Davey, Richard Patrick Boyle. Pageant of London; with 40 il. in color by John Fulleylove. 2v. *$5. Pott.
A series of word-pictures with pictorial accompaniment of the principal events that have transpired in London. It is called a “Pageant,” “meaning not only coronations, royal marriages, funerals, and other pompous shows and spectacles, but as signifying the unrolling, as in a sort of procession, of the story of the British capital from the day when Julius Caesar appeared on the bank of the Thames, to that which witnessed the funeral of Queen Victoria.” (Ath.)
“Mr. Davey is not always accurate, and his style is not always pure, but his book is as good a compendium of the history of London as we know.”
+ + – Acad. 70: 542. Je. 9, ’06. 1680w.
“In a work intended for the general reader rather than for the serious student it may perhaps seem ungracious to dwell on imperfections which a very little care could remove. It is a pleasanter task to dwell on the merits of a book which is replete with information, presented with a considerable amount of literary skill.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 1: 756. Je. 23. 1520w.
“Thoroughly up-to-date, embodying the results of the most recent archæological researches, the new publication is indeed a most noteworthy one, full of curious information on all manner of side issues and giving token on every page of deep erudition.”
+ + Int. Studio. 29: 182. Ag. ’06. 280w.
“The coloured pictures by Mr. Fulleylove are a serious mistake. Such a book could not have been too copiously adorned with old engravings. Properly selected, such a pictorial accompaniment would more than have doubled its value.”