Van Dyke, Henry. [Fisherman’s luck], and some other uncertain things. †$1.50. Scribner.
“A leisurely book, and rather prolix, it is written in good English on the model of Lamb.”
+ Ath. 1906, 1: 730. Je. 16. 170w.
Van Dyke, John Charles. Opal sea. **$1.25. Scribner.
“Here are all the facts and fancies about the sea, accumulations of the ages, harmoniously blended, not set down in the cyclopaedic manner; the fear of the sea, and the love of it, its terror and its beauty, the creatures that dwell in it, and the other creatures that float upon it in boats; its mystery, its never failing charm.” (N. Y. Times.)
“It is not technical; it is not scientific; it is not a popular description; and it is not a rhapsody.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 2: 241. S. 1. 180w.
“You cannot read it without feeling cool and clean and invigorated as from a dip into the ocean itself.”
+ + Critic. 49: 118. Ag. ’06. 330w. + Ind. 60: 1371. Je. 7, ’06. 1180w.