+ Outlook 124:337 F 25 ’20 40w
“The narrative is lively and humorous, and the author writes an easy style. We ought to know more about the Turk’s character and habits than we do: and the book before us will help our education and stimulate our interest in the Ottoman barbarian.”
+ Sat R 128:614 D 27 ’19 260w
“The author tells the story in a straightforward conversational manner. Humor is not the least of his characteristics, and he shows ability to distinguish between the important and the nonessential.”
+ Springf’d Republican p13a My 2 ’20 300w
“A vividly told tale.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p698 N 27 ’19 30w + The Times [London] Lit Sup p707 D 4 ’19 440w
YERKES, ROBERT MEARNS, ed. New world of science, il *$3 Century 509
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The book is one of the Century New world series and its object is to show the impetus given to research in the various branches of science by the war. The various chapters are written by specialists in the subjects under discussion and the contents fall into groups according to the role in the war of each science. The contributors to the respective groups are: Physical science, Robert A. Millikan, Augustus Trowbridge, Herbert E. Ives; Chemistry, Arthur A. Noyes, Charles E. Munroe, Clarence J. West; The earth sciences (geography and geology), Douglas W. Johnson; Engineering, A. D. Kennelly, Henry M. Howe; Biology and medicine, Vernon Kellogg, Frederick F. Russell, John W. Hanner, Victor C. Vaughan; Psychology, Robert M. Yerkes. The relations of the war to progress in science is treated by George Ellery Hale and James R. Angell. The book is illustrated and indexed.