“That the author is convinced of the truth of what he sets forth in his book none can doubt, but that it will succeed in making converts among men of science is not to be expected.” W. P. Pycraft.
– Acad. 69: 1350. D. 30, ’05. 1420w.
“Whatever one may think of the group of opinions which Dr. Bastian has maintained for a generation, consistently and almost alone, he is at least a learned man and a skillful writer, so that his discussion of the general problem is most illuminating.” E. T. Brewster.
+ – Atlan. 98: 420. S. ’06. 370w.
“The observations and experiments are absolutely inconclusive.”
– Dial. 40: 392. Je. 16, ’06. 440w.
“No one will suggest that of the two hundred and forty-five micrographs reproduced in this book, a single one has been falsified; yet it will be almost universally held that the interpretation put upon them by their author and the inference drawn from them are incorrect.”
– + Lit. D. 32: 624. Ap. 21, ’06. 750w.
“Dr. H. Charlton Bastian re-expounds his well known biological heresies with a vigour and industry worthy of a better cause.” J. A. T.