+ +R. of Rs. 31: 255. F. ‘05. 50w.

“We feel the gratitude and satisfaction which are due to a thoroughly capable thinker who gives us a solid, careful and, so far as is desirable in a text for students, original book. There is no need to note in detail the many excellent features in content and form or the few cases of questionable facts and methods of presentation.” Edward L. Thorndike.

+ + +Science. n.s. 21: 468. Mr. 24, ‘05. 620w.

Angus, D. C. Japan: the eastern wonderland. $1. Cassell.

“Supposedly ‘Japan, the eastern wonderland,’ was written by a Japanese for the amusement and instruction of his friends in England where he had received the finishing touches of his education.” (N. Y. Times). The narrator, Kotaro, and his sister Hana furnish representative Japanese types, in the portrayal of whose lives from infancy up, the reader gains a clear idea of conditions, customs and methods of Japanese education. “The past of Japan and much of its history is dwelt upon in this volume. Wonderful have been the changes made during the second half of the last century. There has been the regeneration of Japan, feudalism has been abolished, the samurai have had their privileges curtailed.... There are no tortures for petty crimes. All religions are tolerated. The school children learn their lessons from Japanese translations of foreign text books. Native literature is not neglected, but it is no longer used as a guide.” (N. Y. Times).

+N. Y. Times. 10: 45. Ja. 21, ‘05. 540w.

Angus, Joseph. Cyclopedic handbook to the Bible: an introduction to the study of the Scriptures. [*]$2. Revell.

“Originally published in 1853, this has been an eminently useful book. In its present revised form much has been dropped from it, and much added from the gains acquired by a half-century of increasing knowledge, while the original plan, with some rearrangement, remains the same. Its two divisions, treating the Bible first as a book and next as a series of books taken separately, go into manifold details.”—Outlook.

“With some concessions to modern criticism, the general view maintained is strongly conservative. For practical uses the old book seems likely to remain for long a favorite.”

+Outlook. 79: 1058. Ap. 29, ‘05. 80w.