“The whole series is a remarkable presentation of the intellectual activity which has prevailed at this youthful university during the brief period of its existence.”
| + + + | Pub. Opin. 38: 593. Ap. 15, ‘05. 410w. |
Deecke, W. Italy: a popular account of the country, its people, and its institutions (including Malta and Sardinia); tr. by H. A. Nesbitt. $5. Macmillan.
A book which gives a German professor’s account of Italy. “Beginning with the boundaries of the country and the ancient attempts at geographical description, it proceeds to treat of the orography and general features of the surface, goes on to the geology and the climate, giving incidentally an account of the volcanic phenomena and touching briefly on the animals and plants. The various elements of the population are then described, with a short sketch of the history, and a fuller account of products, trade and manufactures, political institutions, finance, internal communications, and education, the church, language, and science, and a topographical description of various parts of the peninsula and the adjoining isles.” (Nation.)
“It is popular in the very best sense of the word. In the first place, it is comprehensive. In the second place, it is compact. The work is simply a marvel of condensation. In the third place, the book is exceedingly readable. The only adverse criticism we have is that the statistics are not quite up to the present, and the reader will want constantly to refer to later tables. But in other respects we do not know of another book on Italy at once so comprehensive, so accurate, and so interesting.”
| + + — | Am. J. of Theol. 9: 378. Ap. ‘05. 250w. (States contents of Vol. V.) |
“Is all done carefully and well.”
| + + | Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 588. My. ‘05. 100w. |
“That the book is dull is therefore not surprising; but that it is also full of errors is both surprising and inexcusable.”
| — — | Dial. 38: 95. F. 1, ‘05. 410w. |