+ Arena. 35: 222. F. ’06. 140w.
“Miss Rives’s book must have a good influence; her summaries of the famous novels are lucid, tasteful, and sympathetic; she gives much in little.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 6. Ja. 6, ’06. 340w.
“Not only is the book well suited to the peculiarities of the child mind, but it is also of no negligible value as a book of reference.”
+ Pub. Opin. 40: 316. Mr. 10, ’06. 110w.
Dickerson, Mary Cynthia. Frog book. **$4. Doubleday.
“An enthusiastic recital of close and critical observation.... The introductory chapter deals with the distinction between batrachians and fishes and reptiles, development and metamorphoses, classification, phylogeny, hibernation, poison, voice, color, change, behavior, and distribution of the ‘batrachia salientia,’ or frogs and toads.... The remainder of the book is given up to a detailed account of about sixty frogs, tree-toads and toads, of this continent.”—Dial.
“The scope of the work is not too great for the space allotted; the treatment is scientific, thoroughly modern and up-to-date, reflecting current university standards. The selection of material and the completeness and comprehensiveness of the treatment are commendable.”
+ + + Dial. 41: 209. O. 1, ’06. 520w.