“It is to be regretted that Mrs. Romanes did not submit her manuscript to somebody competent to correct her French.”
| − + | Nation. 84: 571. Je. 20, ’07. 550w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 252. Ap. 20, ’07. 140w. |
“Perhaps her seemingly unnecessary fullness of detail is essential to give a complete picture, but occasionally one feels that the text might have been condensed. This, however, if it be a blemish, is certainly a minor one. Her volume is to be heartily commended to all students of religious development.”
| + + − | Outlook. 86: 342. Je. 15, ’07. 140w. |
“Mrs. Romanes has dealt with it sympathetically, if occasionally her observations are rather English and conventional.”
| + − | Sat. R. 104: 273. Ag. 31, ’07. 690w. |
Rook, Clarence. Switzerland, the country and its people; painted by Effie Jardine. *$6. Putnam.
7–26626.
Mr. Rook “gives us neither an arid chronological history nor a descriptive guide-book, but takes up chapter by chapter for broad intelligent treatment such subjects as ‘Swiss patriotism,’ ‘The growth of a republic,’ ‘The Swiss government,’ ‘Popular control,’ ‘Winter sports,’ ‘The Swiss as engineers.’”—Outlook.