Duniway, Mrs. Abigail Scott. From the West to the West: across the plains to Oregon. [†]$1.50. McClurg.
This account of a trip by wagon from Illinois to Oregon is too homely to be romantic. The details or daily hardships are given, and there are many characters each with its own story. The squaw-man, the Indian, the run-away slave, and the Mormon all appear in the course of the long journey. Death by the wayside, cholera, a stampede of cattle, and other happenings accentuate the reality of the story and of the long list of characters playing a part in it.
“The book affords an interesting though somewhat idealized picture of the early days, but makes no pretensions to historical or geographical accuracy.”
| + | Dial. 39: 45. Jl. 16, ‘05. 150w. |
“The book is one which possesses no value as a novel, though it may inspire interest as a curiosity, not of literature, to be sure, but of story writing.”
| — | N. Y. Times. 10: 547. Ag. 19, ‘05. 370w. |
Dunkerley, S. Mechanism. [*]$3. Longmans.
This new text book “opens with an introductory chapter in which the usual definitions occur relating to machines, kinematic chains, lower and higher pairs ... this is followed by a chapter ... on simple machines and machine tools. Chapters 3 and 4 deal chiefly with mechanisms of the quadric crank and double slider crank chain forms ... the pantograph finds an important place here.... The next two chapters deal with velocity and acceleration diagrams.... The remainder of the book deals with gear wheels, non-circular wheels and cams.... There is also a section devoted to gear-cutting machinery.... The illustrations are mainly line drawings.... A series of numerical examples at the end of the book will be of much value to students.”—Nature.
“A valuable text-book on mechanism.” E. G. C.
| + + | Nature. 72: 4. My. 4, ‘05. 610w. |