Gerould, Gordon Hall. Sir Guy of Warwick. $1. Rand.
“A fine old story of knighthood, recast and retold in plain modern English for those who find the ancient romances archaic and stilted to read.”—Outlook.
+ Critic. 48: 92. Ja. ’06. 70w. + Outlook. 80: 936. Ag. 12, ’05. 20w.
Gerstacker, Friedrich Wilhelm Christian. Germelshausen; tr. from the German by Clara M. Lathrop. *50c. Crowell.
In this quaint little German classic, which has been excellently translated, a young artist in the course of his wanderings in the forest, comes upon a beautiful girl who is waiting on the highway for a lover who never comes. She leads him into her village where he sups, dances, and falls in love with her. But just before midnight she takes him into the outskirts of the town and leaves him,—until the hour shall strike. Then, when it is too late, he discovers that the village was Germelshausen, which lies forever sunk in the swamp save for one day in a hundred years when it comes to life, and this was the day, the village has sunk again, and Gertrude is lost to him forever.
Gettemy, Charles Ferris. True story of Paul Revere. **$1.50. Little.
Reviewed by M. A. De Wolfe Howe.
+ Atlan. 97: 112. Ja. ’06. 200w.
“The book is a fine example of acute historical criticism, not cynically applied to overthrowing the basis for a healthy patriotic sentiment, but good naturedly correcting the facts, while leaving the sentiment intact.”