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introductions which it contains.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 652. N. 11. 330w.

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who knows how to make the proper deductions for himself or can use
caution in taking advantage of Mr. Fry’s guidance.” Royal Cortissoz.

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+ =Nation.= 81: 510. D. 21, ’05. 240w.

“Mr. Roger Fry, the most recent editor of the literary Reynolds ...
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student of art.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 891. D. 16, ’05. 250w.

+ =Outlook.= 81: 1039. D. 23, ’05. 80w.

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=Rhoades, Cornelia Harsen (Nina Rhoades).= Polly’s predicament: a story; il. by C: Copeland. †$1.50. Wilde.

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supposes dead.

=Rhodes, James Ford.= History of the United States from the compromise of 1850. Vol. 5. **$2.50. Macmillan.

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evidence available. If Mr. Rhodes’s treatment of such subjects is at
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=Rice, Cale Young.= Plays and lyrics. $2. McClure.

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* * * * *

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Thomas.

+ =Critic.= 49: 219. S. ’06. 310w.

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sincere and conscientious workmanship. The old straining for effect is
still apparent although far less so than formerly.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ + – =Dial.= 41: 68. Ag. 1, ’06. 260w.

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+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 225. Je. 22, ’06. 470w.

“Occasionally he writes in simplicity as well as sincerity, without
labored linguistic bravuras, or moody excesses: at such times, if not
impeccable, he is often pleasurably poignant.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 143. Ag. 16, ’06. 680w.

“Mr. Rice’s lyrical poetry has not in general the distinction of his
dramatic.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 495. Ag. 11, ’06. 1970w.

=Richards, John Morgan.= With John Bull and Jonathan. **$4. Appleton.

The author of this book of personal reminiscences is the father of
“John Oliver Hobbes” (Mrs. Craigie), and was for a time the owner of
the London academy when the London times gave it up. An American’s
life in England and the United States, is the theme, and regarding it
the foreword states: “In putting on record my reminiscences of life on
both sides of the Atlantic I do so from a British-American point of
view. I have not attempted to give advice to ‘pilgrims’ about to visit
England or the United States. There are no descriptions of climate and
scenery ... nor statistics ... nor do politics enter into any of my
observations. My narrative concerns my own personal experiences in
both countries.”

* * * * *

=Acad.= 69: 1170. N. 11, ’05. 690w.

“He has not, however, the literary art of his brilliant and
accomplished daughter, and mixes trivialities not worth publication
with the more solid portions of his narrative.”

+ – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 721. N. 25. 400w.

“An odd book, which, indeed, judged by a literary standard is no book
at all.”

– =Lond. Times.= 4: 422. D. 1, ’05. 610w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 175. Mr. 24, ’06. 1470w.

“A more attractive topic in his recollections is the contrast between
London as it was when he first came over to this country in 1867 and
as it is now, and generally between England and America. Now and then
Mr. Richards’s memory is a little at fault.”

+ – =Spec.= 95: 933. D. 2, ’05. 350w.

=Richards, Mrs. Laura Elizabeth (Howe).= Silver crown: another book of fables for old and young. †$1.25. Little.

Patience, obedience, hospitality, duty promptness, and selflessness
are among the lessons taught in these forty or more short fables. The
keynote is the universality of good without time and space
limitations.

* * * * *

“Forty-five simply written little fables, each one with its own
delightful conception, and bearing its own little moral, fragrant with
aspiration.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 798. D. 1, ’06. 80w.

=Richards, Thomas Cole.= Samuel J. Mills, missionary pathfinder, pioneer and promoter. *$1.25. Pilgrim press.

The life of Samuel J. Mills follows closely the founding and
promulgating of American foreign missions. The influences brought to
bear upon his awakening to the subject of missionary work, his
education, and contemporary plans for the beginning of definite work
in heathen lands, and later his own untiring efforts at home and on
the Dark continent which was his passion, furnished material for a
full and thoroly subjective study of the man and his work.

* * * * *

+ =Outlook.= 83: 141. My. 19, ’06. 160w.

=Richards, William Rogers.= God’s choice of men; a study of Scripture. **$1.50. Scribner.

This book “is not a volume on theology, but a book of sermons; and if
it does not succeed in justifying the Westminster doctrine of
election, it does what is much more important, it interprets a
Scriptural doctrine of election which is both rational and
inspirational. Besides courage and clearness, these sermons have
another characteristic—very clear-cut portraiture of modern characters
typified by Scriptural characters.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“Full of sound, practical argument and exhortation to Christian faith
and duty.”

+ =Ind.= 60: 223. Ja. 25, ’06. 110w.

“This volume of sermons is characterized by clearness of thought and a
quiet courage of conviction. These sermons are worth reading by laymen
for their spiritual instructiveness and by clergymen as suggestive
models.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 526. O. 28, ’05. 370w.

=Richardson, Charles Francis.= Choice of books. **$1.25. Putnam.

A revised edition of Professor Richardson’s practical book which among
other additions contains a lengthy appendix on “Suggestions for
household libraries.”

* * * * *

“After the passage of a full quarter-century, Professor Richardson’s
treatise on the choice and use of books remains the most complete, the
most reasonable, and one of the most readable of books hitherto
written on that head.” H. W. Boynton.

+ + =Critic.= 48: 456. My. ’06. 570w.

+ =Dial.= 39: 449. D. 16, ’05. 30w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 539. Ag. 19, ’05. 70w.

“A valuable and practical book on reading.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 938. D. 16, ’05. 60w.

=Richardson, John.= Wacousta: a tale of the Pontiac Conspiracy. Illustrated ed. $1.50. McClurg.

To the reissue of the text of Richardson’s thrilling old romance have
been added some spirited illustrations, the work of C. W. Jeffreys.
Pontiac’s treachery to gain possession of the English posts in the
West, foiled by a beautiful Indian girl who forewarned the commandant
at Detroit, makes possible a tale of adventure full of dramatic
situations.

