| + + | Sat. R. 104: sup. 5. O. 19, ’07. 1520w. |
“Intensely interesting, if very painful, book.”
| + | Spec. 99: 870. N. 30, ’07. 1270w. |
Leonard, Arthur Glyn. Lower Niger and its tribes. *$4. Macmillan.
7–11550.
“The book opens with a description of the physical features of the country, the tribes inhabiting the various divisions, and of the local traditions, ... Then come chapters on the philosophy of the people as expressed in certain words in their vocabulary, names, proverbs, and fables. The third division of the volume is devoted to a discussion of the ‘natural’ religion of the various tribes dealt with.... Other chapters take up emblemism, ceremonials, and practices of Naturalism, etc.”—N. Y. Times.
“The defect of his book is its verbal exuberance, and its overflow of theories about the origin of religion.” Andrew Lang.
| + − | Acad. 71: 623. D. 22, ’06. 1730w. |
“Whilst Mr. Dennett’s book suffers from too little synthesis, Major Leonard’s suffers from too much. His facts, not his theories, will be valued most by the expert. A rich quarry, but the stone that is to serve for building purposes must be selected with some care.”