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“A commentary on the political framework within which the East India trade has been carried on from early times, starting with Babylon and ending very near Babylon.” (Subtitle) The book begins with the twentieth century before Christ describing the avenues of trade to and from Babylon, “formed by position for a seat of empire and commerce,” and falls into two parts, part one ending with Venice as the great commercial center in the fifteenth century. Part two begins with the trade ascendancy of Portugal, at the time of the discovery of America, and ends with the Bagdad railway and “The great transportation war.” An edition of the book was published by Sherman, French in 1917.
“The book was probably not designed and is certainly not adapted to fit the needs of a serious student, but may attract the casual reader by its rapid movement and informal style.”
+ Am Hist R 26:138 O ’20 150w + Booklist 16:331 Jl ’20 + Cath World 111:554 Jl ’20 140w Nation 110:773 Je 5 ’20 220w
“Some of the remarks seem but remotely connected with the subject of transportation.”
+ − Review 3:626 D 22 ’20 380w
“The underlying causes which caused the movements of civilization are dealt with in a lively style, which is not often found in books of this kind.”
+ Springf’d Republican p10 Ap 30 ’20 120w
MORSE, EDWIN WILSON. Life and letters of Hamilton Wright Mabie. il *$3 (3½c) Dodd