+ N. Y. Times. 11: 103. F. 17, ’06. 1010w.
“While his work is far from convincing, it is of value in laying emphasis on aspects of the question which the advocates of municipal ownership are prone to forget.”
+ – Outlook. 83: 43. My. 3, ’06. 240w.
Merwin, Samuel. [Road builders.] †$1.50. Macmillan.
Reviewed by Mary Moss.
+ Atlan. 97: 45. Ja. ’06. 360w. + Ind. 60: 228. Ja. 25, ’06. 190w.
Merzbacher, Gottfried. Central Tian-Shan mountains, 1902–1903: published under the authority of the Royal geographical society. *$3.50. Dutton.
The scientific geographer supplements the work of the earlier travellers by filling in, corroborating, and correcting their information. Such a work is this which appeals especially to the student of geology and glaciers. The author says “In this [preliminary] report I have endeavoured more particularly to embody observations on the present and past glacier conditions of the Tian-Shan, and on peculiarities in the physical features of its valley formations; subjects to which, throughout the expedition, my attention was especially directed. On the other hand, in order not to give the report a compass which would retard its publication, botanical, zoological, and climatological observations will have to be almost wholly omitted.”
“A defect of the volume is the transliteration of native names.”