| − + | J. Philos. 3: 692. D. 6, ’06. 1820w. | |
| + | Lond. Times. 5: 238. Jl. 6, ’06. 2230w. |
“The first two lectures ... which treat explicitly of the subject designated in the title of the book, are in reality the least valuable chapters. The real contributions to the study of method are tacit and incidental features of the other papers, which make the least overt reference to the subject.”
| + − | Nation. 84: 366. Ap. 18, ’07. 400w. | |
| − | Nature. 74: 149. Je. 14, ’06. 200w. |
“In this handy form they should do much to teach the ordinary reader what science claims to be and how its operations are conducted.”
| + | Spec. 97: 61. Jl. 14, ’06. 490w. |
Stuart, Ruth McEnery. Woman’s exchange of Simpkinsville. †$1.25. Harper.
Two spinster sisters, “upon whose frail maiden shoulders had devolved responsibilities hitherto unknown to the women of the name of Simpkins” lose the fortune of their Arkansas forebears and have to face the question of earning a livelihood. They hit upon the idea of a Woman’s exchange, establish it and manage it with credit to the name of Simpkins. Their rather tame existence is broken by bits of town gossip, echoes of sentiment of long ago, and chiefly by a proposition of ten thousand dollars for the collection of birds in the extending of which an only brother had lost his life.
“Mrs. Stuart’s touch is broader than Mrs. Deland’s, and she is more open to the charge of sentimentalism.”
| + − | Nation. 85: 423. N. 7, ’07. 110w. |