| + + | R. of Rs. 31: 119. Ja. ‘05. 120w. |
Thwaites, Reuben Gold, ed. [Early western travels, 1748-1846]: a series of annotated reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the aborigines and social and economic conditions in the middle and far West, during the period of early American settlement. 31v. ea. [*]$4. Clark, A. H.
Thirty-one volumes containing accurate reprints of rare manuscripts. They have been carefully chosen from the mass of material descriptive of travels in the North American interior which this century of continental expansion (1748-1846) provided, and no manuscript has been included unless it possessed permanent historical value. The result is a series which the casual reader will find interesting, and the historian, teacher and scholar, will find invaluable, as it makes available sources of information without which the development of the West, its history and its people cannot be fully understood. The editor has provided numerous footnotes and an introduction to each volume which contains a biographical sketch of the author, an evaluation of the book reprinted and bibliographical data concerning it. The closing volume is devoted to a complete and exhaustive analytical index to the entire series.
| Am. Hist. R. 10: 694. Ap. ‘05. 610w. (Statement of contents of vols. VII-XII.) | ||
| Am. Hist. R. 10: 696. Ap. ‘05. 120w. (Review of vols. XI. and XII.) |
[*] “Like their predecessors are amply and intelligently edited.”
| + + + | Am. Hist. R. 10: 955. Jl. ‘05. 110w. (Review of v. 13-15.) | |
| Am. Hist. R. 11: 227. O. ‘05. 60w. (Review of v. 16-18.) | ||
| Critic. 46: 95. Ja. ‘05. 80w. (Review of vol. VI.) |
“The works included naturally vary in literary merit and attractiveness, but many of them will compare favorably with the better class of modern books of travel, while some, like John Bradbury’s ‘Travels in the interior of America, 1809-11,’ to which vol. V. is devoted, are as fascinating as the best fiction.”
| + + | Critic. 46: 286. Mr. ‘05. 240w. (Reviews vols. I.-V.) |
“Much of the material is as entertaining as it is quaint, and will be thoroughly enjoyed by the ordinary reader no less than the specialist.”
| + + + | Critic. 47: 383. O. ‘05. 240w. (Review of v. 18.) |