes no contribution to the literature

regarding India, it is interesting as reflecting the impressions of an
American professor concerning the practices and cults of the Indian
peoples.”

+ Bib World 54:430 Jl ’20 220w

Boston Transcript p4 N 5 ’19 440w
 “Whether the generalizations he makes, based upon conditions as
he observed them two decades ago, still hold true in full or not, they
are interesting as reflecting the reaction of a foreigner, well equipped
by his training in educational and philosophical work, to an alien and
intricate civilization.”

+ N Y Evening Post p7 Mr 6 ’20 300w

R of Rs 61:221 F ’20 100w

LAIDLER, HARRY WELLINGTON. Socialism

in thought and action. *$2.50 (2c) Macmillan 335
20–3555

The author is secretary of the Intercollegiate socialist society and

editor of the Socialist Review. The important service of his book is
that it gives an up-to-date treatment of the new developments in
socialism and relates them to the movements of the past. It covers
“the socialist criticism of present day society, the socialist theory of
economic development, the socialist conception of a future social
state and the activities, achievements, and present status of the
organized socialist movement in various countries of the world.”
(Preface) It is divided into two almost equal parts: Socialist thought,
and The socialist movement. The work is intended to serve as a
textbook for college classes and study groups, and “as a ready
reference book for the thinkers and doers who have come to realize
that an intelligent understanding of this greatest mass movement of
the twentieth century is absolutely essential to enlighten citizenship.”
There is a select bibliography on socialism and allied subjects, and an
index.
 “Of especial interest is the discussion of the Russian revolution,
and recent developments in European and American socialism,
concerning which the data are the latest available.” G. S. Watkins

+ Am Econ R 10:633 S ’20 480w

“Throughout the entire work differences of opinion are given;

arguments are sound and the proof offered scientific. In fact it is a
splendid presentation of this movement. Not only does the book
deserve serious attention but it would make an excellent text.” G. S.
Dow

+ Am J Soc 26:374 N ’20 630w

Reviewed by L. M. Bristol

+ Am Pol Sci R 14:520 Ag ’20 200w

Booklist 16:300 Je ’20

“Dr Laidler has that discreet receptivity for conflicting opinion and
dogma which gives his work, within the limits of socialism, the stamp
of a firm, intelligent neutrality.”

+ Dial 68:670 My ’20 120w

“As a text book, Mr Laidler’s volume is invaluable. It reveals a

ceaseless and remorseless study and reading of the socialist
movement in all its manifestations and in all the questions that have
aroused controversy. Impartial as a text book, it is yet vivid as a
chronicle of events caught almost on the wing.” H. S.
 + Nation 110:728 My 29 ’20 160w

“On its interpretive side, Comrade Laidler has used his material
judiciously and his presentation is such that no charge of bias will be
made by the reader, whatever may be the latter’s own view. His
attitude is an objective one. A very good index rounds out one of the
best contributions that has come from the pen of any American
socialist author.” James Oneal

+ N Y Call p11 Mr 28 ’20 900w

Outlook 126:653 D 8 ’20 120w

“Probably as full and clear a statement of modern socialistic

concepts as can be had in the English language.”

+ R of Rs 61:671 Je ’20 80w

“As a book it suffers from two distinct faults. In the first place it
tries to cover too much ground. No one can write a competent survey
of every aspect of socialism in a moderate-sized volume. The book
attempts, in the second place, a treatment of the most recent events
in the socialistic movement at a time when the evidence for anything
more than a bare and jejune statement of congressional resolutions
is simply not available. Yet the book transcends these deficiencies. It
shows, even to an outsider, what immense justification there is for a
faith in the prospects of socialism.” H. J. Laski

+ − Socialist R 8:379 My ’20 600w

 “Any one interested in the labor movement will use his book
several times a week. Its mass of facts is not a mess, but an orderly
mobilized compilation.” Arthur Gleason

+ − Survey 44:592 Ag 2 ’20 370w

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p490 Jl 29
’20 110w

[2]
LAING, MARY ELIZABETH. Hero of the
longhouse. (Indian life and Indian lore) il *$1.60
(2½c) World bk.
21–649

The “hero of the longhouse” is the historical Hiawatha, an entirely

different person from the legendary figure in Longfellow’s poem. The
real Hiawatha lived in the fifteenth century, was a member of the
Onondaga tribe and was one of the founders of the League of the
Iroquois and the author has drawn her story from the most authentic
sources, chiefly from Horatio Hale’s Iroquois book of rites and
manuscripts in the New York state archaeological department.
Arthur C. Parker, state archæologist, writes an introduction, and
there is a bibliography and glossary. The story has been told
primarily for school children.

