“Mr. Ireland has said the final word, and incorporates in his volume a vast amount of original literature which, although familiar to students of English history, has not hitherto been employed in elucidating the character of the fourth Governor of Massachusetts.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 11: 368. Je. 9, ’06. 1740w. |
“Dr. Ireland succeeds in making his portrait singularly attractive without the use of flattering or adulatory phrases.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 87. F. ’07. 670w. |
“If his conclusions must largely be rejected, his book is nevertheless substantially helpful in some respects. It has certain corrective value, and—albeit in a rambling way—brings together from many scattered sources a quantity of interesting data shedding new light on the period.”
| + − | Outlook. 82: 140. Ja. 20, ’06. 250w. |
“It abounds in all the stale old schoolboy rants and third-hand formulas about liberty and tyranny, about priestcraft, Protestantism.”
| − | Sat. R. 101: 304. Mr. 10, ’06. 1060w. |
* Irving, Henry Brodribb. Occasional papers, dramatic and historical. **$1.50. Small.
Eight essays on subjects as follows: The English stage in the eighteenth century, Colley Cibber’s apology, The art and status of the actor, The calling of the actor, The true story of Eugene Aram, The fall of the house of Goodere, The Firalder case, and The early life of Chief Justice Scroggs.