“Comprises eight essays in observation of the writer’s fellow mortals, their excellences and defects, their successes and failures, their work and their play. Particularly strong has the author shown himself in what may be called the psychology of self-conceit.”—Dial.
“Enjoyment of these agreeable and often illuminating studies in human nature ... would be more nearly perfect did they reveal a finer sense of the niceties of language.”
| + − | Dial. 42: 317. My. 16, ’07. 380w. |
“A delightful little book which justifies its title. The author is certainly young in heart, and his outlook on the world is hospitable and comprehensive.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 320. My. 18, ’07. 300w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 384. Je. 15, ’07. 90w. |
Pier, Garrett Chatfield. Egyptian antiquities in the Pier collection. *$4. Univ. of Chicago press.
6–41525.
pt. 1. “The first volume ... consists of specimens represented in twenty-two plates, and includes objects in glazed pottery, flint and other stones, ivory and other materials. There are pendants, ornaments, inlays, and amulets, but the chief place is given to more than two hundred scarabs, seals, and cylinders. The catalogue describes the articles which the plates picture.”—Nation.