The story of Spenser’s poem told in prose with occasional interspersions of the verses.
“Well written, and illustrated in an imaginative style that will interest old and young readers equally.”
+ Dial. 39: 450. D. 16, ’05. 50w. N. Y. Times. 10: 894. D. 16, ’05. 290w.
“A commendable and on the whole fairly successful attempt to retell some of the more spirited incidents in Spenser’s ‘Faerie Queene’ for children’s reading.”
+ Outlook. 81: 1040. D. 23, ’05. 70w.
Spielmann, Marion Henry, and Layard, George Somes. [Kate Greenaway.] *$6.50. Putnam.
“These facts are presented by the authors of the monograph clearly, sympathetically, and with just sufficient detail to impart the requisite vitality, and this is further enhanced by the fact that Mr. Spielmann’s share of the work is the tribute of a personal friendship.”
+ + Ath. 1906, 1: 23. Ja. 6. 1270w.
Reviewed by Royal Cortissoz.