[*] “Prof. Parker’s book is a storehouse of learning; it is free from bigotry, and contains a fair and honest statement of what the relations of the Chinese have been and are towards foreign religions.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 603. N. 4, 920w. |
[*] “As the fruit of scholarly research pursued in a sympathetic spirit, this history, most timely for the present interest in the now beginning renaissance of China, should command the attention of those who would understand the past which it builds upon.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 680. N. 18, ‘05. 200w. |
Parmele, Mary Platt. [Short history of Russia.] [*]$1. Scribner.
A new edition of this history of a great power which brings the account down to June, 1904 and the siege of Port Arthur. It contains a good index and a list of the princes of Russia from Rurik to Nicholas II.
| N. Y. Times. 10: 310. My. 13, ‘05. 240w. |
[*] Parrish, Randall. Historic Illinois: the romance of the earlier days. [**]$2. McClurg.
Mr. Parrish’s hope has been to provide a readable, interesting history of Illinois, emphasizing the picturesque phases that would appeal to the reader in a popular sense. He has related the adventures of such men as La Salle, Henri de Tonty and George Rogers Clarke, depicted the struggles with the Indians, traced the history of old landmarks, and brought his narrative down to the coming of the railroad, concluding with a chapter on “Historic spots as they appear to-day.”
Parrish, Randall. Sword of the old frontier: a tale of Fort Chartres and Detroit. [†]$1.50. McClurg.