LAKE, KIRSOPP. Landmarks in the history of

early Christianity. *$3 Macmillan 270.1
 “The purpose of the book, briefly stated, is to trace the Greek and
oriental ideas in Christian thought and practice by reference to six
early centers—Galilee, Jerusalem, Antioch, Corinth, Rome and
Ephesus. The work aims to illuminate critical points rather than to
provide a complete survey, and it may be said to focus sharply the
searchlight of thought upon salient aspects of the large subject. Prof.
Lake first presented the substance of these chapters in a series of
lectures at Oberlin college.”—Springf’d Republican

“There is no mistaking the keenness of Prof. Lake’s thought or the

brilliant cogency of his style.”

+ Springf’d Republican p10 N 12 ’20

1000w

“On many matters we must strongly dissent from him; but his
work will be useful to every student of early Christianity, if only
because it compels its readers to re-examine the presuppositions of
their religious thought and to test their theories of the church’s
development. If we say that the author of this work raises far more
questions than he answers, he might be expected to reply that this
precisely was his purpose.”

+ − The Times [London] Lit Sup p733 N 11

’20 960w

LAMB, HAROLD. Marching sands. *$1.75 (2½c)

Appleton
20–5227
 The American exploration society sends Captain Gray to the Desert
of Gobi to find the lost tribe of the Wusun, supposed to be the
remnant of an Aryan race, the original inhabitants of China. At the
same time an English rival expedition starts on the same quest. The
expeditions are facing the dangers not only of the desert but of the
hostile Chinese Buddhist priests and of the leper colony with which
Wusun is surrounded. By the time the desert is reached the
American expedition consists of only one member, Captain Gray, and
a Kirghiz guide. He comes upon the English expedition under Sir
Lionel Hastings and his niece Mary. Being rivals they part company,
each bent on reaching Wusun first. Sir Lionel is killed after he had
set foot on its environs. Mary is taken captive by the Chinese and
placed in charge of the Wusun. By sheer pluck Gray penetrates into
the stronghold and puts up a gallant fight for Mary and the reader
takes leave of them free but alone in the “infinity of Asia.”

Booklist 16:313 Je ’20

Cleveland p72 Ag ’20 50w

“Mr Lamb has written a gripping tale abounding in thrills and

mystery, adventure and danger, bravery and love; and the narrative
of this search for a hidden city presents a unique and exciting plot.”

+ N Y Times 25:326 Je 20 ’20 320w

“While rather slow in getting into action, this tale is thrilling in the
extreme after it once gets its American explorer into the Gobi desert.”

+ − Outlook 125:29 My 5 ’20 70w

 Springf’d Republican p11a Je 6 ’20 160w

[2]
LAMBUTH, WALTER RUSSELL. Medical
missions: the twofold task. il $1 S. V. M. 266
20–9358

“The growth of medical work in Christian missions is a romantic

chapter in the record of the extension of the kingdom of God on
earth. The writer draws from a wide range of material and experience
and presents the great work of medical missions in a most attractive
form. The book furnishes a mighty appeal to the young man or
woman who is looking forward to the practice of medicine and
surgery as a life-work. One is forced to face the need of the world and
to decide whether it is right to remain in one’s own land struggling
for a practice, or whether it is far better to go where the need is
desperate and invest life there.”—Bib World

“The pictures are well chosen; the specific examples of effective

missionary service are stimulating; the field of study is wide and is
surveyed with discrimination. An excellent book for private reading
or class study.”

+ Bib World 54:650 N ’20 160w

“Unfortunately the book is propaganda and the references to the

adventures of the medical missionary are drowned in a
misrepresentation of heathendom. Although he, Bishop Lambuth,
does voice the cry for service in an antiquated religious idiom, he is
really bigger than his creed and values humanity more than
proselyting.”
 − + N Y Evening Post p26 O 23 ’20 280w

LAMOTTE, ELLEN N. Opium monopoly. *$1

Macmillan 178.8
20–2983

“‘The opium monopoly,’ by Ellen N. LaMotte, the author of ‘The

backwash of war,’ ‘Peking dust,’ ‘Civilization,’ etc., is a remarkable
monograph on the ‘opium question,’ based upon government blue
book reports, statistical extracts and official data. In this work, the
author discusses the problems of opium monopoly and consumption
in India, the Malaya peninsula, Siam, Hongkong, Srawak, Turkey,
Persia, Mauretius, British Borneo and British Guiana, and gives a
brief outline of the history of the opium trade in China and of Great
Britain’s opium monopoly.”—N Y Call

“National pharisaism and a strong anti-English feeling are a

conspicuous part of the writer’s equipment, but the facts which she
adduces must give us to think.”

