“For the graduate student and as a reference work for the teacher and general reader the work is, however, indispensable.”
+ + Ind. 61: 393. Ag. 16, ’06. 1050w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.) Ind. 61: 1172. N. 15, ’06. 60w. (Review of v. 1–3.) + Nation. 82: 476. Je. 7, ’06. 1240w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)
“The arrangement of the book is in most respects well adapted to the requirements of students, and the presentation of the subject matter is always clear.” A. H.
+ + Nature. 74: 557. O. 4, ’06. 2210w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)
“The principal adverse criticisms that can be made, relate to the minor details of editing—not to the subject-matter or the method of treatment. In the presence of so much that is large, and helpful, and inspiring such criticisms seem like mere quibbling. Not a subject is touched upon in the entire work that does not have the breath of a new life breathed into it.” J. C. Branner.
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“The authors give an admirable account of the various stages through which the earth has passed since it became solid, and their beautifully illustrated volumes form one of the most complete and trustworthy geological treatises which have yet been published.”
+ + Spec. 97: sup. 654. N. 3, ’06. 370w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)
Chambers, Robert William. [Fighting chance.] **$1.50. Appleton.
Silvia Landis, a spoiled society girl, and Stephen Siward, who has inherited a weakness for drink, meet at a railway station “and continue the game there begun at a house party where assorted time killers are assembled.... Silvia angles for a new millionaire and plays with Stephen even while she lands him.... The story passes from the house party to the city, where Silvia pursues her social pastimes and retains her golden fiancé and Stephen ... fights the demon rum alone with more or less unsuccess. You have in the meantime club scenes, bridge scenes, scenes of domestic, infelicity, scenes of sordid life, glimpses of the half-world, a panorama of high finance.... In the end ... Mr. Chambers, to achieve his happy ending appropriates a motor car ... and lets it blow up with the marplot.” (N. Y. Times.)