“For the lover of the circus in literature here are thoughts that breathe; for the collector of the ultra modern and vaudevillainous in slang, words that burn; remain, for the lover of a book in the accepted sense of that word, feelings not fit for publication.”
| − | Nation. 84: 314. Ap. 4, ’07. 250w. |
“The rough and ready conversational style of the narrative and the grotesque humor of its similes and comparisons ... make a fitting garb for the breezy, absurd, amusing tale.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 239. Ap. 13, ’07. 360w. |
* Penfield, Edward. Holland sketches, il. **$2.50. Scribner.
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Entire sympathy exists between the illustrations and text as both are the work of Mr. Penfield. “Nothing could be better suited to his style than the quaint Dutch peasants in their baggy trousers or voluminous skirts, picturesque caps, and clumsy wooden sabots. Queer little by-streets, flapping windmills on the banks of quiet canals, fishing smacks with patched brown sails, ‘interiors’ hung with Delft and old brasses,—these are the things that Mr. Penfield paints and writes about.... He never has a beaten-track experience.” (Dial.)
“It is seldom, even in these days of unique and beautiful travel books, that anything so thoroughly delightful as ‘Holland sketches’ is published.”
| + + | Dial. 43: 376. D. 1, ’07. 310w. | |
| Outlook. 87: 617. N. 23, ’07. 130w. |