| + + | Nation. 83: 370. N. 1, ’06. 240w. | |
| + | Outlook. 84: 842. D. 1. ’06. 180w. |
Devine, E. J. Training of Silas. $1.25. Benziger.
7–2759.
A Roman Catholic story which brings a “purse-proud plebeian millionaire to a realization that there is a greater end to be considered than the possession of wealth.”
“It has a strongly didactic purpose, which is gracefully draped in a thin suit of fiction.”
| + | Cath. World. 84: 835. Mr. ’07. 160w. |
Dewar, Douglas. Bombay ducks: an account of some of the every-day birds and beasts found in a naturalist’s Eldorado. *$5. Lane.
Agr 6–1634.
With less of a scientific smack than the title suggests, Mr. Dewar writes of the birds and small animals of India. Excellent illustrations which are Captain Fayrer’s photographs reproduced on “unglazed and tonal paper give a Japanese effect which is quite unusual and well worthy of imitation.” (Spec.)