Harrison, Frederic. Chatham. **$1.25. Macmillan.
“Care coupled with his style has given us a monograph on Chatham of abiding value.” Edward Porritt.
+ + Am. Hist. R. 11: 710. Ap. ’06. 230w.
Harrison, James Albert. George Washington: patriot, soldier, statesman, first president of the United States. **$1.35. Putnam.
In Professor Harrison’s life Washington’s heart and head unite in admirable mastery over problems of humanity, war and state. The sketch gives an intimate view of Washington from boyhood up, showing how well America’s hero developed his birthright powers to meet the demands of leadership. Martha Washington is portrayed as “an ideal of the gentler motherhood that preceded the era of the Amazon, and consecrated itself altogether to the sacred office of friendship.”
“Rhetorical descriptions abound, and there are digressions not a few; but the portrait presented in the work is hazy and inadequate in all that relates to Washington’s public life.”
– + Dial. 41: 212. O. 1, ’06. 160w.
“Its style—inflated, involved, obscure, often ungrammatical—furnishes a fairly accurate model of all that an historical writer’s work should not be.”
– Lond. Times. 5: 374. N. 9, ’06. 90w.