Curtis, William Eleroy. [Modern India.] [**]$2. Revell.
A vast deal of information has been brought together here, and the author’s method “is to combine with a mass of observations and deductions of his own—the observations taken hastily upon his travels and the deductions—not too carefully checked—statistics, fragments of history, geography, ethnology, guide book information, and what not gathered together from all available sources.” (N. Y. Times.) “The author is happier in his delineation of modern life, and the casual reader will enjoy the descriptions of town and country, plague and famine, peasant and priest.” (Nation.)
[*] “It is a strange medley of wit and wisdom with error and ignorance, of fun and burlesque with serious study, the good qualities, however, predominating.”
| + — | Ath. 2: 639. N. 11, ‘05. 1560w. |
[*] “A very helpful book for those who wish data upon which to base a reasonable judgment of the actual state of affairs in that country.” H. E. Coblentz.
| + + | Dial. 39: 377. D. 1, ‘05. 300w. |
“With much that is statistically accurate, the book unfortunately abounds in printer’s and author’s errors.”
| + — | Nation. 81: 240. S. 21, ‘05. 180w. |
“It would, no doubt, be hard to find in another single volume such a variety of information about India and Indian affairs, but the assemblage with all its facts and figures, lacks that authority which is necessary to give full value to a work of this kind.”
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 636. S. 30, ‘05. 1160w. |