+ − Ath p685 My 21 ’20 80w

“Well documented.”

+ Booklist 16:258 My ’20

“One of the best arguments yet advanced against the mandatory

system pieced together at Paris.”
 + Dial 68:669 My ’20 50w

Reviewed by C: R. Hargrove

+ Freeman 2:501 F 2 ’21 840w

“Miss LaMotte, in spite of her rather obvious desire to have her

fling at Britain, is at the same time evidently actuated by a desire to
reveal a grievous state of affairs. Having exposed the outstanding
features of the cultivation and sale of opium by the British, it is
obviously Miss LaMotte’s duty to continue her interesting
investigations in this country.”

+ Lit D p89 My 1 ’20 900w

“Miss LaMotte’s little book might be taken more seriously if she

were not at such pains to paint Great Britain black. It is idle to draw
fine moral distinctions between the British government which sells
opium to the Japanese and the Japanese who smuggle it into China.
The whole trade is bad enough in all conscience, however, and to
have attacked it is to have done something useful.”

+ − Nation 110:805 Je 12 ’20 340w

“Miss LaMotte did a great service to the cause of human justice

when she wrote her admirable work. It will prove a valuable asset in
rousing the conscience of the civilized people of the world against
this gigantic international crime of drugging nations. Let us hope
that the book will soon be translated into various languages of the
civilized nations and the truth spread broadcast to remedy the
wrongs of the helpless millions.” Taraknath Das
 + N Y Call p10 Ap 25 ’20 2750w

“Miss LaMotte’s book is intended as a severe indictment of Great

Britain’s policy with regard to opium. Her account would, however,
be a fairer one if consideration were given to the British side of the
case as presented, for example, by Sir John Strachey in his ‘India: its
administration and progress.’”

+ − Review 2:400 Ap 17 ’20 280w

R of Rs 62:448 O ’20 60w

“It is a delight to read one of Miss LaMotte’s books, and even in

this which is little more than a pamphlet, one finds the unflinching
courage and the keen insight which made her ‘Peking dust’ and the
stories which make up ‘Civilization’ so different from the productions
of most tourists in the Far East.” E. W. Hughan

+ Socialist R 8:315 Ap ’20 400w

“No one who has in the last ten years studied the hydra-headed
problems of narcotism could be anything but grateful to Ellen
LaMotte for her book.... Does the American public realize to what
extent opium is coming in over the Canadian boundary? It might for
that reason alone pay that American public to open its eyes a little
wider to the facts of British opium sold at public monthly sales in
Calcutta as recorded in Ellen LaMotte’s ‘Opium monopoly.’”
Jeannette Marks

+ Springf’d Republican p11a Ap 11 ’20

2200w
 “For two reasons the opium monopoly is worthy of our attention:
first, the world interest, the salvation of the eastern peoples, the
Chinese especially; second, the danger that the United States will
take China’s place as the great market for these products. Either is
enough to interest Survey readers in this small book, the author of
which has the gift of making official reports and statistics tell an
interesting and fascinating story.” J. P. Chamberlain

+ Survey 44:252 My 15 ’20 550w

LAMPREY, LOUISE. Masters of the guild. il

*$2.25 (3½c) Stokes
20–18171

Like the stories in the author’s previous book “In the days of the
guild” these new tales do honor to the ideals of fine craftsmanship of
the middle ages. The titles are: Peirol of the pigeons; A tournament
in the clouds; The puppet players; Padraig of the scriptorium; The
tapestry chamber; The fairies’ well; The wolves of Ossory; The road
of the wild swan; The sword of Damascus; Fool’s gold; Archiater’s
daughter; Cold Harbor; The wisdom of the galleys; Solomon’s seal;
Black magic in the temple; The end of a pilgrimage. Poems alternate
with the stories. There are illustrations by Florence Choate and
Elizabeth Curtis, and notes on the stories come at the end.

+ Booklist 17:123 D ’20

 LANDOR, WALTER SAVAGE. Day-book of
Walter Savage Landor, chosen by John Bailey. *$1.25
Oxford 828
(Eng ed 20–16302)

“Men of taste, men with an ear for the classic note in prose, must
always read Landor. That some have failed in this elementary duty is
the burden of a delightful essay by Mr John Bailey prefixed to a little
collection of Landor’s prose and verse,—a fine quotation for every
day in the year, beginning with the famous epitaph on himself, and
proceeding with symphonic development to the Latin epitaph on a
young scholar. Mr Bailey—himself, as we know from other
publications, an agreeable compound of the man of letters and the
man of affairs—offers his little book, not as the last word in Landor,
but as the first—as the preliminary encouragement to that larger
reading it should do much to stimulate.”—Sat R

+ Ath p1037 O 17 ’19 400w

+ Boston Transcript p11 Ja 31 ’20 550w

“We recommend a course of Landor. In days when the rabble has

to be wooed with flattery, it is bracing to the spirit to find one, who,
liberal as he called himself, inhabited the mountain tops of life, and,
never descending among the wrangling crowds, beckons us
continually aloft.”

