“Mr. Burke may not have proved his points, but he is not dogmatical, and he certainly seems a very wholesome philosopher.” Charles Loomis Dana.
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 430. Jl. 7, ’06. 1460w. R of Rs. 33: 766. Je. ’06. 120w.
“It is amazing that a man should dare to publish such a record of experiment, so slipshod, so uncritical, so destitute of scientific method; great must be his trust in the abundant and unfailing beneficence of popular ignorance.”
– – Sat. R. 101: 334. Mr. 17, ’06. 1560w.
Burland, Harris. Black motor car. †$1.50. Dillingham.
“The volume, contains indications of a gift for narrative, and some respectable powers of description; it is compact of energy and enthusiasm.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 1: 758. Je. 23. 210w.
Burland, Harris. Financier. †$1.50. Dillingham.
A new story by the author of “The black motor car.” “Briefly set down, the plot involves an African region, a promoter who is also an unscrupulous British patriot, a contest with Germany, a little war with heaps of slain, an impossible young actress, an equally impossible young civil engineer, a peer or two, a panic, gold mines, and members of the kaiser’s secret service—especially a lady spy, picturesquely named Mrs. Wooddevil. Mr. Burland has by the way, a curious taste in names.” (N. Y. Times.)