Smith, Orlando Jay. Balance the fundamental verity, [**]$1.25. Houghton.
“‘A key to the fundamental scientific interpretations of the system of nature, a definition of natural religion, and a consequent agreement between science and religion.’ What Mr. Smith has really tried to do is to show that religion and science stand on the same rock, and that the law of compensation will explain away many philosophical difficulties. There is an appendix containing critical reviews by a number of eminent scientific and religious writers, most of which commend Mr. Smith’s thesis and the way he has worked it out.”—R. of Rs.
“Mr Smith in his book endeavors to deduce human immortality, and other things, from Newton’s postulate that ‘to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.’ The result is unsatisfactory to the materialists, who do not accept his demonstration as valid, and equally so to those who like the other side of the wall, because it is the other side.” T. D. A. Cockerell.
| + — | Dial. 38: 88. F. 1, ‘05. 150w. | |
| + | R. of Rs. 31: 128. Ja. ‘05. 110w. |
Smith, Reginald Bosworth. Bird life and bird lore. [*]$3. Dutton.
A lover of books and of birds writes of his friends the owl, the raven, the wild duck, the magpie, the rook and others, giving his own observations of them and showing the place they hold in history, literature, poetry, and folklore.
“A well-written and attractive book, of which the only material demerit is the rather patchy and uneven effect almost inseparable from volumes made up of papers originally published at divers times and in divers manners.”
| + + — | Acad. 68: 360. Ap. 1. ‘05. 850w. |
“It is pleasantly and allusively classical, for Mr. Bosworth Smith is a ripe scholar, and it is written in a style which is always accurate and often picturesque.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 495. Ap. 15. 710w. |