“The translator of this minor work of the great French critic has done his original into, easy, flowing English, which retains the clearness of the French. Mr. O’Rourke has placed his meritorious piece of criticism at a great disadvantage by putting it into such close juxtaposition with Taine’s estimate of Balzac.”
+ – Cath. World. 83: 838. S. ’06. 580w. Lit. D. 32: 970. Je. 30, ’06. 700w. + Nation. 83: 54. Jl. 19, ’06. 60w.
“Taine’s study of Balzac combines biography and criticism, and the translation seems excellent.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 462. Jl. 21, ’06. 160w. + R. of Rs. 34: 511. O. ’06. 130w.
Talbot, Rt. Rev. Ethelbert. My people of the plains. **$1.75. Harper.
Let no one think that because the book is written by an Episcopal bishop it is an account of ceremonies and sermons. It is a human not an ecclesiastical document and the pictures it gives of pioneer life in Wyoming and Idaho, among cattlemen, gamblers, adventurers, Indians and army men are full of life and interest. The personal element is modestly subordinated and we think we can understand why the bishop was everywhere welcomed—even so cordially as by the old Indian with his limited cow-boy English. “Me damned glad to see you, heap-sleeve bishop.”
“It is not amiss to call this one of the most cheerful books of the year. In a sense, it is the best of Christmas stories. The book is a lesson in simplicity. It is more vital than any essay on the art of living.”
+ + Harper’s Weekly. 50: 1716. D. 1, ’06. 1210w.
“The literary style is effective and the book adds a new chapter to the history of American missions.”