“The chapter on the interpretation of results is particularly to be recommended. The medical officer of health, and the analyst, and the bacteriologist will find this book a trustworthy and useful guide.” R. T. Hewlett.
| + + | Nature. 76: 245. Jl. 11, ’07. 120w. |
Sayce, Rev. Archibald Henry. Archaeology of the cuneiform inscriptions: Rhine lectures. *$1.75. Gorham.
The volume “opens with a brief, but excellent account of the method of decipherment of the cuneiform inscriptions, describes the nature of the inscriptions found, shows the relation of the Sumerians to Semitic people, that of the Egyptian to the Babylonian civilization, that of Palestine to Babylonia, the character of the Hittite people of Asia Minor, and describes the condition of Canaan before the Exodus.”—Ind.
| + | Acad. 72: 265. Mr. 16, ’07. 850w. |
“The whole forms a sufficiently compact and readable account. Both these faults (the habit of stating conjectures as facts, and of catching at any parallel, however wild, which seems to bear out preconceived conclusions) are very much in evidence in this volume, and go some way towards spoiling what is one of the most interesting books that Prof. Sayce has written.”
| − + | Ath. 1907, 1: 296. Mr. 9. 1590w. |
“Like all of Professor Sayce’s writings, it is very suggestive, broad in treatment, and the conclusions sometimes rest on insufficient evidence.”
| + − | Ind. 62: 445. F. 21, ’07. 90w. |