“Shows an excellent spirit, and the greater part of its material is taken from good sources. The title, however, is too large for the contents, and the book suffers somewhat from the author’s insufficient acquaintance with the general history of religions.”
“Although its author, under his limitations as a layman in the subjects of his criticism, takes himself rather too seriously, the book is written with a sincere interest for a devoutly spiritual religion, and for this is commendable.”
− + =Outlook.= 84: 939. D. 15, ’06. 250w.
=Bigelow, Edward Fuller.= Spirit of nature study: a book of social suggestion and sympathy for all who love or teach nature. **$1. Barnes.
“A book of social suggestion and sympathy for all those who love or teach nature.” It is intended to strengthen faith in outdoor education.
“In which the author has many effective and deserved flings at the stupidity and inanity of much that passes for the study of nature in schools and elsewhere.” George Gladden.
“[Suggestions that are] sensible enough, and their light personal style would make them effective as informal talks at a teachers’ institute but they cannot be regarded as permanent contributions to the over abundant literature of the subject.”
“The ear-marks of the pedagogue are rather too prominent for the most enjoyable reading.”
=Bigelow, John.= Peace given as the world giveth. **75c. Baker.
The author writes out of the fulness of a long experience in state craft and diplomacy. He views the Portsmouth peace conference in the light of an “international calamity,” and makes a plea for the “righteousness and wisdom” of war.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 352. Je. 1, ’07. 450w.
=Bindloss, Harold.= Cattle-baron’s daughter. †$1.50. Stokes.
“There is some good character drawing but the book cannot lay claim to artistic merit.”
=Bindloss, Harold.= Dust of conflict; with il. in color by W. Herbert Dunton. †$1.50. Stokes.
The stormy period just preceding the Spanish-American war furnishes the setting for this story. The hero, “hurried out of England under a cloud,” is wrecked on the coast of Cuba, and in that country becomes a leader of some insurrectionists. “Peril, disaster, and rescue chase each other in such quick and picturesque succession as to give the impression of a grown-up boy’s book.... The military conflicts carry more conviction than the moral one which sets the story in motion.... Yet the moral dilemma is well enough as a means of sending the hero to Cuba and the Cuban part is admirably successful.” (Nation.)