“In the demonstration of his thesis the author enters such a labyrinth of the metaphysical and mystical that we altogether refuse his lead.”
| + — | Pub. Opin. 39: 60. Jl. 8, ‘05. 160w. |
[*] “Interesting, if not quite fascinating.”
| + — | Spec. 95: 697. N. 4, ‘05. 320w. |
Perris, George Herbert. Russia in revolution. [**]$3. Brentano’s.
“Mr. Perris’s volume on ‘Russia in revolution’ is a sketch of the Russian revolutionary movement from about 1870 down to the present time. It consists chiefly of a series of short biographies of the principal leaders of the Liberal movement, together with a few chapters on the Russian government, and on the financial and economic conditions of the country.... The subject, however, is an interesting one, and the personal sketches and life stories of Stepniak, Volkhovsky, Dr. Soskice, Mark Broido, Mme. Kovalsky, and numbers of other revolutionists, often recounted in their own words, are significant and thrilling.”—Lond. Times.
“Is lively and interesting, but somewhat open to the charge that he fails to name a good many of his sources and some of his equally interesting rivals. Mr. Perris takes pains and knows his subject.”
| + + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 590. My. 13. 180w. |
“It cannot be said that the author has anything very new to tell us, and most of his information has been obtained at second-hand. He sees Russia only from the point of view of the extremists.”
| — + | Lond. Times. 4: 176. Je. 9, ‘05. 520w. |