| − + | Lond. Times. 6: 18. Ja. 18, ’07. 30w. |
“In short, the book is not a treatise on costume, nor is it of any historical authority; but it may be found suggestive.”
| + − | Nation. 85: 185. Ag. 29, ’07. 220w. |
“A vast amount of information on sartorial affairs most charmingly expressed.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 59. F. 2, ’07. 230w. | |
| + | Outlook. 85: 237. Ja. 26, ’07. 100w. |
“A considerable amount of painstaking research has been employed in making this book on dress, and Mrs. Aria presents the result in her animated style, lightened by little touches of humor and adorned with numerous flourishes of verbal ingenuity.”
| + + | Sat. R. 104: sup. 6. S. 28, ’07. 650w. |
Armitage, F. P. History of chemistry. *$1.60. Longmans.
“The story of some thousand years of almost fruitless labor, followed by two centuries of richest accomplishment.” “It is neither so comprehensive nor so interesting as Meyer’s ‘History of chemistry,’ but will serve its purpose in giving the student a background for his knowledge, and a realization of the difficulties experienced by generations of chemists in formulating the conceptions which now seem so simple and natural.” (Nation.)