=Richman, Irving Berdine.= Rhode Island; a study in separatism. **$1.10. Houghton.

“The most enjoyable of the books on Rhode Island. It will not displace
the solid history by Arnold, but the changes of a half-century will
give it a place of its own.” Wm. B. Weeden.

+ + – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 410. Ja. ’06. 380w.

+ =Bookm.= 22: 532. Ja. ’06. 140w.

“A compact and useful summary.”

+ =Dial.= 40: 132. F. 16, ’06. 200w.

“A welcome fruitage of the accurate researches into American history
so earnestly pursued of late.” Louis Dyer.

+ + =Hibbert J.= 4: 705. Ap. ’06. 580w.

+ =Nation.= 82: 182. Mr. 1, ’06. 1060w.

+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 21: 168. Mr. ’06. 350w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 115. Ja. ’06. 70w.

=Rickert, (Martha) Edith.= Folly; with a front. by Sigismond de Ivanowski. †$1.50. Baker.

Folly, the frivolous, whose wealth of hair tones with the “coppery
gold of unfolding peach-buds ... never pretty ... but with the smile
that would turn the head of the devil himself” furnishes an unusual
study of the alluring feminine type. The ban of human opinion would
relegate her to outer darkness for leaving her home and husband and
placing her love in the keeping of a man to whom she is irresistibly
drawn, one upon whom disease had passed the death sentence. In spite
of the inverted moral perspective, Folly works out her own salvation,
gathers force and courage in her negative struggle and in the end
rights her stand in a manner to free the reader from the story’s
depression. Thruout her freakish career she is never deserted by a
“complaisant, upright and at times stupid” husband, a tender
sympathetic mother-in-law and a staunch and loyal friend of her school
days.

* * * * *

+ – =Acad.= 70: 287. Mr. 24, ’06. 280w.

“The book is written with brightness and fluency, but it is
repulsive.”

– + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 474. Ap. 21. 260w.

“The book is interesting as being the product of a vigorous but
undisciplined talent.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ – =Bookm.= 23: 191. Ap. ’06. 830w.

“This is one of those books that deliberately enlist our sympathies on
the side of wrong-doing, yet maintain throughout a hypocritical pose
in defence of morality.” Wm. M. Payne.

– =Dial.= 41: 114. S. 1, ’06. 160w.

“A more revolting denouement can only be imagined by Bernard Shaw.”
Mrs. L. H. Harris.

– =Ind.= 60: 1042. My. 3, ’06. 110w.

– =Ind.= 61: 1160. N. 15, ’06. 40w.

“Except for a certain artificiality in the handling of some of the
situations and the resulting dialogue, the story is a good one, and
well told.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 147. Mr. 10, ’06. 350w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 383. Je. 16, ’06. 130w.

“The difficult theme is worked out with reserve and discrimination.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 758. Mr. 31, ’06. 220w.

– =Sat. R.= 101: 465. Ap. 14, ’06. 200w.

=Rickett, Arthur.= Personal forces in modern literature. **$1.25. Dutton.

Papers which “are not intended as contributions to critical literature
... but are concerned rather with the ‘personal equation’ of the
writers discussed than with the purely literary aspects of their
work.” Newman and Martineau represent the moralist type; Huxley, the
scientist; Wordsworth, Keats, Dante and Gabriel Rossetti, the poet;
Dickens, the novelist; Hazlitt and De Quincey, the vagabond.

* * * * *

“Despite shortcomings, however, Mr. Rickett’s book is the agreeable
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to deny that it is profound.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 757. Je. 23. 1180w.

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fact.”

– =Dial.= 41: 210. O. 1, ’06. 450w.

“It is in the detail of his several subjects however, that Mr. Rickett
is most entertaining. Without being actually profound, he is
occasionally shrewd and suggestive, if not always quite accurate or
just.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 334. O. 18, ’06. 520w.

“As a whole, however, they are a good piece of work.”

+ =Spec.= 97: sup. 473. O. 6, ’06. 210w.

=Ridgeway, William.= Origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse. *$3.75. Macmillan.

“Some failings notwithstanding, no one who takes an interest,
scientific or otherwise, in the origin and descent of the horse should
fail to read this brilliant book on these subjects.”

+ + – =Acad.= 70: 8. Ja. 6, ’06. 1490w.

“It is the simple truth that no such addition has been made in biology
to the study of a domesticated animal since Darwin wrote.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 255. Mr. 3. 2030w.

“This long argument would gain greatly if the book were divided up
into shorter chapters, each with its due table of contents.” G. Le
Strange.

+ – =Eng. Hist. R.= 21: 402. Ap. ’06. 680w.

“Recommending him to make a better study of that portion of his
subject which relates to Arabia, if he would establish his theory on
really solid ground.” W. S. Blunt.

+ – =Nineteenth Century.= 59: 58. Ja. ’06. 7610w.

=Riedl, Frederick.= History of Hungarian literature. *$1.75. Appleton.

A volume uniform with “Literatures of the world” series. “In no
country in the world is literature so much a part of history, of its
patriotic feelings, and of the struggle to preserve the liberties as
in Hungary.... It mirrors throughout the simple, unsophisticated
feelings and thoughts of men who loved their country wholly,
sincerely, faithfully, and were ready to lay down their lives to
preserve its freedom. Here if ever, the soul of the people is revealed
in its literature.”

* * * * *

=R. of Rs.= 34: 760. D. ’06. 90w.

=Ries, Heinrich.= Economic geology of the United States. *$2.60. Macmillan.

“The aim of the author ... is to give the reader in an encyclopaedic
way an account of the economic geology of the United States, including
Alaska, but excluding our insular possessions. As the main object is
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knowledge concerning the origin, structure and accidents of rocks....
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amount of minor minerals, and of mineral waters, closing with a
singularly insufficient account of soils and road materials.... The
second part of the book is devoted to ore deposits.... The book is
amply illustrated.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 27: 240. Ja. ’06. 170w.

