“The book is not without errors, both of reasoning and fact, into which the author has fallen by reason of some unfamiliarity with his materials. But whatever the future may show as to the accuracy of details, this book may be acclaimed as a path-breaking one; for it shows a method of attack and a refinement of instrumentation for the study of the phenomena or irritable reactions in plants that are sure to be of the utmost service.” C. R. B.
+ – Bot. Gaz. 42: 148. Ag. ’06. 1170w.
“The treatise is stimulating and is likely to be fruitful in controversy.”
+ Nation. 83: 41. Jl. 12, ’06. 1120w.
Boswell, James. [Life of Samuel Johnson]; ed. with an introd. by Mobray Morris. 2v. $2.50. Crowell.
The introduction sketches briefly the difficulties and perils which surrounded Boswell in the preparation of his lasting work, and concludes with “A great subject and a great picture! Nor can portrait and painter ever be dissociated. As long as the huge bulk of Johnson rolls down the stream of Time, so long will the queer little figure of his biographer be saluted with no unkindly laughter.”
Boswell, James. [Life of Johnson.] $1. Frowde.
A reprint of the third edition of this standard biography. It is similar in make-up to the handy classic volumes.
Critic. 48: 91. Ja. ’06. 20w. + + Dial. 39: 391. D. 1, ’05. 80w. + + Educ. R. 30: 426. N. ’05. 80w. + N. Y. Times. 10: 675. O. 14, ’05. 90w.