Summary: ... Illustrated by drawings from life, by Henry Howard. xxiv + 395pp + 1pp ads + 23 plates of 23 plates called for (mostly nudes), but lacking the called for frontis. Extra fancy full leather binding with elaborate gilt and hand-enamelling on the boards and spine, and inner dentelles, silk moire endpapers, gilt armorial impress on the front endpaper, and all edges gilt and goffered. A rare title in a very unusual binding. 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall.

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Summary: A relatively easy-to-read book, it covers all the types of infection you can expect to meet at University, although some do lack a little detail.
The book is split into chapters with each one covering a particular class of pathogen, generally organised by genus (Salmonella, Mycobacterium, Campylobacter, Adenovirus, Helminths etc.) which makes it easier to find extra notes, especially since most courses cover types of infection rather than individual microbes.
My main complaint is that there is a lack of consistency in organisation and content from chapter to chapter (since each chapter is written by a different expert). This can sometimes make it difficult to revise from since you can't necessarily get the answers to the same questions for each bug. However, you can be assured that if the fact you're after isn't in here or in your lecture notes, then it probably isn't worth knowing (or they haven't found it out yet).
A decent textbook for any pathology/pathogenesis based microbiology course.

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Summary: , from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688

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Summary: Now largely forgotten, the massacres of 1675 to 1676, known as King Philip's War, ended the harmonious relations that had existed between native Americans and the colonists since their arrival at Plymouth Rock in 1620. Tensions had been rising as the number of settlers grew, and the pillaging of an outlying farm by affronted young braves escalated into open hostilities. Pitched battles were fought from Rhode Island to Maine. Hundreds of English died as farmers fled and cowered behind stockades or in the few port towns. Thousands of natives were slaughtered and the rest dispersed or sold into slavery in the West Indies. The savagery resulted in the clearing of the native populations from southern New England and the unopposed expansion of the New England colonies. It also became the brutal model on which the United States came to deal with its native peoples. "King Philip's War" tells the story with such close attention to detail that each ambush, each burned-out farm, becomes a vivid image. The authors make abundant use of maps and photographs of old sites to enable the reader to follow the course of the war: the book forms an exhaustive guide for the armchair historian or anyone wishing to visit the monuments and battlefields today. The terror and bitterness of the period live again in the book's illustrations of old woodcuts and lithographs and in quotations from contemporary narratives. That King Philip, whose head was paraded around the streets of Plymouth in a barbarous show of triumph, was the son of the Wampanoag chief who celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims in 1621 adds to the irony and tragedy of the events, whose memory this well-researched book deservedly keeps alive. "--John Stevenson"

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Summary: -- on the Message of the President Transmitting Documents in Relation to the Return of Santa Anna and Paredes to Mexico-- Delivered in the House of Representatives of the U. S.-- Wednesday-- March 15-- 1848

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Although filled with intriguing ideas, the value of
Jacobsen's work is seriously handicapped by flaws in its style and
presentation. In terms of organization, Jacobsen chose a
sufficiently legitimate option in separating his thesis in roughly
the following chapters: foundations of the theory of state policy
making; specific application of his chosen theories and
classifications to the Irish Republic case; historical background
of Irish political,social, and economic development; "power play"
and its effects on the Irish economy and citizenry; and a
depiction of the current state of affairs in the Republic.
However, Jacobsen's writing style leaves much to be desired
for two reasons. First, the work's readability is seriously
hampered by his improper use of verb tenses. This may seem a
trivial criticism, but his mistakes are so numerous and glaring,
that it is difficult to retain any grasp of chronology and time.
Consider the errors in the following paragraph:
"The EC Cohesion Funds will go to an employment creation fund... which will triple over time... The coalition partners agreed on mortage relief... Child payments are up and there is a pledge... The new government would establish..." (p. 200).
These sort of shifts in verb tense in a series of five sentences
are common throughout the work.
Second, and more generally, Jacobsen's writing is dry. The
few interesting terminologies and/or "catch phrases" are few and
far between, and often quotations from other pieces. Adding
to this dryness is his tendency to rely heavily on statistics within the
text. It is understood that a piece dealing with economic policy
necessitates the use of statistics, but paragraph upon paragraph
were literally listings of pertinent but overwhelming numbers.
This makes for tedious reading, and ultimately a frustrated
reader. This issue relates to another: the use of informational
aids.
Jacobsen does utilize data charts in his analysis to assist
in the understanding of policy factors and/or results. However,
this reader felt graphs and charts would have been highly useful
in the interpretation of economic, social, and political trends in
the Republic as well as the world. Since his thesis
is based on the coordination of such trends,
the benefits of making such statistics as clear as possible
are obvious.
These flaws are not enough, however, to conclude that this
piece has no value. Jacobsen's obseravtions are certainly
interesting, not to mention the thesis' value in terms of
uniqueness. This reader was surprised not only by the fact that
his treatment of Ireland is quite similar to those applied to
"non-Western" states, but also in his thesis alone:
"...international economic forces do not determine the precise
policy response of a given state or the definition of interest by
internal actors as to policy preferences" (p. 201). To say the
surprise was pleasant would be an understatement.
This work retains its overall worth due to its creative
perspective and insight, despite its noticeable flaws. These
flaws do pose problems as they could seriously limit the piece's
potential audience. However, in this reader's opinion, Jacobsen
did support his thesis sufficiently, and has broken new
ground in policy analysis and development theory, as "...the
problems cited here are manifested across the spectrum of regime
types, developmental levels, modes of intervention, and state-
society configuration" (p. 203). This piece is highly recommended
for those with the interest level to "smooth-out" its rougher
edges.

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