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+ =Engin. N.= 55: 75. Ja. 18, ’06. 1440w.

=J. Geol.= 14: 660. O. ’06. 100w.

“The book has many well selected maps and plates and an excellent
bibliography.” Robert Morris.

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 14: 254. Ap. ’06. 110w.

“Altogether the work is an admirable one, and we strongly commend it
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recent information regarding the mineral deposits of the United
States.”

+ + =Nature.= 73: 437. Mr. 8, ’06. 340w.

“On the whole, the book may be pronounced excellent—one that every
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acceptance in the colleges that it is finding.” A. C. Lane.

+ =Science=, n.s. 23: 225. F. 9, ’06. 1060w.

=Riley, James Whitcomb.= Riley songs o’ cheer. $1.25. Bobbs.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 122. Ja. ’06. 40w.

=Riordon, William L.= Plunkitt of Tammany hall. †$1. McClure.

=Critic.= 48: 96. Ja. ’06. 80w.

=Ripley, William Zebina=, ed. Trusts, pools and corporations. *$1.80. Ginn.

“These selected readings and cases admirably supplement the usual
text-books, and put the essence of the most suggestive collateral
material in the hands of every student. As labor-saving devices alone,
they will amply repay their cost.” Winthrop More Daniels.

+ + =Atlan.= 97: 849. Je. ’06. 210w.

“Most of the contributions attain, each in its own way, a high
standard of merit.”

+ =Ind.= 60: 1045. My. 3, ’06. 220w.

“Some chapters are of high individual merit, and all as individual
bricks contribute to the making of a solid and useful whole.” H. C. E.

+ + =Yale R.= 15: 333. N. ’06. 480w.

=Roach, Abby Meguire.= Some successful marriages. †$1.25. Harper.

Thoroly modern matrimonial problems are illustrated seriously,
humorously and realistically in this group of stories. Tact, loyalty,
man’s and woman’s philosophy all enter into the illustrated
give-and-take process necessary to the harmonious adjustment of wedded
lives along understood lines of liberty.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 833. D. 1, ’06. 190w.

“Its limitation is a lack of humor, which results in a
self-conscious style from time to time, and leads one to suspect
that the characters are not quite average—as they are intended to
be—but ultra-introspective, thinking their way through difficulties
that over and over should dissolve in fun.”

+ – =Outlook.= 84: 895. D. 8, ’06. 220w.

=Roads, Charles.= Bible studies for teacher training: analytical, synthetic side lights; a normal class text book. *60c. Meth. bk.

Suggestive outlines to be followed in both analytical and synthetic
study of the Bible.

=Roberts, Charles George Douglas.= Heart that knows. $1.50. Page.

When Jim Calder is made mate of the good ship G. G. Goodridge he does
not marry Luella Warden as he has promised, but, stinging under the
evil insinuations of a forged letter which a designing woman has shown
him, he sails out of the Bay of Fundy and away leaving Luella to her
shame. How he fares on the high seas, and how Luella brings up her son
alone and undefended, and how this son after twenty years finds the
father who wronged his mother and himself, loves him and brings him
home, is the story of the book.

* * * * *

+ =Acad.= 71: 552. D. 1, ’06. 120w.

“It is a bold, compelling piece of work, intimately realistic, except
where the author has occasion to transport two of the leading
characters to eastern seas.”

– + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 650. N. 24. 100w.

“We forget the improbability in the joy of the workmanship.”

+ – =Ind.= 61: 755. S. 27, ’06. 420w.

“Mr. Roberts’s new novel has all the characteristics of his previous
work, with some additional distinction.”

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 596. O. 27, ’06. 200w.

“We have a right to expect better things than this from Mr. Roberts or
nothing at all.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 308. O. 11, ’06. 450w.

“We find it less satisfactory in plot than in its delightful scenery
and delineation of character.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 564. S. 15, ’06. 630w.

“It is not so much a story, however, as a series of cameo-like
character studies of a small town.”

+ – =World To-Day.= 11: 1222. N. ’06. 100w.

=Roberts, Charles George Douglas.= Red fox: the story of his adventurous career in the Ringwaak wilds and of his final triumph over the enemies of his kind. †$2. Page.

“Among the many writers of nature-books none is more satisfactory than
Mr. Roberts.” Amy C. Rich.

+ =Arena.= 35: 105. Ja. ’06. 220w.

+ =Bookm.= 23: 341. My. ’06. 300w.

“It isn’t a sincere piece of work. There isn’t enough to a fox; his
psychology, his interests, his daily round is too limited to sustain
him throughout a volume. The author has tried to meet the lack of
substance with style.”

– + =Critic.= 48: 122. F. ’06. 250w.

+ =Lit. D.= 32: 332. Mr. 3, ’06. 660w.

“It is a good specimen of the work of a well-known author.”

+ =Spec.= 95: 1128. D. 30, ’05. 200w.

=Roberts, Morley.= Idlers. †$1.50. Page.

“A very modern tale, dealing very modestly with British society—with
true love, unsanctified passion, stark madness, and many vanities and
pretences of this wicked world.... The hero is intellectually a fool
... a fine strapping young chap of true English meat, dull, but sound.
Being the only son and heir of a baronet, his mother, who believes
firmly in mustard plasters, has kept him out of the army and the
university. Therefore going up to London, he promptly falls a victim
to the wiles of a certain charmer of the town ... very beautiful and
very, very wicked.... The book is full of malign caricatures of
British types, the malignity lying largely in the closeness of the
caricature to the living original.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“This tale of intrigue is well handled, and sometimes well told. It is
always told with power; and it has the merit of being essentially
interesting.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 681. N. 18. 340w.

