7–19470.
Two score verses which range in subject from a mother’s lullaby to an Indian wind song, from Bob Fitzsimmons to Sarah Bernhardt, from sentiment to slang.
“Is a thoughtful poet, although his inspiration is apt to be a little tame.” Wm. M. Payne.
| − + | Dial. 43: 92. Ag. 16, ’07. 260w. |
“Shakespeare himself stands like a ghost behind the word-play and clever artistry of Peter McArthur.” Christian Gauss.
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 492. Ag. 10, ’07. 400w. |
McCabe, Joseph. [Talleyrand: a biographical study]; with 25 portraits including a photogravure frontispiece. *$3. Appleton.
7–35192.
The author aims to present Talleyrand as a “consistent and intelligible personality.” The study is a defense of the man “who had faith in no principle, gratitude to no master, loyalty to no cause; who loved money, power and pleasure and sought each without scruple.”