+ Spec. 95: sup. 791. N. 18, ’05. 810w.
Strasburger, Eduard. Rambles on the Riviera; tr. from the German by O. and B. Comerford Casey. *$5. Scribner.
While in the main it is the botanist who studies his flowers for the reader’s benefit, yet in more than plants does he use his powers of observation. Descriptions of people, their surroundings, and the changes that the seasons make in both are to be found in the book, as well as intimate knowledge of the local flora. The illustrations reproduce almost every plant presented in the text.
“One’s interest in his luxuriously printed and illustrated book is primarily scientific.” Wallace Rice.
+ Dial. 41: 392. D. 1, ’06. 120w.
“As a writer, he is a true impressionist, making some times a single line or a touch of color tell a long story. This record then, is an attractive, as well as sound guide-book.”
+ + Nation. 83: 471. N. 29, ’06. 740w.
“This luxurious—one might truly say luxuriant—book is pre-eminently the work of a scientific mind which would remove itself as far as possible from reposeless, useless, pleasure-seeking modern life and find rest and acquire knowledge in a contemplation of nature.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 770. N. 24, ’06. 670w.