+ Sat. R. 101: 178. F. 10, ’06. 220w.
Wampum library of American literature; ed. by Brander Matthews. **$1.40. Longmans.
“Dr. Payne’s choice of critics and of critical work is admirable, and his characterization of our American contribution to criticism is, on the whole, exceptionally good.”
+ + Ind. 59: 215. Jl. 27, ’05. (Review of v. 2.)
War in the Far East, 1904–1905, by the military correspondent of the London Times; with 34 maps especially prepared by Percy Fisher. **$5. Dutton.
This book is a compilation of the comments printed in The London Times from day to day during the war between Russia and Japan, contributed by its able military correspondent, Mr. Emery. “The military expert of the Times holds a high position in Europe as a critic and student of war, and his comments, criticisms, predictions on events, the lessons he drew from them, were read the world over with close attention. The republication of the daily comments, with certain purely personal remarks omitted, is then very acceptable to other students both of history and of the science of war, though the volume is not, and does not pretend to be, a history of war in the ordinary sense.” (N. Y. Times.)
“The maps are more complete than those in almost any book of military history.”
+ + Ath. 1905, 2: 606. N. 4. 1590w.
“This book is magnificent, but it is not a story. Read it for what it purports to express and actually is, and it will be found to have hardly a peer in its class of literature, and probably will have no equal or successor for many years.” William Eliot Griffis.