“Much of the charm of the tale is due to its locale. The descriptions are unforced and Miss Webster has the tact not to insist on her scenic environment, not to force the moonlight and the snowy summits on her readers.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 266. Ap. 27, ’07. 350w. |
“The book like the author’s other works, is a ‘delightful bit of nonsense.’”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 386. Je. 15, ’07. 90w. | |
| + | Outlook. 86: 477. Je. 29, ’07. 70w. |
Weed, Walter Harvey. Copper mines of the world. $4. Hill pub. co.
7–25687.
“The work does not attempt to treat various properties described from the viewpoint of their financial merit; nor does it lead the reader into the deeper technicalities of physical chemistry or metallurgy. On the contrary it is, so to speak, a bird’s-eye view of the copper world, so presented as to answer such questions as: (1) Where are the deposits found? (2) What is the nature of the ore and its amenability to treatment? (3) How much of it is there? (4) What is the geologic occurrence? (5) What is the bearing of the observed and recorded facts on the probability of richness and continuity in depth? (6) What is the genesis of the deposit, and its bearings on the present and probable future production?”—Engin. N.
“Will fill an important niche in the libraries of mining men, investors, and students, and of those as well who are interested in the metal from the industrial point of view only. From the geological standpoint, the author has handled the subject with an undeniable mastery and comprehensiveness. A possible minor criticism is that, in Chapter 2, on ‘Production,’ some of the world’s production tables and diagrams are in terms of metric tons, others in terms of long tons, while United States statistics are given in pounds. This disparity in units does not facilitate off-hand comparisons by the reader.”
| + + − | Engin. N. 58: 296. S. 12, ’07. 430w. |