“His explanations are appeals to prejudices as unscientific as those which gave rise to the appearance of the paradox. Even when his arguments are sound they must convey to a reader a wholly untrue idea of scientific method. But they are not always sound.”
| − | Nature. 75: 341. F. 7, ’07. 160w. |
“His book is an extremely readable one, and in the article on the navigation of the air it supplies many useful and timely hints.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 462. Jl. 27, ’07. 1040w. |
Handasyde. For the week-end. †$1.50. Lane.
“The week-end here is the country house gathering of an exalted social circle, animated, it would appear, by the purpose of philandering with each other’s wives and husbands, while prudently keeping on the safe side of the divorce court—a half-hearted method of procedure which has perhaps suggested the author’s curious pseudonym.”—Ath.
“This book is slight, but what there is of it is true, direct, and simple.”
| + | Acad. 72: 539. Je. 1, ’07. 290w. |
“The style, though marred by grammatical lapses, shows considerable facility both in dialogue and description.”