“For young men and women who are at a groping and impressionable age and who have not had ‘advantages,’ this book ought to be of far greater value than most of its kind.”
+ Critic. 48: 569. Je. ’06. 60w.
Wilson, Floyd Baker. Through silence to realization; or, The human awakening. $1. Fenno.
Self-mastery is the keynote of this volume. Practical suggestions for the achievement of it along metaphysical lines are made by one who has proved that “thoughts are things,” and as entities can be implanted into consciousness and vitalized there.
Wilson, Francis. Joseph Jefferson. **$2. Scribner.
A sketch of Mr. Jefferson by a close friend and fellow actor which pictures “what will be of inestimable value to future generations of playgoers—the personality of Joseph Jefferson.” (Ind.) “New light is thrown on the best qualities of Jefferson, his amiability, his genial humor, his sound artistry. The illustrations include reproductions of photographs of the actors, and some of Jefferson’s paintings.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Those who knew Mr. Jefferson personally and those who knew him only on the stage will be sorry to see him so belittled by an account which, meaning to exalt, succeeds only in debasing.”
– Acad. 71: 370. O. 13, ’06. 380w.
Reviewed by Louise Closser Hale.