| + + | Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 219. Ja. ’07. 30w. | |
| + | Putnam’s. 1: 639. F. ’07. 130w. |
* Matthews, (James) Brander. [Inquiries and opinions.] **$1.25. Scribner.
7–29534.
“The inquiries, which range from ‘Invention and imagination’ to ‘The art of the stage manager,’ and the opinions, which are expressed upon such various subjects as Mark Twain and Maupassant, are the inquiries and opinions of a writer who is shrewd, clear-headed, well-informed, ‘au courant,’ a craftsman.”—Nation.
“They are comparatively devoid of temperament, of the discursive touch, of charm; they afford us no unexpected lights or sudden vistas, but they furnish us many interesting facts and just observations set forth with singular lucidity and coherence.”
| + | Nation. 85: 498. N. 28, ’07. 100w. |
“His essays are models of that interior logic which follows the line of vital unfolding of a subject, and his style is lucid to a degree.”
| + | Outlook. 87: 767. D. 7, ’07. 520w. |
Matthews, Irma B. Under a circus tent. †75c. Jacobs.