“Though Widney’s book is instructive when read aright, that is, with a clear conception of who the Aryan is and whence he came, yet it is misleading, and very much so, if the reader ignores scientific ethnology and anthropology as much as does the author.” Charles E. Woodruff.
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 497. Ag. 17, ’07. 2380w. |
“His style is animated and energetic; he is philosophic, discursive, poetic; he is quick to trace analogies and mark contrasts, fond of generalization and prone to turn history into prophecy. The total impression of his work is realistic and picturesque. His national and international forecasts, with one prominent exception are the least satisfactory portion of his work.”
| + − | Outlook. 86: 973. Ag. 31, ’07. 400w. |
“Not only the latest result of scholarship in ethnology, but an unusually absorbing narrative.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 36: 382. S. ’07. 270w. |
“A highly interesting and suggestive book.”
| + | Spec. 99: sup. 645. N. 2, ’07. 330w. |
Wieland, George Reber. American fossil cycads. $6.25. Carnegie inst.
6–34020.