Nation. 83: 80. Jl. 26, ’06. 2110w.
“The book lacks perspective and proportion. The author’s painting is the reverse of the impressionist.... But it does not lack material carefully collected. It does not lack clearness, precision, a rational judgment, and occasional brilliance in expression. It may prove to be, we are not sure but that it will, the best life of Voltaire, in the English language for the student, just because of its amplitude of detail.”
+ + – Outlook. 81: 1086. D. 30, ’05. 140w.
Tapp, Sidney C. The struggle. †$1.50. Wessels. (Am. Bapt., Southeastern distributing agts.)
An arraignment of trusts. The author makes use of a quadruple romance to furnish characters and setting for his exposure of the evils of organized wealth. He drawls a living picture of the inside of Wall street and the great gambling institutions of the country which are overthrowing and destroying our civilization.
R. of Rs. 33: 760. Je. ’06. 70w.
Tappan, Eva March. Short history of England’s literature. *85c. Houghton.
Bookm. 22: 533. Ja. ’06. 60w.
“To write a short history of a vast subject in the form of animated story is so difficult a task that its successful achievement is specially commendable. Miss Tappan has done this skillfully, singling out the things most worth knowing, and showing them in a succession of flashlights that stay in the memory.”