“Of the many recent books about London the best to look at is that called ‘The scenery of London.’ Miss Mitton discourses agreeably as is her wont.”
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 608. S. 16, ‘05. 280w. |
Monroe, Paul. Text-book in the history of education. [*]$1.90. Macmillan.
“The framework upon which Dr. Monroe has built his well-written work is clear and hardly to be improved upon. Each chapter is headed in the table of contents with a phrase expressing the psychological tendency of the time or movement which it represents, and these are divided and subdivided in an unusually able manner. Facts are made additionally easy of location by the index by Miss Scott. Dr. Monroe’s ‘Text-book’ is hardly what its name implies, but rather a foundation work for those who desire to ‘work up’ from it, as the references indicate.”—Pub. Opin.
“A very solid book on the history of education.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 725. O. 28, ‘05. 630w. |
[*] “It is diligent in research, copious in information, clear in analysis, philosophic in trend, and sound in deduction; and, although there are passages in it that are somewhat hard reading, occasional grammatical lapses, and a needless and sometimes wearisome repetition of certain scientific terms ... it is distinguished throughout for purity, precision, and force of diction. The treatment of its theme is the most exhaustive yet essayed by an American author.” Charles Elliott Fitch.
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 909. D. 23, ‘05. 2510w. |
“This must be rated as a work of the first rank in its class.”
| + + | Outlook. 81: 431. O. 21, ‘05. 410w. |