“It speaks well for the American pulpit that a work of such ability comes from the rector of an important city parish.”
+ + Ind. 60: 1044. My. 3, ’06. 370w.
Battine, Cecil. Crisis of the confederacy: a history of Gettysburg and the Wilderness. $5. Longmans.
“Captain Battine is a clever, a vivid and an engaging writer. But his judgments, both of men and of events, are often airy and unbased.”
+ – Ind. 61: 638. S. 13, ’06. 270w.
“A confessed Confederate bias does not interfere with impartial treatment, and the work is quite worth study by those who are interested in our history as well as by professional soldiers.”
+ + – Nation. 83: 284. O. 4, ’06. 140w.
Baughan, Edward Algernon. Music and musicians. *$1.50. Lane.
The twenty seven articles included in “Music and musicians” are reprints of the author’s contributions to English periodicals. He treats such subjects as “The obvious in music,” “Richard Strauss and his symphonic poems,” “Richard Strauss and programme music,” and “Wagner’s ‘Ring.’”