Bölsche, Wilhelm. Haeckel; his life and work; tr., with an introd., by Joseph McCabe. *$4. Jacobs.
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A “plain study” of Haeckel’s personality and the growth of his ideas which is intended in its approximately true appreciation to replace “a hundred Haeckels grotesque in their unlikeness to each other” which “circulate in our midst today.”
| + | Current Literature. 42: 96. Ja. ’07. 1780w. |
“The distinguished German biographer brings to his task not merely literary style and imaginative qualities, but a technical and intimate knowledge of science in its latest development.”
| + + | Lit. D. 34: 177. F. 2, ’07. 160w. |
“This is an unusually successful work in a difficult field. While we must give credit to the author for teaching us a great deal of zoology in a pleasant manner, the most difficult part of his task, he has hardly done justice to an exceptionally interesting individuality.”
| + + − | Nation. 84: 392. Ap. 25, ’07. 790w. |
“Prof. W. Bölsche’s study of Ernst Haeckel is, like the frontispiece of the book, a picture in warm colours. The author is nothing if not enthusiastic, and indeed no one can think over the achievements of Haeckel’s life without sharing the author’s admiration for his hero.”