| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 825. D. 2, ‘05. 230w. |
[*] “Kate is a witty letter-writer and is capable of flashing out bits of spontaneous humor.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 836. D. 2, ‘05. 80w. |
Champlin, John Denison, and Lucas, Frederic Augustus. Young folks’ cyclopaedia of natural history. $2.50. Holt.
Taking its place with the Champlin cyclopaedias of “Literature and art,” “Common things,” “Persons and places,” and “Games and sports,” this work “includes in a single compact volume, at a moderate price, an outline of the entire animal kingdom, from the largest mammal down to the tiniest insect that has to be studied under a magnifying glass.”
“The book will be most useful to children, who will find it too interesting to be considered mere study.”
| + + + | Critic. 47: 287. S. ‘05. 50w. |
[*] “A treasure-house for the young naturalist.”
| + + | Ind. 59: 1390. D. 14, ‘05. 20w. |
“The text in general shows little systematic grasp in the arrangement of facts, either in the articles as a whole or in any article in particular. The text throughout bears testimony to painstaking compilation rather than to ready knowledge.”