[*] “Capt. Scott has written a book that will have a conspicuous place among the annals of polar effort, and it is worthy of it.” Cyrus C. Adams.
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 793. N. 25, ‘05. 2340w. |
[*] “Captain Scott has a singularly happy style, free from the stiffness of Cook and the formality of Ross, yet terse, vigorous and direct. This book comes as near perfection as we ever expect a book of travel to be.”
| + + + | Sat. R. 100: 685. N. 25, ‘05. 2060w. |
[*] “Captain Scott has done a splendid piece of work; not the least part of it is the production of the ablest and most interesting record of travel to which the present century has yet given birth.”
| + + + | Spec. 95: 566. O. 14, ‘05. 1490w. |
Scott, Samuel Parsons. History of the Moorish empire in Europe. 3v. [**]$10. Lippincott.
“Two volumes cover the whole period of Moorish occupation in the peninsula, while the third contains kulturgeschichtliche material of some interest and value. This is brought forward in the form of a series of essays on the arts, institutions, and influence of the Muslims, as well as on the Jews and the Moriscoes in Spain.”—Am. Hist. R.
“Mr. Scott’s three volumes are obviously the result of conscientious and comprehensive reading in some half-dozen languages, but their author lacks the historical temperament. His work, though not without a certain old-fashioned dignity of style, is too monotonous to be popular and too uncritical in its affirmations to content the trained student of history.” F. W. Williams.
| + | Am. Hist. R. 10: 372. Ja. ‘05. 850w. |