| + − | Outlook. 87: 622. N. 23, ’07. 150w. | |
| Putnam’s. 3: 368. D. ’07. 1460w. |
“Much practice has made Sir Gilbert Parker a skilful weaver of a kind of plot which has no relation to reality, or even to probability, but which always fascinates a large novel-reading public. Sir Gilbert Parker writes about society and politics as if he were an outsider.”
| + − | Sat. R. 104: sup. 8. O. 19, ’07. 450w. |
“Whatever fault may be found with the novel, it certainly shows no sign of scamped work or perfunctory handling. In every sense in which the phrase is applicable to a novel, the author has given us full measure,—length, wealth of colour and exciting incident, careful portraiture, minute character analysis. It may not be unfairly urged that Sir Gilbert Parker has been too lavish of his materials, and that his book loses in directness of appeal from the complexity of his theme, the kaleidoscopic nature of the narrative, and the widely divergent phases of life which he essays to depict. Yet of its picturesqueness, its eloquence, and its exciting quality there can be no doubt.”
| + − | Spec. 99: 533. O. 12, ’07. 1140w. |
Parr, G. D. Aspinall. Electrical engineering in theory and practice. *$3.25. Macmillan.
6–36474.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Although the book is generally quite readable, the English is by no means perfect throughout. The reasoning is here and there unsatisfactory, loose language creeps in, or the style becomes diffuse. The descriptive portion of the work is throughout very carefully written and illustrated.” D. K. M.
| + − | Nation. 74: 581. O. 11, ’06. 1200w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 11: 332. My. 19, ’06. 280w. |