“For the rest Mr. Falkiner writes with such exceeding care that he has left little for a critic to find fault with. Here and there, we think, he might with advantage have developed his subject more fully.” R. Dunlop.
| + + — | Eng. Hist. R. 20: 796. O. ‘05. 1750w. |
“Mr. Falkiner has been successful in his choice of descriptions determined by their rarity, representative character, and difficulty of procurement by the ordinary reader.”
| + | Nation. 80: 254. Mr. 30, ‘05. 1230w. (Survey of contents.) | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 115. F. 25, ‘05. 1480w. |
Famous battles of the nineteenth century, 1875-1900, ed. by Chas. Welsh. [**]$1. Wessels.
This fourth and last volume of “Famous battles of the nineteenth century,” contains an account of the famous battles fought from 1875 to 1900. It includes descriptions of The storming of Kars by Major Arthur Griffiths, The Boer war of 1881, by Archibald Forbes; The bombardment of Alexandria, by Max Pemberton; Port Arthur, 1894; The battle of Manila; and With Roosevelt on San Juan hill, by A. Hilliard Atteridge and other descriptions by these and other authors.
[*] “The book is designed for boys, who will undoubtedly find it quite to their taste.”
| + | Critic. 47: 581. D. ‘05. 40w. |
[*] “It is not possible to name the collection one of absorbing interest or to praise always either the fairness or the dramatic quality of the battle-pieces, but the book has considerable interest and some value.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 785. N. 18, ‘05. 810w. |