+ + Putnam’s. 1: 381. D. ’06. 220w.
“A conscientious, thorough piece of biography.”
+ + R. of Rs. 34: 759. D. ’06. 100w.
Taylor, Ida A. Life of Queen Henrietta Maria; with 32 il. and 2 photogravure fronts, 2d. ed. **$7.50. Dutton.
“The object of these volumes is to present to us, not a period of history, but a living personality, to whom for the nonce the whole period is a skillfully sketched background, subordinated but true to nature. Not an unnecessary figure or point of view is introduced. We are intended to see the face, and hear the voice, and mark the thoughts, the woes and joys, of that Queen of England who called herself ‘La Reine Malheureuse,’ and it can truly be said that when the book is at last laid aside, a new Henrietta Maria is recorded in the mind—a queen intensely human, intensely living and wonderfully lovable.” (Spec.)
“The last word to the author must be one of sincere congratulation.”
+ + Acad. 70: 377. Ap. 21, ’06. 1260w. + Critic. 48: 570. Je. ’06. 100w.
“The book is brightly and pleasantly written.”
+ Lond. Times. 4: 326. O. 6, ’05. 1780w.