Ober, Frederick Albion. Our West Indian neighbors. [**]$2.50; ¾ lev. [**]$5. Pott.
The author, who has visited and studied the islands in 1879-1880, who was commissioner to the world’s fair of 1891 from the West Indies, and who has furthered his knowledge of them in late years, gives an account of the islands of the Caribbean sea, “America’s Mediterranean,” their picturesque features, fascinating history, and attractions for the traveler, nature-lover, and pleasure-seeker.
“Many quaint and little known facts are recorded, but the total result is very unsatisfactory. The account is rambling and superficial.”
| — | Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 134. Ja. ‘05. 80w. |
“A timely and good account of the islands of the Caribbean sea.”
| + + | Critic. 46: 191. F. ‘05. 90w. |
“One of the most complete and authoritative of recent books.”
| + + | Critic. 46: 382. Ap. ‘05. 100w. |
Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson. Abraham Lincoln. [**]$1.25. Jacobs.
A full account in compact form of the development of a great man and the circumstances which favored this development. The chief battles which mark the course of the Civil war are treated rather summarily. The book deals essentially with the man, his motives, and personality, and the nation’s struggle forms an impressionistic back-ground.