| + | Dial. 43: 279. N. 1, ’07. 2150w. |
“Self-revelations such as these give, as we think, a real documentary value to this first volume of Sarah Bernhardt’s memoirs, though no doubt the general reader will prefer the narratives of travel and adventure wherein everything appears to be turning around in a mad farandole.”
| + + | Lond. Times. 6: 324. O. 25, ’07. 1600w. |
“One of the most successful books ever written. To tell the plain truth, the monstrous egotism of the book greatly weakens the pleasurable impression created by its vivacity, its cleverness, and its abundance of interesting material.”
| + + − | Nation. 85: 403. O. 31, ’07. 1140w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 20w. |
“An invaluable addition to the library, dramatic and otherwise.” Anna Marble.
| + + | N. Y. Times. 12: 733. N. 16, ’07. 2230w. | |
| + + | Outlook. 77: 611. N. 23, ’07. 210w. |
Besant, Walter. Mediaeval London, v. 2: Ecclesiastical. *$7.50. Macmillan.
This second volume of the posthumous work of Walter Besant on “The survey of London” treats of the ecclesiastical life, institutions and influence of the Norman and Plantagenet centuries. The first eight chapters deal with the rise of London’s municipal government.