Whipple, George Chandler. Value of pure water. $1. Wiley.
7–8249.
Here “an attempt is made from valuable data to establish formulae which may be employed to calculate the allowable depreciation due to sanitary quality, physical characteristics (colour, odour, etc.), hardness, etc., of a water supply.”—Nature.
“This little book is planned on novel lines and deserves recognition. The book is suggestive and stimulating reading, the various tables add to its value, and we heartily commend it to the sanitarian and water engineer.”
| + + | Nature. 76: 245. Jl. 11, ’07. 450w. |
“The book is well worth its price and should be found in every water library.” W. P. Mason.
| + + | Science, n.s. 25: 787. My. 17, ’07. 400w. |
Whistler, Charles W. Gerald the sheriff: a story of the sea in the days of William Rufus. †$1.50. Warne.
A story of life in England in the twelfth century. “It tells of the outlawing of a young Saxon thane, who joined wits and grievances with a displaced Cornish sheriff and, gathering together a hand of Saxon malcontents, hatched a plot for driving out the hated Norman king and seating in his place a Saxon heir to the throne. The tale is told in the first person and merely recounts the adventures which befell the young man and his friend as they followed their forlorn hope. But the adventures are perilous and exciting, and they follow close upon one another, until finally the chief actors win back to place and lands and safety.” (N. Y. Times.)