| + | Dial. 39: 383. D. 1, ‘05. 250w. | |
| * | + + | Ind. 59: 1379. D. 14, ‘05. 60w. |
“Preserves too much that is trivial and vulgar (not in the most odious sense), and would have been the better for a severe screening. On the whole we find the collection rather dreary.”
| + — | Nation. 81: 382. N. 9, 05. 190w. |
MacDonnell, John de Courcy. King Leopold II., his rule in Belgium and the Congo. [*]$6. Cassell.
The main object of this book “is to tell once more the story of the origin and progress and methods of government of the Congo Free State, and to refute the charge that Leopold has not fulfilled the pledges made under the Berlin act.” (Nation).
“The writer’s arguments, however, are not convincing, and we wish we could attribute their unreality to ignorance of the subject in hand.”
| — — | Ath. 1905, 1: 584. My. 13. 2800w. | |
| Nation. 81: 62. Jl. 20, ‘05. 590w. |
“The weakness of the book is its redundancy and its tendency to exalt into great virtues the king’s most commonplace actions. Its attenuated special pleading minimises but does not destroy whatever usefulness as a record it may possess.”
| + — | Sat. R. 99: 814. Je. 17, ‘05. 130w. | |
| * | Spec. 95: sup. 795. N. 18, ‘05. 290w. |
McDougall, W. Physiological psychology. [*]40c. Macmillan.