| + + | Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 209. Ja. ’07. 200w. |
“The book should be placed in every reference library used by railway employees; and any young engineer in railway service will find it worth while to read the book, since it will aid him to gain a broader outlook upon the industry in which he is playing a part.”
| + + | Engin. N. 57: 664. Je. 13, ’07. 260w. |
“The volume contains remarkably few repetitions, considering the manner of its construction, and few of the contributors have failed to observe the limits of their special subjects. I believe everyone interested in railways will enjoy it. And everyone who reads it will profit by it.” Balhasar H. Meyer.
| + + | J. Pol. Econ. 15: 244. Ap. ’07. 470w. |
“It will be found of great practical service to students. The treatment of the subject is plain and untechnical.”
| + | Lit. D. 34: 547. Ap. 6, ’07. 260w. |
Dickins, Frederick Victor. Primitive and mediaeval Japanese texts, Romanized and translated into English. 2 v. *$6.75. Oxford.
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The two hundred and sixty-four lays of which the anthology consists are “Japanese proper, not Chino-Japanese.” “They have a character of their own, giving the impression of lovely and delicate workmanship. Mr. Dickins has translated in vol. i, some short mediaeval lays; the Preface to ‘The garner of Japanese verse old and new;’ the Mime of Takasago; and ‘The story of the old bamboo wicker-worker,’ the earliest work of fiction in Japanese or any Ural-Altaic tongue. Volume ii, is not for the general reader but for students of the Japanese language, containing the text of the Lays romanised, and a short grammar, with glossary and index.” (Acad.)