“This added chapter only makes more evident the need of a revision or rewriting of the whole work.”
– Nation. 83: 84. Jl. 26, ’06. 910w. N. Y. Times. 11: 370. Je. 9, ’06. 520w.
Bacheller, Irving (Addison). [Silas Strong, emperor of the woods.] †$1.50. Harper.
A strong plea for the preservation of our forests. The author says “It is in no sense a literary performance. It pretends to be nothing more than a simple account of one summer life, pretty much as it was lived, in a part of the Adirondacks.” Silas Strong is a woodland philosopher, and his camp is the scene of the wooing of a wood-nymph by a young politician. “The incidents include a forest fire, while among the leading characters is a dog said to be particularly engaging.” (N. Y. Times.)
+ Acad. 71: 287. S. 22, ’06. 150w.
“Many will be unable to feel either great admiration for, or any unusual interest in, Silas.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 2: 363. S. 29. 140w. + – Critic. 48: 571. Je. ’06. 90w.
“Altogether, it is a book that deserves to be read, and, having been read, to be pondered.”
+ Lit. D. 32: 984. Je. 30, ’06. 540w. + – N. Y. Times. 11: 242. Ap. 14, ’06. 320w.