“His full and agreeably written narrative of the life of the philosopher-statesman should win readers for Seneca.” H. M. Ayers
+ Review 2:521 My 15 ’20 1300w
“If we had more such books, the classics would stand on a firmer footing of human interest, instead of appearing to exist chiefly for the purpose of adding to the incomes of publishers, dons, and schoolmasters.”
+ Sat R 129:350 Ap 10 ’20 1200w
“Mr Francis Holland retells his story in a volume of lively and picturesque narrative. If it adds nothing to the knowledge of the subject for the specialist student, the story is one of interest to any man of liberal education, and a book which tells it over again so agreeably and judiciously may be just the book which many people want.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p345 Je 3 ’20 2350w
HOLLAND, RUPERT SARGENT. Refugee rock. il *$1.75 (3c) Jacobs
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Three American boys cruising along the coast of Maine land on what is supposed to be a deserted island and find it inhabited by a charming mannered young foreigner, his two servants and his dog. The stranger, Pierre Romaine, is practicing fencing strokes when the boys first come upon him and he at once arouses their curiosity and admiration. They find that two other groups of men are interested in the island, the first, the crew of a fishing smack, the second, a party of three foreigners, apparently Russians. The secret of their interest is solved, Romaine’s enemies are driven off, the treasure he is guarding is saved, and he consents to join his new friends on their cruise.
HOLLIDAY, CARL. Wedding customs then and now. *75c (7c) Stratford co. 392.5