An interesting account of the old missions and settlements of the days of Spanish rule. “This is the sort of a book that one loves to pick up and linger over. The profuse and well-executed illustrations catch the eye, the narrative is full of interest, and the historical chapters are brief and accurate, and evidence considerable study.” (Cath. World.)
“It is a bright, popular treatment of the theme, very thoroughly and sympathetically done.”
| + | Cath. World. 85: 684. Ag. ’07. 410w. | |
| Dial. 42: 232. Ap. 1, ’07. 40w. |
Hilgard, Eugene Woldemar. Soils, their formation, properties, composition and relations to climate and plant growth in the humid, and arid regions. *$4. Macmillan.
6–26528.
“Professor Hilgard’s book, in broad outline, deals with the origin and formation, the physics and the chemistry, of soils, and with native vegetation as an aid to the study of the agricultural value of soils.”—Engin. N.
“The section of the most value to engineers as a class is the one on the ‘Physics of soils.’”
| + | Engin. N. 57: 309. Mr. 14, ’07. 300w. |