+ −Lond. Times. 6: 107. Ap. 5, ’07. 1290w.

“The work contains, in the first place, an intolerable amount of extraneous and irrelevant matter. A far more serious defect is the choice of writers of a decidedly reactionary point of view for articles on important subjects.”

− +Nation. 84: 315. Ap. 4, ’07. 780w.

“Undoubtedly the work contains a great deal that is of value. But it is not to be compared in value with the ‘Dictionary of the Bible.’ And the minister who already possesses that dictionary, and who has not very much money to spend on books, will not find this later work indispensable.”

+ −N. Y. Times. 12: 597. O. 5, ’07. 1180w.

“The principal criticism indeed that we have to make on this volume is that both editor and contributors have tried too much to be complete; there are too many articles and they are too long.”

+ −Sat. R. 103: 498. Ap. 20, ’07. 1050w.

“Criticism, history, geography, and other matters have not been neglected, but as a whole the book is of a distinctly practical character.”

+Spec. 98: 1005. Je. 29, ’07. 220w.

Hatch, F. H., and Corstorphine, George Steuart. Geology of South Africa. *$7. Macmillan.