“It is, on the whole, well written, and while not a particularly engrossing volume, neither is it a dull one.”
+ N Y Times p27 S 12 ’20 170w
“Apart from its idea, or animus, this is a narrative of sincere and fresh quality, varied in substance and by no means artless, though it agreeably lacks the art of the professional story-teller.” H. W. Boynton
+ Review 3:349 O 20 ’20 300w
“‘Eli of the downs’ is more than a work of promise: Mr Peake tells the life-history of one who was ‘a shepherd at heart as well as by profession’ with a wealth of illuminating detail, with a love of his subject and an intimate knowledge of Wessex country life that combine to make the story memorable and delightful.”
+ Spec 124:314 Mr 6 ’20 430w + The Times [London] Lit Sup p301 My 13 ’20 460w
PEARCE, FRANCIS BARROW. Zanzibar; the island metropolis of eastern Africa. il *$12 Dutton 967
(Eng ed 20–8651)
“A very substantial work by the British resident in Zanzibar, embracing the history, politics, anthropology, resources, and archæology of the island.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup