| + + − | Sat. R. 103: 336. Mr. 16, ’07. 1560w. |
“It ought to be studied not only by scientific readers—to whom it is quite indispensable—but by all who have to deal with the wild races whom it so fully and sympathetically describes.”
| + + | Spec. 98: sup. 117. Ja. 26, ’07. 400w. |
Skinner, Robert P. Abyssinia of to-day; an account of the first mission sent by the American government to the court of the King of Kings. *$3. Longmans.
7–7544.
The present volume is the outgrowth of an expedition to Abyssinia to treat with Emperor Menelik on commercial relations between that country and our own. The author’s notes “on this land of grave faces, elaborate courtesy, classic tone and Biblical civilization, its history, politics, language, literature, religion and trade, are full of interest; there are also some valuable hints on the organization and equipment of a caravan.”
| A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 129. My. ’07. |
“He writes fairly well, though sometimes with an effort at ‘smartness’ which sits ill upon him. There is no index—but there is not much that needs one.”
| + − | Ath. 1906. 2: 824. D. 29. 1900w. |