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“It is marred by fragmentariness, by repetitions, and by unpolished style, but its merits are so conspicuous that it deserves the thoughtful consideration of every student of economic and social questions.”
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| Pol. Sci. Q. 22: 181. Mr. ’07. 70w. |
Howell, James. Familiar letters of James Howell; with an introd. by Agnes Repplier. 2v. $6; Special ltd. ed. 4v. *$15. Houghton.
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An attractive new edition of letters which “speak for themselves, and surely no reader will pine for erudite guidance through the maze of curious anecdote, lively narrative, and characteristically intimate comment and reflection which Howell has constructed, writing always crisply and lucidly, in accordance with his belief that a letter should be ‘short-coated and closely couch’d’ and should ‘not preach but epistolize.’” (Dial.)
“The letters themselves ... possess all the charm and gossipy interest of their time that the letters of Horace Walpole contained a century later.” Laurence Burnham.
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“In her pleasant way Miss Repplier brings out, by incident and characterization, the qualities which have made his letters the constant reading of lovers of literature since they first appeared.”