+ Sat R 128:507 N 29 ’19 1850w

 “Charming little book.”

+ Spec 123:511 O 18 ’19 140w

“To glance through an admirable volume of selections from

Landor, such as that edited by John Bailey is to be filled with delight
and regret. What writer of the second rank has more to yield to the
discoverer than he? What prose more squarely can support the
weight of the exactest scrutiny than his?”

+ Springf’d Republican p8 N 8 ’19 280w

(Reprinted from Ath)
+ Springf’d Republican p13 F 1 ’20 1000w
(Reprinted from The Times [London] Lit
Sup p564 O 16 ’19)

“As, however, Mr Bailey implies by making a day-book of his

selections, Landor not only constantly said beautiful things
beautifully, but as constantly things that stand the wear and tear of
daily life. No doubt the blank page at the end of this charming little
book is provided to hold a good resolution—namely, whatever else
may happen in nineteen twenty-one, to read Landor through.”

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p564 O 16

’19 850w

LANE, MRS ANNE (WINTERMUTE), and

BEALE, MRS HARRIET STANWOOD
 [2]
(BLAINE). Life in the circles. (Deeper issues ser.)
*$1.25 Dodd 134
20–19176

This book is a continuation of the volume entitled “To walk with

God,” and contains “further lessons received through automatic
writing.” (Sub-title) There are lessons on will, knowledge, joy, truth,
understanding, sympathy, and love.

“The level of intelligence of the sending spirits is not very high—a

grade or two above the kindergarten.”

− N Y Evening Post p12 O 30 ’20 80w

LANE, MRS ANNE (WINTERMUTE), and

BEALE, MRS HARRIET STANWOOD
[2]
(BLAINE). To walk with God. (Deeper issues ser.)
*$1.25 Dodd 134
20–6367

A series of “lessons” which the authors received in the form of

automatic writings. An introduction gives the circumstances under
which the messages were received and the lessons have to do with
the power of love, helpfulness, kindness and the need for spiritual
guidance. The authors say: “We realise that it will be said that there
is nothing new in the teaching, and we admit that there is repetition
to what seems an unnecessary degree, but we pledge our word that
we have put nothing of our own into the text.” (Introd.)
 “The fact that the wife of the Secretary of the interior and the
daughter of James G. Blaine are the recipients of these messages will
make a certain demand for the book.”

+ Booklist 16:327 Jl ’20

LANE, MRS ROSE (WILDER). Making of

Herbert Hoover. *$3.50 (4½c) Century
20–18582

Herbert Hoover represents America, says the author, and his is the
spirit of five generations of American pioneers. His life began at the
end of one pioneer age and the beginning of the other. His ancestors
had been sturdy pioneers of Quaker stock—his father a blacksmith.
They had conquered the soil, he conquered the world of finance.
Much of the material of the book has been collected by Charles
Kellogg Field, classmate and friend of Hoover.

“Written with the interest in really delightful settings and small

circumstances of life such as a novelist employs to characterize a
hero. Children will like this book.”

+ Booklist 17:113 D ’20

“It is a story of a wonderful career, written with a brightness and a

dash that captivates and enthralls.”
 + Boston Transcript p7 O 30 ’20 580w
+ N Y Evening Post p9 O 30 ’20 240w
R of Rs 62:669 D ’20 100w

“The book is readable for its vivid presentation of an active and

adventurous career.”

+ Springf’d Republican p5a Ja 30 ’21

330w

LANG, EDITH, and WEST, GEORGE. Musical

accompaniment of moving pictures. il pa *$1.25
Boston music co.; Schirmer 780
20–4471

“A practical manual for pianists and organists and an exposition of

the principles underlying the musical interpretation of moving
pictures.” (Sub-title) There are three parts: Equipment; Musical
interpretation; The theatrical organ. Musical scores are given and
there is an index.

“Not exhaustive but very suggestive to the player and illuminating

to the listener.”

+ Booklist 16:232 Ap ’20

“It is a book we can warmly commend.”

