Nation. 83: 514. D. 13, ’06. 30w.
Tooker, Lewis Frank. [Under rocking skies.] †$1.50. Century.
“Distinctly a readable story.”
+ Critic. 48: 477. My. ’06. 50w.
Torrey, Bradford. Friends on the shelf. **$1.25. Houghton.
The friends of the library shelf who have inspired part of these essays are Hazlitt, FitzGerald, Thoreau, Stevenson, Keats and Anatole France. Not alone of men does Mr. Torrey write for in the volume are such subjects treated as “Verbal magic,” “Quotability,” “The grace of obscurity,” “In defense of the traveler’s notebook,” and “Concerning the lack of an American literature.”
“Human personality emerging from the page of genius is the thing that has had most attraction for him, and is also the feature of the book which has the strongest appeal to the reader.”
+ Lit. D. 33: 728. N. 17, ’06. 170w.
“A very pretty style. It is lithe and simple. Within its own limits it is resourceful, too, and full of variety; but its bounds are narrow.”