“His drawings are equally admirable for simplicity, spontaneity, and sincerity—so much so, indeed, as quite to take all of one’s attention in opening the well-printed book, even though its text be by such an erudite authority as is Mr. W. J. Loftie.”
| + + | Outlook. 87: 616. N. 23, ’07. 340w. |
“Well above the colour-book average.”
| + | Sat. R. 103: 626. My. 18, ’07. 290w. |
Loliee, Frederic. Short history of comparative literature from the earliest times to the present day. *$1.75. Putnam.
7–18136.
“M. Loliée’s aim is to present a picture of the literary output of all the centuries: to mark the periods of growth, florescence and decay, and to indicate the relations of one product to another.”—Spec.
“We have read this work with dismay and disappointment. And as for M. Loliée’s comparisons, they are fit only to be made at a penny-reading. It remains to add that the book is very ill-translated, and that it bristles with misprints.”
| − − | Acad. 70: 423. My. 5, ’06. 1520w. |