A subjective view is afforded in these letters of a man whose chief literary service was rendered thru his edition of Boswell’s Johnson. Unassuming candor and sincerity create an atmosphere in which can be made a sympathetic study of the leader and scholar.
Reviewed by Joseph Jastrow.
| + + | Dial. 42: 78. F. 1, ’07. 1560w. |
“His letters, here collected by his daughter, will interest all readers who care to know something of the man, his life, and his work from day to day.”
| + | Lit. D. 34: 63. Ja. 12, ’07. 100w. | |
| Lond. Times. 5: 375. N. 9, ’06. 860w. | ||
| + | Nation. 84: 133. F. 7, ’07. 250w. |
“This is one of the best examples that have been given to the public of that now popular form of biography which allows its subject to speak for himself by means of letters.”
| + + | Spec. 99: 265. Ag. 24, ’07. 2150w. |
Hill, George Francis. Historical Greek coins. *$2.50. Macmillan.
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