– – Nation. 82: 267. Mr. 29, ’06. 1260w.
“An entertaining and upon the whole, informing book about Russian affairs. It is rhetoric, not history, and the fact that the special pleading is on the right side does not make it any less special.”
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 24. Ja. 13, ’06. 690w.
“Mr. Joubert is more rhetorical and less precise than we could wish.”
– Spec. 94: 218. F. 11, ’06. 1570w.
Joutel, Henri. Joutel’s journal of La Salle’s last voyage, 1684–7. *$5. McDonough.
“One of the most valuable source-books of American history.... The writer was a townsman of the great pathfinder, sailed with him from France in 1684, accompanied him in his after-wanderings in the wilds, and while not an eye-witness to his murder, was not far away when the fatal shot was fired by the desperate mutineer, Duhaut. The story of the misfortune of the pioneers and of the terrible days that followed the murder of their leader is told with a directness and simplicity that grip the attention with the interest of a work of fiction.... Dr. Henry R. Stiles, the editor of the present reprint ... rounds out Joutel’s narrative by historical and biographical introductions, the latter explaining who Joutel was, and the former giving an accurate and interesting account of La Salle’s earlier explorations. The book also contains a bibliographical appendix covering the literature on the discovery of the Mississippi.”—Lit. D.
Am. Hist. R. 11: 973. Jl. ’06. 160w. Ath. 1906, 2: 307. S. 5. 110w.
“Joutel’s narrative is not only the most authoritative account of that last voyage which ended so tragically for La Salle, but it is eminently readable.”