Weeden, William Babcock. War government: federal and state, in Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and Indiana, 1861–1865. **$2.50. Houghton.
6–13925.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Many of Mr. Weeden’s characterizations and criticisms are shrewd and to the point, showing real insight into the problems of that troublous time and independence of thought in his estimates of men and measures. His judgments, however, are usually impressionistic, and not based on ordered evidence and argument.”
| + − | Am. Hist. R. 12: 408. Ja. ’07. 820w. |
“The style, sometimes eccentric and inclined to digression, is always keen, pungent, and fearless. The characterization of Lincoln is refreshingly free from conventionality either in praise or blame, and, with all its partisanship, the book has distinct value.” Theodore Clarke Smith.
| + − | Atlan. 98: 705. N. ’06. 380w. |
* Wegmann, Edward. Design and construction of dams. 5th ed., rev. and enl. $6. Wiley.
7–31985.
A revised and enlarged edition of Mr. Wegmann’s work including masonry, earth, rockfill, timber and steel structures also the principal types of movable dams. It has been carefully brought up to date.