“The book is always interesting.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 811. N. 25, ’05. 270w.

“The tales are remarkable rather for ingenuity than for any convincing quality.”

+ Outlook. 82: 46. Ja. 6, ’06. 90w.

“A rattling, rousing, salty story.”

+ R. of Rs. 33: 127. Ja. ’06. 20w.

Robie, Virginia. Historic styles in Furniture. *$1.60. Stone.

“The title indicates the special point of view of this new ‘furniture book.’ Sometimes the century made the style, as in the fifteenth century; sometimes the period, as with the Italian Renaissance; sometimes the monarch, as with Louis XV. Taking each style as a chapter division, the author writes clearly of its development, highest type, and merger into other styles. The illustrations are admirably chosen and well printed.”—Outlook.


“For a convenient and well-balanced account of the general trend and development of styles this book is to be commended.”