“Futile as is all such philosophizing, there are valuable practical applications of biology, in ethics, education, and sociology, and these Mr. Montgomery has instructively presented, though disadvantaged by a heavy and otherwise somewhat defective literary style.”
| + − | Outlook. 85: 621. Mr. 16, ’07. 390w. |
“A somewhat peculiar setting forth of a familiar view, relating to what is here termed the psychophysical puzzle. What is peculiar is the mystical, or mystifying phraseology in which these views are presented.” E. A. Norris.
| − | Psychol. Bull. 4: 243. Ap. 25, ’07. 670w. |
Montgomery, Hugh, and Cambray, Philip G. Dictionary of political phrases and allusions with a short bibliography. *$2. Dutton.
W 7–84.
A novel book of reference in which “foreign political phrases, terms, and catch-words of international significance, but with particular reference to Great Britain, are defined in simple language.” (N. Y. Times.) “This book will help a hasty journalist to write in such a fashion as to pass muster with a hasty sub-editor.” (Ath.)
“Numerous catch phrases of recent political campaigns are discussed which surely do not deserve a place in a one-volume work of this character, and even the allusions to strictly English politics are not treated with comprehension of their relative importance. The worst fault of the book is the lack of judicial attitude. Almost every page is tinged with a national prejudice which warps the discussion so as largely to destroy its value.”