“The evident enthusiasm of the writer enlivens the whole story.”
+ Dial. 41: 211. O. 1, ’06. 90w. + Ind. 60: 1226. My. 24, ’06. 200w.
“It is not quite perfect. There are florid passages which we regret, chiefly, perhaps, because the translator has not exercised a wise discretion. There are also slight mistakes.”
+ – Lond. Times. 4: 454. D. 22, ’05. 1750w. N. Y. Times. 10: 824. D. 2, ’05. 260w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 111. F. 24, ’06. 190w.
“Mr. Davey’s translation is admirable for Anglo-Saxon readers, for he admits that in his work he has lopped off certain extravagant expressions. Extravagant or not, Mathilde Serao is seldom uninteresting.”
+ + – Outlook. 81: 1039. D. 23, ’05. 100w.
“There is much in this book to charm the reader. But it is impossible not to be struck by her curious ignorance of what one would suppose every visitor to the Holy Land would be sure to know.”
+ – Spec. 96: 64. Ja. 13, ’06. 390w.
Sergeant, Philip Walsingham. Burlesque Napoleon: being the story of the life and the kingship of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte. *$3. Brentano’s.
“An account of the flashy Jerome Bonaparte in court and camp and at home. It is one of many books on members of the Bonaparte family published of late years which are chiefly read with interest for the sidelights that they may throw on Napoleon, and a good specimen of its class.”—Sat. R.