Two volumes containing more than 150 halftones of photographs, record the interesting and instructive features of a journey from Baerut to Jerusalem, covering forty-one days. The first volume gives minute descriptions of the make-up of a caravan, methods of dealing with the natives, the itinerary of the journey, statements as to the history of the places visited, etc. The second volume is devoted to a description of Petra, where for five days the party camped in the heart of the city.
[*] “Many interesting, unique, and valuable features.” H. E. Coblentz.
| + + | Dial. 39: 380. D. 1, ‘05. 750w. | |
| + + | Nation. 81: 128. Ag. 10, ‘05. 790w. |
“Apart from this unimportant drawback of mixing pulpit and physical geography, however, the book is excellent, and gives a good description of the present condition of the country through which the Israelites passed before they entered the Promised land.”
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 605. S. 16, ‘05. 1290w. |
“Apart from its scientific and antiquarian interest, their narrative is enlivened with incident, adventure, and humor.”
| + + + | Outlook. 80: 884. Ag. 5, ‘05. 450w. | |
| Pub. Opin. 39: 283. Ag. 26, ‘05. 210w. |
Lillibridge, William Otis. [Ben Blair: the story of a plainsman.] [†]$1.50. McClurg.
The author takes Ben Blair, of worse than unknown parentage, starts him along that well trodden road in fiction—Western ranch life, then makes of him a real hero, true to his ideals, a supporter of law and order, a staunch friend, a dauntless lover, and he places this Dakota plowman in triumphant contrast to a New York clubman. While the situations are not new in type, they are certainly new in treatment and strongly handled, and one regrets that the book did not appear sooner, before the constant march of Western writers had won its ground away.
Lilly, William Samuel. Studies in religion and literature. [*]$3.25. Herder.