"Written apparently for young readers, it yet possesses a charm of manner which will recommend it to all."--The Examiner, London.
"It is only when we take up such a book as this that we realize how rich in interest is the mythology of Greece."--Inquirer, Philadelphia.
"Admirable in style, and level with a child's comprehension. These versions might well find a place in every family."--The Nation, New York.
"The author invests these stories with a charm of narrative entirely peculiar. The book is a rich one in every way."--Standard, Chicago.
"In Mr. Cox will be found yet another name to be enrolled among those English writers who have vindicated for this country an honorable rank in the investigation of Greek history."--Edinburgh Review.
"It is doubtful if these tales--antedating history in their origin, and yet fresh with all the charms of youth to all who read them for the first time--were ever before presented in so chaste and popular form."--Golden Rule, Boston.
"The grace with which these old tales of the mythology are re-told makes them as enchanting to the young as familiar fairy tales or the 'Arabian Nights.'... We do not know of a Christmas book which promises more lasting pleasures."--Publishers' Weekly.
"Its exterior fits it to adorn the drawing-room table, while its contents are adapted to the entertainment of the most cultivated intelligence.... The book is a scholarly production, and a welcome addition to a department of literature that is thus far quite too scantily furnished."--Tribune, Chicago.
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SHORT HISTORY OF FRANCE, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. By Miss E. S. Kirkland, author of "Six Little Cooks," "Dora's House-keeping," &c.
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"A very ably written sketch of French history, from the earliest times to the foundation of the existing Republic."--Cincinnati Gazette.
"The narrative is not dry on a single page, and the little history may be commended as the best of its kind that has yet appeared."--Bulletin, Philadelphia.
"A book both instructive and entertaining. It is not a dry compendium of dates and facts, but a charmingly written history."--Christian Union, New York.
"After a careful examination of its contents, we are able to conscientiously give it our heartiest commendation. We know no elementary history of France that can at all be compared with it."--Living Church.
"A spirited and entertaining sketch of the French people and nation,--one that will seize and hold the attention of all bright boys and girls who have a chance to read it."--Sunday Afternoon, Springfield (Mass.).
"We find its descriptions universally good, that it is admirably simple and direct in style, without waste of words or timidity of opinion. The book represents a great deal of patient labor and conscientious study."--Courant, Hartford (Conn.).
"Miss Kirkland has composed her 'Short History of France' in the way in which a history for young people ought to be written; that is, she has aimed to present a consecutive and agreeable story, from which the reader can not only learn the names of kings and the succession of events, but can also receive a vivid and permanent impression as to the characters, modes of life, and the spirit of different periods."--The Nation, New York.