“A discursive and unpolished but hugely entertaining account of necromancy and conjuring.”
+ Lit. D. 32: 770. My. 19, ’06. 290w.
“No reader need fear to take up this book because of its moral or ethical purpose. It contains fascinating reading for everybody.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 244. Ap. 14, ’06. 290w. Outlook. 82: 857. Ap. 14, ’06. 60w. R. of Rs. 34: 128. Jl. ’06. 50w.
Evans, Herbert Arthur. Highways and byways in Oxford and the Cotswolds. $2. Macmillan.
In this new volume in the “Highways and byways” series the author “takes Oxford as a starting-place, and wisely devotes far the larger part of the book to less well-known places.... Upper and lower Slaughter, Temple Guiting, Chipping Warden, Stow-on-the-Wold.... These are the samples of the many quaint names of scores of English villages through which the author takes his reader in a leisurely pedestrian trip. Everywhere he finds ancient hills, ruined abbeys, picturesque cottages, or old-fashioned inns, and his narrative abounds in local traditions, legends, and the drift of the side-eddies of history. The drawings are by Frederick L. Griggs.” (Outlook.)
“Mr. Evans, except for an occasional touch of affectation, writes very well, and displays a knowledge alike of architecture, history, and botany.”
+ Ath. 1906. 1: 417. Ap. 7. 340w.