“This is the first real history of this religious body. It is written in a clear style, with impartial judgment.”
+ + Bib. World. 27: 320. Ap. ’06. 60w. + Outlook. 81: 939. D. 16, ’05. 80w. R. of Rs. 33: 509. Ap. ’06. 90w.
Gates, Mrs. Josephine (Scribner). Little Red, white and blue; il. by Virginia Keep. †$1.25. Bobbs.
The author of the “Live dolls” series has offered in this story book for children a delightful sketch of an army captain’s child. Her babyhood loyalty to the stars and stripes furnishes a bright lesson in patriotism.
Gates, Mrs. Josephine (Scribner). Live dolls’ house party; il. by Virginia Keep. †$1.25. Bobbs.
In continuation of the “Live dolls” doings Mrs. Gates tells of a doll’s house party in the little town of Dollville, the hostess being the queen of the dolls. A pretty story, prettily told, with enough of doll romance to satisfy the most imaginative child.
Gaussen, Alice C. C. Woman of wit and wisdom: a memoir of Elizabeth Carter, one of the “Bas-bleu” society. *$3. Dutton.
All those who care to know more of eighteenth-century literature and life in England will be interested in this sketch of the long and uneventful life of the scholar, linguist, and translator of Epictetus. “It has been made chiefly through the unpublished letters and papers possessed by members of the family today and by the Carter institute at Deal where Elizabeth Carter lived. Johnson, Fanny Burney and Richardson appear in these pages.... Poulteney was another friend of hers.” (Sat. R.)
“Miss Gaussen’s book is disappointing: her narrative is so desultory and broken that we have found it difficult to derive a clear impression of the central figure.”