Twenty-eight short papers and addresses which deal “with the place of poetry in education, with provincial ‘institutes’ with a school of art, with the education of girls, with the teaching of science.” (N. Y. Times.) “Especially commendable are the remarks on ‘The place of poetry in education.’ Talleyrand’s warning to the youth who had no taste for whist,—‘Young man, you are preparing yourself for a miserable old age,’—he thinks might also be addressed to the young person insensible to the charms of poetry.” (Dial.)
Acad. 69: 1172. N. 11, ’05. 1120w.
“His experience of life and acquaintance with literature make his reflections and reminiscences and counsels well worth reading.”
+ + Dial. 40: 92. F. 1, ’06. 430w.
“The picture which most of the discourses conjure up is that of an elderly gentleman whose juniors have asked him his opinion, more out of politeness than curiosity, on some subject about which he really knows no more than they do, and who therefore proceeds to expound with all the pomp of platitude, and the manner of one who has discovered the obvious after years of profound reflection.”
– Lond. Times. 4: 434. D. 8, ’05. 430w.
“Many of the essays—indeed, most of them—are excellent reading; the addresses bear unmistakably the mark of the British beast. You can see in your mind’s eye as you read the solid provincials listening to the words of the distinguished speaker. And the words are dull and the matter quite lacks the whimsicality and individuality, the personal note, which lends the essays charm.”
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 24. Ja. 13, ’06. 490w. – Sat. R. 100: 820. D. 23, ’05. 310w. + Spec. 96: 503. Mr. 31, ’06. 490w.
Morse, Edward Sylvester. [Mars and its mystery.] **$2. Little.