“He writes of matters which almost involve passion, but he writes (as might be expected of him) dispassionately. The story that he has to tell is full of interest, and he tells it admirably.”
| + | Ath. 1906, 2: 690. D. 1. 760w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 70w. |
“The writer is frankly a partisan of King Milan. Its chief defect lies in the excessive intrusion of the author’s personality.”
| − | Sat. R. 103: 660. My. 25, ’07. 160w. |
“M. Chedomille Mijatovich tells the tragic story in a remarkably interesting book.”
| + | Spec. 98: 293. F. 23, ’07. 2340w. |
Miles, George H. Said the rose, and other lyrics; with an introd. by John C. Collins. **$1. Longmans.
7–18559.
“Poems of a writer who died forty years ago. They have been rescued from the past, and have met with appreciative comment. “The titular lyric is the plaint of a rose, plucked by a lady to wear upon her bosom for an hour, and then cast ruthlessly away.... A number of the poems in this volume are impressions of Italy, particularly of Italian art, and the influence of Browning is very evident.” (Dial.) A graceful biographical and critical introduction by Mr. Churton Collins will serve to acquaint the present generation with the amiable and gifted man who, in the preceding one, adorned the chair of English in Mount St. Mary’s college, Emmetsburg.” (Cath. World.)