Descriptive note in December, 1905.
“The book contains some details that were hardly intended for the student so far away as America, and on the other hand, many general points of vital interest are passed over all too briefly. This is especially true of the physical history and dynamical problems of the region. Nevertheless, the volume is a valuable and welcome summary of the geology of this distant land.” J. E. C.
| + + − | J. Geol. 15: 81. Ja. ’07. 800w. |
Reviewed by W. M. D.
| + | Science, n.s. 24: 684. N. 30, ’06. 600w. |
Hattersley, C. W. Uganda by pen and camera; with preface by T. F. Victor Buxton. $1. Union press.
In which is reflected the progress made by this African province during the years since Stanley’s visit. The author shows how the journey is made from London, describes the natives, their government, religion, schools, the work of missionaries and the results of Christianity.
Haultmont, Marie. By the royal road. *$1.60. Herder.
“The church of Rome is here presented as ‘the living church.’ ... The heroine is a high church member of the English establishment by education, but passes through scepticism to the Catholic fold, while two or three of the most attractive characters remain Protestants. The lively narrative is mainly concerned with provincial society and family life as affected by mixed attachments and marriages between French and English Catholics and Protestants.”—Ath.