“Miss Phillipps brings to her descriptive text those elements of knowledge which are most conducive toward a pleasant and worthy realization of her work.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 758. N. 11, ‘05. 760w. |
[*] “The text leaves somewhat to be desired; there is in it much too little of the noble art of landscape gardening.”
| + — | Outlook. 81: 705. N. 25, ‘05. 160w. |
Laurvik, John Nilsen, tr. See Michaelis, Karin.
Laut, Agnes Christina. [Pathfinders of the West.] [**]$2. Macmillan.
This volume “tells the story of the men who discovered and explored the great Northwest. First among the explorers of the land west of the Mississippi the author places Pierre Radisson, claiming precedence for him over Marquette, Joliet, and La Salle.... The discovery of an account of Radisson’s voyages, written by himself, the authenticity of which has been generally admitted by scholars, has induced the author to popularize the story of his life in the West and rescue his name from oblivion.” (Cath. World.) There are many illustrations, an historical appendix and an index.
“But whatever we may decide as to Miss Laut’s theory as to the Mississippi and Lake Superior discoveries, two facts remain: first, Radisson and Groseillers were pathfinders—in the real sense—to Hudson Bay; and, secondly, the author has made a readable translation of much of Radisson’s narrative.”
| + | Am. Hist. R. 11: 199. O. ‘05. 420w. |
“More absorbing than the most thrilling romance of imaginary heroes.”