“It seems likely that the ‘Caybigan’ stories will serve two excellent purposes. They will entertain and they will promote a better understanding among stay-at-home citizens of the real nature of the insular Oriental.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 739. N. 10, ’06. 530w.
“They vary greatly as to merit, but they are all marked by crispness and vitality, and they are extremely tender where the writer trusts to his own vein.”
+ Outlook. 84: 938. D. 15, ’06. 110w.
Hoppin, James Mason. Reading of Shakespeare. **$1.25. Houghton.
There are studies of Shakespeare’s life and learning, nature and style, following which each play is considered separately.
“Under Mr. Hoppin’s title a really good and useful book might have been written. On a preliminary glance we light upon suggestions that are very encouraging, but not followed up.”
– Ath. 1906, 2: 211. Ag. 25. 760w.
“The book is remarkably well written and easy to read and may be recommended as a good introduction to the study of Shakespeare. That there are wiser and better books of the same sort goes without saying.”