+ N. Y. Times. 11: 806. D. 1, ’06. 190w.
Austin, Mary. Isidro. †$1.50. Houghton.
“A not too probable Spanish-American romance gaining color from a picturesque setting.” Mary Moss.
+ Atlan. 97: 49. Ja. ’06. 20w.
Avary, Myrta Lockett. [Dixie, after the war.] **$2.75. Doubleday.
A new picture of the period of reconstruction in the South drawn by one who has made a first-hand study of her subject. “The book is the aftermath of defeat described in poignant words, in sorrow rather than in anger, and without a trace of bitterness.” (Lit. D.) “Mrs. Avary sets forth in a serio-comic way the blunders and even the corruption incident to military dictatorship, and in the course of the volume throws many side-lights on what most Northerners now admit to have been the serious mistake of reconstruction policy.” (R. of Rs.)
“Probably about all we can reasonably expect in the way of fairness and soberness, in dealing with the reconstruction period, has been done in the volume under review. The book is written in a lively anecdotal style; the author has a keen sense of humor and a profound conception of the value of a good story.” Walter L. Fleming.
+ + Dial. 41: 274. N. 1, ’06. 1840w. + Lit. D. 33: 393. S. 22, ’06. 360w.
“A little judicious pruning, a little more care for style, a little more regard for accuracy in historical detail, would have made of this a really good book.”