“The book is clever and modern.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 382. Je. 16, ’06. 180w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 409. Je. 23, ’06. 660w. Outlook. 83: 387. Je. 16, ’06. 70w.
“It exhibits a firmer touch, a more intimate knowledge of human character than ‘Pam.’”
– + Sat. R. 102: 21. Jl. 7, ’06. 130w.
Hutton, Edward. Cities of Spain. *$2. Macmillan.
The first city described is “Fuentarabia, with her narrow streets and music and white-dressed women. Then comes San Sebastian ... Valladolid, Salamanca, with its university and old monks; Zamora, with its decayed Romanesque buildings ... Avila, with her old men and infinite silence and beautiful cathedral; and so on and on to the grave of Torquemada, to Segovia, to the anomalous city of old and new Castile, where the author lingers long at the Prado gallery, and discusses with loving sympathy, with knowledge and with critical perception the masters of the old Spanish schools.... And then on and on again through Toledo ... through the home of Cervantes, Seville, Cadiz, and then across the sea to Morocco and back again to Granada. Nor are Murcia, Alicante, and Valencia forgotten. Tarragona and Barcelona receive their portion of the tourist’s impressions.” (N. Y. Times.) There are twenty-four illustrations in color by A. Wallace Rimington, and twenty other illustrations.
“At its best Mr. Hutton’s style is verbose, artificial, and over-charged with colour; at its worst ... it is to us intolerable in its violence and exaggeration.”
– Ath. 1906, 2: 183. Ag. 18. 940w. + Ind. 61: 1309. D. 13, ’06. 50w.
“This book is neither good nor bad.”