“His tone throughout is discriminating, and though admiration for the courage of the loyalists may be said to dominate the narrative as a whole, it does not lead to special pleading on their behalf or wilful detraction from the merits of their opponents.”
+ – Nation. 83: 306. O. 11, ’06. 1280w.
“These maps are not so clear for study of different regions of the theatre of conflict as are those scattered through Mr. Henry Adams’s volumes. The narrative, too, lacks the verve and animation which that of Mr. Adams exhibits. But it is clear and unambiguous.”
+ + – N. Y. Times. 11: 900. D. 22, ’06. 1510w.
“His chapters contain evidence of much patient research, and the elaborate details which he has collected have been carefully pieced together and lucidly arranged. Undoubtedly they supply the student of war with a much-needed work. To the general reader it will inevitably seem dull.”
+ + – Sat. R. 102: sup. 6. O. 13, ’06. 600w.
Lucas, Edward Verrall, comp. Friendly town: a little book for the urbane. $1.50. Holt.
This anthology is a companion volume to “The open road.” The London of playhouses, taverns, cards and music, as well as of sobriety and sentiment is revealed in glints. Mr. Lucas “begins with winter and Christmas poems. Sections follow with such characteristic headings as Friends and the fire, Four-footed friends, The play, The tavern, Good townsmen, and The post. We find ‘inter alia,’ prose of Pepys, Boswell, Lamb, George Meredith; verse sentimental by Thackeray, cheerful by Henley, and the grace of the ‘Greek anthology’ as retained by the skill of Mr. Mackail.” (Ath.)
“Is, without qualification, a most delightful and attractive book.”