“Other shortcomings there are in these volumes besides the failure to make known to us the real Irving—Irving the man as distinguished from Irving the actor. But, after all is said, this is a book to be grateful for, a book that will be of deep interest to gentlemen of ‘the profession,’ and an important contribution to the history of the English stage.”
+ – Outlook. 84: 713. N. 24, ’06. 860w.
“Within the limitations laid down for himself by the author, however, the work is brimful of interest as a contribution not only to the history of the technical advance of the stage during half a century, but to that of its social rise as well.”
+ Putnam’s. 1: 382. D. ’06. 320w. + R. of Rs. 34: 757. D. ’06. 280w.
Stone, Gertrude Lincoln, and Fickett, Mary Grace. Days and deeds of a hundred years ago. *35c. Heath.
Under the headings: Two heroes of a “Far old year” (1780), From Massachusetts to Ohio (1787), The inauguration of Washington (1789), The story of the cotton gin (1793), The Parkers’ moving and settling (1798), The success of Robert Fulton (1807), A canal journey (1826), Kindling a fire (1828), A railroad story (1830), The electric telegraph (1844), are told stories of a hundred years ago which will make those days seem real to the children of today.
Stoner, Burton. Squeaks and squawks from far-away forests: a sequel to Jim Crow tales; il. by C: Livingston Bull. $1. Saalfield.
All about the first, second and third floor dwellers in White oak castle—which, unshorn of its romance, is a plain old oak tree. The animals and birds that tenant it furnish bits of wisdom and entertainment for juveniles.
Strang, Herbert. [Brown of Moukden: a story of the Russo-Japanese war]; il. by W. Rainey. †$1.50. Putnam.
Mr. Strang’s story is “an exciting narrative reciting the adventures of an English youth—Jack Brown—the son of a British merchant doing business in Moukden at the outbreak of the recent war between Russia and Japan.” (N. Y. Times.)