“The charm of the book lies largely in Miss Sherwood’s delicate humor, delightful fancy, and carefully finished, but never coldly classic, style.”
+ Dial. 40: 19. Ja. 1, ’06. 150w.
“It is not quite so taking as her earlier romances probably because there is an intrusion of real things; and it is a little overloaded with description; but it is done with ... delicacy and refinement.”
+ – Outlook. 81: 709. N. 25, ’05. 140w. + – Pub. Opin. 40: 123. Ja. 27, ’06. 110w.
Shirazi, J. K. M. Life of Omar Al-Khayyámi. **$1.50. McClurg.
“Mr. Shirazi has made an interesting book out of a subject that at first sight seems to have been done to death.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 79. F. 10, ’06. 810w.
“The biography is interestingly written, and is at variance in some minor points of western interpretation of the conditions under which Omar wrote. It cannot be regarded as a contribution of permanent value to the literature on this subject, but it is profitable reading.”
+ Outlook. 82: 325. F. 10, ’06. 230w.
Shorter, Clement King. Charlotte Brontë and her sisters. **$1. Scribner.