+Spec. 99: 59. Jl. 13, ’07. 1150w.

Moody, Winfield Scott. Pickwick ladle and other collector’s stories. †$1.50. Scribner.

7–35226.

Sketches of “two hardened bric-a-brac hunters.... Each story breathes an agreeable leisure, and the thread of the Wyckoffs’ adventures among the antique dealers is enriched by a shrewd characterization of the dealers themselves, from Dirck Amstell, the honest Dutchman, to a proud representative of Du Val upon Fifth avenue.”—Nation.


“Unusually well told stories.”

+A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 136. My. ’07. ✠
+Ind. 63: 1377. D. 5, ’07. 130w.

“Dainty in touch, with humor that is real and pervaded by an atmosphere of good society.”

+Lit. D. 34: 886. Je. 1, ’07. 40w.

“The pleasant surprise of the stories as a whole is that treating of the infinitely small, they constantly broaden into a larger perspective.”