“The book would be melodrama, if not for the atmosphere of reality it
exhales, and the fine sanity of the lesson it teaches.” Frederic Taber
Cooper.

+ – =Bookm.= 23: 189. Ap. ’06. 300w.

“There is nothing to redeem ‘The idlers’ from being the worst of
fungus fiction except this element of masculine health in closing the
situation.” Mrs. L. H. Harris.

– =Ind.= 60: 1043. My. 3, ’06. 450w.

“It is a good story for people who like their romance spiced with wit
and anchored to a sense of things as they are.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 117. F. 24, ’06. 670w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 388. Je. 16, ’06. 90w.

“The present story seems to us deplorable, if not reprehensible,
because it is cynical and too realistic in its presentation of
viciousness and decadence in fashionable London society.”

– =Outlook.= 82: 763. Mr. 31, ’06. 120w.

=Robertson, Florence H.= Shadow land: stories of the South. $1.25. Badger, R: G.

Two of these three tales of the South reveal the “Old mammy” of
slavery days, showing her unfailing loyalty and devotion to her
“mistis.” Two “Knobite” waifs of the Southwest Virginia mountains “who
had paired off with the birds,” ignorant of everything save humanity’s
heart-throbbings give the title to the third, “Children of the woods.”

=Robertson, John Mackinnon.= Short history of free thought, ancient and modern. 2v. *$6. Putnam.

“This outspoken and admirable work first published in 1899, has now
been re-written, and enlarged to such an extent that it fills two
stout volumes instead of one.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“Mr. Robertson is always stimulating and often amusing: and these two
volumes are no exception.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 268. S. 8. 160w.

+ =Dial.= 41: 62. Ag. 1, ’06. 40w.

“He writes fluently with a pen that never falters, always with a
felicity of phrase that make his writing agreeable reading.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 411. Je. 23, ’06. 880w.

“It might be termed the history of unbelief. It is comprehensive. But
it is not marked by any notable philosophical insight or dramatic
power.”

+ – =Outlook.= 84: 44. S. 1, ’06. 140w.

=Robertson, Morgan.= Land ho! †$1.25. Harper.

Angus McPherson, otherwise known as Scotty, “a man with a face like a
harvest moon and the soul of a Scotsman” is the principal figure in
several of the adventures narrated in Mr. Robertson’s new book of sea
tales. “The sea, as Scotty and the rest of Mr. Robertson’s heroes know
it, is a hard mistress, exacting a heavy toll of labor and sorrow and
making little return; and as a whole Mr. Robertson’s book does not
make cheerful reading.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“His style is powerful, but his insight is always exercised on
gruesome situations.”

+ – =Dial.= 40: 19. Ja. 1, ’06. 180w.

“As a whole the stories are very readable.”

+ =Ind.= 60: 455. F. 22, ’06. 300w.

“The book is always interesting.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 811. N. 25, ’05. 270w.

“The tales are remarkable rather for ingenuity than for any convincing
quality.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 46. Ja. 6, ’06. 90w.

“A rattling, rousing, salty story.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 127. Ja. ’06. 20w.

=Robie, Virginia.= Historic styles in Furniture. *$1.60. Stone.

“The title indicates the special point of view of this new ‘furniture
book.’ Sometimes the century made the style, as in the fifteenth
century; sometimes the period, as with the Italian Renaissance;
sometimes the monarch, as with Louis XV. Taking each style as a
chapter division, the author writes clearly of its development,
highest type, and merger into other styles. The illustrations are
admirably chosen and well printed.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“For a convenient and well-balanced account of the general trend and
development of styles this book is to be commended.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 29: 114. O. ’06. 450w.

“Mistakes, however, are discoverable, and some of them seem as if
caused by a lack or knowledge of the actual pieces.”

+ – =Nation.= 82: 538. Je. 28, ’06. 610w.

“The book which is popularly written, adequately serves two
purposes—an introduction to those elaborate monographs by specialists
already mentioned: a text-book by the means of which the modest house
holder may be inspired to beautify his home in many artistic ways.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 233. Ap. 7, ’06. 270w.

+ =Outlook.= 82: 521. Mr. 3, ’06. 70w.

=Robins, Edward.= William T. Sherman. *$1.25. Jacobs.

“It is designed for popular reading, a somewhat slight work but at the
same time unpretentious. While by no means a scientific military
biography, it yet gives the main facts in the life of Sherman
correctly, and in as much detail as the ordinary reader requires.” J.
K. Hosmer.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 928. Jl. ’06. 690w.

“Quite up to the creditable standard of its predecessors.”

+ =Critic.= 48: 380. Ap. ’06. 60w.

“He has made an excellent portrait of the great soldier, giving the
shadows as well as the lights.”

+ =Dial.= 40: 239. Ap. 1, ’06. 190w.

“His is distinctly not a biography, but a military memoir.”

+ – =Lit. D.= 32: 332. Mr. 3, ’06. 510w.

“There is a pleasant atmosphere of fairness about his book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 50. Ja. 27, ’06. 520w.

“It presents a truthful and striking portrait, and is very acceptable
as a military memoir. It is to be wished that in his presentation he
had attained a higher level of literary quality.”

+ – =Outlook.= 82: 327. F. 10, ’06. 170w.

“The book is written attractively and with due regard to the official
and standard authorities.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 253. F. ’06. 120w.

=Robins, Elizabeth (Mrs. G. R. Parkes).= Dark lantern; a story with a prologue. †$1.50. Macmillan.

Reviewed by Mary Moss.

+ =Atlan.= 97: 55. Ja. ’06. 270w.

=Robinson, Edward Kay.= Religion of nature. **90c. McClure.

“A scientific attempt to justify the ways of God to man.... The
seeming ruthlessness, the cruelty of nature has been a stumbling-block
to many patient thinkers. Mr. Kay Robinson, having found a haven of
refuge, is anxious that others should share it.... The key of his
solution is simply this—that real suffering can only be experienced
when it is ‘conscious’; and that since man is the only animal that has
attained consciousness man alone can suffer pain.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“He has in no sense taken a survey of the vast and varied
considerations that would occur to one who had read widely and thought
deeply on the growth and development of religious ideas.”

