“It would be difficult to match this little book with another so simple, so strong, so informed with material knowledge and so inspired with loving reverence for our common mother, the young old Earth.”
+ + Ind. 60: 1283. My. 31, ’06, 500w. + + Nation. 82: 285. Ap. 5, ’06. 1670w.
“Written by an eminent geologist who has command of a fascinating English style.”
+ + R. of Rs. 33: 255. F. ’06. 100w.
Shaler, Mrs. Sophia Penn Page. Masters of fate; the power of the will. **$1.50. Duffield.
Self-mastery over various kinds of disadvantages of life is the keynote of Mrs. Shaler’s study. In it are recorded “the achievements of noted persons who, under the stress of grave difficulties, have shown skill in marshalling their physical and spiritual forces to play the part of men.”
“Mrs. Shaler’s book should give chronic invalids renewed courage, and should help them to resist the disheartening down-pull of bodily weakness and decay.”
+ Dial. 41: 329. N. 16, ’06. 270w. + Lit. D. 33: 430. S. 29, ’06. 70w.
“A heroic spirit pulsates thru this book. It is an inspiring story, or rather a series of such stories, briefly told, and told for a purpose.”