– Outlook. 82: 276. F. 3, ’06. 210w.
“Disraeli sums up the character and career of Peel with an impartiality and a penetration that make this biography an English classic. It is the only instance we know of contemporary history being written with a due sense of perspective. But Mr. Whibley is more than sympathetic: he is discerning.”
+ + Sat. R. 100: 617. N. 11, ’05. 1330w.
Bearne, Catherine M. A queen of Napoleon’s court. **$2.50. Dutton.
A sketch of Désirée Bernadotte whose interest centers in “the picture it gives of her times rather than of her life, for she seems to have been an exceptionally dull product of a brilliant age.” (Acad.)
“Miss Bearne has put together a book which will appeal to the reader who is not particular in the matter of strict accuracy.”
+ – Acad. 69: 1342. D. 23, ’05. 200w.
“No more interesting book of gossip about famous and infamous people has appeared in recent years.”
+ Ind. 60: 1044. My. 3, ’06. 460w.