“He takes the reader delightfully into his confidence, and writes with an astonishing recollection of detail. An autobiography at once so full of incident and so free from matters of small importance has rarely been produced.” Percy F. Bicknell.
| + + | Dial. 43: 244. O. 16, ’07. 1800w. |
“Bulks large on the shelf, but so interesting that the reader will not regret the magnitude.”
| + | Outlook. 87: 609. N. 23, ’07. 410w. |
* Howden, J. R. Boys’ book of locomotives. $2. McClure.
An informing book for young readers which traces with many accompanying illustrations the evolution of the steam engine from its beginning to its replacement by the electric locomotive.
“The book will tempt old as well as young.”
| + | Nation. 85: 520. D. 5, ’07. 40w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 749. N. 23, ’07. 50w. | |
| + | R. of Rs. 36: 767. D. ’07. 90w. |
Howe, Frederic Clemson. British city: the beginnings of democracy. **$1.50. Scribner.