+ Am. Hist. R. 12: 209. O. ’06. 60w.
“A biography which will appeal to Princeton men and to students of church history, as well as to those interested in the Revolutionary period of our national life.”
+ + – Dial. 41: 70. Ag. 1, ’06. 380w.
“Dr. Witherspoon’s career does not lend itself to lively narrative, and Mr. Woods is a dull biographer at best.”
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 482. Ag. 4, ’06. 550w. + Outlook. 82: 908. Ap. 21, ’06. 190w. R. of Rs. 34: 254. Ag. ’06. 80w.
Woods, Frederick Adams. Mental and moral heredity in royalty: a statistical study in history and psychology. **$3. Holt.
A scientific inquiry into the characteristics of royalty based upon a large and well chosen bibliography to which detailed references are given. The study of 832 characters forms the main body of the work, altho 3,312 distinct persons are mentioned. The members of the ruling families of England, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Italy, Russia, Denmark, and Sweden are considered, each individual being graded mentally and morally according to a standard of 1 to 10, the period covered extending in general back to the 16th century. The object of the work is to give a fair estimate of the mental and moral status of royalty as compared with the world in general, and to throw light upon the old question of relative importance of environment and heredity. 104 portraits illustrate the text.
“The author has done his work with skill and good judgment and his book will be specially profitable for reproof and instruction to political doctrinaires of every school.”
+ + Am. Hist. R. 12: 110. O. ’06. 800w.