The gentlest art, according to Mr. Lucas’ interpretation, is that of letter-writing. This anthology of letters is varied in content and includes a wide range of letter-writers, many of them well-known eighteenth and nineteenth century English people. There are eighteen headings under which letters are grouped, some of them being Children and grandfathers, News bearers, The grand style, The little friends, Urbanity and nonsense, Literature and art, Humorists and oddities, The pen reflective, Rural recluses, and Shadows.
“A more charming volume it would not be easy to find.”
| + | Spec. 99: 874. N. 30, ’07. 140w. |
Lucas, Edward Verrall. Listener’s lure: a Kensington comedy. †$1.50. Macmillan.
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Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is the best of England, old and new, told at random in letters which also serve to piece out one of the prettiest love stories of the year.”
| + | Ind. 62: 502. F. 28, ’07. 180w. |
Lucas, Edward Verrall. Wanderer in London. **$1.75. Macmillan.