Mr. Sherring’s book has grown out of a political mission for the Indian government upon which he was sent for the purpose of looking up this country and estimating its resources and commercial possibilities. “Unlike the many volumes dealing with Tibet and Lhassa that have been appearing the past two or three years, since the British expedition reached and entered the ‘heaven’ of Hindus and Buddhists, the present one treats popularly of the ‘holy lore’ most sacred to Tibetans, the legends and myths of Western Tibet, and the customs and manners of the people. The author writes from personal experience and study.” (N. Y. Times.) Numerous illustrations add to the interest of the book.
+ Ath. 1906, 2: 542. N. 3. 1890w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 801. D. 1, ’06. 220w.
“The qualification of the author for his task is a long and close acquaintance with the tribes of British India upon the Tibetan borderland; but he labours under the double disadvantage of having no previous knowledge of Tibet, save that derived from books, and no acquaintance with the language. Moreover, Mr. Sherring is apt to be led astray by his own learning.”
+ – Spec. 97: sup. 763. N. 17, ’06. 690w.
Sherwood, Margaret Pollock. Coming of the tide. †$1.50. Houghton.
Miss Sherwood “tells the story of a summer on the Maine coast whither the heroine, a Southern girl, goes to forget a great sorrow. The plot, which is very simple, involves a study in heredity. The hero, a dreamy philosopher, is morbidly conscious of his inheritance of ancestral traits and ancestral quarrels. But the girl from Virginia makes him feel the joy of living, and understand the song of the tides.”—Dial.
“There is, however, enough merit in the book to justify the belief that the author may write a much better novel when she has acquired more restraint.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 1: 72. Ja. 20. 150w.