7–30639.
To reset classical literature in the language of the child has become a worthy task of the present day. This juvenile renders the thrilling incidents of the Trojan war life-like and true to the Iliad’s text. The illustrations in color are suggestively good.
| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 208. N. ’07. ✠ |
“Shows that he understands how to rehearse the classics for childish minds.”
| + | R. of Rs. 36: 764. D. ’07. 30w. |
“The narrative is suited in every possible way to a child’s understanding; it is childlike without a trace of childishness; and it is a rare pleasure for old readers of Professor Church to see that his zest is as keen as ever, his fact as unfailing, and his instinct for seizing essentials as swift and true.”
| + + | Spec. 99: 712. N. 9, ’07. 290w. |
Homer. Odyssey for boys and girls, told from Homer by the Rev. Alfred J. Church. †$1.50. Macmillan.
6–34824.