v. 2. The new world. In this volume the author carries his “race epic” over seas and follows the westward march of the Aryan people from ocean to ocean in America, discussing also present day conditions and problems.
“It is what would be called in its own language a ‘live’ book, and for that we are thankful. It is not to be expected that we should sympathise wholly with American ideals and aspirations, or even those of the best Americans, but we can pay Dr. Widney no higher compliment than to wish that he had been born an Englishman, so that he might have written this book from an English point of view.”
| + − | Acad. 73: 161. N. 23, ’07. 990w. |
“It is a pity that Mr. Widney, many of whose observations are extremely shrewd, should have allowed a book that has evidently cost him much labour to degenerate into a political pamphlet.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 2: 484. O. 19. 970w. |
“The best that can be said of the work is that it has swing and style and may afford material for patriotic addresses. As for the scientific value, it has none.”
| − | Ind. 63: 1375. D. 5, ’07. 410w. |
“His book is not a compilation, nor is it a new statement of a theme already set forth at length by other writers, but an original conception worked out through fine research, carefully coordinated and written in a clear and attractive style.”
| + + | Lit. D. 35: 208 Ag. 10, ’07. 420w. |