 + Survey 44:309 My 29 ’20 260w

LANGDON-DAVIES, JOHN. Militarism in

education; a contribution to educational
reconstruction. 80c Headley bros., London; for sale
by Survey 371.43
19–12681

“The author contrasts the German and English systems of

education, gives an account of the scholastic methods adopted in
Norway, deals at considerable length with the aims of real physical
training, devotes a chapter to boy scouts, and brings many
arguments against compulsory national service, to which he is
strongly opposed.”—Ath

Ath p475 Je 13 ’19 50w

“The faults of anti-militarist literature are usually rancour,

sentimentality, and exaggeration. Mr Langdon-Davies has escaped
all three. The merit of this book consists in its clearness and its
shortness, in the fact that the author knows what he wants to prove,
and proceeds to prove it without fuss or sentiment and with
considerable moderation.”

+ Ath p621 Jl 18 ’19 550w

Brooklyn 12:62 Ja ’20 30w
 “From the point of view of physical health, Mr Langdon-Davies
gives many proofs from experienced educationists of the deleterious
effects on children of military training. In a valuable chapter on the
psychological aims of physical education, he points out that character
must be built on the basis of instinct and that ‘the cornerstone of the
superstructure is the acquirement of habit and self-control.’” B. U.
Burke

+ Nation 110:335 Mr 13 ’20 1150w

[2]
LANGFELD, HERBERT SIDNEY. Aesthetic
attitude. *$3.50 Harcourt 701
21–113

The author holds that a sense of beauty is as vital to the complete

existence of the individual and of the race as is the sense of justice
and that a nascent appreciation of what is beautiful can be developed
into a strong, useful and satisfying reaction to the world of colors,
sounds and shapes. The emphasis of the book, therefore, is put upon
a description of the nature of appreciation and of the mental
processes involved therein, ... its wider applications to the problems
of human happiness. He concludes that “whenever we are able to
adjust ourselves successfully to a situation, so that our responses are
unified into a well-integrated or organized form of action, we call
that situation beautiful, and the accompanying feeling one of
æsthetic pleasure.” The contents are: Introduction; The science of
beauty and ugliness; The æsthetic attitude (two chapters); Empathy;
Illustrations of empathy from the fine arts; Unity and imagination;
Illustrations of unity from the fine arts; Balance and proportion;
Illustrations of balance from the fine arts; The art impulse;
Conclusion; Index.
 LANGFORD, GEORGE. Pic, the weapon-maker.
il *$1.75 Boni & Liveright
20–13544

“Like Kipling’s ‘Jungle stories,’ but laid in western Europe perhaps

40,000 years ago, the story of ‘Pic, the weapon-maker,’ is George
Langford’s popularization as fiction of such facts as science has
revealed about the cave men of the Mousterian era. Pic, the ape-boy,
with the hairy mammoth and the wobbly rhinoceros, formed a triple
alliance of friendship and adventure. Pic was in search of the secret
of cutting flints in such a way as to put a fine edge on them without
spoiling them in the attempt, and before the story closes he has
found it and made it the key to renewed fellowship with the tribe that
had cast him out. As to the scientific quality of the story no less an
authority than Henry Fairfield Osborn, director of the American
museum of natural history, writes a brief approving introductory
note.”—Springf’d Republican

+ Booklist 17:37 O ’20

“Anthropology and adventure are jumbled—naively, at times—in

this story which, for all its prehistoric licence, still clings to the
technique of Stratemeyer and other weavers of juvenile romance.” L.
B.

− + Freeman 1:526 Ag 11 ’20 280w

“A troublesome fault is the author’s imaginative cocksureness. A

higher degree of vagueness would actually have yielded an
impression of greater exactness here. But where all is dark and
chaotic, much must be forgiven to the first imaginative explorers. It
is certain that Mr Langford’s book will fruitfully awaken the interest
of the young in the remote past of the race, nor will maturer minds
read it without some fresh light on dim places.” Ludwig Lewisohn

+ − Nation 111:190 Ag 14 ’20 260w

“The characterization of the Mammoth and the Rhinoceros is not

the least clever part of this whimsical, fanciful and yet true story of
this little, prehistoric man, and it is with real regret that the book is
laid aside as the story closes.”

+ N Y Times p18 S 19 ’20 650w

“An unusual and a powerful juvenile. The spirit and narrative of

the book will be enjoyed even by children too young to attempt the
reading for themselves.” R. D. Moore

+ Pub W 97:1296 Ap 17 ’20 180w

Springf’d Republican p11a Ag 22 ’20
300w
Wis Lib Bul 16:198 N ’20 60w

LANIER, HENRY WYSHAM. Book of bravery;

third series. il *$2.50 Scribner 920
20–15939