Nation 111:694 D 15 ’20 30w
“Dr Coriat has made good his promise of adding to the knowledge of the race. A simpler vocabulary would sublimate the complexities of his thought.”
+ N Y Evening Post p12 D 31 ’20 110w
“On the whole the book is very well written, avoiding terminology which might confuse the lay reader, and while it contains nothing especially new, it does help to clarify one’s ideas on the subject and is well worth reading.” J. J. Joslyn
+ Survey 45:546 Ja 8 ’21 270w
CORNELL, FRED C.[[2]] Glamour of prospecting. il *$6 (6c) Stokes 916
The volume is a record of the “wanderings of a South African prospector in search of copper, gold, emeralds, and diamonds.” (Sub-title) The book was written before the outbreak of the war, and the country has since undergone many changes and many of the waste places, difficult of travel, can now be reached by rail. But this still leaves vast untapped spaces for the lover of adventure. It was the love of adventure more than the mineral riches that tempted the author and his book is, therefore, no handbook for the would-be prospector, neither is it intended to discourage him with discomforts and hardships, for these “were richly compensated for by the glorious freedom and adventure of the finest of outdoor lives, spent in one of the finest countries and climates of the world.” (Preface) The book is well illustrated from photographs and contains an insert map.
+ Ath p612 N 5 ’20 640w
“The author has a keen sense of humor and an equally marked facility in description. And his experiences furnish him ample opportunity to give full play to both of these powers.”