“Miss Hawker has taste, feeling, exquisite nicety. Beyond all doubt she writes of village character better than anyone has written since George Eliot. No one comes near her in her combination of crystal clearness, fine point, discrimination and simplicity. Where she is wanting, of course, is in dramatic power.”
| + + − | Sat. R. 103: 401. Mr. 30, ’07. 420w. |
Hawkes, Clarence. Little water-folks: stories of lake and river. †75c. Crowell.
7–24035.
Dedicated to the boy who sees, these stories sketch intimately the habits of water-dwellers, among them muskrats, otters, frogs, water-weasels, and turtles.
“It is like living in the open to read the stories.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 618. O. 12, ’07. 50w. | |
| R. of Rs. 36: 768. D. ’07. 50w. |
Hawkes, Clarence. [Shaggycoat; the biography of a beaver.] $1.25. Jacobs.
6–36434.