+ —Acad. 68: 1171. N. 11, ‘05. 2190w.

[*] “It is a good book to be read at a single sitting, like a good novel. To say that it is interesting, well written, and appropriate to the times, is to offer it the merest justice; but to describe it as a complete success is perhaps going too far. Perhaps it would be more successful if it were less complete.” T. D. A. Cockerell.

+ +Dial. 39: 440. D. 16, ‘05. 1470w.

[*] “The soundest part of Mr. Mallock will be found in the considerations which he develops in his earlier chapters rather than in the more pretentious ‘solution’ which he proclaims in his concluding book.”

+ —Lond. Times. 4: 355. O. 27, ‘05. 1920w.

[*] “Mr. Mallock offers nothing really new in his argument, but it derives a novel coloring from its relations to recent scientific views, and piquancy from his wit and humor. The book is brightly written and the thought is throughout interesting. The proof-reading leaves something to be desired.”

+ + —Nation. 81: 451. N. 30, ‘05. 1020w.
*+R. of Rs. 32: 752. D. ‘05. 100w.

[*] “He is doing good service not only to the cause of religious apology, but to society, and above all, to truth, which has suffered long and much from the timidity of science to push its conclusions to logical issue.”

+ +Sat. R. 100: sup. 5. O. 14, ‘05. 1860w.

Mann, Henry. Adam Clarke. $1. Popular book co.