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“This book is interesting, it is amusing, it is even, in its revelation of the frauds practised by nearly every professional medium, revolting. The paramount impression this writer conveys is that of being a fair and openminded gentleman of excellent balance and keen intelligence.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 425. Jl. 6, ’07. 550w. |
“It is, indeed, a storehouse of raw material from which one may learn to generalize safely about the psychology of deception.”
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| R. of Rs. 36: 511. O. ’07. 110w. |
Carroll, Benajah Harvey. Political history of Europe from 1815 to 1848, based on continental authorities. $2. Baylor univ. press, Waco, Texas.
6–13425.
A volume which “is intended to give American students, an accurate if somewhat succinct account of the course of Post-Napoleonic European political history,” and “does not pretend to be more than a compilation from the best and most accessible and usually untranslated continental authorities.”
“The author was apparently in too great haste to attend much to the medium of his thoughts. Present and past tenses and conditions are mixed up indiscriminately, and extraordinary language is indulged in. Most of it is fairly good, and the characterizations of public men are at times excellent. But the arrangement is poor and detail is usually put in where uncalled for; the disjointed sections give little impression of continuity and do not make clear the general development; nothing stands out in bold relief.” Victor Coffin.