+Dial. 38: 382. Je. 1, ‘05. 330w.

“Writes in a semi-practical, semi-meditative manner in regard to the comforts and enjoyments of a small country home.”

+N. Y. Times. 10: 6. Ja. 7, ‘05. 300w.

“Instructive and entertaining. The healthy love of nature which outdoor life awakens in most of us has pervaded it and has transferred itself to the reader.”

+South Atlantic Quarterly. 4: 95. Ja. ‘05. 180w.

[*] Brooks, William Keith. Oyster, The; a popular summary of a scientific study. [*]$1. Hopkins.

“Fourteen years ago Prof. Brooks made a rational appeal to Marylanders on the subject of oyster culture, in the hope of reviving a decaying and contentious industry. His tract ... failed, as he sorrowfully admits in his preface to a second and revised edition, to penetrate the ignorant conservatism of a State ruled hitherto by Gorman. However, in returning to the fray, he adds a chapter on the peril of the oyster as a vehicle of collection for cholera and typhoid germs, and perhaps this aspect will do something to help the economic reform.”—Nation.

* Dial. 39: 449. D. 16, ‘05. 50w.
* Nation. 81: 463. D. 7, ‘05. 100w.

[*] “It is written in an interesting manner. An index would increase the value of the book many times; it deserves to have one.”

+ + —N. Y. Times. 10: 871. D. 9, ‘05. 940w.