“A pleasantly written story, but it is curiously deficient in the dramatic quality which justifies a tragic ending, and there is every reason for averting the final catastrophe.”
+ – Outlook. 84: 892. D. 8, ’06. 70w.
Greely, Adolphus Washington. Handbook of Polar discoveries. $1.50. Little.
Following the topical method of treatment, General Greely has compiled from original narratives “such data of accomplished results as may subserve the inquiries of the busy man who often wishes to know what, when, and where, rather than how.” All important Arctic geographic additions to knowledge are given as well as the more important scientific investigations. The table of contents includes; Early Northwest voyages to 1750, Nova Zembla, The northeast passage, Spitzbergen, Behring strait, The northwest passage, Franklin’s last voyages, North-polar voyages, The islands of the Siberian ocean, Franz Josef land, The Antarctic regions in general, and chapters upon the African, Australian, Pacific and American quadrants.
“It is a great public service to have these voluminous narratives studied, digested, criticised and reported by the foremost authority on the subject.”
+ + Ind. 61: 1117. N. 8, ’06. 120w.
“A few ... serious misstatements or misprints ... have crept in as the result of imperfect revision of the earlier text.”
+ + – Nation. 83: 493. D. 6, ’06. 490w.
“It is the polar vade mecum in English.” Cyrus C. Adams.