“It is not the work of a skillful translator. It is full of awkward and unfortunate paraphrases of the original. It also shows none too great familiarity with German.”
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 28. Ja. 19. ’07. 410w. |
Weininger, Otto. [Sex and character]; authorized tr. from the 6th Germ. ed. *$3. Putnam.
6–9695.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is brilliantly written, and contains at once profound reflections and almost laughably unfounded statements of fact. It is at times stimulating and suggestive, but, nevertheless, often irritating, because the central idea seems rather an obsession of a brilliant but inexperienced mind than a conception to which the writer has been driven by carefully considered facts.” L. A.
| + − | Nature. 75: 481. Mr. 21, ’07. 1340w. |
* Weir, Archibald. Introduction to the history of modern Europe. $2. Houghton.
The author reviews in their logical connection the chief groups of events which formed the groundwork of European history in the nineteenth century. The period covered is approximately that between 1720 and 1820. “It treats of the political and social reforms introduced in the several monarchies, beginning with the opening of the eighteenth century; the changes brought about by the French revolution and by the Napoleonic despotism; the growth of personal liberty and political solidarity in the various countries of continental Europe after the downfall of Napoleon; the industrial revolution in England; the development of machinery and its influence on economics; and the advance in science; philosophy, and literature.”