“Whatever one’s interest in churches, be it devotional, historical, or artistic, it will be quickened by a perusal of this entertaining and instructive book.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 684. O. 26, ’07. 280w. |
“He is sympathetic, taking, it is evident, a keen delight in gorgeous ritual and ornamentation; and he is sufficiently well read, in ecclesiastical history. His detailed descriptions ... are always full of spirit and vigour.”
| + | Spec. 99: 438. S. 28, ’07. 300w. |
Burbank, Luther. Training of the human plant. **60c. Century.
7–15628.
Mr. Burbank’s investigation into plant life—“creating new forms, modifying old ones, adapting others to new conditions, and blending still others”—has impressed him with the points of similarity between the development of plant and human life. He shows that the human plant needs the environment of love, sunshine, air, and nourishing food; he discusses heredity, predestination, training, growth and character. It is a sane and earnest treatise on life and its possibilities.
“Speculations in regard to the training of the child sensible as to recommendations of fresh air, nourishing food, proper environment, differentiation in training, but illogical at times in the application of the principles of plant growing, and not important.”
| + − | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 161. O. ’07. |