“These quotations will serve to show M. Perris’s sincere effort to be fair and impartial, but the same paragraph furnishes two other quotations which equally well illustrate his defective vision in consequence of his prejudice against nearly everything in Russia in its present form.”
| + — | Nation. 80: 504. Je. 22, ‘05. 1740w. |
“The chief value of this book, however, lies in the personal (and frequently pitiful) records and brief autobiographies of the martyrs in the cause of Russian political liberty, and also in the miscellaneous data on topics which are not contained in Russian government reports.” Wolf von Schierbrand.
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 386. Je. 17, ‘05. 940w. |
“No doubt the book is put together in an easy, entertaining fashion. Although from a non-revolutionary standpoint most of its deductions are untenable, the chapters touching upon the economic and political condition of the country are not without value and interest.”
| + | Sat. R. 100: 121. Jl. 22, ‘05. 520w. |
“In arrangement it is not free from defects, particularly from a tendency to retraverse the same or similar ground; but this drawback is connected with what is perhaps Mr. Perris’s most distinctive claim on the attention of his readers,—his extensive and intimate acquaintance with Russian revolutionists, over a long period.”
| + — | Spec. 95: 321. S. 2, ‘05. 1880w. |
Perry, Bliss. Amateur spirit. [**]$1.25. Houghton.
Six essays in which the author commends “combining the professional’s skill with the zest and enthusiasm of the amateur.” There are two chapters on the college professor, and one entitled “Hawthorne at North Adams.”