| + − | Nation. 84: 175. F. 21, ’07. 260w. (Review of v. 6.) |
Madison, Lucy (Foster) (Mrs. Winfield Scott Madison). Maid of Salem towne. †$1.25. Penn.
6–11309.
Into this story of the charming little maid who came so near being hanged for a witch, and who was rescued in dramatic fashion by her friends at a critical moment, are woven sketches of the good old colony folk including Cotton Mather himself. The whole forms a vivid picture of life in a time more picturesque than comfortable.
“Most happily told.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 11: 880. D. 15, ’06. 150w. |
Madonna of the poets; an anthology of only the best poems written about the Blessed Virgin. *85c. Benziger.
“An anthology covering a long period of literature. Many of the verses ... are far from being widely known to-day. Robert Grosseteste, William Forest, Richard Rowlands, Ben Jonson, Sir John Beaumont, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, Henry Vaughan, represent the inspiration of the Madonna in English life, from the middle ages till long after England had ceased to be Catholic. Among the modern contributors are Wordsworth, Newman, Hawker, Aubrey de Vere, Coventry Patmore, George Macdonald, Father Tabb, Alice Meynell, Louise Imogen Guiney, Francis Thompson, Lionel Johnson, and Rudyard Kipling.” (Cath. World.)