“The English version faithfully follows the original, and supplies adequate renderings of the German technical terms.”
| + + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 82. Jl. 15. 400w. |
“No work on geology since the day of Lyell’s ‘Principles’ has exerted so profound an influence upon geological thought as has Suess’s ‘Antlitz der erde,’ and no one has mastered the broad geographical facts that are associated with the science of the earth, the world-concept, in a manner at all comparable with his presentation.”
| + + | Nation. 80: 134. F. 16. ‘05. 430w. |
“Excellent translation of the first volume of the work.” J. W. G.
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“A volume on the art of Isaak Walton.... Among the topics discussed by the ‘fisherman’ are ‘Dashing dace,’ ‘Perches and plants,’ ‘A charge of pike,’ and ‘The club of melancholy.’”—N. Y. Times.
“The book might be summarized briefly as a modern and more erudite revival of Izaak Walton, so gentle and so humane is its attitude towards the finny tribe, so liberal and comprehensive its learning.”
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