7–17356.
In these brief religious talks on evolution the author touches upon all the great facts of life, in a simple, wholesome way that will prepare the child mind for larger and more scientific works upon prolonged infancy, race survival, government, human beliefs, animal worship, selection, and the hundred other topics here suggested.
Tucker, T. G. Life in ancient Athens: the social and public life of a classical Athenian from day to day. *$1.25. Macmillan.
7–4807.
Athens during the hey-day of its classical period is portrayed, the time when Athenian life stood for vigorous vitality and unblemished character. It is mainly of the things that have been too well preserved in antiquities for time to efface that Mr. Tucker writes; actual events, actual buildings; knowledge of manners, customs, ideals; of Attic virtues, vices, weaknesses, humors, drolleries; and knowledge of what law and society allowed.
“If we must criticise, we would cast a doubt upon the statement that the Athenians were a mixed race. We can find no evidence of an Achaean strain in their ancestry. Nor do we hold that the Greek tongue was a Homeric importation. And to speak of the Propylæa as a ‘triumphal arch’ is surely misleading to the novice in these matters. Apart from these points, our only quarrel with Professor Tucker is the complete absence of all references.”
| + − | Acad. 72: 188. F. 23, ’07. 560w. | |
| Am. Hist. R. 12: 706. Ap. ’07. 40w. | ||
| A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 132. My. ’07. |
“On the whole, the volume achieves its modest aim, which at once disarms criticism; but it rather suffers from the inevitable comparison with some of the other members of the same series.”
| + − | Dial. 42: 148. Mr. 1, ’07. 210w. |