– Outlook. 84: 531. O. 27. ’06. 150w.
Russell, W. Clark. Yarn of Old Harbour town. *$1.50. Jacobs.
Harbor life, and life on the high seas one hundred years ago is vividly pictured in this story of Lucy Acton who was kidnapped by her lover and feigned madness for her own protection. The search made for her by her father in his “Aurora,” the appearance of Admiral Nelson, the rescue of Lucy, all making stirring reading, but after all is done, instead of bringing her abductor to justice Lucy nurses him thru an illness, forgets, forgives, and marries him.
“Although the plot and construction of the tale leave little to be desired yet there is much superficial description, and many trifling details are here introduced.”
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 723. N. 3, ’06. 240w.
“As a love story the book is not very successful, but as a picture of sea and harbor life a hundred years ago it cannot fail to interest its readers.”
+ – Spec. 95: 571. O. 14, ’05. 160w.
Rutherford, Ernest. Radio-activity. 2d ed. with much additional matter. *$4. Macmillan.
“The fact that the second edition is almost a new work, although the first edition was everywhere hailed as most remarkable, simply evidences the wonderful advance of the science in which Professor Rutherford is himself so large and active a factor.” (Nation.) “It is not a popular work. It is not easy reading to the layman: it is not intended for him. It has a spaciousness of active scientific thought which reaches far into the unknown. Authentic, it is rich in suggestions to the investigator, be he chemist, physicist, engineer, or physiologist.” (Engin. N.)