“Aside from the revelations that he makes of Lincoln’s relations with the military telegraph corps during war time, Mr. Bates imparts in his books a great deal of information concerning important military movements.”
| + | R. of Rs. 36: 754. D. ’07. 140w. |
Bates, Katharine Lee. [From Gretna Green to Land’s End: a literary journey in England.] **$2. Crowell.
7–32870.
In which the author visits the Border, the Lake country and the heart of England and reviews, with many a fresh allusion, the connection which historic places have with tradition, story and song. The work is based upon wide reading and careful observation.
“A book that readers who look forward to a trip abroad will enjoy and that returned travellers will thoroughly appreciate.”
| + | Dial. 43: 377. D. 1, ’07. 130w. |
“As she hurls herself through the length and breadth of England, easily making two moves to any other pilgrim’s one, she pours out a lively stream of fact and comment that keeps the reader amused and only too well instructed. The information, literary and historical, is thoroughly got up.”
| + | Nation. 85: 420. N. 7, ’07. 180w. |