“On the whole is a very good story of its kind.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 391. Je. 17, ‘05. 90w. |
“The author has opened one of the most dramatic pages in American history, and adorned it with a picture worthy of the text.”
| + | Reader. 6: 359. Ag. ‘05. 310w. |
Peckham, George Williams, and Peckham, Elizabeth Gifford. [Wasps, social and solitary]; with an introd. by John Burroughs. [**]$1.50. Houghton.
Mr. Peckham and his wife have made a close study of the lives, habits, intelligence, and individuality of wasps, and they tell about their investigations in a way that is none the less instructive because it is interesting.
“The book has good and vivid illustrations, but it would have been better if the actual size of the insects had been indicated in every case.”
| + + — | Acad. 68: 743. Jl. 15, ‘05. 310w. | |
| + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 150. Jl. 29. 720w. |
“There is ‘a hidden wealth of thought and of austerity’ which makes the book a worthy contribution to science and a monument of patient and skillful research in a difficult field.” E. T. Brewster.
| + + + | Atlan. 96: 687. N. ‘05. 600w. |