– + Ath. 1905, 2: 893. D. 30. 480w.
North, Simon Newton Dexter. “Old Greek,” an old-time professor in an old-fashioned college; a memoir of Edward North, with selections from his lectures. **$3.50. McClure.
“The book is a delightful picture of the man and the teacher.”
+ Critic. 48: 91. Ja. ’06. 120w. + + Outlook. 82: 13. Ja. 6, ’06. 1040w.
Norton, William Harmon. [Elements of geology.] *$1.40. Ginn.
The present work “is the outcome of the need of a text-book of very simple outline, in which causes and their consequences should be knit together as closely as possible.” The author therefore “departs from the common usage, which subdivides geology into a number of departments,—dynamical, structural, physiographic and historical, and to treat in immediate connection with each geological process the land forms and the rock structures which it has produced.”
Noyes, Ella. Casentino and its story. **$3.50. Dutton.
To the region of the upper Arno, a retreat of reminiscence associated with the names of St. Francis and Dante, the author has lent an atmosphere “rich in breadth and dignity, in warmth and simplicity.” (Ath.) “She pioneers us with praiseworthy skill and clearness through the tangled maze of feuds and crimes which make up the mediaeval history of the Casentino; and more especially, through the Chronicles of the Counts of Guidi, who were the rulers of that region.” (Lond. Times.) There are twenty-live full page illustrations in color, and many line drawings by Miss Dora Noyes.
“Miss Noyes has carried out her undertaking with unequal success. The arrangement of the book is unfortunate. Miss Noyes writes with obvious and sincere enthusiasm and apparently, a thorough knowledge of the ground over which she has taken us. But as a writer of ‘landscapes’ she does not succeed. The chapter on the home life of the peasants, their religious observances and their work in the fields is admirable.”