“Despite these rather damaging criticisms, it must be said in conclusion that the book has many features which make it a valuable addition to engineering literature. It is to be hoped that, in the next edition, the author will re-edit the book throughout, correct the errors, omit such descriptive matter and verbiage as is unnecessary, add to subjects which are incomplete, and thus produce a model, not only as regards superficial pretensions, but also as regards real worth.”
| + − | Engin. N. 56: 519. N. 15, ’06. 2930w. |
Carr, Sarah Pratt. Iron way; a tale of the builders of the West. †$1.50. McClurg.
7–12274.
“A romance of the gold-fever days in California which shifts scene to follow the course of construction of the Central Pacific railway. The traditions, heroic deeds and thrilling adventures associated with the building of this highway across the continent are recorded from the author’s memory. The book has a buoyant pioneer atmosphere.”
Reviewed by William Morton Payne.
| Dial. 42: 316. My. 16, ’07. 140w. |
“One feels that one is reading authentic history, but such is the art of the writer that the deftly inwoven romance—a captivating love story—remains the predominant interest. It would appear that the book is Mrs. Carr’s debut in literature, yet it is written with an ease, a freshness and a power which many a practised hand would be glad to have acquired.”
| + + | Ind. 62: 1526. Je. 27, ’07. 260w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 240. Ap. 13, ’07. 210w. | ||
| N. Y. Times. 12: 379. Je. 15, ’07. 150w. |