+ + – Lond. Times. 5: 218. Je. 15, ’06. 980w.
“The historian would be scientific, in sad truth, whom Isabella the Catholic would not carry off his feet. That he seems hardly to have read his proof-sheets is another matter; to be balanced perhaps by the excellent illustrations.”
+ – Nation. 83: 419. N. 15, ’06. 780w.
“Mr. Hare is not himself an eloquent writer, and the most of his purple patches, especially those dealing with the Moorish wars and the story of the Queen’s dealings with Columbus, are taken verbatim from Irving.”
– + N. Y. Times. 11: 515. Ag. 18, ’06. 570w.
“Mr. Hare always writes with evidence of so much research, and with such a real enthusiasm for his subject, that we cannot help regretting some literary lapses in his style. This book, for instance, would have been greatly improved in value and dignity if he had read through his proofs more severely, cut out various ornamental passages, and tightened up certain slovenly sentences. As we have already said, the book is agreeable and picturesque, and we have read it with interest and enjoyment.”
+ + – Spec. 96: 987. Je. 23, ’06. 1400w.
Harker, Mrs. Lizzie Allen. Concerning Paul and Fiammetta; with an introd. by Kate Douglas Wiggin. †$1.25. Scribner.
While in England a year ago, Kate Douglas Wiggin discovered in the children of Mrs. Harker’s “A romance of the nursery” such delightful little people that she asked for the privilege of introducing to her own American readers Mrs. Harker’s next story. And so Paul and Fiammetta have come to take their place beside Rebecca, Timothy and Polly Oliver. “‘Fee’ is a travelled, hotel-bred child, who had learned experience without losing her good manners.” (Lond. Times.) Paul has a mania for reading, and is devoted to dogs no less than to his friend Tonks.