“The scheme is a well-imagined one and the discussions are full of interest, information and suggestion. Nevertheless the result is far from satisfactory. The book is pervaded throughout by the assumption more or less openly avowed that war is always and everywhere a wrong thing—not merely that most wars are wrong, and that many wars are wicked: and the several parties to the discussion are all too much of the same way of thinking.”
+ – Lond. Times. 5: 114. Mr. 30, ’06. 2520w.
“As a summary of all that is to be said on the subject, thrown into a readable form, the book is well done; nevertheless, after reading it there is left in the mind of the reader the perhaps unavoidable feeling that it is an old story.”
+ – Nation. 83: 354. O. 25, ’06. 910w. – Sat. R. 102: 306. S. 8, ’06. 310w.
“A clever piece of special pleading rather than a serious contribution to political thought.”
+ – Spec. 96: 711. My. ’06. 1950w.
Argyll, George Douglas Campbell, 8th duke of: autobiography and memoirs; ed. by the Dowager Duchess of Argyll. 2v. *$10. Dutton.
In his autobiography the Duke of Argyll sketches a “long career filled with notable activities. Acceding to the title very young and unexpectedly ... he was of a serious and energetic bent. Early called to share in the government, he was a member of several cabinets.... For years he was an enthusiastic follower of Gladstone, but broke with him on the land question and Home rule; but their personal friendship remained unimpaired. Yet his chief distinction was as a controversial writer. He had considerable scientific attainments. From early life an eager naturalist ... and was practically skilled in geology. He read widely in science, too, and being, as he innocently observes, ‘inclined to question rather than to harbor doubt’ he ‘took most naturally to religion and theology.’” (Nation.)
“His biography was well worth writing; though it might have been advantageously condensed into half the size.”