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The book review digest, Volume 03, 1907
PREFACE Publications from which Digests of Reviews are Made A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
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4. Part 1 of this sociological story contains a view of modern New York
as seen by a traveler from Altruria. The tall, bleak apartment houses, the social distinctions, and the greed for gain impress him so strongly that he says at the very outset,—“...
1. VOLUME IIIPREFACE Publications from which Digests of Reviews are Made A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
3. Part 1 of this group of essays treats of love as a cosmic principle,the mother principle, the social principle, and deific principle and as the healing grace. Part 2 embraces some thirty and more essays on “Contemplations of life’s ideals.” “The...
6. part 3, and part 4, treats of Canada’s external relations, andA second edition of this anthology of translated Gaelic poetry. “It follows the plan of the first edition in giving in historical series specimens of verses from the earliest kn...
5. Part 3 is a very extended list of contributions to periodicals.... AnFourteen stories of love and adventure on sea and land which draw color from the sun, sea, and mountains of the South of France, of Italy and of North Africa. One of the best is...
2. book one of great value.With the frankness of Zola, Victoria Cross presents in this novel “the passions and the emotions and the part they play in the life of a young girl.” (N. Y. Times.) Imagination...
8. Chapter 2, on ‘Production,’ some of the world’s production tables anddiagrams are in terms of metric tons, others in terms of long tons, while United States statistics are given in pounds. This disparity in units does not facilitate off-hand comp...
7. Part 3, called the ‘Physical elements of the problem,’ discusses“The work as a whole is an excellent treatment of a subject the complete understanding of which is essential to those upon whom rests the responsibility for the economic design...