“The author has compressed a great deal within a few pages, and has managed her original and difficult theme with much artistic skill. The ethnic is one with the romantic element of the letters.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 178. Mr. 23, ’07. 400w. |
* Ryley, M. Beresford. [Queens of the renaissance.] **$2. Small.
A study of these types of the renaissance really means a study of the rapid development of woman’s intellect and fascination thru the humanist movement in Italy.
“Miss Ryley has done her work well. She writes clearly, and with gusto, though at times she is led into being gratuitously ornate.”
| + | Acad. 73: 864. S. 7, ’07. 810w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 20w. |
“The subject necessarily brings the writer and reader into situations which require tact to be properly dealt with. Here, again, we find little to commend.”
| − + | Spec. 99: 335. S. 7, ’07. 170w. |