+ Putnam’s. 1: 127. O. ’06. 140w.
Williams, Leonard. Granada: memories, adventures, studies and impressions. **$2.50. Lippincott.
“Here is a book that gives only one chapter to the Alhambra. ‘The Alhambra by moonlight,’ all the rest being devoted to pilgrimages within easy reach of the City of Granada.... Some lead into the snows of the splendid Sierra Nevada, but most of them are within the power of any one.” (N. Y. Times.) “To the systematic frauds connected with the famous sacred mountain, he devotes several chapters, in which he tells the whole story of the exploitation of the caves—‘a longish story,’ he says, ‘full of interest, social, national and psychological, the story of the most astounding, amazing and protracted swindle the world has ever heard of.’” (Int. Studio.)
“The chapters which make up this volume are much too disconnected in subject, and the author has not the art of interesting us in ... commonplace experiences.”
– + Ath. 1906, 1: 542. My. 5. 470w.
“It is unfortunate that a book so full of varied charm should not have better illustrations. The want of an index is also a considerable drawback to the value of the work.”
+ – Int. Studio. 29: 181. Ag. ’06. 290w.
Williams, Neil Wynn. Electric theft. †$1.50. Small.
An unusual story with plenty of plot, action and romance has its setting in Athens, with the scene shifting to London. A young engineer, who is also an inventor, is sent to Athens to discover the cause of the theft of electricity from the Athenian electric power company. The closely guarded villainy is operated by a band of anarchists whose leader becomes the hero’s rival in affairs of heart as well as schemes in which cunning and skill abound.