“Local color rather than plot is the most conspicuous element in these half-dozen sketches of the San Antonio valley. The spirit of the grim old Alamo pervades all of them and in one of them, Miss Driscoll tells once more the tale of soul-stirring bravery forever associated with its walls.”—Critic.
“Pathos and passion are both to be found in the stories, but it is the atmosphere which is most delightful.”
+ Critic. 49: 286. S. ’06. 80w.
“They stray from probability and lack skill in the telling.”
– N. Y. Times. 11: 375. Je. 9, ’06. 130w.
“A lack of literary finish and artistic proportion makes the reading somewhat tedious.”
– Outlook. 83: 481. Je. 23, ’06. 70w. R. of Rs. 34: 382. S. ’06. 60w.
Dubois, Rev. Leo. L. St. Francis of Assisi, social reformer. *$1. Benziger.
A purely sociological study of St. Francis in which “an effort is made to describe the steps by which he became a reformer, the work accomplished by him, the processes of his mind and the traits of his character as far as these affected his reform work, the racial ideas and principles on which his reform work was grounded.”