– =Acad.= 70: 570. Je. 16, ’06. 1970w.

“This book deserves serious consideration. In the end we must find a
verdict of ‘not proven,’ at the same time acknowledging with lively
gratitude the suggestiveness and the admirable ideal of this
interesting book.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 34. Jl. 14. 1520w.

“The essay is an interesting one, but to many persons it will not seem
that it is possible to follow the author in all his deductions.”

+ + – =Critic.= 49: 282. S. ’06. 170w.

“A book that is sure to interest a large number of readers. In the
opinion of the present writer, though, Mr. Robinson fails to prove his
thesis.”

+ – =Nature.= 74: 513. S. 20, ’06. 550w.

“The motive and spirit of the writer are more commendable than his
reasoning.”

+ – =Outlook.= 83: 864. Ag. 11, ’06. 110w.

=R. of Rs.= 34: 384. S. ’06. 110w.

=Spec.= 96: 978. Je. 23, ’06. 1540w.

=Robinson, Edwin Arlington.= Children of the night. **$1. Scribner.

“Shows real poetic insight and a fine touch.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 122. Ja. ’06. 50w.

=Robinson, Emma Amelia, and Morgan, Charles Herbert.= Short studies of Old Testament heroes. *50c. Meth. bk.

Bible heroes are treated in text book manner for any who wish a short
and simple Bible course.

=Robinson, Frederick S.= English furniture. *$6.75. Putnam.

A late addition to the “Connoisseur’s library.” The subject is treated
historically from the collector’s point of view, covering the entire
period of furniture-making in England down to the beginning of the
nineteenth century. “After the different styles of furniture have been
dealt with and their characteristics compared and their particular
points shown, Mr. Robinson provides a few notes on the materials,
manufacture, and care of furniture made of oak, walnut and mahogany,
giving instructions for polishing, the retaining of the color of the
wood, etc.” (N. Y. Times.) There are 160 collotype plates and one
photogravure all appearing at the end of the work.

* * * * *

“On a subject crowded with sociological interest and aesthetic
pleasure, Mr. Robinson has given us a book that should form the type
and pattern for future volumes in the ‘Connoisseur’s library,’ and at
the same time, be the last word on English furniture for at least a
generation.”

+ + =Acad.= 70: 487. My. 19, ’06. 480w.

“Mr. Robinson’s book is indispensable to a connoisseur.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 272. Mr. 3. 730w.

“Furniture collectors and dealers will find helpful and valuable
information in this book.”

+ + =Ind.= 60: 628. Mr. 15, ’06. 840w.

+ =Int. Studio.= 28: 180. Ap. ’06. 170w.

“Mr. Robinson’s may be described as a very useful general survey of
the history of this branch of art, and as a worthy successor to Mr.
Dillon’s book on porcelain, published in the same series.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 270. Ag. 3, ’06. 80w.

“It may be stated as a general truth that the book is written
throughout with a strong personal character impressed upon it, as
being the work of one who has collected or at least studied and
gathered material on his own account.”

+ + =Nation.= 82: 125. F. 8, ’06. 870w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 927. D. 30, ’05. 220w.

“Altogether the book is a valuable and attractive addition to the
series.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 1082. D. 30, ’05. 260w.

=Robinson, James Harvey.= Readings in European history. Abridged ed. *$1.50. Ginn.

A high school text which is a collection of extracts from the sources
chosen with the purpose of illustrating the progress of culture in
Western Europe since the German invasions. Each chapter is accompanied
by a carefully chosen bibliography.

* * * * *

=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 727. Ap. ’06. 60w.

“The book is so admirably adapted to its purpose of aiding the
imagination and rendering more vivid the history of Europe from the
period of the German invasions that it is gratifying to have it in a
form in which it will find its way into the hands of many pupils who
would not otherwise have known it.”—F. G. B.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 168. O. ’06. 240w.

“Selected with a wide knowledge of the field, and nice judgment of the
needs of youthful learners.”

+ + =Dial.= 40: 333. My. 16, ’06. 70w.

=Nation.= 82: 382. My. 10, ’06. 60w.

“Good judgment has been used in the abridgment, but the omission of so
many important and interesting extracts is a cause for regret. The
book fills a long-felt want.” M. W. Jernegan.

+ + – =School R.= 14: 619. O. ’06. 130w.

=Roche, Francis Everard.= Exodus: an epic on liberty. $1.50. Badger, R: G.

The period of this poem is fixed sometime prior to the Trojan war and
the action extends thru eighteen days and part of the miraculous three
days and nights of continued darkness over the land of Egypt. The
fable which deals with the oppression of the Israelites by the
Egyptians assumes that liberty—inseparable from the redemption and
happiness of mankind—looks to the Exodus from Egypt as the true
turning point in its triumph over the ills of slavery and despotism.

=Roden, Robert F.= Cambridge press, 1638–1692: a history of the first printing press established in English America, together with a biographical list of the issues of the press. *$5. Dodd.

The second volume in a series on “Famous presses.” The author deals
historically and bibliographically with the history of the first
printing press established in English North America. “The treatment of
the subject comprehends a list of the publications of the Cambridge
press; sketches of the several printers whose names are connected with
its history; and matters of interest connected with the rare volumes
published at this early date, the history being given in many
instances of their transmission from purchaser to purchaser and of the
constant appreciation of the market value of these much-sought-after
treasures. This method of treatment brings the reader in contact with
many collectors of Americana during the last century whose names are
as familiar as household words to librarians and students.” (Am. Hist.
R.)

* * * * *

“The book has a meagre index, but on the whole is a satisfactory piece
of work, the only serious blemish being the unnecessary attack on the
Boston collectors.” Andrew McFarland Davis.

+ + – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 906. Jl. ’06. 730w.

“He certainly has made a valuable and useful book, and if it is in
parts rather barren reading, it is because the history of the first
press established in English America is not a very fruitful theme. It
is to the historian of early presses in America and to the
bibliographer and the collector of early American imprints that this
book must of necessity appeal.”

+ + – =Nation.= 83: 224. S. 13, ’06. 430w.

“It will prove itself a necessity in the library of any collector.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 146. Mr. 10, ’06. 420w.

=Rogers, Bessie Story.= As it may be: a story of the future. *$1. Badger, R. G.

“As it may be” jumps to the year 2905 and shows how sickness and
consequently doctors have been eliminated not thru spiritual freedom
but thru liberty that results from nourishing the body according to a
set of Utopian principles.

=Rogers, Joseph Morgan.= The true Henry Clay. **$2. Lippincott.

Reviewed by M. A. de Wolfe Howe.

=Atlan.= 97: 113. Ja. ’06. 100w.

=Rogers, Julia Ellen.= Tree book: a popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation. 16 plates in color and 160 in black and white from photographs by A. Radclyffe Dugmore. **$4. Doubleday.

“One of the fruits of efforts recently made to bring the literature of
popular science and nature-study to a sane and solid basis.” (Dial.)
Pt. 1 contains an introduction, names of trees, a sketch of tree
families, and a key to the principal ones followed by fifty
biographical chapters, each treating one family; pt. 2 is devoted to
the subject of forestry; pt. 3 deals with the uses of the products of
the forest; and pt. 4 describes the life of the trees.

* * * * *

“The style is pleasing and popular, while on the whole the work is
scientifically accurate.” Bohnmil Shimek.

+ + – =Dial.= 40: 358. Je. 1. ’06. 1040w.

“The technical arrangement of the book is admirable and most
practical.” Mabel O. Wright.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 168. Mr. 17, ’06. 1410w.

=Roosevelt, Theodore.= Outdoor pastimes of an American hunter. **$3. Scribner.

“His pages are alive with healthy incident and an observant criticism
of birds and beasts, together with an admirably expressed appreciation
of the wild and beautiful districts he visited in search of sport.
From a British point of view this work is enhanced by being written in
good readable English.” P.

+ + =Acad.= 70: 89. Ja. 27, ’06. 1540w.

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 168. F. 10. 260w.

“Mr. Roosevelt’s style is, as usual, practical and prosaic, almost
unimaginative. But the volume is well-nigh cyclopaedic upon the ground
that it covers. The author gathers large stores of information, and
does not jump at conclusions. He is scrupulous as to the accuracy of
the smallest details.”

+ + =Dial.= 40: 49. Ja. 16, ’06. 420w.

“It would be hard to put one’s finger on another writer on sport who
is so keen an observer as President Roosevelt, or who gives us in his
chapters on hunting so many interesting and good observations on
natural history.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 1535. D. 28, ’05. 450w.

=Ind.= 61: 1172. N. 15, ’06. 10w.

+ + =Lit. D.= 32: 70. Ja. 13, ’06. 1400w.

“It is written by a man who is a delightful ‘raconteur,’ and who has
an intense conviction of the virile reality of his own life and of the
deep integrity of the life around him.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 40: 26. Ja. 6, ’06. 380w.

“The volume that records his adventures is straightforward, vigorous
and pithy, with no wasted words and no ineffective ones.”

+ =Reader.= 7: 339. F. ’06. 310w.

=Roosevelt, Theodore.= Square deal. $1. Allendale press.

Ideals of citizenship, success in life, nobility of parenthood, the
problem of the South, the Chinese question and the essence of
Christian character are among the subjects treated here. It is a book
of cullings from the President’s addresses. A new photogravure
portrait appears on the frontispiece.

=Root, Jean Christie (Mrs. J. H. Root).= Does God comfort? by one who has greatly needed to know. **30c. Crowell.

Thru sorrow, loss, and temptation has come to the author the assurance
that all that God has given to him He will give to every soul that
honestly seeks Him.

=Ropes, James Hardy.= Apostolic age in the light of modern criticism. **$1.50. Scribner.

“The author, a professor at Harvard, in 1904 delivered a course of
Lowell institute lectures on the apostolic age. The publication of
these lectures places within reach of those who may be inquiring what
New Testament criticism has done with the reputations of Paul and
Peter, a clear, graphic account of the happenings of the apostolic
days as at present understood by historians.... The aim is to describe
the currents of thought, and life which made the apostolic age so
great, and the success of the endeavor is notable.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“A concise and scholarly discussion, in attractive popular form, of
the history and literature of the apostolic age.”

+ + =Bib. World.= 27: 480. Je. ’06. 30w.

“Considering the field covered the work is brief, but more than a
compensation for inadequacy of space to certain details is offered in
the clarity and vividness in which the whole movement is portrayed.
The résumé of recent criticism bearing on the period is fair and
impartial.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 1118. N. 8, ’06. 370w.

“The poetical element in the character of the man of Tarsus has rarely
found more sympathetic and forceful exposition.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 1160. N. 15, ’06. 30w.

“Examination of the work reveals not only a thorough and painstaking
scholar, but also a writer of no little skill in holding material well
in hand, in suppressing overplus of detail and bringing salient points
into the clear, and also in presenting critical results with a minimum
of offence to the traditionalist. There are occasional blunders in
proofreading.”

+ + – =Nation.= 83: 37. Jl. 12, ’06. 360w.

“Professor Ropes gives an admirable survey of Jewish Christianity, an
admirable character sketch of the Apostle Paul, and an admirable
summary of the modern view respecting the date, origin, and form of
composition of the four Gospels. His interpretation of Paul’s theology
is, unfortunately, couched too much in modern theological phraseology,
and he seems to us to fail to bring out the most fundamental
characteristic of Paul’s teaching, namely, its subjective character.”

