“In spite of its stilted and sometimes unreal heroine and its several impossible incidents, it will certainly be the exceptional reader who will not find himself very much interested and amused.”
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 684. O. 20, ’06. 710w.
“The story, of course, is open to the criticism common to all stories which turn on the literary ability of their characters, that the author can give no proof of this ability, and that the reader has to take it on trust.”
+ – Spec. 97: 404. S. 22, ’06. 280w.
Firth, Charles Harding. Plea for the historical teaching of history: an inaugural lecture delivered on November 9, 1904. *35c. Oxford.
+ Nation. 82: 388. My. 10, ’06. 880w.
Firth, John Benjamin. Constantine, the first Christian emperor. **$1.35; **$1.60. Putnam.
“On the side of institutions, however, the book is distinctly weak.” Charles H. Haskins.
+ – Am. Hist. R. 11: 432. Ja. ’06. 370w.
Fischer, Louis. Health-care of the baby: a handbook for mothers and nurses. *75c. Funk.