“A person who dares to jeer at a faith of whose history he has not a textbook knowledge, who sets his conclusions in matters of ethnological research against those of the acknowledged leaders of the science, without so much as a schoolboy’s equipment, calls rather for contempt than criticism, laughter than logic. When he enters the domain of sociology and religion he becomes merely ridiculous, and his essays in the reconstruction of human origins are too silly to be entirely dull.”
| − − | Acad. 73: 789. Ag. 17, ’07. 2350w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 668. O. 19, ’07. 20w. |
Boyles, Kate, and Boyles, Virgil D. [Langford of the Three Bars.] †$1.50. McClurg.
7–15542.
This tale of South Dakota follows the trials of a young ranchman, Paul Langford, who undertakes to put an end to cattle-rustling in his section. The county attorney takes up the fight for Langford against the thieves, and the terrifying happenings that result provide a wild west thrill for every page. Langford’s energy, determination and sense of justice win the day finally, tho not without tragedies.
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 200w. |
“Their collaborative work is remarkably smooth and even and shows little trace of its double authorship.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 502. Ag. 17, ’07. 190w. |
Brace, Benjamin. Seventh person. †$1.50. Dodd.
6–34686.