“Lovers of Stevenson, the man, must add ‘Mac of Placid’ to the volumes of Stevensonia which have been accumulating so rapidly in the past decade.... The fundamental difficulty with Mr Longstreth’s book is that his characters, no matter how real to him, even though they may be actually alive, often fail to live.”
+ − N Y Times p25 Ag 29 ’20 780w
Reviewed by Joseph Mosher
+ Pub W 98:659 S 18 ’20 270w
“The portrayal of Stevenson is vivid. Not the least interesting detail of the work is the colorful description of the Adirondack country and the rigorous joys of a winter there.”
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LOONEY, J. THOMAS. “Shakespeare” identified. *$5 Stokes 822.3
20–7795
A book written to prove that the plays of Shakespeare were written by Edward de Vere, seventeenth earl of Oxford. The author states that his interest in the problem was awakened after years of study of “The merchant of Venice,” thru which he gained “a peculiar sense of intimacy with the mind and disposition of its author.” Convinced that this author had nothing in common with William Shakespeare of Stratford he set about finding the contemporary who best met the requirements. His search led him to Edward de Vere. The one play which does not fit into his scheme is “The tempest.” The book has a frontispiece portrait and an index.