“There is decided value in the tale’s study of motive and character, together with a singularly full acquaintance with the local color and of a little-known historical episode.”
+ Outlook. 82: 856. Ap. 14, ’06. 40w.
Chesnutt, Charles Waddell. [Colonel’s dream.] †$1.50. Doubleday.
“The narrative not unfrequently drags, and the character-drawing is sometimes wanting in clearness.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 1: 43. Ja. 13. 180w.
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith. Charles Dickens. **$1.50. Dodd.
“This new book is builded on the false idea that just at this time Dickens needs a champion among his own people.” (N. Y. Times.) “Mr. Dickens and Mr. Chesterton move ... arm in arm through these pages like a pair of boon companions, and the ordinary reader may be trusted not to notice that Mr. Dickens’ arm is somewhat hard held.” (Sat. R.) “Dickens is a typical English figure, and it is on this side that Mr. Chesterton’s study is illuminating. It abounds in side-lights thrown by a somewhat mystical optimism and uproarious spirits on the Gargantuan feast of good humour provided by the master.” (Ath.)
“The style in which the book is written reminds us too closely of the smart political leader.”
+ – Acad. 71: 221. S. 8, ’06. 1620w.