+ Atlan. 97: 277. F. ’06. 430w.
“On the whole Miss Greenaway’s present biographers have dealt tactfully with the vast mass of material placed at their disposal.”
+ Int. Studio. 28: 275. My. ’06. 220w. + Lit. D. 32: 119. Ja. 27, ’06. 960w. + + Nation. 82: 15. Ja. 4, ’06. 2080w.
“This is a sympathetic biography.”
+ Spec. 96: 305. F. 24, ’06. 390w.
Spiers, R. Phene. Architecture east and west. *$4.50. Scribner.
“There are too many slips of the pen allowed to pass.”
+ + – Lond. Times. 5: 71. Mr. 2, ’06. 820w.
Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott (Mrs. Richard S. Spofford). Old Washington. †$1.50. Little.
Washington in the days following the close of the civil war furnishes the setting for five delightful stories. They are “A Thanksgiving breakfast,” “A guardian angel,” “In a conspiracy,” “A little old woman,” and “The colonel’s Christmas.” The variations from the lavender-and-old-lace atmosphere to that of the stuffy hall-room sheltering impecunious gentle-folk, and that of the splendid reception halls, and even the senate chamber itself, suggest the characters which include Southern women, loyal mammies, struggling department clerks and politicians.