+ – =Outlook.= 84: 427. O. 20, ’06. 500w.

=Roscoe, Henry Enfield.= Life and experience of Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe written by himself. *$4. Macmillan.

“There is a refreshing old-time atmosphere about the volume of
reminiscences recently written by the famous English chemist.... There
is much ... in the way of illuminating recollections of later giants
of the nineteenth century—the illustrious Bunsen, who pointed him the
path to success in chemical research; Faraday, Pasteur, Huxley,
Tyndall, Lister, Kirchoff, Helmholtz, Dalton, Jevons, and, outside the
realm of science, Gladstone, Martineau, Francis Newman, Richard
Hutton, John Bright, and Sir Leslie Stephen. But perhaps the most
interesting aspect of this volume lies in the light it throws on the
progress of scientific investigation in Great Britain.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“It should also be available at all public libraries as the story of
one who has made use of his life and health to do work which has
benefited his fellow-citizens, his fellow-countrymen, and the world at
large.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 77. Jl. 21. 680w.

“Not for a long time has there come from England an autobiography of
more all-around interest.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 515. Ag. 30, ’06. 760w.

“It contains pleasant references to numerous men of mark, but it is as
a valuable contribution to the history of education that it claims
lasting recognition.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 278. Ag. 10, ’06. 1090w.

“The index is so meagre as to be almost worthless.”

+ + – =Nation.= 83: 43. Jl. 12, ’06. 610w.

+ + =Nature.= 74: 289. Jl. 26, ’06. 1750w.

“An unassuming and leisurely narrative.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 407. Je. 23, 06. 1740w.

+ =Outlook.= 83: 529. Je. 30, ’06. 280w.

=R. of Rs.= 34: 125. Jl. ’06. 110w.

=Spec.= 97: 332. S. 8, ’06. 600w.

=Rose, Arthur Richard.= Common sense hell. **$1. Dillingham.

Mr. Rose, a practical business man, proves that hell fire is an
absolute absurdity, and then reveals the reasonable, logical, sane and
adequate hell which awaits each person who dies in his sins.

=Rose, John Holland.= Development of the European nations, 1870–1900. 2v. ea. **$2.50. Putnam.

A two-volume work by the historian of the Napoleonic period. The
author says: “After working at my subject for some time, I found it
desirable to limit it to events which had a distinctly formative
influence on the development of European states.” The two great
impulses of the world—Democracy and Nationality as developed in the
nations of Europe during the past four decades—are fully discussed and
criticised from the vantage point of a twentieth century observer.

* * * * *

+ =Acad.= 70: 474. My. 19, ’06. 1500w.

“Though Mr. Rose’s essays have considerable value, they are very far
from justifying his title or constituting a history of the period.”
Victor Coffin.

+ – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 895. Jl. ’06. 1040w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Dr. Rose has a sound judgment and a clear lucid style. Our only doubt
is whether in every case he can have obtained certain data on which to
found his conclusions.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 723. Je. 16. 1910w.

“It must be said that the second volume is of a distinctly lower grade
than the first. There is in it a note of weariness of the task. It is
correct and up to date, but the language is less vivid. But both
volumes are always and everywhere absolutely simple and clear, so that
concise and correct information on whatever of importance pertains to
modern European history, within the period covered, is available to
anyone.” E. D. Adams.

+ + – =Dial.= 41: 63. Ag. 1, ’06. 1670w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Combining wide reading, sound judgment, and an absence of party
spirit not often found together.” W. Miller.

+ + =Eng. Hist. R.= 21: 396. Ap. ’06. 560w.

“The title-page of Dr. Rose’s latest book is full of promise. The book
itself, however, disappoints the hopes thus invoked. It is an
eminently readable book. Dr. Rose is a craftsman of experience, who,
on the whole, does his work well.”

+ + – =Ind.= 61: 816. O. 4, ’06. 440w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

+ + =Ind.= 61: 1168. N. 15, ’06. 80w.

“The substantial merits of this volume, which contains a large amount
of useful information laboriously compiled, are obscured by a
slipshod, sometimes almost illiterate style.”

+ + – =Lond. Times.= 5: 34. F. 2, ’06. 1470w.

“Mr. Rose is somewhat uneven in style. Yet the period he deals with is
so important and so interesting, and reliable works upon it are so
few, that his volumes deserve a warm welcome.”

+ + – =Nation.= 82: 515. Je. 21, ’06. 1410w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“As a pioneer work this must rank very high. The author shows great
independence of thought as well as judgment and discretion.” R. L.
Schuyler.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 857. D. 2, ’05. 460w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Taken as a whole, the volume offers an interesting if not valuable
insight into the attempts of old régimes to adjust their policies to
the irrepressible growth of internal liberty of thought and action.”

+ + – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 632. O. 6, ’06. 2360w. (Review of v. 2.)

“Until the private papers of great personages and state documents now
locked up shall come to light, the sources of history used by Dr. Rose
can hardly be enlarged. The reader cannot fail to see in his work the
hand of a careful and sympathetic student of the struggle of nations
toward the realization of their ideals.”

+ + =Outlook.= 82: 43. Ja. 6, ’06. 290w. (Review of v. 1.)

“His work is singularly valuable for an understanding of the
international relations of contemporary Europe.”

+ + =Outlook.= 82: 568. Mr. 10, ’06. 410w. (Review of v. 2.)

“A period of European history as yet only cursorily treated ... has
been graphically summed up in a scholarly manner.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 33: 254. F. ’06. 90w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Dr. Rose has the faculty of writing history in an entertaining way
and making the essential facts stick in the memory.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 382. Mr. ’06. 80w. (Review of v. 2.)

“It is skilfully planned, carefully executed, and exhibits on every
page a sincere desire to master the problem and present it fairly and
accurately.”

