“It is hard to make a flat failure out of an outdoor book, but still harder to make it a distinguished success. ‘Hunting big game with gun and kodak,’ comes some distance from either extreme.”
| + − | Nation. 84: 339. Ap. 11, ’07. 250w. |
“This charming book, excellently printed and illustrated, has the value of convincing and picturesque simplicity. By adhering strictly to an account of personal experiences the author, while limiting the scope of his narrative has shown himself to be a discriminating and appreciative observer of nature.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 76. F. 9, ’07. 300w. |
“His book is very readable without being remarkable.”
| + | Spec. 98: 1036. Je. 29, ’07. 180w. |
Thompson, Holland. From the cotton field to the cotton mill: a study of the industrial transition in North Carolina. **$1.50. Macmillan.
6–20350.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The author gives evidence of thorough familiarity with social and industrial conditions in the southern states, and his study is a valuable contribution to the literature descriptive of our industrial development.” J. C.