GS 7–673.
“The various arts and sciences ... are treated in this dictionary. Much space is devoted to chemistry, a fair amount to mechanical and electrical engineering, and relatively little to civil engineering. Music and heraldry are among the main topics.... Among the other leading subjects included are architecture, assaying, astronomy, economic botany and zoology, building trades, geology, glass and leather manufacture, hygiene, metallurgy, mineralogy, motor cars, oil and paint manufacture, photography, textiles and watch making”—Engin. N.
“A thoroughly British point of view. The physical make-up of the book is generally satisfactory, its poorest feature being a portion of the illustrations, some of the line diagrams and woodcuts being badly blurred.”
| + − | Engin. N. 56: 638. D. 13, ’06. 220w. |
Goodell, Charles L. Old Darnman; il. by Charles Grunwald. (Hour-glass ser.) **40c. Funk.
6–46349.
The “Darnman” is a pathetic figure whose mental disorder resulted from the death of his affianced bride upon their wedding day. Clad in his wedding garments, for two generations he went the rounds of the farmers’ homes, accepted one-meal hospitality, and invariably asked for needle and yarn to mend his threadbare clothes. This little story has grown out of the traditional bits gathered from different sources.
“A charming but very sad little story, which is of value, however, as recording in permanent form the history of one who was a familiar figure to many New Englanders of an earlier generation.” Amy C. Rich.