[*] “While the book is not technical in any sense, it should be of considerable value to all students of the violin.”
| + | Pub. Opin. 39: 700. N. 25, ‘05. 100w. |
Rambaud, Alfred Nicholas; Simkovitch, Vladimir; and others. Case of Russia: a composite view. [**]$1.25. Fox.
“A presentation of certain phases of Russian life and history by five writers who have a first-hand knowledge of the subjects they discuss. It comprises: an outline sketch of the successive steps in the expansion of Russia; a brief psychological study of the Russian people; an interpretation of the Russian autocratic system; an inquiry into the progress and possibilities of the Slav; and a survey of the religious situation in Russia.”—Outlook.
| Critic. 47: 411. N. ‘05. 320w. |
“The proof-reading is inadequate, and the translation is not always quite what it should be.”
| + — | Nation. 80: 462. Je. 8, ‘05. 21??w. |
“Most of the matter, however, is somewhat vitiated by having been written some time ago.”
| — + | N. Y. Times. 10: 310. My. 13, ‘05. 220w. |
“As with all ‘composite views,’ the effect is in some respects elusive, in others bewildering. But, on the whole, the symposium is distinctly helpful, and especially in the direction of assisting to a clearer understanding of the dominant traits and qualities of the inhabitants of the unhappy land.”