“It is difficult to find words strong enough adequately to express the inestimable value of Professor Milyoukoff’s book for every one desirous of understanding Russia in the past, the present, and the future.”
+ + + Nation. 82: 57. Ja. 18, ’06. 2500w.
“It affords information not given elsewhere. There are apt comparisons at various points between Russian and American conditions.”
+ + – Outlook. 83: 137. My. 19, ’06. 290w.
“Milyoukov’s book is not particularly well written, and in the opinion of the reviewer is ill-proportioned; yet it is beyond doubt the best, most instructive and most authoritative work on Russia ever published in English.” Vladimir G. Simkhovitch.
+ + – Pol. Sci. Q. 21: 527. S. ’06. 1150w.
Mims, Edwin. [Sidney Lanier.] **$1.50. Houghton.
“The story of Lanier’s life is here told simply and sympathetically, and, so far as possible, by quotations from his own letters or from the writings of those who knew him intimately. The first third of the book takes him through his storm and stress period, out of the law office, and into the serenity that accompanied his settled devotion to art. The second portion deals with his musical and literary career and his work as teacher and lecturer, all in Baltimore; while the closing pages describe the New South, Lanier’s characteristics and ideas, the last months of his life, with a final chapter giving the author’s estimate of his achievement as critic and poet.”—Ind.
“The dignity and clearness both of the narrative and of the critical portions of the book are in pleasant harmony with its spirit. The volume is a welcome and valuable addition to American biography.” M. A. De Wolfe Howe.