“The book is certainly full of suggestions, and will doubtless serve well enough its purpose of introducing American students to the further study of agriculture. There is too little information in the book about existing conditions, and too little explanation of those conditions.” G. S. C.
+ – Yale R. 15: 312. N. ’06. 690w.
Taylor, Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-. Molière: a biography; with an introd. by Thomas Frederick Crane. *$3. Duffield.
A life of Molière for English readers “both scholarly and popular in which the man stands out in the midst of his managerial and literary labours.” It depicts Molière, the man, the actor and the dramatist with the political, social and literary background of Louis the Fourteenth’s time. The author’s intention has been to interpret Molière’s life by his plays and his plays by his life rather than to write an exhaustive criticism of his dramatic works.
“It is not simply a biography of Molière, but as complete a presentation as is needed by the general public of the history, the sources and the contents of his masterpieces.” Adolphe Cohn.
+ + – Bookm. 24: 355. D. ’06. 2190w.
“This book most certainly comes nearer to absolute accuracy than many volumes of the kind: and hostile criticism of the book will be aimed less at the matter which it contains than at the style, the form and way in which it is presented.”
+ – Ind. 61: 1346. D. 6, ’06. 880w.
“This new biography shows the careful student’s attention to details. More emphasis might have been placed upon the mechanism of Molière’s theater, which was the germ of a national home for French drama. There might likewise have been a deeper consideration of the special genre of play which Molière created. But despite all this, the volume, which is sumptuous in form, deserves special consideration.”