+ + Sat. R. 102: 551. N. 3, ’06. 1060w.
Edwards, A. Harbage. Kakemono: Japanese sketches. *$1.75. McClurg.
Reverently and simply the author sets before us these dainty sketches of Japan and her people, her faith, her art, her gods, and the heart of her. They are dedicated “To my teachers, the people of Japan,” and they breathe the spirit of the cherry blossoms and whisper to our modern commercialism of a something we have lost, or never gained. “‘What is the soul of Japan?’ asked the poet. ‘It is the mountain cherry-tree in the morning sun.’ But a soul so simple, the civilized nations, of course, disdain.”
“Written with reverence and without adulation.”
+ Acad. 70: 510. My. 26, ’06. 430w.
“Pleasantly written sketches. These pictures are drawn with restraint of colour and line and display no little insight into Japanese life.”
+ Ath. 1906, 1: 513. Ap. 28. 430w.
“His is a book of tender meditations, of sympathetic insight. He has made a mosaic out of his many brief chapters which glistens with beauty and has a peculiar charm.”
+ Ind. 61: 1113. N. 8, ’06. 340w.