+ − Am Hist R 26:371 Ja ’21 420w Booklist 17:14 O ’20
“It is made up entirely of authentic documents. This moderation in aim is an excellence, for not the most vindictive interventionist could deny the impartial, objective nature of the information now made conveniently accessible, and much of it made for the first time available.” Norman Hapgood
+ Nation 110:766 Je 5 ’20 2650w
CUMMINGS, BRUCE FREDERICK (W. N. P. BARBELLION, pseud.). Enjoying life, and other literary remains. il *$2 Doran 824
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The present volume shows the versatility of the author’s genius in that it is equally divided between his love of nature and his love for literature. The first four essays are a hitherto unpublished part of the “Journal of a disappointed man” and breathe the joy of life and passion for life in rare exuberance. The rest of the contents are five essays on literary and speculative subjects, two short stories: A fool and a maid on Lundy Island; and How Tom snored on his bridal night;—and essays in natural history.
“The essays are interesting enough, although they show less power and originality than the journal. An occasional remark, for its quaintness or its insight, will remind the reader that they are the literary exercises of an unusually able man.”
+ Ath p1366 D 19 ’19 620w
“It has not the interest of the earlier book, though the individual sketches are very readable.”