| + | Arena. 36: 668. Je. ’07. 1330w. |
“Anybody familiar with the volumes of Myers, or even with the little book of Lapponi, will find that Dr. Funk has paid little attention to systematic arrangement of his data and analysis of the various factors of the problems with which he deals.”
| − | Cath. World. 86: 253. N. ’07. 340w. |
“His purpose has been well executed.”
| + | Dial. 35: 131. Jl. 27, ’07. 290w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 112. F. 23, ’07. 280w. | ||
| + | R. of Rs. 35: 508. Ap. ’07. 180w. |
Futrelle, Jacques. Thinking machine. †$1.50. Dodd.
7–9843.
A book of reprinted stories whose theme in each instance is a marvelous exploit of Prof. Van Dusen. “You may now read—or re-read—how Prof. Van Dusen accomplished an experimental jail delivery for himself under circumstances the most ingeniously prearranged for that purpose ... how Prof. Van Dusen ascertained the identity of a man who had mislaid all consciousness of his personality, name, and nativity; how he solved the riddle of a bank burglary, and by sniffing the perfume on a handkerchief traced the crime to a particularly pretty and attractive young woman.” (Ind.)
“They are quite ingenious in their way, and those who like this sort of thing will find them fair examples of their kind. They are not altogether devoid of literary merit.”