+ Dial. 41: 118. S. 1, ’06. 360w.

“There are pages of fooling that we could wish omitted; there is a certain flippancy, a lightness of word that wrongs the serious thought, that makes us say, ‘Not worthy of “Q”!’ We speak of this at once, that we may get our objections out of the way and have done with them. Who—where so much is good—can help a little sigh after perfection?”

+ + – Lond. Times. 5: 264. Jl. 27, ’06. 1380w.

“There is much variety in this miscellany, or series of miscellanies, arranged by the calendar; but nothing therein is labored or affected. It is excellent talk, as flexible, suggestive, and responsive to suggestion, as good talk should be.”

+ Nation. 83: 230. S. 13, ’06. 880w.

“A very charming miscellany.” H. I. Brock.

+ N. Y. Times. 11: 531. S. 1, ’06. 1300w. + + Outlook. 84: 91. S. 8, ’06. 280w.

“All lovers of good literature will find it a treasury which they will not readily exhaust.”

+ Spec. 97: 64. Jl. 14, ’06. 300w.

Couch, Arthur Thomas Quiller- (“Q,” pseud.). Mayor of Troy. †$1.50. Scribner.