A diary in the form of letters to his wife written by the chief engineer of the fleet from Aug. 28, 1904 to May 10, 1905. “It presents with greater vividness than any formal history can the life on the Russian vessels during the seven months’ cruise from the Baltic around Africa, the long, tedious stay at Madagascar and Kamranh Bay and the preparations for the last fatal fight.” (Ind.)
“If the author had been a closer observer and a more trained writer, the letters might have been very valuable, since little is known of that remarkable journey after the fleet left Tangier until it met its doom.”
| − + | Acad. 71: 382. O. 13, ’06. 230w. | |
| A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 126. My. ’07. | ||
| Ind. 61: 1571. D. 27. ’06. 190w. |
“He is merely an intelligent outside observer, ready enough to make allowances for the difficulties with which Rojdestvensky was beset; but on that account his casual and incidental remarks are all the more illuminative.”
| + | Lond. Times. 5: 310. S. 14, ’06. 1170w. |
“His diary ... has deservedly been called a valuable contribution to the history of the great struggle in the Far East. It holds material, however, which should be subjected to careful interpretation.”
| + − | Nation. 84: 415. My. 2, ’07. 610w. |
“The translator is to be congratulated upon his terse English and his successful avoidance of foreign idioms. An index would have been most acceptable.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 11: 861. D. 8, ’06. 170w. |