“The book is one that will prove useful to every teacher of elementary biology, and its usefulness would have been enhanced by a thorough-going biological treatment and simplification of the anatomical details.” F. W. G.
+ – Nature. 74: 560. O. 4, ’06. 770w.
“A most useful addition to our textbooks on the frog.” E. A. A.
+ + – Science, n.s. 24: 112. Jl. 27, ’06. 1080w.
Holt, Hamilton, ed. Life stories of undistinguished Americans as told by themselves; with an introd. by Edwin E. Slosson. †$1.50. Pott.
Sketches of sixteen men and women including “a representative of each of the races that go to make up our nationality and of as many different industries as possible.” The aim of the book is to show how well America’s immigration policy has succeeded, how incomes have been used, how the opportunities offered to earn bread and happiness in this broad land have been embraced.
“The stories are simply told, with evident sincerity, are most fascinating reading, and afford the American an excellent opportunity to see himself as others see him.” W. I. Thomas.
+ Am. J. Soc. 13: 273. S. ’06. 310w.
“These stories are as interesting as any novel with the additional advantage that they are stories of actual life.”