+ + – Outlook. 84: 704. N. 24, ’06. 130w.
“The book is really good reading, a capital record of travel for the stay-at-home, observant of the picturesque, appreciative of historical associations as of artistic beauties, and as for the illustrations, Mr. Peixotto long since passed the stage in his career where praise of his work was necessary.”
+ + Putnam’s. 1: 379. D. ’06. 180w.
“Mr. Peixotto’s descriptions of his wanderings through Italy and across the Adriatic have the fascination of a novel.”
+ R. of Rs. 34: 753. D. ’06. 50w.
Pemberton, Max. My sword for Lafayette; being the story of a great friendship; and of certain episodes in the wars waged for liberty, both in France and America, by one who took no mean part therein. †$1.50. Dodd.
Zaida Kay is a young American who after the battle of Yorktown follows Lafayette to France. “There is mutiny on the high seas; there is a miraculous escape; there is an idyllic sojourn in a quaint little village on the coast of England, and a romantic marriage with a young French girl in hiding there from enemies at home.” (N. Y. Times.) And before a return to America is accomplished the two are led thru a maze of happenings precipitated by Frenchmen fighting for liberty.
“The author has a certain facility of invention, but his style is without flexibility, and his figures are rarely anything more than puppets.” Wm. M. Payne.
– + Dial. 41: 37. Jl. 16, ’06. 100w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 271. Ap. 28, ’06. 260w.