+ + – =Sat. R.= 100: 782. D. 16, ’05. 1900w.

+ =Spec.= 96: 183. F. 3, ’06. 1600w.

=Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th earl of.= Lord Randolph Churchill. **$2.25. Harper.

Lord Rosebery, tho a political opponent yet from the point of view of
intimacy and affection presents a reminiscence and a study rather than
a life of Lord Churchill. He sets this “brilliant half-success” in the
field of high politics, reveals the qualities that made for mastery
and also those that marred a brilliant career. There are side lights
thrown upon such men as Gladstone, Beaconsfield, Salisbury, Parnell,
and others.

* * * * *

“The best literary work, in our opinion, which he has produced.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 395. O. 6. 1370w.

“In literary quality and in the human interest of its pages, this book
will bear comparison with the former monographs of the distinguished
author.”

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 768. N. 24, ’06. 300w.

“The book is small, but every page attracts, instructs, and inspires.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 335. O. 5, ’06. 960w.

+ =Nation.= 83: 413. N. 15, ’06. 240w.

“One cannot but wonder, on closing this fascinating yet disagreeable
volume, why its author wrote it. At the end, you are conscious, more
than anything else, of a bad taste in the mouth.” Edward Cary.

– =N. Y. Times.= 11: 736. N. 10, ’06. 1120w.

“What this monograph lacks in care and polish is more than made up for
by its spontaneity, and by the vital interest of Lord Rosebery’s
comments on the political parties of his own day, and on a career
which has some striking points of resemblance to his own.” Arthur A.
Baumann.

+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 422. O. 6, ’06. 1840w.

=Rosegger, Petri Kettenfeier.= I. N. R. I.: a prisoner’s story of the cross, tr. by Elizabeth Lee. †$1.50. McClure.

=Ath.= 1905, 2: 893. D. 30. 280w.

“Powerful and admirably translated story.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 1077. D. 23, ’05. 2030w.

=Ross, Edward Alsworth.= Foundations of sociology. *$1.25. Macmillan.

“Like Professor Ross’s previous studies of the influence of social
control upon human society, his work of analysis and criticism of the
foundations of sociology deserves universal recognition as a
contribution of the first order to both sociological literature and
sociological science.” Frederick Morgan Davenport.

+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 21: 541. S. ’06. 1720w.

=Ross, Henry M.= Her blind folly. $1.25. Benziger.

The story of a girl’s unhappy marriage and its attending trials
relieved by the Roman Catholic faith.

=Ross, Janet Anne (Mrs. Henry J. Ross).= Florentine palaces; with 30 il. by Adelaide Marchrist. **$1.50. Dutton.

“It is with the historic and literary associations of the Florentine
palaces—the bold, massive, rusticated buildings, so characteristic,
Fergusson says, of the manly energy of the republic in the Medicean
era—that Mrs. Ross is chiefly concerned.” (Ath.) “She gives to us
suprisingly scant information concerning architecture, but a great
deal about the important events which happened within the buildings
she describes or in connection with them.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“The style is somewhat dry, but the book is none the less a delightful
one to dip into here and there.”

+ =Acad.= 70: 22. Ja. 6, ’06. 210w.

“Her book is a mine of valuable information, gathered not only from
the standard works of Villari and other writers, but also from
little-known contemporary records inaccessible to the English reader.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905. 2: 887. D. 30. 560w.

“Mrs. Ross has every qualification for writing a book of this kind.”

– + =Dial.= 40: 160. Mr. 1, ’06. 120w.

+ =Ind.= 60: 872. Ap. 12, ’06. 50w.

“The volume will be found more interesting for reference than for
consecutive perusal.”

+ =Nation.= 82: 331. Ap. 19, ’06. 340w.

“A solid study, a reference book for any one who may purpose spending
intelligently a winter in Florence.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 27. Ja. 13, ’06. 480w.

+ – =Outlook.= 82: 46. Ja. 6, ’06. 100w.

“She writes history admirably well, having a due consideration for the
general reader, and not shrinking from recounting, in a fresh and
pleasant way, old stories which the superior person may sniff at as
stale. The work is not free from small inaccuracies.”

+ + – =Sat. R.= 101: 274. Mr. 3, ’06. 230w.

=Rossetti, William Michael.= Some reminiscences of William Michael Rossetti. 2v. *$10. Scribner.

Interesting recollections and anecdotes concerning founders of the
Pre-Raphaelite movement that bring the reader in touch with a
procession of famous artists and men of letters. “Of course, we want,
too, illuminating gossip about our remarkable figures. That is why we
welcome Mr. Rossetti’s reminiscences. We need to know all we can about
humanity—not because humanity is Pre-Raphaelite, but because it is
interesting.” (Acad.)

* * * * *

“It would be difficult to find a commentary more useful to those
interested in the men and movements of the last sixty years.”

+ =Acad.= 71: 466. N. 10, ’06. 1590w.

“Next to the outspokenness with which we have dealt ... the most
striking attribute of the confessions is common sense.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 541. N. 3. 1800w.

“The general tone of these memoirs is a little disappointing. Mr.
Rossetti is so afraid of saying something that he has said already, as
well as seeming either to blow his own trumpet or to cast undue blame
on someone else, that his chapters decidedly lack color and movement
as compared with much of his previous writing.” Edith Kellogg Dunton.

+ – =Dial.= 41: 444. D. 16, ’06. 2270w.

“Taken as a whole the book is far too diffuse; a single volume would
have been enough and, possibly, too much.”

+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 370. N. 2, ’06. 480w.

“It may as well be said explicitly that these memoirs are a
disappointment. The fact is that Mr. Rossetti has in various memoirs
and introductions given out all his wheat and that only the chaff is
left for this garnering.”

– =Nation.= 83: 353. O. 25, ’06. 890w.

“Delightfully written.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 810. D. 1, ’06. 90w.