“Literally and hilariously, a ‘howling success.’”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 676. O. 13, ’06. 250w.
“The book will find favor with many readers who enjoy a good-natured, satirical view of their neighbors.”
+ Outlook. 84: 429. O. 20, ’06. 100w.
Nesbitt, Frances E. [Algeria and Tunis]; painted and described by Frances E. Nesbitt. *$6. Macmillan.
Seventy colored illustrations picture scenes which the traveler meets by rail from Algiers to Constantine and Tunis. There are streets, buildings, mosques, scenes in the market, in the homes and in the deserts, and there are evening effects with “transparent purity” and “colour in crystal clear.” The accompanying text provides historic and descriptive bits of interest to the tourist.
“The author does both pictures and print, and does both well; but her sketches are more valuable as well as more delightful than her descriptions.”
+ Ath. 1906, 2: 278. S. 8. 820w.
“In spite of this laxity of language and of a certain amount of worked-over, guide-book information, the volume is unmistakably written by one who possesses the artistic temperament, a keen eye for color, and upon whom light and shadow exert their magic power.”